"Her lips are purple," Tao said gently, shining the oil lamp on Xu Xiaoyan's face. After showing it to them, he grabbed Xu Xiaoyan's hands and feet and showed them the same thing. "The fingertips are dark in color. I suspect poisoning."
Li Lidan was a timid person who could not help being frightened. Her face turned pale when she heard this. She obviously thought that Tao Wenwen was a fool, but when she saw her calm and determined expression, she seemed to have forgotten her initial thoughts all of a sudden. Somehow, she felt that what Tao Wenwen said was true.
The truth is even more terrifying.
It's poisonous and can kill people!
"Don't talk nonsense in my house so late at night!" Li Lidan thought about the ghost stories she heard when she was a child. Those ghosts crawling out of the underworld, whether they were ghosts or ghost catchers, only came out at night.
We can't bring those dirty things in here!
Li Lidan became more and more frightened and wanted to kick Tao Wenwen out, but before she could even open her mouth, Xu Xiangdong next to her said, "I'll do it!"
Tao Wenwen thought he had obediently followed Li Lidan's request and went to find Wang Xiaomin or the barefoot doctor, but he didn't expect that he was still there.
Although he looks honest, it turns out he is actually a very opinionated person.
Tao Wenwen held the oil lamp and made way for Xu Xiangdong, who quickly undressed Xu Xiaoyan, leaving only her tightest short-sleeved shirt. With Xu Xiangdong around, Tao Wenwen simply handed him the lamp and lifted up Xu Xiaoyan's shirt, exposing her belly.
Xu Xiaoyan is very skinny, and her belly is usually so shriveled that it looks like her waist is about to break. But at this moment, her belly is like that of a pregnant woman. Not only is it round and big, but there are also purple blood vessels extending on her belly, as if it may burst at any time.
"This, this, this..." Li Lidan pointed at Xu Xiaoyan's belly, scared to death.
No one had ever seen such a thing, including Xu Xiangdong and his son. They were all startled. The first thought that popped into their minds was that what Tao Wenwen had just said, could it be true that she was poisoned?
"Oh, what should I do? This is really killing me. How could something like this happen?" Li Lidan slapped her thigh and started crying again.
Xu Youtian was extremely upset, and Li Lidan's crying made him even more annoyed. He couldn't help but curse, "Don't cry all day long. You'll make trouble even if there's nothing wrong!"
After saying this, he let out a deep breath and then turned to look at Tao Wenwen. Unlike Li Lidan's sharp tone, Xu Youtian's attitude was quite polite. "How can you tell it's poisoning? This is a matter of life and death. You must explain it clearly and don't try to bluff me!"
Tao Wenwen leaned over Xu Xiaoyan's stomach and listened. When he stood up, he felt her pulse again and said with certainty, "She was poisoned not long ago. If she gets treated immediately, she can still be saved."
Logically, what Tao Wenwen said should be debatable. It is more likely that she was just bluffing, after all, she was just a little girl. However, Xu Youtian and Li Lidan were still stunned by what she said. It was really that Tao Wenwen's attitude was too confident.
Although Xu Xiangdong was also frightened and looked uneasy, he was still relatively calm compared to his parents. He even knew to ask, "How do we save him?"
"We don't know what kind of poison she was poisoned with yet." Tao Wenwen looked at them and asked, "Do you know what she ate today?"
Children in the countryside are not allowed to be locked up at home. They run wild outside all day long. Xu Xiaoyan is the youngest in the family. She was weak when she was young, so everyone had to do everything first. She knew that everyone was worried about her, so she was reluctant to hit them. As she grew older, she became more and more reckless. She dared to do anything, climbing trees and going down to the river. Who knows what she picked to fill her stomach today?
Xu Youtian and Li Lidan simply knew nothing about anything.
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