Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Rescue
The train was originally noisy, but suddenly such a heart-wrenching scream was heard, and the whole carriage became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
"Please, save my child!"
She held a baby carefully in her arms, crying so loudly and desperately. She kept asking for help, but the people around her just looked at her quietly and no one could help.
It's not that they don't want to, but that they can't. This is a matter of life and death, they don't have the skills, and they dare not take on a job that is too complicated. If something really goes wrong, it will be no joke.
The young woman was followed by a young guard. The guard's face turned pale with fear. He looked at the baby in the young woman's arms at a loss, and was running around in a panic.
Shu Niannian pushed through the crowd and moved closer. She saw that the baby had purple lips, with spitted-out milk on both sides of his lips, and his cheeks were flushed, but his exposed fingers were bluish purple.
Shu Niannian walked out without thinking. When the young woman saw someone coming out, she looked up suddenly with a look of surprise, but when she saw that the person standing in front of her was a young girl, the surprised expression faded instantly.
Shu Niannian knew what she was thinking. If she were in the young woman's shoes, she probably wouldn't have any expectations of a young girl.
But the situation is extremely urgent now, Shu Niannian can only express her own judgment first, and the rest will be up to the young woman to make the choice.
"Your baby's forehead is burning hot and his limbs are cold. This is a symptom of a high fever. There is vomit on the corners of his lips and he is twitching. This is probably a convulsion caused by the fever."
The young woman looked up at Shu Niannian, who continued, "His heart is in great danger. The vomit will make it difficult for him to breathe, and if it goes on for a long time, he will suffocate."
The young woman was so frightened that she was at a loss of her wits. She didn't take Shu Niannian seriously at first. After all, what could a young girl like her know?
But when Shu Niannian accurately described her son's illness, the look she gave Shu Niannian gradually changed. Just when Shu Niannian said that his son might suffocate, she sighed quietly and found that her son's breathing was actually getting weaker and weaker.
The young woman grabbed Shu Niannian's hand and asked tremblingly, "What do you think we should do now? You tell me, I'll listen to you."
Shu Niannian had never raised a child, but she had treated countless babies in her previous life. She took the baby from the young woman's hands, turned the baby sideways very skillfully, and motioned to the young woman to get water for her to wash her hands. The young woman understood and quickly took out the basin and filled it with warm water for Shu Niannian. After Shu Niannian washed her hands, she asked the young woman to change a basin of warm water.
Shu Niannian first cleaned the baby's nasal cavity, then gently pried open the baby's mouth, reached her washed hands in, and picked out the vomit that was blocking his mouth and throat.
If she had performed this series of actions on a baby who was still conscious, the baby would definitely cry non-stop, but the baby in her arms did not move at all.
Shu Niannian washed her hands clean, took out a silver needle from her pocket, rubbed the baby's ears until they were red, folded them in half, and quickly pierced the tip of the ear. After squeezing out dozens of drops of blood, she began to pierce the other ear in the same way. After squeezing out dozens of drops of blood, she began to pierce the baby's index finger.
The young woman felt extremely distressed when she saw Shu Niannian using a silver needle to prick her child's blood, but she covered her mouth tightly with her hands and dared not make a sound for fear of disturbing Shu Niannian's progress.
She saw Shu Niannian doing it very smoothly, obviously it was not her first time. She also saw her child was given two injections in a row but still did not cry, so she realized the seriousness of the matter.
Now only Shu Niannian can save her child's life.
How dare she make a sound to disturb Shu Niannian? !
Shu Niannian rolled up the baby's sleeves, exposing his thin little arms, and stroked down along the inside of his arms again and again, all the way to the tip of his index finger. She repeated this action dozens of times, and finally saw blood on the baby's purple fingers. She gently pinched the baby's index finger, pierced the fingertip with a needle, and squeezed out drops of purple-black blood.
When Shu Niannian squeezed dozens of drops of purple-black blood from the baby's other index finger, the baby suddenly started crying loudly. His voice was very small, like a sick cat, but Shu Nian felt relieved.
The young woman bit her fingers until they were bloody. She looked at Shu Niannian with gratitude, but Shu Niannian said, "Now is not the time to thank me. Go get a basin of warm water and give me a clean towel."
The young woman was guarding her child and was unwilling to move. The guard was very considerate and brought a hot water towel over. Shu Niannian signaled the young woman to take off the baby's clothes. She quickly wiped the baby's body with warm water. The baby cried loudly, but the young woman laughed so hard that tears shone from her eyes.
Shu Niannian touched the baby. Although the high fever had subsided, her fingers were still cold and her body was trembling slightly. She asked the young woman to cook a bowl of ginger soup. The young woman had some doubts in her heart, but still did it.
Five minutes later, when the young woman brought the steaming hot ginger soup, Shu Niannian explained to the young woman, "Traditionally, fever needs to be reduced. Ginger soup warms up, so it is generally not used. However, although your child has a fever, he is shivering. He needs to warm up from the inside out first."
The young woman's tears flowed heavily. She nodded hurriedly, thanking Shu Niannian for clearing her doubts. Although she did not go to work after graduating from university, her teacher had taught her at school that nothing is absolute and she should look at things dialectically.
Therefore, she could understand Shu Niannian's words after a little thought.
She blew the ginger soup cool and fed it to her child mouthful by mouthful. Within a few minutes, her child stopped trembling.
Seeing that the situation was settled, Shu Niannian said, "You must take your child to the doctor immediately. I only lowered his temperature temporarily, but he still has a fever."
Shu Niannian turned around to leave, but the young woman stopped her and insisted that she leave her name and address. Shu Niannian felt that she had only helped a small way and it was not worth mentioning.
But the young woman was very persistent. Shu Niannian thought about it and gave her name and address, "Shu Niannian, Shen County, Shujiazhuang."
She saw that the young woman was well-dressed and had a guard by her side, so she thought she must be a wealthy person of status. If she was lucky, she might even become a big client when her business flourished.
After Shu Niannian finished speaking, she quickly left the carriage, but unexpectedly, she ran into her grandfather at the connection between the carriages.
Shu Niannian looked guilty.
But Shu Chengzu looked calm. After they returned to their seats, Shu Chengzu began to test Shu Niannian, "How did you come up with the idea of acupuncture and bloodletting?"
Shu Niannian was still feeling guilty, thinking about how to get away with it, but after hearing Shu Chengzu's question, her academic aura suddenly took over, and she began to answer the question in an orderly manner, "The baby had a high fever and convulsions. There was no doctor on the train, and no antipyretic medicine. We could only try physical therapy, and the Chinese medicine book that my grandfather showed me said that piercing the tip of the ear and the index finger to let blood can temporarily reduce the fever."
Shu Chengzu narrowed his eyes and hummed, then asked, "Then why are you stroking that kid's arm?"
Shu Niannian blurted out, "His fingers are cold and bloodless, which should be due to the blockage of Qi and blood. If Qi is blocked, blood will not flow. I stroked his arm and used external force to help him push the blood out with weak Qi. After the blood is released, Qi will be unblocked. Only when Qi and blood circulate can people be alive."
After hearing Shu Niannian's answer, Shu Chengzu nodded with a smile, seeming very satisfied.
After answering the question, Shu Niannian still felt guilty. From her life experience, she had never treated a patient or held a baby. She was afraid that her grandfather would ask her why she was so skilled in holding a baby. She was also afraid that her grandfather would suddenly ask her why she brought the silver needle with her when she went out?
However, Shu Chengzu simply ignored these problems.
He was very conceited and thought his granddaughter should be born with these abilities.
Holding a baby or something like that is too childish.
As for carrying silver needles when going out, that is the conscious action of every Chinese medicine practitioner. For example, he himself also carries silver needles when going out.
Silver needles are a good thing, and their uses are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Shu Niannian's heart was pounding after a false alarm. Seeing that her grandfather didn't take those details seriously, she slowly relaxed and asked Shu Chengzu, "Is there any other better way to deal with a situation like the one just now?"
Shu Chengzu pondered for a moment and said, "The Dazhui acupoint can be scraped to remove the sha on the surface of the body, which can heal faster, but the child is too delicate, and the weather is very cold now, so it is not easy to operate."
Shu Niannian nodded in acceptance.
"Also, the situation just now was very urgent. You were able to think of and do so many things in an orderly manner without panicking. In fact, it is already very good. In a very urgent situation, compared with scraping and acupuncture and bloodletting, the effect is faster."
Shu Niannian kept these in mind and digested them silently.
When she saw her grandfather closing his eyes to rest after he finished speaking, she quickly took out her English materials and continued to study. There was still an hour and a half before they arrived in Haicheng, so she couldn't waste time.
Shu Niannian started the immersive mode of doing English exercises. The train carriage was still very noisy, with laughter and the conductor's shouting, but it did not affect Shu Niannian at all. She held a pencil and did the exercises at a speed from slow to fast. By the time she arrived at Haicheng Railway Station, Shu Niannian had finished one tenth of the English materials in her hand.
The train whistle sounded again, and Shu Niannian pulled her grandfather out again. This time, Shu Chengzu didn't let Shu Niannian go. "You don't have to fight for seats anymore, why are you running?"
Shu Niannian smiled knowingly, then pulled Shu Chengzu's clothes, followed Shu Chengzu closely, and slowly got off the train with the crowd.
When she set out from Shujia Village, there were still stars in the sky. Unexpectedly, when she left Haicheng Railway Station, snowflakes were already falling.
Shu Niannian was shivering in the cold wind, and when she turned around, she unexpectedly ran into her "lifesaver" from her previous life at the train station.
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