Volume 1 Dongchang Yan (Sweet Pet) Chapter 68 Saving the Sick Child
The porridge shed closest to Guo's mansion is on Fengyuan West Street, guarded by Guo Taishou's daughter Feiyi and two small servants.
At this hour, there was already a long queue outside the porridge shed. A small servant served porridge in front of the wood pot and distributed it to the victims at the head of the team, one was responsible for maintaining order, and Feiyi was next to the wall to divide the steaming white steamed buns, and the other wall said:
"Don't worry, everyone lines up to receive it in order, porridge and steamed buns are well prepared, and everyone has a share."
The wind was bitter and painful as if a blade had slipped across a person's face. Feiyi's cheeks had been swept red by the cold wind, and from time to time she shrunk and shrunk her neck into the cotton collar of the fox feathers, and kept stamping her feet in the porridge shed, spitting out a series of thick and long white gases between opening and closing her mouth.
Seeing Gu Yunxi's carriage coming, she put on an expression of surprise.
As soon as Gu Yunxi jumped out of the car, Feiyi ran out of the porridge shed in a hurry, and gave a blessing:
"The little girl has seen the lady."
"Hey, don't do that!"
Gu Yunxi picked up his clothes, and his face was red:
"Sister is like this, Yunxi really doesn't dare to be. Everyone is casual, Yunxi feels much more comfortable. β
"Yes, I don't know ......"
Feiyi was halfway through her words, but she didn't know what Gu Yunxi was called, and her expression was not embarrassed.
"Yunxi, my name is Yunxi."
"Oh, I wonder what Yunxi is doing here?"
"When I went out of Beijing, I brought a lot of herbs, and I came to boil some cold soup to share with the people who were unwell, and also made everyone feel more comfortable."
As she spoke, they unloaded the car and carried all the ingredients for boiling medicine into the porridge shed.
Everyone lit a fire and set up a clay urn and began to boil medicine, which was nothing more than some Chinese herbal medicines such as nepeta, parsnip, qianghuo, bupleurum and licorice to treat winter wind and cold.
When Gu Yunxi and Qing'er sat on the bench to boil medicine, Xiao Xiaoshen helped Feiyi and them distribute rice porridge and white steamed buns.
After the three urns of cold soup were boiled, Gu Yunxi got up and shouted to the victims outside the porridge shed:
"Folks, anyone who feels unwell and has a runny fever has come to get the medicine! Drink a bowl and lie down in the disaster shed to sweat, and your body will be much more comfortable! The decoction is warm, beneficial and harmlessβ"
As soon as the words fell, a few victims of the disaster gathered hesitantly.
"Don't worry, get in line!"
Gu Yunxi filled a bowl of steaming black medicine soup and handed it to the person at the head of the team, and instructed carefully: "Drink it slowly, pay attention to the burn!" β
The morning went by like this.
When Gu Yunxi came, he didn't bring many herbs, but they were very sought-after, and soon the Sanweng medicinal soup was snatched up by the victims.
At noon, he returned to Guo's mansion with Feiyi for lunch, but he didn't see the overseer and Guo Taishou come back.
Gu Yunxi helped Guo Yin's steamed a few drawers of sesame sauce rolls and white steamed buns.
Guo Yin's family likes Gu Yunxi very much, but because she is the admiral's wife, he doesn't dare to talk to her too much.
Seeing her busy in the kitchen, Guo Yin's eyebrows and eyes showed great affection, and at the same time, there was always a little regret in her heart.
This girl is not as old as her daughter Feiyi, why was she favored by that eunuch?
Seeing her innocent appearance, she is definitely a simple and scheming master, and she is not completely civilized. It's a pity, if you understand the little thing between men and women, I'm afraid you will regret dying in this life!
In the afternoon, with the freshly cooked steamed buns, Gu Yunxi went to the porridge shed with Feiyi and them.
The same as the division of labor in the morning, Feiyi and the subordinates of Guo's Mansion distributed food, and Gu Yunxi boiled and distributed medicine on the side.
A woman hurried over with a child in her arms.
"Your Excellency and Madam, please do well."
She rushed directly to the front of the line to receive the medicinal soup, her thin face was covered with dust and her unkempt face looked extremely embarrassed.
"Please, you can do well, give me a bowl of medicine first-"
People in line protested:
"Hey, Auntie, go to the line, go to the line! It's the same as the rules for receiving food, you have to come first, come first! β
Everyone knew that Gu Yunxi's medicinal materials were limited, and they were afraid that they would not be able to receive the medicine when they were lined up, so no one would let her take the lead.
When the woman heard this, she fell to her knees with the child in her arms and cried:
"Please, everyone, the folks are okay! My kid didn't eat much the other day. Last night, it was very windy and snowy, and it was very cold in the refugee shed, and the child began to have a fever at night, and now he is unconscious! β
"Then you have to queue up too!"
"I still have a mother-in-law, and my mother-in-law is lining up in the back, so let's give my child a bowl of medicine first!"
Gu Yunxi saw that she was crying pitifully, so she couldn't bear it, so she comforted everyone:
"Fellow villagers, rest assured, there are still many medicinal soups, and we still have herbs to boil again. It's not easy for this aunt to be old and young, let's let her first. Auntie, come in and come into the shed! β
No one objected to Gu Yunxi's proposition.
At the beginning, some of them had witnessed the commander of Dongchang beheading the dog officer Governor Liu on the upper floor of Fengyuan City, and then issued an order to let them into the city.
Later, Gu Yunxi and the people from Dongchang went into the city with the disaster relief food team, and just now the daughter of Taishou saluted her, and everyone knew that she was the wife of the governor of Dongchang, and they couldn't help but respect her, and they would obey whatever she said.
Gu Yunxi beckoned the woman into the porridge shed with the child in her arms, sat down close to the stove, and then asked Xiao Xiaoshen to bring her mother-in-law in.
He looked down at the child in the woman's arms.
It was a boy of four or five years old, and he was born yellow and thin. At this moment, his thin little face was like a red-hot soldering iron, his brows were tightly knit, his eyes were closed, and his breathing was heavy and short.
Obviously, he suffered from a very serious wind and cold, and he would have a high fever when he was sick in the spleen and lungs.
After taking traditional Chinese medicine for many years, Gu Yunxi has now become half a doctor!
Qing'er took a bowl of medicine, scooped half a spoonful with a spoon and carefully fed it to the child. The soup was poured into his mouth, but it was blocked out by the gritted teeth, and it flowed down the corners of his mouth before it entered his mouth.
"I'm coming!"
Gu Yunxi volunteered.
Tried to pry the child's teeth with chopsticks, but it was unsuccessful. The child was indeed in a coma too deeply, his teeth were clenched, and the chopsticks couldn't get into his mouth at all.
At this time, more and more victims gathered around the porridge shed to watch the excitement and kept discussing:
"Alas, the medicine can't be poured in, I'm afraid it's not going to work......"
"It's so pitiful, the child doesn't look big."
The gossip reached the woman's ears, and she panicked.
"Le'er? Fun! β
Gently shaking the child in her arms, seeing that he did not react, the woman instantly whimpered, and followed the weight until she became crazy.
"Le'er, my Le'er! Don't leave your mother and wife behind. Your father is stationed at the border with the army, if you have three long and two short, your father will not be able to see you when he comes back, so how can my mother explain to him! Le'erβ"
The woman howled, picked up the child's head, and pressed his hot face to her own tear-filled face, her emotions raging to the limit.
The mournful shouts moved everyone who heard it. Beside her, the old mother-in-law shed tears with her, and outside the porridge shed, some victims wiped their eyes with their sleeves.
Fengyuan is the most seriously affected, and several doctors are not on the clinic at the moment, and the only one who is quite famous is still in Beizhen, even if the patient drives there, it will take half a day to travel. If you go to the doctor and ask for a doctor, you will be gone for a day.
Gu Yunxi watched from the side in a daze, witnessing the grief of the woman and her mother-in-law beating their chests, suddenly with a blank look, and clenched their fists resolutely.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I have my own way to pour the medicine into Le'er. As long as you drink the medicine, the condition can be controlled, and I will send someone to drive you and your child to the doctor in North Town in a while! β
The woman suddenly stopped crying, and her tearful eyes stared at Gu Yunxi suspiciously. The victims also quieted down, and their eyes were on Gu Yunxi.
They all felt strange, and wanted to see what the wife of this young eunuch had to do, to give medicine to an unconscious young ~ child.
Qing'er couldn't rest assured, so she leaned over and grabbed Gu Yunxi, and asked worriedly:
"Girl, what are you going to do?"
She knew her own young lady, she was warm-hearted and kind, which made Qing'er secretly feel a little worried at this time, feeling that she was likely to do something to hurt herself in order to help others.
Gu Yunxi only smiled at Qing'er and shook her head, signaling that she didn't have to worry, and asked her to fill the bowl of medicine from the urn on the stove again.
Gu Yunxi asked the woman to have fun, and then took a bowl and sent a mouthful of medicine to his mouth.
Qing'er looked intently, suddenly realized what she was going to do, and hurriedly shouted:
"Girl......"
Before the words fell, Gu Yunxi had already lowered his head and put his mouth close to Le'er's mouth, and put the medicinal soup he contained into the child's mouth.
The victims ~ burst into shock.
Leng Qingtang, who was dressed in official robes, took a few guards to separate the crowd and walked in quietly.
When Feiyi and Qing'er saw him, they bowed down in amazement and were about to salute, but they saw him put his index finger erected in front of his lips and motioned for them to silence.
Early this morning, he left the Taishou Mansion and went to the streets to inspect the repair of private houses and the distribution of disaster relief materials. Passing by, he found many people gathered in front of the porridge shack and talking, as if something terrible was happening inside.
Curious to go in and take a look, he actually saw what his girl was sending to a child mouth-to-mouth.
This trick...... Didn't he use papaya milk custard to make her drink it before?
"I can't do it...... This is unacceptable! β
The woman was moved to weep bitterly and kept saying:
"Miss, this child is sick, I'm afraid I'll give you the sickness. You are too precious to be. You, you are really a living bodhisattva who saves suffering! β
Qing'er leaned over to the Overseer, stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear what had happened. Leng Qingtang's expression was relieved, and he nodded with a chuckle as he listened.
At this time, Gu Yunxi used the same trick to pour the entire bowl of medicine into Le'er's stomach, and his expression finally relaxed. Looking up and smiling at the woman, she said in a soft voice:
"It's nothing, the child's life is the most important thing. Now it's okay, the medicine is gone, and his condition should be under control. β
Behind it, Leng Qingtang was infected, and he couldn't help but open his eyes, and his deep eyes were shining.
Gu Yunxi was looking at Le'er intently, not noticing the sudden silence behind her body, let alone the deep hint in the woman's eyes.
The jade hand reached into the placket, Gu Yunxi took out the grate to comb Le'er's unkempt hair, and soaked the handkerchief from the bucket next to him to wipe the dust off the child's face.
Leng Qingtang silently stared at the slender and petite figure in front of his field of vision, at this moment, he really felt that the heart under her weak appearance was growing day by day, becoming stronger and bigger!
The cold wind was howling, and between the heavens and the earth, it seemed that only the inch of space she was in was warm.
After drinking the medicine, Le'er's breathing was obviously no longer short, his eyelashes fluttered twice, and he muttered a sentence or two in a lethargic state.
"Le'er...... He's sentient! β
The woman was excited, holding the child and crying to Gu Yunxi again:
"Living Bodhisattva who saves suffering, I thank you for your grace of rebirth!"
Onlookers erupted in cheers.
The woman handed the child to the old woman next to her, and knelt in front of Gu Yunxi.
"Eldest sister, don't do this!"
Gu Yunxi panicked, reached out to help, and found that there was another long arm next to his arm.