Chapter 36 She forgot what it felt like to be soaked in hot water.
Jiang He was just thinking about it when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside, and then Jiang Xiaoping poked half of her head in.
She first said hello to Grandpa Zhang, and then waved to herself mysteriously.
"Grandpa Zhang, please take your time and watch. I'll go out first."
As soon as Jiang He closed the door, before she could say anything, Jiang Xiaoping hurriedly pulled her into the bathroom.
It turned out that the metal hose in Zhang Enmin's house was rusted together with the shower head. Zhang Jiefang even used pliers, but still couldn't unscrew it.
In preparation for today, Jiang He took her mother and Zhang Jiefang to rehearse it two or three times in advance, checking for any gaps and filling them in. She thought everything was perfect, but in the end there were still some omissions.
"I'll just use a plastic bucket to catch the hot water and pour it into the bathtub."
Zhang Jiefang dropped the pliers, picked up the red plastic bucket in the corner of the bathroom, and started scrubbing.
"Then I'll go with you." Jiang He wanted to help, but Zhang Jiefang stopped him.
"No, I can do it myself. Your Aunt Jiefang doesn't have any other abilities, but she has plenty of strength."
Jiang He naturally couldn't let Zhang Jiefang work alone. She turned out the bag containing the blood pressure monitor and oximeter and handed it to Jiang Xiaoping. She asked her to go inside and stare at the agreement, while she ran to the kitchen to boil water and hold the Fill the washbasin with cold water.
Jiang He and Zhang Jiefang poured water into the bathtub one after another, just like Jingwei filling the sea. After going back and forth more than 20 times, they finally filled the bathtub half full. People are so tired that they are panting.
"The signatures have been signed and the form has been filled out. The values are within the normal range. When should we start? Grandma Qin is a little sleepy."
"The water temperature is just 39°C, so you can wash it now."
Jiang He took out the water thermometer and took a look. She had checked before that the water temperature between 37°C and 39°C was the safest for the elderly.
"Okay, then Grandpa Zhang and I will push people out now."
As soon as Jiang Xiaoping entered the bedroom, Jiang He remembered that she had forgotten the sterile dressings and plastic wrap she had prepared in advance and asked her mother to bring them in.
Paralyzed old people usually have bedsores on their bodies, not to mention Grandma Qin who has been paralyzed for several years.
Jiang He finally took out the things from his bag and was about to knock on the door, but the door opened from the inside. Zhang Enmin laughed when he saw the things in her hands.
"It's hard for you to prepare all this, but Liu Yan doesn't have bedsores on her body. Bedsores are so painful that I wouldn't want to part with them."
As Zhang Enmin spoke, he thoughtfully gathered the blanket that Grandma Qin put on her body. Jiang He did not expect that Zhang Enmin took care of her so well.
"Then you are really careful." Jiang He sighed from the bottom of his heart.
"Hey, this is not what it should be. If I were paralyzed, Liu Yan would definitely serve me better!"
Qin Liuyan, who was naked and wrapped in a blanket, looked even weaker than when she was lying on the bed. Jiang He, half squatting in front of her, began to sweat unconsciously, especially when she reached into the blanket and hugged Qin Liuyan. The moment when Liu Yan’s knee and calf hit.
Qin Liuyan felt even thinner than she looked, almost skinny, and her skin was very cold, as if frozen to the touch. It was completely different from Lao'er's aging but healthy skin texture.
A strange picture appeared in Jiang He's mind, that is, the moment he lifted her up, Grandma Qin would be scattered all over the place like a puzzle piece.
"You can do it! You can do it!" Jiang He was far more nervous at this moment than the first time she came on stage to propose a proposal independently. After repeated self-suggestions, she did not dare to delay any more and quickly looked up at Zhang Jiefang. Zhang Jiefang nodded, and the two of them With a tacit understanding, they used force at the same time to steadily lift Qin Liuyan up.
Jiang Xiaoping next to her was holding the bath towel covering Qin Liuyan's body with one hand and dragging her waist with the other. Zhang Enmin was holding the blanket in his arms, staring at his wife, and kept muttering "Slow down, slow down." ".
"Aunt Jiefang, I'd better let you go first."
As Jiang He spoke, he tentatively dipped Grandma Qin's feet into the warm water, thinking to let her get used to it first, but unexpectedly, Grandma Qin, who had been unresponsive, suddenly trembled uncontrollably, and her dull face instantly revealed With a very flustered look on his face, his closed mouth opened randomly and he let out hoarse and frightened screams.
Zhang Jiefang, who was holding Grandma Qin's upper body, suddenly panicked. She froze there and looked at Jiang He at a loss. Jiang He didn't know what was going on with Grandma Qin, and was about to call Zhang Jiefang to come with her to take Grandma Qin away. After being lifted back to the wheelchair, Zhang Enmin even forgot to put down the blanket in his hand and had already moved closer.
"Liu Yan, we are not afraid. This is water, hot water, for you to take a bath. Have you forgotten?"
Jiang He also reacted upon hearing this, and immediately reminded her mother in a low voice, "Put some water on Grandma Qin's body."
Jiang Xiaoping heard the words and hurriedly followed the instructions. The warm water wetted the towel on her body little by little. Grandma Qin's body finally stopped shaking, but the fingers of her left hand twitched twice like spasms.
"...Looking for?" Qin Liuyan rolled his eyes with difficulty and said vaguely.
"Yes, let me give you a bath. The Chinese New Year will be celebrated tomorrow. Let's take a good bath today and celebrate the Chinese New Year cleanly, okay?"
Zhang Enmin held Qin Liuyan's thin and cold left hand and comforted her softly.
Zhang Jiefang glanced at Zhang Enmin with a strange expression, as if she were seeing him for the first time, and her eyebrows tightened.
Grandma Qin seemed to be convinced, and she slowly calmed down.
Jiang He nodded at Zhang Jiefang, and the two of them tentatively lowered Grandma Qin, and the warm water covered Qin Liuyan's thighs little by little.
Qin Liuyan acted very calmly this time, but neither Jiang He nor Zhang Jiefang dared to let go. It was not until Grandma Qin used her only left hand to slightly wave the water, and her face was filled with pure joy like a baby, that Jiang He finally exhaled. He let go of the breath he had been holding in his chest.
She let go first, then Zhang Jiefang, Grandma Qin's body was finally immersed in the warm water.
"I'm ashamed to say that Liu Yan hasn't had a good bath in seven or eight years. She has forgotten what it feels like to soak in hot water."
Zhang Enmin apologetically squeezed Qin Liuyan's left hand tightly, and his eyes were obviously a little red.
"It couldn't be helped before, but now it's better. Didn't you wash it today? How do you feel, Aunt Qin? Are you comfortable?"
Jiang Xiaoping smiled and explained to Zhang Enmin. While talking, she kept scooping up hot water with a plastic ladle and poured it on Qin Liuyan, and chatted with her.
But Zhang Jiefang, who had always talked a lot, suddenly fell silent and only focused on scrubbing Qin Liuyan's body with a foam sponge. Even Zhang Enmin noticed something was wrong with her.
"Why doesn't Xiao Zhang like to talk today?"
"...No, no, I just think...I think you two have a really good relationship."
Zhang Jiefang was telling the truth. She had never seen such a good couple without feelings, and the old man had taken care of the old lady without any regrets for so many years.
Her mother had a hemorrhoid surgery back then, but her dad didn't even go to the hospital to take care of her for a day, and it's been almost 10 years. Her dad likes to mention it when there's nothing wrong, "It's just a hemorrhoid, why does it need surgery? It's all day and night." "It's something else" was used to prove that her mother was always the one who put off asking questions.
(End of this chapter)