Chapter 69: Celebrating the New Year in the Hospital
When Shi Xiucui came to this breakfast restaurant, she saw a group of people gathered in front of the restaurant. She didn't like to watch the excitement, so she bypassed the crowd and walked to the restaurant.
"Bring me two bowls of millet porridge, a side dish, and six eggs." Shi Xiucui ordered breakfast for the three people she wanted.
"The breakfast you want is ready, three pieces for six eggs, two pieces for two bowls of porridge, and one piece for a small dish, a total of six yuan." In a flash, the breakfast she asked for was packed, and the boss quickly calculated the account and handed the breakfast to Shi Xiucui.
"Oh, yes, I'm sorry, I may have forgotten to bring the money. I may have forgotten my money at home. My mom is in this hospital, and she's going to give birth. My stepmom is going to have a baby. Shi Xiucui pointed in the direction of the hospital, a little anxious.
"Why don't you think that's okay, you let me bring my breakfast, and I'll bring you the money in a moment." Otherwise, I'll leave you the scarf. I'll give you the money in a while, and you can give me the scarf again, can you see it? Shi Xiucui was afraid that the first time she asked her to deliver food to Aunt Xue, she would not be happy.
"It's okay, the kid is fine. Your mother is quite good at picking a day when she gives birth. This is the New Year, and I have to let you come out to buy food. The boss saw that Shi Xiucui was so anxious that she was about to cry, so he quickly comforted her.
The owner of this breakfast shop is a good person, and he can close his business today and go home for the New Year, because there are basically no people on the street during the two New Year days in the northeast. He opened his business today and made a sure loss. It's just that the boss wants this place to be closer to the hospital, and the hospitalized people want to have a smooth breakfast, so he starts the business as usual.
After Shi Xiucui thanked her, she hurriedly walked out with a convenient bag. She thought that if she walked slowly, the porridge in the plastic bag would be cold.
When they came to the ward, Lao Shi and Aunt Xue had already gotten up. Aunt Xue is washing up together accompanied by Comrade Lao Shi.
"Dad, Aunt Xue, I bought breakfast. Come and eat, the porridge is still hot, don't get cold later" Shi Xiucui expressed her credit to her father and Aunt Xue.
"Thank you so much, little Cui'er. You see that your brother has moved, I guess I want to have a relationship with your sister! Aunt Xue immediately understood what Shi Xiucui meant, and there was a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth, so that anyone who saw this beautiful pregnant woman would feel very close.
After breakfast, Shi Xiucui came out to wash the dishes, and then she saw Lao Shi coming out to fetch hot water.
"Dad, come here." Shi Xiucui whispered Lao Shi's name.
"What's the matter? I'll turn on the water, and we'll talk about it when we're done with it. "Lao Shi was a little baffled.
"Dad, I may have forgotten my wallet, or I lost it. I haven't paid anyone for the breakfast shop yet. Shi Xiucui saw Lao Shi come over and said softly.
"Look at you girl doing things upside down. Give you ten dollars, do you think it's enough? ”
"Enough Dad, absolutely enough. Six dollars is enough. Shi Xiucui said busily.
"By the way, are you sure you lost your wallet, how much money did you lose?" Lao Shi had a reproachful tone, but he was helpless.
"It should be that I left it at home, and I shouldn't lose it. It's only 200 yuan in my wallet, I mean, the money you gave me yesterday for food, and my pocket money. Shi Xiucui hurriedly replied.
"Well, I hope I didn't lose it. Why don't you wash the dishes in a moment and go back and find it. By the way, I paid back the breakfast money I owed to others. A small restaurant like theirs should be closed after noon, and they all went home for the New Year. This money owed to others can't be delayed until the end of the year. Otherwise, there will be no good luck in the coming year. Seeing that her father started preaching again, Shi Xiucui was a little bored.
"I know, Dad, don't worry. I'm so old, I can still handle this little thing. Shi Xiucui hurriedly stopped Lao Shi's speech.
"What's that, you have returned the money, no matter if you find your wallet or not, hurry up and go home, I see that your Aunt Xue is about to give birth." I can't leave here. You go under the closet at home, and there's a paper bag there. There were 2,000 yuan in the paper bag, which I took out for emergency use a year ago. If you can't find your wallet, or if you lose it, take the money from there and buy food for lunch. Lao Shi said in a low voice.
Shi Xiucui agreed, and returned to the delivery room with Lao Shi. After cleaning up, Shi Xiucui was ready to go home. Neither father nor daughter said anything about losing their wallets, and they were both very anxious about it.
Shi Xiucui left the hospital and came straight to the breakfast shop. When she pushed the door open and entered, she found that there were still many people in the room, and there was a smell of urine.
"The owner gives you money for breakfast. It's only six dollars for breakfast. Shi Xiucui didn't find the shopkeeper, so she shouted out.
"Hey, here, girl, you don't have to be in such a hurry to pay back." The shopkeeper said that he took ten yuan and gave Shi Xiucui change.
"This is the New Year, and I didn't even wear a cotton coat at a young age. I can't just blow it away, and I can't leave it. I closed the store right now. You see, this kid is freezing his pants. He just fell in front of our shop. I can't die without help. Maybe someone beat you up, this young man. The shopkeeper muttered, and Shi Xiucui also looked over curiously.
"Shi Xiucui?"
"Brother Degui, what's wrong with you." Shi Xiucui heard someone shouting that she separated the two people next to her, and really saw that Guo Degui was sitting there, and there was a bowl of porridge that had been cold on the table.
"Oh, there's finally someone who knows him, why did this guy fall here in the morning. At that time, he was already unconscious, so I brought him closer and brought him a bowl of porridge to drink. The other person woke up, but he just didn't speak, and it had been more than half an hour. I can't do this business anymore, I guess he's peeing his pants. The shopkeeper defended himself in front of Shi Xiucui.
"Cuicui, hurry up and help me to the hospital, I feel uncomfortable, I should have a high fever." Guo Degui said weakly.
"Okay, Brother Degui." Shi Xiucui asked Guo Degui to wrap one hand around her neck, and the two of them staggered out of the breakfast shop.
In fact, Guo Degui woke up for a while, and he didn't speak because he didn't have the courage to say it, and the people next to him talked about him peeing his pants, so it was even more difficult for him to speak. It wasn't until he met Shi Xiucui that he seemed to grasp the straw that saved his life.
When he arrived at the hospital, the doctors and nurses pinched his nose and took his temperature, and advised him to be hospitalized because he had a fever of 41 °C. The doctor made a preliminary diagnosis of pneumonia.
The doctor asked for a stretcher, Shi Xiucui took Guo Degui's student ID card for him to be hospitalized, and when he arrived at the hospitalization outlet, the people inside asked Shi Xiucui to deposit 2,000 yuan, and Shi Xiucui said that the school gave everyone insurance. However, the doctor said that the insurance should be settled with the insurance company when he was discharged, and he could only pay the hospitalization deposit if he was hospitalized. Shi Xiucui had no choice but to rush back and ask Guo Degui for money. She had only four dollars of change that the owner of the breakfast shop had given her.
Shi Xiucui returned to the ward, but fortunately, there was no one in the room during the Chinese New Year, and there were only two patients in the four beds. The patient was an old man with tracheitis, and hospitalization was a common occurrence for him. He is also ready to go back for the New Year after taking a drip.
Shi Xiucui said about the hospitalization deposit, Guo Degui knew about it, so he told Shi Xiucui if he could go home and ask her father to borrow some money, and when his parents came in two days, he would return the money to her. Shi Xiucui thought about it for a while, didn't say anything, went home and got the money, and gave Guo Degui a cushion first.
When paying the money, Shi Xiucui kept an eye on it, and he told the person who collected the money that he didn't have enough money and could only pay a deposit of 1,005. The man who received the money didn't insist anymore.
Shi Xiucui finished all this, bandaged Guo Degui's peeed pants in a plastic bag, and took them downstairs to the laundry office to wash. Then they bought lunch for Guo Degui and Aunt Xue. Shi Xiucui was also a little tired after working for half a day.
Guo Degui's Chinese New Year's Eve was spent in the hospital room, because the cotton clothes could not be taken out until the year later. He finished the hanging bottle by himself, forced himself to make a basin of water, and simply washed his shirt and underwear. Fortunately, the heating in the ward is still sufficient. When Shi Xiucui came to see him again, he was already wearing his shirt and underwear in a hospital gown.
Shi Xiucui brought him a pair of cotton pants from Lao Shi, and bought him fruits and some things to eat. After that, Shi Xiucui was in a hurry to send dinner to Lao Shi and Aunt Xue.
Shi Xiucui came out of Aunt Xue and went to see Guo Degui again. In the ward filled with a faint smell of urine, Shi Xiucui didn't stay for a while before finding an excuse to leave.
Aunt Xue was able to stand up, and she didn't give birth to a child until the afternoon of the second year of junior high school. The doctor said that the child was born a little late, but the child was safe and sound. Comrade Lao Shi breathed a sigh of relief.
However, this joy disappeared less than ten hours after the child was brought back. Under normal circumstances, newborns should be placed in incubators, but at that time, the hospital was Aunt Xue and the other three mothers. The other two were born a day earlier, and the people took the baby back the day after giving birth and watched it for themselves. There is only one child left, and Aunt Xue thinks it would be better to bring it back. Of course, doctors and nurses are also idle, and it is better to have more things for the New Year, so there is nothing to stop them.
On the night when the child was brought back, Lao Shi found that the child had some convulsions. I quickly notified the doctor on duty. Everyone started a busy overtime mode.
When Shi Xiucui came the next morning, she saw the tired old Comrade Shi and Aunt Xue, as well as those angry doctors and nurses along the way.
Shi Xiucui watched her younger brother fall asleep in the small bed, her little face was red, and she looked very cute.
After eating breakfast, Shi Xiucui accidentally found that blood was flowing from under Aunt Xue's hospital gown. He hurriedly told Comrade Lao Shi, and Comrade Lao Shi quickly notified the doctor, and the doctor came to the ward again.
After the examination, the doctor said that it was due to excessive shock, postpartum hemorrhage.