Be nice, my baby

Chapter No.17

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Several nurses couldn't bear to see Liu Qiang hugging a child by himself. They took the quilt from the empty ward and spread it on the bench in the infusion room, hoping that Li Wan could lie down.

"Hey, woo woo..." The nurse reached out to hug her, and Li Wan frowned faintly and sobbed softly.

Just as Liu Qiang let go of his hand, he chased the little guy back and hugged him back. He smiled at the nurse apologetically, "Xiao Wan, be good! Brother Qiang is here..."

"My stomach, my stomach hurts..." Li Wan whispered in a daze.

"Brother Qiang, if you touch it, it won't hurt anymore!" Liu Qiang coaxed softly, fixed Li Wan with one hand, and carefully stroked Li Wan's stomach back and forth.

Li Wan was probably really tired from crying. Under Liu Qiang's comfort, he fell asleep holding Liu Qiang's collar...

When old man Li hurried over, he only had time to ask, and was urged to pay the fee first.

"Doctor, how much does it cost?" Old man Li swallowed and asked dryly.

The money Mr. Li brought was not enough for all the expenses, so he had to pay the operation fee and two days' medicine, signed the operation agreement, and sent Li Wan to the operating room.

Liu Qiang watched helplessly as Li Wan who was crying loudly was tied to the operating table and pushed into the operating room. The two nurses turned around and closed the two doors forcefully with a "bang"...

45 minutes is only equivalent to a normal class, but Liu Qiang sitting outside the operating room seems to have passed a century...

"Come here and help me!" the nurse called as she opened the door.

Liu Qiang jumped off the bench and ran towards the push bed.

Li Wan's small body was sunk in the white quilt, which made her face look paler and paler, and the light powder on her lips disappeared, leaving patches of white skin and cracks, and her little hands were bound together by adhesive tape. There are hanging needles hanging on the cardboard, and it can be seen from the gaps in the tape that there are already several bruises on the back of the hand...

Old man Li and the nurse carried Li Wan to the ward as smoothly as possible...

"This is the excised appendix. Take a look, it's already very red and swollen! If you delay it for a while, it will be perforated, and it will be troublesome..." The doctor handed over a small section of red and purple stuff on a shallow tray. In front of old man Li.

"Well, how is Xiaowan now?" Liu Qiang stepped forward and asked.

"Appendectomy is just a minor operation. The next step is to inject anti-inflammatory needles. After the wound heals, the thread will be pulled out in about a week!" The doctor casually put the plate on the bedside table and said a few words.

Old man Li responded again and again.

The nurse came over with a bottle of medicine, and told Old Man Li to keep an eye on the medicine. If there was no medicine, he had to change it or if there was any problem, he went to the duty room to call someone, etc...

The next day, Li Wan's second uncle, third uncle and two aunts rushed over after getting the news. At the request of old man Li, his second uncle paid the remaining medical expenses and hospitalization expenses, and the third uncle and two aunts Then the family took 50 yuan out for other expenses.

The second uncle Li Wan and the little aunt gave the money, as if they had completed the task, they left in a hurry, only her eldest aunt stayed to help take care of it for a long time, and it was old man Li who went to rest for a while.

"Qiangzi, let's go, let's go to Mrs. Wang's to get some food and sleep for a while!" Old Man Li said wearily.

"Daddy Li, go, I don't want to sleep!" Liu Qiang said while holding Li Wan's small hand where the needle was not inserted.

Old man Li, who stayed up all night and only took a few naps, was getting old after all, Liu Qiang said he didn't want to go to sleep, he just waited for Liu Qiang to sleep last night, turned around and staggered out.

Li Wan woke up at around nine o'clock in the morning, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Liu Qiang sitting by the bed.

"Brother Strong!"

"Xiaowan, good boy, tell brother Qiang how are you doing now?" Liu Qiang asked while pressing Li Wan's hand that was hanging on the needle.

"Hey, woo..." Li Wan struggled a little, and sobbed uncomfortably.

"Xiao Wan is a good boy, don't cry, be good, tell Brother Qiang what's wrong with you?" Liu Qiang coaxed Li Wan with his arms around Li Wan carefully avoiding Li Wan's surgical wound.

"Brother Qiang, woo woo, Xiao Wan's stomach hurts, it hurts, she can't go to the toilet..." Li Wan said aggrieved.

Liu Qiang had no way to explain to little Li Wan what acute appendicitis was, so he could only coax Li Wan with childish lies over and over again...

That afternoon, Liu Qiang was forcibly picked up by Liu Ma.

"...You child, Li Wan has their own family watching, you really love to worry..."

Liu Qiang lowered his head, thinking about his own thoughts, his brows were hardly furrowed, and Mama Liu's words just drifted past his ears.

When Li Wan was dragged back from town with a scooter by old man Li, Liu Qiang had persuaded Liu Ma to learn from Master Qian who lived alone in the mountains.

Master Qian is a widowed old man. Liu Qiang has lived alone in the mountains since Liu Qiang could remember. When the weather is good, he can be seen taking out various herbs to dry. If anyone in the ten miles and eight villages has a broken bone, he will almost always come to him. Apply plasters instead of going to the hospital for plaster casts, and women also like to go to him to buy some tonics that can be stewed in vegetables.

"Brother Qiang!" Li Wan shouted joyfully while being led by old man Li with one hand and holding the tree trunk with the other.

Liu Qiang put down the wicker dustpan in his hand, and ran over in three steps at a time, "Xiao Wan, why did you run out? Brother Qiang is going to play with you at night!"

"Hehe..." Li Wan opened her arms and threw herself towards Liu Qiang.

"Be careful of the wound!" Liu Qiang shouted in a hurry, reaching out to support Li Wan, "Daddy Li, you go back first, we will go back together after Xiaowan plays here for a while!"

Old man Li hadn't been home for several days to take care of Li Wan. There was a whole house of things waiting to be done. He explained a few words to Liu Qiang and left with peace of mind.

Liu Qiang lowered his head and looked at Li Wan carefully. He lost weight, his head seemed to have shrunk, and his pink lips also lost their former luster. When he moved, he subconsciously protected his lower right abdomen, where there was an extra line that penetrated his stomach the wound...

"Slow down, Xiao Wan, let's go in and sit down!" Liu Qiang hooked his body and carefully supported Li Wan to walk into the room.

Master Qian went into the mountains today to collect a few herbs that are only available in winter. He went deep into the forest early in the morning and has not returned yet.

Li Wan turned her head and smiled sweetly at Liu Qiang, and began to sue Liu Qiang in a low voice.

"Come on, Xiao Wan, have a sip of tea!" Liu Qiang poured out half a bowl of warm scented tea and fed it to Li Wan's mouth.

Scented tea is made from dried wild chrysanthemums that grow all over the mountains and plains. It is the best way to clear away heat and reduce fire. This is the most basic thing Liu Qiang has learned.

Li Wan leaned over and took a "gudong, gudong" drink, with a satisfied expression on his face.

"Are you hungry? Is it okay to eat dried fruit?" Liu Qiang brought out three or four dried wild fruits and asked with his arms around Li Wan.

"En!" Li Wan happily agreed, took it with both hands, and gnawed it in small mouthfuls.

Liu Qiang turned around and quickly collected all the herbs outside the house, and put them away by category.

Li Wan ate a few dried fruits, saw that Liu Qiang was busy, and sat obediently on the sidelines, only asking questions when he saw something he hadn't seen before...

Master Qian came back when it was getting dark.

Liu Qiang clearly explained the herbs that had been dried during the day.

"I'm not going out tomorrow, so I'll tell you about the properties of several herbs!" Master Qian nodded in satisfaction, but his tone was still cold.

Liu Qiang respectfully agreed, and pulled Li Wanwan to come, "Master, please take a look at Xiao Wan!"

Master Qian stared and was about to lose his temper.

"Master, just take a look, you don't need to check the pulse!" Liu Qiang quickly explained.

Master Qian turned around and entered the room without saying anything.

Li Wan hugged Liu Qiang's thigh timidly.

"Little Wan, be good, let's show Grandpa Qian, and you won't have a stomachache in the future!" Liu Qiang knelt down and said seriously.

Li Wan hugged Liu Qiang's neck and bit his lip and nodded.

Liu Qiang carefully carried Li Wan into the inner room, stood in front of Master Qian, and called softly, "Master..."

"Look, hear and ask, can't you smell it?" Master Qian said stiffly.

Liu Qiang was taken aback, and sniffed hard on Li Wan. Although it was faint, but under the cover of the smell of medicine on Li Wan's body, there was a strange smell, as if... as if something was rotting... Liu Qiang He suddenly looked up at Master Qian.

"Look at his surgical wound!" Master Qian pointed out.

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The author has something to say: Well, let me explain here that the titles in this article are all based on dialect customs. In many places, grandparents are referred to as father and mother. Parents can ignore this, ha ha, anyway, old man Li will not survive... …

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