Chapter 42
Chapter 42: Surprise
Given the situation at the time, Zhuo Lige definitely couldn’t squat down to pick up the syringe.
But when he looked up, the girl was also confused: “Huh?”
Being glared at by him, she immediately wanted to turn around and go back to look for it.
“…Come back!” Zhuo Lige was about to die of anger. How lacking in perception.
While examining the livestock, he felt heartbroken about his syringe.
It had taken him so much effort to get it…
But asking him to send someone back to retrieve it now was also impossible.
Sigh, fortunately he still had another set.
After getting the syringe, Xie Changqing was initially worried that someone would come back looking for it, but Qiaoba saw it and smiled slightly: “Don’t worry, just keep it. He won’t come back looking for it.”
He understood very well—Zhuo Lige was just like that, his pride was sky-high, and his mouth was the hardest part of his whole body.
“Even if his heart is bleeding with wanting it, it’s impossible for him to come back looking for it.”
Xie Changqing let out a sigh of relief and said happily: “That’s really good.”
He put it directly into the medical kit. He only had veterinary ones, so now it was great—he had a syringe for human use.
He’d sterilize it properly later, and it would be another good syringe!
“Ah yo… ah… yo…” The two people on the cart were groaning one after another, trembling with pain.
There was no choice—Zhuo Lige had only stopped their bleeding and given them injections. The wounds had been hastily disinfected, but there was no debridement or suturing, so of course they hurt.
Looking at them, Qiaoba felt very sorry: “I’m afraid they won’t be able to keep their legs.”
On the grassland, without legs, one could only rely on others to survive, which was no different from death.
“How can they not keep them?” Xie Changqing couldn’t understand and frowned: “I looked at the one on the left—it’s just bite wounds.”
The leg could bend and straighten, and it didn’t seem like the bone was injured.
“Huh?” Qiaoba looked at him in shock.
They were chatting over here, and Alatan was busy on the surface, but his ears were always perked up.
Hearing this, Alatan couldn’t hold back anymore. He walked over directly and arranged for Suren to help him pull these two people to a corner: “It’s too noisy here, chaotic. Pull them to the side to let them sleep.”
“Oh, okay.” Suren was an honest child and obediently went to help pull the horses.
The things fixed underneath had to be removed, and the two carts would travel side by side like this. They would go to the winter pasture the same way later.
With the jolting, those two people hurt even more.
“Stop howling.” Alatan lowered his voice and told them both: “That Doctor Xie seems to be able to treat your legs. I had Suren pull you to the corner, and I’ll go ask Doctor Xie to come look at you. You pretend to sleep and don’t attract others’ attention.”
The two had already been in despair, but hearing this, they were so surprised they almost jumped up.
This!? Could this be true!?
Although their hearts were full of doubt, they quickly reacted.
Not only did they not let their relatives and friends gather around them, they even said the medicine was taking effect and they wanted to sleep.
Let it hurt—no matter how much their legs hurt, they tightly shut their mouths and pretended to sleep.
Since the wounded said this, the others couldn’t very well crowd forward.
They were already so miserable; surely they couldn’t refuse even this small request.
After Suren pulled them to the corner and made sure no one could see them, Alatan arranged for the others to do other things.
Count the livestock, eat some dried food each—they would set off soon.
Xie Changqing and the others were also preparing to leave directly, but Alatan stopped them: “Uncle Qiaoba, Doctor Xie, I won’t say much else. I’ll give you a set of syringes and such for human use and a set for veterinary use, plus some spring vaccines. Is that okay? I’m just asking you to save them. This is just a thank-you gift—we’ll remember your kindness forever!”
Not to mention anything else, a set of medical equipment for human and veterinary use plus vaccines was really tempting.
Moreover, Xie Changqing already had experience treating Agula and Suhe, so these two legs, in his view, really weren’t that serious—not to the point of amputation or paralysis.
Therefore, he didn’t hesitate and decisively nodded: “Are you sure you can get them?”
Although his medical kit could slowly accumulate points and exchange for medicine, saving when possible was better.
If someone delivered it to his door, he’d gladly accept.
“I’m sure.” Alatan nodded seriously: “When Zhuo Lige went to town last time, I was the one who took him.”
Those things were indeed hard to get, but he knew exactly where to get them.
Since that was the case, Xie Changqing and Qiaoba exchanged glances, and Qiaoba nodded.
“Alright.” Xie Changqing wasn’t one to drag things out and walked forward directly.
After careful examination, Xie Changqing found that indeed, the man on the left had no broken bones, just severe lacerations with heavy bleeding. The man was pale as a sheet, nearly fainting from pain.
He actually had… experience with this kind of injury.
But the last time he did this kind of suturing was on Batu’s Little Red…
However, in others’ eyes, Xie Changqing appeared completely confident.
Xie Changqing had no injectable anesthetics left—the anesthetic from before had been used up.
He opened the medical kit, wanting to see if he could exchange some with points.
【Level 2 Medical Kit】
【Points: 15】
【Reputation: -26】
【Available for Exchange: Ampicillin… Ribavirin…】
In the exchangeable items, there were actually no anesthetics.
Propofol and sevoflurane required a Level 6 medical kit.
Even local anesthetics like lidocaine and bupivacaine required a Level 4 medical kit.
That was still far off.
However, what made Xie Changqing quite surprised was that his reputation had actually risen by several dozen points.
It seemed that among the people from the Tenth Pasture, quite a few believed he had some ability.
It was just that more still held doubts…
These thoughts flashed through his mind briefly. Xie Changqing helplessly took out his homemade anesthetic.
First was debridement. Xie Changqing found a stick and wrapped it with cloth: “Here, bite this. I only have ordinary anesthetic, the effect isn’t that good, so don’t make any noise.”
There was no choice—this anesthetic was still extracted from aconitum plants, with certain analgesic and sedative effects.
But for small injuries it was okay; for this kind of major wound… the effect was quite ordinary.
“…It’s fine!” This man was quite tough, gritting his teeth: “As long as I can keep this leg, Doctor Xie, you can scrape off a layer of my skin today and I’d be fine with it!”
If he made a sound, he’d be a coward!
Xie Changqing also quite admired him, but still first debrided and then applied the anesthetic.
This anesthetic took effect quite quickly and could last three hours.
And Xie Changqing was skilled, quickly disinfecting after debridement and then suturing.
Even with such a gruesome wound, Xie Changqing sutured it quite beautifully.
After suturing, he applied his homemade herbal paste and then wrapped it layer by layer carefully.
“Phew… done.” Xie Changqing looked up and said happily: “Just be careful not to get it wet, change the dressing daily, and don’t let it get inflamed or infected. Basically, there should be no problem.”
Looking up, he discovered this man’s muscles were bulging and his forehead was covered with beads of cold sweat.
It was just because he’d been worried in his heart, so he’d been holding on.
Hearing Xie Changqing say this, he immediately relaxed, rolled his eyes, and collapsed.
The stick he’d been biting fell onto the cart—such hard wood, and he’d actually bitten it cracked.