When Lao Ding heard what she said, he couldn't help but grin: "Girl, you are so polite. A snack is worth nothing!"
As he said this, he waved to the waiter and asked for another order.
Zhuqing quickly stopped: "Uncle Ding, there's really no need! You've seen the situation in our family. We really can't repay your favor at the moment. Thank you!"
Lao Ding felt that he had never seen such an honest and sensible child. While feeling emotional, he felt embarrassed to disobey her again.
"You kid!" He sighed. "If only those brats in my family were half as sensible as you!" He sighed.
Zhuqing was a little embarrassed to be praised by him. She was not an eleven-year-old girl at heart. Of course she was embarrassed to make Lao Ding spend money again and again. Moreover, she also thought in her heart that she must find a way to make money as soon as possible to improve her home.
dilemma.
Her eyes fell on the medicine bag in front of her, and suddenly her heart moved. She couldn't help but ask Old Ding: "Uncle Ding, where do the medicines in our town's medicine shop come from? They all come from long distances.
Did you collect it?”
Old Ding looked at her, a little surprised by the little girl's sudden question, but looking at her curious face, he explained to her in detail: "We don't have to go far to collect them. We also have some commonly used medicinal herbs here.
There are specialized people in pharmacies who will go to the countryside to find people to collect them.
For example, chicken gizzards and tortoise shells are all dried and saved by the fellow villagers.
There are also money grass and wild chrysanthemums, which are abundant in the fields in the countryside. Most people don't know them and don't care about them. The pharmacies will specially ask people to get them, but I don't know how to get them."
When Sun Zhuqing heard this, she couldn't help but feel secretly happy. There was always a path for everyone. It seemed that she couldn't do anything else at the moment. It would be okay to collect some commonly used medicines from drug stores.
"Thank you, Uncle Ding. Then when I go back, I will ask my parents to save the chicken gizzards, tortoise shells and so on. Maybe I can exchange them for some money." She thanked Old Ding.
Old Ding nodded nonchalantly: "That's okay. But gold inside the chicken and tortoise shell are not common."
While they were talking, Dr. Qian came down from upstairs. His face was not very good-looking. Apparently, the condition of the patient upstairs was more difficult.
Old Ding saw that his face was not good and he became serious: "Why, the old lady's illness is serious?"
Doctor Qian nodded: "The old lady's asthma attack this time was too severe and too sudden. I can only help her temporarily to relieve it. It is best to hire another expert!"
Old Ding's expression suddenly turned gloomy. Then he asked again: "Then do you know if there is anyone around here who has better medical skills than you?"
Doctor Qian shook his head: "I'm not bragging, there really is no one with better medical skills than me around here. But I heard that a new medical clinic opened in Qianzhou Town, and the owner is said to have returned from Beijing. Maybe
It’s not known that his medical skills are better than mine…”
Lao Ding immediately asked: "How far is it from Qianzhou to here?"
Doctor Qian said: "It takes about three hours to get a carriage from here, and a round trip will take more than half a day. The old lady may not be able to wait."
Hearing this, Lao Ding shook his head: "If that's the case, we might as well go back to the county seat. If we walk for more than an hour, we can rush back to the county seat."
As they were talking, the young woman in the carriage came down from upstairs. She said to Old Ding: "It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time. Let's go to the county seat immediately!"
Obviously, she had asked Dr. Qian before.
Then she looked at Zhu Qing again, nodded to her, and said apologetically: "Miss Sun, we are in a hurry to go back, so we can't take you back."
Zhu Qing nodded hurriedly and said: "Okay, okay, I can just go back by myself. Thank you very much, madam, for helping me this time!"
As she spoke, she bowed deeply to the young woman again.
Zhuqing really didn't understand the thank-you gifts in this era. So she could only bow speciously.
Fortunately, the young woman and the others were busy on their way, and they knew that Zhu Qing was a country girl, and it was normal for her not to know the etiquette of salutes. Therefore, they did not question her much.
Instead, he stepped forward to help Zhuqing, handed her a small silver ingot, and whispered: "Your brother needs to take good care of his health. There is not much here, so take it and buy him something to replenish his health!"
"
She said that without waiting for Zhuqing to refuse, she planned to go upstairs to greet the people upstairs, and together they moved the old lady into the car and hurried on.
Zhuqing held the small silver ingot that was still warm with her body temperature in her hand, and was very moved.
At this time, there was an exclamation from upstairs: "Old madam, old madam, what's wrong with you?"
Obviously, the situation of the old lady upstairs was not optimistic. Her mind began to race, wondering if there was any effective way to deal with an acute asthma attack.
Giving oxygen, clearing the respiratory tract, and then relieving respiratory spasm are common methods in modern medicine.
But now, this condition definitely does not exist here.
Wait, respiratory spasm! An idea flashed in Zhuqing's mind. Most patients with asthma attacks have respiratory obstruction. Could this old lady also have a blocked respiratory tract?
If this is really the case, she needs to be rescued immediately. Otherwise, this old lady may really lose her life!
At this time, as a doctor, I can no longer worry too much. Besides, this family has been very kind to me.
So, Zhu Qing made a quick decision and said to the young woman: "Madam, can I take a look at the old lady? My grandmother also had phlegm syndrome before, and the situation was also very critical at that time, but I saw an old doctor trying to save her.
Yes. I still remember some of his methods, can you let me have a look?"
Before the young woman could speak, she heard Doctor Qian say: "You girl, don't make trouble! The old lady's condition is urgent now, and she can't stand your troubles! Besides, you don't know medical skills, so what should you try?"
Zhuqing said to him: "You also said that the old lady's condition is critical! Maybe the old doctor's method can work? After all, he saved my grandmother!"
As she spoke, she said to the young woman sincerely: "Madam, just let me try! Saving people is like putting out fire! You can't delay even a moment!"
After listening to her words, the young woman frowned nicely, and finally nodded: "Forget it, just let me go and have a look! I can't care about that much now!"
So Zhuqing quickly followed her to the second floor.
But she saw the old lady half-lying on the couch, panting constantly, like an old bellows. Her face was blue at this moment, and there was a heavy phlegm in her throat. She heard someone come in and opened her eyes with difficulty.
There was a seam.
The two people guarding her also looked panicked. Obviously, although they were anxious now, they were at a loss and were waiting for someone to give them an idea.
The young man in the carriage was also with the old lady at the moment, with an anxious look on his face.
When the young woman asked Zhuqing to treat the old lady, the older servant girl was very surprised: "This is not appropriate, is it? How can this girl..."
However, her words suddenly stopped after she saw Zhu Qing's next action.
