Chapter 94 Chapter 94 Says yes, but seems not to be
Sun Wu's stepfather, Uncle Zhou, said with a despairing look on his face, "Xu boy, please carry me back."
In the afternoon, he was bored at home, so he wanted to go cut some grass for the cows. Sun Wu had gone up the mountain to chop firewood, and his husband was busy with other things, so naturally he had to do the job of cutting grass for the cows.
The nearby fields had just been planted with corn. The villagers were diligent and there wasn't a single weed in the fields. Uncle Zhou had to go to the foot of the mountain to cut grass for the cows.
Originally, the cows also ate the dry straw in the fields, but now Sun Wu's monthly salary of several hundred coins depends entirely on it. In addition, cows are a rare commodity for the villagers, so Uncle Zhou would never let his cows eat the dry straw.
As a result, he felt so sorry for the cow that he almost lost his life.
Uncle Zhou regrets it, but there is no medicine for regret in the world.
This is a very poisonous snake. I heard that few people who were bitten by it could survive for more than half a month. The town’s clinic is also helpless against this poison.
Uncle Zhou shed tears, not wanting to accept his fate, but the reality made him helpless.
Xu Yunfan felt a warmth on his back and thought it was sweat. After putting Uncle Zhou down and looking at the crying man, he realized that it was not sweat at all, but tears, and maybe something else as well.
Uncle Zhou was crying with tears and snot all over his face, and his clothes on the back were soaked. He didn't know how much snot was on his clothes.
At this moment, Xu Yunfan was in a complicated mood. He endured the discomfort and stood aside silently watching. The villagers in the yard were talking at once, and no one knew what was going on.
Some have serious expressions, while others are full of gossip...
In modern times, if you are bitten by a poisonous snake, as long as you inject serum in time, there will be no big problem. But was it the same in ancient times?
Here, a simple fever can be fatal, not to mention a bite from a venomous snake like a king cobra.
The backwardness of medical conditions means that human life is so fragile.
He has two little ones at home, and Xiao Qin's family lives in the village. There is only one doctor in the surrounding villages. Usually, if the villagers have a headache or fever, they either endure it or go to the next village to see the doctor. Few people are willing to spend money to see a doctor in the town.
To put it bluntly, the doctors in the town's clinic are the ones who have some real skills and abilities, while the doctors in the village, I heard, used to be apprentices to doctors in town for two years, and then went out to work on their own.
Unless such a doctor is extremely talented and self-taught, his medical skills are questionable.
Facts have proved that this doctor's ability is just average. I heard that many years ago, a child had a fever in the middle of the night, and the child's parents sent the child to his home overnight. Because the child had a high fever, the doctor gave him too strong medicine, and in the end a life was lost in vain.
Even though he had saved lives before, some villagers who didn't have time to go to the town had no choice but to find him to try their luck.
Xu Yunfan had never thought about these things before, but now he suddenly thought of them.
People eat all kinds of grains, so it is inevitable that they will feel dizzy and have a fever. The medical conditions here are so backward. We have to go to the clinic only when we really have a headache and fever. What should we do if it is the middle of the night?
No, no, it seems he needs to keep common medicines at home.
Fang Ge'er ran to call for help. People on the road saw him running in a hurry and couldn't help asking him what happened?
"Uncle Zhou was bitten by Guo Shanfeng. I have to go and call Sun Wu back and send him to town."
After Fang Ge'er responded, everyone knew in a short while that Uncle Zhou had been bitten by Guo Shanfeng.
The yard was soon filled with Sun's people. Everyone had a heavy expression on their faces, and some uncles came into the house to see what was going on.
Some old men grabbed the village chief who had rushed back and looked dazed and said, "Where's Wu? Hurry and get him back. This... this is what we should do. How could he be bitten by Guo Shanfeng out of nowhere?"
Grandpa Sun's legs were so weak at this moment that he couldn't even pull the ox cart. As he was old, he couldn't stand the big shock. Several uncles from Sun Wu's family carried Grandpa Sun directly to their homes.
Sun Wu came back and heard Fang Ge'er say on the way that his father was bitten by a poisonous snake. All of a sudden, Sun Wu felt his eyes go dark, his mind went blank, his legs went soft, and he almost fell down.
Fortunately, Qin Dayou slapped him and scolded him, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry back and take Uncle Zhou to the clinic."
Although I know that it would be useless to go to the hospital if I was bitten by Guo Shanfeng, who would be willing to do that without trying?
Maybe Uncle Zhou is lucky and the doctor can cure him.
It was not until the evening that Qin Run and his companions returned following Sun Wu's ox cart.
Qin Run felt so distressed when he learned that Xu Yunfan had eaten at Uncle Qin's house at noon that he washed the pot and cooked for Xu Yunfan as soon as he got home.
When Qin Run and the others came back, Xu Yunfan heard the noise.
It’s not that the noise of the ox cart was too loud, but because Uncle Zhou was on the ox cart. When some aunts and uncles from Sun’s side saw it, they started following the ox cart from the village entrance, crying all the way back.
Uncle Zhou came back so quickly that others knew what happened without asking.
If there is a chance of saving him, the doctor at the clinic will let him stay overnight. If not... then he can go back to where he came from.
Since ancient times, some doctors have been able to save people bitten by other poisonous snakes, but snakes like the mountain snake are the most poisonous of all, the spiciest of all poisons, and many doctors are helpless against their venom.
Many villagers went to the village chief's house at once. Xu Yunfan held his forehead and sighed, "Run'er, should we go to the village chief's house too?"
In the village, the village chief can be said to be a big shot. When something like this happens in someone's family, other villagers go to see it. It is unreasonable and unacceptable for them not to go.
"Yes, I have to go. I'll go later." Qin Run replied without stopping the work in his hands.
"Uncle Zhou's snake venom, can't the doctor cure it?" Xu Yunfan is powerless now. Apart from doing business and being a teacher, he doesn't want to be in the spotlight in other aspects. But is he going to watch a living life disappear just because he is afraid?
Moreover, the needle and the small bottle of serum were not found in his "treasure box" at that time, but they appeared when he came back and opened it. Was all this really just a coincidence, or was it arranged by fate?
Qin Run shook his head, his expression dejected, unable to hide his sorrow. "There's nothing we can do. That was Guo Shan Feng. It wasn't just any venomous snake. Doctors can cure the venom of ordinary snakes, but the venom of Guo Shan Feng is too strong. I heard that the doctor in town tried it before, but the man couldn't be saved."
Qin Run felt bad when he thought about Sun Wu driving the ox cart and crying while sobbing when he returned to the village.
When Qin's father went there before, he was crying and hiccuping, and Qin An was crying and making a fuss. At that time, Uncle Zhou followed Qin's people to take Qin An away. During those nights, they took turns to take care of Qin An.
Uncle Zhou had fled to Dali Village with the Qin family in his early years. The reason the Qin family had to flee was that there was a flood where they lived and the entire village was submerged.
After the flood, corpses were everywhere, which was most likely to cause an epidemic. The local county magistrate sent all his officers and soldiers to bury the drowned poultry and other things, so he naturally could not take care of the affected people.
The people in the county were displaced, and even in the town, nine out of ten houses were empty, leaving only the devastation after the flood. The surrounding villagers had to start moving their families to other cities to seek a way out.
Uncle Zhou's family all died in the flood. Old Qin couldn't bear to leave Uncle Zhou alone for the sake of being from the same village, so he took him with him.
Escape from the disaster. If you have food and drink, who would escape from the disaster?
The Qin family was already starving, and if they brought another child along, it would mean there would be one more person to share the few rations with them.
When fleeing the disaster, some people even ate their own children due to hunger, but Qin's people still took the young Uncle Zhou with them.
They took him all the way to Dali Village, and after he settled down in various households, they built a house for him.
Before that, Uncle Zhou lived with the clan leader's grandmother, so he was also a member of the Qin family.
Because of this kindness, even though Uncle Zhou got married later, his relationship with Qin remained the same and there was no estrangement.
It was also because of Uncle Zhou that Sun Wu became so close to the younger generation of the Qin family. When Sun Dahe and the Qin family were in trouble, he went to "join in the fun". He not only ran to call Aunt Qin's family, but also ran back home to call his father.
For the sake of Uncle Zhou, the village chief was somewhat biased towards the Qin family, but there were some things he couldn't do too obviously in public. Xu Yunfan couldn't see the village chief's partiality and thought he was an uncle who could distinguish right from wrong.
It turns out that the village chief scolded the Li family that day because he was partial to Qin Run!
Qin Run was cooking while reminiscing, "Brothers are not as good as girls. Uncle Zhou was in poor health, so she only had one child, Sun Wu, after being married to the village chief for so many years."
There is only one child in the family, so logically, the pressure should not be too great. However, Uncle Zhou has always been in poor health and has suffered from major and minor illnesses over the years. The village chief is a caring person and often goes to the town to get medicine for him. Even though the village chief had some wealth in his early years, he could not afford such a high cost.
"Uncle Zhou wasn't in good health, so the village chief rarely let him work in the fields. When my father passed away, Uncle Zhou took An Ge'er with him to look after him for a month. Grandma is old now, and she had to take me to work, so she didn't have time to look after An Ge'er. Usually, Uncle Zhou helped take care of him, and we would go and get him back after we finished work."
Later, when Qin Run grew up, he knew that every family had its own difficulties. Even if he had to eat wild vegetables, he was unwilling to "disturb" Uncle Zhou.
For Qin An, Uncle Zhou's kindness to him was enormous. When he came back with Sun Wu in the ox cart, Qin An cried all the way and did not go home. Instead, he followed Uncle Zhou to the village chief's house.
Hearing this, Xu Yunfan couldn't sit still any longer. He pulled out some firewood from the stove and stuck it into the ashes. "Then let's go to the village chief's house now. Uncle Zhou should still be saved. I gave him some preliminary treatment when I found him today. It's only been an hour and a half, so we should still make it."
"What do you mean by too late?" Qin Run didn't understand what was going on and looked confused.
Xu Yunfan patted the ashes on his hands and said, "I'm going to save your Uncle Zhou! Hey, he's been so kind to our family. I can't just sit there and watch him die."
If that happens, he will probably suffer from the guilt of his conscience for a long time in the future.
Qin Run didn't even have time to pick up the food from the pot. His eyes were wide open. He was so excited that his breathing became rapid and his words were incoherent. "Yun Fan, do you... do you have a solution?"
At this moment, Qin Run felt that his understanding of Xu Yunfan was too one-sided.
He thought Xu Yunfan only knew how to cook, knew some recipes, and read the Four Books and Five Classics, but he probably didn't know much else.
But what did Xu Yunfan just say?
Even the doctor at Jishidiang in the town couldn't cure the snake venom, but Xu Yunfan said he could?
Is this true or false?
Xu Yunfan actually knows medicine?
Why didn't he tell me these things before?
When asked about his past, Xu Yunfan only said that his family had some money, that he studied a wide range of subjects, and that his parents even hired a teacher to give him one-on-one tutoring.
Qin Run always thought that this so-called tutoring was just academic tutoring and never thought about anything else.
Xu Yunfan came out of the woodshed and found that Qin Run seemed to be still distracted. He stepped forward and waved his hand up and down in front of his eyes. The watch on his right hand reflected a silver light. "Okay, let's go quickly. Every quarter of an hour of delay will increase the danger."
Qin Run immediately noticed what Xu Yunfan was holding in his hand. Although he didn't know what it was, it looked very valuable.
On the way to the village chief's house, Qin Run hesitated to speak, but finally couldn't hold back any longer, "Yun Fan, do you know medicine?"
This question is not easy for Xu Yunfan to answer.
He has read books on medicine and understands many theories, but he has never put them into practice. Does he dare to say that he can do it?
cannot!
When he was sent for training, his grandfather was also an iron man. He did not treat Xu Yunfan as his grandson. In his grandfather's eyes, as long as you join the army, there will be no grandson, only a group of soldiers under your command.
He trained Xu Yunfan hard and even threw him into the jungle for training. To carry out this training, necessary first aid knowledge education must be carried out in the early stage.
Therefore, Xu Yunfan knows how to detoxify snake venom, but he doesn't know how to perform surgery on people.
Xu Yunfan said honestly, "I know how to do it in theory, but I haven't put it into practice. I'm afraid I'm one of those people who seems to know how to do it with my eyes and brain, but not my hands."
Qin Run: "...That's pretty impressive. In that case, are you sure?"
Xu Yunfan and Qin Run ran fast, but Xu Yunfan's breath remained steady, thanks to his practice. "This should be no problem."
Qin Run choked: "...How do you say that?"
"I have a serum here," Xu Yunfan said, taking out the serum and syringe. "Over here, if you're bitten by a venomous snake, as long as you take timely measures and inject the serum within a certain period of time, there's basically no big problem. But everyone's physique is different, so I can't tell you with absolute certainty. I can't guarantee it."
He couldn't. Even if a professional was here, he probably wouldn't be able to nod in affirmation.
"Let's give it a try." Qin Run said, speeding up to catch up with Xu Yunfan.
The village chief's house was now crowded with people. Uncle Zhou seemed to be in good spirits, but he looked sad.
Sun Wu knelt in front of the bed, crying tears and snot. Even the village chief had a hunched back, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
Most of the people who came were from the Sun family, including Old Man Qin, Aunt Qin and several other families.
Some uncles and brothers said something unknown and started sobbing and crying.
Xu Yunfan: “…”
Nothing has happened yet, the person is still fine, why are you crying?
"Yunfan, come here." Qin San was worried that Xu Yunfan didn't know anyone here, so he waved to him to come over.
Xu Yunfan nodded to Qin San and followed Qin Run through the crowd towards the bed.
"Xu kid." Seeing Xu Yun, Uncle Zhou struggled to sit up and waved to him, motioning him to come over.
When he was in the clinic, he heard the doctor say that the reason he was able to recover so well after being bitten by Guo Shanfeng was because of the good treatment in the early stage.
The doctor also asked who treated him. If he had not been treated in time, he would have died by now.
Besides, he remembered Xu Yunfan's carrying him back and giving Sun Wu a job. At noon, he was afraid and Xu Yunfan was busy in the town. He had not thanked Xu Yunfan for either of these two things.
Now that he knew his fate was certain, Uncle Zhou calmed down.
Xu Yunfan came up to Uncle Zhou and saw that he was in good spirits. He pursed his lips and called out, "Uncle Zhou."
"Xu boy, come sit closer. Uncle wants to talk to you." Uncle Zhou was in good spirits, but there was a sense of weakness in his tone.
Xu Yunfan obediently sat on the stool in front of his bed. Sun Wu looked up at Xu Yunfan, wiped his tears, and moved aside obediently.
"Uncle Zhou, what do you want to tell me? Let's talk about it when you get better. Come, let me give it a try."
To inject the serum, an allergy test must be done, but there was nothing else in the suitcase, so I guess Uncle Zhou doesn't have a hypersensitivity reaction.
Uncle Zhou choked and thought, in a few days, he will be gone, how can Xu Yunfan still chat with ghosts?
“I got bit by the mountain.”
"I know!" Xu Yunfan glanced at Uncle Zhou. He was not deaf or blind, so how could he not know?
Seeing Qin Run coming, Aunt Qin wiped away her tears and spoke to him in a low voice, "Why are you here so soon? Has Xu finished his meal?"
They didn't know it before, but when Qin Run rushed back tonight, Aunt Qin and the others realized that Xu Yunfan could do anything except cooking, which was very difficult.
Qin Run was worried that Xu Yunfan would be hungry, so he rushed home to cook for him.
"Not yet. He heard about Uncle Zhou and came to see him." Qin Run glanced at Uncle Zhou and walked over. "Uncle Zhou, let Yunfan try."
"Try, try what?" others asked puzzled.
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