Chapter 19 As long as you are all okay
Shang Ruoting had followed a medical team to a rescue site in her previous life, so she had some understanding of trauma. Although she didn't know how to treat it, she could still get a rough idea of the basic situation. What she was most concerned about now was whether Gao Ming had any bone injuries.
She knew that people in this era were still very conservative: "Lift up your trouser legs so I can see."
Even though she didn't do it herself, Gao Ming was still a little overwhelmed.
"Sister-in-law, Li Jiasheng has already gone to get a doctor."
Shang Ruoting remained unmoved: "Lift it up and take a look at the bones."
Gao Ming was still a little hesitant.
"Just lift it up if I tell you to." Tan Chen, who had been standing there silently, spoke.
Gao Ming looked up at Tan Chen's serious expression, and reluctantly rolled up his trouser legs slowly.
His ankle was obviously swollen, and there was a not-too-deep scratch on his calf. The blood that was seeping through his pants was caused by that scratch.
Shang Ruoting squatted in front of Gao Ming and reached out to press the joint of his ankle.
"Does it hurt here?"
Gao Ming nodded: "It hurts, but I can hold on."
Shang Ruoting then pointed to other parts of the body and said, "There's no bone injury, it's just a puncture wound. Apply some medicine and it will heal after a while."
Gao Ming looked at Shang Ruoting in disbelief: "Sister-in-law, do you know medicine?"
Shang Ruoting shook her head: "When I was little, I often watched Granny Shi next door treat people, so I remembered some of it."
If Granny Shi, who is sleeping in the ground, knew that she had taken the blame for Shang Ruoting three times in just one morning, she would definitely crawl out of the ground and ask her for hush money...
Tan Chen and Lin Erniu had no doubt about this, they both knew this man's abilities.
Shang Ruoting lives next door to her family, so it's not surprising to see her treating illnesses.
Soon, Li Jiasheng came with the village barefoot doctor.
Lin Erniu stepped forward and said, "Doctor Sun, please take a look at this comrade. He just fell off the roof and broke his ankle."
Doctor Sun is a middle-aged man with a plain face and a thin body. He wears a pair of myopic glasses and looks quite honest.
He came to Gao Ming and did almost the same thing as Shang Ruoting just did, pressing Gao Ming's ankle joints several times and asking him about the level of pain.
The final diagnosis was the same as what Shang Ruoting said.
If a fellow villager falls ill and asks Dr. Sun for help, they can just pay him with their work points.
But Gao Ming was an outsider, he had no work points, and neither did Tan Chen and Shang Ruoting, so the medical fees could only be paid with money.
Doctor Sun gave Gao Ming some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicine, gave him some precautions, and charged him one yuan.
Shang Ruoting once again gained a new understanding of this.
It turns out that the barefoot doctor's consultations in the village are so cheap.
Because the house collapsed, their belongings were all inside, and the injured Gao Ming could only sit on the ground.
Lin Erniu looked at the place that had become a ruin and said, "Tan Chen, let me help you dig out the useful things in the house first."
As he said that, he picked up a shovel and walked over.
Li Jiasheng also joined in.
Shang Ruoting still didn't know why the house suddenly collapsed, so she asked Tan Chen: "Why did the house collapse?"
Before Tan Chen could speak, Gao Ming began to describe the story vividly.
“Sister-in-law, thank goodness Li Jiasheng and I stayed to repair the house today.”
"You don't even know that the wood on your roof is eaten by insects, and there are several big cracks in the gable."
"As soon as I climbed up, the wood broke and the gable collapsed. If it weren't for what happened today, if the house collapsed while you and the boss were inside, it would be no joke."
Shang Ruoting understood that Gao Ming, a living person, could destroy a house much more powerfully than a storm.
The house was already shaky and couldn't even withstand a heavy rain, so how could it withstand Gao Ming's weight?
"As long as you're all okay."
When she said this, she glanced at Tan
Chen.
His icy face, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years, finally showed a hint of expression, as if he was grateful for having survived a disaster, and also felt that he had survived a catastrophe...
Shang Ruoting brought some hay and placed it next to the two of them.
She helped Tan Chen sit up.
"You guys sit here for a while, I'll go to the kitchen and see if there's anything else I can use."
As she said that, she walked towards the kitchen.
Although the collapse was on the bedroom side, the kitchen was not much better.
Most of the wood on the roof had fallen off and was scattered all over the place.
Shang Ruoting looked around and found that except for a few broken bowls and plates, everything else was a little dirty but could still be used after cleaning.
She took out the things she bought at the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday, including the big iron pot...
Many people in the village saw Doctor Sun passing by and learned from him that Tan Chen's dilapidated house had collapsed.
I feel somewhat sympathetic towards him.
People who had nothing to do came to help spontaneously.
With their participation, the progress of digging the ruins has been much faster.
Gao Ming sat there and chatted with Tan Chen casually.
"Boss, your house has collapsed. Can you ask Lin Erniu and Li Jiasheng to take you back to your parents?"
Tan Chen laughed self-deprecatingly: "They thought I was a burden and racked their brains to separate me. How could they be willing to let me go back?"
Gao Ming sighed: "Hey...what else are you going to do?"
He was genuinely worried about Tan Chen.
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