Chapter 272： Isn't it too much of a coincidence?

Chapter 272 Isn’t it too much of a coincidence?

In the early morning, Ning Xi woke up to a noise. Lu Nan took her to wash up and came back. Lu Bei had already bought breakfast.

Four people were sitting by the bed drinking porridge.

The little boy opposite woke up. The old lady took out a dry Wo Wotou from her cloth bag and handed it to the little boy. The little boy took the Wo Wo Tou and nibbled on it.

Ning Xiuhe poured some porridge and handed it to the old lady, "Mother, give the child some porridge so he won't choke."

The old lady quickly refused, "No, you can let us sleep here. We are already very embarrassed and we can't eat your food anymore."

Ning Xiuhe forced the porridge into the child's hand and said, "Take it! There is so much porridge, we can't finish it."

"Thank you, Auntie." The little boy thanked him obediently, lowered his head and took a sip of porridge. Before Ning Xiuhe could sit back down, the little boy suddenly lay on the bedside and vomited.

"What's going on?" Ning Xiuhe looked worried. She had just given her child porridge, but why did the child vomit?

"It's okay, it's okay." The old lady patted the child's back gently and explained, "The child is sick and will vomit from time to time. It has nothing to do with the porridge."

The child stopped vomiting after vomiting for a while. The old lady wiped the child's mouth with a handkerchief and went to the toilet to get a broom and dustpan to clean up the mess on the floor.

While cleaning, I apologized to several people, "I'm sorry for causing you trouble."

"It's no trouble, mother-in-law, don't worry about it, it's the child! It's inevitable." Ning Xi hurriedly said to comfort the old lady.

Ning Xiuhe glanced at the busy old lady, then at the pale little boy, and whispered to Ning Xi, "Xi'er, why don't you take a look at this child? If it can be cured, you can help cure it."

Ning Xi nodded and agreed.

Lu Nan handed Ning Xi a steamed bun and said, "Eat breakfast first."

“Okay.” Ning Xi took the steamed bun and ate it slowly.

 Before Ning Xi finished eating, Ning Xiuhe was already chatting with the old lady.

“Auntie, are you taking your grandson to see a doctor?”

"It's not a grandson, it's a great-grandson. I'm going to take him to the imperial capital to find his father to see a doctor for this child. This child has been sick for a while. I'll ask someone to write to his father and ask him to go home or send some money home to the child. There was no news from the doctor, so I had no choice but to take him to find his father. "

Ning Xiuhe continued to ask, "Auntie, have you taken your child to see him? What kind of disease is it?"

"The town hospital said it was purple or something. I didn't understand that. I only knew that the child was all red. From time to time he complained of stomachache, pain in his hands and feet, and sometimes vomiting. They said that their hospital couldn't cure it. He had to It would cost a lot to go to a big hospital for treatment.”

"Let me take a look." Ning Xi had just finished breakfast, walked over and sat down by the bed, rolled up the child's sleeves, and the child's arms were indeed red. "This is Henoch-Schonlein purpura, little brother, please call me hands and feet." When it hurts, does it hurt in these locations?”

Ning Xi pinched the joints on the child's hands and feet.

The little boy nodded quickly, "Yeah! It's just these places that hurt."

Seeing Ning Xi’s understanding, the old lady quickly asked, “Miss, are you a doctor?”

"I'm a Chinese medicine doctor." Ning Xi asked Lu Nan to drag out the box under the bed. She found a bottle of medicine from the box and handed one to the old lady. "Mother-in-law, this medicine can't cure his disease, but it can." Make him feel better and he won’t vomit again.”

The old lady did not take the pills immediately, and said a little embarrassedly, "Thank you, girl, but I have no money."

Ning Xi smiled and waved her hand, "It's okay, I gave this medicine to my child."

The old lady shook her head hurriedly, "How can this be done?"

"Take it, ma'am! I just see how pitiful this child is and want to help." Ning Xi put the pill into the old lady's hand.

Perhaps it was because Ning Xi and the others did not look like bad people and they had been taking care of them. The old lady had no doubts about Ning Xi's medicine. After thanking her, she took the medicine and fed it to the little boy. "Girl, can you leave me an address? Wait a minute." I found the child's father and asked him to send you the money." Ning Xi smiled and waved her hand, "No, I made these medicines myself, they are not worth anything."

The old lady still insisted, "No, the child's father is a soldier. Soldiers don't take advantage of the masses. We can't let the child's father make mistakes."

"Then I can't accept your money for this medicine. My husband is also a soldier. This medicine should be regarded as a gift from their comrades. I can cure this child's disease. If my mother-in-law believes in me, I will leave you an address. You bring your child to me and I will treat him."

"Okay, thank you, girl." The old lady thanked her and looked at Xiang Lu Nan, "Comrade soldier, do you know where Unit 718 is?"

“I am in Unit 718. Mother-in-law, is this child’s father also in Unit 718? Tell me the name of the child’s father. I might know him.”

“My grandson’s name is Chen Hongbo.”

Lu Nan was stunned for a long time, then suddenly looked at the little boy, "This kid's name is..."

“Chen Lin.”

Lu Nan looked at the little boy with a strange expression and said nothing for a long time.

When the old lady saw Lu Nan's appearance, her heart skipped a beat and she asked in a trembling voice, "Could it be that he is my grandson? My grandson..."

"No, I'm just reminiscing." Lu Nan came back to his senses. "Chen Hongbo and I are not from the same battalion, but I have met him several times. He should be from the fifth battalion."

The old lady asked again, "Can you tell me how to get to Unit 718?"

Lu Nan smiled and said, "Mother-in-law, you can come with us. I will send you there then."

“Would it be too much trouble for you?”

“No, I would have gone back to the army.”

Hearing what Lu Nan said, the old lady felt at ease.

After that, Ning Xiuhe chatted with the old lady for a while. The situation in Chen Hongbo's family was very bad.

Chen Hongbo's parents died when he was very young. Chen Hongbo went to the army when he was just 17 years old. Six years ago, the family saved some money to find a wife for Chen Hongbo. Not long after they got married, they had a child. When Chen Hongbo was about 18 years old, his wife left because Chen Hongbo was not at home all year round, so the child could only be taken care of by the old lady and her husband.

Perhaps because Chen Hongbo and Lu Nan were in the same army, or perhaps because he felt that this child was too pitiful, Lu Nan made an extra portion of rice during lunch and invited the old lady to eat with them.

After lunch, Lu Nan took Ning Xi to the toilet. After she entered the toilet, Lu Nan stood in the smoking area with a cigarette and started smoking.

Ning Xi came out of the toilet and walked towards him.

Lu Nan took her into his arms and continued to smoke.

"What's wrong? Ever since you found out that the child was the child of your comrade-in-arms, you've been acting weird." She saw several times that Lu Nan looked at the child with strange eyes, as if he was a little annoyed or gritting his teeth.

Lu Nan blew out a puff of smoke and whispered in Ning Xi's ear, "Chen Lin is Jin'er's future husband."

“What?” Ning Xi looked at Lu Nan with wide eyes.

That little guy turned out to be her future husband, Jin'er.

This, isn’t it too much of a coincidence?

Lu Nan sighed, "Oh! Why did I meet this kid?"

"You don't like him?" Ning Xi frowned and was worried, "Is there something bad about him? Or is he not good for Jin'er?"

(End of this chapter)