Chapter 1610: Siege and Pest Removal [2]
Chapter 1610: Chapter 1610: Siege and Pest Removal [2]
Mrs. Kuang was furious upon hearing this and almost couldn’t hold back from hitting Lin Erzuo’s wife, pointing at her and scolding, "What do you mean by this, Erzuo’s wife? Are you regretting coming to the Northwest or blaming us for not taking good care of you and your children? Speak with some conscience! Our Wujin is sick too!"
Lin Erzuo’s wife was pregnant and couldn’t take care of her two sons, so Mrs. Kuang had Niu Wujin take care of Daying and Erying, as a way of helping her out.
But even when Wujin was sick, Lin Erzuo’s wife still spoke like this, which made Mrs. Kuang, such a strong person, also tear up with grievance.
Aunt Han gave Lin Erzuo’s wife a push and scolded, "Erzuo’s wife, don’t be ungrateful, the Company Commander’s Wife is the kindest to you throughout the journey! Knowing you were pregnant, she gave you all the benefits and even shamelessly borrowed chicken soup from Mrs. Qin for you. Now you’re speaking nonsense like this, trying to enrage the Company Commander’s Wife to death?"
Lin Erzuo’s wife realized her impulsiveness and said, "Madam, I was wrong... but you must save Daying and Erying; if they’re gone, how will I explain to Erzuo?!"
Gu Jinli was inside Mrs. Kuang’s room treating Wujin and was disturbed by their noise, bursting out of the room, clattering a pottery jar, and pointed at Lin Erzuo’s wife, "Yell one more time, and I’ll throw you and your children out!"
The people present were all scared into silence.
Mrs. Qin had just disciplined Ms. Xiao Ji, so they didn’t dare to offend her.
"Aunt Niu, quickly separate the people in the camp. The sick ones and those who’ve come into contact with patients stay in this courtyard; everyone else, get out. Don’t leave, and you’re just asking to get infected?" After Gu Jinli finished speaking, she went back inside.
Nanny Tao had rarely cried since Aunt Wu’s household encountered misfortune, yet she wiped her tears at this moment, regretfully saying, "Had I known the three child’s illness might be an epidemic, I’d have stopped the Madam from coming even if it cost my life."
After Niu Wujin and Lin Daying, Lin Erying had an incident, Mrs. Kuang panicked and quickly came for help.
Young Master heard Mrs. Kuang say that the three children fell ill quickly and feared one delay might cause their premature deaths, immediately bringing Qing Pu, Qing Hui Ye Jingzi, and Siqing over for treatment.
Little did they know the children’s illness was too peculiar, and no pulse symptoms could be detected... In the morning, Lei Family’s Trading Team sent someone to inform that many in town had contracted a strange illness, urging caution.
"Nanny, don’t say that; if Wujin contracted the epidemic, we would be infected early on since he plays every day with Liu Jin and Qijin to find Bao Fukan," said Gu Jinli, then added, "Nanny, take off Wujin’s clothes, Jingzi, check his hair. Let’s thoroughly search; I don’t believe we can’t find the cause of illness."
It’s impossible to fall ill without reason; there must be a cause.
"Alright." Nanny Tao moved to take off Niu Wujin’s blouse, Ye Jingzi untied Wujin’s hair, examining the scalp for any wounds?
However, after searching thoroughly, no wounds were found.
The only suspicious thing was a small red dot on the back of the neck.
The red dot was only sesame-sized; apart from being red and slightly swollen around the hair follicle, nothing was unusual.
Thinking of Brother Yi from Company Commander Zhang’s home, Gu Jinli said, "It looks like a bite from a poisonous insect, and poisoned by the insect, that’s why he fell ill... The night we met Company Commander Zhang’s family, Brother Yi was bitten by a poisonous insect, causing a persistent high fever."
Ye Jingzi said, "Madam, there are no signs of poisoning in Wujin’s body, nor is there a fever."
Gu Jinli frowned, thought for a moment, then said, "Let’s apply the detoxification medicine and give Wujin a round of acupuncture to see."
The current plan was to treat it as if bitten by a poisonous insect.
"Yes." Ye Jingzi opened the medical box, took out the prepared detoxification medicine, and applied it to the red dot on Wujin’s neck.
Gu Jinli began to needle Wujin... Needlework was something she learned in her past life, but Doctor Wu didn’t trust her as a little girl, afraid she’d pierce someone to death, so during her time in Da Feng Village, she would learn every time she came to the workshop to make medicine, also practicing on Jingzi.
Ye Jingzi and Ye Dakou grew up with Doctor Wu; it could be said that the siblings often tested medicine and acupuncture needles, having a physique slightly different from ordinary people and regularly being needled with no serious harm.
After Gu Jinli finished a round of acupuncture, Wujin finally woke up.
But his awakening was a problem because he immediately grabbed his neck, opening his mouth wide, trying to gasp for air.
However, despite his efforts, Wujin’s face turned red from suffocation, tearfully looking at Gu Jinli, his voice altered, muttering, "I’m dying~"
Nanny Tao quickly held him and comforted, "Good child, don’t be afraid, you will not die, Madam will save you."
Gu Jinli also said, "Wujin, don’t be afraid, and don’t rush your breathing, take slow breaths, as long as you take in some air, even if it feels like suffocation, you won’t stop breathing."
She reassured Wujin and told him that Lin Daying and Lin Erying were sick, and finding the cause was necessary to save Daying and Erying.
Because the Niu family was poor, Mrs. Kuang frequently told the Jin family children that they should take good care of the soldier’s children and not let anything happen to them.
If soldiers’ children, especially sons, met any misfortune, the soldiers would retaliate against their father, meaning they wouldn’t be Company Commander and would be hated by soldiers!
Therefore, all the Jin children were sensible, often sacrificing benefits for the soldiers’ children.
Wujin was no exception; upon hearing Lin Daying and Lin Erying fell ill, he became terribly frightened, pleading, "Sister-in-law Qin, save them... otherwise the Lin family will blame us."
His mother asked him to look after the two Jin, and he hadn’t kept them safe.
However, Lin Daying was only one year younger than Wujin; Wujin was still a child, how could he watch them properly.
"Don’t speak, follow Sister-in-law Qin’s instructions, breathing slowly is fine." Gu Jinli saw Wujin was really struggling to breathe and taught him how to breathe slowly.
Once Wujin finally learned, his breathing steadied.
However, due to the slow breathing speed, too little air was taken in, making him very uncomfortable, as if someone was covering his nose and mouth, feeling close to suffocation and death.
"What did you and the two Jin play? Were you bitten by mosquitoes or insects? Or did you eat some random thing?" Gu Jinli asked.
Niu Wujin thought carefully and said slowly, "No insect bites... roasted a few... sparrows to eat two days ago~"
Niu Wujin had breathing difficulty, speaking a sentence was slow; speaking quickly made him feel worse due to lack of air.
"Sparrow?" Gu Jinli frowned, looking at Niu Wujin’s nearly suffocating look, recalling a past life case... During an assignment, a leech slipped into a comrade’s nasal passage, sticking to the trachea, and as it grew bigger from sucking blood, it blocked suffocation and they passed out.
They ended up in the hospital and removed the leech through surgery from the trachea.