Gourmet: Twins' Father and Chef of the Kindergarten-Chapter 165 - 158: I Don’t Want to Take a Sick Day, I Want to Go to Kindergarten!
The morning light just broke, and the Liu family was filled with a tranquil atmosphere.
In the kitchen, Xu Caihong was already busy preparing a sumptuous breakfast, carefully placing the steaming dishes on the table.
"Mom, good morning..."
Li Xiuxian stretched lazily, walking out of the bedroom with a hint of morning drowsiness, smiling at Xu Caihong.
"Oh, you’re up. Perfect timing, breakfast is ready. Come and eat..." Xu Caihong replied with a smile.
"Okay, sure~"
Li Xiuxian responded and walked toward the dining table, her eyes searching the room but not finding her daughter Yuanyuan’s little figure.
Normally at this time, the little one would have been up before her.
Why isn’t she up yet today?
She couldn’t help but feel a bit puzzled, guessing as she asked, "Mom, isn’t Yuanyuan up yet?"
"No, she’s still in bed. Maybe she slept late last night, and that’s why she can’t get up this morning!" Xu Caihong replied casually, her eyes quickly glancing at the clock on the wall. She then put down the dish in her hand, hurriedly wiped her hands, and said with a hint of urgency, "Oh dear, it’s getting late, I’ll go wake her up."
Even though Li Xiuxian was a bit perplexed, she agreed with Xu Caihong’s explanation.
Seeing her mother-in-law so busy, she called out to stop her, "Mom, go ahead with what you’re doing. I’ll go wake Yuanyuan..."
"Alright!" Xu Caihong nodded.
Li Xiuxian walked to Yuanyuan’s room door, gently knocked, and called inside, "Yuanyuan, are you up yet?"
And then...
There was no response from inside!
So...
She pushed the door open and went inside.
The room was silent, with only the soft breeze from the air conditioner lightly blowing.
"Beep!" went a soft sound.
Li Xiuxian casually turned off the air conditioner, then quickly drew back the curtains, allowing the bright morning light to pour in, shining directly on Yuanyuan’s exposed little bottom outside the blanket, as her small body curled up beneath the little blanket.
Yuanyuan didn’t move.
Li Xiuxian didn’t think much of it, assuming these slight movements wouldn’t disturb a child in deep sleep, so she smiled and walked gently to the bedside.
She lightly cradled Yuanyuan’s little bottom, gently turning her over. The heat her fingers felt made her pause slightly, but she didn’t think much, just assuming Yuanyuan had gotten too warm under the blanket. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
She gently wiggled Yuanyuan’s little bottom and softly coaxed, "Yuanyuan, little lazybones, it’s time to get up! If you don’t get up now, you’re going to be late..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Yuanyuan’s groggy mumbling interrupted her, "Mommy, I feel awful, so awful..."
"Uncomfortable? Where does it hurt?"
Li Xiuxian’s heart tightened, anxiously asking, as she instinctively reached out to feel Yuanyuan’s forehead, trying to gauge her temperature.
Oh dear!
Things didn’t look good!
Her hand just touched Yuanyuan’s forehead and immediately felt an unusual burning heat, as if touching a hot iron. This startled her, her expression immediately becoming serious.
That’s right!
Li Xiuxian confirmed her judgment, Yuanyuan had a fever!
Having been through countless similar situations, she did not panic but responded swiftly and calmly.
She called out to the outside, "Mom, could you please bring me the thermometer?"
"What do you need a thermometer for?"
Hearing Li Xiuxian’s words, Xu Caihong was puzzled for a moment, then thought...
Oh no...
Could it be that Yuanyuan has a fever?
Thinking of this, she immediately felt uneasy and didn’t dare to waste any time. She quickly turned around, headed to the cabinet, fetched the medicine box, and carried it into Yuanyuan’s room.
"Here’s the fever medicine and thermometer."
Xu Caihong placed the medicine box on the bedside table, quickly taking out the electronic thermometer and handing it to Li Xiuxian.
Li Xiuxian picked up the electronic thermometer, pressed the button, and swiftly scanned Yuanyuan’s forehead.
Her eyes immediately locked onto the numbers on the screen.
38.6 degrees!
The fever is quite high!
Beside her, Xu Caihong looked at the numbers on the thermometer, her worry visible: "She was fine last night, how come she suddenly has a fever this morning? Did one of the kids at kindergarten catch a cold, and she caught it from them?"
Li Xiuxian frowned, contemplating the possible reasons: "I’m not sure, maybe it’s that, or perhaps she got chilled sleeping with the air conditioning on last night..."
Now’s not the time to figure out why; we need to think about reducing the fever.
She quickly took out fever medicine and a cooling patch from the medicine box, carefully giving Yuanyuan the medication and then gently placing the cooling patch on her forehead.
Just then.
Liu Qiangtao rushed in, his hair disheveled, asking urgently, "What’s wrong with Yuanyuan? I heard you talking about a fever, is Yuanyuan really running a fever?"
Li Xiuxian looked up at him, "I just took her temperature; it’s 38.6 degrees, quite severe. But I’ve already given her fever medicine and put on a cooling patch, though we still have to keep an eye on her for a while."
Liu Qiangtao approached the bed, looking at Yuanyuan’s flushed little face, filled with worry, "Is the fever that high? Should we take her to the hospital?"
Li Xiuxian thought for a moment: "I’ll observe for a while first. If the situation doesn’t improve, then we’ll go to the hospital. It’s a special time right now, so we should avoid going to the hospital if possible. However, she definitely can’t go to school today, so I need to inform Miss Yang about her absence."
As she spoke, she took out her phone from her pocket, quickly opened WeChat, and clicked on Yang Yuxi’s profile picture.
Her fingers flew across the screen, typing out the message for leave.
As soon as Yuanyuan heard the words "no school," she immediately panicked.
She struggled to sit up, her little face full of dissatisfaction and anxiety: "Mommy, I don’t want to take leave, I don’t want to take leave, I want to go to kindergarten!"
Li Xiuxian: (•’╻’•)꒳ᵒ꒳ᵎᵎᵎ
Xu Caihong: (」゜ロ゜)」
Liu Qiangtao: Σ(°△°|||)
On the first day of school, Yuanyuan had pretended to be sick and acted coquettishly, trying to avoid school. Now that she was actually sick, she was paradoxically insisting on going...
This change was truly both amusing and exasperating.
Xu Caihong and Li Xiuxian exchanged a helpless glance, probably guessing the reason for Yuanyuan’s insistence on going to school.
It wasn’t a love for studying, nor an attachment to her kindergarten friends, but rather a fondness for the kindergarten meals!
Li Xiuxian looked at her daughter somewhat helplessly: "You’re sick, what would you go to school for?"
Saying this, she sent the edited message to Yang Yuxi.
Yuanyuan pouted and voiced her protest with grievance: "I want to go to kindergarten for snacks, for meals..."
Li Xiuxian: "..."
Xu Caihong: "..."
Liu Qiangtao: (•’╻’•)꒳ᵒ꒳ᵎᵎᵎ
"At a time like this, you’re still thinking about eating!" Li Xiuxian looked at her daughter speechlessly and smiled wryly: "Looks like it’s not that serious after all..."
Xu Caihong watched this scene and couldn’t help but comfort herself: "Right, right, still wanting snacks and meals means her spirits are good, probably nothing too serious."
"Yes, seeing Yuanyuan’s spirits, maybe her fever will go down soon." Liu Qiangtao hoped optimistically and gently comforted his daughter: "Yuanyuan, lie down and rest, once your fever goes down, Dad will let Grandma and Mom take you to kindergarten, alright?"
Upon hearing this, Yuanyuan’s eyes sparkled with anticipation.
She nodded obediently, lay down, and silently hoped that she would get well soon, so she could go to kindergarten for snacks and meals.
Xu Caihong took the chance to ask: "Yuanyuan, how about Grandma brings you some millet porridge, would you like to have some?"
Weiwei shook her head slightly, her voice a little weak: "Don’t want to eat..."
Xu Caihong patiently persuaded: "Yuanyuan, how can your body get better if you don’t eat? Only if you eat, can you recover quickly..."
Thinking of getting better faster so she could go to kindergarten, Yuanyuan nodded.
"That’s a good girl!"
Xu Caihong smiled with relief, turned, and went to the kitchen to get the millet porridge.
She carefully fed Yuanyuan, but Yuanyuan only had a few bites before shaking her head, unwilling to eat more.
Understanding that children often lose their appetite when sick, she didn’t force Yuanyuan to eat, instead opting to let Yuanyuan rest more. Then she said to her son and daughter-in-law: "Xiuxian, Qiangtao, you both go have breakfast, I’ll take care of Yuanyuan here."
"Mom, I’ll come back and relieve you once I’ve finished eating!"
Li Xiuxian softly said, and then she and Liu Qiangtao tiptoed out to have breakfast.
Shortly after, Liu Qiangtao finished his breakfast.
Even though he worried about his daughter’s illness, as the pillar of the household, he had no choice but to go to work.
With reluctance and concern, he said, "Honey, I’ll head to work now. Yuanyuan is in your and Mom’s capable hands. Call me if anything comes up."
Li Xiuxian nodded: "Don’t worry, you go to work, we’re here. Yuanyuan will get well soon."
After seeing her husband off, she went back to Yuanyuan’s room and swapped shifts with her mother-in-law...
She took out the electronic thermometer to check Yuanyuan’s temperature again.
However.
The numbers on the screen made her heart skip a beat—38.8 degrees!
The fever showed no sign of subsiding, but instead was getting higher!
"Why is it still so high after taking medicine? This doesn’t seem like an ordinary cold..." Li Xiuxian was getting anxious, thinking she couldn’t delay further: "No, I really need to take her to the hospital and get her checked before it gets any worse..."
She quickly picked up her phone, her fingers moving rapidly to successfully book a clinic appointment for Yuanyuan.
After quickly gathering the things they’d need for leaving, she cautiously picked Yuanyuan up.
Yuanyuan groggily opened her eyes: "Mommy, are we going to kindergarten?"
"No, Mommy is taking you to the hospital..." Li Xiuxian replied softly.
Yuanyuan immediately started to struggle upon hearing they were going to the hospital: "No, no, I don’t want to go to the hospital, I want to go to kindergarten..."
Her small hands clung tightly to Li Xiuxian’s clothes, trying to break free from her mother’s hold.
But due to the high fever and physical weakness, she couldn’t break free at all.
Li Xiuxian didn’t bother arguing with her, carrying her directly out of the room: "Mom, I need to take Yuanyuan to the hospital immediately, her fever isn’t dropping, but getting higher, it might be some viral infection..."
"That serious... let’s hurry to the hospital, I’ll go with you..."
Xu Caihong put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hand, quickly followed Li Xiuxian, both leaving the house together.
They took the elevator down to the underground parking, got in their car.
Once everything was settled, Li Xiuxian drove towards the hospital.
