The wound on Jiang Dachuan's foot was bloody. It might be because he rolled on the ground in pain when he was injured, and the wound was covered with dirt and gravel.
Bai Fangqiu called two strong men to hold down the unconscious Jiang Dachuan. Jiang Dahai was his elder brother after all, so he volunteered to step forward and hold down his brother's upper body. Another villager held down Jiang Dachuan's intact foot.
"Whoever lives close to here, go get some salt and bring a basin of water." Seeing that the man was fixed, Bai Fangqiu said to the villager nearby.
"My home is right here."
Although everyone disliked Jiang Dachuan on weekdays, but now he is lying on the ground, there is no time to be fussy. They will help if they can. Salt and water are not rare things.
"What are you doing? You're killing someone. Bai Fangqiu is going to kill someone." Fan Xiaojuan, who was stopped by several women, was anxious enough when she saw Bai Fangqiu poking her man's feet with some long needles. Now she saw him asking for salt and water. This was not cooking, so this was nonsense.
"Jiang Dahai, you are colluding with outsiders to kill your brother. You are such a heartless person, you will not die well."
It's just for treating illnesses, why would the salt be used for cooking? The women who were stopping Fan Xiaojuan were a little puzzled. As soon as they loosened their grip on her, Fan Xiaojuan broke free and rushed towards Bai Fangqiu.
"Be quiet, do you really want to see your man die?" Mo Dashuan couldn't stand this woman's endless nonsense, so he went up to stop her. "Doctor Bai has his reasons for doing this. Apart from him, who else can save Dachuan now?"
People these days still have a fear of the most powerful captain in the village. Fan Xiaojuan, a shrew, is no exception. Seeing Mo Dashuan's stern face and glaring eyes, she immediately became more obedient.
"Wild boars are omnivorous in the wild and sometimes eat carrion. Their teeth may carry germs. We need to disinfect the wound with salt water first, otherwise it may cause infection, which will cause big trouble."
Seeing that everyone was puzzled by his actions, Bai Fangqiu began to explain.
"Here I come, I got the stuff."
The people around him made way for him, and a villager came over holding a basin of water and a small clay pot.
Bai Fangqiu added a proper amount of salt to the basin, and took out a clean handkerchief, wrapped it up, and stuffed it into Jiang Dachuan's mouth. The salt was very irritating to the wound, and he was afraid that Jiang Dachuan would hurt his tongue due to the excessive pain, which would be even more troublesome.
It must be painful to rub salt into the wound. The timid onlookers had already covered their eyes, but even so, they were still frightened by Jiang Dachuan's screams.
"Ah--" Bai Fangqiu used saline solution to clean the dirt on his wound. Jiang Dachuan, who had already lost consciousness, was awakened by the pain. His limbs moved wildly. Jiang Dahai had to use a lot of strength to hold him down.
Bai Fangqiu frowned and carefully cleaned the wound, not affected by Jiang Dachuan's actions at all. He did not move the basin of red salt water until all the sand, gravel and grass debris on the wound were cleaned away.
During this period, Jiang Dachuan woke up and fainted again, fainted and woke up again, and his life was worse than death.
Fan Xiaojuan never stopped cursing, not only cursing Bai Fangqiu, but also cursing everyone in the Jiang family. The villagers who were watching could not help but frown when they saw her like this.
"It's done." Bai Fangqiu bandaged his wound with gauze, but did not remove the silver needle from his foot. He said to Mo Dashuan who was standing beside him, "You guys should send him to the hospital quickly. I have limited equipment. A wound this big can only be sutured in the hospital."
It was very cold weather, and Bai Fangqiu's forehead was covered with sweat.
"I told you guys to send him to the hospital, but you guys insisted on stopping me. I'm telling you, if anything happens to Dachuan's foot, none of you will have a good life."
When Fan Xiaojuan heard what Bai Fangqiu said, she started shaking again. She felt that he was useless and in the end she would have to go to the county town to find a good doctor to treat her.
Fortunately, everyone present was sensible and no one paid any attention to her. Instead, they all helped carry Jiang Dachuan onto the donkey cart.
"Okay, everyone go back. We have to go to work every day. It's enough to have a few of us here." Mo Dashuan said to the villagers who gathered around. At this moment, everyone came out in casual clothes. When the cold wind blew, many people were freezing cold. They went back to their homes in twos and threes.
There was a thick mattress on the cart, and Jiang Dachuan was lying on it. Jiang Cheng and Miao Sanfeng were Jiang Dachuan's parents, so they had to go together at this time. Jiang Dahai, as the eldest brother, naturally couldn't be left out either.
Gu Dongmei was driven back by several people. There were a room full of children at home, so an adult had to look after them.
"Doctor Bai, you know Dachuan's condition best, and I'm afraid the doctors in the county won't be able to handle these needles. Why don't you come with us?" Mo Dashuan is the team leader of the village. If a villager encounters such an accident, he must follow.
Bai Fangqiu was just about to go back with Gu Dongmei, Ruan Yuanjiang and others when he heard Mo Dashuan calling his name. He was slightly stunned and then agreed.
"Xiaobao, why are you here?" All the onlookers had left, and Jiang Yilu, who had been hiding aside, was naturally exposed to everyone's sight.
"Don't worry, it's so cold. Are you going to get sick again? Go back quickly." Jiang Dahai was nervous. He touched his son's hand and found it was quite warm. He was not frozen, so he felt relieved.
"Dad, I want to go with you too." Jiang Yilu wanted to see what would happen next. His second uncle and second aunt were not easy to deal with. If anything happened, there was no guarantee that Grandpa Bai would not be blamed.
"No." Jiang Dahai refused without even thinking about it.
"Forget it, let Xiaobao follow. The people in front have gone far away. It's dark now. It's dangerous to let a child walk back alone." Old man Jiang spoke up to stop them.
Before Jiang Dahai agreed, Jiang Yilu nimbly climbed onto the donkey cart and sat next to Old Lady Miao. Jiang Dahai could only silently go to the front and follow Mo Dashuan to drive the donkey cart.
Several people were eager to get to the county town, and as if they had overlooked something, they set off in a hurry.
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A figure emerged from the haystack in the livestock shed. She was wearing a gray cloth coat, had messy hair, and red and swollen eyes. Who else could it be but Fan Xiaojuan who had just been crying and wailing.
She stamped her feet beside the haystack, looked at the donkey cart going away, gritted her teeth, and walked towards her house.
Those two old men had plenty of money, and she didn't believe that they could really watch Dachuan get into trouble. Fan Xiaojuan comforted herself in her heart, thinking that she would go there early tomorrow morning, when the money would be paid, and the Jiang family couple would not be able to force her to pay.
She has to go back first, her two sons are still at home.
Fan Xiaojuan's steps became faster and faster, as if she was guilty of a crime, and she disappeared in the night in a hurry.
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The staff hospital of the county machinery factory was the largest hospital in their county. Mo Dashuan and Jiang Dahai drove there in their donkey cart without thinking.
The staff hospital of the machinery factory was originally dedicated to serving the workers of the machinery factory. However, in recent years, the efficiency of the machinery factory has been getting better and better, and the scale of the staff hospital has gradually expanded, gradually becoming the hospital with the most advanced equipment and the best doctors in the entire county. Gradually, more and more non-employee personnel began to use their connections to enter this hospital for treatment. Over time, the machinery factory simply expanded the scope of the hospital's treatment, so that people who were not employees of the machinery factory could also come here for treatment.
Jiang Yilu looked at the hospital in front of him. In the future, this scale might not even be comparable to a small community hospital, but from today's perspective, it was already extremely grand.
The hospital was three stories high, standing out from the common bungalows and small two-story buildings. On the cement wall at the entrance of the hospital, there was a plaque with black characters on a white background that read "Machinery Factory Employees Hospital".
The walls of the hospital were painted white and the floor was made of marble. It looked clean and elegant. However, when one entered the room in the middle of winter, a chill came up from the ground, making one shiver uncontrollably.
"What's going on? Don't drive the donkey cart in. This is a staff hospital, not a livestock station." The nurse on duty in the lobby was taking a nap when she was woken up by them. Naturally, she was not in a good mood.
"I'm sorry, doctor. I'll drive the donkey cart out in a moment. I'm the leader of the Qingshan Production Team. This is one of our team members. He was bitten by a wild boar and is now unconscious. We need to see a doctor right away."
Mo Dashuan took out the certificate from the team and explained to the nurse, and then pulled away the quilt covering Jiang Dachuan. When the nurse saw Jiang Dachuan, who was covered in blood and pale, she was immediately shocked and quickly woke up the nurse who was still sleeping beside her and asked her to quickly call the dean and the director.
Several young nurses came out of the department, and together they carried Jiang Dachuan onto a stretcher and walked into the house.
The hospital's staff building was nearby. In less than ten minutes, two gray-haired old doctors hurried over. They looked like they had just gotten up, with messy hair and sleep marks on their faces.
"Xiao Xu, there's a patient. Take us there quickly."
As soon as the two old doctors arrived at the hospital, they hurried to the clinic, asking the nurse about the patient's current condition. Mo Dashuan followed behind, unable to say a word. Just as he was about to say something, he was locked outside the clinic and almost hit his nose.
"Uncle Bai, can these two guys do it?" Mo Dashuan still remembered the silver needles that old man Bai had inserted into Jiang Dachuan's legs. Although the two doctors who had just arrived looked to be about the same age as Bai Fangqiu, he still felt that Bai Fangqiu was more capable. He was afraid that the two doctors wouldn't know how to use that stuff, and what would he do if something went wrong?
"It's okay." Bai Fangqiu waved his hand. If the doctor inside didn't know, he would still come out.
"Brother Bai, thank you so much this time. My second daughter-in-law, ah..." Old man Jiang patted his thigh and said gratefully to Bai Fangqiu, but he felt a little embarrassed when he mentioned Fan Xiaojuan.
"It's no problem." Bai Fangqiu showed a tolerant and open-minded smile and waved his hand at him. A doctor has a kind heart. His job is to save all the patients who can be saved. As for the attitude of the patients' families, it has never been within his consideration.
Health and life are at stake. Jiang Yilu somehow remembered the famous Hippocratic Oath, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Bai Fangqiu was a little different. If at the beginning, he was still trying to please him out of utilitarianism because of the other party's identity, now, he really took this short and even thin old man in front of him to heart.
This old man deserves everyone's respect.
"Grandpa, where's Second Aunt? Why didn't she come with us?"
Jiang Yilu finally remembered what was wrong. He said he felt like something was missing. It turned out that Fan Xiaojuan had never come to the county town with them.
"When something like this happened to Dachuan, wasn't she chattering happily just now? Where is she now?" Old Mrs. Miao was worried about her son just now and hadn't noticed Fan Xiaojuan. As soon as her grandson mentioned her, she immediately remembered her.
Everyone was a little puzzled. Jiang Dachuan came to the county town, but why didn't she, his wife, follow him? Didn't she just keep clamoring to go to the county hospital?
"Jiang Dachuan, Jiang Dachuan's family is there." A young nurse came out of the clinic and several people quickly surrounded her.
"I'm Jiang Dachuan's father. How is my son?" Jiang Cheng couldn't help but ask.
"The doctor is stitching his wound now. You guys go to the front and pay the money first." The nurse lowered her head, tore off a list from the booklet in her hand and handed it to Jiang Cheng.
"Oh no, I left in a hurry and forgot to bring any money with me." Jiang Cheng touched the pocket of his clothes and then he remembered that he had only taken off his clothes casually and there was no money in his pocket.
Mo Dashuan also patted his head and said, "Look at me, I was so anxious that I only remembered to bring the team's certificate and forgot the money."
Obviously, none of these people has any money.
"You all don't have any money." The nurse raised her head, looked at the embarrassed looks of the few people, and frowned: "How about this, you have the certificate from the team, go to the front and find a nurse to fill out a form, and just pay the money when the time comes."
The hospitals at that time were still very humane. No matter whether you had money or not, they would help you get your illness treated first. The outstanding fees would only be deducted from your future salary. Of course, necessary food and living expenses would be left every month until the outstanding debt was paid off.
In this day and age, travel requires proof. Without proof, you can’t buy any train tickets. Patients who owe money can’t run away even if they want to, so the hospital is still very relieved about this.
"Okay, I'll be there right away." Mo Dashuan went to the cashier's office to fill out the form. From now on, if Jiang Dachuan's medical expenses were not paid in full at one time, it would be deducted from the work points earned by their family.
"I was wondering why she disappeared. It turns out she was afraid of spending the money. What a heartless and unscrupulous thing." Old Mrs. Miao immediately understood why her second daughter-in-law did not follow them. She was sure that they would pay for the medical expenses.
Unfortunately, she didn't expect that they didn't bring any money, nor did she expect that the hospital had the credit function.
"You are not allowed to be soft-hearted and give out this money. They are both capable people, and they will pay it back sooner or later." Jiang Cheng frowned, obviously seeing through his daughter-in-law's plan.
If Fan Xiaojuan had spoken in a nice way, they might have softened their hearts and given the money, but now that she had done this, Jiang Cheng would not buy it.
Old Mrs. Miao was also angry. After finding out about how the hospital operated, she kept silent like Mo Dashuan. Anyway, she would not starve to death, and she could not just indulge those people and let them pester her.
This time and twice, the old lady still remembers what they said.
Jiang Yilu was very satisfied with the current development. He only hoped that once the results of his second uncle's injury were known, the two of them could still stand firm in their current decision.
The group sat on a bench in the hospital and waited for several hours. The nurse brought some blankets, a thermos, and some cups so that they could pour some hot water to warm themselves up. The draft in the corridor was very cold and one could easily catch a cold.
A young nurse saw that they had a child with them, so she filled a pot of hot water from a discarded thermos in the hospital and asked the child to hold the child to keep warm.
"They're out, they're out." Everyone was almost falling asleep from waiting, and the door of the clinic was finally opened, and two doctors came out.
"Doctor, how is the person inside? Is he okay?" Old Mrs. Miao was the first to come forward.
The doctor who walked in front and looked older sighed, his face showing fatigue. He said to Old Lady Miao, "The muscles in his left calf were eaten away by the wild boar. It will definitely affect his walking in the future. Fortunately, you stopped the bleeding before sending him here, and disinfected the wound urgently. At least he is saved."
As early as when they sent Jiang Dachuan here, several people had already prepared themselves mentally. After all, it was such a big piece of meat, and the doctor was not a god, so he couldn't make the meat grow back. Now that he could save his life, he was lucky.
Jiang Cheng also has a lame leg, but he is still alive and well.
"I don't know who treated the injured patient, but his technique is so exquisite that it amazes me." After the old doctor finished talking about Jiang Dachuan's condition, he couldn't help but ask them about it with an eager expression.
A person with such superb medical skills should not stay in the countryside. It would be fine for him to come to their staff hospital and take the position of director.
Mo Dashuan was a little embarrassed. After all, Bai Fangqiu was still a reactionary. If he told others...
The old doctor didn't understand why they had such expressions. His eyes accidentally swept across Bai Fangqiu and he was stunned: "You... Aren't you Dean Bai... Why are you here?"
The old doctor obviously knew Bai Fangqiu, and his face was full of surprise.
"The wound of the injured was treated by Dean Bai, no wonder, no wonder..."
Jiang Yilu saw that the old doctor was older than Grandpa Bai, but now he looked like an excited little fan seeing his idol, with his mouth wide open and his hands at a loss. He couldn't help but glance at Grandpa Bai.
Bai Fangqiu didn't know how the person in front of him knew him, and he didn't plan to talk about his experience in detail. He waved his hand and said, "I live in Qingshan Village now, so don't call me the old dean."
"What's the matter?" The old doctor was about to ask, but stopped. Thinking about the recent vigorous sports, he naturally understood why Bai Fangqiu was here now.
"What a sin." The old doctor sighed, and the younger doctor beside him tugged at his clothes: "Teacher."
The old doctor came back to his senses, stopped talking, and coughed a few times at the crowd. But he still looked at Bai Fangqiu with respect in his eyes.
It's easier to get things done if you have someone in the court. This sentence is always useful. The old doctor gave a few instructions to his subordinates, and Jiang Dachuan's hospitalization was arranged properly.
In a ward that could accommodate three people, only Jiang Dachuan was arranged to stay in it, and the remaining two beds were used for their relatives who were accompanying them.
"Uncle Jiang, Aunt Miao, it's almost dawn. I have to go back first. There are still a lot of things waiting for me in the village." Seeing that everything was arranged, Mo Dashuan said goodbye.
A wild boar came down the mountain and injured people. He had to go back and discuss with the team leaders how to deal with the matter, as well as how to write the report to his superiors. All these had to wait for him to make the decision after he returned.
"Yes, yes, it's getting late. Brother Bai, thank you for taking the trouble to make this trip with Dashuan. When I get back, I'll cook a delicious meal to thank you." Although Miao Sanfeng was stingy, she still understood the interpersonal relationships, especially since Doctor Bai Fangqiu had said that if it weren't for him, the second son would have died.
"Dahai, it's boring for you and Xiaobao to stay here. Go back with Dashuan. Remember to call Fan Xiaojuan back for me. Your husband is still in the hospital. It would be embarrassing for him as his wife not to come to the hospital to keep watch over him." Old man Jiang knocked on the table beside the bed, saying angrily.
"Just tell her that if she doesn't come, we two old people will just give up." Old man Jiang now regrets very much that he married such a daughter-in-law to his son. Dachuan was not so bad before. It must be this unreasonable daughter-in-law who instigated him.
"Yes, you should go back soon. Xiaobao hasn't slept all night and he looks terrible. Go back and ask Dongmei to stew two more eggs for Xiaobao and watch him eat." Old Mrs. Miao touched her grandson's face with heartache and urged Jiang Dahai to go back quickly.
Jiang Yilu had already heard the result, so he naturally did not resist, but his expression was a little solemn.
My second uncle's leg is lame, and from now on...
Forget it, forget it. When the enemy comes, we will fight back. When the water comes, we will block it with earth. He has lived two lives, can't he be defeated by Jiang Dachuan? If that is the case, then he has lived in vain.
Jiang Yilu was certain in his heart that in this lifetime, he would never give the second branch any chance to harm his family again.
Mo Dashuan and a few others got on the donkey cart and left in a hurry. Not long after they left, a dusty middle-aged woman, carrying a package in her hand, appeared in the lobby of the staff hospital.
"Nurse, is there a patient named Jiang Dachuan sent here?" The person who came was Fan Xiaojuan. She had just run to the People's Hospital on the other side of the county town, but didn't find anyone, so she hurried to the Staff Hospital.
"Jiang Dachuan, he's in the first room on the left hand side of the second floor. Go find him there."
There were only a few patients in the hospital. Jiang Dachuan was bitten by a wild boar and was sent to the hospital last night. The news had already spread among the nurses. When Fan Xiaojuan asked, the nurse told her Jiang Dachuan's ward.
"Nurse, what's wrong with Jiang Dachuan's leg?" Fan Xiaojuan was about to go over, but stopped, looked at the nurse and asked nervously.
"The injury is too severe. I'm afraid he will walk with a limp in the future, but it won't affect his life and work," the nurse replied.
"Lame, you said my man is lame." The package in Fan Xiaojuan's hand fell to the ground, and the whole person collapsed to the ground.
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