Chapter 185: Sister Jing
"Yeah!" Qin Yi answered softly, his voice like the low hum of a cello in the quiet night.
“According to what I learned before we set out, this village chief Ge had an arrogant and ruthless temper. He has become much more restrained after obeying government management in recent years, but he is definitely not someone who is easy to deal with.
They are clearly hiding something today. They are being polite to us because of Baogen's illness. Our current position is to focus on the mission. If it is not related to the mission, there is no need to delve too much into it to avoid unnecessary complications."
"Yes, I understand."
"In your opinion, is Baogen's illness... serious?" Qin Yi asked, turning his head.
There was no light in the room, and one could only vaguely see Qin Yi's outline, like hazy undulating mountains. The distance and the way he talked while lying down made it feel a little unreal.
It was different from any previous scene, as if two very close people were chatting about family matters.
Su Tong was a little absent-minded for a moment, and after a pause, he remembered his question and answered:
"Serious! The disease has lasted too long. Based on the current symptoms, we cannot determine the cause. We need to take a closer look tomorrow."
"Yeah!" Qin Yi responded in a deep voice: "Then go to bed early! Only a good rest can restore your strength."
"Okay! Good night!"
The other side paused for a moment before responding softly, "Good night!"
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But this night is destined to be uneasy.
Su Tong felt like she had just fallen asleep when she was awakened by a burst of noise.
Then I heard someone banging on the door.
She raised her wrist to check her watch, and the small fluorescent light on the hand pointed to four in the morning.
Qin Yi got up before her to check the situation, then pushed the door open and said:
"Baogen is sick again!"
The person who came to knock on the door was the woman who had been crying beside Baogen. Her name was Jingmei, Baogen's wife.
When Su Tong arrived at Bao Gen's house, Chen Yunfeng had just arrived. Seeing Su Tong coming in, he said briefly:
"The fever has revived. The patient is hallucinating and talking nonsense."
Baogen was clearly unconscious, struggling and yelling incoherently on the bed.
"Go away! Don't look for me! Don't look for me!"
"Grandpa! Get him out of here..."
"Help me! Help me!"
The one called Shanzhu was frantically pressing his hands and feet.
The other young man was so scared that he knelt on the ground, kowtowed in one direction and muttered something.
Su Tong hurried forward and said to Shan Zhu, "Don't use too much force, be careful not to hurt him!"
He quickly stepped forward to help pinch Baogen's philtrum to help him wake up.
Seeing someone was helping, Shanzhu freed his hands and immediately stuffed a ball of cotton cloth into Baogen's mouth.
Baogen's mouth was blocked, his face turned red, and he kept shaking his head and struggling even harder.
Su Tong looked at Shan Zhu in surprise. Shan Zhu's eyes were a little evasive. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and said:
"I was afraid he would bite his tongue. Fortunately you came quickly."
Without waiting for Su Tong to speak, he turned around and said:
"I'm sorry! Sister Jing is ignorant and woke you up!"
As he said this, he glared at Jing Mei who was following behind him.
Jing Mei lowered her head timidly and said nothing.
Su Tong felt more and more that something was wrong, but Shan Zhu's expression remained normal and there was no further clue.
Fortunately, Baogen had limited physical strength and was suffering from a high fever. After struggling for a while, he fell into coma again.
The medical methods available at the moment are limited, so I can only give the patient antipyretic drugs as I did at the beginning, and then repeat the physical fever-reducing steps.
By the time this round of fever subsided, it was already dawn.
Baogen didn't know when the fever would come back, so Su Tong asked Chen Yunfeng to go and rest first and then take her place.
Shanzhu and the young man stayed up all night and were very sleepy.
Su Tong said, "Baogen's fever has just subsided, and he will probably need to sleep for a few hours. Why don't you take a rest now and come back later."
Shanzhu glanced at Baogen and, considering his current condition and the tossing and turning he had just gone through, he knew it would take him a while to wake up, so he nodded.
When he left, he said to Jing Mei, "It's already daybreak. Doctor Alan is tired after a night's work. Go make her some porridge."
Jing Mei nodded silently, then turned and walked out.
Shan Zhu then said, "Doctor Alan, thank you for your help! Uncle Ge should be here soon. We'll just take a nap in the next room. Just let me know if there's anything."
Su Tong agreed and watched Shanzhu and the young man leave before returning to the house to carefully feel Baogen's pulse, then turned over his eyes and looked at them, frowning deeply.
Baogen's condition is not optimistic. Jingmei is Baogen's wife, so it's normal for her to worry about Baogen's condition. However, Shanzhu is very angry that Jingmei called them over in the middle of the night, and now he has sent Jingmei away. What are they hiding...
Is there anything more important than saving Baogen's life?
At this time, the door rang again.
Su Tong turned around and saw Qin Yi appear at the door, his hands casually in his jacket pockets, his hair a little messy, and in the faint morning light, he looked handsome yet a little lazy.
But behind him, there was actually Jing Mei who had just left.
Su Tong was slightly surprised.
Qin Yi said, "I met Jing Mei on the way. She said she wanted to make porridge for you. I had asked the lady next door to make it in advance, so I called her back."
Su Tong gave him a thumbs up, hurriedly let Jing Mei in, pulled her to sit in front of Bao Gen's kang, and asked:
"Jingmei, do you want Baogen to be cured?"
Jing Mei looked up, tears in her eyes, and nodded vigorously.
Su Tong said: "If we want to cure Bao Gen, we have to find the cause of the disease. Can you tell us in detail about Bao Gen's condition?"
Sister Jing seemed a little flustered when she heard this. She grabbed the corner of her clothes helplessly and said in a squeaky voice:
"Just what I said last night... First I had diarrhea, then I had a fever, and then I had a headache."
Su Tong did not urge her, and waited until she finished speaking before asking:
"Do you remember when you had diarrhea for the first time? The clearer you explain, the better chance I have of saving Baogen."
Jing Mei looked up at Su Tong with hope in her eyes.
"Can Baogen still...can he be cured? They all said that Baogen...is no longer good..."
"I'm not sure. In this situation where we know nothing, there is definitely no way to cure it. But if you say more, maybe there is still hope."
Jing Mei lowered her head and hesitated for a while, then looked at Baogen on the bed, and then slowly spoke:
"The first time I had diarrhea was on October 1st. That night, Baogen tossed and turned on the kang, complaining that he felt uncomfortable. Then he went to the toilet several times... He was not in good spirits until the next day, and later he had a fever. Later, I asked Lao Wu for some medicine, and I got better after drinking it."
"Did you have diarrhea, fever, and headache at the beginning?" Su Tong asked.
Sister Jing thought about it, then shook her head and said:
"No, I didn't have a headache at first, but later I had diarrhea and a fever, and then I complained of a headache."
"Do you remember why Baogen had diarrhea the first time? Can you recall if he ate anything that he didn't normally eat that day?"
Su Tong didn't have much hope when he asked this question, after all, it happened more than two or three months ago.
Unexpectedly, Jing Mei lowered her head deeply, and after a long while, her low voice was heard.
"I remember eating... wild boar meat."
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