Chapter 228 She Combines Chinese and Western Elements

"...We just heard it from rumors." The villagers were startled by the chill emanating from him and stammered.

"I'm not married, and she's not married, so how come she's become a scoundrel in your eyes?" Lu Jinye said coldly to vindicate Wen Ni. "Besides, she's a medical student, and her medical skills are top-notch. She's not one of those shady characters you're talking about!"

"She's so young, how top-notch could her medical skills be?"

The villagers were whispering among themselves; Old Mrs. Fan was nearly driven mad with fear!

"Doctor, please come quickly and take a look. Has she hurt my child?"

"Cough cough!" The old lady coughed a few times, put on a mask, stepped forward to check the child's pulse, and examined his tongue and eyes.

Wen Ni also got up at this moment.

She ignored everyone's doubts and slander, and with a calm expression, she walked around the room before finally fixing her gaze on the half-bowl of soup left on the wooden table!

The soup was yellowish-brown, and at first glance it looked like millet soup.

"Hmm? What has this child eaten?" the old woman asked after examining the child's condition.

“He didn’t eat much, just normal food. We ate the same things as him!” said the old lady and old man from the Fan family.

The shop owner and several villagers chimed in, "Fan Xiao'er doesn't usually eat outside food, and he doesn't even buy snacks. It couldn't be that he ate something that upset his stomach, could it? How could an upset stomach cause suffocation and vomiting blood! That's terrifying!"

"I think that girl hurt him."

"I think so too. Can you just stick a needle in someone's neck like that?"

Their questioning gazes never left Wen Ni.

"How could she have done something wrong? She clearly did it right!" the old woman said in a hoarse voice. "If it weren't for that needle, Fan Xiao'er would be meeting the King of Hell by now!"

"ah?"

Everyone was stunned.

They never expected the senior doctor to speak up for Wen Ni and help her out of the predicament!

But this also indirectly proves that this little girl is quite capable!

"Who is this soup for?" Wen Ni suddenly asked, holding the bowl of yellowish-white soup in her hands.

Everyone turned around in a daze to look at the child's grandparents.

"Oh, right! That soup was for my grandson. We heard about it from someone, a folk remedy that says it can help children's brains!" Grandma Fan slapped her forehead, remembering.

"Did you give it to the child?"

"I drank half a bowl."

"Did you try it yourselves?" Wen Ni pressed.

"No……"

Grandma Fan shook her head. "We didn't drink it. This was specially made for the children. It contains common ingredients and nourishing herbs. It's impossible that the soup is the problem!"

"Stop studying this soup, hurry up and save the child! Why is he still gagging?" Grandpa Fan was so anxious he was jumping up and down.

Wen Ni glanced at them coldly, her tone rising slightly indifferently, "I think the ones who need brain-boosting the most aren't the children, but you! Tell me right now what this soup is made of! Only then can we treat the symptoms and detoxify this child!"

"Poison! You're saying he's been poisoned!?"

The villagers were stunned. Their gazes swept over Wen Ni, then fell on the old woman as if seeking confirmation.

The old woman nodded solemnly. "That's right, it's a sign of poisoning! Old Fan, quickly do as this young lady says, otherwise if it's any later, the poison will enter the liver, and Fan will really be beyond saving!"

"What!"

Grandma Fan and Grandpa Fan were instantly dumbfounded.

They were old, and their minds became even more confused when faced with problems: "What's in here again? What's in here again..."

"Where's the dregs?" Wen Ni suddenly looked up.

"What? What medicine dregs?"

The two elders of the Fan family were completely dumbfounded.

Wen Ni didn't bother asking them any more questions.

Without saying a word, she turned and headed straight for the several swill buckets placed by the door!

Completely ignoring the filth in the bucket and the strong smell of fermenting food!

Wen Ni squatted there and searched for a long time.

Finally, she managed to pull out a lump of dark, grime-like medicine residue!

Everyone felt a bit nauseous.

Lu Jinye also found the pungent, strong smell unbearable.

But he didn't flinch. Instead, he endured the discomfort in his stomach and handed Wen Ni a blank sheet of paper!

Placing the dregs of the medicine on a piece of white paper makes it easier to identify what was added!

“Sorghum, longan, hemp seeds, phoenix flower wheat…” Wen Ni picked them out one by one.

The old woman's face darkened. "Girl, look at the phoenix flower wheat and the autumn hemp seeds. Which one has more and which one has less?"

"There's more Phoenix Flower Wheat."

Wen Ni straightened up, having already concluded, "When these two herbs are combined, if there is more autumn hemp seeds, it will neutralize the toxicity of phoenix flower barley, and drinking it appropriately can clear one's eyes. But if the opposite is true, and there is more phoenix flower barley than autumn hemp seeds, the toxicity will naturally be stronger than the medicinal properties!"

"The girl is right!" The old lady's appreciation was evident in her words!

"What!? Now that we know what happened, young lady, old doctor, please find a way to save my child and detoxify him!" Old Mrs. Fan cried, trembling.

Grandpa Fan was also anxious, saying, "Stop talking here, hurry up and save them!"

"No need to save him."

Wen Ni tossed the dregs of the medicine back onto the table, her eyes slightly lowered, and said slowly, "The poison of Phoenix Flower Wheat can only cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Vomiting a bit and drinking some water will help flush it out. The reason he almost suffocated just now was due to acute epiglottic edema caused by an allergic reaction. We've already established a puncture channel, and after some more medication, there shouldn't be any problems for now."

"Is that so, doctor?" they asked the old lady again for confirmation.

"Yes," the old lady nodded.

Fan Xiao'er on the bed was in better condition. Apart from being a little pale, her breathing was becoming more stable!

"I didn't expect this young girl to be so capable! She brought the person back to life in just a few minutes?"

"I never imagined she was such a remarkable doctor!"

"Yes, yes, it's really fortunate that this girl reacted quickly!"

Suddenly, everyone changed their tune and started praising him!

They had previously doubted her abilities and identity, but now they realize they were being petty!

Wen Ni didn't care about any of that.

In her view, people's hearts have always been like this: fickle and unpredictable!

"Grandma, you have a fever?" Wen Ni touched her grandmother's forehead and frowned slightly. "Let's go home quickly!"

"Um……"

Seeing that the Fan family children were alright, the old lady's forced spirits waned, and she leaned back on Lu Jinye's back, closing her eyes.

...

The old lady has been sick for the past two days

Wen Ni and Lu Jinye took turns guarding him on either side.

They truly served him like a son or daughter, with utmost devotion!

During this time, the Fan family led villagers to thank Wen Ni for saving their lives, but Wen Ni turned them away on the grounds that her grandmother needed to rest!

"Grandma's health has been recovering well these past two days. And I heard from the villagers that the road has been reopened to traffic. Lu Jinye, you should hurry back to Gotham City to handle your work matters."

As Wen Ni fed her grandmother rice porridge, she spoke to Lu Jinye, "I'll stay a couple more days to take care of Grandma and try to get back before Grandpa's birthday!"

"Me." Lu Jinye had only uttered one word when he met the old lady's slightly blinking eyes. He swallowed back the rest of his words and simply said, "Alright."

"Young man, don't worry, she'll be fine with me." The old woman slowly spoke. "Besides, she saved the Fan family's child, and everyone in the village knows about her good deed. They respect her and naturally won't spread rumors or bully newcomers for no reason!"