Once the road up and down the mountain was clear, the students in the academy quickly packed up their packages and went home to visit their elders and report that they were safe.
As a result, in less than half a day, some students returned to the academy and hurried straight to Mrs. Lin's residence.
Mrs. Lin was giving Yang Qiming acupuncture to dredge his meridians when a chubby figure broke in. The door banged and she almost poked Mr. Yang in the eye with the needle.
Mrs. Yang's heart twitched, and there was a hint of complaint in her eyes when she saw the person coming.
The fat boy fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, crying as loudly as he could.
"Doctor Lin, please help! Someone is alive!"
Lin Silang spent a lot of effort before dragging his classmate up: "Tao Jin, please tell me if you have something to say. Who was killed?"
The fat boy known as Tao Jin had gauze hanging from half of his hand due to a fracture.
At this moment, his nose was red from the cold, and a lot of tears and snot were stuck on his face, which made Yang Qiming's facial features wrinkle together: "Take a breath before talking."
"When I went down the mountain this morning, I was wondering why my parents, who usually care about me the most, didn't even have a boy to bring me food after the heavy snow closed the mountain for nearly ten days."
As soon as these words came out, everyone here guessed that something happened to the Tao family.
"As soon as I entered the house, I heard from the concierge that my father went out to do business with someone. On his way back, the snowy road was difficult, the wheels slipped, and the man and the car rolled down the mountain."
"The family searched all night, and when they found my father at the bottom of the mountain, he had already passed out. Many doctors came to the house and said that he was not alive anymore, and asked them to prepare a coffin, woo woo woo..."
Lin Silang remembered that when he was in Qinghe Town, the north loved the snow most. There were often hunters hunting in the mountains who were unable to go down the mountain because of the heavy snow. It was common to freeze all night on the mountain.
I have never heard of anyone freezing to death in one night.
"Could it be that the diagnosis was wrong? My uncle is a strong man anyway, so he won't freeze to death overnight."
In fact, he wanted to say that since Tao Yuan was so fat, he should be able to withstand freezing temperatures better than ordinary people.
When Lin Silang met Tao's father for the first time, he and Tao Jin were standing together. From a distance, they looked like two spheres, one big and one small.
Xiangyun was leaning on the couch and pretending to take a nap, but actually he slipped into the space to improve the performance of the medicine. When he heard the sound, he slowly opened his eyes.
Staying up all day and night in heavy snow may cause pain but not death.
It's a pity that Tao's father fell from a cliff. Even if the thick snow provided a buffer, the shock to his heart and the abrasions on various parts of his body were unavoidable.
Sure enough, the next second, she heard Tao Jin sniffling harder.
"My father's foot was trapped under the wheel. When he was carried home, his calf and heel were all black."
Mrs. Lin's eyelids twitched and she turned to look at her granddaughter.
Xiangyun was extremely anxious. The tissue in his leg was necrotic. From his description, he could not rule out the possibility of gas gangrene.
That's a bad situation!
Gas gangrene is a serious infection that spreads quickly through the air.
She also wanted to ask Father Tao about his current situation, but she couldn't even formulate a complete sentence.
Seeing this, Mrs. Lin hurriedly spoke: "Please tell me carefully what the specific symptoms are."
During the movement, he was already packing the medicine box.
Tao Jin stumbled and couldn't explain clearly. When he got the news, he lost all his strength and collapsed on the ground. He finally crawled to the bedside and looked at his father, and heard the doctor asking him to prepare a coffin.
When my mother is at home on weekdays, she only knows how to pray to gods and Buddhas, drink tea and enjoy flowers. My father makes the final decision on all matters big and small.
I cried until I fainted several times and couldn't make up my mind at all. When the uncles in the clan heard the news, they had already begun to think about the family property.
He couldn't think of any other way but to come to the academy to ask Mrs. Lin for help.
Mrs. Lin didn't ask any more questions, and asked her younger son to carry her granddaughter on his back, and then went down the mountain to Tao's house.
Even if Mrs. Yang wanted her to stay again, she couldn't bear the risk of her life, so she could only respectfully send someone to escort her grandparents down the mountain.
The road was slippery in the snow, and the rocky slope down the mountain was steep. The journey that usually only takes one stick of incense took more than half an hour.
By the time the group arrived at Tao's house, a boy had already returned from buying white linen cloth.
Tao Jin was so frightened that his father was dead.
While crying, she ran into the courtyard, rushed into her father's bedroom, threw herself on her knees on the ground, and kowtowed several times: "Dad, my son is late. I found a doctor for you, why couldn't you wait until I came back?" Ahh..."
"Gold..."
A breathy voice came from the bed.
Tao Jin looked up and saw his father's face was pale and his eyes were gray, looking like he was dying and struggling to his death.
He breathed a sigh of relief, it was good that he was not dead, and there was a possibility of treatment.
Then a fire arose in my heart, who hung up the white sail?
Mrs. Tao rushed over quickly and took the white linen mourning clothes to put on her son: "Good boy, put on the mourning clothes and cheer for your father. Maybe his illness will be cured."
Tao Jin has been attending private school since he was a child. He is a rare scholar in the Tao family. None of the education he received told him that he could be more effective than a doctor.
He didn't care about taking care of his mother's mood and invited Dr. Lin in.
As soon as Mrs. Lin stepped into the house, she first smelled a rancid smell in the cold incense in the room.
He wrinkled his nose and whispered to his granddaughter: "Abao, Tao Yuan's leg has begun to become necrotic. Can we still treat it?"
Xiangyun's nose was not as good as grandma's, and the cold weather meant that the smell spread slowly, so she didn't smell anything.
"have a look……"
The two of them walked to the bed. Mrs. Lin wanted to lift the sheet to look at her legs, but she was stopped by Mrs. Tao.
"Who are you?"
Tao Jin quickly explained that he was the doctor who had been invited back.
"We have invited all the good doctors in town. Even Dr. Wang from Baohe Hall said that your father's leg is inoperable. How can she, a woman who is a woman, be better than an old doctor who has been practicing medicine for decades?"
Mrs. Tao has always felt that her son is simple and kind. Although he is talented in learning, he is still a child after all. He is often cheated outside. When he goes out, his money is either taken away by beggars or stolen by thieves. .
The first reaction was that Mrs. Lin also came to the house to enjoy the autumn breeze.
No matter what her son said, she was unwilling to listen: "The doctor said that as long as he does not have a high fever, your father's life can be saved. You and your mother go to the ancestral hall to pray and ask your ancestors to protect your father from this disaster."
After saying that, he pulled Tao Jin towards the ancestral hall. After pulling for a long time, his son didn't move a step.
"Necrosis of the lower limbs, if it is not treated, it is a fool's errand to save one's life." Old Mrs. Lin's cold voice sounded. It was not loud, but it was deafening.
Mrs. Tao's face was full of anger: "You are simply alarmist. Please get rid of this person quickly!"
"No, the master has a high fever!"
The maid serving beside Tao Yuanwai exclaimed, and everyone was shocked.
Mrs. Tao didn't care about her grandfather and grandson. She burst into tears and ran to the bed and lay down: "Master, my master, how can I live if you leave!"
"I asked you not to go out to deliver goods in the snow. You insisted on competing with Zhou, saying that you wanted to steal his business while he was away. It's okay now. He is definitely the richest family in the town. You are half alive. Entering the Palace of Hell!"
"On weekdays, I ask you to kowtow to the Bodhisattva more often, but you don't listen and accuse me of being superstitious. Now you are half dead. Those people outside are thinking about our family's paved fields. What will Jin'er and I do in the future?"
The comforting sounds of the mothers-in-law and the sobbing and choking sounds of the little girl, mixed together in the small bedroom, were comparable to five hundred ducks.
Tao Jin had a headache from the nagging.
Tao Yuanwai, who finally woke up, felt like there were countless bees in his ears. He simply closed his eyes and passed out again.
Mrs. Lin wanted to interject but couldn't find a chance.
"Okay! The patient needs to rest!"
In the end, she could only yell loudly, interrupting Mrs. Tao's mourning as if her husband had died.
It took Tao Jin a lot of effort to get his mother away, leaving only two women with quick hands and feet to serve him.
As soon as the room became quiet, Xiangyun felt that the air was much fresher.
Tao Yuanwai was already extremely weak, and due to his fat body, his breathing was much weaker.
The lower limb of the right leg to the foot was congested and black, which looked horrifying. Two of the five toes were necrotic and were flattened and disfigured.
As he got closer, the rotten smell mixed with the smell of blood that he felt just now became more and more obvious, and Mrs. Lin's brows felt like they were knotted.
Asking herself, with her ability, if Yuan Tao's diplomacy is handed over to her, she can only shake her head and let the family members wish for themselves.
There are many people in Tao Mansion, which is not as comfortable as the academy. The two women are always watching Mrs. Lin's every move.
Because of her young age, Xiangyun was not noticed much, which gave her more time to observe patients.
Fortunately, after some examinations, the possibility of gas gangrene was ruled out. The root cause of the foot necrosis was the compression of the nerves in the legs by heavy objects, coupled with secondary infection caused by the harsh environment after severe frostbite.
Amputation is the only way to save his life.
But with today's medical level, not to mention the issue of postoperative recovery, the survival rate and pain of a single amputation can scare off a lot of people.
Mrs. Lin saw her granddaughter stretching out her little hand and gesticulating at the calf outside of Tao Yuan. Her gesture seemed to be looking for a good place to cut.
In fact, Xiangyun was not sure. She used to be a physician and rarely needed to go to the operating table.
Although she had done clinical experiments when she was in school, after so many years, she really didn't dare to use a knife to amputate a patient's limbs on the operating table. She asked herself, she didn't dare.
The chubby hand retracted again.
Tao Jin learned that Mrs. Lin's treatment plan was to cut off his father's legs, and he was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time.
Mrs. Tao even cursed: "Quick doctor! His parents cut off his legs and killed him because of his skin condition. Even the underworld won't tolerate him!"
Just at this time, the boy sent to Baohe Hall came back with the doctor.
Mrs. Tao seemed to be grasping the last straw and wished she could kneel down on the spot.
"Old Doctor Wang, my husband has a high fever. Please check again and come up with some ideas. Our whole family is counting on you!"
"Take me there and have a look. I told you last time that there might still be a chance of survival if you don't have a high fever. Now... I can only do my best!"
The old man, who is over sixty years old and has white beard and white hair, has been used to life and death all his life, but he still can't bear to give up the hope of the patient's relatives.
As soon as he entered the house, he saw a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled people in the house. He frowned and said, "Why is there still a baby? Everyone who doesn't care should get out."
Mrs. Tao glanced at the grandfather and grandson at the foot of the bed: "That's the doctor my son found from somewhere. You don't need to worry about them. They are just a quack."
When Dr. Wang heard that the other party was a colleague, the dissatisfaction in his eyes disappeared instantly. He also heard Mrs. Tao calling her a quack. He stroked his beard and felt a little unhappy. In his eyes, doctors are all worthy of respect.
He nodded to Mrs. Lin, stepped forward and took a look at Mr. Tao's expression, and sighed several times.
"The injured leg has worsened and the infection has worsened. If you want to save your life, you have to cut off the sick leg, otherwise..."
Mrs. Tao was stunned. Why did she still have to cut off the leg if she changed the doctor? She didn't dare to look directly into Mrs. Lin's eyes.
Tao Jin said eagerly: "Cut, let's cut the legs."
Old Doctor Wang shook his head helplessly.
"I worked as a military doctor for several years when I was young. Although I dealt with broken limbs and broken legs, it was only with the best powder and anesthetics in the army that the injured could survive. Otherwise, the person would die of pain before the legs could be amputated. .”
"Where can I buy gold sore powder and anesthetics for any amount of money?"
Seeing how young he was, Old Doctor Wang knew that there were some things that a young man of his age would not understand.
"That medicine is specially for the army and the royal family. It is extremely expensive and cannot be bought with money."
A bottle of gold sore powder can be worth a hundred gold. It is priceless in the market and is not accessible to ordinary people.
