Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 205 The 3-year-old child was drunk

Shen Yu pulled off her headscarf and slapped it twice with her hands.

Yutao took the headscarf, and Shen Yu washed his hands and face with warm water, and finally felt much more comfortable.

Zheng Sanniang sat on the chair, her arms and legs shaking constantly.

Shen Yu asked Yutao to fetch another basin of water so that Zheng Sanniang could wash as well.

The warm water relaxed Zheng Sanniang's tense nerves very well.

She stopped shaking, but seemed to have suddenly realized that the child was not in her arms. She asked anxiously, "Xiao Zhuzi, where is my Xiao Zhuzi?"

Jiang said hurriedly, "Don't worry, Xiao Zhuzi is fine, he is sleeping in my bed."

Zheng Sanniang loved her son dearly and hurried over to see the child.

She touched the child's soft little hand, but suddenly said nervously: "No, why is Xiao Zhuzi sleeping so deeply today?"

"Normally, when Xiao Zhuzi is sleeping, he will wake up if there is a little noise at home. How come he didn't wake up even after I carried him all the way?"

When these words were spoken, everyone's heart skipped a beat and they all gathered around the bed.

Shen Yu was worried. If anything happened to the child, not only would Zheng Sanniang die, but Shen Yu's family would also be held responsible.

She asked Yutao to light a few more candles quickly to illuminate the room. Yutao agreed and went quickly.

Jiang was holding a candlestick on the other side of the bed. Li and Yutao each took a candlestick and moved to the bedside. Shen Yu persuaded Zheng Sanniang, who was crying and calling "Xiao Zhuzi", to move aside and make room for her.

Shen Yu walked to the bedside, calmed down and looked carefully.

Several large oil candles lit up the small room brightly.

Shen Yu found that Xiao Zhuzi, who was sleeping on the bed, had red cheeks, his breathing was rapid and short, and his gasping was heavy, which did not look like a normal sleeper.

Shen Yu touched the child's forehead, hands and feet, and then touched his own forehead. He didn't feel very hot, but his cheeks were burning hot.

Shen Yu felt that the child did not have a fever, but he was sleeping very soundly. Even when Shen Yu touched him up and down, he did not move at all.

Zheng Sanniang asked anxiously, "What happened to the child? He was fine before my husband took him out."

Shen Yu was also afraid, so he tried to gently scratch the palm of Xiao Zhuzi's hand, and the child's little hand moved.

Shen Yu carefully leaned over the child's chest to listen to his heartbeat, but inadvertently smelled a scent of alcohol. She was afraid that she was mistaken, so she asked Jiang to lie down on the other side of the bed and smell it as well.

Jiang smelled it carefully and said uncertainly, "This child's breath smells like alcohol, and his cheeks are red. Why, why does he look like he's drunk?"

Zheng Sanniang had been standing at the end of the bed, watching nervously, and now she squeezed over.

He smelled it carefully and looked at Xiao Zhuzi, and it really looked like Li Changgen was drunk and sleeping soundly on the bed.

Shen Yu asked curiously, "Sister Zheng, Xiao Zhuzi is so young and can drink. Is it because no one is looking after him that he drinks on his own?"

Zheng Sanniang was stunned for a moment and shook her head to deny: "Xiao Zhuzi has never drunk alcohol. He is only three years old. How could he..."

Halfway through her words, Li suddenly said, "Li Changgen is such a piece of shit. Did he force the child to drink because he was upset about the child's crying?"

Zheng Sanniang's face turned pale. Shen Yu and Jiang looked at each other and both felt that it was very likely.

Zheng Sanniang was no longer angry at this time, and said in a panic: "What should we do? Xiao Zhuzi is only three years old. Will being drunk like this harm his health?"

Shen Yu secretly felt lucky that the winemaking technology of that era was still very primitive and the alcohol content of the wine produced was not high.

If it had been modern strong liquor, the child would have died long ago.

Although I felt a little relieved, I couldn't let Xiao Zhuzi sleep in such discomfort.

Shen Yu thought about it, and asked Jiang to go to the kitchen to cut a piece of fresh ginger, pour a large bowl of warm water, add two small spoons of salt, stir well and bring it over.

Here, Zheng Sanniang was asked to pick up the child and try to wake him up.

Zheng Sanniang sat by the bed holding the child, and kept calling in his ear: "Xiao Zhuzi, Xiao Zhuzi, don't sleep anymore, wake up quickly."

Shen Yuze rubbed the child's hands and feet with his hands. Yutao, who was beside him, quickly put down the candlestick and followed suit, rubbing the hands and feet on the other side of the little pillar.

Xiao Zhuzi didn't know how much wine he had been forced to drink. He just moved uncomfortably in Zheng Sanniang's arms but didn't wake up.

Jiang came over with ginger slices and warm salt water.

Shen Yu took the ginger slices and squeezed them hard, and a spicy taste of ginger juice came out.

Shen Yu took some ginger slices and placed them under Xiao Zhuzi's nose. Stimulated by the spicy taste, Xiao Zhuzi finally hummed a few times in a daze.

Zheng Sanniang called "Xiao Zhuzi" several times, and Xiao Zhuzi finally opened his eyes a little and called out in a soft voice like a kitten: "Mom."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the child wake up.

Li looked at the three older children standing nearby with nervous faces and urged them, "Xiao Zhuzi is fine. Don't crowd here. Go to bed quickly. Dun Dun and Yu Cheng have to get up early to go to school tomorrow."

Li asked the three to leave the house and said, "Sanniang and Xiaozhuzi will stay at our house for a few days. Don't let anyone know about it. If anyone asks, just say you don't know."

Dun Dun and the other two nodded sensibly and went back to their rooms.

Only then did Li come back with the candlestick in her hand with peace of mind.

Zheng Sanniang was still sitting by the bed, holding the child tightly, as if the child would be snatched away if she let go.

Shen Yu was watching from the side and felt that Xiao Zhuzi was still confused. He unconsciously grabbed Zheng Sanniang's clothes with his hands and kept mumbling, "Mom, I feel uncomfortable, I feel uncomfortable."

Zheng Sanniang was so anxious that she kept asking, "Xiao Zhuzi, where do you feel uncomfortable? Tell me quickly, or you will scare me."

Jiang said, "A drunk person will have a headache and want to vomit. Poor little Zhuzi will be in pain for a while."

Seeing that Xiao Zhuzi could express himself normally, Shen Yu thought it was not bad. Maybe Li Changgen just wanted the child to be quiet for a while and did not use any harsh method.

She asked Zheng Sanniang to hold the child and sit him down, then brought over the salt water and said, "You can coax the child to drink as much of this bowl of salt water as possible. It would be best if he can spit it out. It won't be so uncomfortable if he spit it out."

Zheng Sanniang took the spoon and kept coaxing Xiao Zhuzi, feeding him half a bowl of light salt water mouthful by mouthful.

Jiang quickly prepared the basin.

Shen Yu said: "He has drunk a lot of salt water, let him spit it out, it will be fine after he spit it out."

Zheng Sanniang hesitated: "Xiao Zhuzi is awake now, so he should be fine, right?"

Shen Yu shook his head and said, "The child is young, and no one knows what will happen if he is forced to drink. What if he remains confused and develops a high fever, turning into a fool? It is safest to let him vomit it out."