Chapter 4: Quack, it's better not to treat this disease
It took her a long while to recognize the person in front of her.
In her memory, Lin Miaoyin always liked to wear white clothes. Although she was not ugly, she was definitely not stunning.
When did she become so beautiful?
Looking at the little face in front of her with skin as white as cream, she couldn't help but think of the hideous scar on Dingxiang's face, with the skin and flesh turned inside out, and the resentment in her heart surged out all at once.
"Xiang'er's life has been ruined by you, what are you still doing here?" she said angrily.
"I have a way to treat the wound on her face."
As soon as Lin Miaoyin finished speaking, a maid ran over and said, "Madame Sun, go check on Sister Dingxiang. She said she's feeling sick again."
Mrs. Sun didn't give Lin Miaoyin a good look and walked straight past her into the backyard.
The family of three worked in the kitchen, so they lived directly in the small courtyard at the back, just a few steps away from the kitchen.
Lin Miaoyin followed Grandma Sun into the yard.
Mrs. Sun was worried about her daughter and ignored the master and servant who followed them.
After entering the room, Lin Miaoyin could see Dingxiang's wound clearly. The hideous wound stretched from the corner of the eye to the corner of the mouth. The turned-out flesh was filled with white pus, which was very horrifying.
"Mom, I'm in pain. My face and head hurt. It's so uncomfortable..."
Granny Sun came to the bed with a distressed look on her face. "Your father has been gone for a while. The doctor will be here soon. Just bear with it." She began to cry, "My poor Xiang'er, why did you have to offend her when you could have offended anyone else..."
Dingxiang was originally tall and strong, but after just three or five days, her cheeks had become sunken.
"Mom, I'm thirsty..."
Mrs. Sun hurriedly brought the water from the table over.
Ding Xiang had difficulty swallowing and drinking water. It took her half an hour to drink two sips. Her hands were still twitching and most of the water in the bowl spilled.
Granny Sun took the bowl and asked worriedly, "Xiang'er, what's wrong with you?"
At first, Dingxiang was injured, but they didn't take it seriously and just bandaged her with wood ash. But she fell ill the next day and couldn't even get out of bed. Most of the guards in the palace were former soldiers, and injuries were common. A few days ago, Maidong, who was beside the prince, even had his entire leg disabled, but he is fine now. The wound on Dingxiang's face was just a flesh wound, how could it be so serious?
She guessed that Lin Miaoyin had done something else.
But because of her identity, she couldn't question her.
Lin Miaoyin didn't know what Grandma Sun was thinking. At this moment, all her attention was on Dingxiang.
Headache, difficulty opening the mouth, stiff shoulders and back, muscle cramps in the hands and feet, these are typical symptoms of tetanus. Raising her eyebrows, she found plant ash and crude herbal powder on the wound on Dingxiang's face.
I think the wound was not treated in time or was treated improperly, which led to tetanus infection.
She glanced at the wide-open windows and the noisy calls of chickens and ducks in the yard, and hurriedly told Yuzhu, "Close the windows, lower the curtains, and have someone move the chickens and ducks in the yard somewhere else later."
Sound and light stimulation will aggravate the condition.
Although Yuzhu didn't understand, she still did as she was told, and the room soon became dark.
Ding Xiang, who was lying on the couch, suddenly felt difficulty breathing and looked to Grandma Sun for help, "Mom, it's too stuffy, I feel uncomfortable..."
Granny Sun looked at Lin Miaoyin with resentment, "Don't you think my Xiang'er is not miserable enough? How badly do you want to hurt her before you stop? If anything happens to Xiang'er, I will go to the prince to ask for an explanation even if I risk my life."
"I'm doing this for her own good."
As Lin Miaoyin spoke, she silently recited the medicine for treating tetanus in her mind, and soon a few pills appeared in her palm.
She handed it to Grandma Sun and said, "The disease Dingxiang suffers from is tetanus, also known as seven-day wind. This is the medicine to treat it. Take it with warm water three times a day for three consecutive days and it will be effective."
Not only did Grandma Sun not take it, she also directly knocked the medicine out of her hand, "How did Xiang'er offend you that you still want to poison her!"
"I don't want to eat." Dingxiang also looked at her warily.
Lin Miaoyin felt a little distressed when looking at the pills on the ground.
The medicines in the medical system are not inexhaustible. They should be used up a little bit at a time. How can we waste them?
The mother and daughter in front of her were too wary of her, so she had to think of a way.
Just then, the door was pushed open from the outside, and a middle-aged man who looked somewhat similar to Dingxiang walked in with a gray-haired old man.
"Old man, you're back." Mrs. Sun immediately went over to greet him.
"How is Xiang'er?" Manager Liu asked with concern.
At this moment, Ding Xiang had some difficulty speaking, "Dad, it hurts..."
"Doctor Zhang, the child keeps crying in pain, please take a look." Manager Liu hurriedly invited the doctor to the bedside.
While feeling the pulse, the old man looked at the tightly closed doors and windows and the airtight curtains, frowning, "Who told you to close the doors and windows? Airtight curtains are harmful to wind diseases, you are really ignorant."
"How could Xiang'er, who is so young, get rheumatism?" Mrs. Sun was stunned.
"Why, you don't believe my diagnosis?"
"No, no, no, of course we believe in your medical skills. I am an old woman who knows nothing. Don't be angry, Doctor Zhang."
Manager Liu said a lot of nice things, and the old man's expression finally eased up. "The wind disease sounds scary, but don't worry too much. I'll prescribe some medicine, and it will be fine in two days. But the wound on her face will definitely leave a scar."
He was about to write a prescription when he heard a sneer from behind him.
"Where did this quack doctor come from? This is clearly seven-day rheumatism, but he said it's a rheumatic disease." Lin Miaoyin glanced at the couch, "Numbness of limbs, crooked mouth and eyes, and slurred speech, this is a rheumatic disease. And she doesn't have these symptoms, so it's obviously not her."
Manager Liu looked over subconsciously.
He noticed the red dress as soon as he came in, but he was worried about Dingxiang so he didn't pay attention to it.
Before he could speak, the old man beside him became angry and said, "Where did you come from, little girl? How dare you question my diagnosis?"
He has been practicing medicine for most of his life, but this is the first time he has been called a quack!
"If you can even make a mistake with such a simple disease, what kind of doctor is he if not a quack?" Lin Miaoyin sneered.
She was good at surgery and was a layman in traditional Chinese medicine. Even so, she could still tell the difference between a stroke and tetanus.
If Fanfan were still alive, he would have kicked out this quack doctor who was causing harm to people's lives long ago.
The old man was completely furious. "Seven-day wind is a disease that only young children will suffer from. How could she have this disease at such an old age? I have been practicing medicine for fifty years, and no one has ever questioned my medical skills! How dare a little girl who is still wet behind the ears to comment on my diagnosis? This is simply too much!"
"It's better not to see a doctor for this disease!" He became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and finally he rolled up his sleeves and left the yard.
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