"Yes! Alright! There's hot water in the pot. I'll go get some!" Seeing that Xiaocao seemed to know what she was doing, a sense of hope reemerged within Shuanzhu's wife's heart. She hastily went to the kitchen to get the hot water. She was so anxious that she almost tripped in the yard.
After Yu Xiaocao carefully examined Uncle Shuanzhu's pulse, she took out some fever-reducing cold medicine from her medicine box and swiftly began decocting the medicine inside the room.
"Little Sister Xiaocao, will my father really be alright?" Liu Shuanzhu's ten year old daughter, Liu Huifang, whimpered as she squatted down to help Xiaocao brew the medicine and asked for rea.s.surance.
Yu Xiaocao put the herbs into a ceramic pot, which was used to brew herbal medicine, and added a few drops of mystic-stone water into the pot. After that, she replied in a confident and firm manner, "Don't worry! He will be fine after drinking two doses of the medication!"
"Here's the hot water. Xiaocao, is this temperature suitable?" Shuanzhu's wife came in with a basin of hot water and a washcloth.
After Yu Xiaocao checked the temperature, she added half a bottle of mystic-stone water into the hot water and nodded, "It's fine! Quickly wipe down Uncle Shuanzhu's body with the cloth, especially the neck and armpit areas. The excessive body heat will dissipate faster!"
"Sister Xiaocao, what did you put in the water? It doesn't look like medicinal herbs? The second child of the Liu Family was the same age as Xiaocao, but he was a few months younger than Xiaocao.
While Yu Xiaocao instructed Liu Huifang on how to brew the medicine, she explained to the Liu Family's second child, whose nickname was Tiedan'er, "This is Grandpa You's secret remedy. It can speed up the recovery of any diseases. This is extracted from forty-nine different kinds of medicinal herbs. Grandpa You only made two bottles in fifty years. Don't you think it's precious? Don't go out and tell other people about this. If Uncle Shuanzi wasn't a close friend of my father, I would had been reluctant to use it!"
Shuanzhu's wife believed her and shed tears of grat.i.tude, "Cao'er, you used up half a bottle for my husband. Wouldn't Doctor You be mad at you when he returns?"
"He won't! Grandpa You said that medicine was made to save people. Uncle Shuanzhu needed urgent treatment for his illness. If we delayed it any longer, then a big hole might be burned into his lungs. His life might be in danger if we don't use this medicine!"
Yu Xiaocao knew that it would be difficult to treat Uncle Shuanzhu's illness with just her own abilities, but it was much easier to cure him with the help of the mystic-stone water.
She also had concerns before she made the decision to come treat Uncle Shuanzhu's illness. After all, he was her first patient after she began studying medicine. If anything went wrong, it would be impossible for her to treat other patients in the future. Furthermore, she might get the reputation as 'a quack doctor who had harmed her patients' and wouldn't be able to lift her head in the village anymore.
While she was hesitating, the little divine stone suddenly appeared and sneered, [It's just a mere cold! Even though my powers are sealed, I can still cure such a minor disease. Take this! My, this Divine Stone's, bathing water will surely work without fail! Here, let me add a little more saliva for you——spit. It will definitely not fail.]
The little divine stone's bathing water and saliva had remarkable results. Shuanzhu's wife wiped her husband's body several times and noticed that his body temperature had dropped a lot. Shuanzhu, who had been unconscious due to his high fever, also gradually regained consciousness.
At this time, the medicine was ready. Shuanzhu's wife fed the medication to her husband. His terribly high fever was reduced within two hours after taking one dose of medicine.
"Ay! Brother Dahai, your daughter's medical skills is almost as good as Doctor You's. No wonder Doctor You praised her as a medical genius!" Liu Shuanzhu, who was still somewhat weak after his fever went down, leaned against the bed as he expressed his grat.i.tude and praise for Xiaocao.
Shuanzhu's wife pulled out a cloth bag from the cabinet and took out several strings of copper coins, which had around one hundred copper coins on each string. She gratefully exclaimed, "Older Brother Yu Hai, we're so grateful to your daughter, Xiaocao. Doctor You's medicine must be very expensive, so I'm not sure if eight hundred copper coins is enough. If it's not enough, I'll go borrow some from my maiden family when the snow stops."
