"Then let's get an IV drip!"
Qiao Dongliang said without hesitation. When he saw the doctor again, his expression was not very good: "What's wrong? Does my daughter have other problems?"
The doctor thought for a while and asked, "How is your family's condition?"
"It's okay." Qiao Dongliang was stunned, with a nervous look on his face: "Is my daughter suffering from some serious illness that will cost a lot of money? It doesn't matter, no matter how much money is spent, if my daughter is sick, we will definitely treat her, doctor. , can’t give up!”
Qiao Nan, who was sitting on the side, was also stunned. In her last life, she had suffered for most of her life. Although she had minor aches and pains, she didn't have any major illnesses, right
The doctor relaxed his frown and said, "Don't be nervous, your daughter is not sick, she just..."
"What is that?" Why was this doctor so breathless when he spoke? He was so anxious.
"There's nothing wrong with your daughter, she's just a little malnourished and hungry. If this goes on for a long time, her body will suffer from serious problems."
The doctor's words made Qiao Dongliang's face turn red. Now is not the 1960s or 1970s, when there was not enough food and there was famine.
My little daughter is malnourished and can’t eat enough. What’s going on!
This was a male doctor and he was embarrassed to ask some questions, so he asked the nurse to call a female doctor over.
After the female doctor came, she asked directly if she had anything to say: "How old are you?"
"15."
"Have you had your period yet? Have you ever taken a menstruation class? Do you know that little girls have to have their period once a month?"
Qiao Nan didn't respond, but Qiao Dongliang blushed in embarrassment: "Nan Nan?"
Qiao Nan shook her head in confusion: "Probably not."
In fact, Qiao Nan knew very well that she had not yet had her first period at this time.
As the doctor said, she was malnourished and often starved as she grew taller. She always had cramps when she slept at night. Because of this, she didn't get her first period until she was eighteen.
Qiao Zijin was two years older than her, but she had washed Qiao Zijin's soiled pants three years ago. In other words, Qiao Zijin had already had menarche when he was fourteen.
Qiao Dongliang didn't know the situation of his younger daughter, but because of his wife's relationship, he knew the situation of his eldest daughter.
Every time the eldest daughter's baby day comes, my wife takes care of her with warm water and brown sugar water.
Qiao Dongliang calculated that when his eldest daughter "grew up", she would be one year younger than her current daughter.
After such a comparison, Qiao Dongliang became a little nervous: "Is it too late for my daughter to do this?"
The female doctor said sternly: "That's not it. Generally, a girl's menarche usually occurs between the ages of twelve and sixteen. But your daughter is too thin. Have you fed her?"
At this rate, even at the age of sixteen, this little girl may not be able to have menarche.
Qiao Dongliang was speechless when he was asked, "Eat, I must give it to him. How can he miss his little daughter's food?"
But both doctors said that the little girl was malnourished and her growth was delayed. Qiao Dongliang was so ashamed.
Although his family didn't eat big meals with meat and fish, there were always meat dishes on the table from time to time. Qiao Dongliang also wondered, how did his little daughter become malnourished
Qiao Dongliang didn't know how his youngest daughter became malnourished, but Qiao Nan knew in her heart how the malnutrition came from.
Since she was a child, her mother would not let her eat more, let alone vegetables. After a meal, she would only be half or six full.
She had to go to class and study again, but she was still growing taller.
Qiao Nan clearly remembered that when she was studying, her stomach would often growl from the second period on, just like thunder.
In her previous life, the reason why she was coaxed by her mother to drop out of school and work was because she thought she would make money. If there was not much, she could always give herself three square meals, right
Regardless of the embarrassment of the father and daughter, the female doctor said very responsibly: "There is no need to take a lot of supplements. You always have to prepare some meat and vegetables. This child is just growing. If he is not fed well and meat is not seen, your family will not be like this." Preferring boys over girls, right?”
"No, I have two daughters!" Qiao Dongliang shook his head. Where did the preference for boys come from? They are both girls, they must be just as good.
At this moment, a very loud gurgling sound came from Qiao Nan's stomach.
As soon as she heard the loud sound, the female doctor knew that the child had been hungry for a long time: "Have you eaten today?"
Qiao Nan's face dropped, and her whole person looked wilted.
The female doctor was angry: "How can you be parents and refuse to feed your children when they are sick?!"
Qiao Nan was weak and her voice was as small as a mosquito's cry: "Doctor, don't blame my dad. My dad has to go to work. He doesn't know."
"Your dad doesn't know, but what about your mom? Your mom doesn't care?"
As soon as she was asked about her mother, Qiao Nan started to act dumb.
At this time, there was nothing that Qiao Dongliang didn't understand. For the first time in his life, Qiao Dongliang felt ashamed and wished that there was a hole in the ground that he could crawl into.
When your little daughter is sick, she doesn’t take any medicine, and she doesn’t even eat
this…
Qiao Dongliang rubbed his face: "Doctor, the child still has a fever. How about giving him an intravenous drip first, and then I can buy some food for the child?"
"Take it easy. If you've been hungry for so long, don't eat too much at once." The doctor prescribed the prescription and stopped talking.
Qiao Nan, whose head was still dizzy, was helped to get an intravenous drip, and soon she could smell the aroma of porridge.
Qiao Dongliang was sweating profusely: "I borrowed this bowl from the restaurant next door. You eat it and dad will return it later."
"Yeah." Qiao Nan responded, then sipped the porridge delicately.
Seeing his little daughter eating porridge quietly, and then thinking about what the doctor said, Qiao Dongliang felt particularly uncomfortable: "Nannan, do you have a bad appetite?"
Qiao Nan, who was drinking porridge, held up her hands: "I have a good appetite, but my mother doesn't let me eat more. She said there isn't much rice at home and it's better for girls to be thinner."
Does her father not believe that her mother would starve her to the point of malnutrition, so he is making excuses for her mother
Qiao Dongliang's eyes flashed. Do you want to eat meat? "
"I love to eat." Qiao Nan still replied: "But mom said that dad has to work hard every day, so he has to eat more. Sister has to study and eat more to waste her brain. Mom has worked hard for this family, so she has to eat more. eat more."
As for her, she has not contributed anything to the family. She is an idler and has no right to eat meat.
“…”
Qiao Dongliang took a deep breath and couldn't believe that this was what his wife said to his youngest daughter: "When I was at home, every time there were meat dishes at home, I saw your mother would give you some."
Not many, but definitely there.
Qiao Nan didn't say a word. She finished the bowl of porridge and then said, "Mom said, she has the shame to eat it, but I don't have the shame to eat it. So every time mom puts the meat in the kitchen, she hints me to go to the kitchen and put the meat in." go back."