Chapter 97 Treating an Elderly Stroke Patient

Cars had never been to the village before, and many people craned their necks to look in this direction. When they saw a beautiful and well-proportioned woman get out of the car, their eyes widened in amazement.

Jiang Ning got out of the car, and Xiao Liu helped her carry her things out. His task was to take Jiang Ning to Dahe Village, and now that his task was complete, it was time for him to go back.

Jiang Ning took the luggage from his hands and thanked him politely, "Thank you for your trouble."

"No trouble at all." Xiao Liu quickly shook his head, then got into his car and drove away.

After Xiao Liu left, the captain finally mustered up the courage to speak to Jiang Ning, "Comrade Jiang, are you going to visit Shen Bingting's family now?"

Jiang Ning asked, "Is that okay?"

The brigade leader thought for a moment, "Shen Bingting, his wife, and son should all be working in the fields. His son's wife should be in the cowshed right now, and his sister should also be in the cowshed."

He was the brigade leader, and he was the one who knew the village's situation best.

Jiang Ning nodded. "Please lead the way."

"Comrade, come with me," the captain said.

Jiang Ning carried her things and followed him.

Seeing that she had many bags, the team leader offered to help carry them, but Jiang Ning refused.

She had already seen the gossips in the family compound, and she didn't want to be the subject of rumors just because she came to visit relatives.

In the real world, she often comes across jokes online, such as—

'When I go home for the Chinese New Year, I'm going to hear all the rumors that are circulating about me.'

Having never lived in the countryside before, she wondered what kind of rumors could there be, but the people in the family compound really opened her eyes.

The two walked along the paddy field ridges, one in front of the other. Jiang Ning admired the natural rural scenery and kept up with her pace.

After living with Shen Mo, she practiced the Eight Pieces of Brocade without fail, and her body was full of energy. Only Shen Mo kept her being treated like a pampered girl who couldn't do anything.

Later, she practiced the moves that Shen Mo taught her every day.

The two were walking along the edge of the field when suddenly a muffled 'plop' sound came from not far away.

Then a shrill female voice came.

"Oh dear, old man!"

Jiang Ning looked up and saw the captain who was leading the way in front of her suddenly run past in a hurry.

"dad!"

The captain pushed through the crowd and quickly helped the elderly man who had fallen in the dry field to his feet, and a crowd gathered around.

Jiang Ning helped the old man up and saw his expression clearly.

The team leader was about to carry the elderly man on his back to the village doctor when Jiang Ning quickly went over and stopped him.

"Quickly put him down, lay him flat on a flat surface. If you take him away like this, he will die."

She spoke slowly, yet somehow gave people a sense of conviction.

The captain asked, "Are you a doctor?"

Jiang Ning: "That's me."

When the captain met Jiang Ning's determined gaze, the worry that had been weighing on his heart suddenly lessened.

He quickly put the person on the ground, following Jiang Ning's advice to place them on a flatter surface.

Jiang Ning glanced at the surrounding crowd and said casually, "Don't crowd around."

The captain asked the people around to disperse a bit, but everyone couldn't resist their curiosity and desire to see gossip, so even though they dispersed, it was only in a small area.

Seeing that there was enough space left, Jiang Ning didn't say anything more.

He quickly took out his acupuncture kit, then rummaged through the bag and found a small porcelain bottle inside. He opened the bottle, poured out a black pill, and put it into the old man's mouth.

These are pills she made herself.

The old man has fainted and needs to be kept alive with pills.

After feeding the elderly man the pills, Jiang Ning took out silver needles and accurately inserted them into acupoints such as Neiguan, Shuigou, and Baihui. Then she lifted the elderly man's arm and inserted needles into the acupoints on his arm.

Jiang Ning was very focused when she was giving acupuncture. The silver needles seemed to bloom in her hands as she precisely inserted them into various acupoints, which was dazzling to watch.

Suddenly, the old man's finger twitched.

When the captain saw this, his face immediately lit up with joy, and he excitedly called out, "Dad, Dad! Wake up!"

Jiang Ning said calmly, "Let's be quiet first."

The captain immediately fell silent. This beautiful woman looked to be two decades younger than him; how could she be so formidable?

Jiang Ning took out the silver needles, the tips of which trembled. When she took out the last silver needle, the old man's wrinkled eyelids twitched and he slowly opened his eyes.

A layer of mist shrouded her cloudy eyes. As Jiang Ning put away the needles, she said, "Help him up."

The captain quickly helped the old man up. "Dad, how are you now? Do you still feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

The elderly man had experienced fainting spells before, but he would wake up on his own afterward, so he never associated it with illness.

In the past, when I woke up, I always felt very heavy, and I would get so tired that I would be out of breath after walking for a while. But this time, I felt much more relaxed.

When the captain saw that his father had woken up, he quickly introduced Jiang Ning, "Dad, you just fainted, and this woman saved you."

Jiang Ning put the needles away, thought for a moment, and said, "Sir, let me take your pulse."

Although the old man was puzzled, he still handed over his hand.

Jiang Ning grasped the old man's pulse, and after a few seconds, she looked up and asked, "Do you usually faint?"

The old man thought for a moment, then told the truth and nodded, "Yes."

Jiang Ning: "After fainting, what changes occurred in your body upon waking?"

The old man said, "I have headaches and dizziness. Sometimes my vision goes black in waves. My arms and legs feel weak. Sometimes my legs go numb and I can't feel anything, but it gets better after a while."

Jiang Ning nodded, then she handed a small porcelain bottle to the captain. "One pill a day. He can't drink alcohol, eat anything too salty, fatty meat, or pickled vegetables."

The captain took the small porcelain bottle.

But he was still worried about his father's health and insisted on taking the old man to the county town.

Then he asked a reliable villager to take Jiang Ning to the cowshed where the Shen family lived.

The captain rode his old-fashioned bicycle to the county hospital and got an appointment with a doctor.

After examining the elderly man, the doctor asked him some questions, the same ones Jiang Ning had asked.

The old man answered truthfully, and the captain also briefly described how his father was rescued.

The doctor was surprised to hear that the other person had been saved with acupuncture, but he did not delay in telling the two people the truth of the diagnosis: "Sir, this is a precursor to a stroke. If you hadn't received timely treatment today, both of your legs would have been paralyzed."

"What?"

The captain and the old man were both shocked.

Thinking back to the danger they faced, the father and son still looked shaken.

—

Jiang Ning was taken to the cowshed by a slightly overweight middle-aged woman.

The middle-aged woman was quite gossipy; she couldn't help but ask Jiang Ning, "What's your relationship with the Shen family who were sent to the countryside?"

While being questioned, she couldn't help but glance sideways at Jiang Ning frequently.

She had seen the beautiful woman before; the entire Shen family was good-looking, especially the unmarried daughter of the Shen family, who was pretty and fair-skinned. However, she was adept at using seductive tricks and even seduced an educated youth in order to leave the village.

However, she had never seen anyone so beautiful.

Jiang Ning said, "I am his daughter-in-law."