jdhmnovel Chapter 133 I Won't Get Married
Chapter 133 I Won't Get Married
The crowd had descended into chaos, shouting and yelling, creating a noisy and chaotic scene that gave Li Shuchen a headache.
He shouted again, "Stop making noise! Does anyone know these people with fevers?"
A man in the crowd hesitantly raised his hand.
I know him.
Li Shuchen: "Step forward, I have something to ask you, and you must answer truthfully."
"Yes"
"Does he eat all three meals a day?"
"They ate them all."
"Have you taken your daily herbal medicine?"
"I drank it, without fail, not a single day."
"Do you queue up for a shower on time every day?"
"We did take a bath, but we didn't queue up to use the tents; we just washed in the river."
Li Shuchen frowned and asked again, "Did they all wash in the river?"
"Everyone I know is one of them."
Li Shuchen understood immediately; they were probably infected with the plague together because they were bathing in the river, but he didn't know who had contracted the plague.
It doesn't matter who it is anymore; the most important thing now is to find everyone who went into the river to bathe.
To prevent them from further infecting others
Li Shuchen: "All of you who have bathed in the river, stand to my left."
A dozen or so people stepped forward from the crowd. Li Shuchen frowned; there were definitely more than that, and some people were hiding something.
The child and the woman certainly wouldn't bathe in the river; let's separate them first.
Li Shuchen shouted again towards the crowd.
"The women and children all stood aside."
The crowd erupted like a commotion, and another 10% of them split off.
Following the orders of the Prefect of Kaifeng, the soldiers surrounded the women and children.
Li Shuchen continued shouting at the crowd.
"If any of you have ever bathed in the river, I urge you to step forward immediately."
Otherwise, if they develop a fever later, I won't treat them. You can decide for yourselves whether they live or die.
And if you want to die, don't take others with you. There are so many innocent people who just want to live.
I support your reporting, if you know someone bathed in the river but didn't come forward.
Then you can point it out. After I confirm it's correct, I will reward you with ten taels of silver.
Those who are identified, you'll soon experience what I'm capable of!
Li Shuchen: "I'll give you sixty counts. Walk to my left."
If you step forward now, I will forgive and forget your past actions. If you develop a fever, I will even treat you.
Before the counting even started, someone had already stepped forward.
"One"
"two"
"three"
"..."
"Fifty-eight"
"Fifty-nine"
"sixty"
After counting, Li Shuchen noticed that five more people were standing on his left.
Looking at the crowd, he asked
"Is anyone going to report this?"
After waiting for a minute, there was complete silence.
Li Shuchen: "In that case, don't let me find out, otherwise..."
Li Shuchen's face darkened as he scanned the crowd, his aura radiating an intensity comparable to that of the Eighth and Ninth Elders combined.
It just makes people feel uneasy.
After scanning the crowd, Li Shuchen shouted towards the women's and children's section and the men's section where people were queuing up to shower.
"You are relatively safe, so please don't worry. Remember to eat and drink your medicine on time."
"We have to fetch bathwater from a stream that's a bit far away. For safety's sake, everyone will have to go through the trouble."
Li Shuchen: "Your Excellency, please keep a close eye on them. If any of them disobey, just hand them over to me, and I will handle it."
Prefect of Kaifeng: "Miss Li, rest assured."
Li Shuchen then instructed the man to his left to wait in a shady corner. After giving these instructions...
They found some large leaves and laid them under the big tree so the people with fevers could lie on them and cool off.
Linglong, carrying the load on her shoulder pole and covered in sweat, said, "Master, I went to another river to fetch some water."
Li Shuchen: "Linglong, don't get too close. Leave the water there, I'll go get it."
Doctor Sun glanced back and said, "I'll do it myself, Miss Li, and you can help me."
Linglong ignored him, carrying her load step by step, her steps firm, and spoke.
"As a doctor, one must practice medicine to heal the sick and save lives; there is no reason for one to shirk responsibility when faced with a problem."
Furthermore, there are fewer people now, and the two of them are busy getting here. If more people develop fevers later,
What will happen then? Linglong knows some pharmacology and can do some things to help her master and young lady.
Li Shuchen didn't know how to offer any advice; this was Linglong's own principle, and she respected it.
Doctor Sun: "If that's the case, then I truly didn't misjudge you. My mantle has a worthy successor."
After saying that, he soaked his handkerchief and began wiping the feverish person's face and palms.
Linglong imitated her quite well, and squatted down to get busy as well.
Upon seeing this, Li Shuchen said, "Doctor Sun, wine would be more effective. I'll go find some."
After saying that, he shouted in the direction of Princess Changning.
"Princess Changning, please find some wine."
Princess Changning: "Understood."
Li Shuchen wanted to facilitate communication with the safer area.
He ran 100 meters and drew a large circle on the ground.
Plant the flag, which reads:
'Storage area'
This way you can take things from the safe zone and put them in the storage area.
Please retrieve your items from the storage area yourself to avoid contact and reduce the possibility of infection.
She didn't know if doing this would work.
She just hoped that the number of people with fevers would not increase.
At this moment, Li Lingxiao shouted, "Sister, one of the sheds has been set up!"
Li Shuchen: "Understood, continue building."
Li Shuchen ran back to the road
"Dr. Sun, one of the shelters has been built. Let's help them over there."
After saying that, he was about to help a patient on the ground up.
Doctor Sun stopped Li Shuchen, saying, "I can help you, Miss Li. It's inappropriate for men and women to be so close."
Li Shuchen forcefully pulled up a patient's arm, draped it over his shoulder, and replied, "At this critical moment of life and death, who cares about such things? Besides, I have no plans to get married, so this is fine."
Dr. Sun watched as Li Shuchen helped the patient walk away, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
After regaining her senses, she noticed that Linglong was also helping a patient walk towards the shed.
Dr. Sun was about to speak
Linglong said directly, "Master, if Miss doesn't care, then Linglong, as a healer, cares even less."
Upon hearing this, Dr. Sun sighed. He gave up; who could he possibly persuade? Each and every one of them had their own ideas, and all of them were perfectly reasonable; he couldn't convince them.
He helped a patient up and walked towards the shed.
After the three men made several trips back and forth, they had placed all eight patients inside the shed.
Li Shuchen glanced at it and saw that the shed could accommodate ten patients.
Doctor Sun took out paper and ink and said, "Linglong, grind the ink for your teacher."
Linglong: "Yes, Master."
Dr. Sun picked up his pen and wrote down the prescription.
After a moment, he handed the prescription to Li Shuchen.
"Miss Li, could you please buy these medicines as soon as possible?"
Li Shuchen took the prescription and assured him, "Don't worry about it, leave it to me."
After saying that, he took the prescription and quickly "flew" it to the storage area.
Shout loudly for Lao Jiu
"Ninth Brother, take this prescription and go buy the medicine, be quick."
Ninth Brother: "Yes, Miss."
Li Shuchen watched as Lao Jiu used his lightness skill to fly away in a flash, feeling that the medicine could be bought back immediately.
After calming myself down a bit, I found two large pieces of cloth and started writing with a brush.
'Fever tent' and 'Observation tent'
Originally, we wanted to turn the 'observation shed' into a 'high-risk shed,' but we were afraid it would frighten them.
If someone who wasn't sick gets scared and then develops an illness, that would be a real problem, so it was changed to an 'observation shed'.