Chapter 17 Seeking Medical Treatment for a Broken Leg on a Rainy Night
“Bang, bang, bang!”
"Yinyin! Little sister! Are you home?"
"Yin Yin!"
"Little sister!"
A roar that broke the silence of the rainy night was heard at the back door of the clinic, first waking up the chickens raised at home, which started to cluck.
Hearing the screams of her treasure (chicken), Wu Dongmei woke up from her sleep in a daze.
When she heard clearly that the shouting came from the back door and sounded vaguely familiar, she quickly got up from the bed and walked quickly towards the back door.
As they got closer to the back door, Wu Dongmei could clearly hear through the sound of rain that the person coming was her eldest brother, Wu Qiufeng.
The urgent cries made her heart uneasy and she almost slipped.
From his voice, it was obvious that the eldest brother cared more about Yin Yin's existence than his own name. It seemed that someone was seeking medical treatment.
In an instant, a series of terrifying speculations emerged in Wu Dongmei's mind.
Could something have happened to my parents?
Wu Dongmei was immediately frightened and screamed, "Yinyin—hurry up and get up. Something terrible has happened."
The next second, she threw herself on the door panel, opened the door with trembling hands, and made a sound with trembling lips.
"Brother, what happened at home?"
Wu Qiufeng realized that he had frightened his little sister, so he quickly waved his hands, causing the rain-soaked raincoat on his body to swing wildly.
"It's okay, it's okay. Come inside first and I'll tell you in detail."
At this time, Chen Yin woke up from her sleep after hearing the shouting, quickly changed out of her pajamas, and went downstairs quickly.
As soon as I got to the first floor, I saw my uncle drinking water frantically.
She immediately looked Wu Qiufeng up and down, and saw that his feet and trouser legs were covered with a lot of yellow mud, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Uncle, is there something wrong at home? Why are you in town at this time?"
Wu Qiufeng drank the last sip of water and without even taking a breath, he quickly told his purpose.
"It's been raining heavily recently, and Jianwei had to go up the mountain to check on the land. The road was slippery in the rain, and he accidentally rolled down the mountain, exposing the bones in his leg. Now the weather is not good for coming to town. I heard that Yinyin has reopened the clinic, and I hope to ask Yinyin to go back and take a look."
"Whether it can be accomplished depends on God's will."
Wu Dongmei was about to refute this invitation that was extremely threatening to her daughter's medical career, but when she heard these words, she could only close her mouth helplessly.
To be honest, Jianwei grew up under her care. They are from the same village, so it seems a bit unreasonable not to help him.
She looked at her daughter a little embarrassedly, "Yinyin, look..."
Chen Yin noticed the dilemma her mother and uncle were in, and smiled nonchalantly, "There aren't many patients at the clinic lately anyway, so going out for treatment is just right."
"Why are there no patients?" Wu Qiufeng asked in confusion.
In his opinion, asking for help on a rainy night was difficult for two reasons: first, the roads were difficult to travel on, and there was a fear of accidents. Second, it would affect the clinic's business, and Jianwei's family didn't have much money to pay for the medicine.
So when he suddenly heard this, he was full of confusion.
Helpless, Wu Dongmei could only tell what happened yesterday.
After hearing this, Wu Qiufeng was furious. He took off his straw hat and shouted towards the door:
"What the hell! Even I know that tuberculosis can be cured. Why do the people in this town care about it now?"
"Also, I'd better not let me run into that guy Yang Shulin. He's so audacious as to threaten our Wu family!"
Wu Dongmei patted her eldest brother's raised hand and consoled herself, "It's too late to say anything now. Since there's no business, let's just go back to the village. It's been a while since I've been home, so I'll take the cotton-padded clothes I made for my parents with me."
"Little sister, why are you making clothes for mom and dad again? I and your sister-in-law are at home, so you just need to take care of the clinic and Yinyin."
"What? Isn't it enough for me to be filial to my own parents?"
"Little sister, you know that's not what I meant." Wu Qiufeng's panicked voice sounded.
The brother and sister suddenly started bickering again like they did when they were little, which made Chen Yin, who was standing beside them, feel soft-hearted.
Seeing that the two had similar opinions, Chen Yin expressed her decision.
"Since we're going to see a broken leg, we need a lot of things. We need to prepare them, wrap them in brown paper, and seal them tightly to prevent them from being affected by rain."
"Yinyin, your arrangement is very good. Let's do as you say."
"But, Uncle, I want to ask you something. With the recent heavy rain, a lot of people in town have caught colds. It should be the same in the village, right?"
"Oh~" Wu Qiufeng sighed helplessly.
"Of course. It's just that the villagers don't want to spend money on medical treatment. They just stay at home and endure the cold and fever, saying they can just bear it and it will go away."
After hearing this, Chen Yin had already made a decision in her heart.
"Since the village needs medicine and there are no patients in town, I will bring some urgently needed herbs and other materials locally to provide free medical treatment in the village."
"Uncle, what do you think?"
Wu Qiufeng looked at his niece's eyes sparkling in the dark night, and his limbs, which were cold due to the rain, suddenly felt endless warmth.
He nodded heavily towards Chen Yin's bright eyes, "Okay!"
"Very good!" The thumbs-up showed Wu Qiufeng's inner touch.
Wu Dongmei vaguely felt that her daughter was doing exactly the same thing as her husband did in the village, so she immediately took quick action.
When the three of them packed all their luggage and set off, the sky was still gray.
Wu Qiufeng walked in front carrying a basket of medicinal herbs, leading the way, taking one step at a time, not affected by the muddy road at all.
Chen Yin walked in second place, carrying behind her a medicine box that she had equipped herself according to modern conditions, which mainly contained some first aid medicines and silver needles.
Carrying her own change of clothes in her hands, she estimated that she would stay at her grandmother's house for quite a while this time.
Wu Dongmei walked at the end, carrying cotton-padded clothes for her parents, her own clothes, and the remaining food at home.
If she was away for too long and the meat and vegetables at home went bad, she would be heartbroken.
In this way, the three of them packed up and set off for Qingshan Village.
When the sky brightened, the clinic welcomed the first person.
Jin Ye saw from a distance that the door of Huimin Hall was closed. At first he thought it was too early and the clinic was closed.
But when he got closer, he didn't hear any sound and immediately realized something was wrong.
Could it be that the clinic is closed because of the rumors in the town?
Jin Ye never expected that Dr. Chen, who seemed so calm before, would actually retreat because of this small setback. He felt a lot of emotions in his heart.
Just as he shook his head and prepared to leave, Li Chunli, who was opening the door, noticed someone waiting in front of the clinic and called out curiously:
"Young man! Are you here to see a doctor?"
Jin Ye looked in the direction of the voice, shook his head and said, "No, I just came to take a look. I don't understand why the clinic is closed."
"It turns out you're not here to see a doctor. I worried for nothing." Li Chunli patted her chest, and her expression instantly became relaxed.
"Yinyin and her family have returned to the village. Last night, Yinyin's uncle braved the rain to seek medical treatment. Mother and daughter didn't even have time to tell anyone. They grabbed their medicine and luggage and hurried back to the village. They asked me to let them know if anyone came to the clinic."
"So that's how it is. I thought... Thank you, Auntie."
For some reason, after hearing the truth, Jin Ye subconsciously felt relieved.
But he vaguely realized that Chen Yin dared to close the clinic so decisively, which must have been influenced by recent rumors.
Thinking of what was in his mind, he gave Li Chunli his habitual carefree smile.
"Auntie, I'd like to ask, how far is Doctor Chen's village from the town?"
"In this weather, we can only walk there, which will take about two hours. Why, young man, you want to chase him?"
As she spoke, Li Chunli's gaze towards Jin Ye became slightly critical. In her mind, she kept comparing Jin Ye's appearance with Chen Yin.
After some hesitation, she had to admit that the two beautiful children looked quite compatible.
When Jin Ye heard that the journey would take two hours, his brows furrowed. The duration was obviously longer than he expected.
He had already booked a flight home, and if he was delayed for four hours, he would definitely miss it.
Helplessly, Jin Ye could only give up the idea in his mind temporarily and ask for the phone number of the clinic instead.
Hearing this, Li Chunli raised her eyebrows teasingly and looked at Jin Ye with a smile on her face. Her eyes clearly said: Young man, your thoughts are very clear.
How could she not tell him when she was always willing to help others?
But unfortunately, the clinic was not equipped with a telephone, so Li Chunli could only tell Jin Ye the phone number that Chen Yin's family often borrowed.
Jin Ye then asked Li Chunli to pass on his home phone number to facilitate future communication.
Li Chunli agreed to the other party's request with a smile. She held the note with the phone number in her hand, looked at Jin Ye's gradually disappearing back, and couldn't help muttering to herself.
"This young man looks quite handsome. I'm optimistic about you."
After saying that, she opened the note in her hand, glanced at it, and turned to look in the direction of Qingshan Village.
At this time, Chen Yin, who had traveled through mountains and rivers, could vaguely see her grandmother's house.
Before the three of them reached the main road, the people who had been squatting on the mountain since Wu Qiufeng volunteered to go to the town to seek medical treatment spotted the three moving figures at the foot of the mountain at a glance.
Someone immediately shouted, "Here they come! Here they come! Uncle Qiu Feng is here with the doctor."
Immediately afterwards, someone suddenly fell to the ground as if he had lost the energy to support his body.
"It's good that you're here. The child's father is finally saved."
The next second, panicked shouts rang out from the crowd.
"Oh no! Jianwei's wife fainted!"
"I can't let the bleeding continue! The baby is about to be born——"
"Didn't I just tell you? Don't bring Jianwei's wife here to blow in the cold wind. Don't let Jianwei get well before the child gets hurt again."
"Hurry, hurry! Go call the fisherwoman; she can deliver the baby. The others, go down the mountain to pick up the patient, so the doctor doesn't get tired before he even sees the patient."
This sound was like a tranquilizer, immediately bringing the panicked crowd back to their senses.
A group of people began to move in an orderly manner.
Some people helped carry Liu Baiyun, who was about to give birth, back home; some went to the village to call the midwife; and some went down the mountain to pick up Chen Yin and her group.
So, Chen Yin was the first to learn the bad news that the patient's wife had suddenly given birth.
Even though her legs were at their limit and her breathing was rapid, she still tried her best to move her legs forward.
Every second wasted at this moment is equivalent to wasting the patient's life.
Chen Yin didn't dare to waste time. When she arrived at Wu Jianwei's house, she didn't even have time to drink water. She followed the smell of blood into the house.
Wu Jianguo, who was about to lead the way, looked at Chen Yin in bewilderment, wondering how she knew which house his brother lived in. Could it be that she had been to his house before? He had no recollection of her.
Wu Hong, who was responsible for carrying the "medicine box", followed Chen Yin in.
As soon as I entered the room, I was frightened back by the strong smell of charcoal fire. Coupled with the disgusting smell of blood, I didn't even dare to open my eyes for a while.
Wu Hong subconsciously squinted his eyes and looked towards where Chen Yin was, and was surprised to find that the little girl was not frightened at all. Instead, she opened her big eyes and observed the situation in the house.
Just as he was surprised, Chen Yin observed the terrible situation in the house and spoke decisively.
"There's no need to place so much charcoal in the house. The heat is not conducive to the patient's wound healing. The house is full of odors and needs to be ventilated promptly. Also, do you have a flashlight at home? I'll need bright light when I sew up the patient's wound later."
A group of people stared at Chen Yin's command in amazement, and for a moment they had no time to respond.
Or Wu Qiufeng thought the people in the room were too stupid, and snorted coldly:
"Haven't you heard what my niece said? If you want Jianwei's leg to be saved, do it now. I specially walked through the night to bring him back from town for you."
Although there were some discrepancies, Wu Qiufeng pretended to be sincere on the surface.
Sure enough, after hearing this, everyone started to take action, and those who had flashlights at home rushed home to get them.
Even Wu Jianwei's family members did not dare to refute. After all, Chen Nanhe had left a deep impression on the villagers and was an excellent medical skill.
I think the other party's daughter's medical skills are not too bad, not to mention that I hired her myself.
In addition, after Wu Qiufeng came back from the town, he had been praising his niece Chen Yin's medical skills.
Everyone could only follow the arrangements.
Then, Chen Yin raised her foot and walked towards Wu Jianwei.
I saw a pale young man lying on the dimly lit bed, his pale face standing out against the worn bedding.
Looking down at the pale face, a calf was sticking out from the quilt. A pile of paste made of unknown herbs was covering the wound, mixed with blood, emitting a strange smell.
Chen Yin keenly discovered that the wound had not completely stopped bleeding at this time. Strands of blood continued to flow down along with the juice of the herbs, gathering into a dirty pool on the bed sheet.
Judging from the situation on the scene, the most urgent task is to stop the bleeding.
"Only my mother and I were left in the room. The others left and waited outside to prevent the patient's wound from getting infected."
Chen Yin made decisive arrangements and glanced at the crowd that was getting closer.
Then he glanced at the person who was helping to carry the medicine box and said, "Please, hand me my medicine box."
"Oh," Wu Hong responded in surprise. After handing over the backpack in his hand, he regained his senses and helped to drive away the crowd of onlookers in the house.
Soon, only Chen Yin, her daughter and three patients were left in the room.
"Mom, please take out the alcohol from the bag. His wound needs to be covered with herbs first, then disinfected, stitched, and treated with medicine to speed up the healing process."
Wu Dongmei used to help her husband and was familiar with the process.
I immediately responded, "Mom, I'll be right there."
Chen Yin took out the sterilized tweezers and carefully removed the herbs from the surface of the wound.
But the part that was tightly attached to the wound had already stuck together with the blood.
In order to remove it all and recover as quickly as possible, she could only wipe it little by little with gauze soaked in saline solution.
Although he was very careful, he still used some force when removing the part with severe adhesion, causing Wu Jianwei, who had already fallen into a coma, to groan in pain.
Wu Dongmei heard the sound suddenly and was almost scared to drop the alcohol and flashlight in her hands.
"Oh! What happened to Jianwei?"
"It must be too painful. I'll be fine after I clean it up. I won't wake up for a while."
Hearing this, Wu Dongmei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and continued to observe her daughter's movements.
When all the herbs on the leg were removed, the wound could be clearly seen under the bright light of the flashlight, which was simply shocking.
There was a wound on the leg that was nearly as wide as a palm, and a piece of leg bone was exposed.
In this situation, Wu Dongmei could not think of any other solution except amputation.
But Chen Yin's treatment plan was not like that.
She took out the Ma Fei San made according to her ancestor's instructions and sprinkled it on the wound neatly.
Then, under his mother's puzzled gaze, he took out the acupuncture bag, revealing the silver needles inside that reflected a cold light.
Slowly pull out the silver needle, sterilize it with fire, and insert it into the acupuncture points on the legs.
After a while, the wound that was just oozing blood began to heal, with only a small amount of blood beads emerging from the edge of the wound.
The time has come, Chen Yin directly took action and pressed the leg bone back to its original position.
Wu Dongmei was so frightened that she clenched the flashlight tightly in her hand, and her fingertips turned white, which showed how much force she used.
As she watched in horror, the original crack on her leg was replaced by a fine stitch, and there was no trace of the bloody appearance before.
Finally, Chen Yin sprinkled a layer of medicine to help the wound heal and tied a bandage, and the entire treatment process was half completed.
Because she had been squatting by the bed for a long time during treatment, Chen Yin felt dizzy and unstable when she stood up.
"Yinyin! What's wrong with you?" Wu Dongmei asked worriedly.
Chen Yin shook her swollen head and said, "It's okay, I'm just a little dizzy. I'll be fine after standing for a while."
Hearing this, Wu Dongmei's nervous heart calmed down and her eyes involuntarily looked at Wu Jianwei's legs.
At this time, the original crack on the leg had been replaced by a white bandage, and there was no sign at all that he was on the verge of life and death.
Only the piles of blood-stained gauze and bandages under the bed told the world what thrilling event had just occurred.
Wu Dongmei turned away her eyes and held her breath, "Yinyin, is Jianwei okay now?"
"If you recover properly, walking won't be a problem. But you must take good care of yourself, take your medicine and change your dressings on time, and you'll need to stay in bed for a short period of time."
"That's for sure. His family must be waiting anxiously. Let's get out quickly."
The emergency was over, and Wu Dongmei felt that the burden on her shoulders could finally be lifted.
The two men tidied up the house briefly, walked out quickly, and prepared to inform Wu Jianwei's family of the situation.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked out of the house, I heard intermittent cries of pain coming from the house next door.
Chen Yin immediately thought of the news she had just heard, that Wu Jianwei's wife was probably giving birth.
She immediately turned her attention to the three people waiting outside the house, "Who is Wu Jianwei's relative? I have something to say to him."
"I, I, I! I am Jianwei's elder brother - Wu Jianguo." Wu Jianguo stepped forward and introduced himself.
Behind him followed closely his father, Old Man Wu, and his second brother, Wu Jiandang.
Because Liu Baiyun was giving birth, all the women in the family went to help, leaving only three men waiting outside.
Chen Yin glanced at the worried expressions on the three people's faces and immediately told them the diagnosis results.
"At present, the patient's bones have returned to their original position, the wound has been sutured, and it is gradually healing. If the patient recovers well in the later stage, he will have no problem walking normally, but I am currently unable to do heavy work."
Hearing this, the hearts of Old Man Wu, his son and his two children were in turmoil, and they felt sad for what happened to their son/younger brother.
A rural kid has a leg injury and cannot do heavy work. How is he going to live in the future?
But compared with the consequences of amputation or death, it doesn't seem so painful.
For a moment, Old Man Wu was filled with mixed feelings of sadness and joy. The old man, who had not shed a tear for decades, looked at Chen Yin with tearful eyes and said in a choked voice:
"Yinyin, our family really doesn't know how to thank you..."
As he said this, he was about to kneel down to Chen Yin, and he wanted to bring his two sons with him.
How could Chen Yin and Wu Dongmei bear to see people from the same village performing such a grand ceremony? They hurriedly supported the three people.
"Oh! Brother Wu, we are of the same generation. If you kneel down like this, how can our Yinyin live in the village?" Wu Dongmei scolded angrily.
When Old Man Wu heard this, he immediately panicked and waved his hands in panic.
"I...I...I-I-I didn't mean that."
The wrinkled face was filled with panic. Wu Dongmei couldn't bear to watch it and quickly interrupted him.
"So, for the sake of our Yinyin, you should spread the word about our Yinyin's excellent medical skills more often in the village, or when you go out, to your relatives and friends. Come to our clinic more often when you are sick in the future."
“Hey!”
Hearing this, Old Man Wu nodded heavily and quickly made a promise to the two of them.
Even Wu Jianguo and Wu Jiandang promised to publicize the event to their father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Seeing this, Chen Yin quickly told the three of them what they needed to pay attention to in Wu Jianwei's subsequent recovery and wrote it down on a piece of paper.
Afterwards, he used the medicinal herbs he brought from the clinic to prescribe a prescription for replenishing blood and qi, and asked the other party to boil the medicine.
"Remember, boil three bowls of water into one bowl, one dose a day. After taking these three doses, I will come back for a follow-up visit."
"Okay, okay! Thank you, Yinyin. Second brother, go and make the medicine."
They thought everything was over and were about to breathe a sigh of relief, but Chen Yin spoke again.
"Oh, and I need you to find some straight wooden sticks to tie up the patient's injured leg. This will prevent him from moving around after he wakes up and affecting the bone union. Also, tell the mother that her husband is fine."
"Pah!" After Chen Yin's reminder, Old Man Wu realized that he had forgotten something and immediately responded, "Yes, yes, we'll go right away."
Then, the three of them dispersed.
Those who were boiling medicine were boiling medicine, those who were looking for wooden sticks were looking for wooden sticks, and those who were telling Wu Jianwei about the situation were telling him.
From the next room could still be heard the cries of the woman in labor, the urging voice of the midwife, and the comforting voices of others.
Because they arrived too early, Chen Yin had not eaten anything at all, and she walked on the muddy mountain road for two hours with a heavy load.
In addition, performing surgery on patients is too tiring, and I just feel weak all over, and my body keeps sending signals that it needs rest.
But she knew she couldn't rest yet because the patient's injured leg needed her attention again, and if the woman in labor next to her had an accident, she would also need to lend a helping hand.
Chen Yin kept repeating her task in her mind and slowly leaned against the door panel to rest for a while.
Soon, Wu Jianguo showed the wooden sticks in his arms, "Yinyin, are these enough?"
Chen Yin clenched her fists behind her back and took a deep breath. "That's enough. Come in and help me this time. You'll have some experience when changing the dressing later."
With that, the three of them entered the room together.
Only then was Wu Jianguo able to see the true face of his third brother lying on the bed.
When he saw that the bloody injured leg was replaced by a clean and tidy bandage, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at Chen Yin and decided from the bottom of his heart: From now on, he must respect Chen Yin as an ancestor.
Chen Yin didn't notice Wu Jianguo's abnormality, she directly assigned tasks to her mother and the other party.
One person controlled the posture of Wu Jianwei's injured leg, and another was responsible for placing the wooden stick.
While observing whether the injured leg was in the correct position, she tied the bandage to the wooden stick and tied the leg and the stick together firmly.
Just when the task was completed, a desperate roar that pierced the sky and came from the depths of the soul was heard.
"Brother Jianwei! I entrust the child to you."
"ah--"
"Oh no! Oh no! The woman is bleeding heavily! Hemorrhaging heavily—"
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