Chapter 186: Fake
Bugs were attached to the children's bodies, leaving spots on them. If you didn't look closely, you would think they were stuck with something.
Doctor Zhou was old and his eyesight had deteriorated, so he didn't notice it. He often practiced medicine in the village and basically got the herbs he needed from the county town. He was unfamiliar with the mountains and forests, and was a little embarrassed when he suddenly encountered such a situation.
[Mom, there are little white bugs on their bodies. They must be poisonous.]
Shen Yuefu listened carefully, and then walked to Dr. Zhou's side as if by accident. Suddenly, she covered her mouth and exclaimed, "What is this white thing? The children are suddenly like this, is this the cause?"
Doctor Zhou squinted his eyes and took a closer look, only to find that the white spots were actually tiny insects. They were sucking the children's flesh and blood, and wherever they passed, there would be a red rash.
Zhou Dafu frowned and quickly reviewed everything he had seen and heard in his mind, but he could not find any record of such an insect.
Doctor Zhou slapped his head and said, "It's all my fault. I usually only look at how to treat common symptoms, but I don't understand these weird things."
It is rare to find a country doctor who can treat simple diseases. This is not Dr. Zhou's fault.
Doctor Zhou suddenly looked at Shen Yuefu, his eyes full of hope: "My dear wife, you know about this bug, do you know how to deal with it?"
"The venom of this insect is not very strong and has little effect on adults, but children will suffer. However, these insects usually appear in groups, and wherever they go, there will be corresponding antidotes."
Liang Huanxue quickly grasped what was in her mind and explained it to her mother.
Shen Yuefu didn't know how to treat it, so she didn't follow Liang Huanxue's instructions and instead changed her mind.
"Doctor Zhou, I heard that where there are poisons, there are often antidotes nearby. Do you think we should look for them nearby?"
Doctor Zhou shook his head in distress: "I would like to, but we don't know what the antidote looks like. If we take the wrong one, it will harm the children."
"This is not okay, and that is not okay. Are we just going to watch these children die?" a woman who was worried about her children asked loudly.
"Yes, Doctor Zhou, you are the only doctor here. If even you don't know what to do, then the children will just die."
Seeing so many eyes looking at him, Doctor Zhou felt overwhelmed and didn't know what to do.
"Oh my god, just tell us you know the antidote, and we'll go get it and save him."
Shen Yuefu murmured quietly: "It's not that mother doesn't want to, but even if mother says it, people may not believe it."
[Believe it or not, this is the only way. I can't just ignore it. 】
Everyone has the mentality of trying everything possible, but given their current situation, no one would be the first to do so. After all, if they take a wrong step, they would face the questioning of the entire village.
But Liang Huanxue is not afraid. As long as there is an antidote nearby, she can find it right away.
Between saving the lives or letting the children die, Shen Yuefu thought for less than a minute and chose the former.
"Doctor Zhou, I remember now. My mother once showed me this kind of worm. I remember what it looked like."
Shen Yuefu patted her head in annoyance and said, "Look at my memory. If I had remembered it earlier, the children wouldn't have suffered."
Doctor Zhou seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He did not bother to judge whether what Shen Yuefu said was true or not. He immediately picked up a small hoe and left.
"This insect's antidote loves water. It grows in two of the four seasons. Now is the time when it is just sprouting. It may be covered by dead branches and weeds on the ground. Let's find a place with a pond."
Although Shen Yuefu was asked to look for it, Liang Huanxue still tried her best to play her role and searched wherever she could see.
[There is a small slope ahead. I see traces of flowing water. There may be a pond underneath.]
Liang Huanxue quickly found the breakthrough point. Shen Yuefu's eyes lit up and she hurriedly repeated what her daughter had said.
There seemed to be light in Doctor Zhou's eyes, and he couldn't wait to go there.
He had just climbed up the small slope when his body suddenly tilted and he slid down. When Shen Yuefu looked over, she only saw Dr. Zhou's disappearing hands.
"Doctor Zhou..."
Shen Yuefu screamed in surprise and jumped over, but her feet slipped and she rolled down.
Looking at the two people rolling like a ball in front and behind, Liang Huanxue remained silent for a rare moment. She turned the small slope to the left and right and looked again. No matter what, they would not both slide down, right?
As I was thinking about it, I suddenly caught a glimpse of two people's bare feet emerging from their torn shoes.
The arrival of the two broke the silence in the pond. The fishes jumped around and the pond became turbid for a while, but it returned to calm after a while.
Liang Huanxue's line of sight spread around the small pond as she directed Shen Yuefu to walk to the west side of the pond. The west side was lower and there were a few small puddles with fallen trees and branches lying across the puddles, making it impossible to tell how deep they were.
He asked Shen Yuefu to find a stick and explore the way ahead, sometimes deep and sometimes shallow.
Shen Yuefu and Doctor Zhou quickly walked to the nearest puddle, pushed aside the dead branches, and exposed the real vegetation on the ground.
Among the scattered green plants, one or two are particularly eye-catching.
Doctor Zhou looked at Shen Yuefu and said, "Big Boss, take a look. Is there any antidote here?"
Shen Yuefu looks fake.
Liang Huanxue quickly confirmed, "The light yellow one is it. Just take the tip of the bud. After taking enough, mix it with water and mash it. Go back and apply it on them. It will heal in one or two days."
However, the fever problem still needs to be solved separately, and the little ones must be given nutritional supplements.
Liang Huanxue set her eyes on the fish in the pond, but neither Dr. Zhou nor Shen Yuefu knew how to fish, so it was useless even if she told them the method.
Liang Huanxue wanted to call her father over, but when she thought about how her father still had to maintain order over there, she gave up the idea.
Relying on others didn't work, Liang Huanxue could only fix some minor bugs.
She rummaged around in her little space and found a somewhat tattered fishing net.
While Doctor Zhou and Shen Yuefu were concentrating on collecting herbs and not noticing the situation near the pond, Liang Huanxue silently lowered the fishing net into the bottom of the pond.
Behind Xiao Tan was a small cliff with shaky rocks piled on it.
There are some problems with this fishing net and the four corners need to be held manually.
Liang Huanxue saw Tou Xiaoya's situation clearly and already had an idea.
When Shen Yuefu and Doctor Zhou had collected most of the herbs, Liang Huanxue pretended to be surprised.
"My dear, there are fishing nets in the pond."
Shen Yuefu was skeptical and walked to the edge of the pond with Doctor Zhou.
Shen Yuefu pondered: "When we just came here, were there any fishing nets here?"
Doctor Zhou hesitated: "No?"
He didn't look closely when he came, so he didn't know whether it was there or not.
Liang Huanxue brainwashed Shen Yuefu in various ways.
"Yes, I saw it clearly."
Liang Huanxue doesn't feel guilty even when she tells lies.
Shen Yuefu was skeptical, but there seemed to be no other explanation besides this.