When Feng Qingqing suggested they take the child to the Commune Hospital, Xiong Lao'er and his wife felt a slight jolt of unease. To them, going to the hospital implied the child’s condition was grave, but their son only had a fever; there was no need for such drastic measures. Just recently, when the neighbor’s child, Mao Dan, had a fever for three days straight, Old Doctor Wang had simply prescribed a few doses of fever reducer, and the boy was back to his active, energetic self in two days.
The couple disagreed with Feng Qingqing’s suggestion, though they did not voice their dissent. After they took their child and the medication, Feng Qingqing saw them turning to leave and had to speak up.
"That will be fifty cents for the medicine."
Chapter 338