Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 1: Bedwetting

April 2038, 4, cloudy, light rain

Bai Li drove to the largest vegetable market in the new district early in the morning to buy beef, mutton, spare ribs, chicken wings and chicken legs.
Because she has a child who prefers meat, she has to buy all kinds of meat every time she comes, and it is best to buy enough for two weeks. This saves time and she doesn't have to go to the market all the time.

Then go buy vegetables and fruits.

Seafood such as fish, shrimp and shellfish was not within her consideration because neither her son nor she liked to eat them.

After buying everything, it took her two trips to load everything into the car.

Before leaving, she looked back at the vegetable market. For some reason, she felt that there was something strange about the vegetable market today.

The butchers were fine; they chopped the meat, weighed it and calculated the price, all smoothly, and not much different from before.

But the owners of the vegetable and fruit stalls were all very slow. Whether it was weighing or counting money, they seemed to be out of shape and were more than two beats slower than usual.

Their complexions looked a little abnormal, with dark circles under their eyes, as if they all didn't sleep or didn't get enough sleep last night.

what happened?

The doubt only lasted for a moment. After all, it was none of her business. Her son was still sick at home, so she had to hurry back.

Bai Li was very anxious when she thought about the kid who had been having a fever for a week.

The weather this year has been hot and cold, completely inconsistent with seasons and months. As a result, she caught a cold and had a fever for a week, and her son was infected as soon as she recovered.

There is no other way. There are only the two of them at home, and their son is so attached to her that he won't keep a certain distance from her, and there is no way to do so.

Since the May Day holiday was coming soon and the workload in the first grade was not heavy, I simply took a leave and rested at home.

It used to take only half an hour to drive from the market to home, but today it took two hours. The reason was that there were constant collisions and rear-end collisions on the road, and the sound of horns, scolding, and police was everywhere, which made Bai Li's head hurt.

She had to take detours again and again, stumbling along the way, until she finally got home two hours later.

"what!"

As soon as I opened the door, I heard a familiar voice coming from the living room. Bai Li came in carrying two large bags. After changing her shoes, she didn't rush to take the vegetables to the kitchen, but just threw them at the entrance and then walked quickly to the bedroom.

As he walked, he shushed a small yellow parrot with a head full of hair standing upright on the hanging pole in the living room, "Keep your voice down, don't disturb your brother."

The parrot followed her and made the same "hush" sound, then shut up.

The bedroom was very quiet. Bai Li pushed the door open quietly and was suddenly stunned.

She saw her eight-year-old son sitting on the bed, motionless.

"Chichi?"

Bai Li walked over quickly, bent down to touch her son's forehead, and asked softly, "When did you wake up? Mommy went out to buy vegetables. They are all your favorite meats. When your fever subsides, I will make you tomato beef brisket, and then braised spareribs and cola chicken wings, okay?"

When her palm touched her son's forehead, it was cool. She said in surprise, "Oh, your fever has gone down. Mommy will take your temperature again to see how high it is."

"Mother."

The son, who had been silent the whole time, looked up at her, with a rare look of panic in his eyes, as well as a hint of embarrassment and awkwardness, "Mom, I think I wet the bed."

Bai Li was stunned. Before she lifted the quilt to check, she comforted him, "Just pee, just change the mattress. It's okay, son. Who hasn't wet the bed when they were a kid?"

When the quilt was lifted, Bai Li remained silent.

This bed is a bit wet!
She could tell without touching it that most of the sheets were wet, and the wetness was particularly obvious.

She was puzzled and asked, "You peed on all this?"

Did this mean all the water in your body has been spilled out?
Then I remembered that I had coaxed him to drink water several times last night, so it seemed not impossible that he could pee so much.

Forget it, he’s already peed. Can’t you see that your son is already embarrassed? Why are you asking so many questions?

"Your pants are wet, take them off along with your shirt and go take a shower. Mom will help you change the sheets and mattress."

Don't wear wet clothes just after the fever subsides.

Bai Li pulled her son out of bed and put on his shoes. She went to the bathroom and immediately turned on the electric heater and then filled the bathtub with hot water.

"Mom, my clothes are all wet. I think I not only wet the bed, but I also sweated a lot." Bai Li turned around and took her son's shirt. It was so wet that she seemed to want to wring water out of it.

She was surprised again and quickly touched her son's chubby back, which was as cool as his forehead and a little wet.

Why is he sweating so much if I didn't give him any antipyretics?
"Are there any discomforts?"

"No, my head doesn't hurt at all."

Bai Li saw that his dark eyes were bright and he looked really energetic, at least it was a far cry from the listless look he had yesterday.

She breathed a sigh of relief and felt good to be in good spirits.

"Get in the bathtub, soak in it for a while, and then come out, okay?"

Children love playing in the water, so this is no problem for Kiki.

"Mom, I'm hungry. Can I have some beef brisket with tomatoes?"

"Not now, you just recovered from your illness, you need to eat light food, mom will make you some white rice porridge first, if you don't cook for the whole day, I will make you beef noodles in the evening."

"I will definitely not have a fever again today. I am completely healed now."

Bai Li smiled and encouraged her son, "Well, our Qiqi's body has always been great, it won't come back again. You soak first, mom will make the bed and get you some clothes."

Bai Li walked out of the bathroom and returned to Qiqi's room. She first swiftly pulled off the bedsheets and pillowcases and put them into the laundry basket. Then, she habitually bent over to smell the mattress. Hmm? No urine smell?
She put her nose close to it and smelled it again, her nose tip almost touching the wet mattress, but she really didn't smell any strange smell at all, as if it was just water, not urine.

strange!
But Bai Li didn't think much about it. After cleaning up, she still had to get clothes for her son and cook porridge. There was still a big bag of vegetables in the car downstairs that had not been taken up. She didn't have time to think about anything else.

When sending the clothes into the bathroom, Bai Li looked at the time and told her son, "Soak for another ten minutes and call mom if you need anything."

Qiqi shrank in the bathtub and poked his little head out, "Mom, can we pick up Xiaowu after breakfast?"

"Yes, Doctor An said yesterday that he could be observed for another night and if he doesn't have a fever, he'll be fine."

"Can I go with you then?"

Bai Li thought about how her son had stayed at home for the whole week he was sick, not even going downstairs, and she was really bored.

So he nodded and said, "Okay, you should eat your meal obediently later, and then go with mom after eating."

Xiaowu is a Shiba Inu. Last October, their downstairs neighbor took it over from a friend. But it fell sick after just a week. No one knew what it ate, but it had severe diarrhea.

The neighbor found the puppy too troublesome and simply threw it into the community square and left it there.

It was drizzling that day just like today. The wet little puppy was lying weakly on the cold concrete floor. He was stinking because of diarrhea, but no one paid any attention to him.

Qiqi was soft-hearted and begged her mother pitifully to take it home.

"Mom, I won't keep it. We will help cure its illness and send it to Dr. An. He will help find a new owner, okay?"

Since the family already had a parrot, he knew his mother would not allow a second pet, so his request was very humble.

Bai Li couldn't stand her son's pleading look, so she had to take Xiaowu back home.

At that time, she really wanted to send the baby away after it recovered.

But she didn't expect that after raising it for a month, she couldn't bear to let it go.

So Xiaowu stayed and became the fifth member of the family.

Three days ago, for some unknown reason, Xiaowu suddenly developed a high fever like Qiqi, and his brown fur was so hot that it turned red. Baili was so scared that she rushed him to a nearby pet hospital.

Because she had to take care of her sick son, Bai Li had limited energy, so she had to ask Dr. An from the hospital to help take care of Xiaowu and let it stay in the hospital for two days.

Fortunately, the fever had subsided when I went to see the doctor yesterday. Dr. An said that we can observe the baby for another night and take him back today.

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