Chapter 50 First Aid / Blah Blah

The child’s face was purple, and he was making a “gurgling” sound in his throat. He was about to suffocate. Qian Xiaolan’s face changed. She hurriedly said, “Don’t hold him like that. Give me the child!”

The woman didn’t react. She was still holding the child tightly. Gu Yanqing quickly stepped forward to help Qian Xiaolan take the child and let him stand. Qian Xiaolan bent down, standing behind the child. She clenched one hand into a fist and placed it two finger-widths above the navel. Then, she used her other hand to wrap around the fist and quickly pushed upwards. After several times, the child finally coughed up the foreign object in his throat. It was a piece of fruit candy.

Having escaped death, the child cried his heart out. The woman hugged him tightly, patting him and crying, “You little rascal, you’re so greedy. Don’t you dare be greedy again! You snatched a piece of candy from someone, and you almost lost your life. You little stinker, woo woo woo…”

Qian Xiaolan was stunned when she heard this. She swept her gaze across the crowd and saw a small face covered in tears. It was Wang Yufeng’s youngest daughter, Xu Xiuxiu. Just as she was about to speak, everyone surrounded her.

“Comrade, your skills just now were amazing. You saved the lives of the five Jiang family members!”

“Military wife, we just heard you say you’re a doctor. Is that true?”

“Where do you practice medicine? Can we go to you if we get sick in the future?”…

Qian Xiaolan answered their questions with a smile, then pulled Gu Yanqing and ran away. The villagers were too enthusiastic. She couldn’t handle it. By the time the woman finished crying and remembered the person who had saved her son, they were already gone.

When they got back, Qian Xiaolan told Gu Yanqing about inviting people over for dinner, “I’ll ask the villagers to exchange some eggs and vegetables tomorrow. Can we have the dinner the day after tomorrow?”

Gu Yanqing asked her if she was tired. Qian Xiaolan shook her head. He said, “Then let’s do it the day after tomorrow. I’ll go talk to them tomorrow.”

He was afraid that she wouldn’t understand, so he explained, “They don’t allow drinking here. Don’t prepare any alcohol. Just make a lot of food. They’re all gluttons.”

Qian Xiaolan chuckled, “Hmm, so are you.”

Gu Yanqing choked, “I eat less than them.”

“Hmm, yes, yes… *muah*” The rest of her words were blocked by the man’s lips and tongue.

******

That night, Qian Xiaolan experienced how terrifying an angry man could be.

The next day, Qian Xiaolan slept until noon before getting up. Her husband was already gone. There was a note under the pillow as usual. She cursed, “That stinky man is so inconsiderate,” then smiled as she went to wash up and eat.

After eating and tidying up the house and yard, it was time to catch seafood again. She picked up her tools and went out to call Wang Yufeng.

However, Wang Yufeng looked haggard and said to her, “Xiuxiu cried all night last night. I’m not going today.”

Qian Xiaolan knew that Xiuxiu was probably scared by what happened to the child yesterday. She said to her with a complicated expression, “Sister-in-law, Xiuxiu must be scared. I’ll go check on her.”

Wang Yufeng suddenly realized, “Ah? Yes, yes. I heard that Xiaolan, you know medicine. You saved Doudou’s child last night. Why don’t you come and check on Xiuxiu? We also think she’s scared, but my mother-in-law and I used traditional methods to calm her down, but it didn’t work. We’re so worried.”

Qian Xiaolan nodded, didn’t say anything else, and followed her into the house.

Xiuxiu was being held tightly in her grandmother’s arms and patted gently. As soon as her grandmother’s hand loosened, she started to cry.

Qian Xiaolan sighed and walked over. She gently said to her, “Hello, Xiuxiu! I’m your Uncle Gu’s wife. Do you remember me?”

Qian Xiaolan’s voice was soft. Xiuxiu opened her eyes and looked at her, nodding almost imperceptibly.

Qian Xiaolan smiled at her and reached out her hand, “Now, Auntie wants to shake hands with you. Okay?”

Xiuxiu hesitated for a moment, then slowly extended her hand. Qian Xiaolan took her hand and squeezed it gently, then felt her pulse. She continued to talk, “Xiuxiu, are you feeling unwell? Auntie will take a look at you. You’ll be fine soon.”

Xiuxiu didn’t say anything. She stared curiously at Qian Xiaolan’s actions.

Qian Xiaolan took her pulse on both hands and pressed on her body for a while. Xiuxiu gradually relaxed, her eyelids slowly closed, and finally, she fell asleep.

Qian Xiaolan waited for a while and then said to her grandmother, “Auntie, you can put her down and let her sleep. She should be able to sleep soundly for a few hours this time.”

Aunt Xu hesitated. Wang Yufeng said, “Mom, listen to Xiaolan. She’s a doctor. Try putting Xiuxiu down gently.”

Aunt Xu then gently placed Xiuxiu on the bed. But when she tried to get up, her legs were numb from sitting for too long, and she almost fell off the bed. Luckily, Qian Xiaolan was right next to her and quickly helped her up.

“Auntie, you can continue sitting. I’ll massage your legs.” She squatted down, pulled up Aunt Xu’s pants on both sides, and simultaneously pressed on the Zusanli acupoint. This acupoint has the function of replenishing the middle energizer, regulating Qi and descending rebellious Qi, and promoting blood circulation.

After massaging for a while, Aunt Xu softly exclaimed, “Okay, okay, my legs aren’t numb anymore.”

Qian Xiaolan smiled and got up. She said to Wang Yufeng, “Sister-in-law, Xiuxiu needs to take some medicine. Go see if anyone has pearls. Exchange some and grind them into powder. Give it to Xiuxiu, and she’ll be fine.”

Wang Yufeng was overjoyed, “We have pearls at home. I’ll go get them for you.”

The pearls that Wang Yufeng took out were not of good quality, so it didn’t hurt to grind them into powder. After Qian Xiaolan told her how finely to grind them and the dosage for each time, she picked up her things and went to catch seafood, amidst the thanks from the mother and daughter-in-law.

This time, she was alone, and Qian Xiaolan let herself go. She went all the way to the outer edge of the beach, squatting down to look for seafood while using her space detection function to scan the aquatic life. Yellowfin bream, cutlassfish, Spanish mackerel, red snapper, large yellow croaker, grouper… Collect, collect, collect! Big blue crabs, swimming crabs, stone crabs, spotted shrimp, large red shrimp, mantis shrimp, spiny lobsters… Collect, collect, collect! Sea cucumbers, abalone! Collect, collect, collect! Sea urchins, starfish, and anemones are all delicious, collect, collect, collect! …

This time, Qian Xiaolan had collected almost two-thirds of the large seafood near the beach. Luckily, she had traded with Wenxuan for some oxygen pumps and hundreds of large plastic buckets last night. Otherwise, all these fish would have died as soon as they were put into her space. However, now she had to stand sideways in the trading hall because all the buckets were placed there.

To clear out some space quickly, Qian Xiaolan immediately contacted her two major customers, Wenxuan and Su Yi-rou from the apocalyptic world. As for the other one, forget it. He was right next to her.

Wenxuan was very fast. As soon as she sent the message, he replied, “Yes, yes, yes. You don’t know, Ms. Qian. The seawater in my world is now contaminated by the Japanese. Not only has the seafood decreased drastically, but even if we catch it, we dare not eat it. The seafood you sent me yesterday, I took it to a friend’s lab and had it tested. It’s completely uncontaminated. Woo woo woo, you don’t know, it’s really so delicious. We haven’t eaten such fresh and healthy seafood in so long…”…

(Here, we omit a thousand words of rambling.)