Chapter 166 Poisoning
Zhou Weimin was poisoned, but instead of calling for help, He Yuting went to Ning Xuan's courtyard and demanded that Ning Xuan take responsibility.
Ning Xuan was completely bewildered when she heard He Yuting's cries. What did this have to do with her?
But she couldn't listen to He Yuting's nagging and quickly told Zhou Zhipeng and Lu Xun to call Zhou Xuehua, who was the only doctor in their brigade.
Since some people at the educated youth compound had also heard the commotion and come out, Ning Xuan didn't care too much. She grabbed two educated youths as witnesses and hurried to He Yuting and Zhou Weimin's small house.
Fortunately, He Yuting made quite a commotion, and some people in the group had already heard her crying and shouting all the way and came out out of curiosity. Some ran to inform Zhou Mancang and the others, while others, like Ning Xuan, went directly to Zhou Weimin's family home.
He Yuting was still shouting from behind, telling Ning Xuan to take responsibility. Ning Xuan didn't care why she was shouting like that, and ran all the way to Zhou Weimin's house, where a lot of people had already gathered.
Zhou Xuehua also arrived and was calling for someone to fetch the sewage back so she could force-feed it to Zhou Weimin to induce vomiting.
"He must have accidentally ingested rat poison. We don't know how much it was. We need to induce vomiting first, and then we need to take him to the hospital. Uncle Jianguo, find someone strong to take him there on a bicycle, with someone carrying him on their back. That's faster than an oxcart, which is too slow."
"Hey, I'm going to call for help, I'm going to call for help! Hurry up and clean up the latrine! What time is it? Don't worry about the mess, saving lives is the priority!" Zhou Jianguo shouted at the people still lingering in the toilet in the backyard. Seeing that they were getting moving, he quickly ran out to arrange for people to ride bikes and carry people on their backs.
Zhou Weimin himself is a big guy, so we need to assign two people with good physical strength.
Zhou Mancang and his wife were frantic as they looked at their son, who was foaming at the mouth and pale-faced. Zhou Weimin's mother kept wiping away tears.
When the people who were cleaning the latrines brought the latrines over, He Yuting, who had been yelling and demanding that Ning Xuan take charge, also returned. Seeing her making a scene, Zhou Xuehua immediately told the other team members to hold her down first, as saving lives was the priority.
Ning Xuan didn't know why He Yuting asked her to take responsibility. Some team members even thought that Ning Xuan had been having an affair with Zhou Weimin, and that Zhou Weimin had committed suicide because of it. Some people secretly looked at Ning Xuan with gossipy eyes.
Ning Xuan didn't have time to deal with these strange developments for the time being. She used her divine sense to check on Zhou Weimin's condition and found that his internal organs had been damaged. It seemed that the dosage of the medicine was quite large. She quickly and secretly cast a rejuvenation spell on Zhou Weimin.
Fortunately, this spell didn't have any special effects or visuals, so people who weren't skilled in it couldn't see Ning Xuan casting the spell. While casting the spell, she kept an eye on Zhou Weimin's condition and the rescue steps for Zhou Xuehua.
Because of Ning Xuan's rejuvenating technique, by the time Zhou Xuehua and the others poured the excrement into Zhou Weimin's mouth, Zhou Weimin had already regained some consciousness and subconsciously vomited it out.
Everyone was relieved to see that Zhou Weimin had vomited, including Zhou Xuehua.
Ning Xuan used her divine sense to see that Zhou Weimin's internal organs had been repaired, so she stopped the rejuvenation technique.
Zhou Weimin vomited everything in his stomach, only stopping when he started vomiting bile. After all that, he was in a very bad mental state, which was quite fitting for his current condition. No one would have guessed that Ning Xuan had secretly saved him almost completely.
Zhou Weimin had just finished vomiting when Zhou Jianguo arrived with his men. "Xuehua, how are you?"
"Uncle, Weimin has vomited and has fainted again. You should take her to the hospital first."
"Alright, alright, Zhuwa, you carry Weimin on your back. Mancang, get a rope or a strip of cloth and tie them up, so Zhuwa can save some effort. Everyone else, help carry them first..."
"Captain, you have to stand up for me! It was Ning Xuan who harmed Weimin!" He Yuting shouted at Zhou Jianguo as she tried to break free from his grasp when she saw him return.
Zhou Jianguo frowned: "Stop yelling. The most important thing right now is to save Weimin. What's wrong with you? Weimin is in such a serious situation, why aren't you calling for help first? What are you doing running to the educated youth settlement? We can talk about it later."
You kept saying Ning Xuan would take care of you, so you and Ning Xuan should both go to the brigade headquarters and wait there. Don't leave. I'll ask you more details later.
Zhou Jianguo then arranged for someone to watch over Ning Xuan and He Yuting, and then continued to help with the bicycles. At first, the bicycles were riding a bit wobbly, which made everyone nervous. Fortunately, everyone quickly helped adjust Zhou Weimin's posture and then helped push the bicycles, and the bicycles were finally being ridden more and more smoothly.
After the bikes in front had gone, Zhou Jianguo pushed out the second of the only two bicycles in the brigade. "Mancang, you sit behind me, and the two of us will follow to the hospital. Sister-in-law, you should go to the big tree and take the oxcart to follow us. You guys keep an eye on He Yuting and Ning Xuan. Remember to feed them when it's time to eat. Things are still unclear, so don't do anything rash!"
After saying that, he hurriedly rode away with Zhou Mancang, whose arms and legs were weak.
Ning Xuan obediently followed Zhou Jianguo's instructions and went to the brigade headquarters to wait for Zhou Jianguo to return and question her.
Over there, Zhou Baojia pedaled his bicycle tirelessly, almost making sparks fly from the pedals and wheels, and finally arrived at the commune hospital. Because Zhu Tou was carrying Zhou Weimin on his back and couldn't get off the bicycle himself, he rode to the hospital entrance and started shouting loudly: "Doctor, help! Nurse, come quickly, eight people help carry him down!"
He called out three times, and finally someone from the hospital came out. They helped untie the ropes binding Zhu Zi and Zhou Weimin, and then lifted Zhou Weimin off the bed first before Zhu Zi got off the back seat on his own.
The main reason was that he and Zhou Weimin were both very tall. Carrying Zhou Weimin on his back, he had to exert a lot of effort to maintain his balance in the back seat of the car, otherwise both of them would fall off. Even though he was usually quite strong, he was finding it a bit difficult to keep up with this tension all the way.
As the nurses carried Zhou Weimin onto the stretcher and into the hospital, Zhu Zi and Zhou Baojia took a short breath, quickly parked and locked the car, and then rushed over.
The two ran halfway there when they ran into a nurse who came back looking for them. "Why did it take you so long to catch up? What happened to the patient? Did he eat something wrong?"
"He was poisoned by rat poison. He vomited at home, but then he passed out!" Zhou Baojia quickly replied, as Zhou Xuehua had told him when they were still at Zhou Weimin's house.
"Then you might need to have your stomach pumped. Are you family members? Go over here and pay the fees first."
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The Red Star Brigade was bored at the brigade headquarters. Ning Xuan looked at He Yuting, who kept clamoring for her to take responsibility. Seeing that He Yuting didn't seem worried about Zhou Weimin, but instead kept staring at her as she ran away, Ning Xuan thought for a moment and decided to ask first, "Why did you honestly tell me to take responsibility? What does Zhou Weimin being poisoned with rat poison have to do with me? I only went to your house for the first time today."
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"It was you! You put rat poison in our eggs!" He Yuting had been waiting for everyone to ask, and when Ning Xuan asked first, she didn't care who asked and quickly said what she had thought of countless times.
Ning Xuan looked completely bewildered. "Am I crazy? Why would I go to your house and poison your house with rat poison?"
He Yuting pointed at Ning Xuan, "It was you! You were the one who gave us those eggs!"
Now that she heard this, Ning Xuan finally understood He Yuting's thought process. Apparently, it was time for the brigade to distribute eggs again a couple of days ago, and she and Xu Jiajia were in charge of distributing eggs as usual. Zhou Weimin's family happened to be the ones receiving their eggs from her side.
Ning Xuan was quite certain that she hadn't done it, but she didn't know who it was. Could it be that He Yuting was the one crying wolf? After all, He Yuting showed no concern for Zhou Weimin at all, and instead kept harping on her.
Look at Zhou Weimin's parents, and even the other team members, who were concerned and worried when Zhou Xuehua was being rescued. But He Yuting seemed to have forgotten that the person being rescued was her husband.
Thinking of this, she decided not to waste any more words with He Yuting. She would wait for the captain and the others to return before talking to them. This time, she didn't plan to use the truth potion so quickly. She would let the captain or the police investigate first. Anyway, she wasn't afraid.
On the other side, just as the hospital doctors were about to manually lavage Zhou Weimin's stomach, Zhou Weimin opened his eyes, startling the doctors and nurses.
When Zhou Weimin saw the doctors and nurses in white coats, he realized he had been taken to a hospital. "Am I in a hospital? I'm not dead?"
"Young man, you're still alive and well!" the doctor replied to Zhou Weimin.
Because manual gastric lavage is quite painful, once the patient regained consciousness, the doctor decided to perform an examination on Zhou Weimin first. As a result, Zhou Weimin's mental state improved more and more.
The doctor then diagnosed that Zhou Weimin's poisoning was not severe, as the previous treatment at the brigade had already made him vomit up most of the rat poison, so there was no need for gastric lavage.
However, just to be on the safe side, it's best to stay in the hospital for another day or two for observation. If there are no further abnormalities, you can go home.
Hearing the doctor's words, Zhou Mancang and Zhou Jianguo, who arrived later, were finally relieved.
Seeing that Zhou Weimin was in good spirits, Zhou Jianguo remembered what He Yuting had said and wanted to get some information from Zhou Weimin.
"Weimin, do you know what poisoned you this time? Do you even know where this medicine came from?"
As soon as Zhou Jianguo spoke, Zhou Weimin's face turned pale again. Zhou Weimin's mother, Nong Xiaofen, immediately stepped forward with heartache, "Jianguo, look at how much suffering this child has just endured. Can you ask him later?"
When Zhou Weimin heard his mother's words, he looked at his hospital bedside. There were only his parents, the team leader, Brother Zhutou, and Brother Baojia there. The nurse had said that there were too many people and it was too crowded, which was not good for the patient's recovery, so the two of them left.
When Zhou Weimin saw that He Yuting really hadn't come to see him, his eyes darkened. But he was also afraid that she might have come but just happened to be out, so he still asked Nong Xiaofen with hope, "Mom, Yuting, didn't she come?"
Looking at her good-for-nothing son, Nong Xiaofen recalled his previous miserable state, and her eyes reddened again: "Son, why did you insist on marrying her in the first place? When you were poisoned and collapsed on the ground, instead of going to find Xuehua, she went to make Ning Zhiqing take responsibility. What was she doing? You two were eating at home, what business was it of Ning Zhiqing?"
"What? She went to cause trouble for Ning Zhiqing?" Upon hearing Nong Xiaofen's words, Zhou Weimin straightened up abruptly, disregarding his still weak body.
As a result, his father pressed him down: "Slow down, you're only just getting better, listen to the doctor and rest well first."
Seeing that no one refuted Nong Xiaofen's words, Zhou Weimin knew that his mother was telling the truth. He felt a pang of pain in his heart, and the grown man suddenly hugged Zhou Mancang and cried: "Dad, Mom, I was wrong. I should have listened to you. Yuting has always looked down on me since she married into the family. I thought that if I worked hard to earn work points, her attitude towards me would change, but instead she looked down on me even more."
I usually do the cooking, but today Yuting suddenly said she'd do it. I thought she wanted to settle down with me, but now I suspect she put rat poison in the eggs!
"What! She was the one who poisoned him?" All three people present were shocked, especially Zhou Jianguo, who repeatedly confirmed with Zhou Weimin.
“I found rat poison in the house a few days ago. I thought Yuting got it because she was annoyed by the rats in the house. It’s strange that she didn’t tell me. I thought she just forgot. Later, I was busy earning more work points and asking you about the snow removal team in winter, so I forgot about it.”
I saw the rat poison packet hidden in the leg of the wardrobe in the room, right there on the leg against the wall. You wouldn't see it unless you were paying attention. I accidentally dropped something that day and it rolled under the wardrobe. I saw it when I crawled down to pick it up.
Uncle, you and my brother can look for it together. If you can't find it, then she must have given it to me. Today when we were eating eggs, she kept urging me to eat some, but she didn't eat any herself. I was so touched, thinking she was worried about me, sob sob..."
The faces of everyone present turned green with anger. Nong Xiaofen, who was usually quite amiable, was now so furious that she wanted to go back and beat He Yuting up. "How could she do this! Son, you can't be soft-hearted this time, or we should call the police!"
Zhou Jianguo quickly stopped him, "Mancang, let's not call the police yet. It's not that I don't care about Weimin, but if we call the police, we might lose our award for advanced worker next year, and the matter hasn't been investigated yet."
“But Jianguo, she wants my son dead. Are we just going to let her go?” Zhou Mancang and Nong Xiaofen both disagreed with Zhou Jianguo’s approach. “We can’t just disregard the lives of our team members for the sake of the brigade’s advancement!”
“Oh, it’s not that I don’t care, but there are really a lot of benefits to being an advanced brigade. Think about it, if you can get a spot at the Industrial and Agricultural University, wouldn’t your Weimin also have a chance? Once you become a college student, you’ll be guaranteed a job, a secure job, and become city dwellers. Wouldn’t you two be happy? Most importantly, Weimin is still alive and well, so her crime is at most attempted murder.”
"Are we going to let her go so easily?"
"I... I'd better go back and ask questions first. And Weimin, what do you mean? You're the victim. If you want to call the police now, then I'll respect your decision."
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