Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 25 Old People's Row
As Doctor Chen spoke, he opened the medicine box, took out two porcelain bottles, and poured out two red pills and three brown pills.

“We found a way to feed him the pills, which can relieve pain and stop bleeding.

I'll give him a few more injections and write a prescription later. You can go to my house to get the medicine and try it.

As long as you can get through tonight and don't have a fever, you should be able to get through it." Doctor Chen handed the pill to Qu Shaoyang.

Qu Shaoyang took the pill and saw a bowl next to it.

I guess this is the bowl that Shui Laowu used to feed Wang Changliang the tobacco paste just now. I don’t know where he got this broken bowl from. It’s black and there are several chips falling off the edge of the bowl.

Now is not the time to be bothered with all this, so Qu Shaoyang went to the river to scoop up some water, and tried to crush the pills and dissolve them.

Then he gently lifted Wang Changliang's head with one hand, held the bowl with the other, and slowly fed him the medicine.

After Qu Shaoyang finished feeding the medicine, Doctor Chen took out silver needles from the medicine box, undressed Wang Changliang, and inserted needles into several acupuncture points on his body.

It turns out that Doctor Chen's medical books are really good. After taking the medicine and getting acupuncture, Wang Changliang woke up soon.

"Where am I? The King of Hell?" Wang Changliang muttered weakly in a hoarse voice.

"What is Hell? You haven't married yet, and you haven't started a family yet. Hell won't accept you at all."

Qu Shaoyang, who was standing beside him, said with a smile, "You are just slightly injured. You will be fine after a while."

Wang Changliang blinked his eyes a few times before he realized that when they passed the Yanwangbishi whistle, he flew up from the raft and hit something, causing him to faint.

"How's everybody? Where's the leader?"

"Touzhao, Touzhao, Erzhao is awake and looking for you." Qu Shaoyang shouted towards Shui Laoyao.

When they heard that Erzhao had woken up, the guys who were digging a hole to bury the person dropped their belongings and ran over.

"Hey, Changliang, are you awake? It's good that you're awake, it's good that you're awake. As long as you're still alive, you can slowly heal your wounds."

When Shui Laowu saw Wang Changliang wake up, he was so excited that he almost cried.

"Boss, how are everyone doing? Our losses are pretty heavy this time, right?" Wang Changliang asked anxiously when he saw the water crow.

"Alas, Da Kui and Song Laojiu are gone. They were washed out quite far away along with you. Leng Hu led his men to find them.

The second cabinet's leg was broken by the wood, and several others had injured their arms and legs. The others were only slightly injured.

Eight out of ten sets were destroyed, and they were piled up at the sentry post like a mountain.

The second cabinet is arranging people to carry the stacks and start the shift, and I am busy burying Da Kui, Lao Jiu, right? I don’t know what’s going on over there. "

Shui Laowu was in a heavy mood and sighed repeatedly.

When Wang Changliang heard that Zhao Da Kui and Song Lao Jiu were gone, he couldn't help but feel sad.

"We are old friends. I didn't expect that we would be fine all the way. But when we got to Anton, we lost several people."

“People say that no matter how fast or slow you catch up, there are always 3,000 ghosts offering sacrifices to the river every year.

This is the fate of rafting. The whistle will drown and be buried in the waves. Sooner or later, you will be killed in the waves." The old man in the water sighed, which contained endless sadness.

Since Wang Changliang woke up, it means that Doctor Chen’s treatment method was effective.

At this time, Doctor Chen told someone to follow him back, get some medicine, prepare it quickly, and have Wang Changliang take it.

"Oh, I forgot that our second in command and several other guys were also injured.

The second cabinet's leg seems to be broken, and we need the doctor to reconnect it. The others should also be given Zagu Zagu."

Shui Laowu slapped his forehead and remembered that there was a group of wounded soldiers over there.

Doctor Chen heard this and thought, well, since we are here, let's go and take a look. Shui Laowu was temporarily busy, so he sent Qu Shaoyang to lead Doctor Chen all the way up to find Li Yongfu near the sentry post.

When the two arrived at the location where the old pile was built, they saw a lot of people gathered on the river bank, in three layers inside and outside.

The Yanwangbizi Sentry Post is the most dangerous sentinel post in the lower reaches of the Yalu River. When the raft arrives here, accidents will happen at least six or seven times out of ten.

So there are a lot of people eating in queues around here.

As the news of Lao Pai's building spread, people from all over the place who ate Pai dinner were all delighted, and they asked each other for news in a gloating manner.

"Let's go and see how the old man stacks the goods and see what the price is."

"It's as high as a mountain, so the price won't be low."

"That's right, who would do it if it's too low? That's not a job for humans..."

When the rafting season comes, these people who make a living from rafting will stay in the villages near the sentry post.

As soon as there was news that the old pile was being built, these people would ride on horses or donkeys and rush from all directions to the riverside where the pile was being built.

More and more people gathered, all looking at the pile of wood that looked like a small mountain on the river, calculating in their minds how much they would charge for the shift.

In the crowd, Li Yongfu, who had a broken leg, gritted his teeth and endured the pain. He sat on the box of money, holding in his hand a life and death document that was written at some unknown time, and shouted loudly.

"It's time to update. Who will update? I have three hundred taels of silver. Is there anyone who wants to update?"

The people around looked at each other and no one responded.

Yanwang Nose Outpost is not an ordinary place. The terrain here is complex and there are many underwater reefs. Someone has just seen it and found that the woodpile is extremely crowded and cannot be easily opened.

If one is not careful, he may lose his life. Three hundred taels is really too little.

"Second clerk, I've brought a doctor with me. Don't worry about that for now. The most important thing is to get your leg healed."

Qu Shaoyang pushed through the crowd and led Doctor Chen to the second counter.

"Oh, it's Leng Huer who invited the doctor here so quickly."

When Li Yongfu saw Qu Shaoyang and Doctor Chen, he was overjoyed and quickly moved his swollen left leg to let Doctor Chen treat it.

"Just bear with the pain. I'll try to cut it off first."

Doctor Chen gave some instructions and then reached out to carefully examine Li Yongfu's broken leg.

"Well, the frontal bone is broken and a little dislocated. It needs to be reset first. Just bear with it and hold on."

While Doctor Chen was speaking, he held down the two ends of the broken bone with his hands. Without seeing him move, Li Yongfu let out a scream.

"Okay, the bone has been reset. My dear brother, please go and cut a few sticks thicker than your thumb and I will put them on him and tie them up with the leg strap.

Come with me later to get some bone-setting pills, and you’ll be fine after taking them for a while.”

When Qu Shaoyang went to ask the doctor for help, he did not mention that there was a patient with a broken leg, so Doctor Chen did not bring a splint in his medicine box.

It would be impossible to go back and get it now, so I could only cut a few sticks to use first.

Qu Shaoyang responded and quickly went to the woods to look for some sticks.

Then Doctor Chen used a few wooden sticks to hold Li Yongfu's legs, and then tied them up with leg straps to secure them. This was the only way for the time being.

Afterwards, Doctor Chen examined several other injured people. He set the broken bones, straightened the dislocated joints, applied medicine and bandaged the ones with serious external injuries. In short, he treated all the injuries that could be treated.

(End of this chapter)