"Brother, quickly prepare a basin of hot water and get a few face towels too."
"Okay, I'll go right now." Chen Feng agreed and turned to run into the house.
Chen Qingqing was not disturbed by the pockmarked man and the others. She dared not be distracted in the slightest. Her eyes revealed professionalism and composure. With a thought, a stethoscope appeared in her hand from her cloth bag.
She quickly unbuttoned the child's clothes and carefully listened to the child's heart and lungs with a stethoscope.
The coarse, wet rales indicate that the child has severe lung inflammation, which is also the main cause of his febrile seizures.
The fever reducer has already been taken; now it needs to be combined with physical cooling methods for better results.
Just then, Chen Feng approached with a tray of hot water. "Little sister, the hot water is here."
“Okay,” Chen Qingqing agreed, picked up a towel, soaked it in warm water, wrung it out, and repeatedly wiped the child’s neck, behind the ears, armpits and other areas to cool him down.
After some effort, the child's temperature dropped, and the convulsions subsided.
When the woman saw that her child had stopped convulsing and woke up, she was so happy that she cried tears of joy. "Thank you, young lady, thank you for saving my son's life."
Chen Qingqing knew that giving her child antibiotics was the fastest way to treat the illness, but if she gave her child an IV in front of so many people, they would definitely treat her like a monster.
It's safer to use medication, even though the recovery process will be slower, at least no one will suspect anything.
Chen Qingqing remained calm and spoke frankly to the woman, "Sister-in-law, don't rush to thank me. Your son's illness is not yet cured. He needs medication to fully recover."
“Girl, we fled here from famine, and we’ve long since spent all our money, otherwise we wouldn’t be begging for food.”
As the woman spoke, her eyes reddened, and she knelt down on the ground with a thud, kowtowing deeply to Chen Qingqing.
"Young lady, please save my son! I will definitely find a way to raise the money for his medical treatment. Please!"
The old man also bowed to Chen Qingqing, saying, "My son died in an accident on the way to escape famine. Now this child is the only heir left in our family. Please, young lady, give my grandson the medicine first. I will definitely find a way to raise the money for the medicine."
Other victims also joined in pleading for mercy.
"Young lady, we know you are a very good person, please, please save this child!"
"This child is still young. It would be so pitiful if something happened to him."
"Yes, please, please save this child!"
Looking at the pleading crowd, Chen Qingqing said loudly, "Don't worry, as a doctor, I will not stand by and watch someone die. This child suffers from a cold and fever, but because he was not treated in time, it was delayed for too long and caused pneumonia, which led to fever and convulsions."
I just gave him antipyretics, and his condition has stabilized for now, so everyone doesn't need to worry. However, he still needs proper care to fully recover.
As for the consultation fee, let's put it on the books for now, and you can pay it when you have the funds."
Those who practice medicine all possess medical ethics.
But Chen Qingqing didn't consider herself a kind person, and she knew these people couldn't afford the consultation fees.
But if I were to announce in public that the medicine would be free, it would probably be difficult for more people to come and pay on credit, and then how would I be able to keep my clinic afloat?
The woman wiped away her tears, clutching her clothes tightly. "Girl, don't worry, I will definitely find a way to pay this money back."
"I trust you."
"Okay, thank you, young lady."
Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief and began whispering among themselves.
"This girl is such a kind person!"
"Yes, there aren't many good people like this in this world."
"That's right, that dog is really lucky. If it weren't for meeting a benefactor, he would have been in real trouble!"
"Yes, yes, it's lucky this child came here today. If he had gone somewhere else, who knows what might have happened!"
"The way you're saying this makes me think we're pretty shady. How could we do something so bad for a few steamed buns, blocking someone's restaurant from doing business? That's just immoral!"
"Yes, I think so too. I didn't think that much about it at the time, but you can't be indebted to someone for their food, otherwise I would have left long ago."
“That’s right, that pockmarked guy doesn’t look like a good person. We can’t let him use us as pawns. If we cause a big mess, he can just shirk responsibility and we’ll be the ones in trouble.”
"You're right, we need to be more careful."
"Yes, yes, we can't be accomplices to evil."
Chen Qingqing examined the child again and casually asked, "Sister-in-law, where are you from?"
The woman shook her head and sighed, "Our home is far away in Huaizhou. Last year, we suffered a terrible natural disaster. Locusts swarmed in, and the crops failed completely. We thought this year would be better, but who knew we'd encounter such a severe drought? It hasn't rained for over a year, and the fields are parched. We had no choice but to discuss going to Shengjing, the capital, to make a living. But along the way, some fell ill, some died, and now we're all broke. We don't even know how far it is to the capital..."
The woman became more and more heartbroken as she spoke, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.
"So that's how it is." Chen Qingqing was ashamed. In this era when people depended on the weather for their livelihood, even the slightest natural disaster could cause people to starve or become homeless.
At this moment, the boy slowly woke up, looked at the woman with an anxious face, and weakly called out, "Mother~~"
"My child, you're finally awake! You've worried your mother to death!"
When the woman saw that her child had woken up, she hugged him tightly, tears streaming down her face as she wept with joy.
After she calmed down, she wiped away her tears and pointed at Chen Qingqing, "Child, this older sister saved your life. Quickly kneel down and kowtow."
The boy struggled to get up, but Chen Qingqing quickly stopped him, saying, "Sister-in-law, please don't do this. The child is still very weak and needs to rest."
As he spoke, he took out ten antibiotic pills from his cloth bag and handed them to the woman, instructing her, "These are my homemade pills. Take one pill twice a day. Give them to your child on time, and he should be basically better in five days. Remember to give him plenty of hot water."
The woman was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes, and she choked up, unable to speak.
At this moment, an elderly man approached Chen Qingqing with trembling steps. "Young lady, could you please do me a favor and help look after my grandson? He has been coughing incessantly and can't eat anything. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on if this continues!"
"Please, miss, help me take a look at my man too."
"Please, young lady, save my wife!"
"Young lady, have mercy and save my elderly mother! We'll kneel down before you!"
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