"You're getting weaker and weaker, brat. If your father finds out, he'll force you to go for extra training."
Li Qing cursed with a smile, then turned around and walked out with the bowl. Lee Ji-eun came back, and her originally worried heart finally settled down. Now she had to go and see if there was anything she could help with.
In the yard, Pei Qingshan was leading the clan brothers who knew how to slaughter pigs to dismember the wild boar. Ruan Niannian smelled the smell of slaughtering pigs and felt a little nauseous, so she went back to her room.
Pei Qingsong brought the barefoot doctor over soon.
When I went there, I explained the situation and the barefoot doctor brought some iodine and gauze.
Seeing the situation, Li Qing went to the stove, added two pieces of firewood, and boiled some water for later use.
The barefoot doctor looked at the wound and didn't say whether it was deep or shallow. He just asked Pei Qingsong, "Was this wound yesterday?"
"I don't know about that either." Pei Qingsong replied, "That should be the case. He went up the mountain yesterday, and I haven't heard of him getting injured before. He might have been injured by a wild boar."
Lee Ji-eun, the only one who knew the situation, was probably tired and fell asleep as soon as she came back. How could we wake her up at this time?
The barefoot doctor shook his head. "No, it wasn't caused by a wild boar."
He took off the dark green herbal debris and pulled Pei Qingsong to look at it, "Look at this wound."
It was a neat cut, obviously made with a knife. How could a wild boar make such a cut?
Wu Xinghua also realized something was wrong and quickly said, "He was fine the night before yesterday, without this wound. He didn't do anything before he went out. He went out after lunch yesterday. This wound must have been caused in the mountains."
No matter how doubtful it is, the priority now is to save the life. The barefoot doctor asked for some hot water.
Wu Xinghua hurried to the kitchen. Li Qing had already boiled water and brought a basin of water to her.
"I'll be watching right here. The water will always be filled up. Just come and get it when you need it."
When Pei Yuanzheng built the stove, he specially made a built-in water boiler. When cooking, he could fill it with water and boil the water at the same time. It also has a good heat preservation effect without boiling it out.
This is also the reason why Li Qing can heat up the water so quickly by just adding two pieces of firewood.
(This kind of built-in stove for boiling water seems to be more common in Hunan. The author saw it in an old photo of a friend's house. She said that her old stove was built in the 1970s. My friend's home is in Pingxiang, Jiangxi, close to Hunan, and many customs and habits are similar to those in Hunan.)
"Okay." Wu Xinghua agreed and walked towards the room carrying the basin.
The barefoot doctor first put the scissors and suture needle and thread he brought with him in boiling water, then disinfected the scissors and the wound with iodine, and cut off some of the necrotic flesh around the wound.
The operation was performed without anesthesia. Pei Qingsong called Pei Qingshan to come in and hold Pei Qinggang down together. The two strong men almost failed to hold him down.
"It will be a little painful, just knock him out."
The barefoot doctor said this lightly, and Pei Qingshan immediately executed it. He did have some courage.
After cutting the dead flesh, they started to sew. I have to say that the barefoot doctor must have learned some skills. The stitches were very neat and it is estimated that there will be no deep scars left.
After stitching, he disinfected the wound with iodine again, then wrapped the wound with gauze and told the patient to remove the stitches in seven days and not to let the wound come into contact with water during this period.
Wu Xinghua agreed to all of his requests and stuffed two dollars into his hand before seeing him off.
“It won’t take that much.”
Wu Xinghua said hurriedly: "I will have to trouble you again later, please accept it. It will make me feel more at ease if you accept it."
Okay.
He said no more and left with the medicine box on his back.
Pei Qingshan saw that everything was settled and was ready to leave. Before leaving, he told Wu Xinghua, "Xinghua, take good care of Qinggang these few days. That wild boar must have been killed by Qinggang. What are you going to do with it?"
Ask her what to do with it? Isn't it hers that Pei Qing just beat it? What else should she do with it? Should she keep it at home or sell it?
Wu Xinghua was a little confused.
Li Qing understood what Pei Qingshan meant, but she was too embarrassed to remind him directly, so she just said, "Captain, Qing Gang is still unconscious, and Xinghua, as a woman, can't make the decision. Why don't we wait until Qing Gang wakes up before discussing this matter?"
What she said was right. Pei Qingshan nodded and thanked Li Qing again, "Aunt, thank you so much to your comrade Zhien this time. Has he ever been in the army before?"
Pei Qingshan had been wanting to ask since he went to the mountains to find someone today. Thinking that both Lee Ji-eun and he were veterans, he felt particularly close to her.
When asked about this, Li Qing's heart skipped a beat. Of course, Lee Ji-eun had never served in the army. Everything he knew was learned from his father. It was impossible for her to deny it now because people could see that these were things that would only be taught in the army.
"Yes, yes." Li Qing curled her lips, "At that time, he served in the army for two years, and then his father took him back home."
Pei Qingshan had expected this answer. He nodded, said it was raining heavily, and asked them not to see him off. He then put on his raincoat and went out.
In the countryside, working in the rain is common, and a straw raincoat is much more convenient than an umbrella. Every household here will prepare one or two sets of straw raincoats, and even more straw raincoat hats.
After Pei Qingshan left, Pei Qingsong looked around and found that there was nothing else for him to do, so he offered to go home. "Aunt, if you need anything, just go to the old house and call me. It's raining so hard. The village party secretary used a loud speaker to call everyone in the village early in the morning to go to work today. I'll be home anytime."
"Okay." Li Qing responded quickly, "Brother, please go home slowly."
After being here for so long, Li Qing has become accustomed to the way people here address her.
Among relatives, the man calls the woman's relatives, who are not direct relatives, "her aunt" just like Pei Qingsong called Li Qing just now, and the woman calls the man's relatives "his elder brother" just like Li Qing called Pei Qingsong just now.
This way, you don't have to worry about the issue of generational address, and just follow the other person's generation in the family.
It hasn't been long since she has integrated into the community. She often sees villagers greet her and she can recognize many of them.
Even Li Zhili has two little sisters in the village who she can talk to. Although Li Zhili did it intentionally, it also shows that she is integrating into this place.
Thinking about her family's situation, Li Qing felt a little worried. She didn't know how her father, Mr. Lu, was doing now.
When she went to Pei Qingsong's house before, she told him that Li Zhien came to see her these few days and happened to encounter this incident. This is not a long-term solution. As an aunt, she can stay until Ruan Niannian is out of confinement on the grounds that she has her family to take care of her, but Li Zhili cannot do that.
It is impossible for a grown-up girl to live here for a long time.
Also, Li Zhien was misunderstood as a "veteran", and she will have to talk to Pei Yuanzheng about this later.
Li Qing was thinking when Wu Xinghua beside her called her back to her senses, "Aunt, this wild boar, what did the captain mean just now?"
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