Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

Chapter 1484: Chapter 1484: New Year [Wishing You Prosperity in the Year of the Ox ^0^]

The pus on this acne patch is too much; if not clarified, I think Mrs. Han won’t dare to take the child into the carriage.

Mrs. Han felt relieved upon hearing this and hurriedly placed Brother Yi in the carriage properly. She then said to Gu Jinli, "Sister-in-law, you needn’t worry. The Capital has excellent Imperial Physicians and two effective scar-removal ointments. Once we arrive in the Northwest, I will immediately write back to the Capital, asking the family to send an Imperial Physician to treat your face. It will surely heal."

Well, that’s impressive—straight to an Imperial Physician. As expected from the lady of the Earl Mansion.

However, she doesn’t need it.

Ji Zhenniang widened her eyes, pointing at Gu Jinli’s face, "What did you say? Gu Xiaoyu’s face is ruined like this and can still be healed, are you kidding with ghosts!"

Gu Jinli’s face turned green upon hearing this and she grabbed Ji Zhenniang, "Get off quickly, the carriage is only this big, now there’s no room for you."

Ji Zhenniang was dragged off the carriage and pushed aside by Gu Jinli.

Gu Jinli then got on the carriage, checked Brother Yi’s pulse, looked into his eyes, and then drew a knife, cutting towards Brother Yi’s wrist, "Sister-in-law, your child seems to be poisoned; it’s the poisoning that has caused the fever."

"Poisoned!" Mrs. Han gasped in shock, unable to comprehend how Brother Yi could have been poisoned. All those around Brother Yi are her people, and she’s already protected him well.

But now is not the time to investigate this. Mrs. Han asked, "Is there a way to detoxify?"

Gu Jinli: "Let’s first see what kind of poison it is."

During this, Doctor Dai, Qing Pu, Qing Hui, and Ye Jingzi arrived.

Gu Jinli hurriedly said, "Doctor Dai, the patient is in the carriage, a child, and he’s poisoned; we don’t know what kind, but this poison causes a high fever. Let’s bring his fever down first, or it will damage his brain."

Poison-induced high fever? Could it be smallpox?" Doctor Dai frowned, immediately opened Brother Yi’s clothes; seeing no rash on him, he felt relieved and began collaborating with Gu Jinli to reduce Brother Yi’s fever.

After busying themselves for two hours, administering two rounds of acupuncture, Brother Yi’s fever finally subsided and he woke up groggily, "Mom... Mom..."

"Brother Yi, Mom is here, don’t be scared, Brother Yi will be better soon." Mrs. Han held Brother Yi’s hand, crying uncontrollably.

Brother Yi heard Mrs. Han’s voice, smiled slightly at her, and was about to turn to look for other family members when he collapsed and fainted again.

"Brother Yi, Brother Yi!" Mrs. Han was anxious and quickly asked Doctor Dai and Gu Jinli, "Doctor, sister-in-law, what’s wrong with Brother Yi? He just woke up, why did he faint again?"

Gu Jinli quickly touched Brother Yi’s forehead, finding it warm and not scalding, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sister-in-law, don’t worry, Brother Yi fainted because of weakness from the high fever; as long as the fever doesn’t reoccur, he will be fine."

She then asked the poison testers Qing Pu and Qing Hui, "Is he really poisoned?"

Qing Pu nodded, "When the test poison was put into the blood, the blood turned dark black, it’s poisoned, but it’s not smallpox toxin."

"Good thing it’s not smallpox." Gu Jinli began examining Brother Yi’s body and checking his clothes, but strangely, no trace of poison was found.

Impossible.

He’s clearly poisoned, how come there’s no trace of poison?

Gu Jinli looked at Mrs. Han, "Sister-in-law, has Brother Yi mentioned anywhere that felt discomfort or anything unusual? Think carefully and tell me."

"Discomfort or unusual?" Mrs. Han closed her eyes, forcing herself to recall, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn’t remember anything, only shaking her head, "No, Brother Yi hasn’t felt any discomfort in the past two months, even while traveling, he found the journey novel and fun."

Gu Jinli frowned, nothing?

At this moment of difficulty, Sister Yu suddenly spoke up, "Aunt Qin, my brother mentioned a few days ago that his scalp was itchy and asked me to scratch it... Does that count as discomfort?"

"It does!" Gu Jinli quickly opened Brother Yi’s hair, inspecting his scalp carefully, discovering something like a louse on his head; she hurriedly called Doctor Dai, "Doctor Dai, come in and see, what is this thing?"

Great Chu is somewhat different from her previous world; some herbs, fruits, and insects she hasn’t seen before.

Doctor Dai entered the carriage, picking at Brother Yi’s head, seeing a tiny insect near the back scalp.

The insect was black, sesame-sized, almost blending with the hair; but this was only half of the insect, the other half seemed to be burrowed into the scalp.

"It’s a ghost mosquito!" Doctor Dai said, "It’s a poisonous insect from Dongqing Country, which caused some commotion in Dongqing Country a few years ago; many children were bitten and ended up mentally impaired after high fever."

Mrs. Han was furious upon hearing this, "Mrs. Jiao, how malicious, plotting against my Brother Yi like this!"

She quickly asked, "Doctor Dai, is there a way to cure?"

Doctor Dai nodded, "Yes, the ghost mosquito is just hard to detect; many children didn’t know they were poisoned by the ghost mosquito, delaying treatment, leading to brain damage or death from high fever. Now that we’ve discovered the ghost mosquito, we just need to extract it, remove the eggs, and take medicine for a few days and he will recover."

"Eggs?" Mrs. Han was shocked, "Does this thing lay eggs in the human scalp?"

"Yes, the ghost mosquito attaches to the scalp to burrow in for egg-laying." Doctor Dai looked at Gu Jinli, "Madam, please get off while Qing Hui and Qing Pu come up to help."

This thing is quite disgusting; it’s best not to let Madam handle it.

Gu Jinli got off the carriage, replaced by Qing Hui and Qing Pu.

Doctor Dai and the others busied themselves for another two hours, finding three ghost mosquitoes and over a hundred eggs on Brother Yi’s head, then cauterizing the wounds on his scalp and applying medicine powder, finally concluding, saying to the worried Mrs. Han, "Mrs. Zhang, the ghost mosquitoes have been removed and medication applied; your Brother Yi will be fine once he wakes."

Mrs. Han almost knelt to Doctor Dai upon hearing this, saying, "Thank you, Doctor Dai."

Then she looked at Gu Jinli, "Thank you, sister-in-law, you are lifesavers of my family, please accept my gratitude."

She offered her respects to Gu Jinli and Doctor Dai.

Gu Jinli and the others evaded, smiling, "Sister-in-law, no need for such formalities, the camp is set up, quickly take Brother Yi back to rest; he’ll recover by tomorrow, just in time for the New Year’s Eve."

Mrs. Han was extremely grateful, just about to speak when she heard Zhang Yan’s voice, immediately turning to look at him, "Husband, your wound is bandaged, is it painful?"

Zhang Yan followed Qin San Lang over, nodded upon hearing, comforting, "Don’t worry, I’m fine."

Then asked, "How is Brother Yi?"

Mrs. Han, knowing he was worried about Brother Yi, quickly explained the situation.

Zhang Yan listened with relief, respectfully thanked Qin San Lang and Gu Jinli, "Thank you, Brother Qin, sister-in-law, my family is eternally grateful."

Brother?

Gu Jinli glanced at Qin San Lang, he could call Brother Zhang, seems he’s acknowledged Zhang Yan.

Indeed, Qin San Lang looked at her, saying, "Brother Zhang’s carriage broke down, here in the wilderness, with New Year tomorrow, I want to invite them to join us to celebrate at the Manor."