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Chapter 129 What happened?
Mrs. Hu tucked her loose hair behind her head and said, "Why? Right now, we only care about the two little ones being well fed and the nurse being strong and having enough milk. Everything else is secondary."
After she finished speaking, she stared at Shen Lingzhu to see her reaction.
The latter waved her hand and said, "Aunt, I have no problem with Sister Qian.
I just feel that she always seems cautious around people.
It's fine in front of us, but for the guests who come here frequently, it's like this, giving people a feeling of being timid and peeping."
"In comparison, Mrs. Xu who took a day off yesterday is pretty good." Shen Lingzhu doesn't like people who are too soft.
Mrs. Hu thought for a moment and said, "How about letting Auntie reconsider this?"
Shen Lingzhu didn't ask her to do anything immediately, but just told her her feelings truthfully. She nodded and said, "Maybe this is just my own illusion."
Mrs. Hu touched her head and decided to ask Miaozhu what she thought in private.
She was just about to ask Xiao Zhuzi whether the peach branches grafted in the greenhouse had taken root when the yard became lively again.
Before Shen Lingzhu could go to the courtyard to see what was going on, Qian Nanny, who had just been sent out, came in in a panic and said, "Madam, Miss, the man who came in is injured. He said that Master Geng is..."
Shen Lingzhu didn't wait for her to finish and ran out. She saw the Geng family's coachman, whom she had seen several times, lying on the ground covered in water and blood.
The senior sister was pressing a piece of cloth on his wound, and the grandma was bringing hot water for the senior sister.
"What happened?" Shen Lingzhu took a deep breath.
Shen Miaozhu said: "Go to the house and get my small medicine box."
Shen Lingzhu didn't dare to delay and turned around quickly, then was startled by Mrs. Qian who was standing behind him without saying a word.
She patted her chest and said, "Sister Qian, next time you come to me, please remind me first."
After saying that, she walked into the west room, picked up her senior sister's medicine box and brought it to the yard.
Shen Miaozhu quickly used a needle to wake up the driver, who asked them to go and save Mr. Geng, saying that they accidentally fell into the river while riding their donkeys around a ridge.
The driver said anxiously, “After I dragged my boss out of the river, I found that his head was injured and bleeding profusely.
I couldn't walk for long with him on my back, and I was bleeding so much I couldn't move anymore, so I came here with a stick. You guys go and save him quickly."
"Uncle, don't be anxious. You have to tell us where Boss Geng is." Shen Lingzhu advised.
Driver: "I'll take you there."
"Your leg is broken and you can't walk anymore. Tell us where you are and we will definitely rescue you." Shen Miaozhu held down his leg and cleaned the wound.
The driver quickly described the location, and when Grandma Qi heard it, she said that there was a mountain stream over there and it was very inconvenient to get in and out.
So Shen Miaozhu immediately asked Shen Lingzhu to make a temporary single frame, and then asked Sister Qian to call people from the shed outside.
But Mrs. Qian hesitated for a long time, saying "I, I, I". Grandma, who was anxious, said, "You hold his legs down while I go get help."
"No, no, no, men and women shouldn't touch each other." After saying that, Mrs. Qian hurried towards the door.
Shen Lingzhu, who was looking for a long pole under the west wing shed, saw this scene and couldn't help shaking his head. This kind of personality is really not suitable for staying at home where people come and go.
Fortunately, after a while, Mrs. Qian finally called out someone from the shed outside. It turned out to be the young Chang An, and she didn't tell the latter what had happened at all. She asked Shen Miaozhu to make some arrangements.
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It was more than half an hour later that Shen Lingzhu followed his third uncle and fellow clansmen to rescue the unconscious shopkeeper Geng.
At this time, Uncle Shen Huai also heard the news and came down the mountain. He sent someone to Laoquankou to inform the Geng family. At the same time, he asked Shen Miaozhu, who had bandaged the old boss, "How long will it take for him to wake up? Can he be sent to Qixingguan?"
“It’s uncertain when he will wake up, as he has lost too much blood and it’s difficult for him to move.
It would be best if we could ask Taoist Xuan Lingzi to come and see the patient in person." Shen Miaozhu was unable to determine the true extent of the injury at this moment. In ancient times, injuries to the head were the most difficult to diagnose.
However, the third uncle who went to invite people only brought back Taoist Zhiyuan.
He said, "You haven't been to the temple recently, so you don't know. The old master can no longer get out of bed."
"Is it so serious?" Shen Miaozhu had received much guidance from Xuan Lingzi before, and after spending a long time with him, she knew that he was already terminally ill.
Taoist Zhiyuan nodded slightly, then calmed down and helped Mr. Geng to take his pulse, and soon used silver needles to wake him up.
Fortunately, Mr. Geng only suffered an external head injury and his mental state was not affected, but he felt dizzy and nauseous and needed to rest for five to seven days before he could move.
However, when the Geng family arrived, they refused to let Mr. Geng stay here to recuperate.
Shen Lingzhu watched the Geng family carry away the old boss, not quite understanding their choice.
"We have a newborn baby, and the Geng family might be worried about any conflict." Shen Miaozhu could only infer this way, otherwise the Geng family should have returned to Laoquankou instead of going to Qixingguan to recuperate.
Shen Lingzhu thought about it and realized that the ancients were quite particular about certain taboos. Then she remembered something and said, "I have to catch up with Uncle San and tell him to get the stretcher back."
The oilcloth used to wrap the stretcher wasn't cheap. Just as she was about to chase after him, Shen Miaozhu said, "I've already told Third Uncle that he'll bring it back."
But the two of them never expected that when their third uncle Shen Du and the Geng family arrived at the gate of Qixing Temple, they happened to meet Captain Chen Ru who was leaving to get medicine.
He originally didn't pay much attention to this group of people, but the guards around him noticed something special and pointed at the stretcher carrying Geng Laodong and said, "Boss, look, the wooden frame they are using to carry the patient is not wrapped with ropes, it seems to be made of oilcloth.
It looks more comfortable than the one we use with hemp rope, and it is not easy for people to fall over when they are tied to it.
The bandage on that patient's head looks a thousand times better than the one used by the military doctor in our garrison."
Then another guard pointed at the driver being carried in the back and said, "Boss, his leg injury is well bandaged. It's not just fixed with a stick, but with a few wooden boards."
As a military officer who had actually been on the battlefield, Chen Ru would naturally pay attention to the medical treatment on the battlefield. Many soldiers with bone injuries would be injured again during transportation because the stretchers used to carry them were not strong enough.
Some people even died because the hemp rope broke too quickly and their broken ribs pierced their internal organs.
He looked carefully at the stretcher under Geng Laoshou, "It should be oilcloth, it's not cheap!
When they are not in use later, you can borrow them and have a look at them."
After a pause, he continued, "Let's go and ask the Taoist priests if they can teach the doctors at the garrison how to bandage the wound."
This question naturally led to the discovery that it was the eldest daughter of the Shen family who bandaged the wound, and the stretcher was made on the spot by the youngest daughter Shen.
Chen Ru had to admit that the two girls from the Shen family were smart, and after discussing with Shen Du, he borrowed the stretcher temporarily.
After listening to Third Uncle's story, Shen Lingzhu asked, "Did he ask Second Sister to teach the doctor at the clinic how to bandage the wound?"
Shen Du nodded: "Yes, Captain Chen said they would pay the tuition.
I didn't dare to agree at the time, and he said he would come back and ask in person later."