Chapter 43 The injury (2)
Li Youde was not persuaded by Chen Hui’s story, but was moved by her worrying whisper.
“…Alright, then hurry up!” Li Youde said.
Chen Hui nodded happily. The others also started to do things under her command. Li Youde was supported to the inner room and lay down on the bed.
Chen Hui continued to let Ah Er raise Li Youde’s arm while she cut off the sleeves of his clothes. Seeing Li Youde frown, it was obvious that he was in pain and panic. To calm him down, she smiled and said, “Lord, your hands are so white, whiter than this Lady Chen’s.”
Ah Er turned his head to not look and pretended he hadn’t heard any flirtatious teasing from Chen Hui.
Li Youde glared fiercely at her once. How many years has it been that someone dared to tease him like this?
Chen Hui looked once at him smilingly without taking his glare seriously. First, she wiped his arm with hot water. She tried to avoid his injury and disinfect with the wine. It was inevitable that Li Youde’s expression would become extremely ugly when she accidentally touched the injury, but he stood firm and made no sound.
“Lord, is it very painful?” Chen Hui said, “Lord, don’t endure it. You can shout when it hurts. No one would dare to laugh at you.”
Li Youde, “…Doesn’t hurt!”
Chen Hui said, “How about singing a song to relieve your boredom?”
When Chen Hui spoke, she looked at Ah Er, “Ah Er, quickly sing.”
Ah Er was dumbstruck. What happened? Why let him sing a song? He can’t!
“Lady…this little, this little one can’t…,” Ah Er stuttered.
Chen Hui said naturally, “If you don’t know, then just make up one.”
Make up? Ah Er was even more dumbstruck.
Li Youde couldn’t stand it any longer and humphed coldly, “Lady Chen, do you think that everyone is like you? Can speak nonsense without thinking?”
Chen Hui looked at Li Youde with a shy expression, “Lord, don’t always praise me in front of others. I will be embarrassed.”
Li Youde’s voice became sharp from anger, “I didn’t praise you!”
Chen Hui quickly pressed his shoulder and said, “Lord, look at you. Don’t get stirred up. Your injury has finally stopped bleeding. If you move around, it will be bloody again which is very scary.”
Li Youde glared at Chen Hui for a long time. He really had no energy to bicker with her. He simply closed his eyes and ignored her.
Ah Er secretly glanced at Chen Hui once in admiration. To have the courage to bicker with lord and escape unscathed, Lady Chen is really the only one. Truly a very able person.
Fortunately, doctor Zhou’s medication has been delivered soon. The needlework and other things that she let Ah Da prepare were also in place. Many candles were lit in the inner room. Chen Hui could see Li Youde’s injury clearly.
She let Li Youde take the medication first. Chen Hui washed her hands again, wiped and disinfected his arm.
After taking the medication, Li Youde felt that he was about to lose consciousness. He was a bit worried after all. Looking at Chen Hui’s effort to thread the needle, but unable to thread it for a long time, he got even more worried and asked, “Lady Chen, can you really do it?”
Chen Hui looked back at Li Youde and seemed to hesitate for a while before saying, “If lord is worried, then, go find the military doctor? I heard that when the soldiers were injured on the battlefield, they usually scorched the injury directly. The flesh is already cooked through, it hurt so much.”
Li Youde’s face turned pale and he didn’t utter a sound anymore. As the medicine gradually took effect, he fell into a deep sleep. Chen Hui pushed him. Seeing that she couldn’t wake him up, the confidence on her face disappeared instantly.
Chen Hui took the dagger that had been steaming in boiling water and soaked in wine. She stood by the bed for a long time before she dared to debride Li Youde’s injury. The imperial physician should’ve treated his injury simply, but because they sprinkled hemostatic powder, these solid kernels couldn’t stop bleeding and would also not be absorbed by the wound. They must be removed before sewing up the injury.
Fortunately, the imperial physician didn’t burn the injury. There was no concept of the microscopic world in this era. It was impossible to disinfect effectively without knowing what bacteria they were. Although, burning with fire can cause irreversible damage to the body, it could also destroy the structure of the bacteria to a certain extent, allowing the injured to have a certain probability of surviving. Hence, this method was often used. However, they didn’t understand the principle of washing and disinfecting their hands before touching the wound. Even if the injured didn’t die from blood loss, they may be infected by such sanitary conditions and die during the follow-up treatment. And fire would completely let the injury lose the possibility of self-healing and leaving unsightly scars.
Chen Hui looked at Li Youde and thought, he should thank her. Not only did she give him a greater probability of surviving, but it also made his arm not too ugly. He was originally not so handsome. It would be too pitiful if an ugly scar was on his arm.
Chen Hui thought about many things so that she would not be so nervous. The touch of the dagger on the flesh was weird and disgusting. Seeing the red blood flow out from the cleansing of the wound, her entire face was distorted. Why did she have to do such a thing?! Why couldn’t she let Li Youde fight his life based on his moral character?! How could she eat meat happily in the future like this?!
While Chen Hui was disgusted at herself, she was struggling to clean up the wounds for Li Youde. Li Youde was passed out in a coma, but his muscles quivered with her movements. She wanted him to wake up and howl if he wanted to.
Chen Hui was already sweating when the wound was cleaned. She went to wash her hands again and disinfect. Before going back, she told Ah Da to come in with a pot of fire. She took a few steamed cotton cloths to dry them on the fire. She strictly ordered him to wash his hands and disinfect before doing things and to try not to touch the center of the cotton cloth. Ah Da responded resoundingly.
Afterwards, Chen Hui took great perseverance to stitch up Li Youde’s injury. She would remember the memory of needles piercing into the flesh for the rest of her life. To facilitate the removal of the stitches later, she didn’t let the stitches go too deep. Due to her high concentration, her hands shook when the knot was tied.
After the stitching was over, she used wine to sterilize around the injury, dried the injury with the dry cotton cloth, replaced a piece of dry cotton cloth and gently wrapped the injury.
When everything was done, Chen Hui was exhausted and told Ah Da not to touch Li Youde’s injury casually. She went to wash up and sleep.
The next day, Chen Hui slept until the sun was very high. Chen Hui was awoken by a sound outside. Seeing that she had woken up, Xiao Tiao said, “Lady, it seems that someone has come…”
Chen Hui put on clothes and opened the door. Because of the tightening of her muscles last night, she discovered that her whole body was sore as soon as she moved. Seeing Li Youde hurry out of the main house, she exclaimed, “Lord!”
Li Youde almost shivered from being frightened by Chen Hui’s shout. When he looked at her, he remembered what had happened last night. There was a subtle feeling in his heart. For a moment, he didn’t respond her.
He didn’t speak, but Chen Hui was not polite. She quickly walked over and said in disbelief, “Lord, you were seriously injured the night before! You shed a lot of blood! You already got up and walk around? Are you not afraid of the injury opening again?”
Li Youde frowned and looked away from Chen Hui. He looked in front of him and snorted coldly, “Lady Chen, you are really getting bolder. Now, you even dare to yell at me?”
Chen Hui stared at Li Youde for a long time. She was unable to suppress herself and said angrily, “Alright! I don’t care anymore. If your injury opens again, you deserve it!”
Chen Hui turned around furiously and slammed the door shut. She washed and disinfected her hands so much last night that they had turned white. She endured nausea and fear that she wouldn’t be able to treat his injury well; he treats the fruit of her labor like this? She is so mad! She didn’t want to care anymore. Just let his injury burst and die!
Li Youde was stupefied after being scolded in the face. She is really rebelling!
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