Chapter 198
Chapter 198
Liu Luochen didn't delay any longer, he jumped on the horse, pulled the fur blanket from the carriage, wrapped it around the child, and galloped towards the city's traditional Chinese medicine clinic.
When the two went down the mountain.It was already noon, and it was already lunch time when I drove the carriage to the medical hall.
The shopkeeper looked at Liu Luochen apologetically, and said, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, the doctor has gone home for lunch. Why don't you wait here, and you'll be back in a few hours."
Liu Luochen frowned slightly when he heard this, the child was in danger, let alone an hour, he might not even be able to wait for half a cup of tea.
Immediately, Nan Nian took out a ten-liang silver ingot from his pocket, threw it to the shopkeeper and said, "Find me a good doctor in pediatrics immediately, and the money will be yours."
Holding the heavy silver in his arms, with glowing eyes and a flattering smile on his face, the shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lords, don't worry, take the patient into the house and take shelter from the wind. I'll find Mr. Li right now." Come for treatment."
It is said that money can turn ghosts into millstones, and this is indeed true. The shopkeeper got ten taels of silver, and immediately ran to the backyard quickly.
After a few minutes, he dragged a middle-aged doctor and ran over: "Mr. Li, I'm sorry to bother you, please show this child quickly. I really can't bear to disturb you for eating. I'll treat you to a restaurant in a while and have a good meal."
Liu Luochen also went there, the doctor cupped his hands, and said politely: "Please trouble Li Langzhong. If you can save the child, I will definitely reward you."
Although Li Langzhong was interrupted from eating, but seeing the child's complexion and seeing the urgent condition, the anger in his heart disappeared.
He quickly directed Liu Luochen and Nan Nian to carry the child into the room. After laying the child flat in the room, he felt his breath and pulse, and immediately stole a handful of silver needles, instantly piercing the child into a hedgehog.
Then he turned around and wrote down a prescription, and solemnly said to Liu Luochen: "This child's foundation is poor, and now he's been terribly frozen. I'm afraid he needs a strong medicine. There are a lot of precious medicinal materials in this medicine, and I'm afraid it's a lot of silver. You two Are you sure you want to heal?"
Asking this question does not mean that the doctor is cruel.
But in ancient times, each family had a lot of children, and the medical conditions were poor. When some children were young, they were likely to die of illness. If the family did not win money for treatment, they would cry twice and give up.
Li Langzhong has seen many such things, so I asked this question.
Liu Luochen didn't even bat an eye, took the prescription, solemnly handed it to the shopkeeper, and said, "Trouble shopkeeper, hurry up and make the medicine."
Seeing how happy the family was, Li Langzhong softened his face a little.
Doctors and parents are heartbroken, and no one wants to see such a weak life passing before their eyes.
There are small workers who specialize in boiling medicine in the medical hall, and the kung fu medicine will be ready in a short while.
Nan Nian took the medicine bowl and tried to feed the baby medicine with a spoon, but the child didn't open his mouth, and the brown liquid medicine flowed down his mouth several times.
Liu Luochen was in a hurry.He quickly took the medicine bowl and blew on it later to make sure that the soup in the bowl was not hot. He pinched the child's chin and exerted a little force. The child opened his mouth involuntarily. The child drank the medicine.
This method of dosing medicine was still the way Liu Luochen used to see those pet hospitals feeding cats medicine in modern times. Although it was a bit rough, it was really effective for patients who did not cooperate.
Li Langzhong was quite capable. After half a cup of tea, he took off the silver needle from the baby. Soon the baby coughed a few times and whimpered, his voice was very low like a kitten.
Liu Luochen and Nan Nian also breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the child's cry.
Li Langzhong's nervous expression also relaxed a little, and he quickly said to Liu Luochen and the two of them: "I am prescribing some prescriptions, you take them back, because he needs to be recuperated every day, and he will change the prescriptions after three months. Remember. Acupuncture comes every seven days. This child has suffered a great crime at such a young age, and his body is a little weak. He may get sick easily when he is young, but as long as he is well taken care of, his body will gradually get better after he is seven or eight years old."
Hearing Li Langzhong's words, Liu Luochen's gripping heart gradually calmed down.
He hastily saluted with both hands, bowed to Li Langzhong, and then said: "Thank you for saving this child, it is really unavoidable to interrupt you for lunch. I hope you will not refuse the double consultation fee, and I will trouble you more in the future .”
After speaking, Liu Luochen took out a certain amount of money from his pocket and put it on top of the crime, which was regarded as the consultation fee and medical expenses this time.
Li Langzhong also had a slight look of joy on his face, no one didn't want to get something in return.
The shopkeeper was even more open-eyed, greeted the boy quickly, and packed medicine for Liu Luochen, which is called hospitality.
After carrying the medicine bag, when she returned home, Aunt Du was shocked to see her two masters went out and brought back a baby.
She hurried forward to look at the child, seeing the pale face and worn swaddling clothes on her body, she knew it was an abandoned baby, and she was heartbroken. , I couldn’t afford it anymore, and threw the child out, look at such a small child, who suffered such a big crime.”
Along the way, Liu Luochen discussed with Nan Nian, looked at the place where the child fell, and saw that it was deliberately thrown there. The child's clothes were worn out and covered with patches, so he should be an abandoned child.
It's been a long time since we walked this way, and the child didn't drink any water, so Liu Luochen hurriedly said to Aunt Du: "Auntie, I don't know what such a big child can eat, do you want to warm him up with some goat's milk?
Aunt Du nodded quickly, and said: "I think a child of this age is about seven or eight months old. He can't eat anything. It's too hard to digest. There's still some goat milk left at home. Go and boil it and bring it to him to drink."
After finishing speaking, Aunt Du put the baby in her arms back into Liu Luochen's hands, and walked quickly towards the kitchen.
Liu Luochen carried the child into the house, and Nan Nian lit two carbon basins, making the room much warmer.
"Ah Nian, his swaddling clothes are wet, he must have peed wet." Liu Luochen looked at the baby's swaddling clothes, it was wet on the road just now.
He quickly tore off the child's swaddle, found a soft cloth towel, and looked at Nan Nian with some difficulty: "A Nian, can you change diapers?"
Nan Nian looked at Liu Luochen, then at the sleeping baby, and was a little dumbfounded for a moment: "I've never taken care of such a small child."
Liu Luochen and Nan Nian were two men who had never been in contact with such a small baby before, so they were at a loss for a while.
Fortunately, there are many carbon basins in the house, so it will not be cold.
But looking at the cotton cloth in his hand, Liu Luochen really didn't know what to do, so he could only direct Nan Nian, like holding a bomb, carefully lifted the baby up, and he put his face under his little buttocks.
Although it wasn't too cold in the room, it was still a bit chilly due to the chilly spring. Liu Luochen pulled a corner of the quilt and wrapped the child up.
After finishing these tasks, the two big men were sweating from exhaustion. Fortunately, there was Aunt Du at home. Her family had quite a few children, and she was very experienced in taking care of such a small baby.
After Aunt Du warmed up the goat milk, she brought it in quickly.
Perhaps the baby smelled the scent of goat milk, and opened its mouth to sob and cry again. Aunt Du skillfully held the baby in her arms, and fed the goat milk bit by bit with a small spoon.
The child was probably starving, and he drank most of the bowl of goat's milk very vigorously.
After drinking the milk, the baby's complexion improved when he was full. He looked around with big black grape-like eyes, not to mention how cute he was.
Seeing his soft little appearance, Liu Luochen couldn't help stretching out a finger to poke his soft little face: "Oh, so cute, Ah Nian, let's raise him."
Liu Luochen was delighted, the child looked like he had a bad life before, and the child in July and August had no flesh on his face, and looked thin and small.
Liu Luochen planned to raise this child to be whiter and fatter in the future, and the feeling of poking it would be as soft as cotton.
"If you like it, just stay and think of a name for him." Nan Nian looked at the little baby softly with dark green eyes.
He knew that Liu Luochen had always liked children, but his feelings for Liu Luochen simply could not allow other women to give birth to children for him. Now that he accidentally picked up a child, it was his wish fulfilled.
And this child happened to be picked up after the two of them went to the temple to offer incense, maybe it was a fate.
In the end, this little guy was named Liu Muxi by Liu Luochen, hoping that the child would be born facing the sun despite the hardships and be persevering.
Although he decided to adopt this child as his own son, Liu Luochen and Nan Nian, two novice fathers, were completely at a loss, so they asked Aunt Liu to take care of him.
For this reason, Liu Luochen also gave Aunt Liu an extra salary of one or two dollars a month, and asked him to help take care of little Muxi during the day.
Aunt Liu is a kind-hearted person, and she is also very close to little Muxi. She went home deliberately, brought some small clothes left by her child when she was young, and helped Liu Luochen cut a lot of diapers. wait for something.
Liu Luochen was very grateful for this, so Liu Ji left some fresh marinated barbecue every day, and if he didn't buy all of them, he would pack some meat slices and give them to Aunt Du, so that she could take them home and fry them.
You must know that in the only child family, although both of them have finished their work outside, the children in the family have to study, and the money is naturally tight. It is not easy to eat meat once in more than ten days.
As a result, the food at home has improved, and many of them choose to see their two sons, their faces have grown some flesh, their reading has become stronger, their hearts are even more grateful, and they take care of little Mu Xi meticulously every day. He only treats him as his grandson and loves him for the rest of his life.
In this small yard, there was a baby crying and laughing, which made it much more lively.
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