Chapter 233 Burns

Li San Niang and Tang Mingyue talked for a while about Li San Niang's experience in the West Market yesterday.

“I never expected that Third Sister would encounter such a thing last night. Why don’t I take over the duties today, and Third Sister can go home and rest well.”

How could Li San Niang possibly agree to Tang Mingyue's well-intentioned suggestion?

After much persuasion and reassurance that he was alright, and by shifting the topic to CPR techniques, Tang Mingyue's attention was finally diverted.

"This method is truly ingenious. However, just as Third Sister said, it's not 100% guaranteed to succeed; it depends a lot on luck."

Seeing someone enter through the door, Tang Mingyue stopped talking, greeted Li Sanniang, and left the clinic.

Today, only Li San Niang is seeing patients, so the person who came asked the young apprentice, and when he heard that only Li San Niang was seeing patients, he even glanced back at Li San Niang.

Perhaps they couldn't believe that Li San Niang, a woman, could be a doctor, so without saying a word, they simply turned and left.

The young apprentice was still shouting from behind, "Dr. Li's medical skills are also top-notch."

Li San Niang shook her head and said to the young apprentice, "Alright, he doesn't believe me, why force him?"

After sitting for a short while, the patient Tang Mingyue had mentioned earlier, who had been accidentally burned in the West Market the day before, was helped in by someone.

The young apprentice led the three to Li San Niang's clinic. After removing the bandages, Li San Niang saw that the person had a burn on their forehead, about the size of a child's palm.

Did you have a fever last night?

The older man who came with the injured person replied, "Female doctor, no, the ointment the doctor gave me yesterday was indeed very effective. I was asleep last night."

Li San Niang nodded. The burn on this person's forehead was a superficial second-degree burn. Although the wound was not small, the person was a young man, and the medical record stated that he was only in his early twenties. It would probably scab over and heal in about ten days to half a month.

"How is the injury on your leg?"

"This is not good. Please have a female doctor take a look."

Qiu Xiang was very perceptive and wanted to drag the simple wooden bed out of the room. The young apprentice saw this and wanted to help, but it was another man who came with the patient and thought he was the patient's father who helped carry it out.

The patient was helped onto the wooden bed and lay down. The older man untied the bandage on the patient's left ankle. Before Li Sanniang could even begin, she frowned.

Although the wound on my ankle isn't large, it looks quite deep, and since I came to see a doctor yesterday, it must have been treated with ointment.

But looking at the lifeless skin, the tissue fluid oozing from it, and the redness and swelling around the wound, it was already infected.

"This wound is too deep and has become quite infected. To heal it properly, it needs to be cleaned and disinfected again."

What does the female doctor mean?

Seeing that the eldest man was in charge among the three, Li Sanniang carefully explained to him, "If this place is left untreated, the infection will become more and more serious, and it may affect the entire body. The filth will seep into the bloodstream through this wound, and then you may not be able to save your life."

"What does the female doctor mean by 'wound cleaning and disinfection'?"

"Cut off the dead skin and the pus-oozing areas, clean it thoroughly, apply some medicine, and it should be fine."

Li San Niang was truly exaggerating. If this infection had been left untreated, it might have developed into septicemia, in which case the person would have been beyond saving.

The older man thought for a moment, and without even discussing it with the patient or the old man, he directly agreed to Li San Niang's suggestion to clean and disinfect the wound.

Li San Niang specifically asked the patient, who replied, "Listen to my elder brother, the female doctor can handle it."

Li San Niang said to her young apprentice, "Mai Dong, brew a dose of Ma Fu San."

While the anesthetic was still healing, Li Sanniang made a series of preparations, from saline solution for rinsing to instruments for cleaning and disinfecting the wound, and she put on a mask, hat and coat, and washed her hands and arms.

Of course, even with her time-traveling advantage, Li San Niang couldn't possibly relieve the soreness in her arms overnight; Qiu Xiang helped her with most of the work.

Once everything was ready, the anesthetic powder was also prepared.

The patient, a young man in his early twenties, showed no fear whatsoever, took the medicine bowl, and drank it all in one gulp.

A moment later, Li Sanniang pricked his calf with a needle. Seeing that he had no reaction, she pricked him again. Still no reaction. Only then did she realize that he had really fallen into a deep sleep.

Li San Niang began cleaning the wound.

Meanwhile, the Li family also welcomed new guests.

By the time Di Renjie and Xu Jingzhen emerged from the imperial city, it was already broad daylight.

The two returned to their respective offices. Xu Jingzhen returned to the Assistant Directorate. When he saw the Jinwu Guard Captain who had chased the villains from the Temple Gate with him the night before, he remembered that there was still a young man from the Xing family left at the Li family's house.

Only then did they send someone to inform the Xing family to hurry to the Li family to pick up their loved ones.

The Xing family didn't sleep all night. Xing's wife's eyes were swollen from crying, like two big walnuts hanging down.

Xing Yu himself looked bitter and resentful. He even wondered if Emperor Wu was displeased with him because he ran a supermarket.

That's why they deliberately kidnapped his son?

Or perhaps it wasn't Emperor Wu, but some other time traveler?

When the Imperial Guards arrived at the Xing family's residence, they told them that the young master of the Xing family had been rescued by the Li family and was currently staying with them.

Not only did Xing Dalang jump up high, but even Xing Niangzi forgot that she usually thought a woman should be dignified and elegant. She grabbed the soldier and asked, "How is Xiaolang? Is he injured? Thank you, soldier, thank you."

Fortunately, Xing Yu was still intelligent enough to suppress her excitement at having found what she had lost. She asked carefully which neighborhood and street the Li family lived on.

Once you understand everything and remember it well, you'll know that the soldier isn't just here to give you a heads-up; he'll take the Xing family to the Li family to bring back the Xing family's son.

Without waiting any longer, Xing Yu and his family rode in their own carriage and followed the soldiers on horseback towards the Li family's residence.

Therefore, now, in the main hall of the Li family, apart from the absent eldest brother Li and third sister Li, the entire family, from Li's father and mother to the youngest son, Luzhu'er, are all gathered together watching the four members of the Xing family who are embracing and weeping bitterly.

Just now, when Xing Yu and the others came in, Xing Jia Xiaolang and Lu Zhu'er were each holding a piece of red bean cake and munching on it.

This was because Li's father had cured the broken leg of a young man from a rural family without charging a fee. That family later became a peddler's assistant and always managed to acquire things that were not commonly found in the area.

During holidays, they would come to Li's father's place to bring him something, nothing expensive, but a token of their gratitude.

The red beans and glutinous rice were sent by this family. Sister-in-law Li made them into red bean cakes, and the first batch was given to the two youngest children in the family, besides Xiao Wulang.

Dewdrop looked at Xing Xiaolang, whose face was already covered in red bean cake crumbs and sticky from eating, and now, seeing Xing Yu and the other two relatives, he was crying with tears and snot streaming down his face. His face was truly unbearable to look at.

Dewdrop said to Li's mother, "Grandma, he's shameful and dirty, that's not good."

Because Li San Niang had certain requirements for cleanliness, she made Lu Zhu'er quite particular about cleanliness. It didn't matter if she got her face dirty while eating, but she had to wash it thoroughly after eating.

So, when Little Dewdrop saw Xing Xiaolang's dirty face, she said this.

Of course, none of the four members of the Xing family, immersed in the joy of reunion, heard these words.

Li's mother then spoke to Lu Zhu'er about why the young master of the Xing family was acting this way: "My dear Lu Zhu'er, it's not that he's not clean, it's just that the circumstances are special. There's no need to be too harsh on him in this situation."

Dewdrop didn't understand, but she knew that Li's mother was definitely right, so she just nodded.