It was vexing that Shen Chi and his group had taken the car away. Now, in the middle of the night and with the next bus two hours away, the two could only walk back.
"I knew I shouldn’t have let Shoulu and the others go after that culprit," Han Shouzhen said in frustration.
She hated the culprit, but that couldn’t compare to her son’s safety.
"It’s okay, walking will still get us there in ti," Lin Xiaoguai consoled. "The Heart Protecting Pills I left at the hospital can last another two or three hours."
Hearing this, Han Shouzhen felt sowhat relieved.
Fortunately, Zhi Xin Garden was relatively close to the hospital. After half an hour’s walk, Lin Xiaoguai entered the studio pretending to take the remaining Heart Protecting Pills, murmuring with difficulty, "The two of us may not be able to carry them all."
"How many are there?" Han Shouzhen asked, looking at the dozen or so wooden boxes being taken out.
"There are only five hundred pills here," sighed Lin Xiaoguai.
Relieved, Lin Xiaoguai thought, five hundred pills would be enough for her son for a few days. "Let’s take these for now, and we can get the rest when Shoulu and the others return."
Taking two bicycles that had been standing idle in the garage, Lin Xiaoguai asked hesitantly, "Sister, do you know how to ride a 28-inch bicycle?"
—At this mont, she felt sowhat grateful that she had learned to ride bicycles at the farm for Little Niangao, opting to ride the quieter family’s bicycles back then, which she hadn’t returned to the compound as they were unused.
"Don’t worry, I can ride," Han Shouzhen chuckled, glancing at the bicycle beside her. Although bicycles were now common, few people were willing to spend a lot of money on a fancy one. How many won couldn’t ride a 28-inch bicycle? Only Shoulu would be so indulgent with his wife.
But a wife like Wanwan deserves that indulgence, she thought, grateful that her son’s life was saved thanks to her this ti. But gratitude for such an imnse favor wasn’t expressed in words; she would find a way to repay it in her heart.
Even if her brother and sister-in-law had no way to reciprocate, she could still make it up to her nephews and nieces. Even if she could never fully repay such a great debt, any small repaynt would be worthwhile.
After so effort, the two managed to load the dozen boxes of dicine onto their bicycles and set off for the hospital.
The lights were still on outside the operating room. After placing the dicines aside, they sat down to wait for the surgery to end.
"Sister, the Heart Protecting Pills need to be administered every ten minutes. Shouldn’t you hire a nurse for Ping’an?" Lin Xiaoguai suddenly suggested.
"No need, I don’t trust anyone else with this. I’d rather do it myself," Han Shouzhen quickly shook her head.
It might seem simple, but timing the dication perfectly, repeating the monotonous task hundreds of tis a day, a few seconds delay could worsen Xu Ji’s condition or administering it too early could waste the Heart Protecting Pills.
Either scenario was sothing Han Shouzhen did not want to see.
"That won’t do," Lin Xiaoguai objected. "Even if you’re healthy, you need to sleep. You can’t be by his side 24 hours a day. Besides, instead of sitting here, you’d better hurry and find new volunteers to advance Ping’an’s heart transplant. Even though the Heart Protecting Pills can buy so ti, the dicine I currently have isn’t enough to last 42 days. Honestly, producing so many Heart Protecting Pills in ten days is quite a challenge."
Han Shouzhen was jolted by reality, yes, finding a new heart for her son was crucial, but...
"But, with Ping’an’s safety at stake, how can I trust a stranger?" She frowned, troubled.
Lin Xiaoguai pondered and was hesitant, then suggested, "What about letting Nuonuo and Little Niangao help?"
She paused, but before Han Shouzhen could respond, she dismissed the idea herself, "No, that won’t work. We need to hire soone; it’s too much psychological pressure for the children."
She thought for a mont and then suggested a new idea, "I think it’s best if you hire two... no, make it three nurses. You hire three nurses, and let the children oversee them since they’re on sumr vacation now. After the surgery, Ping’an will need company, and it’s good for Nuonuo and Little Niangao to stay with him. Whenever we adults are free, we can also visit, and we can ask the hospital doctors and nurses to help watch over him."
"Also, paying the nurses a higher salary might ensure they are more dedicated."
Han Shouzhen figured that was the only option. Her brother and sister-in-law were busy; Wan Quan had work, her brother was also occupied, and her sister-in-law, who could usually spare so ti, was now pressed to produce dicine. She herself needed to find new volunteers; there truly was no adult available to help.
"But do we really need to hire professional nurses?" she suddenly brightened up. "After all, the main task is to administer the dication, which doesn’t require much skill. There’s an opportunity to make money; we could employ workers from the farm. I know them well, who is ticulous and who is diligent."
Compared to unknown professional nurses, she trusted the farm workers more, having worked with them for several years.
"That could work." This thod was sowhat unorthodox as the farm still needed to operate, but Lin Xiaoguai agreed without hesitation.
For Han Shouzhen’s sake as a mother.
At half-past two in the morning, the operating room doors finally opened, and Xu Chengying along with Zheng Cuicui and other doctors filed out.
"The surgery was very successful, just make sure not to stop the Heart Protecting Pills," Xu Chengying said with a relieved expression.
Lin Xiaoguai rembered sothing and stepped forward to ask, "Doctor Xu, may I give Ping’an so dicine that’s effective for recovery from injuries?" She was thinking of her nephew who would undergo surgery next month. She wasn’t worried since the boy had been well-nurtured over the years, no different from a normal person. But after this car accident and a major surgery, so vitality was inevitably lost. She considered helping him recover quicker to prepare for next month’s transplant surgery.
Guessing her thoughts, Xu Chengying smiled, "Of course, but make sure the dicine doesn’t conflict with the Heart Protecting Pills, otherwise, it would be counterproductive."
"Alright, I’ll be careful," Lin Xiaoguai sighed in relief.
At that mont, Xu Ji was wheeled out of the operating room by a nurse.
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