Chapter Seven: Treatment and Great Grace
After Li Zhigao entered Liu Runsheng's house, he found that the space here is not small, but the population is not strong.
It is said that in such a big place, it is more than enough to live in a dozen people, but here, except for Liu Runsheng's mother who was infected with the disease, there are only Liu Runsheng's daughter-in-law Zhang and two daughters. The eldest child is thirteen years old, named Jinshui, and is the eldest sister. The second child is only ten years old, named Yinshui, and is the younger sister.
"Liu, Liu Yinshui?" Seeing that Liu Runsheng actually gave the pink and cute little girl with big eyes, Li Zhigao suddenly felt speechless.
"What's wrong?"
"Ah, no, nothing, the name is... unique."
"Oh." Liu Runsheng nodded, not caring, "I originally had a second brother named Liu Yuliang, but he has always been uneasy. He has been out for a long time and has not been home for several years. He has not even had a message in recent years. He doesn't even know that his mother is sick. It's a good thing that my mother has been talking about him, but...oh, forget it, I can't control him anyway, so he will leave."
"So that's it." Li Zhigao nodded.
Next, I will do some basic examinations for the old lady, just listening to the chest and lungs, asking about the condition, taking the body temperature, taking the blood pressure, and looking at the eyes.
After asking about the condition and adding a set of examinations, Li Zhigao has basically confirmed that 60% or 70% of Liu Runsheng's mother may have tuberculosis and entered the middle and late stages. Of course, since there is no modern equipment and no tests, it is impossible to confirm the diagnosis with guarantee. He can only treat tuberculosis according to tuberculosis and leave it to fate.
"It should be tuberculosis, well, it's undoubtedly tuberculosis." After the examination, Li Zhigao privately said to Liu Runsheng, "And it's already in the middle and late stages. If you don't have treatment, it's really troublesome."
"I know too." Liu Runsheng choked and said, "I have seen several doctors, and they all said that my mother's best situation is not enough to survive this year. I, me, hey..."
"You don't have to be discouraged." Li Zhigao smiled, "Others can't cure it, but I have a way to cure it."
"Ah? Really, really?" Liu Runsheng said in surprise.
"Of course it's true." Li Zhigao nodded, "I can help you treat your mother. No accident, it should be cured, but I also have a condition."
"What conditions are you going to say," Liu Runsheng's eyes turned red immediately when he heard this. "As long as my mother's illness can be cured, no matter what, as long as I have it, I agree, even if I take my life!"
"That doesn't have to be as serious as I think." Li Zhigao smiled, "It's just that I'm a newcomer and I'm not familiar with the place here, so I want to find a guide, uh, that is, helper, to help me, to be familiar with the environment, and to buy something. Look, if I save your mother's illness, can I help me with it? Of course, I will give you a hard work fee, that is, the wages."
"Sir, stop talking." Liu Runsheng suddenly took a few steps, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Li Zhigao, then raised his head and said firmly, "As long as you cure my mother's illness, from now on, my Liu Runsheng's life will be yours. Be a slave and a servant, and you will never be ambiguity. I will do whatever you ask me to do, even if I kill and set fire, I will not refuse!"
"Get up quickly, get up quickly." Li Zhigao quickly pulled up the other party, and then shook his head, "Hey, why bother? I didn't mean that, you're thinking too much."
"No matter what you mean, as long as my mother's illness is cured, I will not be able to repay her great kindness. I will follow you in the future. If nothing else, I will bring tea and water, run errands, and I can still do these things, and I will never let you work hard for small things."
"Okay." Li Zhigao shook his head again, "I'll talk about these things later. Let's treat your mother's illness first."
Next, Li Zhigao hung up a water for Liu Runsheng's mother, and injected drugs including isoniazid, rifapentin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide and other drugs, which are commonly known as the quadruple therapy. Perhaps the tuberculosis viruses during this period were not resistant to drugs, plus psychological effects, and the result was immediate. Liu Runsheng's mother felt much lighter at the time. Not only did she cough lighter, but she also had less blood in the sputum.
Seeing this effective, Liu Runsheng and his family were very happy and thanked Li Zhigao. Although Liu Runsheng said he wanted to sell himself to Li Zhigao as a slave, this was nothing compared to the joy of the old lady recovering from illness.
This is a real terminal illness. Nowadays, who has heard that tuberculosis can be cured? No, never!
Furthermore, whether it is Liu Runsheng, Liu Runsheng's wife, or Liu Runsheng's mother, they are all conscientious people who have read books and have some knowledge and their desire to repay kindness is deeply rooted in their bones. And they all saw that Li Zhi was extremely arrogant (high his chest and raised his head without bent down), and he was not rich (clothing looks so expensive), and he was also good and very kind. At his current life, he would definitely be better than the life of being a peddler and making hard money now.
Of course, the saying of selling oneself is now verbal. Since Li Zhigao insists on not having any evidence of selling oneself, everyone has not established a contract such as selling oneself, so there is no legal constraint and it cannot be counted as it depends entirely on his personal traditional moral concept.
However, in these days, troubled times are coming, the control of the court is getting worse and worse, and the majesty of the government is not very good. The so-called contract is sometimes no stronger than personal moral constraints.
After giving the old lady medicine, Li Zhigao did his best to the end, and then checked Liu Runsheng, his wife, and his children, and others who had contacted the old lady. They found that no one showed any sign of being infected.
After asking, I realized that the saying that tuberculosis can be transmitted is something that everyone has known for a long time, especially Liu Runsheng's family was very generous before, and he still had this knowledge of epidemic prevention. Because of this, although the old lady lived together after getting sick, she was still in the isolation process. The old lady always lived alone in the house, and talked to others through the curtains. With good luck, the whole family was not infected, or had not become ill after being infected.
Out of insurance, Li Zhigao simply gave everyone in the Liu family except the old lady a shot of BCG, which is a vaccine to prevent tuberculosis. In addition, he also told me how to prevent epidemics and how to treat patients' health. Then he said that he would come here regularly to get injections so that the old lady would not move around in the near future and rest assured.
After all, tuberculosis cannot be cured in an instant. Even if there are special medicines, even if tuberculosis in this era is not resistant to drugs, it still needs to be treated according to the course of treatment for a long time, and it is slow to be treated, so it is impossible to get anxious.
After finishing all this, it was almost noon. Liu Runsheng was going out to buy some meat and have a good meal to entertain Li Zhigao, but Li Zhigao declined kindly and firmly.
It’s not that Li Zhigao is not hungry, but mainly because he looked at the environment here. Li Zhigao really couldn’t raise his appetite. He seriously doubted whether the hygiene of the family was in place on the tableware. If he didn’t eat diarrhea, it would be a joke, even if he brought diarrhea medicine himself.
Besides, Liu Runsheng also said he wanted to go outside to cut some meat and add some meat... Please, it's all else, but has the pork quarantine passed? Is it true that there are no other parasites such as pork tapeworms in the pork?
So in this era, although there are fewer chemicals and pesticides, food safety is still a big problem due to insufficient hygiene. It is okay to eat vegetarian dishes, but if you eat those meat dishes, you will get sick if you are not careful. Li Zhigao is very careful about this. For example, when he was waiting for time travel in the inn last time, he would have boiled water when he ate rice in the room.
Of course, it was also the lesson of boiled water when eating rice last time. So this time, Li Zhigao brought some chocolates and some compressed biscuits with him, as well as a pack of MSG, a pack of iodized salt, a pack of dry seaweed and a glass bottle of dishwashing detergent, so that it was not that difficult to eat here.
In short, the daily diet of small families in this era is really hard for modern Li Zhigao, a modern person. Instead of letting people work hard for a long time to make things that they don’t like or want to eat, and make everyone dissatisfied, it is better to explain it clearly earlier.
Fortunately, Li Zhigao Youen has a good relationship with Liu Runsheng's family now. Therefore, after Li Zhigao understood and expressed his concerns, they didn't care. They just thought that they were life-oriented, so everything was done according to Li Zhigao's wishes.
Next, Li Zhigao personally demonstrated how to use dish soap to wash dishes and chopsticks for Liu Runsheng's wife, disinfect them with boiling water, and then used MSG and iodized salt to make a shallot and tofu, and a pot of seaweed egg flower soup with MSG, plus Liu Runsheng's own pickled radish pickles. These simple dishes, paired with steamed rice, were a very simple meal, which made everyone's food praise, and the real dish was shining.
"My benefactor, I really didn't expect that you are not only skilled in medical skills, but also have such high skills in cooking. Such simple things can also be so delicious. For example, I can also mix with scallions and tofu, but what I make is not as delicious as you do." Liu Runsheng's wife Zhang praised, "It's really omnipotent."
"What's your name?" Liu Runsheng, who had already considered himself Li Zhigao's servant, or was following him, immediately said, "You must call him Master."
"Don't call me master, it's too ugly. Everyone will call me a gentleman in the future, which is pleasant." Li Zhigao waved his hand to stop Zhang's embarrassment. "As for my cooking methods, it is actually average. The reason why the food is delicious is because of this."
After saying that, Li Zhigao took out the small bag of MSG: "Look, I rely on this to cook so deliciously."
"What is this?" Liu Runsheng's wife asked.
"This is called MSG." Li Zhigao said, "It is specially used to enhance the flavor. If you use this, the taste of the dish will be delicious."
Next, Li Zhigao taught Liu Runsheng's wife how to use MSG to make soup, and then she simply threw the bag of MSG to her: "She, I've used this bag of MSG for you. You can use this in the future. You can use this in the future. I will use the method I taught you. Oh, and remember, after eating, the dishes and chopsticks must be washed with dish soaked detergent, and then boiled in boiling water for a while before using it. In addition, I have a bad stomach recently and I won't eat meat dishes for the time being. If I cook in the future, I can just use vegetarian dishes."
"Yes, master, no, sir." Liu Runsheng's wife took the MSG and nodded and agreed, "I will do as my teacher told me."
Later, it was discovered that Li Zhigao had something to tell Liu Runsheng. Liu Runsheng's wife Zhang immediately cleaned up the dishes and then retreated with the child. Only Liu Runsheng and Li Zhigao were left in the room.
At this time, Li Zhigao looked around and said to Liu Runsheng: "Old Liu, you and I are not outsiders now, so I won't hide some things from you. Come and see!"
After saying that, Li Zhigao opened the lock box he brought, revealing a bunch of things inside.
Chapter completed!