Chapter 194 Everyone Fell Down on Tuesday
In the Zhou family courtyard, Mrs. Zhou once again knocked on the wooden basin with a spatula.
While knocking, she cursed: "Ms. Chen, you lazy woman, such a long time has passed, and you are still using the last incident as an excuse to be lazy. You are slower than a turtle in harvesting crops, and now the autumn harvest is over, you are not doing any work. You are going to piss off your mother-in-law to death.
Zhou Muniu, hurry up and go up the mountain to chop firewood."
The two people who were named were unmoved, and those who didn't know would think they were not at home.
Aunt Wang, the neighbor on the other side of the Zhou family, couldn't stand it anymore and leaned over the wall and cursed: "Mr. Zhou, what are you yelling about all day? It's so annoying to be your neighbor. There's no peace every day. No wonder your daughter-in-law ignores you."
"I'm cursing in my own yard, what does it have to do with you? If you can't stand it, just plug your ears. If that doesn't work, just follow the example of the Li family and move to the edge of the village and stop meddling in other people's business."
"If you don't scream, will it affect me? Who do you think would care about a crazy woman? Humph." Aunt Wang rolled her eyes and jumped off the wall.
Mrs. Zhou became even angrier. She threw the wooden basin away and started smashing the door with a hoe.
Chen Cuihua didn't expect that she would break down the door, so she asked Zhou Xiaomiao and Zhou Muniu to hide in the corner. She walked sideways from the wall and pulled open the bolt.
Mrs. Zhou missed the target with the hoe and it fell to the ground, causing her hand and arm to ache.
“Ouch~”
Mrs. Zhou cried out in pain and pointed at Chen Cuihua: "You unfilial thing, you want to kill me, I must beat you today."
Chen Cuihua was very panicked, fearing that the old woman would get angry and hit her with the hoe.
She said, "Have you forgotten what the county magistrate said? You must not abuse your daughter-in-law without reason. You dare to hit me. Aren't you afraid that I will ask the county magistrate to judge the case?"
Mrs. Zhou froze for a moment, then snorted coldly: "I have a legitimate reason to beat you. You are greedy and lazy, disobedient and unfilial, you don't work, and you don't let my grandson be filial to me. You deserve it if I beat you to death."
As she said this, she picked up the hoe.
At this time, a voice came from outside the yard: "Aunt Zhou, is Aunt Zhou home?"
Mrs. Zhou pulled back so hard that she almost sprained her waist.
She held her waist and walked to the yard: "What's the matter?"
Then four people were seen coming in from outside the yard carrying Zhou Erquan.
Zhou Er was unconscious, his face was covered in blood, and his clothes were torn in several pieces, with blood oozing out.
"Oh, what's wrong with the second brother?" Mrs. Zhou immediately threw away the kitchen knife, ignored her back pain, and walked forward quickly.
Chen Cuihua heard the noise and came out as well.
Seeing Zhou Erquan's appearance, he was so scared that his legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
Then one of the young men said, "I went to the mountain to chop wood today, and I saw Erquan collapsed in the valley. He must have fallen, so I quickly went down the mountain and asked someone to carry him back. Please get a doctor to take a look at him."
At this time, Old Man Zhou also came back from outside.
Because Mrs. Zhou always scolded people, his reminders were useful before, but gradually they became useless.
He had no choice but to go out and get some quiet time, and come back for dinner.
I heard someone say that the second child was injured and was carried home.
Seeing Zhou Er lying unconscious on the bed, he panicked and immediately asked one of the young men to help call a doctor.
He said, "Second brother, what are you still standing there for? Go get a basin of hot water and clean up for the second brother."
Chen Cuihua hurriedly went to fetch water.
I wiped it briefly, but my face was still very red.
At this time, the doctor also arrived. After checking the pulse, he said: "The wounds on the forehead and limbs are not serious. They are just superficial injuries. They will heal after two applications of medicine.
However, the dark circles around his eyes showed that he had not slept well for a long time, was extremely tired, had excessive liver fire in his body, and the heat caused him to faint.
Also, there are heavy bruises on my waist. Maybe I hit my waist when I fell. If the middle column of my waist is injured, I’m afraid... I won’t be able to stand up again.”
The old couple of the Zhou family and Chen Cuihua were struck by lightning.
Can’t stand up anymore?
How can this be possible?
The eldest couple cannot be relied upon. During this period, Chen Cuihua and Zhou Muniu have not been working. Fortunately, the second brother takes care of the housework and the farm, otherwise the old couple would be so tired that they would not be able to straighten their backs.
How did it suddenly become like this?
Chen Cuihua immediately asked: "Doctor, please help him get well, our family depends on him."
Doctor Zhang looked embarrassed and said, "My medical skills are limited. Why don't you go to the county clinic? Maybe my medical skills are not good enough and I made a wrong diagnosis."
Finally, after paying the medical fee, medicine and bandages, he took fifty cents and left.
That night, Zhou Erquan developed a high fever and couldn't get rid of it no matter what he did.
Doctor Zhang was invited over again.
Doctor Zhang asked Chen Cuihua to boil a decoction to clear away heat and detoxify, and asked her to apply a handkerchief to her forehead and rub her body to dissipate heat.
After a night of tossing and turning, the temperature only dropped a little.
As soon as the sky turned pale, Chen Cuihua begged the old couple for money so that she could take Zhou Erquan to the county town to see a doctor.
The neighbors all leaned over the wall to watch.
Mrs. Zhou was woken up and saw her crying, and she was very angry.
Old Man Zhou directly gave her one or two taels of silver, and asked Zhou Daquan to borrow an ox cart so that he could go with her to see the doctor.
One is to help, and the other is to listen to what the doctor says and how to spend the money.
When I arrived at the county town, the doctor took my pulse and prescribed three medicines to clear away heat, detoxify and relieve summer heat.
As for the waist, all we can say is that the patient may be paralyzed in bed, unable to move. We won’t know the specific situation until the person wakes up.
He asked the waiter to prepare a medicine for Zhou Erquan, who drank it and then received acupuncture. After an hour, Zhou Erquan woke up slowly.
The doctor pinched his leg and asked if he felt anything.
Tuesday shook his head in confusion.
The doctor sighed, walked out of the room, and then said to Chen Cuihua and Zhou Daquan: "He has no feeling in his legs right now."
Chen Cuihua asked anxiously: "Doctor, can it be cured?"
The old doctor stroked his beard and said, "I can't guarantee it. I can only say that you should stimulate the acupoints with acupuncture once every three days, and then apply the ointment to activate blood circulation and dredge the meridians. Also change it every three days. Then you can massage his legs every day and see the effect after a year.
If the patient is conscious, then there is a chance of recovery and treatment can continue. However, in this case, even if the patient recovers, he or she will not be able to work, and his or her legs will not be able to walk properly and he or she may fall easily.
If I lose consciousness, there is no possibility of standing up."
Zhou Daquan immediately said, "What? It will take a year or so to treat? And the results of the treatment are unknown, so what's the point of treating it?"
The old doctor's face darkened, and Chen Cuihua immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, doctor, my uncle is anxious, so how much does it cost for treatment?"
"Acupuncture and ointment are three hundred coins each time. You need to come at least ten times a month, which costs three taels of silver."
"What? Three taels of silver? Robbery." Zhou Daquan's voice became louder.
The old doctor rubbed his ears and said unhappily, "I didn't ask you to come and treat me. If you don't want to be treated, leave now. Today's consultation fee plus the medicine fee is 200 coins. Pay the money and leave."
Chen Cuihua immediately apologized with a smile, paid the money, and took Zhou Erquan home.
After returning, Zhou Daquan couldn't wait to tell the story.
Old man Zhou frowned and Mrs. Zhou cried loudly.
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