all the way

In the middle of the night, Liu Wei developed a high fever and kept talking nonsense. The two of them changed the cold towel for him for a long time but it didn't help.

Liu Changqing insisted on following, and carried Liu Wei to Zhangjiabao to see a doctor together with Liu Kui and Xiumei.

The health center of the Liujialing brigade is Zhangjiabao. Wu Yuni's daughter is the husband of the brigade health center. Usually, the health center with few medicines is closed. Anyone who needs to see a doctor goes to her home to call someone. Except for delivery, it is often ten days and a half months. No one went to the doctor either.

Liu Wei received a fever-reducing injection, and came back with three days of medicine. When she came back, it was past three o'clock, and Sun Chang'e asked her husband what he said.

Liu Kui said: "Mom, you don't have to worry about it. It's fine. There is no reason for children to get sick. If the whole family eats the same food and drinks the same water, some people will get sick for no reason."

In summer, it dawned early, Liu Hai and the others got up early and ran to the slope to catch those wheat season birds whose wings were covered with dew and could not fly.

Liu Xia's stomach hurts badly, and he made a mistake again last night and didn't eat. He just gave the cat milk when he was going to bed at night, and he also drank half a bowl with him. Dare to get up, he wants to wait for Liu Changqing to go to the brigade or go to the field before getting up. He knows that Xiao Wei had a fever last night, and when he wakes up this morning, he will have to make up for the meal he escaped last night.

But after he waited for a long time, the cat didn't want to stay in the bed anymore, and turned around like a little loach, but the sound of knocking stones outside was still tenacious. He heard Xiumei's voice as if it was Liu Wei. It burned again.

Liu Xia had no choice but to get up and put on a small belly wrap for the cat, ready to go out to see the tricks. In fact, he didn't have any good tricks, just to be honest and get beaten again.

The cat was very curious when he saw the blood scabs on his stomach, and picked it up with his little finger, Liu Xia gasped in pain: "Smelly cat, don't dare, you want to hurt uncle to death?"

The cat's black eyes looked at him: "Yeah?"

Liu Xia gritted his teeth: "It hurts!"

Liu Ling and the others were sitting in the shade of the trees in the yard writing calligraphy, and when they saw him come out, they gave him winks: Our uncle hasn't gone out yet, what are you doing when you get up?

Liu Xia didn't care so much anymore, and lingered to have dinner with the cat in the kiln in the main room. Sun Chang'e was supposed to nurse the cat, but she just ignored him with a straight face.

Liu Xia was holding the cat and sitting in the shade of a tree on the east side of the yard. When he was standing and holding the cat, he happened to rub against the spot on his stomach, which hurt very much. When he sat down and put the cat on the ground, he was afraid that other people would see it. The color to the front of his shirt is darker than other places.

His black cloth shirt has been washed very old, but it is still more deceptive than the blue one. He wants to go to the riverside to wash the black cloth shirt after dinner, and hang it on the branch. If you are capable, you just need to make an agreement with Liu Ling and the others, and don't let them talk to the adults.

As for the injury on the stomach, as long as the adults are careful not to find out, it will heal in a few days, and no one will force it on the cat without anyone noticing it.

But these days, I can't go up the tree to feed the cat's glutinous rice bird, so let's touch the old dragon for a while at dusk!

But Liu Xia's plan had no chance of being implemented at all. He had just cleaned up the dust on the slate and was about to get the newspaper to write when Liu Changqing came over, took the cat out of his arms and stuffed it to Sun Chang'e, and grabbed Liu Xia's neck. The collar was dragged to the middle of the yard.

Liu Changqing didn't use the soles of his shoes or broom bumps this time. He cut a branch from the elm tree by the yard and smoked it directly with the elm branch.

Liu Xia held his head and didn't dare to make obvious dodging movements, but was careful not to let the branches hit his face and stomach.

Liu Xia's back was often pumped before because he was disobedient and sneaked upriver to a place where the water was deep. The water was pumped, and several children in the village were drowned in that place; The noodles were baked and the noodles were eaten. They were wheat noodles for a year for the family. In the end, they had to bake all the noodles with cornmeal. The family hadn't eaten noodles for half a year; Fold them into paper airplanes; make slingshots from car inner tubes that have been dismantled for repair; put the newly hatched chickens on the stove to roast them all to death...

When Liu Yu saw that Liu Changqing had taken the branch, he ran away, he had to call Liu Changchun, at this time, only Liu Changchun and Liu Kui could persuade Liu Changqing.

Xiumei ran out of the cave with a wet towel in her hand. She was not allowed to pull her father-in-law. The young daughter-in-law at home had to avoid her father-in-law and elder brother-in-law. Don't blame me for this matter, don't beat him anymore, my mother beat him up last night..."

Liu Ling suddenly rushed over and hugged Liu Changqing's arm holding the branch: "Uncle, don't beat Yaoer, Yaoer's stomach is bleeding."

Liu Hai ran over and took a look at Liu Xia's blouse, and cried in fright: "Mom, come and take a look, there is a big hole in Yaoer's stomach, uncle, there is a big hole in Yaoer's stomach, big brother... ..."

Liu Kui ran all the way home, Liu Wei had a fever, and he had already prescribed medicine. He knew it shouldn't be a big deal, but Liu Xia...

When Liu Xia was born, Liu Kui was 16 years old. Although Liu Xia had just turned one year old and left as a soldier, but these years, his feelings for Liu Xia can be said to be like a father and a brother. Liu Xia is a hard worker, but he just loves it. He loves his younger brothers, but the ones who love him the most are Liu Ling, who is thin, and Liu Xia, who is the youngest. Xiumei often jokes with him that he loves Yao'er more than Xiao Wei and Xiao Rui combined.

Liu Kui felt that he loved his younger brothers as much as his son.

Mao'er didn't understand what happened all the time, but kept stretching his arms to go to Liu Xia's side. Hearing Liu Hai crying at this moment, he was a little at a loss. He looked at Liu Xia who was carried back to the kang by Liu Changqing, Stretching out her small arms: "Yeah—" Then, as if she felt something, her mouth shrunk and she burst into tears.

Liu Xia curled up and said to Liu Changqing: "Uncle, I'm fine. The baby bottle hit the stone and rotted, and I stabbed my stomach. It's okay. I've checked it. It's not deep. I'll be fine after a few days. Cat, no Cry, the cat is coming, uncle hugs, baby, don’t cry, don’t cry.”

Sitting in Liu Xia's arms, Mao'er smiled, then puckered her mouth, and cried again with a "wow".

Liu Xia wiped his tears for the cat: "The cat is the most obedient. When the cat comes, kiss the uncle and it won't hurt." Liu Xia stretched out his face at the cat.

Mao'er choked twice, kissed Liu Xia on the cheek with snot and tears all over his face, and burst into tears again.

Liu Kui rushed into the room and looked at the wound on Liu Xia's stomach with sweat profusely. The irregular wound about four inches long on the right side of the navel formed an irregular semicircle around the navel, because the bottle hit the stone and rotted. Xia's body was pressed up again, so the wound was deep and cracked outwards. It looked terrible. After one night, there were already some signs of infection, and there were several other large and small wounds.

Liu Kui bent down to hug Liu Xia, Liu Xia looked at Liu Changqing: "Tell the cat to come with me."

Liu Changqing said: "In such a hot day, he will also suffer. You should hurry up and watch him every day after he is cured."

Liu Xia looked at Liu Changchun who had been standing at the entrance of the cave without saying a word since he came back, and shook his head: "Don't let the cat go, and I won't go either. I know it's fine, and I'll heal in a few days."

Xiumei had already laid mats on the cart in the yard, and anxiously shouted to the room: "Liu Kui, hurry up."

Liu Xia looked at Liu Changqing: "I know, you want to find the cat out while I'm not at home, uncle, no one of you is going to send the cat away, if you despise the cat's fate, I will lead the cat away Let's go, I'm going to beg for food, and I won't ask the cat to follow my stepfather and stepmother."

Liu Changqing picked up the cat and said, "Let's go, the cat will follow you to the hospital."

Without further ado, Liu Kui picked up Liu Xia: "My uncle said that the cat is a child of our family, and he will never look for anyone. You don't even believe our uncle and mother?"

Liu Xia didn't speak, and as soon as it was placed on the trolley, he stretched out his arms and cried to support the cat that reached out to him.

He has never distrusted his father, mother and elder brother, but this time he just can't leave the cat at home by himself, what happened today is different from before, this time it was Liu Wei who was hurt.

Liu Xia couldn't say anything specifically, but he knew that Xiao Wei and Xiao Rui's accident was different from others, Liu Changqing's injury, and Liu Xia's own injury was different.

Sun Chang'e and Liu Changqing don't care about their own suffering, but they don't ignore the safety of other children in the family.

There is also the attitude of the second uncle Liu Changchun. Maoer is basically Liu Changchun's family. Liu Changchun must feel sorry for what happened last night. Liu Wei and Xiao Rui are children here. It is doomed at birth, and the only thing that can change is the cat.

Liu Xia was afraid of even a ten-thousandth possibility.

Wang Junyu picked out three irregular pieces of glass from Liu Xia's wound, one was as big as the belly of a thumb, and two were as big as watermelon seeds, and he checked it several times to make sure that nothing was missed before starting to sew up .

Liu Xia was drenched with sweat, but he didn't make a sound from the beginning to the end. Dean Zhao, who was Wang Junyu's assistant, said to Liu Kui: "It's enough to have been given anesthesia for such a long time. If this child can survive before liberation If you’re a local underground party, you really care.”

Liu Kui sat on the edge of the bed and patted Liu Xia's head, and only said softly: "I just want him to be safe."

The cat lay in the crook of Liu Xia's left arm and slept soundly.

Liu Changqing’s decision to send both Liu Wei and Liu Xia to the hospital was correct. Xiao Wei didn’t simply catch a cold and have a fever. He had been coughing a few days ago, and now it has developed into pneumonia. If he only took some medicine to reduce fever and relieve cough at home , can be dangerous.

The uncle and nephew lived in the seventh ward where Mao'er lived a few days ago, and they received injections together.

What Liu Kui and Xiumei worried about did not happen, and Sun Chunqin never entered Liu Xia's ward.

Wang Junyu is in charge of Liu Xia and Liu Wei from the beginning to the end. He also lives here when he is not on duty. He comes here on time every morning to change Liu Xia's dressing. The needles for Liu Xia and Xiao Wei are all injected by Xiao Min, really like Xiao Jiao. As said, never get a second shot.

This time Liu Xia and the others suffered especially when they were hospitalized. The barren grass lakes around the hospital, and the place leading to Wangning Street in front of it were full of stinky puddles for many years. There were so many mosquitoes that could eat people, but they couldn't spread dichlorvos. Liu Wei didn't dare to smell it. That choking smell.

The other one is the heat, Liu Xia made it so hot that he didn't want to eat anything but cold water.

The cat had prickly heat all over his head and body, but he wouldn't sleep unless he was next to Liu Xia. Liu Xia loved him so much that he always hugged him to sleep, so Liu Xia's arms, shoulders, and neck were also covered with prickly heat.

Wang Junyu brought them a wooden basin, every night Xiaomeng would boil a pot of boiling water for them, Xiumei would bathe Liu Wei, Liu Kui would wash Liu Xia and Maoer; Every day, Liu Wei'er and Liu Wei were beaten white, but Liu Xia still felt that his heart was being scratched and uncomfortable when he saw the prickly heat on Mao'er's forehead.

For the first two days, Liu Ling, Liu Yu, and Liu Hai were worried and wanted to stay here to watch them. On the third day, Liu Kui sent them all the way to Fujiazhuang with a dark face.

The fewer people suffer, the better.

During the few days they lived here, they heard a lot of things from the outside world. What they were most interested in was that Gucun Commune passed more than a dozen college entrance examinations this year, and a fresh graduate was admitted to Kyoto University.

Kyoto University is a place they dare not dream of. Now, unexpectedly, someone from their county has been admitted. It is not a certain university in Kyoto, but the real Kyoto University.

Liu Wei was discharged home first, and Liu Xia had her stitches removed three days later.

When the family was having dinner in the yard at night, Liu Ling said: "I don't want to go to Rongze to go to school anymore. I took the time to go to Wangning High School two days ago. The teachers there said that they are determined to make Wangning's teaching The quality has improved, and a report has been made to the Education Bureau. The Education Bureau has promised to send a few good teachers from the county to Wangning this semester. In this way, aren't our teachers here similar to those of Rongze High School? Why do I have to run so far to go to school, I still get car sick, every time I get in the car, I feel nauseous, and I have to vomit when I get out of the car."

No matter how his family tried to persuade him, Liu Changqing also said that Liu Chuan had sent back dozens of dollars, which was enough for his tuition, but Liu Ling was determined not to go.

Liu Ling is the most soft-tempered child in the family, but if he becomes stubborn, no one can do anything about him.

Therefore, when Liu Ling started school on August [-]th, she was still in Wangning. The difference was that the class time was extended a lot every day. Wangning’s high school was really determined to catch up with Gucun High School. Completely follow the guideline of Gucun High School. Every morning, students have to enter the classroom before [-]:[-] a.m. for one and a half hours of self-study, and then half an hour for lunch. self-study.

Sun Chang'e was very resolute against her son's evening self-study. She would rather not pass the university entrance exam than let Liu Ling suffer from abscesses all over her body.

Liu Changqing personally went to the principal, exempted Liu Ling from morning and evening self-study, and asked the teacher to give him more homework every day to do at home.

In this way, the four brothers go to school together every day.

Many years later, Liu Ling told Liu Xia that when Liu Xia was in the hospital, he happened to see his elder brother Liu Kui go to pay for their medicines. The medicines for Liu Xia and Liu Wei cost more than two yuan a time.

Liu Hai also heard that his sister-in-law wanted to go back to her mother's house to borrow money from his brother. She said that Liu Ling couldn't wear too much patched clothes if she was going to school in the county town. They should at least prepare a new set of clothes for Liu Ling. The monthly food and car expenses cost at least two yuan a month, and it is impossible for their family to have that much money.