"Is there really no other way?" the servant woman asked cautiously.
Qiao Wei groaned: "No. Well, except..."
The servant woman's eyes lit up: "What way?"
Qiao Wei paused: "Hai's impact method."
The servant woman stared: "What?"
Also called the Heimlich maneuver.
The residual air in the lungs is impacted by squeezing the abdomen, and the foreign objects stuck in the trachea are flushed out. Former US President Reagan, former New York Mayor Ed, and famous actress Elizabeth Taylor have all been saved using this treatment.
But this method is not without risk; it may also cause harm. Especially for the elderly, because of the low elasticity and compliance of the chest and abdomen tissues, it is easy to cause damage.
This is not alarmist talk, but Qiao Wei's personal experience.
It was on Qiao Wei's first day of internship in the emergency department. An old grandmother who accompanied her grandson to get an injection choked on a date. The doctor was not there, and Qiao Wei rescued her by using Hai's impact method. She hugged the grandmother from her back, fisted with one hand, and pressed the palm with the other, squeezing her upper abdomen forcefully. That was the first time that she actually practiced her skills as a doctor. Unlike training, it was an emergency situation. She accidentally injured the grandmother.
That is definitely a stain in Doctor Qiao's medical career.
Therefore, seeing the old lady made her automatically recall that day, and she instinctually proposed surgery.
Of course, she herself knew that this was wrong.
She closed her eyes: "You all go out."
What should be overcome must be overcome.
The servant woman looked at her in alarm: "You... are you going to cut old madam's throat?"
"No." Seeing the servant unappeased, Qiao Wei said: "The old lady has not much time. If the brain is in hypoxia for half an hour, it may cause irreparable damage to the organs. I don't want your old lady bedridden for the rest of her life."
Qiao Wei's voice was not loud, but it had an inexplicably convincing aura, and the servant woman got off the carriage.
Qiao Wei closed the curtain and helped the old lady up. At this time, the advantage of the carriage was revealed. It was wide and high enough that even if Qiao Wei stood upright, she could not touch the roof of the car. She hugged the old lady from behind, found a spot between her belly button and ribs, and began to squeeze forcefully.
The last time, she was nervous and had let go. So this time, Qiao Wei was intensely focused.
After squeezing it five times from the bottom up, Qiao Wei's felt a cold sweat break out.
Doesn't this method work for the old lady?
Qiao Wei tried three more times and decided to perform an emergency tracheotomy if it didn't work in one minute.
By the tenth time, the old lady coughed out what was in her trachea.
Qiao Wei let out a long sigh of relief.
The moment the old lady choked in the carriage, she really thought she was dead. That's how her husband had died. She was sitting next to her husband, and there was no way at all. People "walked" very fast, she knew it was impossible for them to go to the town to bring the doctor back in time...
It was God’s blessing that she met this genius doctor halfway through!
The old lady took Qiao Wei's hand and said excitedly: "Girl, what is your last name? Where does your family live? You saved my life, and I must personally come to thank you."
The servant woman, who was keeping an eye on the old madam from outside, heard this. She was speechless in surprise. Not anyone can earn the favor of the old madam of her family. Even the imperial doctor didn’t gain a second look from her, let alone a wild doctor from the countryside.
Qiao Wei thought for a while, and said calmly: "You don't have to go to the house. I'm a doctor. It's my duty to help the sick. If madam really wants to thank me, please pay me some consultation fees."
The servant woman was struck dumb. Girl, girl, do you know who my old lady is? People who want to have a relationship with my old lady can go from the capital to the Xiongnu. You just rejected the old madam at once. Are you stupid or naive? Haven't you seen the riches and wealth in the carriage?
The old lady looked stunned for a moment: "Are you sure the consultation fee is enough?"
Qiao Wei nodded: "Yes."
The old lady contemplated Qiao Wei: "If so, I will pay you a consultation fee."
"Please, madam, wait a moment." Qiao Wei got out of the carriage and talked with Shuan Zi Die, who was guarding her carriage not far away.
She returned and said to the old lady: "One or two silvers is enough."
The old lady took out a dozen ingots: "I don’t have silver."
"Then give me what you can."
"Okay."
Qiao Wei didn't pretend and accepted the soaring price of consultation fees.
The old lady looked at Qiao Wei's with more and more interest. Can’t say she is greedy, for she does not climb dragons and phoenixes. But can’t say she is not greedy, for she accepted the consultation fee so readily. She’s really an intriguing girl: "Can the girl tell me? What is your surname?"
"My surname is Qiao."
The old lady asked the servants to make way for Shuan Zi's carriage. Qiao Wei was the first person in the world the old lady made way for, except the royal family.
The servant woman sighed that the girl was lucky to have run into her own old lady.
The old lady said, "I was the lucky one to have run into her."
***
Shuan Zi's carriage swayed into the village.
"Xiao Qiao, are you a doctor?" Shuan Zi asked curiously.
Xiao Qiao smiled, thinking of something, and said: "I know a little bit about it. I didn't know how to tell everyone before?"
Father Shuan said: "Don't you say that? Who would dare to look down upon you? You are so capable, can hunt, and know how to treat diseases. Why didn't your family want you and kicked you out?"
Xiao Qiao was stunned: "Who told you that?"
“You told us yourself!" Shuan Zi said.
It seems that the original owner said it. This is the first time Qiao Wei clearly heard about "her" past, but she did not expect Qiao Wei was driven out.
Father Shuan Zi asked: "Why were you driven out, Xiao Qiao?"
I want to know too!
Qiao Wei held her forehead.
After all, Shuan Zi is a man, and different from the gossip between women, he asked this purely because he cared about Xiao Qiao.
(T/N: Right! Cuz guys don’t gossip. Seriously?!)
After half a day's contact, he found that this little woman was the same as everyone's rumors. She was not weak or incompetent at all, and she was not unscrupulous. He thought he was a jerk for misunderstanding Xiao Qiao so much before. He now wants to apologize for caring about it. Still, Xiao Qiao hasn't said a word, and he didn't want to say something too much.
Jing Yun and his sister woke up and took the candied haws to the village to look for their friends. Shuan Zi drove the carriage to the mountain and helped Xiao Qiao move everything down. Aunt Luo also rushed to help. There were so many people, and together, they unloaded everything in a short while.
Qiao Wei gave Shuan Zi the two hundred shillings. Since she even bought him a meal at noon, he was embarrassed to receive so much.
Aunt Luo stuffed the money into his hand: "Just keep it. My daughter will make more, so don’t worry."
"Your...daughter?" Shuan Zi was perplexed.
Aunt Luo grabbed Qiao Wei’s hand: "Yes, I recognized Qiao as my kin. So starting today, Qiao is my daughter. You go back and tell those people, do not bully my child."
Suppose Aunt Luo knew that she had saved a noble person halfway. In that case, Qiao Wei might think that the other party was trying to build a relationship because of that. But Aunt Luo did not know that she really cared about her. She was worried that Jing Yun would fight with others about her and thought of such a way to protect her openly.
Anyone who dares to make trouble with Xiao Wei in the future will have to think about whether she will offend Aunt Luo.