Chapter 257: Unexpected Events
Wan Qirui snorted, "Those who know know that these two are here to supervise disaster relief. If you don't know, you might think they are here to show off!"
"We are both prefects after all. Even if they are imperial envoys sent by the emperor, they shouldn't treat us like coolies! Do they really think we are as brainless as Zheng Yakun?"
"Master Wan, please don't be angry. I'm not asking us to do anything difficult." Xiang Xiujie frowned, and his expression darkened. "It's just that someone from the Hong Zheng Mansion came to report that the relief grain has arrived and is being distributed everywhere."
"So that's what it is." Wan Qirui said disapprovingly, "Let's have people collect the food and open more porridge stalls to distribute porridge. It's not a difficult task and won't take much time."
"It was just like that, but the relief food distributed this time is coarse grain."
Xiang Xiujie said solemnly, "It seems that refined grains are expensive and limited in quantity, which is not enough to help so many disaster victims, so they switched to coarse grains to ensure that most people can fill their stomachs."
"But doing this is against the rules." Wan Qirui also frowned.
"It is against the rules, but now there is a lot of coarse grains, and the porridge stalls can be opened three times more. Those starving peasants now have something to eat, and they are all very grateful. They kneel and kowtow, wishing they could die." Xiang Xiujie said, "I'm afraid that the Third Prince's move has won him many people's hearts. The First Prince is probably going to have a headache this time."
Wan Qirui also pondered for a long time, and suddenly slapped his thigh and laughed, "If Brother Xiang is worried about this matter, there is no need, and Your Highness does not need to take this matter seriously."
"What do you mean?" Xiang Xiujie asked in surprise.
"Although the Third Prince's move was to win people's hearts, it is still against the rules. The censors have submitted memorials one after another, so the credit will naturally be lost. If the Third Prince is lucky, the credit will be offset, but if there are some mistakes, the sins will far outweigh the credits."
Seeing Wan Qirui say this, Xiang Xiujie thought for a while and raised his eyebrows, "Master Wan means..."
"Unexpected events happen all the time. It's hard to say that everything will go as smoothly as you expect, right? It's just like walking on the road. If you're not careful, you'll easily step into a puddle and get your shoes and socks wet. It's inevitable."
Wan Qirui smiled sinisterly, "As for the fact that those peasants are grateful, that's just because they are ignorant. These are not a big deal. I will take care of them."
Xiang Xiujie pondered for a moment, understood what Wan Qirui meant, and laughed, "Master Wan is really thoughtful. If you can do this for His Highness, His Highness will definitely reward you handsomely. Your Highness will have a bright future ahead of him."
"Allow me to say something mundane at this moment. If Lord Wan becomes successful in the future and really becomes your right-hand man, then you, as the current cabinet minister, must not forget to help me."
"Of course." Wan Qirui held the charming dancer tighter, picked up a glass of wine, and rushed to Xiujie, saying, "Please."
"Please." Xiang Xiujie drank the wine in the glass with a smile. —— "Next." Su Yujin said.
A woman holding a child sat on the stool opposite Su Yujin with an anxious look on her face. She turned over a corner of the swaddling clothes for Su Yujin to see, "Please, doctor, take a look at my child."
The baby in the cradle seemed to be only a month old. He was a little thin, with a wrinkled face, and did not have the white and plump appearance that ordinary babies should have.
The baby was a little uneasy because his blanket was opened, so he started crying with his mouth open. His voice sounded small and weak, like a cat's.
"What's the illness?" Su Yujin asked.
"He had a high fever yesterday, and he's been crying so hard ever since. He won't drink milk properly. I've covered him with a blanket for a long time, but the fever won't go away. If it continues like this, I'm afraid it's not going to work."
The woman cried as she spoke, "After the flood, it's hard to find a doctor. I heard there's a free doctor at the city gate. I walked for half a day to get here. I'd like to trouble the doctor to take a look at me as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this, Su Yujin hurriedly tried and found that the baby's forehead was extremely hot, his breathing was rapid, and his heartbeat was quite fast.
After a baby is born, it basically has a certain "defense system" and most of them are healthy within six months without any problems. But this baby has developed such a high fever at just over a month old...
Su Yujin carefully checked the baby's condition and listened to the baby's breathing. After a careful check, she asked, "Is the child spitting bubbles?"
"Yes." The woman nodded. "The child can spit bubbles. I was a little worried at first, so I asked my mother-in-law and a few aunts. They all said that my child is smart. They also said that other children can only play with saliva when they are more than half a year old, but my child can do it in more than a month. He will definitely be a great man in the future!"
Sure enough, it was children’s pneumonia.
Very young babies will not cough, they will only spit bubbles. In the eyes of ordinary people, they think that the children are just playing with saliva and do not take it seriously.
Such a young child got pneumonia, probably because he followed the adults to escape the flood and famine.
Su Yujin said, "The child has some problems with his lungs, but it's not too serious yet. Just take the medicine on time. But the child is young and I'm afraid he can't drink the medicine. I'll prescribe some plasters and go find a herbal medicine store in the city. Ask them to prepare the herbs, grind them and mix them, and apply them to the chest, back, and soles of the feet."
"If you apply the plaster for five consecutive days, you will see a significant improvement. The plaster contains herbs that can reduce fever, but the effect is not as fast as taking medicine. If the child has a high fever, don't just cover him with a blanket. Use warm water to rub the child's forehead, neck, thighs, etc., and let him drink some slightly hot water, which can induce sweating and reduce heat."
"Remember, don't just cover the child with a blanket to make him sweat. The child is too young to sweat easily. If you cover the child like this, the heat won't be released and will easily accumulate in the internal organs, causing serious problems."
"Yes, yes, I've noted it down." The woman saw that what Su Yujin said was all things she had never heard before, so she felt that he must be a doctor with excellent medical skills. Especially since this medical tent was next to the porridge tent and was guarded by yamen runners, she became more convinced. After Su Yujin finished writing the doctor's name and thanked him repeatedly, she took the prescription and held the child in her arms and hurried to the city.
Now that the flood water has stopped and it has stopped raining, the sun has come out and the water on the ground has gradually evaporated due to the hot weather. Although there are still many places where people need to wade through water, they can basically walk normally now.
Watching the woman walk away, Su Yujin rubbed his eyebrows.
This is a symptom of children with pneumonia vomiting bubbles. It was when my second child was young. The doctor explained it this way at the time~ (End of this chapter)
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