Chapter 183 Causes
"Sister Lan, help me unbutton his clothes. I need to cool him down physically." Chen Yunfeng said in a low voice.
"good!"
Chen Yunfeng was not surprised at all that Su Tong could cooperate with him so skillfully. It should be that Qin Yi had informed him in advance.
It can be seen that Chen Yunfeng is not a pedantic and dogmatic person. Su Tong is quite relieved about this. This way, there will be less trouble along the way.
"Change the basin of hot water and bring a few more towels. Then prepare a bathtub. Boil water with any of the herbs, such as mint, bupleurum, or forsythia. Aged herbs will do. Put whatever you have. After boiling, add warm water and pour it into the bathtub. Come over and let me know when it's ready."
Su Tong's men cooperated with Chen Yunfeng and gave orders.
Since Chen Yunfeng is willing to let her cooperate, she doesn't have to worry so much.
"Sister Lan, are you worried that your body temperature won't go down?"
"Well! It takes time for the medicine to take effect. I'm afraid if the fever continues he won't wake up."
Village Chief Ge was stunned when he saw a woman suddenly appear and point here and there. His face twitched and he pointed at Su Tong and then looked at Qin Yi, obviously doubting her identity.
"Who is this doctor?"
Qin Yi snorted coldly, his voice low and casual:
"What? This is my woman! I won't take action easily! If Village Chief Ge minds, we can leave immediately!"
"oh oh!"
Village Chief Ge smiled awkwardly, wanting to say something but not knowing what to say... He paused, turned around and waved to the people standing at the door:
"Go! Prepare according to the doctor's instructions and ask Lao Wu's wife for the herbs! Hurry!"
Although Su Tong was busy, he still looked up and glanced at Qin Yi. Looking at the expression on his face, he looked indifferent and calm. The role of Brother Yi was something he could play easily for him.
After soaking Baogen in the bathtub, Chen Yunfeng and Su Tong found time to ask Baogen about the cause of his illness.
According to Village Chief Ge, Baogen started to get sick three months ago, first with diarrhea, then with a fever...
Lao Wu in the village is considered a village doctor. He has some medical skills passed down from his ancestors. He can usually treat anyone with a headache or fever. After Lao Wu gave me medicine, I got better for a while, but then I started to have headaches from time to time, and I still have fevers from time to time...
At first, the condition was getting better after taking medicine, but in the past few days, it suddenly became serious. Lao Wu’s medicine was no longer effective. I had a high fever for a whole day and night and it wouldn’t go away.
"well--"
Village Chief Ge slapped his knee heavily, then rolled up his sleeves to wipe the corners of his eyes.
"If you hadn't come today, we would have had to watch Baogen..."
In addition to Chen Yunfeng and Su Tong, Qin Yi and Li Song were also present. They exchanged glances and understood in their hearts that Village Chief Ge was not telling the truth.
Baogen’s illness might be true, but there must be other reasons why the entire village gathered in that field in the middle of the night.
If it was just to see Baogen off, there was no need to go to that place in such a cold weather to freeze, it would only make the patient die faster...
"Village Chief Ge!"
Li Song said at the right time:
"Baogen has been ill for so long, you should have found a way to cure him earlier! Feudal superstitions are useless. Didn't the comrades from the county always spread the word to the village every time they came? Although it's not easy to go out of the mountains, there are still ways to cure it!"
“Shame on you!”
When Village Chief Ge heard Li Song bring up the topic, he waved his hands and said:
"It's publicity! We advertise it every time we come! This time... this time there's nothing we can do! Bao Gen... we just..."
Village Chief Ge was obviously a little excited, and his words were a little slurred for a while. He hesitated for a long time before continuing:
"We have thought of all the possible solutions. Lao Wu has an ancient prescription for treating diseases, but the herbs are not available. Baogen's father and Lao Wu went into the old mountain to look for herbs a few days ago, and they haven't returned yet.
Seeing that they couldn't wait any longer, I asked Da Kui and the others to go to the county hospital early this morning to find a solution. Bao Gen is in such a condition that we can't even send him out. We were hoping that Bao Gen could survive these few days, and that no matter which side came back first, he might be saved. But who knew that by the evening... he was gone!"
Thinking about the men he met today, they should be Da Kui's group. Li Song was about to say something when Chen Yunfeng said:
"The fever is beginning to subside."
The fever has subsided and his life is temporarily safe, but the cause of the disease must be found before treatment can be given.
There is no equipment and no way to conduct tests, and the cause of the disease cannot be further determined through medical means. When I ask people around me, they can only give a rough estimate, which is almost the same as what Village Chief Ge said.
It was late, so in response to the symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting that they said Baogen had, they gave him some broad-spectrum gentamicin.
This is considered the most effective antibiotic for the gastrointestinal tract in this era. I also found a way to feed him some thick rice soup and arranged for someone to keep watch over him. As for the rest, I can only wait and see the situation tomorrow.
Both they and Village Chief Ge were exhausted by now.
After all this trouble, Village Chief Ge became much more polite. He cleared out a few rooms in the houses nearby and accommodated their group of people. He also had people heat the kang and boil water.
Otherwise, it would take another half an hour to walk along the mountain road to get to the place originally planned.
However, there were more than ten of them, so they had to live in different people's homes. Fortunately, almost all the rooms they were arranged had kangs, which was considered a treatment for VIPs in the mountains.
Ma Liu and his friends were the first to move in. He didn't have time to take care of the trivial matters in the village and fell asleep early.
Su Tong entered the room assigned to him and turned around to find Qin Yi had followed him in.
Qin Yi closed the door and explained softly:
"The villagers know about our relationship and specially arranged us to stay in the same room. It may be like this in the future. Sorry! I need your patience!"
In fact, in the north, sleeping on a kang is not as strictly divided as in the south. The kangs in the north are wide and large. In winter, almost all families would sleep on one kang, and even guests would sleep on one kang, with each person having their own quilt.
It's not just because the kang is warm, but also because heating the kang consumes a lot of firewood, and it is impossible to heat it in every room.
Qin Yi explained that it was because the customs of Qingfeng Town were more like those of the south, and even if she had to overcome some living habits for the mission, he hoped to make her mentally prepared and understandable in advance.
There was nothing Su Tong couldn't understand, so he nodded to Qin Yi, "It's a mission requirement, there's nothing to apologize for!"
After thinking about it, she stretched out her hand to him again and said softly:
"It's a pleasure to fight alongside you... Brother Yi! Happy cooperation!"
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