Chapter 525 A Dream of Youth 57
Sitting opposite her was a little girl in a red dress, with fruit wine warming on a small stove next to her. Although the wine had a low alcohol content, it still contained alcohol.
Xie Ning didn't drink it because she had eaten the roasted sweet potato that Xie Qi had bought that day.
The young girl drank cup after cup, seemingly enjoying it immensely, and she was even drinking cold wine. The maidservant next to her tried to persuade her a few times, but she glared at her and shut her up.
While drinking, he held Huo Xiao's hand and said, "Sister Xiao, the fruit wine at your aunt's house is really delicious. Could you please take a small pot with me when I leave?"
She really wanted it; the wine was sweet but not cloying, and it was refreshingly cool when she drank it—she loved it.
"Okay, but Sister Miaotong should drink less cold wine and eat some pastries to tide her over."
Huo Xiao was very considerate, but there were just too many women present, and she quickly forgot about the little girl named Lü Miaotong.
Xie Ning and Huo Ling looked at the purple chrysanthemums on the shelf for a while. When they turned around to get some pastries, they saw the little girl in the red dress clutching her stomach in pain, her face pale.
"Little Miaotong, what's wrong?"
Huo Xiao was a little flustered, after all, she was still a fourteen-year-old girl, but she quickly calmed down and hurriedly told one maid to inform Huo Shi and another maid to fetch a doctor.
Then Lu Miaotong stopped her. Her face was pale, but her ears turned red with embarrassment. "I'm fine. I just want to wash my hands."
Xie Ning ran over, took her hand, and checked her pulse. "Your pulse is deep and tight. You just drank too much fruit wine, and it was cold, which is why you have such a bad stomachache. We need to call a doctor. Sister, diarrhea can be fatal."
She didn't have to make it sound so serious, but this matter needed to be taken seriously, whether it was this young girl or Huo Xiao. After all, someone getting into trouble at the Chen family's banquet was a real problem.
The people who came today, if not high-ranking officials or nobles, were families similar to the Chen family.
The little girl's eyes instantly turned red, and the maid behind her was also deathly pale. The other young ladies frowned upon seeing this, and one of them spoke in a rather unfriendly tone.
"Little sister, do you know anything about medicine? Don't scare people. If you frighten someone into something serious, can you take responsibility?"
Huo Xiao pulled Xie Ning behind her, her expression calm. "No matter what, we should go see a doctor first. It's better to be safe than sorry. It's always good to be cautious."
Then, glancing down at Xie Ning, he seemed to remember something and added, "Our Ning-jie has been studying medicine for several months. Although she is young, she is not someone who knows nothing."
This is the girl who just criticized Xie Ning.
Seeing that Lü Miaotong could no longer stand, Huo Xiao asked Huo Ling to help take care of others, while she helped Lü Miaotong to the guest room.
Xie Ning thought for a while and then followed.
Through a screen, the sound of crying, accompanied by a foul odor, drifted out. Huo Xiao coughed lightly and pulled Xie Ning away a little.
Upon hearing the news, Madam Huo hurriedly brought the little girl's family over. One of them was an elderly woman in her fifties, who was none other than Madam Lü, who had just been talking about Xie Ning in the house.
As soon as Madam Lü arrived, she hugged Lü Miaotong and cried, "Oh dear, Tong'er, what's wrong? Tell your grandmother quickly, where does it hurt?"
"My stomach hurts~" The little girl's tears fell in a stream, and she couldn't stop vomiting after only a short while.
Old Madam Lü was heartbroken to see this. She looked around and spotted the little maid who was following Lü Miaotong. She struck the maid with her cane, and the maid bent over and knelt on the ground instantly.
"How dare you look after Tong'er? If anything happens to Tong'er, I'll beat you to death!"
The people around watched coldly as the little maid trembled like a leaf and kept kowtowing. Just as Madam Huo was about to step forward, Xie Ning walked over and said, "Make way."
Then, she helped the little maid up and said to the old lady with a smile, "Madam Lü, I can relieve Miaotong's pain. Sister Xiao has already sent someone to call the doctor, and the doctor will be here soon, so please don't worry."
Madam Lü wiped away her tears, not quite believing Xie Ning, but seeing her granddaughter's face contorted in pain, she couldn't help but step aside.
On the palmar side of the forearm, on the line connecting Quze and Daling, 2 inches above the wrist crease, between the palmaris longus tendon and the flexor carpi radialis tendon, there is acupoint called Neiguan. Pressing it can regulate Qi and relieve pain.
Lü Miaotong felt the pain in her stomach ease a bit, and blinked her moist eyes as she looked at Xie Ning, "Little sister, you're amazing."
But soon, she felt unwell again, and when she came out of the changing room once more, Lü Miaotong's legs were weak.
Xie Ning climbed onto the bed and placed his hand on the depression below the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra at the bottom of her neck, changing the acupoint to press on her.
Several ladies who came to watch the spectacle, even through the curtains, felt that Xie Ning, despite his young age, was quite skilled.
When the doctor arrived, the little girl was still in some pain, but it wasn't as severe.
Xie Ning went out to take a look and found that it was actually Dr. Zhao's son, Dr. Zhao Xiao.
Doctor Zhao also noticed Xie Ning. He was listening to the maid describe the symptoms, but he couldn't help but beckon to Xie Ning. He couldn't go in to take Xie Ning's pulse; he could only listen to the maid or nanny and then carefully consider what to prescribe.
Doctor Zhao asked in a low voice, "Have you taken my pulse? What did it sound like?"
If he knows the pulse, he can prescribe a more appropriate remedy.
But as soon as he finished asking the question, Doctor Zhao became deflated. He had forgotten that Xie Ning wasn't very good at taking pulses.
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