Ordinary happy life

Chapter 143 The Haze

Zhang Dayong saw the worry on Village Chief Li's face and could not comfort him. He could only sigh and said, "The doctor said there is no prescription to prevent this disease. All we can do is pay attention to hygiene and avoid going to crowded places. ."

"Okay, I understand. I will inform everyone in the village soon. God really doesn't want people to live. This severe drought has not yet passed and such a disease has come again." Village Chief Li felt that he was really old. It would be better to pass the position to Li Teng as soon as possible. It would be better for him to stay at home with his wife.

After Zhang Dayong arrived in the town, he randomly found a drug store and grabbed two pairs of anti-fetal medicine according to the prescription. While waiting for the medicine to be ready, he saw many men or husbands holding them, ranging from a few months to seven or eight years old. The child hurried into the drug store. When Zhang Dayong walked out with the anti-fetal medicine, the pharmacy was already filled with adults and children.

After buying the anti-fetal medicine, Zhang Dayong went to buy some millet and dried fruits. Thinking that Lin Qin would suffer from morning sickness, he also bought some dried plums and peaches with stronger acidity.

Because of the severe drought, the town has become much deserted. Most of the surrounding restaurants are closed, and the only ones that are open are some rice shops, grocery stores and cloth shops. There are also far fewer people on the streets, most of them are residents holding their children anxiously going to see a doctor.

When Zhang Dayong got home, he found that Lin Qin had already gotten out of bed to prepare dinner. Zhang Dayong put the things on the table and hurried to the kitchen to help, saying, "Why did you get out of bed? Just wait for me to make dinner." "Little Pinecone

and Xiaodouzi was crying that he was hungry, and I didn't know when you would come back. The child couldn't bear to be hungry. Besides, he felt much better after lying down all afternoon, and his stomach didn't feel uncomfortable anymore, so I thought it would be okay if I moved slower." Lin Qin. explained with a smile.

Zhang Dayong felt relieved when he saw that there was really no discomfort on Lin Qin's face. He saw that dinner was almost done, and it made no difference whether he was there or not, so he said, "Uncle Li knows you are pregnant, so I can give you more injections." It's half a bucket of water. I'll fetch the water first. When the dish is ready, you can leave me to carry it and don't do anything."

"Okay." Lin Qin was very happy to hear that he could fetch half a bucket more water. Nothing else. He said that he could save one and two children's clothes and wash them cleanly. The doctor said that the child should be kept clean, but Lin Qin still had a headache about what to do with dirty clothes. Although the child has more than one or two clothes, it doesn't matter if he has more than one piece per day. Moreover, Zhang Jingcheng sometimes has to change into several sets of clothes a day when he is naughty, which is not enough.

Zhang Dayong came back with a bucket filled with half a bucket of water. Lin Qin quickly brought a towel and a wooden basin, and carefully scooped a spoonful of water with a gourd spoon. Then he took the two children and carefully washed their hands and faces with a bathrobe. When he saw that both of them were clean, he was satisfied and took them to sit down and prepare to eat.

During this period, Zhang Dayong had already brought out all the food in the kitchen. Because of the severe drought, Lin Qin was not as good at cooking four dishes and one soup as before, that is, one dish and one soup. If Zhang Jingcheng wasn't still young and had to soak the rice in soup for him to eat, Lin Qin wouldn't be willing to cook the soup. If he didn't cook the soup, the family would have enough water to drink for a day.

"Dad, I want to eat chicken." Zhang Jingcheng glanced at the dishes on the table and found that there were only fried shredded pork with pickles and egg soup, and curled his lips and said.

Zhang Jingcheng loves to eat chicken. When he could not eat meat, he liked to drink chicken soup. Now that he can eat meat, he would eat chicken every now and then. In the past, Lin Qin would try his best to satisfy him and let him eat at least one chicken meal a week, but now there is no water to clean the slaughtered chickens, so Lin Qin stopped doing it.

"Hey little Pinecone, we can't make chicken without water now. When there is water later, daddy will give you chicken soup, okay?" Lin Qin felt very guilty looking at the child's immature face, but there was nothing he could do now.

Although Zhang Jingcheng didn't know why Lin Qin said he couldn't cook chicken without water, he could feel that Lin Qin was unhappy because he said he wanted to eat chicken. Zhang Jingcheng didn't want Lin Qin to be unhappy, so he said anxiously, "Dad, I won't eat chicken anymore. Don't be upset." "Dad, I'm not unhappy.

Come, I'll give you some rice. Although there's no chicken, there are eggs." It's the same, right?" The more considerate Zhang Jingcheng was, the more guilty Lin Qin felt because he was too stupid to even let his children eat chicken.

Zhang Dayong felt bad when he saw Zhang Jingcheng's greedy look on the chicken. It's a pity that even the water pool on the mountain has dried up, otherwise the chickens could be taken to the water pool and slaughtered. We can only hope that the drought will pass soon and the children will not have to suffer.

"Yeah." Zhang Jingcheng obediently took the soup and rice mixed by Lin Qin and carefully dug into it with a spoon.

"Little Douzi, please drink more soup." Lin Qin saw that Zhang Qiong'an kept eating pickles and fed him a few mouthfuls of egg soup with pity.

"Dad, drink too." Zhang Qiong'an refused to drink anymore after two sips, and pushed Lin Qin to drink too.

Lin Qin originally wanted to save the food for his two children and Zhang Dayong, and just eat the pickles himself, but suddenly he remembered the unsteady child in his belly, so he followed Zhang Qiong'an's advice and took a few sips.

"Let's just scramble some eggs tomorrow. Do you still have seaweed at home? If so, let's have some seaweed and shepherd's purse soup." Zhang Dayong said while eating dinner.

"There isn't much seaweed left, but if we save some we can still eat three or four meals." Lin Qin thought for a while and said.

Zhang Dayong nodded and said, "Eat first, and then we'll talk after you finish eating. Don't be reluctant to eat the dried fruits you bought. If you have nothing to do, just eat a few more and I'll buy them again

after you finish eating." "Okay." Lin Qin has never felt sorry for himself, but for Lin Qin always cared about his child, and he was willing to do anything for his child, even if the child was still in his belly.

After dinner, Zhang Dayong directly grabbed the dishes and chopsticks to wash, and took out the dried fruits he just bought for Lin Qin to peel and eat.

Although Zhang Qiong'an and Zhang Jingcheng were also greedy, they both knew that these dried fruits were for their father and unborn brother to eat, and they could not eat them. Even if Lin Qin peeled them and handed them over, they refused to let Lin Qin eat them himself. In the end, Lin Qin stuffed it into their mouths one by one. He chewed it subconsciously. Zhang Qiong'an and Zhang Jingcheng's eyes lit up. The walnut kernels were so fragrant and delicious.

Lin Qin saw that Zhang Qiong'an and Zhang Jingcheng liked it, so he thought about peeling some more for them, but Zhang Qiong'an refused: "Dad, we can eat other good things when we are old, but my brother can't eat anything delicious." " You and your little brother in your belly should eat these walnuts."

"We Xiaodouzi are good, but it doesn't matter. If your father has the ability, you can buy more dried fruits after eating them all. My brother is a good boy of my father. You Yes, come and eat with daddy." Lin Qin pulled Zhang Qiong'an and Zhang Jingcheng into his arms, and you peeled the walnuts one by one and ate them.

This is what Zhang Dayong saw when he wiped his hands and walked out of the kitchen. The two children were nestled in Lin Qin's arms on one side. The cloth bag with dried fruits was placed between the three of them. After peeling it off, you feed me a mouthful. Feeding you a mouthful is full of warmth.

Because of the unknown fever, Lin Qin was not able to see Yi Gezi give birth. He only heard that Yi Gezi had given birth to a boy. Lin Qin was very happy for Yi Gezi. Although Lin Qin couldn't go, Zhang Dayong went instead of Lin Qin. He didn't go in and just handed over a dozen eggs to Brother Yi's current man as a congratulatory gift.

Yi Gezi's newly born and newborn children need water, so Village Chief Li specifically allows Yi Gezi's men to fetch an extra bucket of water every day. Although the two buckets of water were still a little less, it still allowed the newborn to take a bath every day, and Brother Yi could sit more comfortably during confinement.

"Aunt Zhou's eldest brother is gone." Zhang Dayong said with a solemn expression after returning home.

Lin Qin was shocked when he heard this and said, "You miss me brother? You sweetly called me uncle when we met some time ago. Why are you gone now? God is blind." "

Yes, I had a fever three days ago. , I went to the town to grab medicine and came back, but the fever never went away. I just had a few convulsions and then died." In the past half month, more than a dozen children in the village have contracted this unknown disease and started to have fever, but some Children get through it, some don't. Of the three families that Zhang Dayong sent to the town last time, apart from Huzi, only the couple's children passed away. The children of another couple died on the third day after returning. That was also in their village. The first child to die from this disease.

"How many are there, six of them, right???" Lin Qin felt a little uncomfortable thinking about the children who had died in the village recently.

Zhang Dayong nodded silently. He was sad for the children who died, but he was even more worried about the two children at home. Although Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin have been trying their best to save water recently and let their two children wash their hands and faces from time to time, they also restrain them from going out. But other families didn't do this. Ever since Village Chief Li issued the order, every household has tried its best to keep their children clean and restrain them from going out. However, the number of children with fevers has increased one after another.

"Father, Dad, brother, it's so hot." Lin Qin was about to say something to Zhang Dayong when he heard Zhang Jingcheng running out in panic, with fear on his face.

Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin looked at each other, and then ran towards Zhang Qiong'an's room. Zhang Dayong was faster. After running to Zhang Qiong'an's bed, they saw Zhang Qiong'an's face was full of discomfort, and his mouth opened and closed. Zhang obviously had difficulty breathing. When they touched their heads again, it was boiling hot. What they were most worried about had happened.

"You take the little pine cone to our room immediately, and I'll take the little douzi to the town to find the doctor." Zhang Dayong pulled the quilt aside and wrapped Zhang Qiong'an tightly, and prepared to go to the town.

"I'll go too." Lin Qin said without thinking.

Zhang Dayong scolded Lin Qin with a rare stern look, "Where are you going? You don't want the child in your belly, right? There are so many patients in the medical center in the town. Bring the little pine cones with you in case he gets sick too." What should I do?"

Zhang Dayong's scolding made Lin Qin feel a little uncomfortable, but it also made him regain his sense. Yes, he went to ride a bullock cart before he was three months old. Whether the child can be saved is anyone's guess. No matter which hospital in town, children were always being treated. Zhang Jingcheng was still so young, so what if he got infected too.

"Be careful with the little beans. I'll be waiting for you at home with the little pine cones." Lin Qin pulled the anxious Zhang Jingcheng aside and said.

"Sorry, I was too impatient just now. You don't have to worry that we will be back soon." Zhang Dayong saw that Lin Qin had calmed down and apologized for his attitude just now.

Lin Qin shook his head. Zhang Dayong was right in scolding him just now. He was too anxious.

Lin Qin and Zhang Jingcheng stood by the gate and watched Zhang Dayong put on the ox cart and take Zhang Qiong'an away. They waited until the ox cart was no longer visible before walking back to the main room with heavy steps to wait. Zhang Jingcheng seemed to feel something. He, who had always been lively, no longer laughed and snuggled quietly in Lin Qin's arms. He stared directly at the outside of the house, and the whole family fell into silence.