"Bai Lu has been treating you, and your condition is getting better and better, which is enough to prove that her professional ability is up to standard. Are you thinking too much?" I asked.
Yunwen shook her head and said, "Wolf teeth are not poisonous, but they bite deep and are contaminated with bacteria. After disinfection, you can rest and take a mild anti-inflammatory prescription. However, the one she asked me to prescribe has anti-inflammatory effects, but it is a strong medicine. She forgot that she told me that the medicine is toxic and should not be used lightly. Even if it can be controlled, it must be supplemented with other medicines, but the prescription she prescribed did not contain any."
This medicinal material is used as the "monarch, minister, assistant and envoy" in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions. Some are used as monarch medicines, the main symptom of the prescription, and some are used as assistant medicines, which are medicines prescribed to reduce the strength and toxicity of monarch medicines and minister medicines. These medicines have different uses and dosages, and the effects will also vary greatly. These theories were heard from the old Chinese medicine doctors in the village.
I didn't expect that Yunwen, this girl, had figured out all these things after following her for a few days, and what she said had some basis. I was really impressed by her, but it is understandable that beginners only know the basics and don't understand the profound meaning of the masters.
So I said, "Yunwen, maybe a strong dose of medicine is also her inference and prediction of my illness, and she gave me a reasonable medicine? Winter is coming soon, she won't expect me to get worse, so just do as she says."
Seeing that I insisted, Yunwen didn't say anything else. At night, she applied the medicinal mud she had mashed on my wounds, and then boiled some medicine for me in an earthen jar and asked me to drink it. My wounds felt cool and there was a warm feeling flowing through my body. I felt a little sleepy unknowingly. Yunwen helped me lie down, let me rest and close my eyes, and then she left.
I fell asleep for a while, but not long after, I felt the wound on my leg itching and burning, so I opened my eyes again.
I kept scratching and found that my legs became more and more red and swollen, and there were many red spots on them. It was obviously a worsening situation!
At this time, Song Bailu came in with Yingchun and Yunwen, holding torches. I thought they were my saviors. She might have anticipated that the medicine she prescribed was a bit strong, so she planned to reduce the toxicity of the external medicine for me.
"Zhou Bo, usually you arrange the night shift. Now you are lying down and unable to move. I think I know the situation outside and the personnel situation better than you do. So why don't you let me arrange this matter?" Bai Lu said.
"It's okay to give it to you temporarily. You can arrange it yourself." I said.
"Then I'll arrange it. Also, Zhou Bo, you slapped my sister twice before, and her face is still red and swollen. Now you are sick in bed and have to rely on the two of us to take care of you. Don't you think this is a bit too much? I don't think anyone would be so magnanimous easily, and my sister is just an eighteen-year-old girl, she is young and ignorant. The psychological impact of your behavior on her is very serious. Shouldn't you do something in front of everyone?" Bai Lu asked.
"Sister, why are you so nosy? We have already settled the matter, so don't act like a dog trying to catch a rat." Yingchun scolded.
"Sister Bailu, Zhou Bo said that rewards and punishments should be clear, but the situation that day..." Before Yunwen could finish her words, Bailu scolded her coldly.
"You're the one who talks too much, right? I've been talking to Zhou Bo, do you want to represent him? Are you worthy? Are you his wife? Don't forget, you have a fiancé at home. Figure out the situation yourself." Song Bailu said.
"What do you want from me? An apology?" I asked.
"Yes, apologize!" Song Bailu said.
"I, Zhou Bo, am an upright person and I am simply apologizing! Song Bailu, if you have the guts, just try to touch me. Without me, you will see how long you can survive on the island. Don't act like a smug person." I said.
Song Bailu sneered, walked over, lifted the coat covering my legs, took a look, and said deliberately in a strange voice: "Hey, Zhang Yunwen, is this how you use purple-leaf nettle? The dosage is wrong, are you deliberately trying to cause trouble for Zhou Bo? Look at his legs, come and take a closer look."
Yunwen came over and was immediately shocked to see that the wound on my leg had not healed. I looked carefully and saw that strange red spots had grown near the wound. The wound also smelled a bit and had started to ooze pus again.
"Oh, what can I say to you, Zhang Yunwen! You are really not good at helping others but are more likely to cause trouble. This medicine is extremely toxic, how can it be used on such a large scale? It is extremely toxic and abuse can cause skin lesions and become an incurable disease. In the future, it can only be relieved regularly through special antidotes. How could you do this?" Song Bailu said.
"I... Zhou Bo! I don't have it. These dosages and usages were told to me by Sister Bai Lu. I definitely don't prescribe any medicine randomly." Yunwen hurriedly explained.
"Don't talk nonsense. I am cautious when using medicine. It is impossible for me to use purple-leaf nettle as the main medicine without other auxiliary medicines. You are just taking the initiative and doing something reckless, trying to kill Zhou Bo." Song Bailu said.
I know what she is acting and I already understand what she means.
She poisoned me through Yunwen, and then used the regular antidote to put pressure on me so that I would compromise with her. This woman wanted to take the top position and gain real power. She wanted to use my illness to hold me hostage, and manipulate me to be a puppet of the two sisters in the future, so that I would go through life and death and do everything for them, while they could be free and at ease, hiding here without having to do anything, and be a lady or princess.
It's not hard to guess what she's planning.
"Zhou Bo, I definitely didn't mean that. I just told you." Yunwen cried, pulling my sleeve, staggering with tears in her eyes.
I patted her hands, forced myself to endure the pain, propped myself up, sat up, and said, "I understand, I just admit my mistake, Song Yingchun, let me say what I said again, I'm sorry, I apologize to you, I apologize to you on behalf of my personal behavior, but not on behalf of my official mistakes."
"Oh, isn't it a waste of time to say the same thing twice?" Yingchun glared at Song Bailu and walked out.
Song Bailu was already proud, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise. She said: "Since you apologized, I will do my best to prescribe medicine to make up for the symptoms that this reckless girl made a mistake. By the way, tonight, in order to punish Zhang Yunwen for her excessive behavior, she will be on guard all night. Do you have any objection? After all, it is you who taught me to be clear about rewards and punishments, right?"
"How about this, I'll keep watch with her, and we'll go out later." I said through gritted teeth.
"That's fine. After all, you like it too. I understand." Song Bailu smiled, then left the earthen house again and went to find Song Yingchun.
Yunwen cried out of grievance, and I comforted her for a long time. She wanted me to stay in the house while she would keep watch. But I knew very well that a dragon in shallow water is bullied by shrimps, and a tiger in the plain is bullied by dogs. In Song Bailu's eyes, I was no longer a leader, but a puppet controlled by her, or to put it bluntly, a slave. Even if I didn't mention it, she would not let me sleep in this mud house.
Not long after, she came to urge us to go outside to keep watch, and she and Yingchun wanted to occupy this earthen house that could keep out the cold. I could only endure the pain and take Yunwen to the campfire. I leaned against the earthen wall and could only barely warm myself by the fire in this posture.
Looking outside, the venison was processed cleanly, with pieces of cut and marinated meat hung on ropes. A lot of it was soaked in spring water, giving off a fishy smell. Yunwen said that the velvet antlers had been placed in a box as a tonic, and other deerskins were hung not far away to dry. They planned to make some leather boots and leather clothes to keep out the cold.