webnovelfull Chapter 516 Falling Sick
Chapter 516 Falling Sick
Then he lost control of his body and fell forward.
There was only a loud "bang" and the people around were scared.
Turning around, I saw someone lying straight on the ground, motionless.
One of the kindhearted people ran over and shouted, "Young man, what happened? Wake up!"
She reached out and gently patted his cheek, trying to wake him up.
However, all this was to no avail. He anxiously shouted to the crowd watching the excitement: "Who can quickly get a doctor over here? The patient is in a critical condition and needs urgent treatment!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the crowd: "I'll be there right away!"
Then, a man quickly squeezed out of the crowd and ran towards the doctor.
Ni'er and the master had just finished packing and were strolling to have breakfast.
At this moment, a shout broke the silence, "Doctor Zhao! Doctor Niu!"
The voice was quick and anxious, causing Ni'er and the Master to turn their heads and look in the same direction at the same time.
A man was seen running towards them breathlessly, shouting, "Oh no! Someone has fainted!"
Hearing this, the master and disciple looked at each other and blurted out almost at the same time: "Take us there quickly!" Without any hesitation, they followed the person and hurried to the scene of the incident.
The closer she got to the accident, the stronger the strange feeling in Nier's heart became.
She couldn't help but wonder to herself, could something have happened to that young man?
Once this thought came to her mind, it spread wildly in her mind like weeds and could not be shaken off.
When she finally arrived at the scene and saw the man lying on the ground, Nier felt her breathing stop instantly.
Sure enough, her intuition was so accurate. The person who fainted on the ground in front of her was the young man who helped her with the work yesterday.
Looking at him lying there lifeless, Nier couldn't believe her eyes. Her heart was full of doubts and worries - he was clearly a fine person yesterday, why did he suddenly fall down?
Zhao Jincheng stretched out three fingers and placed them on his pulse.
His eyes, which were originally calm as water, sank slightly, and then he slowly placed his other hand on the patient's forehead.
After a moment, his expression became more serious.
"Epidemic." Zhao Jincheng's voice was low and powerful, as if these two words carried a great weight.
Ni'er, who was standing by, was struck by lightning when she heard this. She widened her eyes with an expression of disbelief: "Master...Master, are you talking about the epidemic? How could this happen!"
Upon hearing the diagnosis, the people around fell into deathly silence.
Yes, he has to deal with patients almost every day, and being in this environment for a long time, coupled with the huge mental blow he suffered before, his physical condition is naturally not as good as before, and the chance of contracting the disease has also increased significantly.
At this moment, Nier's eyes revealed deep despair. She secretly thought in her heart: Is he going to leave with Sister Xiaodie?
No, absolutely not! But the current situation made her feel helpless and frustrated.
Fortunately, the young man has always been in good health. We can only pray silently that he can survive this difficult time.
I had been looking forward to sharing some of the heavy work with him after his injuries healed, but I never thought that he would fall ill now.
Thinking of this, Nier couldn't help but sigh deeply.
"Master, let's go eat first. How can we work on an empty stomach?"
At this moment, Nier felt her head buzzing and she felt overwhelmed.
When she thought of the heavy workload ahead, she complained to her master with a sad face: "Master, there are too few people to take care of the patient! It was clearly agreed before that more people would be sent to help, but until now, there has been no sign of anyone. Those yamen runners are really unreliable, they just do things perfunctorily and are simply fooling people!"
Zhao Jincheng looked at his little disciple and saw her pouting with an expression of reluctance and irritability on her face. He knew in his heart that she must be exhausted.
However, in this situation, no amount of words of comfort will help.
After all, there is a severe shortage of manpower nowadays and everyone has to do multiple jobs. Even if they are paid, most people are still unwilling to come for fear of contracting the disease.
After all, money is important, but compared to life, what is it? Who would be willing to risk losing their life just to earn a few taels of silver, only to end up with money but no life to spend?
"Wait for me to ask the yamen runners about the specific situation. You should eat your meal peacefully first. If you feel tired, don't force yourself to do it. As long as I have time, I will come to help you immediately." The master said with concern.
However, Ni'er still felt unhappy at this moment. She looked at her exhausted master with heartache, and thought to herself: Master has been working so hard all day, how can I trouble him to help again.
It would be better for me to grit my teeth and take on more responsibilities so that my master can have more rest and recuperation.
At this moment, Ni'er inadvertently caught a glimpse of a yamen runner leading a long line of people slowly approaching in the distance.
The appearance of these people was very different from usual. In the past, people brought by the yamen runners were usually lying on stretchers, but this time, these people could actually move around on their own. This scene was really novel.
Nier quickly grabbed her master's sleeve and shouted excitedly, "Master, look over there! Could those people be specially sent down from above to support us?"
Looking in the direction of Ni'er's finger, Zhao Jincheng took a closer look and saw that there was a person in the team who looked quite familiar, but because they were too far away, it was difficult to see his face clearly.
Just when the master and disciple were full of doubts, they suddenly heard a noisy sound coming from beside them.
I heard someone shouting, "Look, there's a famous doctor from the next county among that group of people! I heard they came here just to help us, this is really great!"
Upon hearing the news, Nier's originally dull eyes suddenly became bright and sparkling, and the corners of her mouth lifted involuntarily, muttering to herself: "I've been looking forward to them for so long, and finally they are here!"
When Zhao Jincheng saw how adorable his little disciple was, a smile broke out on his face involuntarily.
He extended his index finger, tapped the tip of his apprentice's delicate nose with a bit of affection, and said softly: "I say, don't be too happy too soon! What if we guessed wrong? Don't cry then!"