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When he was five years old, Fangge suffered from chickenpox.

The illness came suddenly, and Fangge developed a high fever that night. He twisted his limbs uncomfortably, and accidentally kicked Du Lijuan, waking her up.It was raining heavily outside, and Fang Ge was so dazed that he had begun to let out a few hums unconsciously.

Du Lijuan touched his forehead, her palms were burning hot, she quickly touched the flashlight at the head of the bed and got out of bed, calling Yuan Dashan who was on the bed next to him, the man was snoring loudly, sleeping soundly, suddenly he was pushed Wake up, the eyes that just opened are a little angry.

"Hurry up and look for some medicine, Gezi has a fever." After speaking, Du Lijuan went to the small square table by the window and opened the drawer, where there was a mercury thermometer.

Yuan Dashan rubbed his face vigorously, got up to help Du Lijuan hold the flashlight, and watched the woman stuff the thermometer into the checkered armpit.Fangge's arm was always moving around, Du Lijuan simply hugged him into her arms and fixed his arm with some strength.Fang Gexu felt the power imprisoning him, his whole face wrinkled together, and his body arched upwards, trying to get rid of that force.

"Be good at Gezi, don't move around. Mom will help you take your temperature. If you move the thermometer again, it will loosen. Do you know if the measurement is accurate~" Du Lijuan coaxed softly, but Fangge quickly calmed down when he heard her mother's gentle voice. , but the reddened skin on his face and the huddled brows revealed his discomfort.

"Where is the medicine, I'll find it."

"In the second drawer of the kitchen cupboard." Yuan Dashan turned around and walked out of the room quickly. The "creaking" sound of the wooden door was especially prominent in this stormy night. With the man leaving, the room suddenly fell into darkness.Du Lijuan patted the little square in her arms lightly, but her ears were always capturing the slightest movement in the darkness.

The youngest son next to him slept for a long time, perhaps aware that there was no one beside him. He stretched out a small hand to grope, touched Du Lijuan's thigh, and fell asleep next to her, clinging to her tightly. thigh.Du Lijuan touched Yuan Song's head with one hand, and slightly bent the corners of her mouth.

Yuan Dashan came back soon, holding a bowl of hot water and a small bag of medicine hooked on his little finger. The light of the flashlight illuminated the night again. Du Lijuan took out the thermometer and looked at the light. It was [-] degrees, a high fever.

"Ge Zi, come, take the medicine before going to bed." Du Lijuan took half of Analgin from Yuan Dashan and held it to Fang Ge's mouth. Fang Ge squinted and was in a daze. He stuffed the pill into his mouth, and quickly poured him a spoonful of boiling water, "Come on, be good, Gezi, swallow it, don't spit it out." After finally pouring the medicine, Du Lijuan felt like she was sweating all over .

She pouted at Yuan Dashan, signaling the man to carry Yuan Song to his bed and go to sleep.

Little Yuan Song left the warm blanket, feeling the coolness all over his body, murmured, opened his eyes a little, and saw Yuan Dashan who was hugging him, "Dad~", he called out softly, then turned his head to look at In the past, seeing his flushed brother nestled in his mother's arms, he rubbed his eyes, looked again, and pouted his little mouth unhappily.

Du Lijuan looked up at little Yuan Song, smiled, and said softly, "Brother is sick, Song Song should sleep with dad tonight!"

Little Yuan Song curled his lips, turned around, plunged his head into his father's broad chest, and never came out again.

A child's fever usually comes and goes quickly. Du Lijuan originally thought that the temperature would drop after taking the medicine, but she didn't expect to have a high fever again the next morning.It rained heavily all night outside, and everywhere was wet, and the rain was much lighter. Du Lijuan went into the mountains wearing a coir raincoat as soon as she got up, and she was going to dig some herbs for Fangge.When leaving, she specifically told Yuan Song not to get too close to her brother.It's busy enough to take care of one, but don't get sick with both.

Fortunately, there was no farm work on rainy days, and the seeds that needed to be sown had already been sown, and Yuan Dashan could still help out at home.

When Fangge woke up, his head was heavy. He opened his heavy eyelids and took a look, only to see Yuan Song sitting on the edge of Yuan Dashan's bed, looking pitifully at the corner of his bed.

"Song Song?"

"Brother, are you awake?" Yuan Song suddenly cheered up and yelled, and finally shouted towards the kitchen in the back room: "Dad, brother is awake! Come and see."

Hearing the sound, Yuan Dashan stepped into the room in twos and threes. Seeing Fangge's flushed face, he withdrew the hand he had just stretched out, wiped his trousers vigorously before stretching it out again, and stuck a stick on Fangge's forehead. Stick it, it's still hot.He sighed and withdrew his hand, not knowing what to do, he could only wait for Du Lijuan to come back.

"Is Grid hungry? Dad has cooked some porridge. Let's get up and eat some."

"Yeah~" Fangge responded in a low voice, ready to get up and get out of bed, but was pushed back by Yuan Dashan, "Lie down, Dad will bring the porridge."

Yuan Dashan brought a small bowl of white rice porridge, which smelled delicious, but Fangge had no appetite at all, and his mouth felt bitter and astringent. The porridge was stuck in his throat and he couldn't get it out, finally couldn't help it, Xiao Fangge vomited it out, together with the few mouthfuls of porridge he ate and the water he drank at night, he vomited it all up until the end Even the bile was about to be spit out, a mouthful of bitterness.

The room was filled with an unpleasant smell, Fangge looked at the filth on the ground embarrassedly, and lowered his head a little afraid to look at Yuan Dashan.Little Yuan Song worriedly squeezed his facial features together. He wanted to go up to hug and pat his brother on the back, but he took a peek at his father, but he didn't dare.

Yuan Dashan didn't say anything. He patted Fangge's shoulder and told him to lie down again, "Don't eat if you can't eat, and lie down well. Mom will make some medicine for you when she comes back later." A wet towel came in with a broom, and covered Fang Ge's forehead with the towel.

Du Lijuan went to the valley on the other side of the West Mountain, and dug back a basketful of herbs, of various kinds, such as Prunella vulgaris, Seven Star Lotus Seed Grass, Plantain, Viola chinensis, Achilles bed, etc. As soon as she put down the frame on her back, she Hastily took off the coir raincoat and went into the room to look at Fangge.

It's just that in just two or three hours, a rash started to appear on Fang Ge's face, which was a little bit red, and it was so itchy that Fang Ge scratched. He scratched here and there, and slept very restlessly.Fangge was the only person in the room, and Yuan Dashan and Yuan Song were not there. Du Lijuan turned on the flashlight and checked Fangge's clothes and trouser legs. He was also scratched by Fang Ge with red marks, and the child was dazed and staring, yelling "Mom, it's so itchy" from time to time.

Now, Du Lijuan became anxious. Fangge's current condition was very similar to the chicken pox symptoms she had when she was a child. She ran out of the house in a hurry, calling Yuan Dashan's name inside and out.

"Hey, here, don't worry." Yuan Dashan just walked down the stairs, seeing Du Lijuan's anxious look, and slowly said a few words of comfort, "I have already brought Song Song upstairs, let's take Song Song upstairs first. Grid's body temperature has dropped, it's not good to have a high fever for a long time."

"I'm afraid Gezi has chickenpox, what should I do?"

"Fucking mother, have you had chickenpox before?" Du Lijuan nodded repeatedly. The time she got chickenpox, she had a very high fever. She had a fever for several days. Only a few scars were left on her body. That illness left a deep shadow on her.

"Then the two of us don't have to be afraid, we won't be infected if we have had chickenpox, I'll go and clean up the herbs first, you can take care of Grid."

Fangge’s illness was severe this time. He had a fever repeatedly for a week. No medicine was effective. The rash on his body had turned into big blisters. Every day, Fangge gritted his teeth and suffered. , It's really itchy.When Du Lijuan was by her side, seeing his silent and patient appearance, her heart would feel distressed.

It’s okay when he’s awake, and he can’t hold back. As soon as he fell asleep, Fangge couldn’t control himself. He scratched the blisters on his face, body, and legs, and the pus inside flowed out. It is extremely contagious, and once a hand stained with pus touches other intact places, chickenpox can develop there. In this way, there is no good place on Fangge's body.Du Lijuan tried many herbal medicines, but she couldn't find Fang Ge.

One night, when Du Lijuan got up to take his temperature in the middle of the night, Fangge developed a high fever again. The child's brain would burn out if it continued like this. Du Lijuan hurriedly got dressed and went out with a flashlight.

People in the mountains love to eat bitter vegetables. Bitter vegetables are not only a kind of wild vegetables, but also have the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. rush home.

The bitter vegetable tasted extremely bitter. When cooking, you had to blanch it with water before you could eat it. The light in the room was dim and dim. Fang Ge opened his mouth and saw his mother kneeling in front of the bed.There was a wooden board in front of the bed. Du Lijuan knelt on the board and picked bitter herbs bit by bit, crushing them with her teeth and applying them to Fang Ge's body.

It was cold in the mountains at night, Du Lijuan inevitably touched Fangge's skin when applying bitter herbs, it was icy cold, and Fangge couldn't help shrinking in shock.He wanted to reach out and rub his eyes, but his eyelids were too heavy, and blisters had formed on them, Du Lijuan quickly pressed his hands, and couldn't help comforting him.

Xiao Fangge twisted his mouth, but couldn't hold back, tears flowed from the end of his eyes to his hair.

"Mom, I'm sorry, woo~ I don't want to be sick, I don't want to make you so hard, um~ Mom, I'm sorry..."

"Silly boy, I'm sorry for what you say. Mom should take care of you. Don't cry. Mom believes that our grid will get better soon." Du Lijuan continued to chew the bitter vegetables with her teeth, and took a bite , applied on Fangge's face, neck, and body.

Xiao Fangge whimpered and tried to control his crying, tears clouded his eyes, he quickly closed them and squeezed them out forcefully, and then opened his slightly swollen eyes again, he must take good care of his mother this night.

In fact, although bitter vegetables can clear away heat and detoxify, they have little effect on Ge Ge's illness. The couple are trying to find a way to cure Fang Ge every day. Tried, all to no avail.People in the mountains usually don’t go to the hospital, and they take care of minor illnesses and pains. But this time, Fangge’s illness was so rapid that he couldn’t see the wind. The nearest hospital was more than ten kilometers away. Besides, the couple were so worried that they didn't know what to do. They looked at Grid lying on the bed every day, feeling guilty and distressed.

There was really no other way, so Du Lijuan thought of God. She worshiped God every day under the eaves, hoping that God would bless Gezi to get well soon. kowtow.

For several nights in a row, Du Lijuan just sat on the head of the bed, sighed softly, changed Fangge's towel from time to time, and when she was sleepy, she lay down and squinted for a while.

Finally, on the eighth day, Yuan Dashan brought back a bottle of purple medicine from a village a few kilometers away.That day, this tall and strong man was holding the small bottle of medicine in both hands, his hands trembling with excitement. He swallowed silently, watching his wife dipped cotton in the medicine and rubbed it on the herpes of the grid little by little, watching the pain that had been moaning. The child slowly calmed down, as strong as him, tears welled up in his eyes, he quietly turned his face away, rubbed his cheek with his shoulder, it finally worked!Very good!

Seeing Ge Zi's breathing gradually calm down, the couple looked at each other with red eyes, and breathed a sigh of relief one after another. At that time, Fang Ge's whole body was dotted with purple potion.Little Yuan Song stood obediently at the door, his hands clasped anxiously, and he stretched his neck to take a look at his brother, but he couldn't see it.

I don't know if it's the effect of the purple potion or if it's finally going to be overdone, the chicken pox on Fangge's body shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his spirit has improved a lot. Little Yuan Song was very happy when he heard the news Yes, he ran around the lobby several times, and finally ran to the eaves to support the pillars to slow down, knelt down with a plop, clasped his hands together, kowtowed to God, and said something in a low voice: "Thank God!"

Many years later, they still remember that rainy spring day, Xiao Fangge lay on the bed for more than two weeks, the bed was a bit far from the window, the window was an old-fashioned patterned glass window, and the view from the inside of the house was not real, Only a blur of green can be seen.

That patch of green was his favorite thing in those two weeks, every day his brother Yuan Song would appear in that patch of green, even if there was only a blurred head.He would stick his hands on the glass, make various shapes, and chat with Xiao Fangge outside the window.

Fortunately, Fangge survived the rainy season. Fortunately, everyone loves Fangge!