Chapter 1413: Getting Sick

Ye Xiaoxi lay on the wall with her eyes closed and cried for a long time, but she felt the voices around her getting further and further away. Originally, there were teasing and joking voices, but why did they all walk away?

She pricked up her ears and listened for a while while crying. Everyone was excitedly talking about how lively it was, how many people there were, and what they ate at noon, but they were all far away from her. No one was standing beside her talking, and even less was anyone caring that she was crying.

She felt even more aggrieved.

She made persistent efforts and cried even louder, but still, no one cared about her, and even her brothers didn't care about her.

Her sister was not loyal either, she hadn't been seen all afternoon, secretly running to join the fun without calling her. Just now, she saw her jump off the car and then she was directly hugged home.

Everyone went, except her.

"Wawuwu..."

The more she thought about it, the sadder she became.

But no one paid attention to her. She cried for a while, and when she was tired of crying, her voice slowly softened, and then she wiped her tears and prepared to walk home.

As a result, when she looked, her father was sitting on the threshold of the courtyard gate watching her.

She cried loudly again. This time, she was crying because her father was too much, not coaxing her at all, but just watching her cry.

Ye Yaodong, as usual, just watched and didn't coax.

Ye Xiaoxi cried in front of him for a while, seeing him unmoved, and then walked into the house crying loudly.

The adults in the house were sitting there talking, just watching the father and daughter, one running into the house crying, and one calmly following behind.

"What's going on? Didn't you say you were going out to coax the child? Why did she run back to the room crying?" Lin Xiuqing asked.

"Didn't coax her well? She's so small and already so hard to fool? Why don't you take her to buy something to eat?" Bureau Chief Chen also said.

Jin Yuzhi smiled and said, "Shall I go and coax her?"

Ye Fu said, "No need, no need, the little girl has a big temper, she'll be fine in a while."

Ye Yaodong just wanted to see how long she could cry and how much she could cry.

Earlier, when his father came back, he had let his father and mother go into the house first to accompany the guests. He had been accompanying them for a whole day, and just happened to come out to catch his breath and smoke two cigarettes, so he didn't say anything, just sat quietly on the threshold listening, watching how long she could cry.

As a result, when she looked back, she seemed even angrier?

"I'll go and coax her, you guys chat among yourselves. If you're not full, let Aqing cook some snacks for you?"

"No need, we're all full, just finished eating..."

Ye Yaodong nodded and went into the house first.

The little girl was currently sticking her butt up, lying on the bed crying "wuwu" again. After he came in, she even pulled the quilt, covered her head, and cried muffledly in the quilt.

Too funny.

Children are really cute.

He stepped forward and patted her butt with a smile, "Stop crying, I'll give you a dime."

Ye Xiaoxi's head was still in the quilt, and her hand reached out first to pat the quilt in protest.

"A dime can buy 10 pieces of malt candy, 10 rice sticks, two bags of popcorn, 5 pieces of bubble gum..."

"You bullied me, I don't want you anymore..."

She lifted the quilt, sobbing while taking her small bag to pack her small dolls and small toys. She gave up when she couldn't fit them in, and then hugged her piggy bank and walked out.

"Where are you going?"

"Hmph..." she hummed in her mouth, while sobbing again, her shoulders twitching, looking so aggrieved.

The adults outside were talking and didn't notice her, a short person, coming out of the house, only seeing Ye Yaodong come out.

"Coaxed her well?"

"No, isn't she over there?" He pursed his lips at Ye Xiaoxi at the door of the old lady's room.

Ye Xiaoxi went into the old lady's room for a moment, then carried her dirty doll out, and this time she walked directly toward the door.

"What are you doing?"

"Hmph, I'm going to run away from home, I don't want you guys anymore."

Ye Yaodong saw that everyone in the house stood up and hurriedly said, "It's fine, the child is just throwing a tantrum, you guys sit down and chat, I'll just follow."

Lin Xiuqing was beside him, "Why don't I go, did you coax her?"

"You've spoiled her rotten."

She widened her eyes in disbelief. How could someone be so shameless as to shift the blame?

"How did I spoil her rotten? What does it have to do with me? Isn't it you guys, one, two, three, who spoiled her?"

She felt she was more wronged than Dou E.

"I'm not even at home, what did I spoil her with?" Ye Yaodong followed quickly.

Just in this short while, the sky had already darkened, and nearby houses had lit their lamps. He followed far behind the little girl for only twenty or thirty meters, and the sky was already pitch black.

Ye Xiaoxi also looked at the pitch-black sky, her hands holding the doll and the piggy bank tightened, and there was some confusion in her eyes.

Ye Yaodong saw her stop and hid first. When she turned around to look at the house, she found that no one had come out.

His children were all playing with toys in the room next door because there were no companions.

In the past, there were many children at their door because the workshop was working, and many children were attached to their mothers. Their mothers worked here, and the children also ran over to play nearby.

Today the workshop was not working, and the main force of the village had not returned yet, probably still on the road in a mighty procession at this time.

So the village was cold and clear, not to mention the noise of children, there was not even a shadow of a person, not many lights were on, and it looked dark everywhere.

For a moment, she was terrified, feeling that the whole world had abandoned her, leaving only her alone. She stood shivering, somewhat confused and at a loss.

Ye Yaodong just wanted to let her be afraid once, otherwise, if there was a first time, there would be a second. If she really threw a tantrum and ran away from home, and he was not at home, and Aqing was busy, and the old lady didn't watch her, and she really got lost, he would have nowhere to regret.

He just silently put his hands in his pockets, stood far away by the wall, and watched this little girl.

Ye Xiaoxi stood on the spot, the more she stood, the more panicked her heart became, feeling that today's village was different from the village she knew.

It was indeed different, but she didn't know where it was different.

She clearly knew that walking forward was the inside of the village, but she couldn't take a step now.

Standing for no more than a minute, she burst into tears with a "wow," the crying sound shaking the sky, even louder than when she was lying on the wall and on the bed crying, as if she wanted to vent all her grievances.

Ye Yaodong, while she was crying, also slowly walked toward her.

"Turn around."

She dropped the piggy bank and toys in her hands, turned around, and hugged his leg, "Father, Father, why did you just come? I'm so scared, scared, Father... wuwuwu, everyone doesn't want me anymore... Father, scared, scared..."

Ye Yaodong squatted down to hug her, patted her back, and comforted her, "It's not that you don't want me, didn't you say you wanted to run away from home?"

"I don't not want you, I want you, I'm scared."

"Now you know you're scared? When you stepped out of the house earlier, weren't you quite courageous? Your running away from home only lasted 20 meters."

"Scared, scared, so scary..."

"Don't be afraid, it's okay, you can't run away from home in the future. See, you ran away from home, no one in the village noticed, no one came out, and no one knew. If you meet bad people, you will be caught by human traffickers directly, and then your eyes will be dug out, your hands cut off, your feet cut off, and you will be begging on the street."

She was so scared that she kept shedding tears, shaking her head.

"When you went to the market with your mother, have you seen beggars? Are those beggars pitiful? Are their hands and feet broken, very scary?"

She nodded like a garlic pounder, and her tears fell even more fiercely.

"So you can't run away from home, you know? You can only play at the door and in the village, you can't leave the sight of adults, you know?"

She continued to nod.

"Okay, stop crying, you can't do this next time."

"I won't dare to run away from home ever again."

"That's right, let's go, go home and wash your face, your face is crying like a little flower cat, all tears and snot, so disgusting."

Ye Yaodong picked her up.

"My doll, my piggy bank..."

He squatted down again and carried her piggy bank and doll in his hand.

He hugged her back to the house, let Lin Xiuqing wash her face, handed her over to her to deal with, and he went to accompany everyone to talk.

It was just that what he didn't expect was that Ye Xiaoxi developed a high fever in the middle of the night, and the old lady got up in the middle of the night and knocked on their bedroom door, telling him to send her to the clinic immediately.

"High fever? It must be because she was scared at night."

When Ye Yaodong spoke, he had already walked to the door of the old lady's room, went in, and touched Ye Xiaoxi's forehead, which was scarily hot.

"So hot."

"Yeah, I was also startled just now, so I hurriedly called you to get up, you hurry up and send her to the clinic."

"I'll go put on some clothes too."

Lin Xiuqing also walked to the door, "The child has a high fever?"

"Yeah, the old lady said the child was not honest sleeping at night, and she habitually got up to cover her with a quilt, and touched that her body was very hot, so she was startled and hurriedly came to knock on the door."

"It must be because she ran out to run away from home at night, and as a result, the village was quiet, there were no lights, and no one, different from usual, and she was alone, which scared her."

The couple put on their clothes, wrapped the child in a blanket, and walked out holding her.

There was a small clinic in the village, which could see some colds and fevers. Ye Xiaoxi looked like she had a high fever from fright at night.

"This child is usually as strong as a little calf, and rarely gets sick, not even much of a cold or cough, at most a runny nose for a few days and she's fine. This suddenly comes with a big one."

Ye Yaodong walked fast holding the child, and Lin Xiuqing followed by his side talking.

The dirt road in the village was poor, and at critical moments, the speed of riding a bicycle might not even be as fast as walking.

"The more a child who rarely gets sick and has a good body gets sick, the more serious it will be."

"Would I not have scolded her at night if I had known?"

"You scolded her at night too?"

"She's so small and already thinking about running away from home, if I don't scold her, who do I scold? And when I scolded her, I didn't know the situation at the time. When you came back to the room to sleep and told me she was scared to death, I only then knew, and I was also regretting it."

"The child was scared, and you still scolded her, how did you become a mother."

"You are blaming me now, you followed her yourself, and didn't watch the child, and let her get scared."

"Didn't I also want to let her remember, so she wouldn't be too rebellious?"

The couple started blaming each other halfway.

They stopped when they arrived at the door of the clinic.

The two of them knocked on the door, measured the temperature, and talked about the symptoms. When they saw the thermometer was 39.8 degrees, they were startled again and panicked.

The two boys before were so naughty, but they had never had such a high fever.

The couple felt heartbroken.

After the needle was inserted and the IV drip was set up, they felt even more heartbroken.

"My darling, too much suffering, next time Father will definitely coax you well."

The barefoot doctor comforted, "It's common for children to be scared, you guys just stay here and accompany her. After this bottle is finished, change to another small one. You know how to change it, right?"

Ye Yaodong nodded, "I know, I'll do it myself in a while, you go to sleep."

"Okay, I'll grab the medicine first too."

Ye Xiaoxi's cheeks were flushed, and she kept her eyes closed, but she would still respond when she talked to her just now.

Lin Xiuqing said, "You go back to sleep first, I'll watch here."

"It's okay, I'll watch here, you go back."

Ye Yaodong also felt quite self-blaming in his heart. She was still so small, why did he want her to remember, remember my ass, just talk to her more reasonably, look at how scared the child was.

"You still have to take Godfather to visit the fish canning factory tomorrow, and then you have to send them back to the city. If you don't rest well, where will you have the energy."

"It's the same if I lie down and sleep here."

At this time, Ye Xiaoxi opened her eyes and said weakly, "Father, Mother, I'm fine."

Ye Yaodong touched her forehead and said gently, "Be good, you recuperate well. It was Father's fault at night, it was Father's mistake. When you get better, Father will take you to the city to play, buy whatever you want, eat whatever you want, and take you to see the circus."

She nodded and smiled, "Don't lie to me this time."

"I won't, I'll keep my word."

"Pinky swear."

She stretched out her small finger, and Ye Yaodong felt his heart melt when he saw it, and hurriedly pinky swore with her.

"Pinky swear, one hundred years not allowed to change."

"Sleep."

Lin Xiuqing kept persuading him to go back to sleep, but Ye Yaodong was not at ease, only saying that he would take his father to drive tomorrow.

Since he couldn't be persuaded, she didn't persuade him anymore.

The couple kept watch until the two IV drips were finished, and the child's fever subsided.

The two of them could also squint for a while on the recliner on the side.

Ye Yaodong thought to himself, he felt heartbroken just by having an IV drip on the back of her hand. Some children could only find blood vessels on the back of their feet or on their foreheads. Sticking needles in those positions looked even more miserable and pitiful.

The two of them only squinted for a while, and the sky was bright, and Lin Xiuqing also woke up in surprise.

"I have to go back to cook breakfast..."

"Ask Mother to do it."

"That's fine, then I'll go ask Mother to help cook breakfast."

The couple tossed and turned for most of the night, and they were all haggard. When the child got sick, the adults also suffered a lot.

Lin Xiuqing went for a while and came back, and also bought steamed buns.

"Didn't go home to get the soup pot to buy soy milk, just eat like this first, I'll pour you a cup of boiled water."

Ye Yaodong nodded and took it.

Not long after, the children at home and Ye Fu also came to see, as well as several playmates from the neighbors.

Chattering and talking, they woke Ye Xiaoxi up, and she was very happy.

"Where did you all go last night..."

"Did you run away from home last night? How far did you go?"

"Did you meet a ghost, so you were scared sick..."

Ye Fu scolded, "Nonsense."

"You don't have a fever anymore, are you better?"

"Xiao Jiu, wow, you even had an IV drip, is it very painful?"

Ye Xiaoxi said loudly, "It's not painful at all, I didn't cry."

"You are so brave..."

A bunch of children were noisy, and some were from the neighbors.

Ye Yaodong saw that Ye Xiaoxi had woken up, the fever had subsided, and the medicine had been taken, so he settled the bill and hugged the child back.

The three adults walked in front, and the circle behind and beside them were all children. It was quite spectacular early in the morning, and the passing villagers all asked them where they came from and what they were doing.

Ye Fu simply replied that the child was sick and had just been seen.

Ye Xiaoxi lay on Ye Yaodong's shoulder and didn't stop, happily talking to everyone, dancing with joy, looking full of energy.

If it weren't for the occasional sniffing and coughing, one would think she was fine.

She felt that the love that disappeared last night had returned.

After returning home, a bunch of adults in the house also surrounded her to ask about her well-being. She felt that she was valued again, and happily said that she was all better, and wanted to run out to play immediately.

"You can't go anywhere, you want to run out when you're sick, do you want to be beaten? Go lie on the bed, I'll soak medicine for you to eat."

"Can't I go out to play?"

"No, you have to wait two days until you are completely better before you can go out."

"Then my erhu..."

Bureau Chief Chen smiled and said, "I'll buy it, I'll buy it for you when I go back today."

She shook her head, "I want to go find Grandpa Erhu."

Ye Yaodong said, "Go when you're better. At that time, let your mother buy some meat, canned food, and pastries, so you can visit."

"Okay."

She waved to everyone obediently, and then was hugged into the house to lie down.

She was dizzy with fever last night, and woke up later, she didn't really sleep much, and was woken up early in the morning, and now she fell asleep again not long after taking the medicine.

Ye Yaodong was actually a bit tired, but it didn't matter, young people are strong.

After everyone finished breakfast, not only Ye Fu followed, but his eldest brother, second brother, and A-Guang also followed to accompany them to the fish canning factory.

Everyone was curious and wanted to see more, not to mention that the god-relatives had come, so the brothers in the family naturally had to accompany them enthusiastically.

With so many people accompanying, Ye Yaodong was also relaxed.

When they arrived at the fish canning factory, Hong Wenle led them to visit and explain, so he didn't need to spend any effort, he just needed to follow and listen.

If you want to talk about who really saved face, it was Ye Chengjiang.

When they walked past his workshop, he shouted Father, Uncle, Third Uncle, and Little Aunt's Husband.

Feeling the eyes of the workers beside him, he straightened his back, so much face!

Ye Yaohua stood on the side and instructed him to work hard, learn well from his master, be humble, have a sweet mouth, do more and talk less.

They visited for a whole morning, and Hong Wenle wanted to arrange lunch at his own restaurant, but was rejected by Bureau Chief Chen, who said to just eat something in the cafeteria, and they had to rush back to the city after eating, and it would be dark when they got home.

Since that was the case, he didn't force it, and just set up a table in the cafeteria, which looked quite decent.

Hong Wenle also prepared a box of canned fish for Bureau Chief Chen and Lin Fu as a souvenir. The others were acquaintances, and it wasn't their first time coming, so there was no need to be so polite.

Returning to the city, Ye Yaodong arranged the boat directly. The tractor was too bumpy. If you want to talk about comfort, it was relatively more comfortable to take a boat.

He originally thought about getting on the boat, but Bureau Chief Chen kept telling him to go back and rest.

"No need to send us off, there will be plenty of time in the future. You stayed up all night because the child had a fever last night, hurry back and rest. We are not strangers, just send someone to drive the boat to send us back."

His father-in-law also echoed, "That's right, we are all our own people, why do you need to send us back and forth? Just send someone to drive the boat, you hurry home and rest, sleep well, you have accompanied us for a whole morning today."

"Just send someone, how can that be?"

Ye Fu said, "You go back and rest, I'll follow to drive the boat, just happen to make a phone call to notify... no, your father-in-law is here..."

Lin Fu said, "When we arrive at the wharf, we can just take a car or walk back."

Ye Yaodong said, "Then Father, when you arrive at the wharf, find a tractor and send them home."

Ye Fu nodded to indicate he knew.

A group of people just returned home and sat for a while, then rushed to the wharf again.

Finally, they sent the people away, and the couple breathed a sigh of relief.

"Misfortunes never come singly, things all happened together, otherwise it wouldn't be so tiring."

"It's okay, is my daughter better?"

"She woke up after a nap in the morning and is already full of life, but I didn't dare to let her go out to blow the wind, just let her watch TV at home."

"Did she take the medicine?"

"All taken, noon's was also taken, you hurry back and sleep, I took a nap in the morning and feel much better, otherwise I felt dizzy all morning."

"Hmm."

"After sending the people away, things are busy. The batch of dried fish you brought back when you came back is not small in quantity. I see that you can take a break recently, and it seems that cold air is coming again at night."

"You decide for yourself."

"Then have you thought about when to go up?"

"I've been busy these two days and haven't had time to flip the calendar. Wait until I go back and flip it to see, anyway, I have to wait until the child is better before leaving."

"I see her like that, she's already seven or eight out of ten better."

"Let's see, I'm afraid it's easy to repeat."

"Crow mouth."

"Feed her some pearl powder later."

"Okay."

The two walked to the entrance of the Mazu Temple, and Ye Yaodong also looked up at the gate. It was noon, and many people were still coming in and out, some probably coming to collect offerings.

Last night, I don't know if there were too many people in the county, the procession coming in and out was too chaotic, and the procession didn't return until past 7 o'clock in the evening.

Lin Xiuqing looked at him looking at the Mazu Temple and asked, "This happens once in a millennium, and I don't know if there will be a chance to see such liveliness in the future."

"Don't worry, there are plenty of opportunities. Mazu culture has a long history, and it will only become more prosperous in the future."

"When will you wash the photos and show them to me? Otherwise, when you leave in a few days, the photos will be taken away together. I heard everyone say in the morning that it was very grand."

"Hmm, it was quite grand."

The couple had just arrived home, and Ye Mu came in with a basket smiling.

"Come, come, come, I brought you good things."

Both turned to look.

Ye Mu laid out all the things in the two baskets, including fruits, chickens, ducks, peanuts, melon seeds, red dates, and longans, and each thing had a thumb-long red paper on it.

"Distributed by the Mazu Temple? So many things?"

"How could they all be distributed? The chickens, ducks, and these scattered peanuts and melon seeds were offered by ourselves, the fruits were distributed, you each take one or two, eat them to keep safe."

"Your welfare is quite good too."

"That's right." ===== CHAPTER 1414 =====