Chapter 319: Folk Remedies

"I am very familiar with this village. I know which household lives where and who has a sick person." Erzhuzi rubbed his rough hands, a simple smile bloomed on his dark face, and he looked at Xu Nuo with anticipation.

"I, I know that too!"

"We all know it. You're not the only one who knows it."

Others also volunteered to serve as Xu Nuo's guide.

Xu Nuo looked up at the young man who was half a head taller than him. He looked expectant and his eyes were more eager than others. "Okay, then you can be our guide. The more detailed the situation, the better. We need to investigate it from beginning to end."

Erzhuzi patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, I will complete the task!"

"Okay then, let's split up. Thank you for your hard work, please pay attention." Xu Nuo urged, "Everyone start with the people you know. After I finish checking, you follow me and do the rest of the work."

The three groups of volunteers set off, and Xu Nuo followed Erzhuzi to begin the investigation.

Erzhuzi knew that several families' children were ill, so she could go and check on the children first.

Other people who were checking were checking in the direction and order from the east to the west of the village.

Erzhuzi brought Xu Nuo and first came to Aunt Wang's house at the east end of the village. The low adobe house was filled with an unpleasant and damp smell. A boy about five or six years old was curled up on the kang, his little face flushed red.

"This is Auntie Wang's grandson." Erzhuzi introduced in a low voice, "This child started to have a fever two or three days ago and has not gotten better."

Aunt Wang came in from outside with a hunched back. When she saw two people standing in the room, she was stunned.

Erzhuzi said to her, "Auntie, this is a doctor from the military hospital. She specializes in treating children."

When Aunt Wang heard that the child was being treated, her eyes lit up and she grabbed Xu Nuo's wrist with her skinny hands: "Doctor Xu, please take a look! The child has a fever and is talking nonsense!"

Xu Nuo patted the back of her hand gently: "Don't worry, Auntie, I'll take a look at the child."

During the examination, Xu Nuo asked her, "Have you taken antipyretic medicine?"

"I've eaten it, but it still feels hot. What should I do?" Aunt Wang asked anxiously.

"This is normal. There is a virus in the body. Antipyretics only relieve symptoms. It takes time to cure the disease."

Xu Nuo opened the medicine box, took out a stethoscope, and wanted to listen to the child's breathing condition.

The child was a little resistant and uncooperative, so Aunt Wang hurriedly hugged her grandson and coaxed him in a low voice.

Seeing that the child had calmed down, Xu Nuo listened to him and said, "Well, it's not a big problem."

After she finished speaking, she took out a few packets of medicine from the medicine box: "Take these medicines on time and drink plenty of water. I'll come back and check tomorrow."

Aunt Wang quickly took the medicine, pulled out a wrinkled handkerchief from her bosom and opened it: "How much does this cost?"

Xu Nuo waved his hand quickly: "No need to pay, these medicines are provided by the government for free."

Aunt Wang was so happy that she quickly thanked Xu Nuo and kept saying, "The national policy is good. It's for the benefit of ordinary people like us."

After leaving Aunt Wang’s house, we went to a few more houses. Fortunately, the symptoms in these families were all mild.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Erzhuzi took her to visit the last house he knew.

On the way, Erzhuzi chatted with Xu Nuo curiously: "Doctor Xu, how old are you? I think you are about the same age as me."

"Nineteen. What about you?" Xu Nuo asked.

"Twenty." Erzhuzi's voice suddenly rose, and then he scratched his head embarrassedly, "You know so much, you can tell the symptoms at a glance. I'm such a grown-up, but I don't even know a few words."

"Haven't you been to school?" Xu Nuo asked curiously.

The living conditions where I originally lived were also very poor, but I still read some books.

This village is indeed very poor, similar to the original body's hometown. Logically, he should have read some books.

Erzhuzi raised his arms and suddenly showed off his muscles to Xu Nuo: "Look at my muscles. My dad said that I can earn more work points by working in the fields. So, I won't study anymore."

Usually, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Just now he saw Xu Nuo treating a patient and he seemed to be very capable. He suddenly admired him very much.

Xu Nuo: “What a pity…”

"It's okay. When I have a baby in the future, I will definitely let him study!"

Xu Nuo smiled and said, "You are only 20 years old now, it is not too late. As long as you want to study, it is never too late. You know a few words, you can go back and learn to look up words in the dictionary and start self-study."

"That makes sense." Erzhuzi nodded, "Okay, I'll learn this way from now on."

The two people were talking and unknowingly stopped at the door of a house.

"This one," Erzhuzi said, "is more serious. The child has large rashes all over his body and keeps coughing. The medicine he took didn't work. He started vomiting recently..."

"So serious?" Xu Nuo felt that the child must have had serious complications. "How long has this happened?"

"Half a month?"

"Why don't you go and see it if it's so serious?"

Erzhuzi said, "I went to see a doctor. The village doctor treated me for a long time but it didn't work. I didn't have much money to go to the county for treatment... so I found a folk remedy and took it."

"A folk remedy?" Xu Nuo asked, "A Chinese medicine remedy?"

Erzhuzi shook his head: "I found a fortune teller, and she burned two talismans and wrapped some incense ashes..."

Xu Nuo took a deep breath and said, "Let's go in."

In such an outrageous situation, she didn't know what to say.

"Doctor Xu." Er Zhuzi saw her going inside and hurriedly reminded her, "This is my third uncle's house...My uncle and aunt sometimes speak harshly, so you better be careful."

"Got it." Xu Nuo nodded, "Thank you for reminding me."

"Then let's go." Erzhuzi took a deep breath and walked directly in front of Xu Nuo.

As soon as he entered the yard, he shouted, "Uncle San and Aunt San! I'm here with a doctor to see Xiao Douzi."

No one came out from the yard to answer. Instead, from the house came the heart-wrenching cry of a child, occasionally mixed with the sound of vomiting.

Along with the sound of children crying, there were also men scolding and women crying.

Erzhuzi swallowed his saliva and called out again: "Uncle San! Aunt San!"

This shout was of no consequence, as suddenly a crisp "clang" sound came from the room.

Then, a dark, thin, and fierce-looking woman rushed out and yelled at Erzhuzi: "Scream, scream, Erzhuzi, you are screaming for your soul!"

"Third Aunt, your words are too harsh." Erzhuzi was also a little scared of this aunt, so he lowered his voice a little, "I brought a doctor here to treat Erzhuzi."

"Doctor? What doctor?"

"A doctor who heals."

"No need!" The woman waved her hands fiercely. "What use is this doctor? Xiao Douzi has been seeing the village doctor for a long time, and has been given injections and infusions, but it's all useless! Send the doctor back to where he came from!"