☆, Chapter 236 What are you howling about? He's not quite dead yet!
Li Changyi was bitten, and his hair ornament came loose. Si Jiu was in a worse state, with two large slap marks on his face and burn wounds on his hands.
Zhou Mujiao only learned about the situation when she arrived.
The family's surname is Ma. The deceased was their three-year-old son. The Ma couple are forty years old this year. They lost their only son fifteen years ago. After praying to gods and Buddhas for many years, they finally welcomed another son. Because the younger son looks exactly like their deceased older son, the couple believes that this is because the Buddha and gods saw their sincerity and allowed the older son to be reincarnated.
The couple usually doted on their son, treating him like a precious gem. Although their family wasn't well-off, they made sure their son had everything that other children in the village had. When the flood struck, the couple happened to be visiting relatives in the neighboring city of Nanhua, thus escaping the disaster.
Because they were worried about their own house, the Ma couple left their son with relatives, thinking they would return home after they had finished cleaning up. However, two days later, a monk came to the village and told them that their son was in trouble and that they should hurry to rescue him. So the two of them brought their son back home that very night.
The monk said that no matter what happens in the village, as long as the three of them stay in this house for forty-nine days without seeing anyone, all misfortunes will go away, and the youngest son will no longer suffer any disasters and will stay with them forever. Otherwise, the youngest son will be summoned back by Buddha.
Over the years, the couple had become very superstitious about ghosts and gods because of their desire for a child. Therefore, when they discovered that their youngest son was experiencing chest pain, they did not tell the doctor. They were convinced that as long as they followed the monk's instructions, Buddha would not take their son back.
It wasn't until a cup of tea later, when their son suddenly foamed at the mouth, convulsed, and then lost consciousness, that the couple rushed out of their house for help. But it was too late; the child had already stopped breathing.
"Madmen! A whole family of madmen!"
Li Changyi's arm was bitten so badly that a large chunk of skin was torn off: "Foolish people! Foolish people! You should be the ones dying! But you're still alive!"
"Yes! It should be us who die! It should be us! Xiao Bao! Xiao Bao, come back! I'll die in your place! Buddha! Bodhisattva! I beg you, release my son, let him go home, and let me serve you!"
Even at this point, they are still so stubborn!
Several staff members nearby almost blurted out "Serves him right."
"Ma Er's wife, hurry up and give me Xiao Bao, or he'll rot."
"No! You're the one who stinks! Your whole family stinks!" Ma Er's wife hugged her son tightly. "He's still alive! His body is still warm! Save him! Doctor, please save him! The master said that as long as I obeyed, Buddha wouldn't call my son back. I obeyed, Buddha definitely wouldn't lie to me! Doctor! Save him! Save him! He's still alive!"
Several doctors also thought they could try to save the child, so they took the child, placed him on the ground, and examined him again. After a round of examinations, they came to the same conclusion: the child had stopped breathing and was dead.
Ma Er's wife held her son and wailed, cursing the heavens and Buddha for being a hypocritical god who treated the people like fools. She also cursed Buddha to fall from his pedestal and never be reincarnated.
Zhou Mujiao's eyelids twitched, and she held out her hand to the other person: "Give it to me, let me take a look."
Ma Er's wife paused, then said, "Are you a doctor? Can you save my son? Can you beat Buddha? If you can beat Buddha, if you save my son, I'll give you my life! I'll do anything you ask!"
“I’m a doctor. I don’t believe in ghosts or gods, and I can’t guarantee whether I can save your son, but I’ll give it a try. Here, give me Xiaobao, and let’s make one last effort.”
Ma Er's wife paused, and Ma Er started cursing: "Xiao Bao is already dead, how many more times do you want to torment him?! He'll be in pain! He'll be in pain! If he knew what was happening in the afterlife, he'd come to your dreams and blame you for making him suffer so much!"
Ma Er's wife hesitated again.
Zhou Mujiao snatched Xiaobao away, placing one hand on Xiaobao's neck to check his pulse, and said coldly, "When people die, it's like a lamp going out. Soon they will become a handful of yellow earth. They won't know anything in the afterlife, and they certainly won't come into your dreams to tell you what happened to them. If you can dream about them, it's just your own obsession, and it has nothing to do with them."
"Rather than let him turn into a handful of dust, what's wrong with torturing him a hundred more times? Isn't his demise better than inflicting pain upon him?"
Ma Er's wife sobbed and begged Zhou Mujiao to save her son.
Zhou Mujiao moved her fingers away from Xiao Bao's neck and stared at Ma Er's wife, "Why are you crying? He's not quite dead yet."
Those few words suddenly brought light to Ma Er's wife's eyes. She screamed and hugged Ma Er, who was also screaming and jumping up. She murmured to herself, "Xiao Bao is still alive, still alive, still alive!"
Ma Er murmured to himself, "Did Buddha see my sincerity and decide to return my little treasure to me?"
With a single glance from Li Changyi, Si Jiu rushed over and tied Ma Er up, immediately stuffing something into his mouth to gag him.
After examining Xiao Bao on the ground, Zhou Mujiao determined that he had suffered a sudden myocardial infarction, also known as a stroke. She said that as long as he was rescued in time, there was still a chance of survival. However, Xiao Bao had stopped breathing, and she didn't know if she could save him in the end.
Give it a try.
"I'll start by performing chest compressions to resuscitate the patient's heart and lungs. Two people, please help me. The rest of you, please disperse!"
After unbuttoning the child's coat, Zhou Mujiao took a deep breath, then straightened her face and began performing chest compressions. During this time, two doctors assisted her, and when she got tired, another person immediately took over. The three of them took turns pressing for nearly 30 minutes when the baby's mouth suddenly opened on its own and he exhaled a large breath!
Xiao Bao is alive!
"Don't be so happy yet, he's not out of danger yet." Zhou Mujiao's words suppressed the joy of Ma Er and his wife. "He has epilepsy, and his second seizure is coming soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Bao's four legs began to twitch uncontrollably, white foam oozed from the corners of his mouth, and his face turned ashen, then deathly pale. Zhou Mujiao's movements were fluid and graceful, and she and the two doctors handled the illness methodically, making the onlookers anxious.
With her taking such a leisurely pace, how could she possibly snatch someone from the jaws of death?
After another half cup of tea, Xiao Bao's limbs stopped twitching. He was like a fish just pulled from the water, soaking wet, but on the verge of dying from lack of oxygen.
Zhou Mujiao took out a pill from the medicine box, and the doctor dissolved another pill in water and slowly dripped it into his mouth. Watching him swallow the medicine on his own, Zhou Mujiao breathed a sigh of relief.
"We've passed the initial hurdle, but we need to be more careful in the future..."
She explained the precautions to Ma Er's wife one by one, and finally said, "Believe in Buddha or Bodhisattva, but it's better to believe in yourself. If you do this again next time, Xiao Bao might not be so lucky."
The couple burst into tears, but this time, it was tears of joy.
"Doctor! Doctor! You are Hua Tuo reincarnated! You are Buddha! You are Bodhisattva! I will definitely make a longevity tablet for you and offer it with three sticks of incense morning and night!"
Zhou Mujiao: ……
"Tie him up and put him to keep Buddha company!" she said expressionlessly, and walked away.
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