Chapter 116
When Su Yuanzheng came back with the medicine, Su Yuzheng was stirring the sheets in the pot with a stick.
"Miao Miao, Dad has asked for leave from your homeroom teacher. You won't be going to school this afternoon. This is a herbal remedy sold in pharmacies. Boil it in water and wash your hair once a day."
Su Yu looked at it and said, "Uncle, isn't there a medicine that can be directly soaked in water? Cover it for a while and it will kill it directly."
Su Yuanzheng shook his head: "That's pesticide. Although it's effective, it's dangerous. Let's take it slow."
"Any method is fine, but I don't just want to wash my hair now, I also want to take a shower, and I need to boil the clothes I'm going to take off later."
Su Yuanzheng boiled medicine and hot water for his daughter, but it was not convenient for him to help, so he went out and asked Yingzi to come in.
When Yingzi heard that Su Miao had lice, she looked at her long hair and said, "Miao, your hair needs to be cut short! Otherwise, it's easy for lice eggs to hide. It will be very uncomfortable if you don't clean it thoroughly."
Su Miao touched her high ponytail with care, gritted her teeth and said, "Cut it!"
I originally thought that her hair would be cut into a mushroom head, but unexpectedly, Sister Yingzi gave her a shoulder-length haircut. Not only that, her hairdressing skills were very good, and she also trimmed her hair style.
"Miao Miao, I won't cut your hair too short. You can tie some small tufts on both sides of your head later, and it will look good too, like this."
Sister Yingzi grabbed Su Miao's hair and parted it on both sides. Su Miao looked at the mirror hanging on the tree and nodded. Well, it's not ugly.
Su Yu brought the hot water to the shower room. Su Miao took a bath by herself and asked Sister Yingzi to help her wash her hair carefully.
After washing your hair with the medicine, cover it with a large towel to kill the lice.
The lice sensed danger and struggled to crawl out, but they were wrapped in the towel and could not escape, so they kept crawling around and biting.
"Sister Yingzi! My head is itchy!"
Su Miao could even feel the route the lice were running. Not only did his head feel itchy, but he also got goose bumps all over his body.
"Miao Miao, hold on, it will be fine soon."
Sure enough, the lice didn't have much time to jump around. In less than ten minutes, the movement on the head slowed down.
"Sister Yingzi, it doesn't seem to be as itchy anymore. Are the lice all dead?"
"Not yet. This herb isn't that poisonous, so it needs to be wrapped for a while longer. You stay in the room. It's very cold outside. I'll come in and wash your hair when I'm done."
After Su Miao had lunch, she watched TV in the living room for a while before Sister Yingzi came in and helped her carefully wash the medicine off her hair.
I changed to a dry towel, wiped my hair half dry, and then took out a comb with very fine teeth.
This is a bamboo comb with a horizontal bar in the middle. Because the teeth on both sides are dense, it can comb out lice and insect eggs in the hair.
"Miao Miao, lie down. I'm going to comb out the eggs bit by bit so that there won't be any new lice."
Sister Yingzi's technique was very gentle and so comfortable that Su Miao fell asleep after lying there for a while.
When she woke up, she shook her head. Her newly short hair made her feel light.
She ran to the mirror and looked at her scalp, but she didn't see any lice or eggs. However, she couldn't see them afterwards, and she just felt that her head was no longer itchy.
The sheets and quilts have been replaced with new ones. Today is Thursday, and she plans to take a day off and stay at home tomorrow. After the weekend, several days will have passed.
By Monday there probably weren't that many lice in the school anymore.
This lice battle had a wide impact. Not only their school, but also students in the neighboring primary school were infected.
The fourth-grade girl living across the street was infected. She and her grandmother were sitting at the gate of the yard, basking in the sun while her grandmother combed her lice with a comb.
Although Su Miao was very afraid of lice, she really wanted to go and see it. After all, she couldn't see the lice and eggs clearly on her own head, but she could see them on other people's heads.
When she saw them catching lice and pressing them to pieces, she actually felt quite relieved.
She moved a bench over and sat in a row, while also making sure to keep a safe distance. After all, she had good eyesight, so as long as she could see, that was enough.
Little Mianmian looked up and smiled at her, then asked, "Sister Miaomiao, have you finished catching all the lice?"
Yesterday, when Su Yuan was rushing out to buy medicine, he ran into several neighbors in the pharmacy. They were all there to buy lice medicine for their children. Quite a few children were infected.
Su Miao nodded: "I washed it with medicine and combed my hair yesterday, and it's not itchy anymore today."
Little Mianmian said enviously, "That's great! My dad said I'm too young and the potion is poisonous and not suitable for me."
Her grandmother said, "It's okay. We'll wash your hair a few more times and grandma will comb the lice out for you. It will be fine in a few days."
Mianmian scratched the back of her neck with her little hands and said, "Grandma, my neck is itchy too."
Her grandmother took out a small red round box from her pocket. It was only the size of a thumb, but it was a little difficult to open.
"Miao Miao, help grandma open it."
Su Miao took it and found it was cooling oil, which had the functions of dispelling wind, relieving pain, reducing inflammation, relieving itching and providing cooling effect.
It is mainly used to treat exogenous wind-cold, wind-heat heatstroke, mosquito bites, burns and scalds, as well as motion sickness and seasickness.
In the hot and humid south with many mosquitoes, this is a must-have medicine for every home. It can cure any headache or fever.
The only drawback is that the lid is really hard to open. It is small, thin, and the iron box is slippery, so you have to use your fingernails to poke it open, or turn it.
As soon as the lid was opened, a cool smell rushed into Su Miao's head, making him more awake.
The old lady dipped some cooling oil on her index finger, rubbed it on the bitten area, and then blew it gently.
Mianmian immediately said, "Grandma, my neck feels cool and it doesn't itch anymore."
The old lady continued to comb her hair. There were many more lice and insect eggs on Mianmian's head than on Su Miao's.
When you turn over your hair, you can see a lot of white insect eggs, some hard and some soft. After combing them out, the old lady throws the eggs into a bowl of medicine next to her. The main purpose is to kill them in the cradle.
The lice that were combed off had no time to escape and were pinched to death one by one by the old lady.
Hearing the "pop" sound, Su Miao's scalp felt numb, and he felt both disgusted and comfortable.
"Su Miao! Su Miao! Are you home? Come out!"
Su Miao watched Wang Xin running towards her like a horse and shouting at her door, his voice so loud that people halfway down the street could hear it.
"Stop shouting, I'm here!"
Why didn't this boy go to school?
Wang Xin looked back and saw her. He ran over to her and stopped about four meters away from her. He said in an excited tone, "Su Miao! I can't come play with you this weekend."
"oh."
"Quick! Ask me why!"
"Why?"
"Ha! Because I have lice!!! Hahahahahaha!!!!"
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