Chapter 341 New Life
Shen Qingtan saw the little girl's eyes wide open and asked in a childish voice, "Brother, how did you know?"
Gu Changsheng's voice softened: "Brother guessed it."
"Wow, brother, you are so awesome." The little girl's eyes sparkled and she raised a finger: "Can I have a candy?"
Gu Changsheng was silent.
Shen Qingtan felt her purse, which contained two lactose candies. She untied her purse and prepared to take out one lactose candy for the little girl.
The next moment, her movements paused.
Gu Changsheng took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve pocket, poured out a round piece of lactose and placed it in the little girl's palm.
The little girl ate the lactose in one gulp and smiled sweetly at Gu Changsheng.
Gu Changsheng looked at the little girl's bright smile and couldn't help but smile. He raised his hand and touched the little girl's head.
The little girl was satisfied and very happy. She stuck to Gu Changsheng and didn't want to leave.
Gu Changsheng felt somewhat helpless and acquiesced to the existence of the little girl.
He slowly stood up, picked up the medicine box beside him, and prepared to go to treat the patient. In the blink of an eye, he saw a bright figure, looked over, and recognized Shen Qingtan from the vague outline.
Almost every time they met, she deliberately chose brightly colored clothes, and the bright colors allowed him to see her at a glance.
"Manman."
Gu Changsheng put down the medicine box and walked towards Shen Qingtan.
Shen Qingtan stared at the porcelain bottle in Gu Changsheng's hand, and her fingers unconsciously clenched her purse.
Gu Changsheng cares about his sister so much that even after so many years, he still carries her favorite lactose with him.
He gave the candy to the little girl. Perhaps it was the little girl's words that reminded him of her when she was a child?
Gu Changsheng noticed Shen Qingtan's gaze, tightened his fingers, and said nonchalantly: "She is just like you when you were a child, with bad teeth and always craving candy."
Shen Qingtan keenly noticed the change in Gu Changsheng's mood. Ever since the brother and sister reunited, they tacitly avoided talking about the past.
Now that he has taken the initiative to bring up the past, has he let go of his worries, opened up his closed heart, and slowly moved on?
"Mom said that eating candy will turn me into a sweet baby, so I just want to eat candy." Shen Qingtan said with a smile: "I don't want to let my brother spoil me."
Gu Changsheng thought of when she had a toothache as a child, and she lay in his arms with tears in her eyes and acted coquettishly. With his gentle coaxing, she obediently and softly said that she would not eat candy next time.
When her toothache went away, she started to find new ways to ask for candy, completely forgetting how pitiful she felt when she had the toothache.
Thinking of this, Gu Changsheng smiled slightly with the corners of his lips raised.
Shen Qingtan looked at his faint smile and realized that he had really untied the shackles on his shoulders and was trying to reconcile with herself.
She felt relieved and held out her palm to him: "Brother, if you said my teeth don't hurt anymore, buy me some candy."
Gu Changsheng lowered his crow-feather eyelashes and stared at the palm of her hand in a daze.
These were the words he used to coax her on the eve of their separation fourteen years ago.
Gu Changsheng poured a piece of lactose into her palm, fulfilling his promise. All the past events seemed to have been completely turned over the moment he poured the candy into her palm.
Shen Qingtan held the lactose in her mouth. The taste was clearly no different from what she ate every day, but she tasted a little bitter and astringent. After sipping away the bitterness, only the lingering sweetness remained, slowly seeping into her heart.
She looked up at Gu Changsheng's brown pupils and asked, "Brother, how are your eyes recovering?"
Gu Changsheng said truthfully: "I'm recovering slowly."
Shen Qingtan continued to ask: "Does your head hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt." Gu Changsheng said, "I understand the responsibility and meaning that medical skills have given me."
He went from Yingcheng to Yuncheng, and the sheds were full of patients. The passing of life gradually eroded the desire to live in their eyes, leaving only despair.
He has witnessed patients die in despair.
He has also witnessed the joy of patients regaining new life.
He also witnessed the birth of new life.
Every moment is touching. He wants to save those who are struggling to survive and let their lives continue in his hands.
"Doctor Gu, please come quickly. The new patient is in critical condition."
Someone shouted Gu Changsheng in a loud voice.
Gu Changsheng said to Shen Qingtan, "Manman, go back first. There are patients everywhere here. Don't stay here too long."
Shen Qingtan nodded.
Gu Changsheng instructed Zhao Yi: "Take good care of Manman."
Zhao Yi said gently, "Okay."
Gu Changsheng turned around and walked a few steps, then turned back to Shen Qingtan and put the porcelain bottle in her hand.
Shen Qingtan looked at the white-glazed porcelain vase in his hand that still had some warmth in it. The lustrous and smooth white seemed to be integrated with the white snow.
She followed the footprints in the snow and looked ahead. She saw the faint warm sunlight spreading over his thin back, dispelling the chill brought by the winter.
The haze that had been trapped in his heart for a long time seemed to be dispelled along with the coldness in his body.
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Gu Changsheng carried the medicine box into a small bamboo shed, shook off the fine white snowflakes on his body, and saw a patient lying on the kang.
When the yamen runner saw Gu Changsheng coming, he quickly said, "Doctor Gu, we found her in the snow. Can you take a look and see if you can cure her?"
When Gu Changsheng walked to the bedside, he saw the patient twitching all over, with his mouth wide open, gasping for breath with difficulty.
He put his hand on the patient's wrist and could feel the patient's muscles trembling. He leaned closer to the patient's face, and saw that the patient's eyes were straight, his lips were cyanotic, and his expression was painful.
Gu Changsheng withdrew his hand and said decisively, "She had contracted an epidemic disease. If she had been discovered and brought here earlier, she could have been cured. But now she has developed lung failure and asthma. Judging from her symptoms and pulse, she only has ten days to half a month to live. There's no cure."
The patient felt chest tightness, shortness of breath, and was unable to lie down and sleep, which was extremely painful.
Her family had no money to pay for her medical treatment, so her husband carried her on his back and placed her at the door of a shanty, hoping that a local doctor would find her and treat her.
When the bailiff picked her up, she seemed to see a glimmer of hope.
But when he heard Gu Changsheng's words, it was like a blow to the head.
"Help... help me..." The patient opened his mouth to say a few words, then gasped violently, opening his mouth to take a few breaths, "Please... please..."
She couldn't lift her eyelids, and pressed her hands against her chest, trying to make her breathe easier.
Gu Changsheng looked at the desire in her eyes and suddenly felt powerless.
If it was an ordinary illness, he would not be helpless.
But her organs were failing and no medicine could cure her.
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