Chapter 58
Chapter 58: Let Me Train You
This statement left Al stunned.
Wait, was he really that confident?
Eris looked at him with amusement and gave him a push: “What’s wrong? Changqing is thanking you!”
“Ah, okay.” Al hesitantly glanced at him, then looked at Xie Changqing.
He was really puzzled: Could this Xie Changqing actually be capable?
Of course, whether he was capable or not couldn’t be determined in such a short time.
After the cattle with severe symptoms had their stomachs washed, they all collapsed on the ground, looking like they were about to die.
The others with milder symptoms had also been given water and medicine, but their condition wasn’t much better either.
For a moment, Al looked at Eris with both worry and excitement: “So what do you say? Is this what you call cured?”
If Eris was going to lie through his teeth like this, he’d really be impressed!
“How could it be that fast!”
Before Xie Changqing could even respond, Eris directly retorted: “What are you thinking? Even when you catch a cold, don’t you need to take medicine for several days? Changqing came to treat them, not to perform magic!”
Xie Changqing listened and nodded: “That’s right, Uncle Al. The medicine doesn’t work that quickly. Tonight they’ll feel a bit better, and by tomorrow they should be able to drink water normally.”
It’s just that they couldn’t eat normally for the next couple of days – they’d have to go hungry for a day or two until their condition improved.
I see…
Al turned back to look at his cattle and nodded: “Alright. Don’t worry, if you can really cure them, I won’t shortchange you on the beef.”
Although thirty pounds was indeed quite a lot, if Xie Changqing really had the skill to exchange thirty pounds of beef for a good relationship with a veterinarian…
That would be totally worth it!
Otherwise, Sangtu wouldn’t have been so quick to lend out thirty pounds back then.
But Eris came over with a grin: “Hey? That’s not beef, that’s dried meat!”
Beef and dried beef might sound similar, but they were worlds apart in value!
Whose side was he really on?! Al was both annoyed and amused, slapping him: “Yes, yes, dried meat, dried meat!”
Xie Changqing also smiled, not bothering to argue about it.
However, when he put his instruments and remaining medicine back in the medical kit, he noticed the numbers had changed.
【Level 2 Medical Kit】
【Points: 26】
【Reputation: 13/14】
【Available for Exchange: Ampicillin… Ribavirin… 《Veterinary Research》】
Wow! His reputation was finally positive!
Xie Changqing was delighted – this was truly rare.
Interestingly, the reputation value kept fluctuating between 13 and 14.
Looking at Al in front of him, Xie Changqing understood: it seemed Al was somewhat believing but also somewhat doubting.
But that was fine – Xie Changqing wasn’t worried about it.
His gaze lingered on the “Available for Exchange” section.
Hmm?
So after reputation became positive, there was this pleasant surprise.
What could be exchanged was no longer limited to just medicines – there were even books now.
He immediately closed the medical kit and nimbly mounted his horse: “Alright, I’ll head back now and come check again tomorrow.”
He needed to hurry back and study this properly!
Because he was in a rush, Lightning ran incredibly fast, and Eris couldn’t catch up even on horseback.
Eris regretted it: “Ah, come eat at my place…”
When he got home, Xie Changqing was surprised to find Hairile standing in front of his stable.
“Hmm? Hairile?” Xie Changqing dismounted and prepared to lead Lightning back to the stable, somewhat puzzled: “What are you doing here?”
Hairile came forward to take the reins from his hands and led Lightning directly inside: “I came to shovel snow.”
Only then did Xie Changqing notice with surprise that the thick layer of snow that had fallen last night was now completely cleared away.
Not only from the tops of the yurts and cattle sheds, but even all the paths in front and behind their home, and all the way to the back, were clean with only a thin layer of fresh snow remaining.
That was what had just fallen again.
This made Xie Changqing feel really embarrassed: “That’s too much trouble. I’ll shovel it myself from now on… I was just in too much of a rush to leave this morning…”
He had originally planned to shovel snow first when he got up in the morning.
“No.” Hairile was very stubborn, shaking his head seriously: “I shovel snow, you treat patients.”
As if afraid Xie Changqing would refuse, he added: “Uncle Qiaoba said so!”
Now Xie Changqing had no choice but to say helplessly: “I just thought it was too much work for you – it’s very tiring.”
Especially that kind of frozen snow layer was really difficult to shovel.
He had shoveled yesterday and knew it all too well.
“I’m strong!” When Hairile mentioned this, he lifted his head with a bit of pride: “I’m not tired!”
Alright, the little guy was quite proud of himself.
Xie Changqing invited him into the yurt so he wouldn’t freeze outside: “Come in and have some flatbread with us.”
Regardless of whether Hairile was hungry, he was truly hungry.
Hairile was quite obedient and ran to help Tana bring things over.
Taking advantage of this moment, Xie Changqing pretended to rummage around under the yurt and bed.
This 《Veterinary Research》 only cost one point.
He exchanged it without hesitation, then held it up: “Oh my, I found it!”
“What?” Tana and the others all looked over.
Xie Changqing excitedly gripped the book in his hands and smiled happily: “I found this book! Haha! That’s wonderful.”
Perfect timing. Previously, when Xie Changqing was lying in bed, what he could study was actually quite limited.
The cases he’d encountered so far were ones he could temporarily handle.
Going beyond that, if he really encountered something like a cow having difficulty giving birth, he probably wouldn’t be able to handle it at all.
He had to take advantage of this time to study and learn properly.
Xie Changqing had some foundation, so reading the book wasn’t difficult.
He even held the book while eating flatbread, occasionally gesturing according to what was described in the book.
This book covered mostly drug classification, traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, and Tibetan veterinary medicine.
This could save him from many detours.
In fact, Xie Changqing had previously read quite a few books, such as 《Veterinary Basics》, 《Livestock Anatomy and Physiology》, 《Veterinary Prescription Manual》, and so on.
But regarding ranch livestock, Xie Changqing’s knowledge was still insufficient.
Especially bone setting and delivery assistance – once spring came, there would definitely be more livestock births and such, so he had to prepare in advance.
Otherwise, if he was caught off guard, that would be troublesome.
With these thoughts, Xie Changqing read with complete absorption.
It wasn’t until Qiaoba and Sangtu came to his house looking for him that he realized it was almost noon.
“Come on, Changqing, let’s take you shooting.”
As soon as Sangtu entered, he called out cheerfully: “I got a gun from Old He. Come on, let me train you.”
This Old He was naturally Suhe. Hearing this, Xie Changqing quickly put down his book and stood up: “Good, I have a gun too…”
He took out the bird gun that Qiaoba had brought him last time.
Sangtu took one look and burst into laughter: “Oh my, you call that a gun? It couldn’t even kill a bird! Come, let me show you what a real good gun looks like!”
Xie Changqing had thought they were just going to find a place for target practice, but to his surprise, Qiaoba told him to dress warmly and bring quite a bit of dry provisions.
With this setup, it didn’t really seem like they were just going for shooting practice?