Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space-Chapter 337 - 260: First Aid

The life in Zhang Family Village is comfortable and leisurely. Under the midday sun, the whole body feels warm. Zhou Jiao is holding her son, leaning against the eaves, enjoying the sunshine.

Mai Miao and Mai Sui are chattering around her about children’s conflicts. Listening to their worries and troubles, Zhou Jiao secretly enjoys it, seriously helping them to solve their problems.

The two little girls are listening very seriously. It’s unclear if the two-year-old Mai Sui understands, but she keeps nodding, making Zhou Jiao unable to hold back her laughter, and she vigorously rubs their hair.

A group of people, men and women, young and old, suddenly rush into the courtyard. The leading middle-aged woman sees Zhou Jiao and her eyes light up with hope as if grabbing a lifeline, tightly grasping Zhou Jiao and pleading, "Jiao Jiao, auntie begs you. Auntie is out of options; it’s all up to you. You must save my Little Gouzi."

Zhou Jiao desperately pulls the woman who is about to kneel, saying, "Auntie, I’ll definitely help. Don’t worry, tell me what’s going on? Mai Miao, quickly call Grandma."

After speaking, she looks at the group of people coming in behind and finds their eyes red, her heart tightens, and she hurriedly asks, "Does anyone know what’s going on?"

Mother Zhang comes out and sees everyone talking all at once, roughly understanding the situation, but she’s really not sure if Zhou Jiao has a way, so she anxiously looks at her.

Zhou Jiao pieces together that it’s someone else’s grandson in trouble. The child was in the county hospital for a night and couldn’t bring down the fever. The doctor told them to rush to the provincial city for emergency treatment or find special medicine to bring the fever down first, otherwise, he might really become brain-damaged from the fever.

Last time, the medicine Zhang Guoqing used for injuries was very effective. People are afraid it will be too late to get to the provincial city, plus they don’t have money, so they have no choice but to come pleading at the door to see if Zhou Jiao has good medicine.

Once Zhou Jiao understands, she quickly hands Ping’an to Mother Zhang. Without having time to say a word, she pulls the still-crying auntie outside, shouting, "Take me to see the child first. Why didn’t you bring the child inside? Why so polite? Hurry, stop crying. It’s okay. I have medicine. If not, we’ll go to the hospital."

Outside the door, she sees a young wife holding the child tightly on an ox cart, anxiously waiting.

Zhou Jiao quickly goes forward to feel the child’s forehead, check his breathing, with one hand taking his pulse and counting the heart rate. With the other hand, she unbuttons the child’s collar, seeing there are no rashes front or back, she lets out a sigh of relief.

"It’s okay. No other problems. The child is well. Bring the child inside first, I’ll give him some medicine to bring down the fever. If he hasn’t cooled down in half an hour, I’ll take you to the provincial city."

After speaking, Zhou Jiao runs back to the bedroom, grabs the medicine they keep at home, thinks for a moment, and also takes out a ten-jin jar of sorghum spirits and closes the door.

Entering the outer room, she sees Mother Zhang holding Ping’an, standing from afar outside. She quickly points towards the main room, seeing her mother-in-law understanding, and feeling relieved inside.

When the others bring the child inside, Zhou Jiao takes him and places him directly on the kang, unwraps the outer coat, and covers him with a quilt. After pouring in the powdered medication, she immediately takes a wooden tray, pours the wine in, and uses a towel to continuously wipe the neck, popliteal fossa, armpits, elbows, and groin areas. Occasionally feeling his forehead, after a few minutes when the child’s expression finally relaxes, Zhou Jiao smiles slightly. She continues rubbing with the wine, constantly rubbing.

"It’s fine, the fever’s gone. The fever’s really gone. The child is saved." The auntie excitedly exclaims.

Zhou Jiao understands her feelings — the child is a boy, seeing her daughter-in-law’s age, this must be the first grandson. If it wasn’t really desperate, they wouldn’t come over. Seeing they still remember the rituals at this point, not bringing the child inside, this family is of good character.

"Auntie, it’s okay. You probably didn’t find Doctor Zhou. If he were here, there wouldn’t be no solution. The child is well. Don’t worry. You watch over him here, I’ll get him some water."

Zhou Jiao quickly is preparing a pot of hot water mixed with sugar and salt, and brings it to the child’s side. When it cools down a bit, she starts letting the child drink it.

The child, after drinking a sip, opens his eyes, hurriedly wanting to drink more.

People standing inside and outside the house, seeing the child waking up, are all happy for them. It’s good that he woke up, and it’s good that he wants water to drink, this child will be fine.

Zhou Jiao waits until he’s had enough to drink, sees he starts to sweat, and quickly covers him with the quilt.

"Little Gouzi is very good. We’ll wait for the sweat to come out, okay? Little Gouzi, if you obediently listen, you’ll be rewarded with milk candy; I’ll give you plenty of milk candy, okay?"

Seeing the child regain his spirit, sweetly saying okay. Zhou Jiao touches his hair, feeling damp. The sweat is really coming out. It’s good that it comes out.

The mother, relieved only now, suddenly collapses to the ground. Smiling through tears, her face shining as her husband pulls her up, the couple supports each other, watching the child.

Zhou Jiao comforts the child’s mother a bit, asks her to go back to get the child’s clothes — after sweating, he needs to change clothes.

"No need. Sweating is good. I’ll take him back. We can’t trouble you any more." The other party says gratefully, looking at her mother-in-law for help.

Zhou Jiao, not letting them decide, immediately says, "Can’t go back yet. Let’s see if the child has another high fever in the afternoon around three or four? It’s no trouble at all; the child is more important than anything. Hurry and get the clothes here, I’ll feed him something, let him sleep a good sleep, and get some energy back."

The auntie doesn’t oppose after listening, she now just trusts Zhou Jiao, "Go ahead. It’s a big favor, doesn’t matter if it’s a bit more. Be careful going back. You and your husband go back together."

In a short while, Huang Cuilan comes in with a wooden tray, containing a bowl of white rice porridge. She smiles warmly, comforting the auntie: "My mother-in-law said she’s raised so many children well, you can rest assured.

The child has nothing wrong after drinking the white rice porridge. It’s soon going to be fine. Right now, she’s with her little grandson and can’t come over, so you’re comfortable staying at home, and wait till the child gets better before going back. Don’t rush back home causing the child to suffer before he’s better."

The auntie begins to wipe her tears seeing the white rice porridge, and after listening, gratefully says, "Your mother-in-law is as warm-hearted as back then. I’ll never be able to repay your mother-in-law. Now my grandson’s little life is saved by your family, thank your mother-in-law for me."

After feeding the child, seeing his eyes watching the candy on the table, Zhou Jiao quietly says to him, "You must obediently not be sick. After drinking the bitter medicine later, all of these are yours. Don’t give them to anyone else, okay?"

Hearing the child’s soft voice asking to drink the medicine now, seeing the longing in his eyes, Zhou Jiao directly places the candy in front of him, hiding it behind him.

Seeing him smile so much his eyes close, it makes her smile along; truly a cute and clever little guy.

Waiting for the child to change into clean clothes, watching him smile in his sleep, everyone breathes a sigh of relief.

Zhang Guoqing just returns and hears about what happened, worriedly glancing at the child, seeing he’s okay. Thinking it through, he immediately rides his bicycle to find Doctor Zhou.

Without a professional having looked at him, he’s worried the child might still have something wrong, plus the child has been in his room, and although adults aren’t afraid of infection, he still has a son too.

In the afternoon, around three, Zhang Guoqing returns with Doctor Zhou.

The child has already returned to normal, lively and active. Zhang Guoqing looks on with secret astonishment. Is it because of the child’s good constitution or the poor medical skills of the county doctors?

Doctor Zhou checks the child, listens to Zhou Jiao’s account of the treatment method, and nods repeatedly, happily saying, looking at the pills Zhou Jiao took out: "I estimate it’s still these pills combined with the spirits that worked. It’s fine now, you can take the child home. If you worry, take a piece of medicine home. If he gets a fever again tonight, give it to him straight away.

Everything’s alright now. Haha... In the future, keep some common medicines at home. This is an experience—burn salve, hemostatic, antidiarrheal, cold medicine, keep some at home. If you’d had antipyretic medicine on hand, you wouldn’t have needed to go to the county."