Chapter 42: Rats Bite
"Master!" I shouted.
"What's the matter?" said Uncle Wei, pacing over.
"I can control the ants, you see!" I pinched a hair excitedly, and the tentacles of an ant on the table touched my hair, and it did not scurry around like the ants used to, but patiently communicated with me.
I guided the ants up the table in the route I had envisioned, and found the breadcrumbs.
"Master, I'm done!" I said happily.
"Yes, yes, it's only been three days, and you can actually do it, which is beyond my expectations. Uncle Wei was also happy.
"I admire myself. I laughed.
"Pride!" Uncle Wei knocked a shudder on my head: "Is the master not in the eyes of the next!"
"How is that possible!" I grinned.
"It's worth celebrating, make braised pork at noon, you go buy meat. Uncle Wei twisted his chin and said.
I rushed out of the pharmacy and just got out of the door when a mother rushed over with a little boy in her arms.
"Doctor, doctor!"
"What's wrong?" I quickly asked.
"My child, my child has been bitten by a mouse!" the mother sweated nervously.
"Come on in. I quickly reached out and took the child.
It was a boy, about five or six years old, and there was blood flowing from the surface of the child's feet!
I carried the child to bed and cleaned the bloodstains, and there were several tooth marks under the bloodstains, two on the top and two on the bottom, which matched the bite marks of the mouse.
"How can I be bitten by a rat, this is broad daylight. I asked as I cleaned the wound.
"Isn't it, I'm playing with my children, right by the lake, and then out of nowhere a big mouse pops up, there'...... It's so big. My mother gestured at me, "I came up and gave the child a bite, and I didn't have time to hide!"
"It's okay, it's okay, I'll help you deal with it first, and then you go to the hospital, you may have to get an injection, and you can't be careless if a mouse bites." I instructed.
"Thank you, doctor. Mom thanked her.
"I don't want injections. The child said in a milky voice.
"No injections, uncle doesn't have needles here. I laughed.
After treating the wound, I sent my mother and son out of the door, and when I came back, Uncle Wei smiled at me: "It's done well, it's growing." ”
"That's what you taught. I smiled.
"Stinky boy, don't go buy meat yet. Uncle Wei pursed his lips and snorted, but the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't be hidden.
At noon, I had a beautiful meal, the meal was made by Uncle Wei, usually Uncle Wei does not cook, we either eat outside, or I cook, only when I encounter happy things, Uncle Wei will cook in person, Uncle Wei's skills are very good, as long as he cooks, I will eat until I support my stomach.
After eating, I made a pot of tea and sat down to chat with Uncle Wei, and was chatting, when suddenly two people came in outside the door.
"Doctor!"
"Why is it a rat bite again?" I wondered.
The two patients, both young men and tourists from other places, were playing by the Bihu Lake, and they were also bitten by rats that suddenly rushed out.
Throughout the day, our pharmacy treated a total of five patients who were bitten by rats, and we are a Chinese medicine shop, except for patients in the vicinity, ordinary patients will not come to us.
Sure enough, I went out to inquire, and a Western medicine clinic near us had treated more than twenty patients who had been bitten by rats all day.
"Master, what do you think?" I asked when I got back.
"It's hard to say. Uncle Wei's face was a little serious.
"I think there's a problem, rats dare to bite people in broad daylight, it's not normal. I pondered.
"Xiao An, let's go out and have a look. Uncle Wei took his hands behind his back and walked out.
Uncle Wei and I went to Bihu Lake, and there were already tourists on the lake who had begun to talk about it, and the rat bite had spread, and the number of tourists on the lake had decreased significantly.
It is already evening, the sun is in the west, the blue lake water is sprinkled with a layer of red light and shadow, looking from afar, there is a white stone tower in the middle of the lake, which is also a scene of the blue lake.
We walked along the edge of the Bihu Lake, and the weeping willows on the shore swayed in the wind, and everything seemed to be normal.
After walking around and finding nothing, it was getting dark, and Uncle Wei and I returned to the pharmacy.
At night, in my dream, I was awakened by a ping-pong knock on the door.
"Doctor, doctor!"
I hurriedly got out of bed and opened the door, and outside the door several people carried a wooden plank, on which lay a person.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"I don't know, people suddenly don't hit!" someone replied.
"Quick, put people on the bed!" At this time, Uncle Wei also went downstairs.
The patient was lifted to the bed, and I saw at a glance that there was a swollen wound on the patient's foot, a large black swelling, and black fluid had begun to ooze from the middle.
"What was bitten by what?" asked Uncle Wei, pointing to the wound.
"Mouse. The patient* replied.
"I was bitten by a water mouse while washing my feet in the lake in the morning, and I didn't care about it with salt...... "The patient is a man in his fifties, and as soon as he said it, I understood that this is a boatman who drives a boat in the lake, and many tourists who come to Bihu Lake will rent a boat to swim in the lake, so there are many boatmen who do this kind of business.
"Uncle, let's go to the hospital, Chinese medicine can't cure this. A young man shouted.
"You know what! This wound has to be healed by medicine. The patient snorted.
"You bear with it!" Uncle Wei pressed his hand on the patient's shoulder, and then took a knife and slashed it down from the patient's foot.
"Ahh
A fishy smell fills the air!
"Wow!" several of the helpers who carried the man covered their noses and stepped back.
I didn't move, I held back.
Uncle Wei cut open the patient's wound, and a stream of pus and blood gushed out, and the fishy smell came from here.
"Go get some leeches. Uncle Wei commanded me.
I ran to the backyard and caught a few leeches from a large tank.
Uncle Wei put the leeches on the patient's wound, and soon the leeches began to suck the pus and blood, and the bodies of several leeches gradually swelled, then turned black and shiny, and then fell down with a "click".
Five leeches died in a row, and the pus and blood from the patient's wound turned to a normal color.
"Go get the powder, the grid at the very edge of the medicine cabinet, red. Uncle Wei commanded again.
I took the powder and applied it to the patient's wound and bandaged it.
"It doesn't hurt anymore, it's fine. The patient gasped.
"It's amazing!" several helpers squeezed over.
"I said that you have to find a Chinese medicine doctor for this kind of thing, and Western medicine is troublesome and expensive!" The patient turned to look at us: "Doctor, how much?"
"Fifty. Uncle Wei said a number.
The patient pulled out a handful of small pieces of money from his pocket: "I'm in a hurry to go out, I only have so much." ”
"Okay, let's go back, sleep well at night, the wound will not be wet for three days, and it should be fine." Uncle Wei waved his hand.
When I left, the patients were supported and did not lie down anymore, I sent them out of the door, there was nothing to say except a wry smile, those leeches were specially raised by Uncle Wei, but they were not ordinary leeches, and the medicine powder was also specially treated, so I changed a handful of change!
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