Chapter 7: Healing and Great Grace
After Li Zhigao entered Liu Runsheng's house, he found that there was a lot of space here, but the people were not prosperous.
It is said that in such a big place, it is more than enough to live for more than a dozen people, but at present, in addition to Liu Runsheng's sick old lady, there are only Liu Runsheng's daughter-in-law Zhang and two daughters, of which the eldest baby is thirteen years old, called Jinshui, is the eldest sister, and the second baby is only ten years old, called Yinshui, is the younger sister.
"Liu, Liu Yinshui?" Seeing that Liu Runsheng actually gave this name to that pink, cute little girl with big eyes, Li Zhigao was suddenly a little speechless.
"What's wrong?"
"Ah, no, nothing, the name is very ...... Unique. ”
"Oh." Liu Runsheng nodded, and didn't care, "Originally, I still had a second brother, named Liu Yuliang, but he has always been restless, he has been out for a long time, and he hasn't been home for several years, and he hasn't even heard from him over the years, and he doesn't even know if his mother is sick, and my mother has been talking about him, but ...... Hey, forget it, I can't control him anyway, so let him go. ”
"I see." Li Zhigao nodded.
Next, it is to do some basic examinations for the old lady, which is nothing more than listening to the chest and lungs, asking about the condition, taking the body temperature, measuring the blood pressure, and looking at the eyeballs.
After asking about the condition and adding a set of examinations, Li Zhigao has basically determined that Liu Runsheng's wife is sixty or seventy percent likely to have tuberculosis and enter the middle and late stages. Of course, because there is no modern equipment and there is no way to go for testing, it is not possible to be diagnosed with a package ticket, so you can only treat it according to tuberculosis and leave it to fate.
"It's supposed to be tuberculosis, well, it's tuberculosis undoubtedly." After the examination, Li Zhigao said to Liu Runsheng in private, "And it is already in the middle and advanced stages, and if you don't treat it, I'm afraid it will be really troublesome." ”
"I know that too." Liu Runsheng choked up a little and said, "I've seen several doctors, they all say so, they all say that my mother's best situation can't survive this year, I, I, hey......"
"You don't have to be discouraged." Li Zhigao smiled, "Others can't cure it, but I have a way to cure it." ”
"Huh? Really, really? Liu Runsheng was pleasantly surprised.
"Nature is true." Li Zhigao nodded, "I can help your wife heal, there is no accident, it should be cured, but I also have a condition." ”
"What conditions, you can say." Liu Runsheng's eyes immediately turned red when he heard this, "As long as my mother's illness can be cured, no matter what, as long as I have it, I will agree, even if it takes my life!" ”
"It doesn't have to be that serious." Li Zhigao said with a smile, "It's just that I'm new to the city and I'm not familiar with life here, so I want to find a guide, uh, that is, a helper, so that I can help me, be familiar with the environment, and buy something." You see, if I cure your mother's illness, can you help me by my side? Of course, I'll give you the hard money, oh, the salary. ”
"Sir, don't say it." Liu Runsheng suddenly took a few steps back, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Zhigao three times, then raised his head and said firmly, "As long as you cure my mother's illness, from now on, my Liu Runsheng's life is yours, as a slave and a servant, there is no ambiguity, I will do whatever you ask me to do, even if it is murder and arson, I will not hesitate!" ”
"Hurry up, hurry up." Hurriedly pulled the other party up, Li Zhigao shook his head, "Hey, why bother, I didn't mean that, you think too much." ”
"No matter what you mean, as long as you cure my mother's illness, there is no way to repay the great kindness, and I will follow you in the future. If nothing else, serve tea and pour water, run errands back and forth, I still do these things, and I will never let you work hard for small things. ”
"Okay." Li Zhigao shook his head again, "We'll talk about this later, let's treat your mother's illness first." ”
Next, Li Zhigao hung a water for Liu Runsheng's wife, which was injected with drugs including isoniazid, rifapentine, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, etc., which is commonly known as quadruple therapy.
Seeing that it was so effective, Liu Runsheng's family was overjoyed, and they were very grateful to Li Zhigao, although Liu Runsheng said that he would sell himself to Li Zhigao as a slave, but this was nothing compared to the joy of the old lady's recovery.
This is tuberculosis, a real terminal disease, and in these days, who has heard that tuberculosis can be cured? No, never!
Besides, whether it is Liu Runsheng, Liu Runsheng's daughter-in-law, or Liu Runsheng's wife, they are all conscientious people who have read books and have a little insight, and their thoughts of gratitude and retribution are all deep in the bone marrow. And they can also see that Li Zhigao has an extraordinary bearing (chest up and head up without bending over), if he is not rich, he is expensive (the clothes look so expensive), and he is also a good person, very kind, and the current person under him is definitely better than the current man who is a merchant to make hard-earned money.
Of course, the talk of selling one's body is now all verbal, and because Li Zhigao insists on not having any evidence of selling one's body, everyone has not set up a contract such as a deed of sale, so there is no legal constraint, and it is not accurate, and it all depends on one's traditional moral outlook.
However, in these years, the troubled times are coming, the control of the court is getting worse and worse, and the majesty of the government is not good.
After giving the old lady medicine, Li Zhigao was a good person to the end, and checked Liu Runsheng, his wife, and his children and other people who had usually come into contact with the old lady, and found that everyone had no signs of infection.
When I asked, I found out that the theory that tuberculosis would be contagious was something that everyone had known for a long time, especially Liu Runsheng's family was still very generous before, and this bit of epidemic prevention knowledge was still there. Because of this, after the old lady got sick, although she still lived together, the isolation was still in place, the old lady has always lived alone in the house, and she talked to people through the door curtain, plus luck, the family was not infected, or did not get sick after infection.
Out of insurance, Li Zhigao simply gave everyone in the Liu family a shot of BCG, which is a vaccine to prevent tuberculosis. In addition, he also instructed how to prevent the epidemic, how to condition the patient's body and other precautions, and then said that he would come over regularly for injections, so that the old lady would not move in the near future and recuperate with more peace of mind.
After all, tuberculosis cannot be cured all at once, even if there are specific drugs, even if there is no drug resistance to tuberculosis in this era, it still needs long-term treatment according to the course of treatment, plus slow conditioning, and it is not urgent.
After doing this, it was almost noon, and Liu Runsheng was going to go out to buy some meat and make a good meal to entertain Li Zhigao, but Li Zhigao politely and firmly declined.
It's not that Li Zhigao is not hungry, mainly because he looks at the environment here, Li Zhigao really can't raise his appetite, he seriously doubts whether the family's hygiene on the tableware is in place, don't eat diarrhea, it will really become a joke, even if he has diarrhea medicine.
Besides, Liu Runsheng also said that he would go outside to cut some meat and add meat...... Please, that's all there is to it, but is the pork quarantine? Are you sure your pork is free of other parasites such as pork tapeworms?
Therefore, in this era, although there are fewer chemical pesticides, food safety is still a big problem due to the lack of hygiene, and food vegetarian dishes are okay, but if you eat those meat dishes, you will get sick if you are not careful. In this regard, Li Zhigao is very careful, for example, the last time he was waiting for the crossing at the inn, the rice he ate dry in the room was boiled water.
Of course, it is also the lesson of boiling water when you eat rice last time, so this time, Li Zhigao not only brought the trading goods, but also brought some chocolate and some compressed biscuits and other foods, in addition to a pack of monosodium glutamate, a pack of iodized salt, a bag of dried seaweed and a glass bottle of dish soap, in order to be able to eat here is not so difficult.
In short, the regular diet of small families in this era is really difficult to swallow for Li Zhigao, a modern person, rather than letting people work for half a day to make things they don't like to eat and don't want to eat, so that everyone is not satisfied, it is better to explain it as soon as possible.
Fortunately, Li Zhigao has a good relationship with Liu Runsheng's family, so after Li Zhigao made it clear that he had concerns, they didn't care, they just thought that people were particular about life, so everything came according to Li Zhigao's meaning.
Next, Li Zhigao personally demonstrated to Liu Runsheng's daughter-in-law how to wash dishes and chopsticks with dish soap, disinfect them with boiling water, and then use monosodium glutamate and iodized salt to make a shallot mixed with tofu, as well as a pot of seaweed egg drop soup with monosodium glutamate, plus Liu Runsheng's own pickled radish pickles, these simple dishes, with steamed rice, a very simple meal, stunned everyone was full of praise, the real plate was bright.
"Engong, I really can't imagine that you are not only skilled in medicine, but also have such high cooking skills, and such simple things can be so delicious. For example, I can mix tofu with shallots, but what I make is not as delicious as what you make. Liu Runsheng's daughter-in-law Zhang was full of praise and said, "It's really capable of anything." ”
"What's your name Engong?" Liu Runsheng, who already considered himself to be Li Zhigao's servant, or Liu Runsheng, who had been with him for a long time, immediately said, "You want to call the master." ”
"Don't call me master, it's too ugly, everyone will call me Mr. in the future, it's pleasant." Li Zhigao waved his hand to stop Zhang's embarrassment, "As for my cooking methods, they are actually average, and the reason why things are delicious is because of this." ”
After speaking, Li Zhigao took out the small bag of monosodium glutamate: "Look, I rely on this to make dishes so delicious." ”
"What's this?" Liu Runsheng's daughter-in-law asked.
"It's called MSG." Li Zhigao said, "It is specially used to enhance the taste, and with this, the taste of the dish will be delicious." ”
Next, Li Zhigao taught Liu Runsheng's daughter-in-law how to use MSG to cook vegetables and make soup, and then simply threw the bag of MSG to her: "Oh, this bag of MSG is used for you, you can use this for cooking in the future, just use it according to the method I taught you." Oh, and, remember, after eating, the dishes and chopsticks must be washed with dish soap, and then boiled in boiling water for a while, and then they can be used, in addition, I have a bad stomach recently, and I don't eat meat dishes for the time being, so I will cook in the future, just vegetarian dishes. ”
"Yes, sir, no, sir." Liu Runsheng's daughter-in-law took the MSG, nodded and agreed, "I will definitely do what my husband tells me." ”
After that, seeing that Li Zhigao had something to tell Liu Runsheng, Liu Runsheng's daughter-in-law Zhang immediately cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and then retreated with the child, leaving only Liu Runsheng and Li Zhigao in the room.
At this time, Li Zhigao looked left and right, and said to Liu Runsheng: "Lao Liu, now you and I are not outsiders, so I don't hide some things from you, come and see!" ”
After speaking, Li Zhigao opened the locked box he brought, revealing a bunch of things inside.
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