When Big Head's mother saw her son crying, she became a little flustered and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with my Big Head? Where did you touch him? Why does it hurt when you touch him?"
There was a lump there that was not very obvious to the touch. After Tian Cai took his hand away, Datou felt better and his sobbing slowly stopped.
At this moment, the smile on her face had completely disappeared. With a slightly serious face, she looked at Big Head Mother and asked, "How many days has the child been in pain?"
The reason why Tian Cai asked this was because people at that time felt that unless they were extremely uncomfortable, they would not see a doctor.
"Probably about two days, anyway it happened in the past few days." Big Head Lady said a little uncertainly.
"Does it hurt all the time or only occasionally? When it does, it's extremely severe."
The big-headed woman knew, so she quickly replied, "It hurts occasionally, but sometimes after the pain passes, it's back to normal and you can still play for a while."
"What does your stool look like? Is there any blood?"
"It seems there's no blood, just diarrhea, and the color isn't right, it's a little red—" At this point, Big Head Mother also felt something was wrong. Red, doesn't that mean there's blood? "Doctor Tian, he, he, isn't it a serious illness?"
"It's not a serious illness, but it's not a small one for him. Take him to the county health center as soon as possible, the sooner the better." Meeting Big Head Mom's worried eyes, Tian Cai continued, "I suspect he has acute intussusception. This disease is very dangerous and requires surgery as soon as possible!"
"Intussusception?" Big Head Mom had never heard of the name. Besides, aren't intestines usually intussusception? How could it be considered a disease?
Intussusception was not uncommon in the era before Tian Cai, but for people today, they really don’t know what it is.
It does not mean that a section of intestine is entangled, but rather that a section of intestine is inserted into the intestinal cavity of another section connected to it, resulting in a symptom of obstruction of the passage of intestinal contents. Because the intestinal development of children is not yet complete, certain factors can cause intestinal motility disorders and intussusception is very likely to occur.
If it's not discovered in time, it's extremely dangerous, even life-threatening. Tian Cai explained the cause, symptoms, and severity of the disease to Big Head Lady and Carpenter Chen, and said directly, "It's best to go now. The sooner the surgery, the better!"
Big Head Lady looked at her father-in-law at a loss. Carpenter Chen was still very confident in Tian Cai's medical skills. After all, so many people in the village were treated by Tian Cai. And Bao Cai said that the doctor from the county was particularly fond of Tian Cai and took her to study every day. So he made a quick decision, "You take the children and pack up. I'll go borrow a car and go to the hospital now!"
Old Mrs. Chen trusted Tian Cai the most, so she hurried over to help her daughter-in-law pack up. Carpenter Chen also said something to Tian Cai and went to Zhang Defa's house.
There are only two bicycles in the village. One belongs to Zhang Defa and the other belongs to Uncle Luo. The one from Uncle Luo is still new, so every time the villagers want to borrow a bicycle, they go to the team leader's house to borrow it.
When the man and the cat were returning home, it was not yet completely dark. They saw a tall figure waiting at the gate from afar. It was Qin Ling.
When I got closer, I saw that he was carrying a bamboo basket on his back. Mimi smelled the meat and circled around Qinling, standing up several times to grab the bamboo basket.
"I told you to add a dish tonight, but I forgot to put the rabbit here." As he said that, he took off the bamboo basket and handed it to Tian Cai.
Tian Cai thought that Mimi had eaten Qinling's food a lot recently, and it would be embarrassing to bother her all the time. This rabbit was a bit too much, so he refused and said, "No, just keep it for yourself."
Perhaps seeing what Tian Cai was thinking, Qin Ling insisted on handing over the bamboo basket, then bent down, touched Mimi's head, said "don't", and turned away.
Only when he could no longer see anyone did Tian Cai sigh, open the door and go home.
After dinner, Tian Cai gave Mimi a bath. Seeing it sitting on the kang and busy licking its fur, he took out a mirror from the cabinet.
The dim light of the oil lamp was reflected on her face, making her facial contours softer. Or as the saying goes, beauty is best seen under the lamp. Tian Cai looked in the mirror again after several months. The scars on her face had long disappeared without a trace. Although her skin was not as white as jade, it was much whiter than that of girls nowadays. It seemed that she had to sunbathe more in the future, otherwise it would be a bit strange for a village girl to be too white.
With round eyes and thick, curled eyelashes, Tian Cai couldn't help but reach out and flick her eyelashes. "She's actually so beautiful? No wonder."
The next day after she came back was the day for the autumn harvest. Since she had experience once, Tian Cai was no longer a novice. This time she was directly assigned to Qu Wenxue's group and followed the team to the fields early in the morning.
I don’t know what happened this year, but the autumn harvest days are hotter than in previous years. They start cutting rice at dawn and go home to eat when the sun comes out. They don’t have to work during the hottest time in the afternoon, but after that they have to work until dark. They also have to transport the piles of rice in the field to the threshing ground before it gets completely dark.
At the end of the day, blisters formed on the palms of Tian Cai's hands. I don't know if it was caused by the dew, but the thin calluses on the palms of his hands had all disappeared. They were worn out in just one day. Fortunately, he applied ointment before going to bed and they returned to normal overnight.
Seeing that her ointment was so effective, the educated youth each bought a bottle. They would get a lot of skin off during the busy farming season. And with Tian Cai around, no one dared to take sick leave, because they were worried that she would make them back to normal in a matter of minutes. They really loved and hated her.
Even Qiu Xiaohuan, the fairest among the female educated youth, became two shades darker in less than ten days. Not to mention others, although Tian Cai also became a little darker, she was still the fairest girl in the group.
Tian Cai couldn't help but take a shower when she got home at noon. Even though she was dressed tightly, she felt like there was something in her clothes, which pricked her skin and made her feel uncomfortable. She originally planned to bear it and take a shower in the evening, but this itchy feeling all over her body was really not something that most people could bear.
After taking a shower, Tian Cai poured a cup of diluted dew for herself and Mimi respectively. Yes, it was dew. Her dew was back.
It is not known how it recovered. When Tian Cai discovered it, he was still following Doctor Hong to see patients in the countryside. The small white bud in the palm of his hand slowly opened. The shape of the flower was a bit like a morning glory. Dew could be poured out from the middle of its trumpet. The thin stream of water seemed like it would stop at any time, but Tian Cai tried it and found that although the stream was very thin, it could keep pouring.
She suspected that it was related to the previous injury on her palm, but quickly overturned this idea. After all, this thing grew on her palm and was almost connected to her flesh and blood. How could it mutate due to injury? However, the image of the flower bud sucking blood was still lingering in her eyes. She thought about it for a long time but had no clue, so she threw it aside.
There was enough dew, so she put some in the water when she cooked or drank every day, and gave more to Mimi. Not long after, the little guy grew bigger, and his fur on his back became shiny and felt great.
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