klisemfg Chapter 112 Swallow it, don’t spit it out
Chapter 112 Swallow it, don’t spit it out
As soon as Jiang Tunan found where Miss Zhao was, he was told by the palace maid that Miss Zhao had gone to the palace to report on her work today.
Jiang Tunan went to the pharmacy again, but she didn't have the prescription written by the imperial physician, and the people in the pharmacy were unwilling to give her the herbal medicine.
There was no other way, so Jiang Tunan thought of going to Wen Yinzhi's place to try her luck, but her luck was not good. The door of Wen Yinzhi's place was still closed, and no one answered when she knocked.
"I help you when you are in trouble, but when I need you, you can't help me!"
Jiang Tunan kicked the door (gently) in annoyance.
Jiang Tunan started to walk back. Medicines from outside clinics were not allowed to be brought into the Imperial Medical Office. He could not leave the Imperial Medical Office at will. Chunhua had the opportunity to leave the Imperial Medical Office today because he went out with Wen Yinzhi to see a doctor. This child could not be sent to an outside clinic either.
Because Jiang Tunan was thinking about something, he didn't pay attention to his surroundings. When he looked up again, he found himself in an unfamiliar place.
In front of him was a garden surrounded by a fence, with various kinds of grass that Jiang Tunan did not recognize. This should be the medicine garden of the Imperial Medical Bureau.
An old man with white beard and shorts was bending over and weeding.
Jiang Tunan's eyes flashed with light. This is the herb garden, there must be herbs there. But soon the light in Jiang Tunan's eyes went out. He studied Western medicine, so how could he know any herbs?
Forget about herbs, I probably can’t even tell the difference between leeks and onions.
"Who is the girl?"
The old man wiped the sweat from his forehead and saw Jiang Tunan standing in front of the medicine garden without moving.
Jiang Tunan stepped forward a little embarrassedly and asked,
"Excuse me for disturbing you, old man. Do you have any herbs that can reduce fever?"
The old man was a little surprised after hearing what Jiang Tunan said.
"If you want to see a doctor, you should go to the imperial physicians to get a prescription, and then go to the pharmacy to get the medicine. Why did you come to my medicine garden?"
Jiang Tunan rubbed his hands nervously.
"My servant has a fever. The doctors here are all for the nobles, so naturally they can't be invited."
The old man immediately understood what Jiang Tunan meant. It seemed that this girl came to the medicine garden because she had nowhere to turn to for help.
"You can't just pick the herbs in this garden at random. The number of each type of herbs is recorded. Besides, even if you pick them, they won't work if they haven't been processed."
Jiang Tunan was disappointed, but he still bowed respectfully to the old man across the fence.
"Thank you, old man."
The old man waved his hand.
"You are too polite, young lady. I can't help you much."
Jiang Tunan turned around and was about to leave, but he saw rows of brown and yellow cylindrical plants on the wooden table next to the old man.
"Houttuynia?!"
Jiang Tunan climbed up the fence to get a closer look. The old man was a little surprised.
"Miss, do you recognize this dog heart grass?"
"Dog...dog heart grass?"
Yes, Jiang Tunan remembered that Houttuynia cordata was also called Dog Heart Grass. Whenever he was sick as a child, his grandmother would give him water soaked with Houttuynia cordata to drink.
"I love this cold-mixed dog heart grass, so I bought it specially. This grass is not available in the north, so I asked my friend in the south to find someone to transport it here."
Jiang Tunan seemed to see hope and looked a little excited.
"Old man, can you sell me some of this grass? I can pay a little more."
The old man looked a little surprised.
"Are you going to use this herb to save your servant? Do you know anything about herbs?"
Jiang Tunan shook his head, his eyes still fixed on the houttuynia cordata on the table.
"I don't know anything about herbal medicine, but when I was sick before, my family gave me some fishy...dog heart grass to drink in water, and it worked."
The old man smiled and handed the Houttuynia cordata on the table to Jiang Tunan.
"Since you're using it to save people, I won't charge you for it. But you can't take it for free. Come over tomorrow and help me weed for a day."
Jiang Tunan thanked him quickly, took the houttuynia and rushed back to the yard. At that time, Chunhua was drawing water from the well in the yard.
"Chunhua, quickly take this herb and boil it in water for the child to drink."
Chunhua took the Houttuynia cordata from Jiang Tunan without any hesitation and ran to the kitchen.
Jiang Tunan found a place in the yard to rest for a while. She heard a noise in the room, so she got up to check the situation.
After pushing the door open, he found that the child was huddled in the corner of the bed, staring at Jiang Tunan with his big eyes.
"you're awake?"
The child did not answer Jiang Tunan's words, but shrank back into the corner.
"When you wake up, get up and take medicine on your own. You have a fever."
The child still huddled together tightly and ignored Jiang Tunan.
Seeing him like this, Jiang Tunan didn't bother to care about him, since the Houttuynia cordata was not cooked yet anyway.
"Where's my sister?"
Jiang Tunan was about to leave, but he heard the child ask in a low voice.
This child really has a sister.
"Who is your sister? How should I know?"
When the little boy heard Jiang Tunan asking his sister's name, he kept silent.
Jiang Tunan thought about it and realized that it was normal for the child to be on guard against everything around him since he was alone in an unfamiliar environment. So he tried to communicate with the child as patiently as possible.
"Little boy, what's your name? Where are you from? Where are your family members?"
The child blinked and replied timidly,
"Sister said that we can't talk to strangers casually."
Jiang Tunan: ...
"Then why did you ask me that just now? I was no longer a stranger just now?"
The child seemed to be lost in thought, with confusion in his eyes. Jiang Tunan thought the child was delirious due to the fever.
After a while, Chunhua brought the cooked Houttuynia cordata, with an expression on her face that was hard to describe.
"Miss, this grass smells terrible."
Jiang Tunan took the medicine bowl as if nothing had happened. The water inside was still steaming, and there were a few sprigs of Houttuynia cordata in the water.
"Come, drink this water."
Jiang Tunan carefully brought the bowl to the child and blew on it. The child instantly showed a look of horror when he saw the Houttuynia cordata in the bowl.
Oh my God, someone is going to poison a child!
The child's head was shaking like a rattle, but Jiang Tunan didn't care and asked Chunhua to hold the child down.
"Come on, open your little mouth, that's how you behave!"
Jiang Tunan had no experience in feeding medicine to children when she was interning in pediatrics, but she saw that the nurses around her were all doing the same thing, so it should be similar.
"Don't drink it, it's poisonous!"
The child was very resistant, and even Chunhua hesitated.
"Miss, this...is this really edible?"
Jiang Tunan explained patiently,
"It just smells a little weird, but it doesn't taste...good either."
The three of them were silent. Jiang Tunan simply gave up.
"I'll count to three. If you don't drink, I'll ask the doctor next door to give you an injection. The needle is this thick!"
Jiang Tunan gestured as he spoke. The child was stunned for a moment and spoke in disbelief.
"How can you use such a thick needle for acupuncture?"
Jiang Tunan laughed sinisterly a few times.
"Disobedient children are treated with needles this thick."
The child spoke with a fearless look on his face, as if he was going to die heroically.
"Then give me the injection. I'm a man, I'm not afraid!"
Jiang Tunan:?
Okay, okay, you would rather have an acupuncture injection than drink her Houttuynia cordata, right?
"I don't care about you, just give me a drink, I found it with great difficulty."
Jiang Tunan forcefully fed the child a mouthful of Houttuynia cordata water. The child's eyes widened and he covered his mouth with both hands.
"Ugh~"
Chunhua, who was standing nearby, couldn't bear to look at it anymore. The child felt an indescribable smell rushing to his head, and he seemed to see his grandmother.
"Don't spit it out, swallow it!"