Chapter 43: Responding to the Emergency Treatment
The prescription for treating measles is indeed simple, requiring only 15 grams of Pharbitis nil seeds and 30 grams of alum. After grinding them into powder, mix with a little flour and vinegar to form a paste. Then, apply it to the Yongquan acupoints on both soles of the feet, once a day.
This topical application method is effective for treating all types of measles.
For severely ill measles patients with black rashes, the recommended treatment is a shower method. However, the shower method requires too many ingredients, and just the two hundred pieces of Cicada slough required by the prescription are difficult to obtain.
However, for Gu Yu, such tricky situations are not that difficult to resolve.
This is because Gu Yu has the Restore Spring Water…
Although Gu Yu could directly use the Restore Spring Water to treat these measles patients, he wanted to use these patients to test the methods in the Medical Scripture. Therefore, he did not choose the easiest method but decided to treat them slowly to see the final effect.
For the severely ill measles patients, Gu Yu was not confident that he could help them recover their health when the required medicinal herbs were scarce. Thus, he had no choice but to use the Restore Spring Water to save their lives in time.
[Good deeds points +18]
Time passed quickly. By the time Gu Yu learned about the condition of the last measles patient, the village chief who was following along to record everything could only express admiration in his eyes.
Originally, he thought Gu Yu had just gotten lucky when he cured Anzi, but now, seeing this, it was clear that Gu Yu was confident!
With Gu Yu’s young age and such impressive medical skills, who knew what he would become when he grew up!
As for where Gu Yu learned his medical skills, the village chief did not ask out of tact, as everyone has their secrets! Judging by the current situation, the Gu family was no longer as vulnerable as before, so it was better to build a good relationship with them as soon as possible.
The Old Yang family was blind to directly give away such an excellent grandson. Even though Gu Yu was married into the Gu family, just seeing Gu Mengyao survive safely by hunting on the mountain every day showed that she was not to be treated as an ordinary woman.
As for the younger one, Gu Qingheng, he was mischievous and clever since childhood, and no one knew what he would become in the future!
Thinking this, the village chief was glad that he did not neglect the Gu family as he did before, otherwise, the opportunity to build a good relationship would have been missed.
“Village Chief, I’ve finished seeing all the patients here. I’ve also explained the treatment methods in detail. I’ll be going back now.”
“Thank you for your trouble, but there’s one more thing… The patients from the Yang family are not here. They were forcibly taken back by the Yang family two days ago. See…”
“Village Chief, you know the current relationship between me and the Yang family. They already regard me as an enemy. If I suddenly show up and say I want to treat them, they might think I’m trying to poison them!”
“How can that be! After all, you are also…”
“Village Chief, that’s all in the past. I am now surnamed Gu! How about this, Village Chief, you accompany me to visit the Old Yang family, and we’ll see the situation then.”
Although saving these measles patients earned him a lot of good deeds points, Gu Yu stopped the village chief from continuing to speak, lest he feel disgusted.
However, Gu Yu also knew that the village chief was not willing to give up. If that was the case, it didn’t matter if he went to the Old Yang family.
After all, Gu Yu had already anticipated that the Old Yang family would not welcome him.
This was because Gu Yu had previously driven Yang Zhiwu away using insidious means, which already represented his determination not to return to the Yang family, and this would not change no matter what happened.
And now, it was good to have the village chief accompany him, to prevent him from being accused of being unfilial later… such as ‘refusing to help in the moment of life and death of the Old Yang family,’ even before it could sprout.
Even though Gu Yu was not familiar with the villagers, reputation was very important in ancient times. If it was ruined, it would be extremely difficult to restore it.
Afterwards, when the village chief heard Gu Yu’s words, he did not say anything further but took the lead and headed towards the Old Yang family.
The village chief had been worrying endlessly about these people from the Old Yang family! He hoped that no more trouble would arise and add to the turmoil for nothing.
When Gu Yu followed the village chief to the Old Yang family, as soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he found that unlike the usual liveliness, the Yang family’s courtyard was now very desolate.
The fat chickens that were raised before had become skinny and looked like they would collapse and die after just a few steps. The skinny pigs looked even more pathetic, and one could probably only get ribs if they were to eat meat.
“The Yang family has many people suffering from measles, so they can’t even take care of these livestock at home. That’s why I wanted you to come and take a look… lest something truly happens to the Yang family, and it would be difficult for you to handle.”
The village chief said as they walked, but Gu Yu did not respond.
Although what the village chief said was correct, Gu Yu had no good feelings towards the adults of the Old Yang family. As for the sick children, he regarded them as strangers without any closeness.
Such a cold attitude could not be said to be unreasonable or unfilial. It was because in Gu Yu’s body, there was already another soul that had transmigrated from modern times, not the original one.
In other words, the current Gu Yu had no relationship with the Yang family. If there were any connections, it would only be if Gu Yu’s modern parents had also transmigrated and possessed the people of the Yang family… but such a situation was impossible.
Transmigration, such a magical event, was already incredible enough to happen to Gu Yu. If transmigration could happen in batches, even the gods would be troubled by hair loss.
As soon as he walked into the courtyard, the sound of coughing from the rooms did not stop. The continuous sounds made Gu Yu frown, thinking that quite a few people in the Yang family had contracted measles.
However, after contracting measles, they should not have been brought back. Such a highly contagious disease, if it were to spread to the neighbors, would be terrible.
“Yang Xingwang, you old scoundrel, you brought back all the sick people. If it infects my Gouzi, I’ll tear down your whole family.”
Just as he was thinking about the neighbors, Chen Gouzi’s mother from next door shouted through the wall. Her voice was so loud that Gu Yu, standing in the courtyard, felt his ears sting. He quickly raised his hands to cover both ears, trying to minimize the damage from the noise.
The village chief was also doing the same, but he couldn’t say anything at this time and could only continue to walk forward with his head down.
The Chen Gouzi family was not easy to deal with, and the village chief did not dare to provoke them carelessly at this time, lest it bring him more trouble.
Now, the village chief only hoped that Gu Yu could cure all the measles patients in the village and that no one would die!
“Village Chief, why didn’t anyone in the village stop the Yang family from taking back the sick people? This highly contagious disease, if it continues to spread in the village, it will be bad.”
“Alas, why didn’t they stop them! But the second son of the Yang family, Yang Zhiwu, is a troublesome fellow. While his wife was crying and making a scene to distract them, he directly took everyone home. By the time they went to talk to them again, they were completely uncooperative. And Old Man Yang pretended to be deaf and mute, which made me very helpless! If it weren’t for the fact that their children were too pitiful, I wouldn’t have gotten involved in this mess.”
When Gu Yu asked the question, the village chief did not hide anything but poured out his troubles with a sad face, making Gu Yu shake his head helplessly and think that the village chief was really unlucky.
With the addition of the Old Yang family, the village chief had to worry a lot more!
But there was no way, the village chief could not choose his villagers according to his own wishes.
“Cough cough cough all day, it’s annoying to death… Why are you here at our house! Get out quickly, or don’t blame me for being impolite.”
“Yang Er, why are you messing around? Gu Yu is here at my invitation to help treat the illness. If you want to kick someone out, kick me out first!”
“Village Chief, this is my home. Even if you have authority in the village, you can’t control our family matters, right? I haven’t heard of any village chief leading strangers into other people’s homes. Humph, since I’m in a good mood now, get lost from where you came from!”
Before Gu Yu and the village chief could enter the house, Yang Zhiwu came out of the room cursing. When he saw Gu Yu, his eyebrows immediately shot up, and his eyes widened, then he angrily wanted to drive Gu Yu out of the courtyard.
However, because the village chief was by his side, Yang Zhiwu did not dare to go too far, but his words were not very pleasant.
This made the village chief, who had asked Gu Yu for help, frown, feeling that Yang Zhiwu was slapping his old face. It was truly infuriating.
He had already done his best as a village chief to save the Yang family’s children. Why were there always some annoying people appearing!
“Humph, then send those children back to where you brought them from. You have measles but don’t isolate yourselves. Do you want the villagers to be buried with your entire family?”
“Village Chief, don’t say that to me. This was all my father’s idea. It’s not because he dotes on his youngest son…”
“Cough, cough, why are you blocking the way? Hurry up and get to work! Tell your wife to wash those dirty clothes. Are they meant to be piled up there all day?”
Just as Yang Zhiwu was speaking, Old Man Yang’s voice sounded. Then, after Old Man Yang also came out of the room, upon seeing Gu Yu’s face, a hint of anger quickly flashed across his face.
This made Gu Yu raise his eyebrows slightly and then the corner of his mouth curled up, feeling that it was time for him to leave the Yang family.
Gu Yu was originally willing to treat the Yang family’s children, but now that the adults of the Old Yang family were all coming out to obstruct him, it was not something Gu Yu could change.
He couldn’t possibly kneel down and beg them to let him treat and save people, could he!
If it were a kind-hearted person, they might do so. But for Gu Yu, it was simply a farewell.
