When Yingbao and Chunniang walked into the yard of Patriarch Chen's house, they were shocked by the scene before them.
The whole yard was filled with smoke, and two children of five or six years old were dancing in front of the incense table.
Both of them were wearing colorful ribbons, holding colorful whips and fans in their hands, and had copper bells tied around their wrists and ankles, which made ringing sounds when they jumped.
Is this a witch doctor
An old woman wearing a feather crown came over and started dancing around Yingbao.
Chunniang's face darkened. She immediately picked up her daughter and turned to ask the head of the Chen clan, "What does Uncle Chen mean by this?"
Chen Fu touched his nose awkwardly, not daring to tell the truth. He only said to Song the witch: "Yingbao wants to go into the house to check on my son's condition, please get out of the way."
Witch Song understood and immediately turned aside.
Chen Fu said to Chunniang again, "The witch is performing a ritual. Let's go inside first, let's go inside first."
When Chunniang saw the witch hide aside, she carried her daughter into the house.
You can still smell the strong scent of incense and candles in the house, as well as a faint stench of decay.
Chunniang frowned and put her daughter down at her daughter's signal.
Yingbao walked to the kang and stood on tiptoe to look at the patient.
Seeing that he could not see anything, he asked Chen Fu to bring a chair and stood on the chair to uncover the quilt.
A fishy smell hit me in the face.
Chen Zhu was not wearing any pants, only a loincloth.
Chunniang let out a low cry and was about to pick up her daughter and leave.
Yingbao waved her hands and said to Chunniang, "It's okay. Doctors don't distinguish between men and women. Mother, please go out first. I'll take a look at the patient's injuries."
Since she is studying medicine, she will inevitably deal with the human body in the future. She may even have to dissect corpses and check internal organs. If she can't even look at a man's body, then her dream of becoming a miracle doctor will become a dream.
Chunniang had no choice but to leave the house and stand guard at the door.
Yingbao checked the wound on Chen Zhu's leg and saw that the wound was covered with a lot of black ointment. She suggested that Chen Fu, who was standing next to him, wash off the ointment.
Chen Fu immediately asked his fourth daughter-in-law to fetch hot water to clean his son's wound.
"Any liquor?" Yingbao asked.
Mrs. Wen said that external injuries need to be cleaned with strong liquor to kill bacteria and toxins, and then applying medicine will achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Chen Fu shook his head, "There is no strong liquor."
He had only heard of strong liquor but had never seen it.
In the countryside like theirs, not to mention strong liquor, even rice dregs are not common.
"Then use boiled water and let it cool before washing him. The cloth must also be boiled and dried." Yingbao ordered seriously.
Shao did not hesitate and immediately did as Yingbao said.
Then Yingbao took Chen Zhu's pulse and pulled up his eyelids to check his pupils.
Mrs. Wen said that as long as the patient's pupils were dilated, there was a high probability that the patient would not survive.
Yingbao had never seen anyone with dilated pupils, but she finally met one today.
Chen Zhu's pupils were really dilated, which was indeed different from the pupils of normal people which could expand and contract freely.
Yingbao took out a pill from her small bag. Considering that Chen Zhu could not swallow solid food, she asked Chen Fu to bring a bowl and pour some tea into it.
Crush the pill and dissolve it in tea, then let Chen Fu feed it to his son.
After a while, Shaw brought hot water to clean her husband's wound, and Yingbao stood on a chair and watched.
The wound on the thigh was hideous, with a hole rotted away at the wound, which looked very creepy.
Shao sobbed while washing, and her tears dripped into the basin.
Yingbao really wanted to say, "Don't let your tears fall into the water."
When he lowered his head, he saw a little boy with narrow and long phoenix eyes looking up at him, his eyes dark.
It’s Xiao Yao, Chen Zhu’s son.
Yingbao sat down and waved to Xiaoyao.
The little demon hesitated for a moment, but still walked forward.
Yingbao took out a cooked water chestnut from her bag and handed it to him: "Here you go."
Xiao Yao took it, looked at it, and didn't eat it.
"The wound has been cleaned." Shao said softly.
Yingbao nodded, and asked Shao to change a basin of clean water for use, and then she took out a sharp knife from her bag.
This knife was used by her to harvest golden ears, and today she used it to cut Chen Zhu's wound.
When Shao saw Yingbao take out a knife, her face changed, and she heard the girl say, "Bring the candle."
Shao followed his instructions and brought the candles.
Yingbao put the candle aside, urged Shao to prepare some hot water, jumped onto the kang, and cut Chen Zhu's wound.
Chen Fu's eyes widened as he watched, but since he was the one who invited this little fairy boy, even though he had many doubts, he did not dare to speak them out at this time.
Ying Bao pressed around the wound and saw Chen Zhu twitching. She quickly told Chen Fu, "Grandpa Chen, call a few people in to hold him down and don't let him move."
Chen Fu hurried to the door and called his eldest son and grandson.
The three men held Chen Zhu down, and Shao also brought water and two ironed cloth towels.
Yingbao washed her hands with water, washed the knife as well, and burned it back and forth over the candle flame for a long time.
When the knife was cold, Yingbao squatted beside Chen Zhu's leg and cut the wound a little bit, releasing a stream of fishy pus and blood.
Chen Zhu was awakened by the pain and his legs were shaking wildly, but fortunately Chen Fu and others held him down.
Yingbao endured the discomfort and made two more cuts around the wound to release more pus and blood.
When the pus and blood have almost all flowed out, wipe it with a clean cloth and apply the ointment you brought with you.
This ointment contains not only Wudingzhi, but also Scutellaria baicalensis, Honeysuckle, Salvia miltiorrhiza and Sanguisorba officinalis powder.
These medicinal herbs were bought from the pharmacy in town, just in case of sudden external injuries in the future.
Ever since Yingbao read Shennong's Herbal Classic and the Folk Herbal Classic given by Sister Wen, she planned to prepare more medicinal herbs in her cave and prepare various ointments and pills with Wudingzhi in case of emergency.
Because there will be no peace in the future, the imperial court will keep recruiting soldiers to quell rebellions in various places, and one of her relatives might be recruited one day, so she has to develop more special medicines for injuries.
This was the first time she prepared this medicine today, so she gave it to Chen Zhu to try and see how it worked.
After applying the medicine, Yingbao jumped off the kang and took out a few pills and handed them to Shao: "Give him two pills every two hours, and wrap the wound with a clean cloth. Make sure not to rub off the ointment. I'll come back tomorrow to check."
Shaw nodded repeatedly.
Yingbao looked at Patriarch Chen and said, "Grandpa Chen, you have to pay me for the medicine this time. Forget the consultation fee, but the pills and ointments are very expensive."
Chen Fu was not surprised and asked, "How much is it in total?"
"Five taels of silver." Ying Bao said.
Chen Fu froze, but still went to his room to get out an ingot of five taels of silver and gave it to Ying Bao.
Yingbao pocketed the silver and ran out of the house. Chunniang quickly picked up her daughter and walked out.
Goddess Song wanted to say something, but Chen Fu interrupted her mercilessly: "Yingbao has already applied medicine to Zhuer, and she said she will come to see you tomorrow. Goddess, I will ask Dalang to pay for your invitation fee right now. I still have to arrange some things, so I won't send you away."
Witch Song rolled her eyes secretly and said nothing more. She immediately asked her grandchildren to pack up and prepare to go home.
Humph! Do you really think that little brat is a fairy? I just said that on purpose.
When Chen Zhu dies tomorrow, with Ying Baoer as her backup, no one can blame Song the witch.