Chapter 370 Cricothyroid Membrane Puncture
Brother Li couldn't resist the servant's insistence and was pushed into the fitting room to try on the wool sweater.
"Hey, it's actually quite warm. If you wear this under your coat, even in snowy weather, you shouldn't feel too cold."
Brother Li did think the wool sweater was quite nice, but even if it was, it cost more than ten taels of silver, so he still couldn't bear to buy it.
The waiter could tell that Brother Li didn't really want to buy, but he wasn't angry or looked down on him. Instead, he smiled and said to Brother Li, "Honorable guest, there are still few of these wool sweaters available right now, so we can't sell them all here."
Scarcity drives up prices, so this inevitably comes at a higher price.
However, I'm sure there will be reasonably priced wool sweaters available in the second half of this year. When that time comes, please come back to my shop, and I'll give you a discount.
After the servant explained what a discount meant, Brother Li agreed, "Sure, I'll definitely come to you if I need anything!"
After browsing around for 45 minutes, Li's mother, sister-in-law, and second sister-in-law still didn't want to leave. It was only after Li's second brother urged them that they had to come out of the supermarket. If they delayed any longer, they wouldn't make it in time for their boss and father to meet at the restaurant at noon.
However, Li's mother paid for five bars of lard soap, "which are scented; we didn't have this floral scent before."
The price is also much cheaper than before, and there's a buy-four-get-one-free offer.
At this moment, Li San Niang couldn't help but sigh in her heart. No wonder Xing Yu's supermarket could make a fortune every day. Even someone as thrifty as Li's mother was willing to spend money to buy things. How could such a big shop not make money?
After shopping at the supermarket, the group went to a fairly large gold and silver shop. The shop had two floors and was quite crowded.
As soon as Li San Niang led Lu Zhu'er inside, she immediately spotted a foreigner whose appearance was quite different from that of the people of Chang'an.
The man's clothes were no different from those of others, except that his skin was somewhat dark, but not as dark as that of a Kunlun slave. He had a high nose and deep-set eyes, two servants behind him, and a man wearing a hat and a round-necked official robe following beside him.
Li Erxiong also saw the man and whispered to Li Sanniang and the others, "He should be an Indian. Although people there also have high noses and deep-set eyes, their skin is darker than ours, but not as dark as the Kunlun slaves."
"Second brother, why is there an official following us?"
Li Erxiong looked at the man in the light blue round collared shirt, thought for a moment and said, "He's probably not from the Court of State Ceremonial. This Indian must be of decent status to have someone from the Court of State Ceremonial following him."
Li San Niang glanced at it a few more times, then stopped caring. There were just too many things in this shop, including headwear, earrings, wristwear, neckwear, and even waistwear.
Li San Niang picked up Lu Zhu'er so that she could also see the ornaments displayed on the counter.
Although it was a gold and silver jewelry shop, it also sold exquisitely crafted hair accessories, ribbons, and the like. Li San Niang wanted to buy some hair ties of different colors for Lu Zhu'er so that she could use them to match different colored clothes for Lu Zhu'er in the future.
Li Erxiong took Xiao Wulang from Li Ersao's arms and sat down with Shijiu and the others at a small table and chairs, leaving Li's mother and the others to carefully select items at the counter.
In this corner by the window, there are two small tables and seven or eight chairs and stools, which is the standard setup for a shop of this size.
Most of the shops are for distinguished guests to rest, have a sip of tea, and then continue shopping.
Not long after Li Erxiong and Shijiu sat down, the Indian man that Li Sanniang had seen when they first entered the shop was also led over by the man in the blue official robe to sit down and rest.
A short while later, a servant brought over two plates of pastries.
Although he couldn't understand what the two people next to him were saying, judging from the man's expression, he meant to invite the Indian to try some snacks.
On the small table in front of Li Erxiong and Shijiu, there was a plate of pinkish pastries with a floral fragrance. Li Erxiong took a piece, tasted it, and noticed the difference.
"Oh, Nineteen, they even put flower petals in here. No wonder it smells like flowers."
Try it, it's actually quite delicious.
Before Nineteen could even pick up the pastry, something happened to the two people next to her.
The Indian man's face turned red, and he frantically tried to clear his throat, as if he were choking.
The man in the blue robe was initially startled, but he quickly recovered.
The man, like the other nineteen, assumed that the Indians were choking because they weren't eating well.
The man quickly handed the Indian a cup of tea, gesturing for him to drink it to soothe his throat.
The Indian man's face remained flushed, and he refused the man's teacup. He still seemed to be trying to pluck something out of his throat with his hand, making a "hoho" sound.
Li Erxiong put Xiao Wulang into Shijiu's arms and stood up abruptly: "Is this guy choking? Judging from his appearance, he can't seem to drink water smoothly."
"Quickly, hug him from behind, give him a couple of pats on this spot, and he'll cough it up."
The man panicked. "Young master, I am from the Court of State Ceremonial, and this is a merchant from India."
"My lord, please help me! I don't know how to massage this at all!"
Li Erxiong walked straight over and said, "Then quickly tell him that I want to help him and that he shouldn't move."
The man spoke in Sanskrit, and the Sanskrit man blushed and nodded, looking so uncomfortable that anyone who saw him would worry.
Li Erxiong quickly used the Heimlich maneuver that Li Sanniang had used to save people before, hugging the person from behind and pounding the diaphragm with his fists.
But it didn't work!
Brother Li's heart skipped a beat. Oh no, why isn't this method working?
Did he choke on his snack?
At this moment, the strange occurrence in the corner also attracted the attention of others, and many people gathered around.
Li San Niang and the others knew that Li Er Xiong and Shi Jiu were here, and fearing that something had happened to them, they rushed over as well.
Qiu Xiang quickly pushed through the crowd, letting Li San Niang follow her to see.
At this point, the Indian man that Li San Niang saw was not only flushed, but was now turning bluish-white!
The lack of oxygen for too long means that if they can't breathe again, these Indians might suffocate.
"...This person suddenly became like this. I used your method, but why didn't it work?"
Third Sister, it seems like she's choking?
Seeing the snacks on the table, and combining what Li Erxiong had said with the behavior of the Indian man, Li Sanniang made up her mind.
Li San Niang took her gold needle pouch from her waist, picked out an item from it, and came to the Indian man's side. "Tell him that if he doesn't breathe, he'll suffocate."
"Let him lie down, I have a way to save him."
The man spoke hastily, but the Indian man, due to lack of oxygen, couldn't hear him at all. Before the man could finish speaking, the Indian man suddenly fell backward to the ground.
Li San Niang disregarded everything and stepped forward to pull away the Indian man's hand that was covering his neck, causing his head to tilt back. She used her index and middle fingers to hold the two sides of the ring cartilage on his neck, and then used the extremely fine needle that she had asked Mr. Bu Ke to find a master craftsman in the palace to make to insert vertically into the neck.
After feeling a sense of emptiness, Li San Niang pulled back, and with her keen senses, she felt air being drawn out.
Excellent, the cricothyroid membrane puncture was successful!
After a few breaths, the Indian man's condition improved significantly, and he slowly opened his eyes.
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