Chapter 52 Rescued【VIP】
When Xing Fang learned that Yang Jizong had been rescued, he sent someone to deliver his own medicine for wounds and a charcoal basin.
A charcoal brazier was burning inside the mud house, and the doors and windows were covered tightly with straw mats to block out the wind and snow outside.
Shen Qingshan and Tanaka Zheng came forward and stripped Yang Jizong down to his underwear, then scooped up some snow from outside and rubbed it against his body to warm it up.
The doctor walked to the bedside, examined him carefully, and then took out several silver needles from the medicine box he carried with him and inserted them into various acupuncture points on Yang Jizong's body.
Not long after, the unconscious Yang Jizong suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted again.
"He is very lucky. Fortunately, none of his bones are broken. The wound on his right arm is too deep, so he lost too much blood and fell into a coma. I will apply medicine and bandage him first." The doctor sprinkled medicine on the wound and wrapped it with a bandage.
After a simple treatment, he picked up the medicine box and prepared to go see the other child who had been dug out.
"Is it okay now?" Huang Songbai poured the boiled ginger soup into a bowl and stood up to stop the doctor.
The doctor lowered his voice and spoke to the three people in the room, "We came here in a hurry today. If you want him to recover quickly, you can find me at Baohe Hall in the city. I will prescribe some medicine for him privately, both externally and internally. I guarantee that he will be cured."
Huang Songbai immediately bowed and asked, "Excuse me, how should I address you, Doctor?"
"My last name is Li."
After Doctor Li left, Shen Qingshan changed Yang Jizong into dry clothes, stuffed him back into the quilt, covered him with a thick cotton coat, and occasionally touched Yang Jizong's forehead, fearing that he might catch a cold.
The three of them drank a bowl of ginger soup each in the house, and forced Yang Jizong to drink a bowl of it. Then they sat down to rest for a while.
At the same time, Dr. Li entered the thatched hut next door.
The women in the house all came forward to inquire about Yang Jizong's condition, and after learning that his life was not in danger.
Yang Wenying hugged Chen Yao and burst into tears. The stone that was pressing on her heart finally fell to the ground.
Miao's mother and son stepped forward to persuade her, then burst into tears of joy, saying that as long as everything was okay, it was fine.
Doctor Li looked at the little girl in Huang Mei's arms, first took her pulse, and then pressed various parts of Maizi's body.
When pressing on Maizi's abdominal cavity, Maizi's face turned pale with pain and he buried his head in front of Huang Mei and burst into tears.
"pain!"
Huang Mei hurriedly hugged Maizi in her arms and said, "Doctor, what happened to the baby? Her back was rubbed raw when we pulled her out, and her body is covered in bruises."
Doctor Li looked at everyone, seeming to be hesitant to speak. This look made everyone's heart gradually become heavy.
Chen Yao let go of Yang Wenying and bowed to the doctor, and the two stood outside the thatched hut.
Doctor Li sighed deeply, "This child is too weak. He suffered a severe blow to his abdomen, broken ribs, and damaged internal organs. If he is not sent to the pharmacy for treatment, he will probably die soon."
But wheat is hard labor and cannot leave here even a step.
Doctor Li adjusted the medicine box slung over his shoulder, bowed to Chen Yao, and felt powerless: "Do your best and leave the rest to fate. This is the child's fate."
Chen Yao's fingers tightly grasped the purse in her arms. After thinking for a moment, she said to Doctor Li, "Please take care of the wheat here first. I'll be back soon."
Chen Yao entered the house, pulled Yang Wenying out, and headed towards the earthen house.
Huang Dongsheng and Tian Baolai followed closely behind.
The children suddenly broke in, startling the three elders in the room.
Shen Qingshan saw his daughter's panic and asked, "Is Maizi not well?"
Chen Yao nodded and moved to the bed with Yang Wenying.
Although the doctor said he was fine, seeing him lying there with a pale face, how could one not be worried.
"This is the remaining money in our family. We still need some to take him home, but we can take Maizi away for treatment first, and we can still have some money left to buy medicine for the two of them. I think..."
Chen Yao licked her chapped lips and tasted a hint of blood. She looked at Yang Jizong's face and was in a dilemma.
Yang Wenying sat on the bedside and looked down at her brother: "Ayao, I want to stay and take care of my brother. You can take Maizi to the pharmacy for treatment."
She could understand the Shen family's difficulties, and if her brother woke up, he would agree to take Maizi out for treatment first.
Chen Yao looked at the brother and sister, feeling a pang of guilt in her heart.
Huang Songbai rubbed his hands and stepped forward. "Before you came, we had already decided that the three of us would take turns to look after Zi'an at the quarry."
Tanaka was nodding beside him.
Shen Qingshan rarely spoke to comfort Yang Wenying: "The quarry is full of people. If you, a girl, stay here, it will only make him more worried. With the three of us elders taking turns to look after you, you can rest assured."
"Wenying, don't worry, I will work harder to set up the stall. As long as I make enough money, I will bring your brother back." Huang Dongsheng was very grateful to his cousin-in-law for saving his father.
Before Chen Yao could speak, she heard Yang Jizong's faint cry from the bed.
Yang Wenying leaned over and listened attentively, and when she heard her brother calling for his parents, she burst into tears.
"elder brother,
Yang Jizong slowly opened his eyes when he heard his sister's cry and looked at Wenying, "You, why are you all here?"
He tried to sit up from the bed, but his body felt heavy and painful, so he could only bite his back teeth tightly.
Yang Wenying went forward and helped him sit up, put the cotton jacket on his brother, and explained to him why everyone was there.
When the stone was built, the mountain collapsed, and I am afraid that countless people would be killed or injured in the hard labor.
"Maizi?" Yang Jizong looked up and asked.
"Maizi was rescued, but his injuries are quite serious. Doctor Li said that he needs to be sent to the pharmacy to have a chance of survival." After saying this, Chen Yao did not dare to look at Yang Jizong.
How could someone as smart as Yang Jizong not understand the meaning of these words?
"Ayao, can you take the wheat and leave here?" After this incident, he was afraid that Coach Xing would be held accountable by his superiors, so he had to stay and help Coach Xing plead with his superiors.
Yang Wenying gently held her brother's hand, she knew her brother would say that.
Chen Yao raised her head and looked at him. Seeing the gentle smile in Yang Jizong's eyes, she felt a little sad. He had been to the gates of hell, but he still had the mind to comfort her.
Chen Yao stood by his bed, holding her purse tightly, and swore that she would save enough money as soon as possible to take him home.
Yang Jizong remembered her serious look clearly and urged everyone to leave quickly with the wheat.
"Wenying, when you go back, please thank the villagers on behalf of your brother." Yang Jizong tried his best to support himself and watched everyone leave.
Tanaka stayed to look after him today. He waved goodbye to his wife and children, and helped Yang Jizong back to bed. "Zi'an, I'll go make you some rice soup."
"Thank you, uncle."
Tanaka's face warmed up when he was called out, "What are you thanking me for? We are all family. Lie down quickly. Wait for Ayao and the others to bring the medicine tomorrow. After you take the medicine, your injuries will heal quickly."
Tanaka was busy in the earthen house.
On this side, Shen Qingshan accompanied his daughter to find Coach Xing. After paying the silver and the remaining rent and taxes to Maizi, he let Maizi see the villagers of Wanhe Township for the last time.
Maizi and her best friend Goudan said goodbye in tears and were taken away from the quarry by the Shen family.
Shen Qingshan and his daughter took Maizi and followed Doctor Li to the city for medical treatment, while Yang Wenying followed Huang Songbai's family and Huang Mei's mother and son back to Xiahe Village.
It was already dark and they thought everyone in the village had gone to bed. However, as soon as they entered the village, an old man living at the entrance of the village heard the noise and lit an oil lamp and went out to greet them.
"Ayao's uncle, you are back."
Huang Songbai looked at his familiar neighbors and his hometown after several months away, tears welling in his eyes, "Well, I'm back."
"Glad to be back, Wenying. Is your brother okay? The children went to bed as soon as they got home. We old people don't know how your brother is doing. Is he seriously injured?"
Yang Wenying thanked the old man: "Brother, everything is fine."
Every time they passed a house, an elderly person would come out to ask questions until they returned to the Shen family compound.
The children in the house heard the noise on the country road early on, but they did not go out. Instead, they sat quietly in the house chopping bamboo.
The children were very sensible. They knew they had to reunite with the Shen family first before they could ask Sister Wenying about the situation in the quarry.
Inside the house, Huang Xing covered her face and cried bitterly as she watched her brother who had returned injured.
My third brother is so thin that he looks unrecognizable. I’m afraid Zi’an is suffering even more.
"Wenying, is your brother really not seriously injured? You are not trying to scare me." Huang Xing learned from Wenying that the father and daughter did not come back because they took Maizi to the city to see a doctor and get medicine for Zi'an. She didn't believe it.
Seeing that Yang Wenying was about to raise her hand to swear, Tian Baozhu hurried to help her out: "Go to the wing room to see the children. They have been waiting for you and A Yao for the past two days and don't want to go home."
Yang Wenying wiped away her tears, said goodbye to everyone and left the main house.
The eaves were piled with chopped bamboo strips, covered with a thin layer of snow.
In the room where she had been sleeping, the only sound coming from now was the crisp sound of children chopping bamboo.
With a creak, Yang Wenying pushed open the door.
Luo Dunzi was the first to notice and shouted, "Sister Wenying, you are finally back."
As a result, the only sounds in the Shen family yard were the excited shouts of the children, which made Zhou Dashun next door lie on his back on the bed, with the corners of his mouth unconsciously rising.
"Dad, Mom made some steamed egg custard for you. Eat it when you wake up." The boy from the Zhou family brought the hot egg custard to his father's bedside.
Zhou Dashun sat up in his cotton-padded jacket and asked while eating, "Why aren't you next door?"
"There are not many bamboos left next door, and there is no room to sit in the house. I was worried about Dad, so I came back first." The boy from the Zhou family lowered his head and fiddled with his fingers.
It’s because Dad fell asleep as soon as he came back from the quarry.
It was rare for Zhou Dashun to hear a word of concern from his son, and he felt extremely happy. He finished the egg custard in a few bites, then pulled his son in front of him and kissed him.
Not only is the Zhou family's boy so loved by his father, but other families are also like this.
After experiencing this life-saving incident together in the quarry, the villagers felt more and more that reading and writing could change a person's life.
Even if Yang Jizong was doing hard labor, Coach Xing would allow the villagers to rescue him for his sake.
Didn’t you hear what the kid said when he came back?
Coach Xing also gave Yang Jizong some golden medicine to treat his injuries. Could other hard laborers receive such treatment?
Nope.
It can be seen that scholars are still precious even if they fall into hardship. They must work hard to earn money, pay rent and taxes, and if there is any extra money, they must buy paper and pens for their children to study seriously.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
