Chapter 676, Landslide
Daohua spent the Little New Year with her family, then packed up and went to Taohua Village.
Because it was the mourning period for Grandma Gu, Daohua and Gu Jian had a rather quiet New Year. Fortunately, one of them was busy with the spring plowing after the New Year, while the other was busy tinkering with medicinal herbs, so they were not bored.
Time flies, and it’s February in the blink of an eye.
On the first day of February, Yan Zhigao's appointment came down. He was not transferred to Beijing, but continued to serve as the prefect of Ningmen Prefecture.
Everyone in the Yan family was somewhat disappointed about this.
When Daohua found out, she couldn't help but frown. "Just because he discovered potatoes, father's political achievements should be excellent. When the censors from the Censorate left last year, they all had a very good impression of father and wouldn't have given him a low rating. Why wasn't he transferred to the capital?"
Seeing his apprentice's worried look, Gu Jian knew what she was worried about and comforted her, "Now is not a good time to go to the capital. Ye Yang and your two brothers are still in the Northern Frontier anyway. There is no point in going to the capital. Instead, you will be involved in various conflicts. When Ye Yang returns to the capital, he will definitely find a way to transfer your father to the capital."
Daohua looked skeptical. "Can he just decide to transfer officials? Besides, it's not good to let him use his official position for personal gain." Then he sighed and said, "I'll figure out a solution myself."
Gu Jian glanced at his apprentice with a smile in his eyes.
One quality of his young apprentice that he particularly admired was that he never over-reliant on others and never bothered others with things that he could handle himself.
He had already made preparations for his apprentice to come and ask for help regarding the loss of military rations, but he didn't expect that the problem would be solved perfectly in just a few days.
This girl was decisive enough in her actions when it came to the Guo family ruining the Yan family's reputation. If it were someone else, they would probably have considered it a little. After all, the Guo family is Ye Yang's maternal family.
He did not swallow his anger and choose to compromise, nor did he hesitate and miss the best time to restore the Yan family's reputation.
When they heard about this, Yan Zhigao and his wife had no idea about it beforehand.
This girl has a very good idea!
After finishing the spring plowing, Daohua accompanied Gu Jian for a walk.
The two of them didn't go far and just walked around Ningmen Mansion.
In late February, when the master and his apprentice were passing through a mountain town, they encountered a landslide.
The town is built on a mountain, and this landslide covered a large area, burying many people. Furthermore, the landslide occurred early in the morning, so many people were unable to escape.
Daohua and Gujian were lucky, as the inn they stayed in just happened to avoid the landslide area.
"Ah, my child's father, where are you?"
"My little dog, my little dog!"
"Someone come quickly, someone is buried here."
In the mountain town, cries and shouts shook the sky, and people were everywhere rushing to save people.
When Daohua saw this, she left Caiju to take care of Gu Jian, and she took the rest of the servants to join the rescue.
The county yamen runners arrived quickly, and the surrounding villagers also rushed to help. With strength in numbers, many buried people were rescued.
However, there were only two clinics in the town, and the clinics were small and could not accommodate many wounded patients. The innkeeper was kind-hearted and offered to place the other wounded patients in the inn.
Seeing that there were not many doctors in the town, Gu Jian rolled up his sleeves and went to help.
When Daohua came back from outside, she saw her master running hurriedly among the injured.
"What are you still standing there for? Don't you see there are so many injured people? Come and help."
Gu Jian yelled at Daohua, then went back to treating the wounded.
It was already mid-afternoon. Daohua learned from Caiju that her master had eaten lunch, so she went back to her room and quickly had some snacks. After filling her stomach, she came down to help treat the injured.
There were too many injured people. The doctors worked for two or three days, but most of the injured had not been treated. What was even worse was that the medicine in the town was almost used up.
"What shall we do?"
"I wonder if the county can send some medicinal herbs over?"
The doctor in the inn was running around in a panic. At this time, a thin, lame, middle-aged man with an unshaven beard spoke up: "I still have some medicine in my hut. Let's have someone get it for us."
Daohua had noticed this person a long time ago. It was because he had very advanced suturing skills. He treated all the wounded people who were sent to him with extensive injuries.
If this man were in modern times, he would definitely be a key surgeon.
"Ge Xun, help!"
At this moment, a middle-aged man covered in blood rushed in carrying a teenager on his back. After running into the inn, he looked around in panic, and then went straight to the skinny and lame middle-aged man.
"Ge Xun, please save my son."
The middle-aged man put the boy down and covered his abdomen tightly.
Looking at the blood gushing from the boy's abdomen, the doctors present all frowned.
Ge Xun's brows were furrowed, and he asked with an unpleasant expression, "How could Xiao Jian be so badly injured?"
The middle-aged man said anxiously: "When we went to rescue him, Xiaojian was scratched by a tree trunk that suddenly broke and became like this."
Ge Xun pursed his lips tightly and began to treat the boy's wound with a sullen face. After a while, sweat oozed from his forehead. After a while, Ge Xun sighed dejectedly and looked at the middle-aged man with difficulty and said, "Xiao Jian's injuries are too severe. His internal organs have been damaged. There is no medicine now, so I can't treat him."
Hearing this, the middle-aged man's face was filled with despair. He suddenly grabbed Ge Xun and said, "Xiao Jian is your nephew. You can't not save him."
Ge Xun was probably getting anxious, and his voice rose a few notches: "I want to save him, but I'm not a god. How can I save him without medicine?" He looked at the middle-aged man with a complaint, "Xiao Jian is still a child. Why didn't you, as a father, take good care of him?"
Seeing the two people arguing, the people around them hurried to try to stop them.
Daohua glanced at Wang Maner and said, "Bring my medicine box over here."
Wang Maner nodded, carrying Daohua's medicine box and walking towards Ge Xun: "Here, we still have some medicine here, take it and save people."
Ge Xun looked up at Wang Man'er, then turned to look at Daohua who was watching them, and Gu Jian who was concentrating on saving people and paying no attention to his surroundings: "Thank you."
He had noticed these people a long time ago.
If for no other reason, it was because the wounded treated by the old man were those with the most serious injuries present. Looking at his ease, one could tell at a glance that he had superb medical skills.
Ge Xun didn't care about anything else and quickly opened the medicine box. He looked at the various finished medicines inside that he couldn't understand, and felt a little dazed.
Wang Maner was worried that he wouldn't know how to use them, so she walked over and explained them to him one by one: "This is for stopping bleeding, this is Ma Fei San, and this is medical alcohol, for disinfection."
"Man'er, don't waste time. Just give the doctor whatever medicine he wants!" Daohua interrupted Wang Man'er's introduction.
Wang Maner nodded quickly and looked at Ge Xun.
Ge Xun came back to his senses and began to concentrate on treating his nephew. He was originally worried that the medicine he needed would be unavailable, but unexpectedly, no matter what medicine he asked for, the other party could give it to him, and the effect was amazing.
Ge Xun was busy until late at night before he finally treated his nephew's wound.
Looking at his nephew who was sleeping with a steady breath, Ge Xun breathed a sigh of relief.
His nephew is the only flesh and blood left by his sister. If he were to die in front of him, he would probably never be able to forgive himself for the rest of his life.
Seeing that it was finally over, Wang Maner stood up and walked towards the rice flowers beside her.
Daohua treated the wound of the injured person in her hand before asking, "Did the young man survive?"
Wang Maner nodded: "Miss, that Doctor Ge is really amazing. He was able to sew up such a big wound."
While the two were talking, Ge Xun came over and bowed to Daohua, who was dressed as a man, at a ninety-degree angle: "Thank you for the medicine."
Daohua quickly returned the greeting, "You're very polite, Doctor Ge. I can only do my humble part."
Ge Xun returned the medicine box.
Daohua smiled and said, "Doctor Ge, keep it for use." Then, she pointed at the wounded around her, "There are still so many people who haven't been treated."
Ge Xun glanced at Daohua and thanked her again.
They were busy until the early hours of the morning before Daohua and Gu Jian went to rest.
The next day, after Daohua and Gu Jian had breakfast and were about to continue treating the wounded, they saw the innkeeper sighing.
"Boss, what's going on?" Daohua couldn't help but ask.
The innkeeper said with a gloomy face, "The county said that there's a war going on in the northern border, and all the medicinal materials have been confiscated. They can't provide us with any medicinal materials at all, so they told us to find a way ourselves. But what can we do? Even going up the mountain to collect herbs takes time."
Daohua knew that the government had indeed ordered the collection of medicinal materials. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Boss, go and count the medicinal materials you need. I'll help you raise them."
Hearing this, the innkeeper was overjoyed. He bowed to Daohua repeatedly to express his gratitude, then ran to ask the doctor in the inn.
Gu Jian glanced at his apprentice and said nothing.
The doctors were all very happy after hearing what the innkeeper said.
After counting the required medicinal materials, Daohua called Yan Ying and asked him to return to the provincial capital to transport the medicine.
The medicinal herbs needed were all common medicines, which were available in the pharmacy. The next afternoon, several large carts of medicinal herbs were delivered to the mountain town.
Ge Xun took a look at the herbs delivered and saw that they were all top-grade. He immediately went to the innkeeper and said, "Those are all top-grade herbs. The villagers in our mountain town are not rich and I'm afraid we can't afford them."
The innkeeper smiled and said, "Don't worry, these herbs were donated by the noble man free of charge."
Hearing this, Ge Xun was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "We really have met a noble person."
The innkeeper nodded and said, "That's right. It's all thanks to you, master and disciple. Otherwise, how could we handle so many injured people?" We were all from the same town, and it would be hard to give up on anyone.
(End of this chapter)
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