Chapter 57: Eternal Hope

"How could it be...... Obviously he was still talking last night, how could it be...... This kind of thing happened......" Xiao Xi endured her grief and stepped forward to take a look, but it was obvious that Xiao Nai had stopped breathing, her face was pale, her hands and feet were cold and peaceful, and she lay on the bed peacefully, not moving.

Xiao Xi sat down on the ground in grief, her trembling hands still holding the embroidered calligraphy and painting of the sea.

And the patient's family cried out even more heartbreakingly when they learned of Xiao Nai's death...... Subsequently, after the grief-stricken Xiao Xi gathered everyone to cremate Xiao Nai's body, Xiao Xi came to Xiao Nai's house, but when she walked to the door, she stopped and stood at the door in a daze, thinking of the happy conversation with Xiao Nai last night, her heart ached like a knife.

At this time, Xiao Nai's door "squeak!" opened, and I saw that it was Xiao Nai's mother who walked out, her eyes were already red and swollen from crying, and she could no longer shed a trace of tears, and her eyes were full of despair.

Xiao Xi bowed to Xiao Nai's mother and said apologetically, "Auntie, I'm sorry...... It's all my fault that I didn't let Xiao Nai survive......"

"No...... I don't blame you, Miss Xiaoxi, Xiao Nai has been sick for a long time...... No doctor has been willing to treat her before, and it is an honor for my daughter to meet a good doctor like you in this life......" Xiao Nai's mother looked at her as if her soul had been drained, and she shook her head and said.

Then, another day later, the families of the patients approached Xiaoxi to discuss how to find water and food.

"Miss Xiaoxi, you see that the food and water are running out in the past few days...... What can I do? ”

“...... I thought of a way to deal with water, and I heard a friend who had been to the desert mention the method of collecting dew. Xiao Xi said.

"Oh, how? Tell me about it. ”

Xiao Xi thought for a while and asked, "Which one has a useless ceramic jar or something at home?" Not too big, smaller, and I also need a steamer cloth and some stones." ”

After speaking, some people in the crowd began to look for the props that Xiao Xi needed, and after getting them, Xiao Xi walked out of the house, she looked around, and found an open land.

Then Xiao Xi picked up a shovel and dug a hole in the ground, the hole was just enough to put down the porcelain jar, and then she put the porcelain jar into the hole, and covered it with a steamer cloth at the mouth of the filling, the four corners of the steamer cloth were firmly pressed on it by the stone to prevent the wind from blowing it away, and then she found scissors to pierce a small hole on the steamer cloth, and the hole was facing the mouth.

The villagers watched curiously......

"This ...... Can this really collect water?" said a woman in the crowd as she looked at the dew-collecting device with a puzzled look.

"Listen to me, this device will have to wait a night for water to be collected, so you might as well do what I did. Xiao Xi explained to everyone.

The villagers who were skeptical but had no way to do it had to temporarily believe Xiaoxi's words and learn to make a device to collect dew, and then an old man in the crowd stood up and said: "Thank you, Miss Xiaoxi, the problem of water has been solved, but what should I do about the food problem next?"

"I looked into the food issue...... At present, our village and town are located in the mountains, surrounded by forests, of course, there are some elm trees, locust trees, villagers can organize to go down the mountain to the nearby forests to pick wild fruits, or leaves and the like to supplement nutrition. But if you want meat, you can catch some insects and cook them, but you can't catch large animals, and neither can fish, so as to prevent infection! Because the groundwater in the villages and towns has been polluted by rats. There is a high chance that the animals will drink this water, so please keep it in mind to prevent the disease from spreading again. ”

"Ha, Miss Xiaoxi has a way, so she won't have to worry about eating and drinking. ”

After hearing Xiaoxi's conversation, the people began to take action immediately.

Within a few days, he had saved enough supplies for his life.

In the following difficult days, Xiao Xi tried various methods, but in the end in vain, the number of deaths continued to increase, this time fifty-five patients have died, which caused a lot of mental pressure on Xiao Xi, at this time there are still two hundred and five patients left in the village and town.

One day, when she was looking at the book "Compendium of Materia Medica" that she was carrying on the table, she inadvertently a white note fell down the open page, Xiaoxi noticed it and bent down to pick up the note, looked at her and exclaimed: "This note was written to me by my father?!"

I saw that the note was written like this:

Dear Xiaoxi, when you see this note, you may be in trouble, but don't be afraid that I will always be by your side, oh yes, my daughter, if you encounter something that cannot be solved, please remember to read my manual!

After seeing this, Xiao Xi immediately put down the book, she took out her medicine box and checked it carefully, and really found that there was a hidden compartment inside the medicine box, Xiao Xi opened the secret compartment and found that there was really a manual inside, she picked up the manual and held it in her arms and thought: "It turns out ...... My father was always there for me...... Dad, I miss you so much......"

Although Xiao Xi misses her father in her heart, she clearly knows that her father has died of illness and is no longer alive, and all she can do now is to save more people by her own efforts.

Then she opened the manual and carefully flipped through the recipes for the diseases that her father had recorded, and finally she found the effective prescription for the plague in the manual.

So according to the guidance of the manual, after a few days of dispensing and concoction, as well as the observation after taking it to the patient, she finally ushered in the first light!

After a month of conditioning, the first patient who had been sick with plague was successfully cured and recovered, and then a few days later, the second, third, fourth, and fifth patients recovered one after another......

Gradually, after two years of recuperation, the remaining two hundred and five patients all recovered, until the last patient, a young man, was cured by Xiao Xi.

When the man was about to walk out of the house, Xiao Xi stopped him: "Zhang Qiang, wait!"

“?...... What's the matter, doctor?" Zhang Qiang said suspiciously.

"This is a talisman I made, ah, of course everyone has it before, I wish you a successful recovery. Xiao Xi smiled and handed the man a tiger-shaped puppet talisman that he sewed with fabric.

"Miss Xiaoxi, I have to thank you for this, you are really a good doctor, in these long days, the wind and rain come and go, you have always been by our side, taking care of our condition, if there is no you, we would not be where we are today, it stands to reason that I can't ask for this talisman. Zhang Qiang thanked him and refused.

"It's okay, take it, remember to honor your family in the future, it is they who have been by your side to get through the difficulties when you are seriously ill. Xiao Xi smiled and stuffed the talisman into Zhang Qiang's hand.

Zhang Qiang had no choice but to accept the gift from Xiao Xi and then walked out of the door, but suddenly! After Xiao Xi closed the door, she plugged in the door and locked herself inside, Xiao Xi turned around and leaned against the door, leaving a trace of sad tears in her eyes and muttered to herself: "Goodbye, everyone." ”

Suddenly, a violent cough hit her heart, and she coughed painfully: "...... Ahem, ahem... cough cough ......... Spit !!"

A puddle of blood gushed out of her mouth and splashed on the ground, Xiao Xi smoothed her weak body with her hands, at this time her head felt spinning, and her vision became blurred, she dragged her weak and heavy body, and walked in the direction of the desk......

At the same time, Zhang Qiang, who had just come out, was still there to reunite with his family in joy, when someone in the crowd suddenly asked, "Huh, why didn't Miss Xiaoxi come out?"

I don't know if she suddenly closed the door just now, maybe she was packing her things. Zhang Qiang shook his head and said.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Qiang's mother walked to the door and gently pushed the door, but found that the door was tightly locked, she slapped the door with her hand and shouted: "Miss Xiaoxi?

At this time, everyone present panicked, and they gathered around the door calling Xiaoxi's name, knocking on the door, shouting and shouting......

At this time, the frail Xiaoxi sat at the writing desk, she opened her manual for recording patients, turned to the last page, and wrote with a brush on white paper:

Last Patient: Xiaoxi

woman

When you all read my message, maybe I am no longer alive, I checked my body a few days ago, although I did not get the plague, but I was already in a high panic, all the medicinal materials were used to treat the sick, I am very happy that everyone was finally cured... It's gratifying to see that each and every one of you is full of energy... But in the end, if you want to recover, you must ...... Live happily, and when I die, please help me tell my family to bury my body...... I just want to sleep well underground.

After writing this sentence, Xiao Xi no longer had the strength to pick up the brush, so she lay on the writing table and the brush fell to the ground along the palm of her hand, while her left hand still held the manual given to her by her father in her arms and "slept" peacefully......

A moment later, no matter how the people outside the house shouted, there was no response in the room......

——

Time flies, and today, five years later, after listening to the man's story, Yege cried in grief: "Woo woo...... I didn't expect there to be such a kind doctor in the world, she was really pitiful, God actually took her life so cruelly. ”

"Alright, alright, don't cry at Nightsong...... No one can change what has happened......" Xing Yuxiang said comforting Yege from the side.

The man said hello and said, "Everyone, I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave." ”

After saying that, the man walked away......

At this time, Qiu Yuanxue pushed open the door of the medicine shop, only to see that the ground paved with wooden planks was still stained with the blood of that Xiao Xi, looking ahead, a ray of sunlight shone into the writing desk in the room along the window, and on the table was the manual that had been opened, which had been recorded by Xiao Xi for more than 200 patients.

Qiu Yuanxue stepped forward and picked up the manual and flipped through it, at this time Xing Yuxiang walked to the door and greeted Qiu Yuanxue: "Miss Qiu, is there anything else that needs to be investigated here?"

"Oh, let's go out first. Qiu Yuanxue turned around and said.

Then she put the manual on the table as it was, and when she was about to walk out of the door, a breeze blew by the window of the desk behind her, and the pages of the manual were turned open by the sweeping wind, and just turned to the last page, which was the page of Xiaoxi's patient, and saw a line written in the lower left corner of the page:

Live with hope, for hope is eternal light......