Chapter 43 The Special Medicine in the Shopping Mall
Chen Yongliang remained in that space, hearing only the sound of vomiting. The familiar voice beside him seemed like his lifeline, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law... I feel so awful..."
He turned around, clutching his stomach, a few tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.
Wan Qiqi paused for a moment, her fingertips brushing against his exposed skin, only to be burned.
She frowned, placed the medicine aside, and said, "Yongliang, wake up..."
Several attempts to awaken him failed, leaving only murmurs from his lips.
Wan Qiqi looked back at the people around her. Each person's symptoms were of varying severity, and when they came together, they would not alleviate the symptoms, but would only make the condition worse.
Moreover, this place is too stuffy and the air cannot circulate. Even healthy people would feel uncomfortable if they stayed here for a long time, let alone these patients!
Such an environment and conditions are simply not effective in treating the plague.
She finally understood why the mortality rate from plagues was so high in ancient times!
"Yongnian, you've come to see your brother again!" A voice came from outside.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Yongnian appeared in the ward and his eyes met Wan Qiqi's.
"Wife?" Chen Yongnian was very surprised. Didn't he agree with the village head that she would only brew medicine and not come to the affected area?
Why is she here?
Wan Qiqi was just wondering how to get Chen Yongliang to drink the medicine when she saw Chen Yongnian and immediately said, "Come and lend a hand!"
Chen Yongnian was stunned for a moment, his thoughts interrupted and he was a little confused, but his body obeyed his instructions. He helped Chen Yongliang up and, together with Wan Qiqi, poured the Chinese medicine into his mouth.
Chen Yongliang was still somewhat conscious, but after being forced to drink a bowl of medicine, he fell into a deep sleep from exhaustion.
Even though he was unconscious, his brows were still furrowed, and he curled up with his hands over his stomach.
Wan Qiqi was a little worried. Chen Yongliang was currently running a high fever, and if the fever wasn't brought down in time, he probably wouldn't make it through.
Chen Yongnian also noticed this. After going out with Wan Qiqi, he said to her, "Go back and prepare the medicine first. Don't come here. I'll take care of Third Brother. I'll go find Physician Sun to bring down his fever."
Wan Qiqi stared at Chen Yongnian for a long time before finally making a decision: "I'll go with you."
"No!" Chen Yongnian blurted out, then lowered his head in embarrassment. "You can't go!"
Wan Qiqi discerned something amiss from his reaction.
So, for someone to listen to her and say "no," there must be a risk involved, otherwise they would do so.
But how could Chen Yongnian possibly win against Wan Qiqi? In just a few words, Wan Qiqi persuaded Chen Yongnian to take her with him.
As soon as I arrived at the door of Dr. Sun's house, I heard crying coming from inside.
"Dr. Sun, I beg you, please save me. I've thought about it, my family and I can't live without him..."
"I'm sorry... he has passed away..."
"No, that can't be. He was talking to me this morning. You're lying to me."
“I’m not lying to you, he has no pulse. Prepare for his funeral properly! Also… also, his body needs to be cremated, otherwise it will infect others.”
Upon hearing this, the woman kneeling on the ground was filled with despair. Then, she lunged at Doctor Sun, yelling, "Quack doctor! If you can't cure him, you'll burn him alive! I'll fight you to the death!"
Someone reacted quickly and grabbed the woman, preventing her from going forward.
She struggled for a while, then finally collapsed to the ground, crying out, "Husband, what am I supposed to do..."
Sun Langzhong turned his face away and stared at the roof beam for a long time without saying a word.
Ultimately, the woman accepted the fact that the man was dead, but she refused to cremate him.
The fact that a person cannot be left with a complete body after death is something that many people find hard to accept and are unwilling to accept.
This problem was left to Chen Lizheng, while Sun Langzhong continued to treat the patients he was treating.
Wan Qiqi and Chen Yongnian stood quietly at the door for a long time, until Dr. Sun finally had a moment to drink some water before they decided to go over.
However, before they could speak, Dr. Sun was immediately called away by the family of a critically ill patient.
Wan Qiqi stared at Physician Sun's hunched back and slightly trembling legs, falling into silence.
Watching patients die one by one is an extremely painful experience for doctors.
But some people still thought he hadn't tried his best.
Wan Qiqi's emotions were completely stirred by what she had experienced and felt these past few days.
She felt terrible and really wanted to do something about this pandemic.
She turned to look at Chen Yongnian and whispered, "Let's go! Let's go back first."
"But Third Brother..." Chen Yongnian hesitated for a moment, but in the end he agreed with Wan Qiqi and left with her.
Back in the medicine-decocting area, Wan Qiqi didn't rest.
She found out which medications were for mild cases and which were for severe cases, ground the medications she had redeemed from the trading mall into powder, added them to the medications for mild cases, and replaced the water with oral rehydration solution.
She wasn't a doctor, she couldn't give injections, and she couldn't produce needles in this era. She could only mix her own medicine in so that people would ingest a modern, special medicine without realizing it.
She chose to treat patients with mild symptoms because she could only guarantee that the medication would alleviate the symptoms; severe cases required intravenous infusion, which she could not provide.
Moreover, the money she earned wasn't enough to save everyone.
This selective treatment was not what she wanted, but she had no other choice.
It's better for some to survive than for everyone to die.
After she finished decocting the medicine, she followed the medicine delivery person to deliver the medicine to the patients.
When she returned to that room, she seemed much more at ease and familiar with it.
Almost all the people who had been unconscious in the morning had woken up, and some of them were in better spirits. Only Chen Yongliang was still a little confused, and his fever had not subsided.
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