Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 18 You are her loyal dog

"What happened? Why did Mr. Dong faint?" Shen Ang quickly put on his robe and walked out.

Shen Zhao followed closely.

I have also learned calligraphy from Mr. Dong, although I learned it secretly from my brothers, but after all, he is my mentor and I must go visit him.

Mr. Dong’s thatched cottage was not far from his home, only about half a mile away, and they arrived there in a short while.

Before I reached the door, I heard crying coming from inside the house.

Shen Zhao's heart tightened, and he suddenly remembered that in his previous life, Mr. Dong seemed to have died of illness before his eldest brother returned.

She slapped her forehead, wondering why she had forgotten about it.

When I walked into the dim thatched cottage, I saw several people standing inside, one of whom was Qin Yi.

Shen Zhao's eyes passed over him and he saw a young man kneeling on the ground wailing: "Aunt! Aunt, wake up! Don't leave your grandson alone, wuwuwuwu"

Shen Ang stepped forward and pushed the young man aside, then put his finger under the white-haired old man's nose to feel his breath.

"He's still alive." He breathed a sigh of relief and said to everyone in the room, "You all go out. Ah Heng, go get a doctor."

Shen Heng responded and did not dare to delay. He ran to the village street several miles away, where the doctor, the village chief and others lived.

Qin Yi pulled the crying boy up and whispered something to comfort him, but his eyes kept looking at Shen Zhao from time to time.

Shen Zhao pretended not to see it and followed his father to look at the old man lying on the floor.

Mr. Dong is actually less than 55 years old, but his head is full of white hair, and he looks like a man in his 60s or 70s.

At this time, his lips were dark purple, his face was pale, but his cheekbones were slightly pink, which was a sign of high fever.

Shen Zhao looked around, went to the kitchen to get a bowl, scooped half a bowl of water, added the hot water from the pottery jar, and gave it to his father, asking him to feed it to Mr. Dong.

I once heard Xiaoqing say that patients with fever need to replenish water and glucose in time, otherwise dehydration will lead to coma or even death.

She didn't know what glucose was, but she could look for it in a small bronze mirror.

"Dad, I'm going back for a while." Shen Zhao decided to save Mr. Dong. First, she wanted to see the efficacy of the medicine in the small bronze mirror, and second, she didn't want to see Mr. Dong die like this.

Not long after Mr. Dong died in his previous life, his sixteen-year-old grandson went to the border and later died on the way to attack the small country in the Western Regions.

It is said that he was doing corvée labor on behalf of Qin Yi because Qin Yi promised to give him 500 coins per month.

In this life, she wanted to see if she could change the established trajectory.

Shen Ang hummed, picked up Mr. Dong with one hand, and fed him water with a ceramic bowl in the other.

Shen Zhao walked quickly towards home, and suddenly heard Qin Yi calling her from behind: "A Zhao, wait a minute, I want to talk to you."

Shen Zhao didn't even turn his head, pretending he didn't hear anything. He quickly returned to his room and summoned the small bronze mirror: "Xiao Qing, I have a patient here who has a fever. Do you have any treatment?"

Xiaoqing in the mirror blinked: [Before asking, please explain the patient's age, symptoms, whether he has underlying diseases, blood tests to see if he is infected with viruses or bacteria, and whether there are lesions in the brain and visceral blood vessels. Only then can Xiaoqing give an accurate treatment plan. ]

Shen Zhao's mouth twitched, and he said vaguely: "The patient is about fifty-three or fifty-four years old this year, male, thin, and had fever and coughing symptoms when he came back a while ago. Now he has a high fever. Can you give a treatment method based on these?"

Xiaoqing: [No, dear. Without detailed examination results, Xiaoqing cannot give you a treatment plan.]

"Then treat it as if you have caught a cold and had a fever. Don't worry, even if it doesn't work, we won't blame you." Shen Zhao really wanted to buy a medical book right now to save Xiaoqing from nagging. [In this case, Xiaoqing suggests that you buy a herbal granule that clears away heat and detoxifies, and use it with antipyretics and a certain dose of antibiotics. If there is no obvious effect in three days, you can only leave it to fate.]

As she spoke, Xiaoqing played a video of the medicine: [Dear, please take the medicine according to the dosage in the instructions. Do not increase or decrease the dosage on your own initiative.]

Shen Zhao nodded and quickly placed an order for the two medicines. Three days' supply cost a total of 120 coins, which was not expensive.

After getting the medicine, she read the instructions carefully again. If she didn't understand something, she asked Xiaoqing, who then taught her how to use it.

After putting the medicine in his pocket, Shen Zhao went straight to Mr. Dong's house.

Qin Yi was still talking with Mr. Dong's grandson Dong Wufeng, but there were also Xue Lingyao and her brother beside him.

Shen Zhao went straight into the house and closed the door to prevent the annoying guys outside from coming in without permission.

He took the ceramic bowl, used the hot water on the charcoal stove to rinse a packet of herbs, and then handed the divided pills in his hand to his father: "Dad, feed Mr. Dong the medicine."

Shen Ang glanced at the pill in his daughter's hand and said nothing. He took it and picked up Mr. Dong again, saying softly, "Mr. Dong, open your mouth and take the medicine."

Mr. Dong was still somewhat lucid. He obediently opened his mouth and swallowed the pills, drank a bowl of herbal medicine, and then lay back on the wooden board covered with grass.

Shen Zhao whispered to his father, "Dad, give him this medicine once every three hours, one pill at a time."

She picked up another yellow pill and said, "This medicine is for reducing fever. You can only take one pill every six hours. If the fever has already subsided, you can't take it again."

Shen Ang nodded, carefully put the pill into his pocket, looked up and said to his daughter: "I will stay here tonight, but I will go back to Tingyi tomorrow, and ask your second brother to come and take care of you then."

This Mr. Dong once worked as an official in the capital, but later he offended a powerful official and his entire family was exiled to the northwest.

Unexpectedly, not long after he arrived in the northwest, his son and daughter-in-law passed away, leaving behind only a little grandson.

Later, Mr. Dong settled down in Yanzeli, occasionally teaching the children of neighbors to read and write, and planting some crops to barely support his grandson and himself.

Because of this, he formed a bond with Shen Ang's family.

"Yeah." Shen Zhao agreed, glanced at Mr. Dong, and seeing that he was sleeping soundly, he left with peace of mind.

When I walked outside, I saw Dong Wufeng sitting on the ground in a daze, while Qin Yi and others had already left.

"Go into the house and look after your grandfather. When he wakes up, remember to cook some rice porridge for him." Earlier, Shen Zhao saw half a bowl of dumplings left in his kitchen. He guessed that the old man had not eaten anything, and that half bowl was left by his grandson.

Dong Wufeng hummed and bowed to Shen Zhao: "Thank you for your trouble, Zhao. Wufeng will remember it."

Shen Zhao nodded and went home.

Halfway through the journey, he met Qin Yi again.

It’s really haunting.

Shen Zhao wanted to take a detour, but then he saw Qin Yi walking towards him with a wooden sculpture of a monkey in his hand.

"Ah Zhao, I carved this with my own hands. I'm giving it to you as an apology." Qin Yi handed the monkey over and looked at Shen Zhao eagerly: "I was wrong last time. I shouldn't have said those words regardless of your injury."

Shen Zhao took a few steps back to avoid him and sneered, "Did Xue Lingyao ask you to come? You really are her loyal dog."

(End of this chapter)