Summer, oblivious to the attention he was attracting from the Yukinoshita sisters, happily closed up his stall and headed home.
An hour of prep, an hour of selling, and the rest of the day was his.
Another day of relaxation.
In the courtyard,
The little one was playing happily with the dog.
Summer's dull and monotonous life suddenly became much more enjoyable.
Three days had passed, and little Bei Zhangtan was no longer so restrained here. Today, since there was no sun on the small wooden house side, she even brought the patched-up blanket to the courtyard to air it out.
It seemed she was treating this place as home as well.
Every time he saw this blanket, Summer couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for the little girl. It was really just a thin white cloth, how could she survive the autumn and winter with such a blanket?
But this was the blanket her grandmother had left her, it was impossible to replace it, but patching it up was still possible.
"I remember Tuanzi's needlework is pretty good, I'll ask her to mend it sometime."
Bei Zhangtan's clear and melodious voice echoed with the playful noises in the courtyard.
"Woof woof woof!"
"Slow down with your bowl, you!"
Summer glanced a few times and suddenly stood up. He noticed something was wrong with the little girl, she was squatting down in pain.
Summer quickly ran out of the courtyard and to Bei Zhangtan. "Tan Tan, what's wrong, do you feel unwell?"
"Brother~ My tummy hurts~"
Bei Zhangtan said with a sob, "My tummy hurts~ It's been hurting since yesterday, brother, am I going to die?"
"呸呸呸, you're too young to know what death is, does it still hurt now?" Summer's face changed, he carefully examined Bei Zhangtan, anxiously placing his hand on her forehead.
No fever.
Tears still stained Bei Zhangtan's face, she reached out a small hand and rubbed her tummy, "It still hurts~"
"You should have told me your tummy hurt yesterday, come on, let's go to the hospital."
Summer lowered his hand, picked up Bei Zhangtan and left.
Don't let anything happen to the little one, he brought her here, if anything happened he would never forgive himself.
He rode the tricycle out of the villa district gate and hailed a taxi, heading straight for the Children's Hospital.
"Is the child sick?"
"Yes."
Seeing the situation, the driver even tried to speed up as much as possible.
Summer tried to recall Bei Zhangtan's information. She was generally healthy, she fell from the treetop when the Eagle Sky Bus dropped her, only her knees were scratched.
Except for being a bit thin, the little one should be fine. It must be a bad stomach,
He comforted himself and then dialed a number.
"Hello, is this Teacher Hiratsuka? Sorry to disturb you, I wanted to ask what the process is like for seeing a doctor here... It's not me, it's Bei Zhangtan..... Okay okay okay..... Thanks."
The hospital process was quite simple, usually a phone appointment, if not, just take a number onsite. The hospital wasn't busy, so taking a number onsite would allow them to be seen quickly.
"Tan Tan, does your tummy still hurt?"
"嗯, but not as much as before~"
"Let's get it checked, then brother will take you to buy some yummy food, okay?"
Hearing the word "yummy," Bei Zhangtan smiled, "Okay!"
They took a number and waited,
Bei Zhangtan spoke very little, her big eyes curiously observing the surroundings and the people coming and going.
"Hmm? Little sister, you're so cute! How old are you?"
A blonde girl beside them looked at Bei Zhangtan, the girl was thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing red glasses. Beside her stood her parents, looking troubled.
Bei Zhangtan gave a reluctant smile, "Sister, you're also very cute, I don't know how old I am?"
No one had ever asked her this question, her grandmother never told her. She only remembered that she was a certain age on her birthday, but she really didn't know how old she was.
"Oh, you're such a little forgetful, just like me, hehe."
"I'm not a forgetful little girl, brother said I'm super smart, I can even find work for three meals a day."
"Yes, being able to eat three meals a day is such a happy thing, it's a really happy thing." The girl teased Bei Zhangtan, this little sister was cute, and her words were even cuter.
"恩恩, I think so too."
Bei Zhangtan nodded, looking in agreement.
Soon, the blonde girl went into the examination room first. Her parents nodded to Summer, they didn't have the time to chat with a child in this situation.
They waited for ten minutes before Summer also took Bei Zhangtan inside.
"Sister, I'm leaving now, next time we meet, I'll play a song for you, I'm really good at playing instruments."
"嗯, goodbye sister."
Watching the two girls say goodbye, Summer held Bei Zhangtan and sat in front of the doctor, who was also a beautiful woman.
"What's your cute name?"
"My name is Bei Zhangtan~"
"Little Bei Zhangtan! Where does it hurt?"
"My tummy hurts~", Bei Zhangtan pathetically clutched her stomach.
The doctor smiled, "Little Bei Zhangtan, open your mouth and let Auntie take a look."
"Ahh~", the little one cooperated well.
The doctor examined her and asked Summer some routine questions,
"Have you eaten anything special in the last two days?"
"No, yesterday we had thin porridge, mapo tofu....."
After the examination, the doctor reached a conclusion, "There's nothing serious, children's stomachs are more fragile than adults, she was used to a bland diet, and these two days she ate too much greasy food suddenly, so her intestines are not used to it."
Summer: "..."
He slapped his forehead, remembering something his grandfather's generation had said, usually they were so poor that they didn't eat at night, but during the New Year they would eat a good meal, and everyone would get diarrhea. This was because their stomachs were used to lacking oil and water, and they couldn't handle eating too much suddenly.
Relieved, Summer asked, "So what should we do now, doctor?"
"I'll prescribe some medicine, give it to her with warm water. She should eat a bland diet for the next two days and she'll be fine."
"Thank you, doctor."