21 Chapter 21

◎The whole family is hot-tempered◎

After a stick of incense, Jiang Jingyun cut the cotton thread in his hand and exhaled heavily.

The wound on the stomach had been sutured. After careful observation for a while, no bleeding was found. His tense nerves finally relaxed a little: at least before the doctor came, he was not afraid that Xiao Muyan would die from the excessive bleeding.

After washing his hands again and gently bandaging Xiao Muyan's wound with clean linen, Jiang Jingyun collapsed in the chair exhausted. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, but found that his hands were covered in blood when he had just bandaged it. The long period of concentration made him feel weak all over and he could not even lift his hand.

Forget it, I won’t wipe it off. Let it dry naturally.

Jiang Jingyun turned his head with great effort to look at Xiao Muyan who was still lying unconscious on the bed, and sighed: He has done everything he should do, and he can only do his best and leave the rest to fate. The rest depends on his own will to survive.

Having said that, he was still thinking vaguely before he closed his eyes due to exhaustion: I hope the doctor will come soon... With his poor medical knowledge, he is not as reliable as the barefoot doctor...

After sitting dazed in the chair for a while, he heard a sound coming from the yard outside. Jiang Jingyun opened his eyes and ran outside. He saw his eldest cousin carrying a white-haired old man on his back, and his second brother following behind with a big medicine box. The two were walking quickly towards the house.

The doctor I have been waiting for for a long time is finally here!

Jiang Jingyun was delighted and hurriedly welcomed the person in.

After entering the house, the eldest cousin gently put the doctor down. The old man got off his back while complaining: "You two guys ran too fast. You jolted me all the way. My old waist is about to break..."

Before the old man finished complaining, Jiang Jingyun pulled his sleeve and walked inside, speaking quickly and anxiously: "I'm sorry, doctor, human life is at stake, we are really too anxious, I will apologize to you solemnly later, please come and see the injured person first, he has a big gash in his stomach, and he has been unconscious for a long time."

"Hey, hey, hey...let go of my sleeve, I'll walk by myself." The doctor pulled back his sleeve and grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Why are the people in your family so impatient, like they've eaten firecrackers!"

Although he complained, his pace was not slow. The doctor walked a few steps to the bedside, first gently felt all the bones of Xiao Muyan's body, then lifted the linen cloth to look at the wound. When he saw the traces of sutures, the doctor looked a little surprised, but did not say much. He lifted his robe and sat on the stool beside the bed and began to take Xiao Muyan's pulse.

I sat there for quite a while.

Guang just stood there stroking his beard, shaking his head and sighing, but he didn't say anything.

Jiang Jingyun, who was watching from the side, was so anxious that he wanted to grab the man's beard. The doctor slowly said, "The bones are not broken. The body is just scratched. The wound on the stomach has been treated well. I will apply some external injury medicine later, and then boil a few doses of medicine and eat it."

That’s it? So what did you mean by shaking your head and sighing just now? I thought Xiao Muyan was going to die soon!

Jiang Jingyun asked: "Then why hasn't he woken up yet?"

"He has lost too much blood and his energy is insufficient. More sleep will help him recover. I'll give him some blood-replenishing medicine." The old doctor wrote a prescription and took out some medicine from the medicine box he brought and handed it to Jiang Jingyun. "Take it and boil it first."

Jiang Jingyun took the medicine, but was worried about leaving, so he handed it to his aunt and asked her for help. His aunt took it without saying a word and went out to boil the medicine.

The old doctor slowly took out a bottle of medicine powder from the box. Seeing that Jiang Jingyun was still standing there and refused to leave, he simply waved and said, "Young man, come over and give me a hand."

Jiang Jingyun hurried forward, untied the sackcloth on Xiao Muyan's body, and carefully sprinkled medicine powder on the wound. When he was concentrating, the doctor standing by suddenly asked, "Did you treat this wound?"

"It's me." Jiang Jingyun deftly used linen to re-bandage the wound that had been sprinkled with medicine powder. He didn't think too much and just answered casually when asked.

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​sewing it up like this? Did someone teach you?" the doctor continued.

Oh no! Jiang Jingyun's heart skipped a beat, and his confused mind finally became clearer: he was in a hurry and didn't pay attention to these things at the time, but now the problem has been discovered by an expert.

He stammered, "No one taught me. When I was a kid, I was playful and accidentally cut a rabbit's belly. The rabbit was a domesticated one, and I was afraid that the adults would find out and beat me, so I secretly sewed up the wound with needle and thread. As a result, the rabbit stopped bleeding and survived. So when I saw that the wound on its belly was so big and it was still bleeding, there was no medicine and no doctor at the time, so I thought... let's give it a try..."

"Hmm...so that's how it is..." The doctor pondered, stroking his beard and saying nothing.

Jiang Jingyun was feeling uneasy: "Is it not possible to handle it this way? Should I cut the thread again..."

"That's not necessary. I've never seen a wound treated this way before, so I'm a little curious." The doctor asked Jiang Jingyun about the specific operation process in detail, and after listening, he couldn't help but praise, "This method is very good, and the hemostasis effect seems to be very good."

It can not only heal wounds, but also prevent filth from entering the body. The more the doctor looked at it, the more he thought this method was quite ingenious: "I wonder if I can use this method on other people. I can pay you a reward."

Although the doctor looked old, he was not conservative and dared to try new methods, which surprised Jiang Jingyun. He waved his hand and said, "No need to pay. If you like it, just take it and use it."

The old doctor refused honestly: "No, I am not the kind of person who takes advantage of others. How about this, I won't charge you for this consultation. Just consider it as the payment for exchanging the method."

There was no reason for Jiang Jingyun not to respond.

However, he stated that what they were doing today was a last resort, and suggested that doctors first conduct multiple tests on small animals such as rabbits before using it on humans. He also emphasized the importance of disinfecting items.

There was no microscope here, so Jiang Jingyun had no way to explain to the doctor the problem of bacterial infection in the air. He could only try to make up a story from a metaphysical perspective: "When a person is weak, the foundation of their body is unstable, especially when they have wounds. They are easily invaded by evil spirits, so they need to be placed in a clean environment. Also, objects that come into contact with them can be steamed or roasted at high temperatures to remove the filth on them to a certain extent...to prevent evil spirits from entering the body..."

He forced himself to metaphysicalize the little medical knowledge he had, which made the doctor nod his head repeatedly and occasionally raise some of his own opinions and questions. Just when Jiang Jingyun felt that his brain was empty, his aunt brought up the boiled medicine and interrupted their conversation.

Jiang Jingyun took the medicine bowl and secretly breathed a sigh of relief: I was just making up a lie and it was really hard to tell a lie...

Seeing Xiao Muyan drinking the medicine obediently, the aunt beside him couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: This is also an lonely child, and he is Jingyun's savior. It's good that he is okay now.

She turned to look at the doctor and said respectfully, "It's getting late. We have prepared some food at home. If you don't mind, you can have some. You can stay here tonight and I will send you back to town tomorrow. Is that okay with you?"

Jiang Jingyun hadn't had a single drop of water since he came back, and he was already starving. When he heard his aunt's reminder, he quickly asked the doctor to come over: "Yes, yes, yes, thank you for troubling me today. It happened suddenly and I didn't have time to prepare anything. I only have some simple food. I hope you don't mind."

The old doctor stood up and waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and ate the meal with gusto: "It turns out that the store selling braised food in town is yours, and it tastes really good."

"If you like it, bring some back tomorrow." Jiang Jingyun responded very tactfully.

The old doctor was even more satisfied, and told Jiang Jingyun to boil another bowl of medicine for Xiao Muyan before going to bed. He also said that he could call him if he had a fever at night. Then he patted his butt and went to rest in the wing room that the Jiang family had cleaned up.

After dinner, Jiang Jingyun asked his uncle and the others to go back and rest first. They were all very tired after working all night.

He tidied himself up briefly and returned to Xiao Muyan's bedside.

There are no such things as antibiotics now. With such a large wound, in an incompletely sterilized environment and with rough suturing techniques, Xiao Muyan will definitely get infected. Jiang Jingyun has to watch here, and if things don't work, he can call a doctor for help.

However, since he had nothing to do, he picked up a book and sat beside the bed to read it, paying attention to Xiao Muyan's condition from time to time.

As expected, Xiao Muyan started to have a high fever in the second half of the night. His whole body was red and he was unconscious, groaning in pain. Repeated wiping of his body to cool him down had no effect. Jiang Jingyun was so scared that he went to find a doctor in the middle of the night to give Xiao Muyan a few injections, re-dressed the wound, and prescribed a new prescription to boil medicine and feed it to him. After a lot of hard work, the temperature finally slowly came down.

Seeing Xiao Muyan's expression regained its calm, Jiang Jingyun finally let go of his worries. He relaxed and fell asleep on the edge of the bed in a daze.

…

In the early morning, the unconscious person finally opened his eyes.

After the weather turned cold, Xiao Muyan originally planned to pack up and go down the mountain to spend the winter. However, he encountered the white fox he had been looking for for a long time. In excitement, he chased it into the mountains. Unexpectedly, he was so unlucky that he ran into a group of wild boars that came out to look for food.

When the wild boars rushed towards him, it was too late for him to climb up a big tree to avoid them. Although he tried his best to dodge, he could not withstand the constant charge of a group of wild boars. Finally, after he used all his strength to stab one to death with his hunting knife, he was exhausted and his stomach was broken by the wild boar's fangs, and he fell down the mountain.

Fortunately, the wild boar did not chase him down the mountain. After confirming that there were no traces of any living creatures around, it turned around and left to look for food. Otherwise, he might have died there today.

At the foot of the mountain, he gritted his teeth and chewed some commonly used hemostatic herbs to paste on the wound. After hastily bandaging the wound to stop the bleeding, he walked towards the village. As soon as he arrived at the door of Jiang Jingyun's house, he collapsed due to exhaustion. His eyes went black and he became unconscious.

With the dim moonlight outside, Xiao Muyan looked at the side of Jiang Jingyun who was sleeping soundly, and his heart softened: She was saved by him, but this time she must have been scared...