Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

Chapter 21: Chapter 21 Rescue Chapter 21: Chapter 21 Rescue Bai Xiao called out to Liu Baoguo, “Village chief, lay the person down flat; don’t move him carelessly, it looks like a myocardial infarction. We must rescue him quickly, or there will be serious consequences.” After a quick examination, she discovered that Li Guoqing was already showing signs of shock. If he wasn’t given emergency treatment within five to eight minutes, even if Li Guoqing was saved, the prolonged lack of oxygen to his brain would have caused irreversible damage to the brain tissue, turning him into a “vegetable.” Of course, without treatment, he would certainly depart this world.

Liu Baoguo anxiously felt for Li Guoqing’s breath, and then, almost no breath at all.

Looking anxiously at Bai Xiao, he said, “What should we do now? Bai Xiao, don’t you have medical skills? Hurry and save him!”

Driven to desperation, he completely forgot that Bai Xiao was just an ordinary person with no qualifications. If anything went wrong with Li Guoqing’s treatment, she would be legally responsible.

Bai Xiao looked towards the courtyard gate, “Uncle Village Chief, you alone won’t do, call for more people!”

Liu Baoguo immediately came to his senses. Just as he was about to run outside the gate, someone else rushed in instead, “What happened to my brother?” It was Liu Baoguo’s wife, Li Chunmei. Li Guoqing was her younger brother, her own flesh and blood, and also Liu Baoguo’s brother-in-law. Otherwise, Liu Baoguo wouldn’t have been so anxious.

Li Chunmei hurled herself over, intending to embrace Li Guoqing.

“If you want Uncle Li to die, then move him!”

With one sentence, Bai Xiao startled Li Chunmei.

How did it come to life and death so suddenly?

“Liu Baoguo, what on earth happened? How could he be dying? Weren’t you with Guoqing all the time? How could he be dying?” Li Chunmei was on the verge of strangling Liu Baoguo.

The Liu Family had only this one male heir after six daughters, this one son.

Before Liu Baoguo could speak or explain, the village doctor, dragged along by Wang Meihua, arrived. Wang Meihua was also dutiful; she didn’t spare any effort on the way, notifying Li Chunmei and at the same time calling for the village doctor! This way, time was saved, and now there was a whole courtyard full of people.

Upon hearing that Director Guoqing was dying, how could they not come?

How could a life be lost just like that?

The village doctor, out of breath, set down his medical bag from his shoulder and hurriedly crouched down to check on Li Guoqing.

He flipped the eyelids, took out the stethoscope to listen, his face becoming increasingly solemn as he shook his head from time to time.

“Uncle Xu, how is Guoqing? You must save him!”

Seeing how things were, Li Chunmei was already scared into crying.

The village doctor put away his stethoscope and shook his head, “He’s not going to make it; he’s already out of breath. It’s not that I won’t save him, this is a myocardial infarction. But in a place like our village, to get to a hospital takes dozens of miles on mountain roads, and any movement could make things worse. He’s already in shock, I don’t even have the medicine, so please don’t make it difficult for me…” It was really not that Doctor Xu didn’t want to save him.

In those times, village doctors came from the ranks of barefoot doctors who relied on experience, not professionally trained in schools, and without any internships. So, don’t expect too much; in rural areas, especially remote mountain villages, being sick was truly a matter of fate.

Li Chunmei became frantic, grabbing the village doctor by the collar, “Uncle Xu, you can’t just do nothing! If you do nothing, isn’t it just waiting for death?”

Her eyes were red as if she was going to eat someone.

Everyone felt disheartened, for who wouldn’t be driven mad if it happened to their own family?

Li Guoqing was only forty years old, with two boys at home, neither married yet.

Doctor Xu really couldn’t save him, not that he didn’t want to, but he just couldn’t say it.

A frenzied person was not to be provoked.

Liu Baoguo grabbed Bai Xiao’s arm firmly and shook it, “Xiao, since you were the first to discover the illness, do you have a way to help? If you can, Uncle pleads with you to save your Uncle Guoqing.” He wouldn’t forget that Bai Xiao had diagnosed Li Guoqing’s condition with just one look earlier, and it was the same diagnosis as Doctor Xu’s, who hadn’t used anything but simply looked for a few seconds to identify the problem.

Surely that meant she was a bit more skilled than the village doctor, right?

“If you have any acupuncture needles, I could give it a try, but everyone needs to leave the room, and we need to put up a curtain. I have a rule that no one can watch while I’m diagnosing and treating, I’m sorry but this was a rule left by my dad,” Bai Xiao stated her requirements, which was part of her pretense.

Liu Baoguo shouted, “Hurry up, Doctor Xu, your needles, and Chunmei, quickly bring the curtain.”

Doctor Xu glared, “You girl, you dare take this on yourself, If something happens to…” He lowered his voice and couldn’t continue. In this village, if someone died during treatment, that was a huge issue. He handed over his acupuncture silver needle.

Bai Xiao whispered a thanks.

It was for her own good and absolutely devoid of any jealousy.

She still took the silver needle and ducked inside the curtain. Outside, a crowd of people could only see vague shadows and none dared to speak out loud; they were all whispering among themselves.

“Tell me, when did the old Bai family’s girl learn medical skills?”

“Exactly, I’ve never heard of it before. The village chief trusts her so much, isn’t he afraid of the consequences if the patient dies?”

“Shush! What are you talking about? Don’t jinx it. Didn’t you hear Doctor Xu say there’s no saving him? I think the village chief is just grasping at straws, at least it’s a chance, otherwise, we’d be preparing a funeral!”

“Hmm, I’m just saying is all, I’m not worrying about that girl!”

“The outcome is unpredictable, but you don’t know, both the old Bai’s were good people, both doctors, and who in our village hasn’t been helped by old Doctor Bai, that’s a good man. It wouldn’t be surprising if he taught his daughter some medical skills, it’s not something unheard of!”

“Yeah, I also think that girl is blessed.”

“Sigh, we haven’t known it all these years probably because of her formidable grandmother, such a smart girl confined to the courtyard all day! If she’s not working, she’s studying. Even if she has the skills, who would know?”

“The Bai family has really sinned, too. Does the old lady not fear dying young? Such bad deeds done too often won’t lead to a good death, I’ve heard! Heaven doesn’t ignore misdeeds; it just waits for the right time. Nobody can avoid it.”

“Better stop talking, lest you end up gossiping. Isn’t that Li Chunhua agreeable?”

“What, it’s okay for her to do, but not okay for me to speak, huh? People do their deeds, and Heaven watches!”

“Hush, there’s movement!”

…

Everyone’s eyes were glued to the curtain when they saw Bai Xiao emerge with a deathly pale face, her hands trembling, “Uncle… it’s okay now, take… him… away… Let him… rest… well, don’t… drink… alcohol… or… get angry… Rest… for… three… to… five days… and… it’ll be… okay…” Her words tripped over one another as if her teeth were clattering with each other.

As soon as Li Chunmei heard this, she dived into the room and immediately there was a wail, “Guoqing, you’ve finally woken up! You scared your sister to death!”

Liu Baoguo quickly instructed the villagers, “Everyone, please help to carry Guoqing back to the house, thank you!” He turned to Bai Xiao and said, “Xiao, your Uncle can’t thank you enough, I’ll make sure your Aunt and I thank you properly later!” At this point, he couldn’t pay more attention to Bai Xiao as the villagers helped to carry Li Guoqing back into the house with much fumbling.

The crowd also quickly scattered.

Bai Xiao handed the silver needle back to Doctor Xu, “Thank… you…” She could hardly be blamed for not speaking properly; the after-effects of using her special ability would manifest immediately, and she had no control over it.

Doctor Xu was taken aback, then he picked up the silver needle, slung his medical bag over his shoulder, and hurried towards Li Guoqing’s house, wondering if the man really had been saved.