"Erya, what are your brother's symptoms?"
The old woman was so resistant to him, and Erya's parents didn't leave the house, so Yang Baiyi had to ask Erya first.
"Xiaobao suddenly developed a lot of red spots on his body, and then his stomach started to swell and hurt, and he vomited everything he ate.
My body is hot and cold. When it's cold, I have to cover myself with two quilts. When it's hot, I take off all my clothes but still feel hot.
It’s all my fault. I didn’t take good care of my brother.”
Erya started crying again, blaming herself.
"Erya, did you guys go play in the cowshed a few days ago?"
After listening to Erya's description, Yang Baiyi had a rough idea in his mind.
"Yes, there was a sick cow in the production team, and a veterinarian from the commune veterinary station came to treat the cow, so we followed him."
Erya recalled and said.
"Yes, Xiaoxiao went too."
Yang Xiaoxiao echoed from the side.
"Then it can't be wrong."
Yang Baiyi pushed the door open and walked into the house.
"How did you get in? Didn't I tell you not to come?"
The old woman said with her triangular eyes squinting.
Yang Baiyi ignored the annoying old woman and looked at the kang in the dim light outside the house.
Xiaobao, who used to love to laugh, was now lying on the kang with a sallow face.
After days of illness, he was left with barely a breath left, as if he would die at any moment.
A middle-aged man with a worried look on his face and bloodshot eyes squatted on the ground smoking a pipe.
A woman with disheveled hair sat on the edge of the kang, her eyes red and swollen. She must have shed a lot of tears in the past few days.
These two should be Arya’s parents.
"You are Erya's father, right? I heard from my sister that Xiaobao is sick. I happen to know some medical skills, so I came to take a look."
Yang Baiyi said to the man squatting on the ground.
"Brother, the health center can't find the cause of the disease, even Wang Xiangu can't do anything, what can you do?"
It’s not that Chen Dalei doesn’t believe Yang Baiyi, it’s just that Yang Baiyi is too young.
"Brother Chen, let me see what's the big deal? Xiaobao is already like this, how much worse can it get?"
Yang Baiyi has basically determined the cause of Xiaobao's illness, so his words are full of confidence.
"His father, let Comrade Yang Baiyi take a look."
The woman sitting on the edge of the kang gave up her seat. For any mother, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, she is willing to try.
"Hey! Just look if you want to. Treating illnesses is not like hunting. It's not as simple as you think."
Because of the silly roe deer incident last time, Yang Baiyi spoke in public and most of the members in the village knew him.
Yang Baiyi walked to the kang, lifted the quilt on Xiaobao and took a closer look.
"Xiaobao, this is a tick bite."
Yang Baiyi said affirmatively.
"Ticks? What are ticks?"
Chen Dalei, who was originally listless, suddenly became energetic.
The health center could not find any symptoms, and Wang Xiangu was vague about the cause. Since her son fell ill, Yang Baiyi was the first person to draw a conclusion, which gave Chen Dalei a glimmer of hope.
"Ticks, also known as cattle lice and cattle lice, mostly parasitize on the hair of livestock.
I asked Erya, if the children were in the cowshed a few days ago, Xiaobao must have been bitten by a tick at that time.
Sister-in-law, please light the kerosene lamp and I will remove the tick."
Yang Baiyi began to take things out of his bag: tweezers, rubber gloves, iodine, anti-inflammatory drugs, serum, and the kang was full of things.
"Okay, wait a moment, big brother."
Li Cuilian hurried to light the kerosene lamp.
After the kerosene lamp was lit, Yang Baiyi adjusted the wick to make the flame as big as possible.
Yang Baiyi put on rubber gloves and took off all of Xiaobao's clothes.
From the area covered with red spots on Xiaobao's body, three ticks full of blood were removed with tweezers.
Yang Baiyi threw the ticks on the ground and crushed them with his feet.
I carefully wiped Xiaobao's wound with iodine and injected him with serum.
"Okay, Xiaobao should be fine. When he wakes up, give him some anti-inflammatory medicine, two pills three times a day. It should be completely gone in three days."
Yang Baiyi breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Xiaoxiao acted in time. If it had been delayed any longer, Xiaobao's life might have been in danger.
"His father, listen, Xiaobao's breathing has become much more even, he is really getting better."
Li Cuilian shed tears again, but this time was different from the previous few days. These were tears of joy.
"Comrade Yang Baiyi, you are our family's savior! If anything happened to Xiaobao, our family would not be able to survive."
"Comrade Yang Baiyi, how much is it?"
Chen Dalei fumbled around his body but couldn't take out a penny.
After a few days of magic, Wang Xiangu had emptied the Chen family's wealth.
"Brother Chen, as long as Xiaobao is well, I don't want any money."
Yang Baiyi said quickly.
"How can you not ask for money? These medicines all cost money. You can not make money, but we can't let you lose money, right? Wait a minute, I'll go to the captain to borrow some."
Chen Dalei was about to leave when Yang Baiyi grabbed him.
"If I say no, then no. Arya is my sister's best friend and has always taken good care of her.
If you want to thank someone, then thank Arya. It was her good deeds that brought about good results."
Yang Baiyi didn't care about these trivial matters. He mentioned Erya because he wanted the Chen family to treat this kind girl well, or at least not to treat her harshly in the future.
"Young man, thank you so much! Saving our little treasure is like saving my life!"
The old woman's attitude changed 180 degrees. She was as disgusted as she was just now, but now she was as flattering as she was.
Yang Baiyi glanced at the old woman coldly. Although respecting the elderly and loving the young is a traditional virtue, Yang Baiyi felt only disgust for this old woman.
"Er Ya, go back with big brother. Let your sister Wanru take care of your injuries and then have a good meal.
You have nothing to eat and no place to sleep these days. Why don’t you go to the educated youth compound to find Xiaoxiao?
Aren’t you best friends? Good friends help each other.”
Yang Baiyi comforted Erya in a gentle voice and took the opportunity to point out this biased family.
"Erya, does it still hurt?"
Li Cuilian asked guiltily.
Although Erya's injuries were caused by her mother-in-law and her husband, Li Cuilian did not stop them at that time.
It was the mother-in-law's decision not to let Erya eat and not to let her go back to her room to sleep at night, but Li Cuilian did not object at the time.
Maybe in her heart, she thinks Xiaobao’s illness is the reason why Erya didn’t take good care of her younger brother!
"Mom, Erya doesn't feel any pain at all."
Children who are not liked often develop a people-pleasing personality.
She will be very happy and even feel flattered if you show her a little kindness.
"Look at all the injuries on your body, and you sweat easily in the summer, how can it not hurt?
Come with me to the educated youth compound. I'll wipe it with iodine. If it gets inflamed, it'll be troublesome."
Lin Wanru said with heartache.
Having been spoiled since childhood, she completely cannot understand families that favor boys over girls and is fed up with such families.
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