Chapter 013 Surgery

There were several people gathered at the door of Hunter Zhao's house. The house was noisy and chaotic, with Lian'er crying and the baby crying, it was a mess.

Shen Ning took a few steps closer: "What happened?"

Someone replied, "Hunter Zhao is injured. He fell into a trap and got a hole in his chest... I'm afraid he's not going to make it."

"Alas, the baby is not even a month old yet, what's the big deal?"

Shen Ning hurriedly squeezed in and saw Lian'er kneeling beside the kang. Zhao the Hunter was lying on the kang, his chest heaving rapidly, his face as pale as gold paper, and then he vomited a mouthful of blood.

Lian Er immediately cried out, "Master...Miss Li, Miss Li, please come and see him for me, Master. Please save him, save him."

Only then did Shen Ning see that Li Yushi and Pei Yuanzhou were also there.

When Zhao the Hunter was discovered and carried back, he happened to pass by the Li family. Li Yushi was the only person in the village who knew some medical skills. People who had headaches or fevers would go to her. Some were cured, while others were useless. But as the only doctor, she always had some status.

Lian'er kept begging, and Li Yushi frowned helplessly: "I have stopped the bleeding for Brother Zhao Tong, but the wound is too deep. I am afraid I need to find a famous doctor in the county."

Lian'er cried, "Then send him to the county town. He's dying..."

The village head was also nearby and sighed when he heard this: "Zhao Tong's family, you can see it too. It's not that the neighbors are unwilling to help, but he is simply too afraid to move in his current condition, otherwise he wouldn't be able to reach the county town."

How could Lian'er not understand what she heard? But it was precisely because she understood that she felt even more grief-stricken and desperate: "We have to save him, save him. The child is still young and can't be without a father."

Everyone sighed, but no one dared to respond. After all, everyone could see that Zhao Tong was incurable.

"Sister-in-law Lian'er, please move aside."

Shen Ning had just quickly run home to get the medicine box. She squatted beside the kang and took out a silver needle to stop the bleeding before taking the pulse.

You don't need to look to know that Zhao Tong is bleeding internally, and it is useless to stop the bleeding from the external wound.

Lian'er was surprised and delighted: "Ningning, you also know medicine?"

"I learned some from my grandfather before, and now there is no other way. If sister-in-law believes in me, let me try."

Pei's mother, Fan Ru, immediately screamed, "Try it? What do you think you're doing? Are you trying to kill someone?"

Chen Ning ignored her. Lian'er couldn't care less now. She grabbed Chen Ning's sleeve and said, "Sister-in-law believes in you. Please save your brother Zhao. No matter what the result is, sister-in-law will not blame you."

It was obvious that the patient was dying, so we had to try every possible means.

Shen Ning hummed, then said: "Everyone who is not related should go out and don't gather here. It will be more uncomfortable for Brother Zhao if there are too many people."

"Chen Ning, you..."

The village head wanted to say something, but seeing Zhao Tong's condition, he stopped talking and turned around to chase them away: "Get out, get out, don't get in the way here!"

Human life was at stake, so the others didn't dare to gather around anymore and all turned around to leave. Fan Ru also wanted to leave, pulling her son along.

After all, it would not do to show it to others, and her son still had to take part in the autumn examination, so he couldn't bring bad luck.

Li Yushi frowned, "Sister Lian, are you just going to let her do whatever she wants?"

Lian'er sobbed and wiped away her tears: "I can't just watch him die. I have to try. Just in case, just in case..."

At this time, Shen Ning had already wiped off the hemostatic powder on Zhao Tong's chest with the boiled and dried linen in the medicine box.

After the thick layer of powder was wiped off, blood immediately gushed out. Li Yushi was anxious: "What are you doing? I finally managed to stop the bleeding."

Mother Pei gently tugged at Li Yushi and said, "Yushi, let's go first."

Li Yushi refused: "I want to stay. Human lives are at stake!"

Shen Ning heard this and said, "That's perfect. Please help me, Miss Li."

Li Yushi was stunned. When she saw Chen Ning actually took out a knife and cut open Zhao Tong's wound without warning, she immediately exclaimed: "What are you doing?"

Shen Ning didn't even raise her head: "Hold this iron sheet, through the linen cloth, and don't touch his wound with your hands."

The iron sheet stretched the wound open, freeing her hands to sew up her punctured stomach...

Li Yushi was completely shocked. She was so shocked that she actually did as Shen Ning said and held the thing that was stretching the wound. Then she saw Shen Ning took out a bent needle and began to sew up the bloody and fleshy thing in Zhao Tong's abdomen like sewing clothes.

Li Yushi had only a superficial understanding of medicine and had never seen such a scene. Looking at the bloody wound, she couldn't help but feel terrified and nauseous. She quickly turned her head away and tried hard to control her hands from shaking.

Shen Ning concentrated on suturing the ruptured stomach wall... After suturing it, he wiped off the blood with linen cloth and confirmed that no more blood was oozing out. Fortunately, the surrounding organs were not injured. Only then did he reluctantly breathe a sigh of relief.

Then comes the suturing of the flesh...

The iron sheet that was holding the wound open had been removed, and there was no need to support it anymore. Li Yushi just stood aside and watched Shen Ning skillfully thread the needle and sew up Zhao Tong's chest like sewing clothes.

The blood that had just been gushing out quickly stopped, leaving only a little blood at the stitches.

Using the same sterilized linen cloth to gently wipe away the blood from the wound, Shen Ning reached out: "Your hemostatic medicine."

Li Yushi's hemostatic medicine was sent back by his father from the capital, and it was better than those found elsewhere.

Seeing Shen Ning stretch out her hand without even raising her head, Li Yushi pursed her lips, then took out a porcelain bottle and handed it over.

After carefully sprinkling hemostatic powder on the wound and covering it with clean gauze, Shen Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief when the bandage was finished.

At this time, Zhao Tong, who had just begun to twitch faintly, also calmed down. Although he was still pale, his breathing was much steadier.

He was so anxious to save his life that he didn't care at all. At this moment, Shen Ning saw that he had torn the pillow to pieces in order to endure the pain!

Lian'er didn't dare to breathe. Seeing Shen Ning stop, her lips trembled, and she finally made a sound: "Sister Shen..."

Shen Ning put down the things in her hand: "The bleeding has stopped, but the fever will definitely be high tonight. I will prepare medicine. If you can make it through tonight, you should be able to survive."

Lian'er's tears came out: "Sister Shen, thank you, thank you."

It’s good to have an opportunity, having an opportunity is the best.

After giving some reminders, Shen Ning comforted Lian'er: "I will stay with my sister-in-law tonight and check on Brother Zhao's condition at any time."

Lian Er held her hand and sobbed, "I really don't know how to thank you."

Shen Ning patted her: "Sister-in-law and Brother Zhao have helped me a lot. This is what I should do. I will go home and prepare the medicine first..."

Shen Ning took the medicine box and went out. Outside, the head of the village and several people were still in the yard.

"How is the person?" The village head hurried forward.

Shen Ning answered truthfully: "The bleeding has stopped, but we have to wait and see."

Everyone outside was also shocked: "Has it stopped?"

Shen Ning had just been highly focused and was a little tired now. She was also anxious to go home and prepare the herbs, so she didn't say much and hurried back.

Just as I reached the door of my house, Li Yushi’s voice came from behind me: “Madam Shen.”

Shen Ning stopped: "Anything else?"

Li Yushi walked towards her, looking puzzled. "When did you learn medicine? Who was your teacher?"

Look, the daughter of the Jinshi scholar speaks differently from the villagers.

Shen Ning smiled: "What does it have to do with you?"

Li Yushi was stunned by the rebuke, then continued, "I stopped you just now because I didn't know you were truly proficient in medicine. I was also concerned about Brother Zhao's life. Why do you hold a grudge against me?"

Pei Yuanzhou walked over behind Li Yushi.

Li Yushi said calmly, "Or is it because I'm getting engaged to Master Pei that you're so hostile towards me?"

Shen Ning tutted her words: "You may be overthinking it. Who you are going to get engaged to has nothing to do with me."

Li Yushi was clearly unconvinced. "If that's the case, then why are you being so unkind now, even though we were working together just now? You clearly harbor some resentment."

Shen Ning smiled: "Speaking of grudges, I haven't thanked you for praising my gorgeous dress that day at Pei's house, Miss Li... Thank you for the compliment."

After saying that, she turned around and walked straight into the yard, closing the door behind her.

Outside the door, Li Yushi's originally cold and indifferent expression froze a little.

It turned out to be that day.

That day, when the head of the village brought people to Pei's house, it was clear that he wanted to hold Shen Ning accountable. The words that Shen Ning cried and complained to Pei's mother at that time helped her get out of the predicament.

But Li Yushi didn't believe it at all, and she hated the fact that Shen Ning was a married woman but was shameless enough to try to hook up with an unmarried man. So when Shen Ning was crying, she deliberately pointed out that her dress was gorgeous.

At that moment, she did have the idea of asking the village head to drag this frivolous widow to be thrown into the pig cage...but her idea was resolved by Chen Ning.

Li Yushi has been studying since she was young and she doesn't think she is a bad person. The evil thoughts that arose from hatred that day were fleeting and she had almost forgotten about it, but unexpectedly it was suddenly brought up by Chen Ning.

After a moment of silence, Li Yushi turned around and walked back to Pei Yuanzhou without saying a word: "Let's go back."

Pei Yuanzhou nodded and left with her. Before leaving, he inexplicably glanced at Shen Ning's house again.

He was just too surprised.

Pei Yuanzhou was not an ignorant villager, so he could naturally see that Chen Ning's method was a life-or-death tactic.

He was shocked in his heart, but did not show it on his face.

Over the past two years, Pei Yuanzhou had seen Chen Ning's gaudy attire, her attentiveness at home and abroad, and her artificial seduction.

I thought I knew this widow with a bad reputation very well, but when she was concentrating on treating Zhao Tong with her face covered in blood scabs and her hands stained with blood, she looked like I had never seen before.

I've never heard of Chen Ning knowing medical skills before, but I didn't expect that she would have such unheard-of methods... She has such abilities, but she has never revealed any clues in the past.

Before dark, Shen Ning gave Xiao Nanchen acupuncture and watched him drink the medicine.

"I'm going to Sister Lian'er's house next door to help look after Brother Zhao. He's in danger tonight. Can Anan just stay home and sleep?"

Xiao Nanchen was somewhat reluctant and asked hesitantly, "What if there's a ghost?"

Shen Ning laughed: "No, I closed the gate tightly, and the ghost couldn't get in. Besides, we are so close, if there is a ghost, I will come back to save you."

Xiao Nanchen obviously trusted her very much. He was relieved when he heard this, but he still felt a little aggrieved: "Okay, then, come back soon."

Looking at Xiao Nanchen, who was staring at her like a puppy, Shen Ning couldn't help but pluck his head: "Okay, okay, be good."

My king is quite clingy.

After a while, Shen Ning took the things and went out, and the yard suddenly became silent.

Almost at the same time, Xiao Nanchen's confused and uneasy look slowly changed.

He blinked and sat there quietly. Thinking of his behavior a moment ago and the hand that fell on his head and rubbed his head like a dog, Xiao Nanchen's face turned a little dark.

At this moment, a ferocious cry suddenly came from the air, piercing through the night.

Xiao Nanchen paused for a moment, then stood up and walked into the yard.

The next moment, a black dot swooped down from the sky and approached rapidly... When it got close, it finally revealed its shape.

It was a giant black and gold bird in the sky, with its wings spread out to nearly ten feet. It swooped down, full of ferocity, and pounced straight towards Xiao Nanchen.

Xiao Nanchen didn't move. Then, the bird of prey suddenly landed on the ground beside him, folded its wings, and then, like a tall old man with his hands behind his back, took a few steps up and down to Xiao Nanchen's side, and gently pressed its head against his chest, making a low cooing sound.

Xiao Nanchen raised his hand and touched the golden eagle's head: "You are indeed more useful than those trash..."

The golden eagle cooed happily.

"That's right..."