Chapter 8: Awakening
Two thatched huts, a man and a woman with a child, made do with a night, the next day before dawn, the martial brothers worked together, two or three hours actually built six simple spire shacks barely sheltered from the wind and rain, just Wu old man, Wu Tianci one, Wu Tiande family one, Wu Tianxin and Qian family one, Wu Tianchong and Zhao with two young sons one, Wu Xingxia and Tian family, Wu Xinghai and Zhou family.
The Wu family all moved to shacks, leaving one thatched hut for the three patients to live in, and the other for Zheng Langzhong to boil medicine and rest.
"This little girl is really lucky, the things in the head are not big or small, fortunately the herbs you use are very timely." Zheng Langzhong changed the medicine for Wu Nuandong's wound and instructed: "Don't get wet, although the head is fine, after all, if it is too late, it will leave a scar." ”
The peasant seldom could afford to see a disease, and had some knowledge of some simple herbs for healing wounds or sweating and cold, so that the two small ones were kept safe and sound on the way, but the more detailed problems would be ignored.
Hearing that there might be a scar, the Wu family was dumbfounded, after all, she was a girl, and it was difficult to find a good family if her appearance was damaged.
Wu Nuandong doesn't care, this family is life and death, who cares about such an innocuous thing as whether there is a scar or not. Taking advantage of the old man's confusion, she jumped out of her arms and ran to the thatched house to see her third brother. As everyone knows, the old man Wu made a decision on Wu Nuandong's future marriage, and in the future, the Wu family will only recruit sons-in-law, not daughters, so as to save Nuan Nuan from being bullied in her mother-in-law's house because of her face.
"Second aunt, Sister-in-law Tian, sister-in-law Zhou!" After Wu Nuandong obediently greeted the three women who were boiling medicine at the door, he pounced on the patient lying on the wooden bed: "Brother Xingyi, how do you feel?" She asked quietly, and Wu Qiuzhi and Wu Shanhe next to her fell asleep after drinking medicine because of their young age and limited energy.
Wu Xingyi smiled faintly, just wanted to reach out and touch the little sister's head for fear of infecting her, regretfully put down his hand and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you go to rest?"
"Let's see if you're having a hard time?" Wu Nuandong peeked at Wu Xingyi's neck vigorously. There are not many belongings of the martial family, the three patients are covered horizontally with a quilt, Wu Xingyi is eighteen years old, and he is tall and just half of his chest is exposed, and at this time, there are red rashes on it.
"I'm fine, but I'm panicking. Xiaoshan was very uncomfortable and vomited a few times today, Nuan Nuan waited for Xiaoshan to get better and then come to play with him, okay? ”
Wu Nuandong looked at his little arms and legs helplessly, and the five-year-old bun couldn't afford to hurt. Actually, she's not here to have fun, is she?
Wushanhe's red rash began to turn into a red mound, his face was gray and yellow, and his brows were slightly frowned, which was very uncomfortable. And Wu Qiuzhi had a high fever and did not sleep well.
Touching Wu Shanhe's forehead, Wu Nuandong had a bold guess.
This disease is very similar to one of the biggest triggers for Xuan Ye, the third prince of the Qing Dynasty, to become the crown prince, and the highly contagious smallpox disease.
Smallpox is transmitted by droplet inhalation or direct contact, and the main symptoms are chills, high fever, fatigue and fever, etc., and when the body temperature rises sharply, convulsive coma will occur, and the skin will appear in batches of macules, papules, herpes to pustules, and finally scab off and scar. Smallpox was ferocious, killing unimmunized people within 20 days of infection, with a mortality rate of up to 30%.
Now Wu Xingyi and Wu Qiuzhi are experiencing the first stage of smallpox -- high fever and erythematous rash, and Wu Shanhe has reached the second stage -- high fever and pimples. Wait until 2 or 3 days later, the papules turn into herpes, and then turn into pustules. When the pustules dry up, they begin to fall off and leave scars after 1 month, commonly known as numbness, which is also the origin of the name smallpox. However, severe smallpox disease is often accompanied by complications, such as sepsis, meningitis, and pneumonia, which are the main causes of smallpox death.
Wu Nuandong was vaccinated on his arm when he was born, and the reason why there is no smallpox epidemic in modern times is because he has immunity to prevent the spread of the virus in advance, and there is really no good cure for smallpox.
However, Wu Nuandong knew that smallpox had an incubation period of about 14 days, and that smallpox outbreaks could be prevented by timely vaccination with vaccinia within 7 days of viral infection so that the body could produce antibodies.
Thinking that such a good family member would die of infectious diseases, Wu Nuandong's careful thinking of seeking death was completely extinguished, and she was now eager to grow up ten years old immediately, and be able to discuss the knowledge of pox prevention with Zheng Langzhong in the name of righteousness.
How to study the specific method of planting cowpox is the top priority, Wu Nuandong observed Zheng Langzhong, confirmed that he has two brushes, is very advanced in health defense, arranges herbal baths every day, and also requires everyone who has been in contact with the patient to wash their hands and gargle frequently, and isolate the patient's tableware separately, and all the utensils at the entrance are disinfected with hot water and herbs.
"Warm, warm, stay away from the tree, don't climb...... No...... Yes! ”
Wu Nuandong, who was thinking about how to ventilate with Zheng Langzhong, was taken aback, and when he came back to his senses, he saw the third brother Wu Qiuzhi raising his body and looking at her with tears in his eyes, and Wu Xinghai on the side comforted him: "Qiuzhi is fine, it's a nightmare, it's good to wake up!"
"Nuan Nuan, it's good that you're okay!" Nine-year-old Xiao Baozi had a high fever and was still thinking about his sister, and he almost jumped out of bed because he was worried about his relatives when he was tired. The pair of red-hot round eyes locked Wu Nuandong in a blur, and when she saw her standing there safe and sound, her heart was relieved, and she fainted with a pop.
Wu Nuandong's heart slammed into each other, and tears almost flowed out.
The original little girl He De can make so many relatives worry, and she is He De He can enjoy the care and pampering of the Wu family instead of that little girl.
Wu Nuandong bit his lips and looked at Wu Xinghai blankly, calling Zheng Langzhong and the Wu family.
Is she too selfish? can't see the facts in front of them clearly, blindly escape, and choose to hurt these innocent relatives by hurting themselves.
Since she has taken up someone else's body and enjoyed other people's affection, shouldn't she also pay her due emotion, for grandpa and grandma, after all, it is already a matter of the previous life, and she shouldn't force it if she is so fateful.
The only thing that Wu Nuandong is happy about is that she has always been filial, she has never talked back to the old man, so that they can live happily every day, she should not have regrets, she should not be delusional about unrealistic things.
If she really died, how sad and sad would the Wu family be. Crossing over has caused the separation of one family, and she should not be the one who has caused the tragedy of another.
Wu Nuandong, who suddenly came to his senses, was hugged tightly, and the old man's worried concern came from his ears, "Nuan Nuan doesn't cry, be good, your third brother will be fine, don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" ”
The rough big hand did its best to relax and gently rubbed Wu Nuandong's delicate cheeks, bringing her a tingling pain and a burst of warmth, and then Wu Nuandong realized that he had burst into tears.
In this chest that was both familiar and unfamiliar, Wu Nuandong's emotions were suddenly uncontrollable.
"Grandpa, grandpa, I don't want you to die...... I don't want any of you to leave me! Her small arms hugged the neck of Old Man Wu, buried her head and cried bitterly, venting all her thoughts about her grandfather and grandmother, her guilt about the Wu family and her confusion about the future.
The screaming cry made the Wu family's heart ache, no one is not afraid of death, but compared to death, it is even more unbearable to watch the blood of the loved ones die one by one.
"With grandpa here, grandpa will always accompany us to be warm, don't cry, don't cry, cry anymore it's not beautiful!" Old Man Wu was distressed, it was his negligence, Nuan Nuan was too young and there was no mother to take care of him, and for a while, the family fell ill one after another, and the body was weak when he broke his head before, which probably frightened her.
Under the coaxing of Old Man Wu, Wu Nuandong's mood gradually stabilized, she wiped her face a few times with her sleeves, and bit her lip writhing in Old Man Wu's arms before getting up.
"Nuan Nuan, it's okay, it's okay, big brother is with you!"
"Nuan Nuan is so ugly to cry, don't cry anymore!"
"Girl, cry, cry, be brave! Our Wu family is not afraid of anything! ”
"Nuan Nuan don't cry, behave, don't cry!"
Wu Chunxi, Wu Xiazhi, Wu Xingchuan, and Wu Xingzhou's four elder brothers gathered around Old Man Wu, looking at Wu Nuandong's red face, smiling kindly, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, and making grimaces to try to make her smile again.
In front of several young people who were no more than fifteen years old, Wu Nuandong was quite ashamed. What's wrong with her? It's really going back more and more, and it's so ...... that people who are thirty years younger are still so unacceptable, crying and dying of shame, and letting a bunch of little radish heads make her happy Happy!
After this crying, all Wu Nuandong's negative emotions cried out, and the whole person seemed to be truly alive, awakened and enlightened!
God gave her a chance to live again, and gave her so many relatives who doted on her, in her greed, God would not be able to look at it!
She - Wu Nuandong, the Wu Nuandong of the Wu family, from now on live for the Wu family, for the relatives who love her, for the grandpa and grandmother who have no chance to see each other again, and even for herself!