Looking at her son, whose life hung by a thread, Li Hongyan's heart was in her throat, and she shook her head, unable to speak.
Su Erhu glared fiercely at each of the people who spoke up, his hands protectively shielding Su Hua. This Qin family didn't seem like an ordinary family. If Hua'er really killed someone, he had to stand in front of her and let her escape as soon as possible.
While everyone had different thoughts.
Then a loud "whoosh" was heard.
With lightning speed, Su Hua pushed Qin Yucheng into the hands of several old women.
The next moment, a foul odor wafted out, and then a round pastry rolled to the ground.
"Ugh, this little rascal is almost choking me to death." Qin Yucheng wiped his mouth, his steps unsteady as he walked towards the girl behind the old woman. "Today, Yucheng thanks you for saving me, young lady. As the sage said, this life-saving grace should be..."
The boy looked up and saw a large, dark face.
He felt a chill run down his spine, and his tongue spun around in an instant, "I will repay you with a thousandfold gratitude."
Su Hua's lips twitched, and she pointed at Li Hongyan beside her, "It doesn't matter whether you report it or not, you should hurry up and help your mother back."
It turned out that Li Hongyan, who had been holding on, fainted upon seeing Qin Yucheng wake up, caught between sorrow and joy.
"Mother!" Qin Yucheng was startled and immediately directed the servants to put Li Hongyan on the carriage. The carriage clattered, and a boy stuck his round head out of the window. "Please don't be offended, Miss. I was rude today. Once my mother is better, I will definitely come to Cangwu Town to thank you."
Su Hua waved her hand dismissively and pulled Su Erhu toward the Zhou family pharmacy.
It left behind a group of shocked people.
"Shopkeeper, do you have star anise, cinnamon, or bay leaves?"
As soon as Su Hua entered the pharmacy lobby, she smelled dozens of mixed medicinal aromas mingling together.
Doctor Zhou followed her in, stroking his white beard and smiling as he looked at Su Hua. “What do you need these star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves for, young lady? I see that your complexion is rosy and you are in excellent condition. You don’t seem to have caught a cold.”
“Buying medicinal herbs is obviously for taking medicine.” Su Hua’s lips curled slightly. “My father caught a cold, so I got him some medicine.”
Doctor Zhou nodded. "The three medicinal herbs you prescribed are excellent, young lady. How much do you need?"
Su Erhu stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
Get medicine for their father?
Their father's grave is overgrown with weeds.
Could it be that Hua'er has found a godfather somewhere?
Su Hua pondered for a while, then pursed her lips and said, "Let's order two pounds of each for now."
"What? Two pounds of each?" Doctor Zhou was so shocked that he pulled hard on his hand and instantly plucked out a tuft of his snow-white beard, but he didn't care about the loss at all. "Does the young lady know how much these star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves are worth?"
Who in their right mind would buy medicine by the kilogram?
Still, give me two jin (1 kg) each time. This is enough to cure ten fathers' colds.
"How much?" Su Hua raised an eyebrow slightly.
Could these few medicinal herbs possibly fetch an exorbitant price?
"The medicinal herbs in our Zhou Family Pharmacy are all top-quality. These star anise and cinnamon are two taels of silver per catty." Doctor Zhou pulled out a medicine drawer, a hint of pride on his face. "As for bay leaves, they are eight taels of silver per catty."
Su Hua picked up an octagon and held it under her nose to sniff it.
It has a pungent taste and contains fennel.
It is indeed top-quality star anise.
But she only had two taels of silver in her pocket, given to her by Su Baishi.
If you buy some of each kind, you can buy more later with the money you earn from selling snails; it just takes a bit of effort.
The eldest Madam Zhou, being a shrewd old woman, glanced at Su Hua's expression and, considering the siblings' attire, knew she was short of money. She couldn't help but smile and say, "The method you used to save people just now was truly ingenious. If you would be willing to teach me a thing or two, I would consider these medicinal herbs a gift from me."
"You mean the Heimlich maneuver?" Su Hua was secretly rubbing the two taels of silver in her sleeve.
I looked up and saw the burning passion in the old man's eyes.
"Huh? Sea Mother what..." Dr. Zhou was a little confused.
“Heimlich is a person’s name. If you want to learn this method, I can teach you,” Su Hua waved her hand and smiled, subconsciously rubbing her small hands together. “As for the three medicinal herbs, thank you very much, Doctor Zhou.”
In my previous life, almost every household knew about the Heimlich maneuver.
Now that we've come to the Yu Dynasty, being able to pass on this method of saving lives would be considered a meritorious deed.
Moreover, it can also be exchanged for this old man's medicinal herbs.
She made a fortune.
"Young lady, you are so righteous!" Doctor Zhou was taken aback, and then bowed deeply to Su Hua.
Su Hua waved her hand, and her second brother immediately demonstrated, "Look, the Heimlich maneuver is a method specifically for dealing with airway obstruction. The key is to find the solar plexus and punch the patient's abdomen to increase the pressure in the chest cavity, thereby forcing the airway outward and expelling the obstruction."
"Ugh—" Su Erhu was so dizzy from being punched by two small fists.
He had never heard those words before.
If it weren't for the fact that his little sister's appearance hadn't changed, he would have really wondered if she was a completely different person.
She used to only love eating with Feng Zicai, a little girl.
Now, she not only single-handedly saved a dying baby, but even the town's most skilled doctor has to bow down and ask her for advice.
This is an incredibly auspicious occasion, a truly blessed event for our ancestors!
"This first aid method is truly ingenious, truly ingenious!" Doctor Zhou, a veteran doctor, understood the key points after Su Hua taught him once. "Miss Su is truly intelligent and insightful, able to come up with such a good method. In the future, when we encounter patients who choke on food, we will no longer have to watch them die."
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