Chapter 181 Using the Stove as a Urine Bucket
Third Uncle Gongzheng reached out to lift the quilt off Gu Laian's head, wanting to see what the condition was and how severe the fever was.
If the condition is too serious, you still need to consult a doctor.
When his hand was about to touch the quilt, Gu Tang went up to him and complained: "Go to the stove and take a look. He actually used the stove as a urine bucket! No wonder the stove went out and the room is as cold as an ice cellar."
Uncle San was stunned when he heard this: "What?"
Gu Tang pointed to the stove and said, "You'll know if you take a look. It smells like urine!"
The third uncle immediately went to the stove, got close and smelled it, and it was indeed the smell of urine.
Returning to the bed, the uncle asked the motionless man in bed, "Laian, did you mistake the stove for a urine bucket? Did you see something wrong when you got up to urinate at night?"
The person lying on the bed turned over and said nothing.
Gu Tang said angrily, "How could I have seen wrongly? I think he did it on purpose! He was sick yesterday, and we served him food and drink, and he enjoyed it even more. He probably wanted to stay sick so that we could continue to serve him!"
Hearing Gu Tang's words, the person under the quilt shook a few times, as if he was afraid that Gu Tang would get angry.
Gu Tang was so angry that he lifted up his quilt.
"If you have the nerve to do it, you should have the nerve to come out and admit it! Now you are hiding in your bed like a coward, what is this? Don't think you won't be beaten just because you are sick!"
Gu Laian was so frightened when the quilt was lifted up that he had nowhere to hide, and hurriedly snatched the quilt back to cover himself.
But this time he didn't dare cover his head with the quilt again.
He stuck his head out and said in a muffled voice: "I saw it wrongly..."
Gu Tang almost laughed out of anger after hearing this: "There is a red fire burning in the stove. Are you saying you saw it wrongly?"
Gu Laian stopped talking, licked his cracked lips, his vision became a little dark, and there was an obvious blush on his cheeks.
Uncle San saw that he was not in a good condition, and hurriedly whispered to comfort Gu Tang: "He is just a bastard, you don't need to be angry with him. I see that he is seriously ill, don't make trouble with him now. Your father is not here, if his brain is damaged by the fever, we will have no choice but to take care of him in the future."
Gu Tang calmed down and complained to his uncle: "I hope his brain gets burned out! I would rather spend money to raise a fool than raise a troublemaker!
The firewood was chopped by my father and Ping An in the mountains. He never chopped firewood for a day! Now he not only doesn't know how to save, but also wastes it! The stove was filled with firewood! He urinated on it and didn't know whether the firewood was wet or dry! "
"No matter if it's wet or dry, let him continue to use the firewood! It'll teach him a lesson!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Laian's cheeks twitched twice, his dizzy head felt swollen and painful, his whole body was sore and weak, his neck was too weak to straighten his head, he could only close his eyes and feel angry!
If he hadn't wanted to make himself seriously ill while his father was away so as to gain his father's sympathy, he wouldn't have turned off the stove and frozen himself outside the quilt for a long time.
But he didn't expect Si Ya to be so cunning!
As soon as I entered the house, I noticed that it was too cold, so I immediately went to check the stove.
Logically, I should have put out the stove when I saw it was out, but Si Ya had a nose like a dog! She still smelled urine after such a long time. I should have put out the stove with water.
The more Gu Laian thought about it, the angrier he became. Everything in front of his eyes went dark and he soon lost consciousness.
Before his consciousness faded, he suddenly became afraid, thinking that he was too sick. He must not let himself be burned to death!
Realizing that Gu Laian had fainted, the third uncle hurried forward and placed his hand on his forehead.
The next moment, the warm palms trembled a few times due to a burst of scorching heat.
"Oh no! Your brother's fever is even worse than yesterday! We need to go get a doctor!"
Third Uncle's face changed drastically. He withdrew his hand and hurried out of the house to ask for a doctor.
Gu Tang chased for two steps and when he reached the outside of the house, his third uncle was almost at the gate of the courtyard.
She looked for a moment and then stepped back.
He came up to Gu Laian and pinched his arm.
"Are you really dizzy?"
The person was not awake and did not move.
Gu Tang reached out his hand again to test the temperature of his forehead and found that it was very high!
Tsk! It seems like he is really dizzy!
He turned around and went out, asking Gu Ping'an in the kitchen to stop boiling the medicine.
"Why don't you boil it anymore? I have opened all the medicine!" Gu Ping'an looked puzzled.
"The person in the room has fainted. I have asked a doctor to come. He will come over later to prescribe medicine. It won't be too late for you to wait until then."
"Fainted?" Gu Ping'an was very surprised, "Is it so serious today?"
Gu Tang spat towards the east wing: "He did it on purpose! He urinated on the stove in that room and put it out! The room is as cold as an ice cellar."
Gu Pingan was shocked and puzzled: "What is he trying to do? His body is his own, why would he ruin himself?"
"Who knows what he's thinking? Maybe he wants to take advantage of Dad's absence to make himself half-deadly sick, so that when Dad comes back, he can complain to him and say that we harmed him."
To be honest, based on Gu Laian's train of thought, these are all she could think of.
After hearing this, Gu Pingan looked disgusted: "Stupid people come up with stupid ideas!"
Doctor Gu's house was very close to Third Uncle's house, so while the siblings were talking, Third Uncle invited him back.
Gu Tang heard some noise coming from the courtyard gate, and gently pushed Gu Ping'an, asking him to go to the woodshed and bring back some firewood, and then took him to the east wing.
When I walked to the east wing, I "happened" to run into my third uncle and Doctor Gu who were entering the courtyard.
Gu Tang asked Gu Ping'an to go to the east wing first, and he ran to meet him.
First, he greeted Doctor Gu, and then complained to his uncle, "I chased after you for a few steps, but you moved faster than anyone else, and I couldn't catch up with you."
"There's nothing I can do. I'm worried that your elder brother might get hurt from the fever."
Third Uncle led people to the east wing. His tense mood finally relaxed a little and a smile appeared on his face when he talked to Gu Tang.
"I know you're worried, so I asked Ping An to bring more firewood to the east wing. I think he's lighting the stove now."
These words made Third Uncle feel relieved. He thought that Gu Tang had a sharp tongue but a soft heart towards Gu Laian, and that there was still some family affection between them no matter what.
Third Uncle felt that this girl was a soft-hearted person.
When they entered the house, they saw Gu Ping'an lighting the stove, and the third uncle favored the siblings even more.
They are all good kids and they won't do anything to take advantage of others' misfortune.
Doctor Gu also knew about the discord between the two pairs of siblings in the Gu family, but at this moment, facing the eldest brother who had a high fever and was unconscious, the siblings were able to lend a helping hand. Just based on this character, he felt at ease when interacting with them in the future.
only……
Doctor Gu looked around but did not see Gu Mei, Gu Laian's elder sister who had the same father and mother as him.
This is strange!
The biological brother fell ill, and his eldest sister, who had the same father and mother as him, was not there, so his two half-brothers and sisters came to help instead.
Although Doctor Gu was extremely curious, he did not ask any questions and just checked Gu Laian's pulse with a normal expression.
Gu Ping'an had already lit the stove. He put the flint in his arms and squeezed over here, waiting eagerly for Doctor Gu's diagnosis.
Previously, Third Uncle was in a hurry and didn't explain clearly. He just said that Gu Laian had a high fever and fainted. Doctor Gu thought that the high fever was caused by other diseases. But now, he found that there was no other disease, and it was just caused by cold.
As for fainting... well, there was nothing we could do. The kid had black and blue eyes, and it was obvious that he didn't sleep well last night. Coupled with the high fever, he fainted.
In fact, he is fine. I will boil a bowl of medicine and feed it to him later, and then he will have a good rest.
After receiving the diagnosis, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren all breathed a sigh of relief.
Doctor Gu reminded them: "Don't turn off the stove in the house. The worst thing about a cold is that it comes back frequently! Tell Lai An to be careful these few days and don't take it lightly."
"Don't worry! I'll use my dad to scare him later! If he dares to use the stove as a urine bucket again, I'll beat him up when my dad comes back!"
Gu Tang's words were ambiguous, and he specifically pointed out that it was not them who turned off the stove in Gu Laian's room.
"Using the stove as a urine bucket?" This was the first time Doctor Gu heard such an outrageous thing.
The third uncle sighed, "When he woke up just now, I asked him why the stove went out and there was a smell of urine. The child did not hide it and said that he saw it wrongly at night and mistook the stove for a urine bucket..."
The reason given by Gu Laian was really far-fetched. Third Uncle didn't believe it at the time, and Doctor Gu didn't believe it now. They all thought that Gu Laian was trying to stir up trouble again.
Doctor Gu would not say anything about this matter. He only asked tentatively: "I have some tranquilizers here. If possible, let him take some. More rest will help his recovery."
"Okay, let's prepare them together. The one for treating colds and the one for calming the nerves. We want both. Please prepare a few more packets. I don't know if this child will be obedient."
Third Uncle decided on the medicine because he was really afraid that this kid would cause trouble again.
"Okay, I'll go back and prepare the medicine. You can ask the two girls and boys to take it later. As for Lai An, put a cold towel on his forehead to cool him down."
"Okay! I'll do whatever you say." Third Uncle agreed with a smile and personally sent the person out.
After returning to the east wing, Third Uncle did not let Gu Tang and his sister do it, but personally got a cold towel to cool Gu Laian down.
Gu Tang stopped him and pointed to the kitchen: "Just now I thought that the doctor still needs to prescribe medicine, and the medicine in the kitchen has not been boiled yet. How about boiling that medicine first and feeding it to him?"
The cold water in winter is really freezing! It's no joke!
If Third Uncle sat here and kept washing his towel with cold water, his high fever would not go away, but his hands would be crippled.
"If there is medicine to take, it is better than a cold towel. You go and boil it, I will help him apply the towel first." The third uncle waved his hand at the siblings and told them to just boil the medicine.
The medicine that had been opened earlier had not been wrapped up yet. Coming out of the east wing, Gu Tang took the herbs and looked through them. She asked Gu Ping'an, who wanted to help, to move aside as she wanted to boil them herself.
After pouring all the medicine into the medicine jar, Gu Tang actually added hot water.
Gu Ping'an was amazed but didn't dare to say a word.
The hot water was from the stove in the kitchen. Although it was not boiling, the temperature was very high. After pouring it into the medicine pot, the pot was placed on the stove for boiling medicine. Soon, the water in the pot began to boil.
Gu Tang calculated the time. When the medicinal juice in the jar had been rolling for two quarters of an hour, she immediately took it down and poured it into the bowl, regardless of whether the medicinal materials were cooked thoroughly or not.
When it was almost dried, it was taken to the east wing and handed over to my third uncle.
Gu Laian was still in a coma and Third Uncle called for a long time but failed to wake him up.
"Master, I will pry his mouth open, and you will be responsible for pouring the medicine into his mouth."
Gu Tang rolled up his sleeves, looking eager to try.
He rolled up his sleeves halfway, thinking that Gu Laian might get stubborn when the medicine was being poured into his mouth, and then he directed Gu Ping'an to press his whole body on Gu Laian to prevent him from struggling.
Gu Ping'an was extremely happy and jumped up directly.
Gu Tang rummaged through the remaining firewood in the house and found a small piece of wood the size of a palm, which was just enough to pry open Gu Laian's mouth.
Next, Gu Tang’s actions made Third Uncle’s eyelids twitch!
Gu Tang first pinched Gu Laian's nose hard, and when he opened his mouth due to lack of oxygen, he quickly inserted the wood chip into his mouth.
The wood splinter stretched his mouth open, and Gu Tang shouted excitedly, "Master! Pour the powder into his mouth!"
Third Uncle couldn't bear to watch it, but he still quickly poured the medicine into Gu Laian's mouth.
The liquid suddenly came to his throat and Gu Laian subconsciously began to swallow it, but because he was in too much of a hurry, he had difficulty swallowing. His head began to sway from side to side and his hands and feet began to struggle.
Gu Tang held his head with both hands, and Gu Ping'an held down his hands and feet with all his strength.
When Third Uncle saw that the man was struggling more and more, he sped up the medicine and poured it all down his throat in one breath.
Unfortunately, the medicine was poured in too quickly, causing Gu Laian to choke and cough bitterly. The medicine in his mouth immediately overflowed and flowed down his neck.
But fortunately, I drank most of the bowl of medicine, so it was not a waste of effort.
After all this, Gu Laian seemed to want to wake up. He opened his eyes a little, but it was unknown whether he was awake or not. After taking a look, he fell asleep again.
"Wow! My grandma's ancestral drug-administration technique is so powerful! It can even wake up a comatose person!" Gu Tang said with a gloating look.
The Third Uncle nodded at her and said, "You are the only one with many ideas."
"This was not my idea." Gu Tang pointed to the end of the village. "My father said that this was my grandmother's idea. That's how my grandmother gave us the medicine."
Third Uncle stopped talking.
This girl... I just praised her for being soft-hearted. That's not being soft-hearted. She's just afraid that things won't get out of hand.
"Go wash your hands quickly. A lot of the medicine has been spilled on your hands."
As he said this, he pointed at Gu Ping'an who was still holding Gu Laian down and said, "The medicine has been given to you, why are you still holding him down? Press him carefully until he is well."
Gu Pingan got off the bed with a smile: "I'm just afraid that he will make trouble again."
"Go, go, go, there's no need for you two to guard this place, go back to your room and write. Girl, go back to your room and make your incense, don't bother him anymore."
The brother and sister had played enough, so they smiled and responded, then left the house one after another.
Gu Ping'an went directly to the main room to write, while Gu Tang went back to the kitchen to wash his hands with hot water, intending to go back to the house to continue thinking about how to rub the crossbow by hand.
As I was walking along the corridor back to the west wing, someone suddenly knocked on the gate.
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