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Dim electric lights hanging from the dark beams, two wooden beds covered with dirty brown mats and dusty, the windows covered with cardboard boards, the ones without doors may fall apart at any time, and the colors cannot be seen The bedside table is the inpatient ward of Wangning Health Center.

Liu Xia leaned against the head of the bed in wet clothes, his body trembling slightly, the oxygen bag and infusion bottle could not bring him enough sense of security.

He looked at the cat's pale face without blinking, fearing that the cat would stop breathing in a blink of an eye.

The cat no longer vomited, and slept very peacefully, which made Liu Xia terrified. The person in his arms was so small and soft, and it only needed a little accident to make him disappear from this world forever.

"From now on, my uncle will wake up early every morning, milk the milk for you and send it home before going to school, let you drink milk powder at noon, and then milk it when you go home at dusk, and let you drink the freshly squeezed milk every day... ...Hurry up, baby..." Liu Xia murmured to the sleeping cat, guilt, fear, and helplessness overwhelmed him. He had always been pure, happy and carefree, even I don't know how to pray to God for help.

Mr. Wang, who treated the cat, said that the cat had food poisoning and the milk he drank had spoiled.

Mr. Wang said that milk is rich in protein, and the more nutritious the food, the easier it is to spoil. Now this season, the temperature of more than 20 degrees to 24 degrees is very suitable for bacteria to multiply. Without refrigeration equipment, now Milk cannot be stored for [-] hours this season.

Liu Xia felt that it was all his fault. Yesterday was Sunday. If I had been more diligent, I would not go to express the milk once in the morning, but I would go there in the morning, noon, and evening, so that the cat would drink the freshly expressed milk every meal. It won't be what it is now.

Liu Ling explained him with an excuse that he knew might not have any effect: "Yaoer, how can I blame you for this? When we boiled the milk, we all saw that the milk was white, as usual, and there was no sour or smelly smell. Knowing that it’s broken? Our uncle and mother have raised so many children and don’t know it, so how do you know these things?”

Liu Hai also said: "Yao'er, sir, I have already said that our cat is not in serious danger now, so don't be afraid anymore, everyone knows about the milk and don't blame you. The husband also said that it is because you insist on giving the baby to drink every day." Milk is the only way our children can grow up so well, but if they only drink rice oil, they will easily suffer from malnutrition."

"But children who drink rice oil won't get food poisoning like cats." Liu Xia touched the cat's little face, feeling so distressed that he died.

Neither Liu Ling nor Liu Hai knew how to comfort him.

Liu Ling and Liu Hai arrived more than half an hour later than them, and they were also drenched and out of breath. The two of them are usually not weak, but today they couldn't keep up with Liu Xia and the eldest brother.

Liu Xia gently put his face on the cat's mouth, felt his warm and clear breath, and felt better. As long as the cat recovers, even if he doesn't go to school, he will have three meals a day. Cats drink fresh milk.

Liu Kui walked in with a girl in her twenties wearing a white coat. The girl was holding an old gray-blue cotton jacket and a plaid shirt.

The girl was a nurse, and she seemed to be called Xiao Min. When Liu Xia and Liu Kui hugged the cat and called for help, she and Mr. Wang ran out to meet them.

Xiao Min first looked at the place where the needle was pricked on the cat's head, there was no swelling, she straightened up and put the padded jacket beside Liu Xia: "I'm holding the baby, you take off your wet clothes and the baby's, you are wrapped in a padded jacket He, or the child was fine with food poisoning, but got sick from the cold."

Liu Kui and Xiao Min helped Liu Xia and Mao'er clean up and sit against the wall, and clipped a thermometer for the cat. Mr. Wang came in with a stethoscope on. He first touched the cat's head, then opened him He looked with his eyes, and then listened to the cat's heart.

Neither Liu Kui nor Liu Xia, who usually goes to school in Wangning, have ever seen this Mr. Wang Junyu.

He is about forty years old, of medium height, a little thin, wearing a clean white coat, gentle and refined, he is different from all the gentlemen Liu Kui has seen in the hospital before, with an elegance and calmness that those people can't match, but he does It's clean and tidy when it comes to things, and at the same time it makes people feel calm and reliable.

Liu Kui had been to the health center several times before for various reasons, and almost without exception, the gentlemen of the health center showed undisguised contempt for people from the Dashangou. Cut off, as if just touching them would degrade or stain them.

But Wang Junyu not only didn't argue in the first place, that is, he didn't know where Liu Kui and the others came from, whether they had money, and what the child's name was. He listened to his heart in his arms, lowered his head and sniffed the cat's vomited clothes, and even dipped his hand in the cat's vomited milk, twisted it and took a closer look, but he couldn't see any dislike or superiority.

After hearing Liu Kui's name of "Liujialing", he immediately asked Xiao Min to bring a glass of water to Liu Xia who was lying on the ground panting, and when the pharmacy refused to pick up the medicine for Liu Kui because of insufficient money, he went over to sign it himself. As a guarantee, they also paid a deposit of ten yuan for them.

Wang Junyu and Zeng Guangtong have some similar temperaments, but they are very different. Zeng Guangtong is cheerful and open-minded, while Wang Junyu is quiet and elegant.

Wang Junyu put away the stethoscope, took out the thermometer and looked at it, and said, "The child's heart and lungs are fine, so there shouldn't be too much danger. His temperature is a little high. I prescribed a medicine to drip in." Say to Liu Xia: "If you feel that his body temperature is higher than now, don't be afraid. It takes time for the medicine to absorb into the body. I estimate that the body temperature should start to drop after an hour. Don't feed the child anything. With water infusion, he will not feel thirsty, and the nutrition in the medicine is enough to maintain his normal metabolism.”

Liu Xia nodded: "Sir, is my child all right?"

The gentleman smiled: "I don't think there should be any danger."

Liu Xia was still worried: "Can't you guarantee that my child will be fine?"

Mr. rubbed Liu Xia's head: "Well, in order to prevent your lungs and heart from being destroyed by carrying the child to Rongze, I promise." If you didn't see Liu Xia yelling "Help!" Holding the child in his arms and running wildly, when Liu Xia was lying on the floor of the outpatient department and breathing with his mouth wide open, he would definitely consider giving Liu Xia oxygen first. Liu Xia lying on the ground looked more like a dying person. Breathing sharply, I felt my heart was bursting and hurting: "Up to three days, I guarantee that your little nephew will be as alive and kicking as before."

As soon as Wang Junyu left, Liu Xia raised his heart just as he felt at ease. No matter how much he believed in Mr. Wang's character and medical skills, as long as the cat can't blink at him like usual and be happy Laughing, he can't really feel at ease.

The clothes on Liu Ling and Liu Hai were also soaked, and Liu Ling was very thin. Liu Kui was afraid that he would catch a cold and get sick when he slept wet, so he used his big hands to rub his chest and back. He had a fever, and then asked him to take off his wet clothes, and forced him to put on the plaid shirt. The wet clothes were draped outside, and Liu Hai and Liu Hai sat on the east side of the bed and leaned against each other to keep warm.

Liu Ling hugged Liu Hai, and put as much outer clothes on Liu Hai as possible: "Xiao Hai is younger than me, he gets sick easily when he gets cold."

Liu Hai tried to sit up straight, and Da Ma put his arms around Ling Liu's shoulders: "I'm three catties fatter than you. My mother said I was an iron lump, and Yao'er was a grandson who was invulnerable to fire and water. Who are we?" They are stronger than you."

After tidying up Liu Ling and Liu Hai, Liu Kui sat next to Liu Xia: "Come on, you can sleep next to Big Brother, Big Brother will hold you and the cat in his arms, and won't let the cat's needle move around."

Liu Xia shook his head: "No, I looked at the cat. My husband said that I should call him if there is anything to do. Besides, I can't sleep at all."

Liu Kui wrapped him in his arms: "Come on, then let's just watch the cat and wait until our child finishes feeding the water."

In the middle of the night, there was a period of chaos outside. It seemed that two groups of people broke their heads in a fight after drinking and needed stitches.

Wang Junyu and Xiao Min visited the cat twice again, and replaced the cat with a full bottle of water. Wang Junyu listened to the cat's heart again and said it was fine.

At 02:30, Liu Xia felt that the cat was getting hotter and hotter, and then began to sweat. At three o'clock, he took his temperature again, and it was 37°. Xiao Min said that this was normal.

But the cat still didn't open his eyes, and kept sleeping, which made Liu Xia worry. After a while, he had to try the cat's breathing so that he wouldn't be too nervous and frightened.

The sky slowly revealed light, and there were sounds of people walking and talking in the yard, as well as the sound of children crying.

The water in the bottle was still three fingers high, the cat moved lightly twice, Liu Xia hurriedly called Liu Kui: "Brother, the baby wants to pee!"

Liu Kui skillfully cooperated with Liu Xia's movements, and separated Mao'er's two calves. Mao'er did not open his eyes, and peed a lot.

Liu Xia also twisted twice: "Brother, I can't hold it anymore." He wanted to pee a long time ago, but he was afraid that if he moved, he would pull the cat's water pipe, so he persisted until now. The sound irritated him, and he was about to pee in his pants.

Liu Kui sat down, took the cat carefully, and wrapped his clothes around the cat. After a night, his clothes were half dry.

Liu Xia jumped out of bed, took off his cotton jacket and put it in Liu Kui's arms: "Your clothes are outdated, don't call me freezing the cat anymore."

Liu Kui said, "What are you doing? Outside right now..." Before he could finish speaking, Liu Xia had already run out naked.

The sun has come out, and the yard under the sun no longer looks eerie. The sun is shining down from the thick branches and leaves of the big trees, which is fresh and warm.

Liu Xia rushed to the toilet in the southwest corner of the yard and poured a lot of water, only to feel a little cold, he rubbed his shoulders and walked back.

Liu Xia is no stranger to this compound. He picked up the broken iron pot and half-basket iron nails at the back of the compound. He only heard that this was a house built during the steelmaking process. There are two rows. There was a particularly long continuous rain a few years ago, and the two rows of mound houses were lying down. Only this row with the blue brick bottom survived the rain, but Liu Xia never came in. , and never even thought about coming in. He came here several times later, hoping to try his luck to pick up some valuables such as scrap iron. At that time, a group of people used bricks and stones to reinforce this row. It looked more desolate and spooky than the scene in "Liao Zhai". He didn't know that it would be used as a hospital ward after it was repaired, and he didn't pick up anything more than the value of waste paper.

The row of wards where they live is very long, there are at least twenty rooms. Most of the doors to the west are open, and there are a few in the middle with words: Accounting Room, Warehouse, Duty Room, Treatment Room; It was the ward where Liu Xia and the others were staying.

Most of the row houses are surrounded by paulownia trees, and there are many big trees in other places, most of which are apricot and pear trees, which are now full of fruits. The apricots have turned yellow and are about to mature. .

A few people who seemed to be staff from the health center were washing vegetables at a faucet, and an ugly woman with a very short stature and a very short neck was washing children's excrement cloths.

Liu Xia walked over and wanted to wash his hands. Hei sweated a lot last night, and his face felt tight and uncomfortable.

As soon as he walked to the faucet, the ugly woman washing the dung cloth squinted, with disgust on her face: "What are you doing? Didn't you see that I was using the water pipe?"

Liu Xia looked at his hands and whispered, "I want to wash my hands, I just went to the bathroom."

The ugly woman's triangular eyes suddenly lifted up: "They are all washing vegetables. You just went to the toilet. If water splashed on other people's vegetables, wouldn't it be disgusting? Would you pay for it if the vegetables were marinated?"

Liu Xia was so angry that he just wanted to slap the ugly monster to death, but he realized that this is a health center, and the cat will be hospitalized here for medical treatment, but he still couldn't help saying: "He washes the vegetables, and you clean the dung cloth on the side." I’ve washed them all, so I’ll just wash my hands, what’s wrong?”

The ugly woman stood up suddenly, snorted disdainfully, and looked at Liu Xia with a sneer: "Where are you from the dregs in the valley? This is the water pipe of the hospital. If you wash your hands here, you won't be hit. Why? Huh?" When she stood up, she was about the same size as Liu Xia, but her domineering look was that of a nobleman looking down on a beggar.

Just as Liu Xia was about to answer her, he heard Xiao Min's voice behind him: "The ward facing the apricot tree, do you see it? You can see it when you go there. It says the seventh ward."

When he turned around, Xiumei and Liu Yu were carrying a package, and Liu Fulai was carrying a large mat tube on his back, just turning into the courtyard, Xiumei said repeatedly: "I see, I see, thank you." ,thank you……"

Liu Xia turned around and ran over: "Sister-in-law, brother Fulai, fourth brother!"

Xiumei carried a quilt, and Liu Fulai also carried a quilt inside the mat. Liu Yu's package contained twenty sweet potato pancakes mixed with cornmeal, two buns mixed with corn flour, and a few others. Textbooks and all the foreign porcelain bowls at home.

There is no doubt that the two buns belong to the cat.

Xiumei rubbed the cat's little face with red eyes: "As long as the baby is well, I will run back three times a day to milk the baby. Anyway, I don't need to earn work points in the future. I can do whatever I want with my time."

Liu Fulai rubbed his hands together and kept saying: "It's good that the baby is fine, it's good that the baby is fine, I'll go back after sitting for a while, Uncle Seven and Aunt Seven are in a hurry, I have to go back and report to them go."

Liu Yu carefully touched the cat's little hand, and stood by the side, not daring to move, for fear of touching something on the cat's head, Liu Kui asked him to share the still hot pancakes with Liu Ling and Liu Hai. It was Monday, and they had to go to school in a while.

The family was worried, the three of them left the house before four o'clock, and Xiumei was so tired that her legs were cramping.

I ate pancakes with the boiled water I brought here, and at [-]:[-], Liu Yu, Liu Ling, and Liu Hai went to study.

Liu Kui didn't say that it is impossible for Liu Xia to learn it, so it's better not to say it.

When it was almost nine o'clock, Wang Junyu, Xiao Min, and another nurse named Xiao Jiao came together.

Wang Junyu checked the cat again carefully. His body temperature was 36.8°, his heartbeat was a little fast, and he was not in good spirits. There was nothing wrong with it: "The child's breathing and heartbeat have basically returned to normal. The oxygen can be stopped, and the water will probably be three or four. It can be finished in 10 minutes, and you don’t need to lose during the day today. If necessary, give the child another infusion at night. It depends on the situation. Don’t let the child eat in the morning. If he wants to eat in the afternoon, try it first Give him less cooked porridge, milk powder is also fine, pay attention to the porridge and milk powder not too thick, if you don’t want to eat, don’t force it, if the child can eat in the afternoon, try not to give water, Dr. Sun is on duty today , I will explain to her, if you have any questions, you can find her in time."

Liu Xia asked: "Didn't you come to show my cat today?" He had never met any other gentlemen in the hospital, but he instinctively felt that Wang Junyu must be the best here, and changing someone else made him a little uncertain .

Xiao Min said: "The hospital is full of shifts. My uncle hasn't stopped since yesterday morning until now, and last night. He has to rest. My uncle also has something to do today."

Liu Kui patted Liu Xia: "Yaoer, sir, you can't watch over us all day without eating or sleeping, it's fine." He then asked Wang Junyu: "Then when do you go to work?"

"I will take over at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. The health center is very small, and the outpatient department and the ward are not so clearly distinguished. At night, the outpatient department and the ward are on duty together."

When Liu Xia heard that Wang Junyu would not be back until tomorrow night, he immediately froze.

The cat woke up when the needle was pulled out, and Liu Xia kissed his little face several times. Although the cat looked so helpless, it still smiled at Liu Xia, but then closed it again. Eye.

Liu Xia's nose was sore, and he kissed the little guy a few more times, looking at his little white face without a trace of blood, he felt distressed besides his distress.

But Liu Xia didn't expect that the thing that made him feel distressed to death and out of anger was yet to come.