Chapter 74 So This Is Allergy

Yuanyuan was still unaware of these things at the moment, and he was still feeling a little depressed.

Seeing this, Chaochao wanted to comfort him and divert his attention.

"Brother, um, um, are you allergic to mangoes?" She tried hard to find a topic. Thinking of Gong Xingwen having so many rashes on his face, Chao Chao was still frightened and thought that allergies were really terrible things.

Yuanyuan finally came to his senses. He raised his head slightly and said, "Of course not. Didn't we have mango pudding yesterday?"

Chaochao was stunned, looking confused, "Ah? I, I have eaten mangoes too?" So, she is not allergic, right?
Seeing her bewildered look, Yuanyuan couldn't help but shake his head and sighed like a grown-up, "How come you don't know anything? It really makes me worry."

Chao Chao felt guilty, "I'm sorry, I was so ignorant."

Jian Yunsang, "..."

The people under the sky: "..." We are even more ignorant.

Yuanyuan felt embarrassed. "That's not necessary. After all, you don't even have a kindergarten diploma. So as your brother, it's only natural for me to worry about you. Come on, I'll take you to meet Mango."

Chao Chao immediately became happy, "Okay."

The two children walked towards the kitchen hand in hand. Jian Yunsang rubbed his forehead and followed behind.

The three of them walked into the kitchen and saw Zhao Ma packing up. She was stunned for a moment when she saw them coming, then asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Is there anything you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

Yuanyuan shook his head and asked her, "Do we still have fresh mangoes at home?"

"Yes, there is more."

As Zhao Ma spoke, she took out a package with two medium-sized mangoes in it. "Want to eat some? I'll cut them up for you."

Before she could finish, Chao Chao's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "Yellow Poison Fruit?"

Not only her, but also the villagers of Shangliu Village under the canopy exclaimed, "Am I seeing things? Is that the Yellow Poison Fruit?"

"Wouldn't this thing kill people if eaten?"

Even Lin Lan and others were staring at the sky in a daze.

They were now on their way to the capital, the convoy moving slowly forward, and everyone was looking at the sky through the windows or doors of the cars.

"What yellow poisonous fruit?" Yuanyuan was puzzled. Chaochao wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, he closed his mouth, just shook his head and said nothing.

However, when Yuanyuan approached Zhao Ma to watch her cut the mango, Chaochao took Jian Yunsang's hand and explained in a low voice, "Mom, so this is a mango. I've seen it before."

"In Shangliu Village?"

Chao Chao nodded vigorously. "But in Shangliu Village, everyone calls it a poisonous fruit and forbids eating it. Uncle Dashan once took me there to identify it and told me to stay away from it, saying that someone in the village had eaten this thing before and never recovered..."

She wasn't getting enough to eat back then, so sometimes when she went to the foot of the mountain to collect firewood, she'd be tempted to pick up some unwanted fruit from the ground. They were sour and tasted terrible, but they were enough to fill her stomach. Uncle Dashan was worried she wouldn't know what to do and might eat something she shouldn't, so he took her to see some fruits she shouldn't eat, including this mango. After all, mangoes are quite sweet, and he was worried Chaochao might get hurt if she accidentally ate them.

Uncle Dashan said this was called the Yellow Poison Fruit, and no one knew when it had grown in the mountains. Someone in the village saw that there were so many of them, and since birds could eat them without any problem and they smelled delicious, they couldn't help but pick two to eat.

He was planning to take a few back with him, but as soon as he reached the foot of the mountain, he started to tremble, feel nauseous and vomit, his breathing became rapid, his chest felt tight and he was short of breath, and he broke out in cold sweats. Soon he passed out.

By the time he was sent to the hospital, it was too late and he could not be saved.

This incident really scared the villagers of Shangliu Village. From then on, everyone called this thing the yellow poisonous fruit and dared not touch it.

Jian Yunsang pondered, it was said that mangoes were introduced to China during the Tang Dynasty. In this case, the dynasty that Chaochao went to should be after the Tang Dynasty?
However, it is obvious that mangoes were not popular in that dynasty, and most people probably didn't know about them.

"Mom." Chao Chao whispered, "So, the person who ate mango and couldn't be saved wasn't because mangoes are poisonous, but because... of an allergy?"

"Most likely."

Chao Chao was puzzled, "But, Gong Xingwen is fine."

Jian Yunsang laughed. "Allergies can be mild or severe. Mild cases are like Gong Xingwen's, with rashes, itching all over, and dizziness. Severe cases can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and palpitations. Even more severe cases can cause difficulty breathing, collapse, and low blood pressure. The most severe cases can result in death from suffocation. The villager your uncle Dashan mentioned must be someone with a severe mango allergy."

At this moment, Daqi Dynasty was very quiet. Many people raised their heads and listened to Jian Yunsang's explanation, with expressions of sudden enlightenment on their faces.

Many of them have eaten mangoes before. Shangliu Village is a remote village with poor information, so it is normal that they don’t know about some new things. But in places like the capital, there are still many dignitaries who have eaten mangoes.

This is not surprising to them, as they have a more intuitive understanding of the term "allergy".

Dashan and others also looked understood. So that's what it was.

So this allergy can be serious or minor. If you're lucky, it's like the child named Gong Xingwen, who just developed a rash and recovered quickly. If you're unlucky, wouldn't you be like the villager in Shangliu Village, who didn't even know how he died?

Chao Chao also understood. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Allergies are terrible, Mom."

Jian Yunsang laughed. "Actually, being allergic to mangoes isn't so bad. It's just a fruit. If you know you're allergic to it, just don't eat it. Some people are allergic to eggs, milk, and even flour. These are allergies to ingredients used in many daily foods, and that's the real problem. There are also some who are allergic to pollen and contact with animal fur. These can't just be avoided by yourself. There are even drug allergies."

Chao Chao opened her mouth slightly. She had such complicated allergies?
"Does drug allergy mean that you can't take certain medicines?"

"Yes, Chao Chao, do you remember when you were in the hospital and the doctor prescribed you some medicine, he asked if you had any allergies?"

Chaochao doesn't remember. The doctor said a lot of things, and she had to work hard to understand, some of which she couldn't even understand.

But my mother said the doctor mentioned it, so it must have been mentioned.

At this moment, in the Daqi Dynasty under the sky, someone suddenly shouted, then laughed towards the sky, and tears came out of his eyes while laughing.

"I see, that's how it is. It's not that I prescribed the wrong medicine, it's that person is allergic to a certain medicine, hahahahahaha."

(End of this chapter)

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