Chapter 40
Zhao Qi took a big step forward on his back and ran to the town, feeling anxious and angry.
Damn, there are not many men in the village, young and old, who are reliable. A group of young and middle-aged people are working at the docks and towns. They earn not much money but they are having fun. They don’t go home until dark and they are still eating, drinking, gamblers and gambling. The family is supported by a group of women and children. They have to take care of children and the elderly by farming fields, farming, weeding and raising chickens.
It took only a few days for me to travel through time and I had already saved two people. Maowan Village is so big and there are many elderly people and children. I don’t know how many messes happen every day. The day before yesterday, I heard from the helpers in the warehouse that an old man in the village was bitten by a snake when he went up the mountain to chop firewood. He disappeared before he could be sent to the town.
"Sister-in-law A Lian, please bear it, it will be here soon!" Zhao Qi ran and comforted him.
"It's dark and I can't see it. Xiaoqi, run slowly, I...I'm fine..." The woman trembled with a trembling voice on Zhao Qi's back.
"It doesn't matter, I'm very familiar with this road!" Zhao Qi's feet were not slow, but it was really tired to carry someone on his back. After running for hundreds of meters, he began to pant, and the sweat beads on his forehead fell down his cheeks.
After more than three miles, Zhao Qi gritted his teeth and insisted on running desperately. Although his heart was soaked all over, Zhao Qi did not dare to stop and rest. About twenty minutes later, Zhao Qi finally ran to the town.
Although it was already 90 o'clock in the future, Yanggong Town was still very lively. The restaurants, inns, brothels and brothels were all brightly lit, and there were still many people carrying loads and carts on the streets. It was obvious that in this era of commercial development, the nightlife of ordinary people was still very rich.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang... Is there anyone? Open the door quickly..."
Zhao Qi ran to the door of Lu's pharmacy in one breath, and saw that he had already entered the door panel, so he slapped and shouted hard, which attracted some passers-by to come around to ask and watch.
"Who, so late?" Two minutes later, a sound came from the pharmacy, and soon a door panel was taken off. A young man poked his head out with a lantern.
"Help me see, I'm bitten by a snake!" Zhao Qi didn't have time to say hello, so he squeezed in with the woman on his back.
When the young man heard that he was bitten by a snake, he didn't dare to be careless. He quickly helped Zhao Qi to put the woman on his back down and sat on the chair, and then quickly went to the backyard to call someone.
Soon, a gray-haired old man walked out while putting on his clothes. When he saw Zhao Qi, he couldn't help but be stunned.
"Doctor Lu, my neighbor was bitten by a snake just now. Please help me quickly!" Zhao Qi raised the woman's legs anxiously without caring about the rolling sweat.
"Let me see!" The old man quickly took an oil lamp from a young man behind him, looked closer to the wound, and looked at the tied cloth strips. After a moment of dazed, he quickly dipped some blood from the wound and sniffed it, "It's a poisonous snake. He appeared at night and bit his ankle. It may be Zhuyeqing or a spearhead viper. Fortunately, he came early and dealt with it in time. There was very little venom. Hurry up and take the poison-cleaning fire ointment... and prepare two cents of rhinoceros horn to beat the powder and take it first..."
The situation of the poisonous snake bite is very urgent, but Zhao Qi had already undergone emergency treatment in advance. Although it took more than 20 minutes, Doctor Lu quickly determined that the problem should not be big. Therefore, after squatting down to observe the wound, several apprentices and friends who came out in a hurry also started to work.
Dr. Lu squeezed the wound several times with his hand and found that there was little blood in the slightly black wound, and the color was still normal. So he loosened the cloth strip that Zhao Qi tied up and moved it up three inches and tied it up again, but it was not very tight. After finishing, he took a bottle of plaster handed over by his apprentice and applied a thick layer to the wound and tied it with a clean white cloth. Then he stood up to observe the tongue coating and eyes. After a moment, he pressed the woman's wrist and took the pulse carefully. After almost a minute, he showed a look of relief on his face and said, "The tongue coating is light and white, and his eyes are still clear. Although the heartbeat is a little rapid, the pulse is steady and powerful, and the heart rate is not messy, which means that the snake ventricle has not penetrated the ventricle. I will be fine after prescribing some medicine for a few days!"
"Thank you, Doctor Lu!" Zhao Qi sighed in relief and bowed to thank him.
"Thank you, Dr. Lu!" The woman's pale and frightened face finally showed a hint of surprise that she had survived the disaster.
"Don't thank me. If Dalang hadn't handled it properly and in time, I wouldn't be able to save me even if I had all kinds of magical powers. The bamboo leaf green is still good, it is not very toxic, and at most it will be disabled. But if it is a spearhead viper, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the immortal to save me after the venom attacks my heart. There are the most poisonous snakes in the southeast coast. Don't go out at night, especially in the countryside and fields!"
Dr. Lu reminded me to sit down and prescribe the prescription. After writing a few odors, he twisted his beard and thought for a moment. He wrote several more. Soon, he finished writing a prescription and handed it to the apprentice next to him and said: "Half-side lotus, ten cents each of raw lotus, five cents each of scutellaria baicalensis, four cents each of dandelion and purple diuretica, three cents each of dandelion and angelica, six cents each of rhubarb, fifteen cents each of white hemp roots, two cents each of licorice, three cents each of 3 cents each of licorice, go quickly!"
"Yes, Master!" The apprentice quickly took the prescription to the counter to grab medicine.
Another apprentice also came over with a small porcelain cup and said, "Master, the rhinoceros horn is ready!"
"Well, hurry up and take warm water to the patient!" Dr. Lu waved his hand.
In an emergency room, the pharmacy shop was brightly lit in an instant. Although it seemed busy, everything was well organized in diagnosis, bandage, prescription, and decoction.
However, what everyone is interested in at this time is not the patient, but Zhao Qi who sent the patient.
"Da Lang has learned medical skills before?" After I was idle, Dr. Lu sat down curiously and looked at Zhao Qi.
"I haven't learned it... I just heard a Taoist priest from the traveling side say at the dock that doing this can relieve the symptoms of poisoning!" Zhao Qi shook his head like a rattle.
"Well, the doctor is not divided, and it is not surprising that the Taoist priests of Youfang know that. Dalang can learn and apply it after listening to it. He is indeed a smart person. Have you considered what I said last time?" Dr. Lu stroked his beard.
"Thank you, Mr. Lu, for your love. The boy is poor. He has an old grandmother and a young sister. He is still living in a cave. He has had no meals after eating. Recently, he earned some money at the dock to support his family. If he comes to study medicine with the old man, he is afraid that the family of three will go hungry... Besides..."
"What's more?" Dr. Lu asked in confusion.
"Besides, although studying medicine can cure diseases and save people, it cannot cure the disease of the country and the family!"
"Why did Dalang say this?" Doctor Lu's hand that was stroking his beard stopped.
"I was at the dock and heard private legends that the Mongolians were coming..."
"Take it seriously?" Dr. Lu suddenly opened his eyes wide, and his face instantly frozen.
"I don't know whether it is true or not, but I just heard the merchants talk about it privately at the dock. However, the Mongols first destroyed the Jin Kingdom, then swallowed Dali, and occupied Guanzhong and the Central Plains. How could the prosperous Song Dynasty be left without a few years? Even if it doesn't come, it will definitely attack Song again. Once the Mongols kill the Yangtze River, I'm afraid that the people in Jiangnan will be killed and injured. What's the use of curing one person and saving one person? It's better to make more money and avoid disaster..."
"You...you are talking nonsense. Once this is heard by the officials, I am afraid that you will be punished for the crime of harming the country and the people!" Dr. Lu said with a trembling face.
"You are just a wild man in the mountain village, so you are naturally talking nonsense. But if you go to a restaurant, you will be talking about it in this way. I am afraid that the officials will not be able to catch it all. The old man's kindness is appreciated. Studying medicine is not my ideal!" Zhao Qi bowed seriously.
"Oh, it's okay, I'm abrupt, but don't say these words in the future. The Mongols and Liao and Jin dynasties are all barbarians in the northwest. They ride horses and grazing and do not farm. The rivers in the south of the Yangtze River are useless. Even if they come to attack, they will definitely not be able to get it. This lady's snake venom is no longer a big deal. Take the medicine back and decoct it. It should be cured in three days. Go!" Doctor Lu sighed and waved his hand.
"Thank you, Dr. Lu, I don't know how much the medical expenses and the cost of medicine?"
"It is the duty of a doctor to save people in danger. If you don't deal with it in time, I may not be able to cure it. The medical expenses and medicine money will not be collected. It's dark and the road is far away. Be careful on the way back!" Dr. Lu was lacking in interest from Zhao Qi's words, so he went back to sleep.
"Dalang, your medicine is boiled into one bowl with three bowls of water, and taken three times in the morning, noon and evening!" An apprentice handed the three medicines wrapped and tied together to Zhao Qi.
"Thank you, goodbye!" Zhao Qi took the medicine and bent over and carried A Lian's wife out.
"Hold the lantern!" A young apprentice chased out and stuffed the lantern into Zhao Qi's hand.
"Thank you, I will come back another day!" Zhao Qi quickly thanked again.
Chapter completed!