Chapter 122 Visiting a Patient
Normally, the four of them go to school and go home together. Now that there is one less person in the team, they are somewhat uncomfortable with it.
After school, Fang Wei, Cailing and Asheng went to visit Liu Zhiyi who was ill at home.
The three bicycles stopped at the gate of the yard. Xu Cailing rang the bicycle bell as usual and shouted:
"Knowing the meaning~~Knowing the meaning~~"
Hearing the noise outside, Liu Zhiyi did not come out, but Uncle Liu came out from the kitchen.
Uncle Liu came up to me with a smile and opened the gate to the yard.
"Uncle! Let's come and see Zhiyi. Is she feeling better now?" Xu Cailing said.
"It's getting better. Zhiyi is sleeping. I plan to make some porridge for her."
"Then can we go in and see her? Will it disturb her rest?"
"It's okay. Zhiyi must be happy that you guys can come to see her. It's about time for her to get up and take medicine. Ah Wei, Cai Ling, Ah Sheng, both of you come in."
"Uh-huh!"
The three of them parked their bicycles and walked into the yard with Uncle Liu.
"Please sit down for a while. Uncle will make you some tea."
"Uncle, don't bother! We just came to see Zhiyi! You just go and do your own thing, don't worry about us."
"Well, Zhiyi is in the room, you can just go and see her."
Fang Wei and Xu Cailing had both been to her room and were familiar with her home.
When I walked to the door, it was not closed.
The three of them stood at the door and looked inside, and saw Liu Zhiyi sleeping soundly on the bed.
I had hoped that her cold would be healed after the class, but it seemed that nothing like that happened.
The girl on the bed looked like a little princess in her dream, but she was not sleeping very well. Her hair was scattered on the pillow and she was covered with a thick quilt.
She seemed to be feeling a little hot, so she pulled the quilt open a little, revealing a light pajamas with a cartoon rabbit pattern. Her flat chest rose and fell gently with her breathing. Perhaps because of her nasal congestion, her mouth was slightly open, her delicate eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and her smooth forehead was wet. She looked a little uncomfortable.
"Knowing, let's come and see you."
Xu Cailing called her softly at the door.
Liu Zhiyi didn't seem to react.
Seeing Fang Wei walked in first, Cai Ling and A Sheng followed him in.
I don’t know if the noise just now woke her up, or if she was just a light sleeper.
The girl on the bed uttered a light "hmm" and opened her eyes drowsily.
When Liu Zhiyi saw Fang Wei and the other two people surrounding the bed, he was stunned for a moment. For a moment he couldn't figure out whether he was confused because of sleep or it was real.
"……what?"
"Zhiyi, you're awake!"
"Cai Ling, Fang Wei, A Sheng... why are you here?"
"School is over, we just happened to be passing by, so we came to see you together!"
It was also Xu Cailing’s first time to visit a patient, and she didn’t know what to do specifically, but when she saw Liu Zhiyi looking uncomfortable, she felt a little distressed.
Pushing the quilt beside her bed inward, Xu Cailing sat down beside her bed, holding Liu Zhiyi's small hand in her palm, with a worried look on her face.
A Sheng also didn't know what to do, so he just stood aside scratching his head.
Fang Wei walked over and reached out to touch Liu Zhiyi's forehead.
"It's okay. It's not that hot anymore. I'm sweating."
"..."
Liu Zhiyi was still a little dazed at the moment. She always felt that she would not live long. The three friends surrounded her bed as if to see her off.
Fang Wei pulled out a roll of toilet paper from the table beside him, folded it and handed it to Xu Cailing.
Xu Cailing took it tacitly and gently wiped the sweat from Liu Zhiyi's forehead and neck.
"...Ah, you all came to see me."
Although he was a little slow, it seemed that Liu Zhiyi had finally come to his senses.
When the girl saw the three people surrounding her bed, the first thing she felt was shy, so her haggard face turned red. Then, she felt touched in her heart, and then she felt at ease and happy, and she revealed a soft smile.
"Yes, we all came to see you. Zhiyi, how are you feeling now? Are you feeling better? Fangwei said that your fever reached 39 degrees at noon!"
"Yeah, it's much better now..."
The delicate image after falling ill, coupled with her soft voice at this moment, made the usually cold Liu Zhiyi look a little cute, as if she was acting coquettishly.
She felt a little embarrassed but also a little happy. She looked at Cai Ling, Fang Wei, and A Sheng with her big eyes.
"Thank you for coming to see me. I'm actually fine... A-choo."
A sudden sneeze broke her stubbornness and made her look embarrassed, because snot spurted out of her nostrils, and two clear streams hung on her lips.
Liu Zhiyi's face turned even redder, and she subconsciously raised her wrist to wipe it.
Fang Wei, who was standing by, had already quite skillfully wrapped a tissue around her and was gently wiping away the snot that was spraying out of her nose.
Don’t ask him why he is so skilled, because when Cai Ling was a child, he was almost always the one who helped wipe her nose.
In front of everyone, he helped Liu Zhiyi wipe her nose, and her face turned as red as a cooked crab.
"Zhiyi, you'd better cover yourself with the quilt, or you'll catch a cold."
Xu Cailing stuffed her hot little hands back into the quilt, pulled up the quilt, and tucked the gaps in the corners for her.
"A little hot……"
"It's better to be hot. My mom said that when you have a fever, you should cover yourself with more blankets and sweat. That will make you feel better."
"I've been sweating a lot..."
"Ah? Are your clothes wet?"
As Xu Cailing spoke, she reached her hand into the quilt, then along the hem of her pajamas, and touched left and right.
Liu Zhiyi was so ashamed that she felt like smoke was coming out of her face! She was so shy in bed...
After a while, Xu Cailing took her little hand out. She twisted her fingers, which were wet with sweat.
"It seems that your pajamas are indeed a little wet. How about I help you change your clothes?" Xu Cailing was eager to try. She always felt that taking care of others was quite fun and she felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.
Liu Zhiyi quickly shook his head: "No, there's no need to change it... I can change it myself later."
Perhaps she was afraid that Cai Ling would suddenly pull her up to change clothes, so she, who was reluctant to cover herself with the quilt just now, now hid in the quilt like a little snail. She pinched the edge of the quilt with her little hands and pulled it up to her mouth, leaving only half of her face exposed. She blinked her big eyes at them.
"Are you still afraid of the cold now?" Fang Wei asked.
"It's not cold anymore, it's warm." said Liu Zhiyi.
Fang Wei reached out and touched Cai Ling's forehead, then touched Zhiyi's forehead, and only then was he sure that her fever should have subsided.
"Why do you always touch my forehead first?" Xu Cailing asked.
"Take you as the standard." Fang Wei said.
"Then why don't you touch my forehead?" A Sheng asked.
"If you like, I can touch you." Fang Wei reached out and touched A Sheng's forehead.
Ah Sheng inexplicably felt goosebumps all over his body and quickly jumped away.
"Brother! Stop touching me, I'm scared!"
"..."
There will be no big problem once the fever goes down. Liu Zhiyi's mental state is much better than at noon.
"Then it should be fine. Tomorrow is the weekend. You can rest for two more days and you will be basically fine." Fang Wei felt relieved.
"By the way, did you talk about anything in class this afternoon, and did you assign any homework?" Liu Zhiyi asked.
"what?!"
Xu Cailing was stunned: "Zhiyi, you are in this state, and you are still busy with your homework!" "I have to do it anyway..."
"Then we'll come to you tomorrow to do your homework."
"Uh-huh……"
Recalling something, Xu Cailing said, "Oh, by the way, Uncle said it's almost time for you to take medicine. Now that you're awake, take the medicine quickly."
"it is good……"
Liu Zhiyi sat up, and Fang Wei and Cai Ling went to pour a cup of warm water and bring medicine to her respectively.
The medicine prescribed at noon contained seven or eight pills in a packet. It went without saying that those small white pills were the bitterest. Just by looking at them, Xu Cailing felt the root of her tongue was a little bitter.
Liu Zhiyi naturally didn't want to eat it, but she still ate it obediently.
When she took the medicine, she did not throw it into her mouth quickly like Cai Ling did. Instead, she frowned, pinched the pills one by one and put them into her mouth, then drank two gulps of water.
The more you fear taking medicine, the more likely it is that the pill will stick to the root of your tongue.
A hint of bitterness spread in her mouth, and Liu Zhiyi's pretty face wrinkled into a ball. She couldn't help laughing when she saw the three of them.
After all, the illness had not been completely cured, so after taking the medicine, Liu Zhiyi lay back down on the bed.
"Cai Ling, Fang Wei, A Sheng, thank you for coming to see me..."
"Hahaha, Zhiyi, you said it."
"Um……"
"I'm glad you're okay. We'll be back soon. Go to sleep first."
"it is good……"
"By the way, this is for you. I bought this keychain at a roadside stall on my way back!"
As Xu Cailing spoke, she took out a keychain with a cute little rabbit on it from her pocket and put it in her hand.
Then Cai Ling showed off her keychain, which was also a cute little rabbit, and was buy one get one free.
"That's right, two. Let's each take one!"
"Thank you, Cailing..."
Liu Zhiyi smiled happily and shyly, feeling warm all over. She clutched the keychain in her hand and soon began to feel drowsy, then began to snore quietly and cutely...
Fang Wei Cailing Asheng did not wake her up. Seeing that she fell asleep, he left quietly.
When Liu Zhiyi woke up next time, it was her grandfather who called her to get up and eat.
I feel much better than last time and there are basically no major problems.
Looking at the somewhat empty room except for himself and his grandfather, Liu Zhiyi still suspected that he had just had a dream.
It was not until she opened her palms and looked at the little bunny keychain that had been warmed that she realized it was not a dream.
Liu Zhiyi took the original key off the keychain and replaced it with the new keychain.
She shook it gently, and the keys jingled against each other.
……
The next time Fang Wei saw Liu Zhiyi was the next morning when he came back from running.
The weather is getting colder, so he needs to wear an extra coat when he goes out for a run. But after running, he feels hot all over, so he takes off his coat and holds it in his hand.
The time I started running was forty minutes later than in summer. When I finished running and returned to Shayang Village, it was 6:30 in the morning.
The sun has risen, but the fog in the village is still a little heavy and it will take a while to completely dissipate.
Autumn and winter are the best times to stay in bed. Although Liu Zhiyi did not run today, she still got up very early.
He was taking a fresh air in the yard at the moment, wearing four or five pieces of clothes, looking a little clumsy. He was in sharp contrast to Fang Wei, who was only wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt after just finishing running.
Fang Wei saw her, and she naturally saw Fang Wei as well.
Not feeling comfortable shouting his name in the quiet morning, the girl stood in the yard and waved at him from a distance.
Fang Wei ran towards her and she also walked towards the gate of the yard.
The two met right at the door. Occasionally, there would be birds that stayed on the island for the winter and would shake off a few yellow leaves and branches overhead.
"Fang Wei, good morning."
"Morning."
"Did you just finish running?"
"Yeah, how many clothes are you wearing? I feel cold just looking at you."
"four pairs."
Liu Zhiyi stretched out four tender fingers and gestured.
She wasn't actually that cold, and even felt a little hot, but her grandfather insisted that she wear more clothes, so she had to.
"How do you feel now? Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah! I feel much better now... A-choo." (Rubbing nose)
Liu Zhiyi smiled sheepishly: "I don't have a fever anymore, I just still have a slight cold."
"You can see it."
Fang Wei nodded. The temperature was low at the moment, and a little steam came out of her nostrils when she breathed. However, steam was coming out of only one of her nostrils, as the other was probably blocked, and her voice was muffled.
But this doesn’t have much impact anymore. After all, my fever was almost 39 degrees yesterday, and now it’s just a minor cold.
"Why don't you sleep a little longer? You woke up so early?"
"I woke up naturally, a-choo... (rubbing nose, sniffing) And I slept for a long time yesterday, so I feel very energetic now!"
Liu Zhiyi did not lie to him. She felt that she was strong enough to kill a bull. If her aunt had not left yet, she would have gone jogging with him.
"What was discussed in class yesterday afternoon?" Liu Zhiyi asked.
"..."
No, sister, you are in this state, can you give yourself a day off? !
Fang had no choice but to briefly tell her about the content of the class and the homework assigned yesterday afternoon.
In fact, there were no important classes on Friday afternoon, so for her, missing one or two classes would not have any impact at all.
"By the way, Teacher Wen said that starting this weekend, we will start visiting students' homes one after another."
"Eh? Home visit?"
Liu Zhiyi was a little curious.
For her, who grew up in a big city, home visits by teachers were relatively rare, but on the island these days, home visits by teachers are still very common, especially in primary and secondary schools.
"What is the purpose of home visits?"
Liu Zhiyi lowered her voice and asked quietly, "Are you going to your house to complain?"
Fang Wei smiled and said, "Not really. I just want to be a guest, chat, and see the home environment."
"When will Teacher Wen come?"
"I do not know."
Fang Wei didn't know how Wen Susu made the specific arrangements. There were 42 students in the class. Other teachers might selectively visit the homes of students, but Wen Susu might visit all of them.
There is definitely no time for home visits during class time on weekdays, so it’s only like this every weekend, and the school doesn’t have any specific requirements.
If we arrange it from near to far, it would be more likely that Wen Susu will visit a home in Baitan Town this week.
Speaking of...
The island is not like a big city, and no one filled in any specific residential addresses. Finding the location should be a headache for Wen Susu, right?
(End of this chapter)
