Xiaobao's life is most afraid of three things: taking medicine, getting injections, and receiving IV fluids. In his life, there is one person he fears the most, that is Feng Jialing.

  The little treasure lying on the bed cried with a sad face and asked Feng Jialing to take his temperature.

  Feng Jialing asked Zhao Yuzhen a few more questions, then said: "Xiao Bao's temperature is normal and he doesn't have a fever, but his diarrhea is too severe. His lips are dry and cracked from dehydration. I think taking medicine won't be very effective. It's better to give him an injection!"

  Actually, IV drips are faster, but the cost of IV drips is not affordable for every family, injections are much cheaper, so most people would choose to give their kids injections.

  Xiao Bao's eyes welled up with tears as soon as he heard he had to get a shot.

  Zhao Yuzhen was about to agree when Zhou Xiaoyun interrupted, "Mom, Xiao Bao's diarrhea is so severe that injections might take effect slowly. Why not give him an IV instead? It'll be faster and he'll suffer less."

  Zhao Yuzhen looked towards Feng Jialing, and saw him nodding: "If it's just an IV drip, at most one more time tonight and once tomorrow will be almost fine. But if you need to get a shot, it'll take three days or more to recover."

  Zhao Yuzhen hesitated for a moment, the cost of an infusion was enough to buy ten or so injections, it's too expensive.

  Zhou Guoqiang knew that Zhao Yuzhen was being frugal with money again, and he was angry that she didn't consider the circumstances. When a child is ill, of course treating the illness is the priority, how can you still be stingy with this little bit of money at this time?

  Zhou Guoqiang directly told Feng Jialing: "Give Xiaobao an IV!"

  Feng Jialing mixed the medicine, hung it for Xiaobao, and used a high wooden basin rack to hang the infusion bottle. After leaving two cotton balls, he said he would come back the next morning to take a look and then went home.

  Xiao Bao saw the shiny needle coming and was scared to tears, but after the needle was inserted into his hand and secured with a band-aid, he gradually stopped crying.

  Zhou Guoqiang said to Zhao Yuzhen: "You go collect the bowls and chopsticks first, I'll stay here with Xiaobao."

  Zhao Yuzhen responded and left. Just after dinner, Feng Jialing arrived, and there was no time to clean up, so everything was left there.

  Zhao Yuzhen finished washing the dishes and fed the pigs, then boiled water for Er Ya to take a bath before coaxing Er Ya to sleep.

  Dabao and Zhou Xiaoyun are both older now, they can take baths by themselves without bothering Zhao Yuzhen.

  Dabao stood naked in the courtyard, scooping warm water from a basin with a ladle and pouring it over himself. He considered himself washed after being drenched all over. According to Dabao's wishes, it would be best to take a cold shower, but Zhao Yuzhen firmly forbade it.

  Dà bǎo fǎn kàng wú xiào zhǐ dé zuò bà.

  Translation:

  The great treasure resisted in vain and had no choice but to give up.

  Zhou Xiaoyun naturally couldn't learn from Dabao and start washing in the yard. It's a euphemism to call it a yard, but in reality, without walls around the yard, people could see from far away.

  Although every household's children were washing in the open without any reserve, Zhou Xiaoyun couldn't bring herself to cross that threshold in her heart, so she hid in her own room and sat in a large red plastic bathtub to wash. After finishing, she still had to drag the bathtub out and pour away the water, which was really quite troublesome.

  It would be great if there was a bathroom. Zhou Xiaoyun thought for a while, then installed a solar water heater and took a shower...

  Back to reality, Zhou Xiaoyun sighed and tidied up the things in the house. Then she took out the clothes she had changed out of and put them together with her family's to be washed by herself early tomorrow morning.

  Her behavior was ridiculed by Dabao: "I've never seen anyone wash a bath and hide in the house to wash, this towel soap clothes back and forth is fine, but also have to carry the bath water back and forth, don't you think it's troublesome?"

  Zhou Xiaoyun didn't bother with him at all. Seeing Dabao still talking nonstop, she simply shot back a sentence: "I'm happy, what's it to you?"

  It's none of your business!

  Dabao, who had a disappointing day, got his nose rubbed in the dirt. Today, he made a mistake and felt a bit guilty, so he didn't dare to argue with Xiaoyun and slipped away to sleep in his own room.

  Only after entering the house did Da Bao realize that sleeping was an unrealistic thing, as he and Xiao Bao shared a room. Xiao Bao was hanging out with water, and their parents were accompanying them and chatting, making it impossible to sleep amidst all the noise.

  Of course, this was no problem for Da Bao. After finishing his bath, he put on a pair of shorts and climbed onto the G with his upper body exposed. In less than five minutes, he was snoring away.

  Zhou Guoqiang and Zhao Yuzhen sat beside the bed, looking at Xiaobao while speaking softly: "His mother, is Er Ya asleep?"

  "I just went to see her and she's sleeping soundly." Zhao Yuzhen turned around to take a look at Dabao, who happened to be rolling over, with drool still flowing from his mouth. It was quite amusing to watch, so Zhao Yuzhen nudged Zhou Guoqiang to take a look too.

  Zhou Guoqiang couldn't help but laugh: "Dabao is already eleven years old, and he still drools in his sleep. I really don't know when our Dabao will become like a big kid, always together with Xiaobao, not even knowing how to give way, not even as good as Da Ya."

  Zhao Yuzhen also burst out laughing: "Da Ya seems to be like Da Bao's sister, at such a young age she can actually order Da Bao around. I think today Xiao Bao having diarrhea can't all be blamed on Da Bao, after all Da Bao drank more than Xiao Bao and nothing happened to him. It's just that our Xiao Bao is a bit weak, can't eat too many cold things. We have to keep an eye on the kids in the future. Can't tell that Da Bao is still a bit afraid of Da Ya, did you notice? When Da Ya scolded him he didn't even dare talk back. When has anyone ever seen Da Bao so well-behaved?"

  Zhou Guoqiang recalled tonight's scene and thought it was interesting. In his opinion, not only Dabao but also Xiaobao listened to Da Ya's words.

  The two of them chatted here until Xiaobao finished a bottle of water and pulled out the needle before going to sleep.

  The little treasure who had been hanging out in the water was both tired and uncomfortable, and fell asleep in a daze. However, his empty stomach made it very hard for him to sleep comfortably, so he woke up early the next day.

  As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw my sister standing beside the bed. Xiaobao called out softly: "Sister, I'm so hungry!"

  Zhou Xiaoyun helped Xiaobao put on his clothes. Fortunately, it was summer and he only wore two pieces of clothing, so all he needed to do was put on his shorts and a T-shirt. Since Xiaobao's body probably hadn't fully recovered yet, Zhou Xiaoyun simply dressed him instead.

  Xiao Bao's hands and feet were still a bit soft, so he couldn't exert too much strength. At this time, having his sister take care of him with such attention to detail was truly a great pleasure.

  He coquettishly shouted: "Sister, I'm starving to death."

  Zhou Xiaoyun said irritably, "Alright, alright, young master. You've already told me several times, I'm not deaf, can't you see? The porridge is ready in the pot, go eat after brushing your teeth and washing your face. But don't eat too much, you're still not fully recovered!"

  Zhou Xiaoyun estimated that Xiao Bao didn't eat dinner last night and would definitely be hungry in the morning, so she got up early when it was just dawn and cooked half a pot of rice porridge.

  Xiao Bao was not intimidated by her fierce tone. He knew clearly in his heart that his sister cared about him. Look, she had even cooked dinner for him.

  Xiao Bao was really starving, and he wolfed down half a bowl of rice porridge.

  Zhou Xiaoyun handed him a salted duck egg: "Here, use the duck egg to dip in congee and eat, it's quite effective for diarrhea."

  After the summer solstice, our family pickled a lot of duck eggs, which are now salty and delicious. Normally, we don't often eat them at home unless guests come over and we boil some. Zhou Xiaoyun didn't want to cook too many, so when she was cooking congee, she casually boiled one for Xiao Bao to eat. When you have diarrhea, rice porridge with salted duck egg is the best food.

  After cracking open a duck egg, oil comes out with just one poke of chopsticks.

  Xiao Bao ate with relish and didn't stop until he had finished two big bowls of rice porridge.

  Zhou Xiaoyun didn't want Bao'er to eat too much, but seeing how hungry he looked, she couldn't bear to say anything.

  Dabao's mouth watered as he stared at Xiaobao's duck egg, wanting to open his mouth and ask for a bite to eat, but was caught by Zhou Xiayun's glance and automatically went to dig up the rice porridge.