Chapter 268 Venting
The female doctor entered the room, frowned, opened the window to let in some fresh air, and then looked at the person lying on the bed.
Hu Er remained unconscious, his face ashen and his breath very weak.
After taking her pulse, Dr. Yan seemed to be deep in thought.
"Doctor, is there any hope for my man?"
Hu Er's wife rushed in first, asking excitedly.
If she could be saved, she would do anything to repay Dr. Yan for saving her life.
"He's been in a coma all these days, and hasn't had a drop of water?"
Instead of answering Hu Er's wife's question, Dr. Yan asked, "Did you give him water?"
"some."
Hu Er's wife blushed. At first, she just dipped a handkerchief in water and dripped it on Hu Er's lips to make them less chapped.
Later, the family figured that even without other illnesses, a person could die if they were unconscious for several days without drinking water, so they asked Hu Er's wife to feed them water orally.
Fortunately, the two were husband and wife, so there was nothing shameful about it; human life was more important.
"Um."
Dr. Yan nodded, indicating that she understood.
Hu Er's condition is critical; he can only hold on for about a day at most. If there is no solution, he will have to wait to be buried.
However, she wasn't entirely confident and needed to go back and check the medical books left by the Yan family.
Do you have any ideas?
Hu Er's wife wiped away her tears. Her husband was the pillar of the family. If he were to die, she and her two children would not be able to survive, and the family would fall apart.
The people from Jishetang not only failed to give them hope, but also made Hu Er's wife even more desperate.
"I can't draw a conclusion, I can only do my best."
Hu Er's illness was not considered a rare or difficult disease, but rather a coma caused by a stroke.
Because Hu Er was in a coma, the medicine would have little effect, so we had to think of other ways to wake him up.
Acupuncture is one method, but acupuncture improves blood circulation, and there's a risk that Hu Er might experience head bleeding. If that happens, acupuncture is like a death warrant, only hastening his demise.
Therefore, Dr. Yan was conflicted and needed to do more research.
As for whether the person can be saved in the end, she was not sure; she could only do her best and leave the rest to fate.
Hu Er's wife couldn't understand what Dr. Yan was saying, but that didn't stop her from thinking that what she said made a lot of sense.
"Was there anything unusual about your man before he fell into a coma?"
The female doctor asked Hu Er's wife questions in detail and kept them in mind.
"There was nothing unusual. He went to the grocery store to move goods every day. Just a few days ago, he suddenly felt nauseous and vomited. I thought he had eaten something bad."
The grocery store provided a meal, but the owner was stingy and sometimes used moldy rice to make do. So when Hu Er vomited, his family didn't take it seriously and just thought he had an upset stomach.
Aside from the first time, nothing else seemed out of the ordinary.
"I understand."
There's no doubt that something's wrong with his head; trying to save someone really involves taking a risk.
Just as the group was about to leave, the people from Jishetang who had arrived earlier turned back again.
Walking in front was Physician Qin. At this moment, Physician Qin had lost all his arrogance and was bowing and scraping to a young man.
The man in the middle, who was in his early twenties, was frowning and staring at the ground.
"Miss Lin, what's going on here...?"
When Doctor Qin saw Lin Yuesha and Doctor Yan, he immediately understood that these people had come to gather information.
How ridiculous! They're still thinking about the medical competition that costs two thousand taels of silver?
He wasn't saying that even Dr. Liao was helpless with this illness, so how could Dr. Yan, a mere girl, possibly cure it?
Hu Er is beyond saving; he can only wait to die.
"Dr. Qin, why have you come back again? Did you come up with a solution?"
Even if you lose, you can't lose face. Lin Yuesha especially disliked Qin Langzhong's snobbishness. She whispered to Xiao Qi, "This man is Green Bean Eyes' father."
"Um."
Xiao Qi responded calmly, "Like father, like son," referring to appearance. This Qin doctor has enlarged versions of bean eyes, like soybeans.
"Ha ha."
When the honest man made a serious joke, it made Lin Yuesha laugh out loud, but in Qin Langzhong's eyes, this was disrespectful to him.
Thinking of those several hundred taels of silver, he felt a pang of heartache and immediately retorted angrily, "What are you laughing at, you little brat? How utterly rude!"
Oh dear, is this the beginning of a complete breakdown in relations?
Lin Yuesha was fearless. Even if Doctor Qin glared at her, his inherent weakness was too great to produce anything substantial; at most, he would only produce soybeans.
"I'll laugh if I'm happy. Doctor Qin can control everything, but what right does he have to tell me what I want?"
"A defeated foe, not worth mentioning," Lin Yuesha scoffed.
"you……"
Qin Langzhong was furious, but what the other person said made sense, and he couldn't refute it, so he could only sulk.
What are you doing here again?
When Hu Er's wife saw the people from Jishetang, her face immediately fell.
Her family is poor and can't afford medical treatment. Even if her husband is waiting to die, she doesn't need to be cursed by these people. What kind of doctor would say something like "prepare the coffin as soon as possible"?
When she saw people coming, Hu Er's wife wanted to chase them away.
"You shrew, you deserve to have your man die."
Qin Langzhong, having lost face and still seething with anger, immediately vented his frustration on Hu Er's wife, saying, "Our Liao Langzhong's jade pendant is now in your house. Do you intend to keep it all for yourselves?"
A top-quality mutton-fat jade pendant would cost at least a hundred taels of silver, but that jade pendant was even more extraordinary.
Liao Langzhong is the young master of Shennong Baicaotang. That jade pendant is the young master's identity badge, which allows him to withdraw silver and medicinal herbs at Shennong Baicaotang in any city.
Aside from traveling by carriage, the only other place they visited was the Hu family's house in the alley, which is why Doctor Qin suggested they come back to look for them.
The poor are the most ashamed. If they find a jade pendant, they are unlikely to keep it. Especially the Hu family, who are not only penniless but also in debt.
Qin Langzhong was almost certain that the Hu family had picked up the jade pendant and then hidden it.
"What jade pendant?"
Hu Er's wife rubbed her eyes. Was this a honey trap set by Jishetang? She had no idea what jade pendant was; she'd never seen it before.
"You think you can just play dumb? If our Jishetang reports this to the authorities, your whole family will go to jail."
Qin Langzhong's expression was sinister, which made people very uncomfortable.
The two of them spoke back and forth, and Lin Yuesha and the others understood that it was because that Physician Liao had lost his jade pendant and was therefore blaming the Hu family.
Whether the Hu family actually took it or not, since the group arrived later, remains unknown.
"Should we go back first?"
The female doctor was anxiously searching through medical books and didn't want to get involved in the trivial matters.
Unfortunately, Dr. Qin refused to allow the female doctor, Dr. Yan, to leave.
“You can’t leave. After we leave, you’ll be the only ones to have visited the Hu family. What if you’re tempted by the money and have stolen the jade pendant?”
Qin Langzhong blinked his tiny, beady eyes, finally finding an opportunity to take revenge on Lin Yuesha.
Hmph, you swindled him out of four hundred taels of silver. Do you think his silver is so easy to take?
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