Chapter 024 Born to be a Thief
Ye Qing's eyes narrowed, and without stopping, he grabbed the little girl's arm with his backhand.
When he turned around, he saw that the girl was holding a thin iron hook in her hand, and a thin and sharp blade was tied to the front end of the iron hook.
It was this thing that just stuck to her back under her clothes!
The little girl didn't expect Ye Qing to be so alert. After her arm was grabbed, her face turned pale with fear. She immediately broke free from Ye Qing's grip and retreated at full speed.
Of course Ye Qing would not let her escape. In a flash, a willow whip flew out from Ye Qing's bag and swung towards the opponent at lightning speed.
The little girl was as thin as a monkey, but she was extremely agile. After realizing the danger, she leaped upside down on the roof of the car by stepping on the wall of the car, and then she jumped over Ye Qing's head and tried to escape to the other side of the car.
Ye Qing was stunned when he saw this smooth and fancy escape move.
Wow, he can fly over rooftops and walls, and he is also an experienced martial artist?!
After discovering that this little thief was quite powerful, Ye Qing no longer held back, and swung the willow whip in his hand swiftly, at a weird angle that a normal person could not understand at all, from the side of the girl, then circled around and suddenly pulled back, directly locking the little girl's feet.
Then Ye Qing retracted his strength, and the "Little Swallow" that was dangling in the air was instantly pulled straight down and fell to the ground with a thud.
The little girl was still unwilling to give up, so she threw away the iron hook in her hand, flipped her wrist, and threw out a sharp knife from her sleeve, then jumped up and slashed towards Ye Qing.
While Ye Qing was dodging, the knife swept towards Liu Bian, trying to cut the vine that tied her up!
Unfortunately, no matter how sharp her knife was, the willow branch in Ye Qing's hand was not an ordinary willow branch, but one catalyzed by supernatural powers. Before Ye Qing retracted her supernatural powers, this thing was almost indestructible. She couldn't cut off even a bit of willow bark after chopping it with her knife.
Although this is the connection between carriages, there is always the possibility that a passenger might hear the noise and come out to check the situation. Ye Qing doesn't want anyone to see her "bullying a child".
So while the little girl was still trying to cut the rattan, she swung out another willow whip without hesitation, tied the girl's hands tightly together, lifted her up from the ground and threw her into the toilet behind her.
With her hands and feet unable to move, the girl lost the ability to attack and escape, becoming a fish on the chopping board, and could only allow Ye Qing to do whatever he wanted.
The incident happened too quickly, leaving the little girl no time to react.
Only after he had the man under control did Ye Qing pick up the iron hook and the sharp knife on the ground.
She locked the toilet door, then turned around and stared at the little girl.
If she hadn't noticed it wrongly, the little girl had a clear purpose. She wanted to cut a hole in the back of her underwear just by making a face-to-face contact!
Ye Qing played with the iron hook and throwing knife in his hand, looked at the little girl with a sneer and asked:
"You are so young, but you are so good at it. The tools you use are so professional and complete, and your skills are so neat and tidy. You must have done this a lot, right? Do you usually do this?"
Ye Qing really didn't expect that after she had just avoided the thieves' gang that performed monkey tricks on the Pingxian platform, she would encounter the little thief right after. This made her wonder if this child was also a member of the old beggar's gang!
If this is the case, then this girl is an important informant who can help uncover the beggar gang. She must hand the person over with a red armband and hand him over to the police for handling.
Faced with Ye Qing's sharp and cold questioning, the little girl did not answer Ye Qing's question at all. She just stared at Ye Qing angrily. Looking at her little look, she seemed quite stubborn.
Ye Qing is not a good person. She has many ways to torture people. Let alone other things, her flying needles, if used all at once on a person, it is guaranteed to make the person live a life worse than death.
Ye Qing was too lazy to say anything more, so he took out a needle from his bag and stabbed the wound.
As the needle tip entered the acupuncture point, the little girl's face turned pale in an instant. She was in so much pain that she broke out in cold sweats and almost rolled over in the toilet.
Ye Qing stood aside and watched indifferently until the girl could not hold out for more than three minutes and cried out "I said, I said", then he removed the needle.
"Tell me, how long have you been targeting me? Why did you choose to attack me?"
Ye Qing was still holding the embroidery needle in her hand. With her innocent and harmless face, no one could have imagined that she was such a cruel and ruthless lunatic.
The little girl was probably mistaken. She didn't expect that the moves that made her invincible in the past would fail in her vagina today.
The woman in front of her was very good at using a whip. When she was grabbing her, she didn't even see clearly how the woman swung the whip. She was almost caught in the woman's hands in a flash.
Looking at the embroidery needle in the woman's hand, the excruciating pain just now seemed not to have passed yet, and the little girl was shaking uncontrollably all over.
It has been many years since she started learning from her master, and she hasn't been so poor for many years.
"I, I didn't stare at you for long. This was the first time I saw you."
There would be no way Ye Qing could believe this.
Her senses were sharp, and she realized the child's intention the moment the girl took action.
The little brat had a sharp eye and a clear goal. The movement of raising the knife to cut her clothes was extremely determined. It was obvious that he was targeting the huge sum of money that she had sewn into her underwear!
But this is weird.
Ye Qing was sure that she had never seen this child before. How did this girl know that she would appear in this carriage and attack her so accurately?
Unless this kid had been secretly watching her since she got on the bus, and figured out her routine of going to the dining car to eat in the morning, noon, and evening, so he was lying in ambush here, waiting for her to pass by before taking action!
Ye Qing's expression suddenly darkened, and he was about to strike with the needle in his hand again:
"You're lying to a three-year-old? Do you think I can believe you? People in your line of work are best at reading people's expressions. Look at my appearance and attire. Do I look like a rich man? You attacked me as soon as we met, and you specifically slashed my back. Your purpose is very clear. It's obvious that you know where I have hidden my money. You didn't think I didn't see it, did you?"
The little girl already had a shadow in her heart about the needle. When she saw Ye Qing was about to give her another injection, she quickly explained in a crying voice:
"No, I really didn't lie. Don't stab me, sister. I'm just telling you the truth! Because I have a strange ability since I was a child. My nose can smell the smell of money. If someone walks past me, I can smell whether he has money or valuables on him."
"When I first saw you, I noticed that you had at least a thousand dollars hidden in your underwear on the back. I couldn't help myself and took action against you..."
As she spoke, the little girl's voice became lower and lower, and she was a little afraid to look at Ye Qing's expression.
Ye Qing was so shocked that his mouth could hardly close.
She came from the end of the world, so she had seen all kinds of strange supernatural powers. But this was the first time she heard that someone could smell money.
No wonder this little girl became a thief. Her weird special ability meant she was born to be a thief!
Not only can he climb walls and fly over rooftops, he is also gifted with extraordinary skills. It would be a waste for such a person not to become a bandit!
This is simply the wrong time to be born. If she had been born in ancient times, she would have been a female hero who robbed the rich and helped the poor, searching the world for corrupt officials and punishing them, making those people spit out all the money they had taken from the people!
This has gone too far. Ye Qing touched his nose and retracted his wild thoughts. Looking at the child in front of him, who might only be in the sixth grade of elementary school in future generations, he felt a little sad for a moment.
Even with such a unique skill, the child was still covered in dust and shabby clothes, with old scars on the palms and backs of his hands. It was obvious that he had not had a good life.
Perhaps because Ye Qing had remained silent, the little girl rolled her eyes and suddenly got up from the ground and knelt down in front of Ye Qing, begging for mercy:
"Sister, please let me go. I have three younger brothers and sisters waiting for me at home. If my family wasn't really in financial difficulty, I wouldn't have thought of using this method to make money. I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again next time!"
He even knows how to play the emotional card. He's a smart guy!
Ye Qing was curious and asked, "Where are your parents?"
The little girl's eyes flashed with pain: "There was a famine a few years ago. In order to feed my brothers and sisters, we secretly went to the river to catch fish, but all the fish were washed away by the river."
Ye Qing was stunned. She didn't know why, but the appearance of the little girl at that moment reminded her of the children she met in the apocalypse who lost the protection of their parents and were struggling to survive in the wasteland.
When people are hungry, they have no right to talk about self-respect and morality, no matter in the chaotic end times or in this impoverished age.
Her breath was caught in her throat, and for a moment she actually felt a little sympathy for this girl.
However, she did not let go of the whip immediately, but continued to ask:
"Where did you get on the train? The Pingxian Station we just passed. Do you recognize the old beggar who was doing tricks on the platform? Was he in your group?"
Ye Qing's questions stunned the little girl.
But the next moment, she curled her lips and shook her head in disdain:
"That group of people has nothing to do with me. Their methods are too crude. I can see through their tricks at a glance. I don't like such people."
Ye Qing: ...We are all thieves, who is nobler than who? A cat that can catch mice is a good cat, whether it is black or white. How can you look down on your peers?
But on second thought, this little girl had the same skills as a loach, and Ye Qing had to admit that, well, it seemed that thieves could be divided into big guys and weak guys, and this guy really had the capital to look down on others!
Ye Qing hesitated for a while, but finally decided to let the child go.
In this day and age, life is hard for the poor. It is understandable that this child, whose parents are both deceased and who has to raise several younger brothers and sisters, would go astray.
With a wave of his hand, Ye Qing took back the two willow whips, and took out all the twenty or so yuan in change from her shoulder bag. He left himself a little money for food, and stuffed the rest into the girl's arms.
"You can go now. Take this money back and buy food for your brothers and sisters."
"But next time, don't do this again. Find a decent job. I know you can endure hardships from your skills. Even if you have to be an apprentice first, what about that?"
"You have already embarked on a wrong path. If you continue doing this, there will be no turning back. If you are caught by others, they will not be as easy to talk to as I am. At the very least, they will break your hands, or at worst, they will hand you over to the police station. If that happens, your life will be ruined!"
Having said that, Ye Qing prepared to leave.
Just as she opened the toilet door, she suddenly remembered something, turned around, picked up the iron hook and knife on the ground, put them directly into her bag, and smiled slyly at the little girl:
"You don't have any objections to confiscating the tools used to commit the crime, do you? If you do have any objections, keep them to yourself!"
Having said that, she turned around and left without looking back.
Because of this incident, Ye Qing was delayed in eating. When she got to the dining car, all the stir-fried dishes were already finished. The chef said that she could either eat the leftovers or give her a bowl of noodles, but she had to pay an extra ticket.
Ye Qing was reluctant to give more food coupons. She came from the end of the world and had eaten cockroaches and earthworms. What was there that she couldn't eat from the cold leftovers?
Even though it was a "bottom of the ocean", Ye Qing still ate it happily. She had been hungry for the whole morning, and after finishing a big box of food, she felt like she was alive again.
When returning to his seat, Ye Qing was surprised to find that the fake sisters who had fallen out before had reconciled.
No way, big sister?
Your "cousin" used you as a shield and almost took your life, but you didn't fight her to the death, and you even forgave her and chatted and laughed with her as if nothing happened? Even Wang Anshi, the prime minister who had a big heart, would have to bow down and feel inferior to you!
Ye Qing glanced at Li Juan and found it unbelievable.
She really couldn't figure out what was going on in this woman's train of thought. Was she really that stupid?
The key point is that in the original novel, Li Juan survived from the beginning to the last chapter. How did the vicious female supporting character survive to the end with such low IQ? Did the female protagonist deliberately make fun of her and let her live for so long?
Ye Qing felt that even if she plucked her hair bald, she still wouldn't be able to figure it out.
Seeing that Li Juan was very receptive to Yin Shuang, she guessed that something must have happened during the time when she was away, which led Yin Shuang to coax Li Juan back.
Fortunately, this was none of her business. She and these two were not the same kind of people. When they went to the countryside, if they were not assigned to the same commune or production team, it would be fine. But if they went to the same place, she would definitely find a way to separate from them.
But how can this effect be achieved?
Ye Qing pondered for a while and felt that no matter how skilled her medical skills were, it would be difficult for the villagers to discover her talent so quickly if she went to the countryside.
Medical technology can only be improved slowly, but Ye Qing really doesn't want to live in a big shop and eat from the same pot with the other educated youth.
She has wood-related abilities and is fully capable of providing herself with good food, clothing and shelter. However, if everyone lives under the same roof, she won't be able to use any of those good things. Does she have to force herself to suffer with everyone else?
Ye Qing was not very happy about it, so after much thought, she decided that she should start with the work in the village.
Ye Qing didn't need to think about being a scorer, accountant, or production tool manager. These jobs were definitely the most popular in the village. There were so many people in the production team eyeing them, it would never be the turn of outsiders like them.
The only things that could interest Ye Qing were raising pigs, cattle and sheep.
It’s hard to say about other jobs, but when it comes to raising pigs and cattle, Ye Qing still has many advantages.
She has wood-related abilities, so it is no problem for these livestock to eat as much fresh green grass as they want every day. In addition, she has medical skills, so if anything happens to these livestock, she can at least help. She even knows anatomy and midwifery, and can castrate pigs and take care of sows before and after delivery.
Just based on these points, any production team leader with a sound mind would not refuse to let her be in charge of livestock feeding.
Thinking of this, Ye Qing felt more confident and warned himself not to aim too high and to take things step by step after reaching the countryside.
Bored on the train, Ye Qing took out her copy of the Barefoot Veterinarian's Handbook.
This book is quite detailed. Although it is not as advanced and accurate as the textbooks used in Ye Qing's university period, it is a very sincere and great masterpiece that there is a book in this era that covers everything from acupuncture techniques in traditional Chinese medicine to observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation, from the collection and preparation of Chinese herbs to the operating room exercises of Western medicine.
As Ye Qing flipped through the book, he checked for omissions and made notes in his notebook.
Li Juan chatted with Yin Shuang for a while before returning to her seat. Seeing Ye Qing actually reading a doctor's manual, she curled her lips and sneered:
"You are just pretending. Do you understand? You don't think that just because you have read such a book, you can go to the countryside and become a doctor? Wake up. If it is so easy to become a doctor, you will never get the chance."
Ye Qing was too lazy to bother with her. How smart could such a person be to be coaxed by Yin Shuang's few words? Arguing with her would only lower his own style!
Seeing that Ye Qing didn't react at all, Li Juan felt like she had punched cotton and became even more angry.
As for Yin Shuang, no one knew what she was thinking. After coaxing Li Juan, she still felt it was not enough and started to coax Ye Qing.
I don't know when she came over, with a silly and sweet smile on her face, pretending to be humble and flattering, and asked Ye Qing:
"Ye Qing, let's make peace, shall we? We were wrong before, and I apologize to you. Please forgive us, please!"
"We all come from the same place, so when we go to Wusong City, we should stick together for warmth. Otherwise, if other educated youths come to exclude us and we start a quarrel among ourselves, won't we just stand there and be bullied?"
Ye Qing sighed inwardly.
This Yin Shuang is really a flexible person, but doesn't she think that she is the only smart person in the world and everyone else is a fool? Li Juan was fooled by her, but that's because Li Juan is not smart, but can Ye Qing be manipulated by her at will?
When it comes to talking, Ye Qing has never been afraid of anyone.
"Comrade Yin, I have to say a few words about this. What you just said is problematic in itself!"
"First of all, we didn't know each other well. Including the time at the Revolutionary Committee, we have only met twice. What do you mean by reconciliation? What misunderstandings and conflicts have caused our relationship to break down to the point where we can't even be strangers anymore?"
"Another thing is that the educated youth who went to Wusong City came from all corners of the country. You can't hold hostile prejudices before you even go to the countryside. We are all brothers in the world. How can we exclude and bully others? We went to the countryside to participate in revolutionary construction and receive re-education from the poor and middle peasants, not to form cliques and engage in internal strife."
"Your idea is a bit dangerous. I think you should reflect on yourself deeply!"
Ye Qing's series of sermons left Yin Shuang stunned. By the time she came to her senses, her face had almost turned green.
She didn't expect that Ye Qing could find so many loopholes in the lies she said casually to deceive people. He even used these loopholes to refute her one by one, and he almost labeled her as an "ideological idiot"!
Yin Shuang was so angry that she wanted to curse her mother, but she was afraid that once she opened her mouth, Ye Qing would find fault with her, so she opened her mouth but couldn't say a word.
Ye Qing did not put down the book and pen in her hands. She kept flipping through the pages and writing, and she also kept her ears open, waiting for Yin Shuang's rebuttal. Then she could have a few more rounds of verbal battle with Yin Shuang.
But she seemed to have overestimated Yin Shuang. This girl didn't seem to be very good at talking, and she was defeated in just one round.
Ye Qing raised her head and looked at Yin Shuang with disappointment. Suddenly, as if she had some evil interest, she asked casually:
"Oh, there's something I've been wanting to ask you. I see that you seem to have a pretty good relationship with Li Juan, so I'm a little confused. You have such a good relationship with your stepmother's relatives. Wouldn't your biological mother and grandmother's family have any objections?"
Seeing Yin Shuang's puzzled expression, Ye Qing covered his mouth in surprise:
"Oh, come on, why do you have such an expression? Don't you know that Li Rulan is your stepmother? How could this be possible?"
Ye Qing blinked his innocent eyes, as if he had no idea that what he said was a bombshell.
"My father told me about this. He said he heard your stepmother chatting with other female workers in the factory, and she admitted that you were born to your father's first wife."
"My dad even knew something as secret as Li Rulan's pregnancy. He wouldn't lie about it, right? Li Juan?"
Isn't it just tea talk? She can be a full-fledged green tea!
Yin Shuang was terrified and she immediately looked towards Li Juan.
At this glance, Li Juan's face changed drastically and she looked panicked.
Seeing Li Juan's expression, what else could Yin Shuang not understand?
For eighteen years, Yin Shuang has always regarded Li Rulan as her own mother. Even though this biological mother was not as gentle and loving to her as she was to her younger brother Yin Zhao, Yin Shuang only thought that it was because her father was demoted and the family could not stand on its own without a man. So even if Li Rulan wanted to use the limited resources in the family to train her younger brother and neglected her, she never dared to object.
But now, after Ye Qing revealed this secret, Yin Shuang was struck by lightning. All the things that she had been unable to understand over the years could finally be explained.
So, she is not Li Rulan's child at all, and Li Juan is not her cousin at all. Have they been deliberately deceiving her all these years?
Yin Shuang's face turned pale, and she stared at Li Juan sternly:
"Is what she said true? Did you know about this a long time ago? Does it mean that you, the entire Li family, are playing me for a fool?"
Li Juan would definitely not admit it, but how could Yin Shuang believe her excuses?
Ye Qing succeeded in alienating the two sisters, and once again overturned the friendship that the two sisters had worked so hard to build.
Then she stayed out of it, sitting aside and leisurely sorting out her medical information, watching the two sisters confront and quarrel leisurely, waving her sleeves and hiding her achievements and fame.
In the adjacent rows of seats, there were many educated youth who were going to work in the northern cities like them. After witnessing what Ye Qing had just done, these educated youth were all dumbfounded, and looked at Ye Qing with eyes full of fear and horror.
My god, this female comrade is so scary. She can kill people with just her mouth. In the Warring States Period, only strategists like Zhang Yi and Su Qin could compete with her!
Ye Qing doesn't care what others think of her. People who have lived through the end of the world are psychologically twisted and well versed in crazy literature. It's okay if no one messes with her, but if they insist on getting close to her, she will definitely go crazy and do things that will destroy everyone else.
No matter what happened between Li Juan and Yin Shuang, she was not affected and just kept busy with her own affairs as usual.
During this period, the train stopped at one or two more stations. At around six o'clock, she went to the dining car for dinner. When she passed the previous carriage, she deliberately looked around. Only after she saw that she didn't see the little female thief again, she felt relieved.
She originally thought that as long as she could get through this night quietly, her train journey north to Wusong City would be safe.
But what Ye Qing didn't expect was that at around eight o'clock in the evening, the train broadcast suddenly sounded again.
The announcer's tone was somewhat urgent: "Emergency notice, emergency notice, is there any passenger who is a physician? If so, please contact the train crew as soon as possible. We urgently need your help now. Thank you!"
The content of the report was repeated several times.
When the passengers in the carriage heard this, they all asked curiously, mainly because of the announcer's tone, they knew that something must have happened.
Ye Qing was also startled when she heard the broadcast, but she frowned and did not act rashly.
There might be other doctors specializing in internal medicine on the bus, so there was no need for her to join in the fun.
Moreover, given her age, even if she really went up, it is not certain that anyone would believe that she is a doctor, and they might not let her do it at all.
Sitting opposite her was a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties. He had seen Ye Qing reading the Barefoot Doctor's Handbook and couldn't help but remind her:
"Young comrade, are you also studying medicine? Then why don't you talk to the train conductor and go and see what's going on?"
Ye Qing did not think that the other party was being presumptuous. He smiled and explained, "Uncle, I am still in the learning stage and have not reached the level you mentioned. There must be a powerful doctor in the car to deal with it. A half-baked person like me should not go up and embarrass myself."
When the other party heard this, he thought that Ye Qing was just a young man who had just studied medicine. He nodded and stopped pestering Ye Qing.
Ye Qing felt a little annoyed. He sat in his seat and couldn't read any more after turning the pages of the book.
About twenty minutes later, the train announcement sounded again.
This time the announcer's voice became more urgent and sharp, with a stutter in his voice, and he sounded a little nervous and at a loss:
"Another emergency notice, another emergency notice, is there any passenger who is a physician? Please come to Carriage 3 as soon as possible. There is a patient in emergency and needs help!"
The radio broadcast this over and over again, and Ye Qing's expression suddenly became serious.
It’s been such a long time, I’m afraid the patient can’t wait any longer!
After a few seconds of silence, she closed the book in her hand, stood up suddenly, jumped past Li Juan into the aisle to the surprise of the passengers in the carriage, and then quickened her pace and ran towards Carriage No. 3.
When she arrived at sleeper car No. 4, she bumped into a man in his forties carrying a medical kit.
The man didn't even look at her. He just walked quickly forward, carrying the medicine box. It seemed that he was also going to carriage No. 3.
Ye Qing didn't say anything, just followed the man silently.
Train No. 1 to 7 are soft sleeper cars, but No. 1 to 3 should belong to the VIP area. The doors are tightly closed and there are green military uniforms guarding the doors.
As soon as the man knocked on the door, a man in green military uniform opened the door and his eyes, like a searchlight, vigilantly scanned the middle-aged man and Ye Qing behind him.
"I am an internal medicine doctor at the Port City Central Hospital. This is my work ID. I heard on the radio that doctors are needed here. What happened?"
The two men in green uniforms took the middle-aged man's ID and looked at it, then signaled him to open the medicine box.
The doctor handed the medicine box to the patient for inspection, and only after confirming that the patient did not carry any dangerous items did he signal the patient to go in.
Ye Qing originally wanted to disguise himself as the doctor's assistant student to sneak in, but it obviously didn't work. The carriage was heavily guarded, and the two men in green military uniforms were on high alert. Everyone who came in had to have their identity documents checked, and not just anyone would be allowed in.
Now that Ye Qing was here, she had no intention of just going back. After thinking for a while, she mustered up her courage and stepped forward, introducing herself in a sincere tone:
"Hello, comrade of the People's Liberation Army. I am an educated youth from Shanghai. I am going to Wusong City to join the production team. This is my certificate of going to the countryside. I am not a doctor, but I have learned acupuncture and know first aid. Although I don't know what the situation is, maybe these skills of mine can come in handy."
Ye Qing's words stunned the two men in green uniforms.
The two looked at each other, and one of them said in a deep voice: "Comrade, please wait a moment. I will go inside and ask for you."
Ye Qing nodded.
The man in green military uniform saluted, turned around and went in. After a while, he came out again and nodded to Ye Qing:
"You can come in, but you can only wait on the sidelines. You are not allowed to interfere without permission. Also, I need to give you your bag for inspection."
Ye Qing took off the shoulder bag and took out only his box of sewing needles. He stuffed the rest of the bag into the arms of the man in the green military uniform.
"I use the needles for acupuncture. I'm not sure if they will be needed, but I need to bring them in just in case. Please keep this backpack for me. I need to go in and take a look at the situation first!"
Having said that, Ye Qing hurried inside. The radio station could mobilize all the passengers on the train to find help, which meant that the patient's condition must be grim. Ye Qing didn't want to waste any more time.
Knowing that something happened in Carriage No. 3, Ye Qing guessed when he arrived that the patient must be of high status, perhaps an official or a heavyweight expert.
But when she entered the carriage and saw the situation inside, she couldn't help but be stunned.
There were about a dozen people crowded in carriage No. 3, gathered around a berth, and nervously looked at the white man with blue eyes and blond hair on the bed.
Yes, white, and with a very typical European face.
And it's not just the person lying on the bed. There are also five or six curly-haired people standing around. It's not clear which country they are from, but they are definitely not natives of Xia Country.
This surprised Ye Qing very much, and he even wondered if he had opened the door incorrectly when he entered.
In the early 1970s, Xiaguo was in the midst of a cold war with the other side of the ocean, had just broken up with the Soviet Union, and had bad relations with all the surrounding countries. Its situation could be said to be very embarrassing.
Moreover, at this time, everyone in the country would turn pale at the mention of overseas relations. If someone collected a foreign book, it would be almost fatal.
It was during this tense and sensitive period that Ye Qing actually saw so many foreigners on the train. How could she not be surprised?
But Ye Qing did not have time to think too much, because in just a short while, the middle-aged man who had entered before her had already squatted in front of the patient, pressed the stethoscope on the patient's chest and began to listen.
Ye Qing's attention also fell on the golden-haired foreigner.
The man should be around fifty years old and a little fat. He was rolling around on the hospital bed, with veins bulging on his forehead and cold sweat all over his body. He covered his head and groaned in pain from time to time.
There was a translator nearby who did not forget to describe the patient's condition to the new middle-aged male doctor:
"I have underlying cardiovascular disease, high blood lipids and diabetes. I took medicine after dinner and was about to go to bed to rest, but I suddenly became ill and fell to the ground without any signs."
After hearing the translation, the doctor nodded, comforted the patient and told him to relax, then went forward to check the patient's eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
But just as he was about to take any action, the patient began to vomit wildly, his mouth was crooked and he was drooling, and he also had seizures and his face twitched continuously.
Upon seeing this situation, the doctor was shocked and Ye Qing's expression changed immediately.
How could she think about anything else at this moment? She rushed forward and quickly thrust the sewing needle into several acupuncture points on the patient's head.
"Stroke and acute cerebral thrombosis require thrombolytic therapy within the golden window of four hours!"
Seeing that the middle-aged doctor was still hesitating in making the diagnosis, Ye Qing pressed one hand on the acupuncture points on the patient's brain and spoke in a serious and determined manner.
There were other people in the room, and no one expected such a situation to happen. Seeing Ye Qing's childish face, which showed that he was underage, they immediately frowned. A man in a Zhongshan suit even stood up and shouted at Ye Qing in a stern voice:
"Where did you come from, little girl? You think you can come here to cause trouble? What's wrong with the guard at the door? How could he let a child in so easily?!"
As he said this, he was about to step forward and pull Ye Qing away.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to reach out his hand, the middle-aged male doctor grabbed him and said with a shocked and complicated look:
"Her judgment was right!"
These words shocked everyone present.
However, the white people didn't understand the situation yet. They pointed at Ye Qing and chattered, looking very angry.
The translator's face didn't look very good, but he still explained calmly and soothed the emotions of these foreign guests.
Fortunately, after a while, the sewing needles that Ye Qing had inserted into the patient's head began to work.
The patient gradually calmed down, the convulsion symptoms began to ease, and even the symptoms of facial paralysis and vomiting were alleviated.
Whether the patient's symptoms were good or bad was visible to the naked eye. Now the foreign guests stopped arguing and all looked at Ye Qing.
The middle-aged male doctor's eyes were full of surprise:
"You used traditional Chinese medicine? How did you do it?"
Ye Qing nodded: "Yes, it's acupuncture. It temporarily blocks a few acupuncture points, thereby reducing brain metabolism and controlling brain edema."
"But these few needles won't work for long. They can only temporarily alleviate his symptoms. We still have to find a way to give the patient oxygen and ventilation and save the ischemic penumbra as soon as possible. We also have to give him antiplatelet and anticoagulant treatments as soon as possible. Otherwise, his condition will be very dangerous, and he may die or become disabled at any time!"
Ye Qing spoke very quickly and the male doctor was stunned. This was mainly because she used a lot of Western medical terms, but she also used Chinese medicine acupuncture for first aid. This was the first time the male doctor had seen such a situation.
But this is obviously not the time to think about these things. One thing is obvious, that is, the first aid measures taken by Ye Qing are indeed effective.
In contrast, the male doctor had no more effective solution.
It was obviously unwise to argue with Ye Qing at this time, so the man wisely stepped back and handed the initiative to Ye Qing.
Although the other people present did not understand medicine, they all had eyes and could see that Ye Qing's few moves had indeed improved the patient's symptoms, so they no longer questioned Ye Qing's ability.
The man in the Zhongshan suit who had scolded and tried to stop Ye Qing looked embarrassed. However, there was another old man in his fifties or sixties with gray hair standing next to him. He was looking at Ye Qing with a burning gaze:
"Comrade, we will listen to you on how to treat his condition!"
Ye Qing hesitated for a moment and said, "I can buy him four hours at most. After four hours, even if I don't remove the needles, they will become ineffective. But in his condition, he must be taken to a large hospital for emergency treatment. The small county town doesn't have the medical facilities."
When the old comrade heard this, he turned his head and asked the conductor beside him:
"At which stations will this train stop in the next four hours?"
The conductor looked at his watch and said, "In half an hour, the train will arrive at Jincheng. We can turn from Jincheng to Shencheng. It will be no problem for us to arrive in Shencheng within four hours."
But as soon as this plan was finished, it was rejected by the middle-aged male doctor:
"Shencheng doesn't have the conditions to treat him. Unless he goes to Shencheng or Jicheng, the equipment and doctors' skills in other places won't meet the requirements! I'm a doctor at the Central Hospital of Bucheng. I know the conditions of the major hospitals in other cities!"
As soon as these words came out, Ye Qing's brows immediately locked, and the faces of the other people in the carriage also darkened.
Train No. 56 just passed Jinkou at noon. If I had fallen ill at that time, I could have changed trains from Jinkou to Jicheng, which would have taken two hours. But now the train had already passed Shanhaiguan and was far away. There would have been no time to turn back.
The old comrade who had been relatively calm before also began to get anxious. He grabbed Ye Qing's arm and pleaded humbly and solemnly:
"Comrade, you must think of a way to cure this person! This is the first time that a representative from Romania has come to visit our country in so many years. We must not allow anything to happen here! Otherwise, this will be a diplomatic incident and cause big problems!"
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