Chapter 14 Treatment "Your foot is so serious, no...
"Your foot is so seriously injured, how can you not see a doctor?" Old man Su almost couldn't help but jump up and down.
"If we lose our money, we can earn it again, but what if we lose our body? You said that yourself this morning."
"I didn't say that."
Regardless of how much Old Man Su persuaded her, Mrs. Wu stiffened her neck and said, "Anyway, I'm not going."
He is like a stone in a toilet, hard and smelly.
Old Man Su was at his wit's end. He had tried to persuade and talk to the other party, but the other party was simply being unreasonable.
In fact, it is simple to solve this problem. All you need is money. Mrs. Wu is so stubborn about not seeing a doctor because she is worried about the money. Now her family is penniless and has no income. If he injured his foot today, he would probably be as unwilling to go to the clinic as Mrs. Wu.
In fact, Mrs. Wu really thought so. A family of eight relied on that little bit of food to survive. That was life-saving food. How could Mrs. Wu be willing to use the life-saving food of her family to treat her leg?
"You won't die anyway, so stop acting like a big deal. When Fourth and Fifth Girls come back and see you, they'll think something's wrong." Mrs. Wu frowned and covered her feet.
"But..." Chen looked worried, and Old Man Su said:
"Instead of going to the clinic, why not ask Mrs. Liu to come and see the headquarters?"
Mrs. Wu remained silent, which was considered as her agreement.
Liu Pozi is a barefoot doctor in the surrounding villages. Anyone in the village who has a minor illness will come to her to get a couple of prescriptions, but they are just some minor colds and flu. For more serious illnesses, Liu Pozi will advise them to go to the county clinic for treatment. Everyone in the village knows this. Over time, it has become a consensus among everyone to go to Liu Pozi for minor illnesses and to the clinic for serious illnesses.
This is also the reason why Chen and Old Man Su were reluctant to go to Liu Po at first. If you ask someone else to come, they won’t be able to see the patient, and you will owe them a favor, so there is no need.
Sure enough, when Mrs. Liu arrived, she carefully examined Mrs. Wu and said, "You fell too hard. I think you have broken bones. You need to go to the hospital."
When these words came out, everyone's heart skipped a beat, especially Mrs. Wu, who was immediately panicked.
"How could it be broken? Sister Liu, did you touch it wrongly? It just hurts a little. No, it doesn't hurt much now. Can you touch it again?"
When Mrs. Liu heard this, she was not angry, but touched him again with a serious expression.
"That's right."
Mrs. Wu had completely given up hope, her face was pale.
"So you mean you can't be cured?"
"I can't treat it here. We have to go to the clinic." Mrs. Liu nodded. It was not that she didn't want to treat it, but she really couldn't treat it. She learned medical skills from her father, but her father wanted to pass on the medical skills to his nephew, so she only learned the basics. It was no problem to treat minor illnesses, but broken bones were too difficult for her. Moreover, looking at Mrs. Wu's condition, it seemed that the bones were dislocated and needed to be straightened.
I thought so and said, "This is not a minor injury. I have to get it treated. If it gets serious, I might not be able to walk later."
When Old Man Su learned that his wife was seriously injured and needed to have her bones straightened, his face turned pale, but he still said politely, "Okay, thank you for coming."
"Qingshan's mother, please see him off."
Seeing this, Chen quickly said, "Auntie Liu, I'll take you there."
It was called a gift, but in fact it was just a consultation fee. Of course, country people usually gave two eggs when they saw a patient without prescribing any medicine. Chen was no exception. She took advantage of the air raid to go into the house and took out two eggs and put them in her hands.
"Thank you for the hard work, Auntie."
In the main room, Chen handed the egg in her hand to Mrs. Liu.
Mrs. Liu took a sip of the water that Chen had poured and said, "We are from the same village, not strangers. Take the eggs back."
She was not a saint, but she had a good impression of the Su family. Although other people in the village disliked the Su family and thought that Mrs. Wu was too aggressive and unwilling to deal with her, Mrs. Liu did not think so. This was probably because when she was young, Mrs. Wu helped her scold her ungrateful husband, so she had some good feelings towards Mrs. Wu.
Besides, I just came to take a look and didn't contribute anything, so how could I accept other people's things?
"How can that be?" Chen was not a person who liked to take advantage of others. She did not really refuse to give it to Liu Pozi just because she said no. She just thought that the other party was being polite.
"I said we don't need it, so take it back." Mrs. Liu put the eggs on the table and stood up to leave.
Seeing that the other party really didn't want it, Chen said, "If you don't want eggs, have a simple meal before leaving."
Mrs. Liu's only son is a scholar, who is now studying in the county. Mrs. Liu lives alone in the village all year round. People often come to see Mrs. Liu for medical treatment, so Mrs. Liu often forgets to eat the next meal after eating the previous one. After hearing what Mrs. Chen said, she was indeed a little hungry. Logically, she shouldn't eat, but when Mrs. Chen said,
"No fancy food, just some homely meals."
"Auntie, you're too lazy to light a fire when you go back alone."
These words really hit the mark of Mrs. Liu.
In addition, the dishes on the table were indeed just ordinary dishes, a dish of cold cucumber, a dish of eggplant and beans, and another dish that was not recognizable.
Mrs. Liu agreed.
It was not until the meal was served that Mrs. Liu felt something was wrong when she saw the full bowl of white rice.
The rice looked like new rice, probably harvested this year. She knew that for an ordinary family like theirs, they could only eat white rice a few times a year. Usually, they would add wild vegetables, corn, sweet potatoes, and beans to the rice. They could only eat it once or twice during the New Year or when new rice was harvested. The rice was cooked per person, so what would others eat if she ate it?
Mrs. Liu said quickly, "I am an old woman and cannot eat so much. Please go back quickly."
After saying that, without waiting for Chen to speak, he rushed the rice into the rice bucket.
"Auntie Liu, what are you doing?"
Chen saw that Mrs. Liu had almost finished the meal, so she hurried to stop her. She finally stopped her, but only one-third of the full bowl was left.
“Just enough.”
Mrs. Liu said, poured the water from the teapot into the rice, and started eating.
She first picked up a piece of eggplant. As she got older, she liked to eat softer things.
Unexpectedly, I was stunned as soon as I took a bite, "This eggplant is so delicious, how did you make it?"
It was completely different from the eggplant she usually ate. It was soft, fragrant, and extremely delicious. After taking a bite, she wanted to eat more and couldn't stop.
Then Mrs. Liu picked up another piece of cucumber. Who would have thought that the cold cucumber was particularly flavorful because it had been stored for a long time. It was so spicy that Mrs. Liu quickly drank the water in her rice. But after drinking the water, she couldn't help eating the rest. The reason was that it was so delicious that she ate several pieces in a row.
Then she looked at the last dish. She couldn't tell what it was, but it tasted spicy and fragrant, and the texture was very fresh and tender. It was delicious when paired with green peppers!
Even Mrs. Liu, who had eaten many delicious meals, was conquered by these simple dishes.
The meal was finished in no time. Of course, it was impossible to be full with such a small amount of food, it was just a token of appreciation.
But because of these dishes, Mrs. Liu still regretted pouring so much rice back. If she had known they were so delicious, she would have eaten them shamelessly.
It was a real misstep...
However, this dish was actually made of river clams, which was something Liu Pozi had not expected. Are dishes made of river clams so delicious? It seems that she can try it when she goes back.
After dinner, Mrs. Liu left, but came back soon after with some herbal remedies to relieve pain and dissolve blood stasis, and asked Mrs. Chen to apply them to Mrs. Wu.
"Your mother-in-law has a stubborn temper. You should try to persuade her more. You still need to see a doctor."
Mrs. Liu heard that Mrs. Wu was unwilling to go to the clinic, so she brought some herbal medicine, but the herbs were useless and only injured the bones.
Upon hearing this, Chen thanked him repeatedly.
In the house, Mrs. Wu still refused to go to the clinic and would not let Chen and Old Man Wu go to call a doctor.
Until Su Li and Su Tao came back, the three of them were still in a stalemate.
"You should also go and persuade your grandma. Her foot is so badly injured. I told her that she has to go to the hospital." Chen saw her two daughters returning under the eaves and didn't notice why the basket she brought with her was missing.
After figuring out everything, Su Tao and Su Li quickly said, "Mom, don't worry, let's go and persuade grandma."
After saying that, he went into the house.
"It's no use trying to persuade me. I said I won't go and that's why I won't go." Mrs. Wu's face was twisted with pain, but she still said stubbornly.
There was no painkiller these days. Su Li knew from looking at Grandma Wu's expression that she must be in great pain.
After all, her grandmother, Mrs. Wu, was a very strong-willed old lady. If she hadn't been in unbearable pain, she would definitely not have shown that expression.
"Grandma, go ahead. Look, your feet are as swollen as steamed buns." Su Tao said worriedly as she sat beside Mrs. Wu's bed.
"Si Ya is right." Old Man Su echoed.
"No...go..." Mrs. Wu squeezed out a few words from between her teeth.
Su Tao was a little angry, "Grandma, why are you so disobedient? You usually tell me and my fifth sister to be more obedient, but why are you even more disobedient than us!"
Seeing her granddaughter's worried eyes filled with tears, Mrs. Wu's hardened heart softened a little, but she still tried to change the subject.
"You, you went to see your father and the others. How was it? Are you, are you okay?"
"Dad and the others won't die for the time being, but you fell so badly that you're almost dying of pain." Su Tao said sadly.
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Mrs. Wu was speechless when she heard this.
"You, you unlucky child, how could you curse your grandma like that?" Mrs. Wu said weakly, but even though she was scolding Su Tao, there was no anger in Mrs. Wu's eyes, only because she knew that her granddaughter was concerned about her.
On this side, Su Li listened for a long time and finally realized that Mrs. Wu refused to go to the clinic because of money. In order to avoid delaying Mrs. Wu's treatment, she quickly told her about the money she and her fourth sister Su Tao earned by selling sour dates today.
"Yes, grandpa and grandma, we have earned a lot of money, look." After Su Tao said this, he took out the money he earned today, and Su Li did the same.
Mrs. Wu, Old Man Su, and Mrs. Chen were all stunned when they saw this.
"Is this... is this really the money you earned?"
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