Chapter 3: Dream

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

The white streaks of dawn gradually spread across the sky and a ray of golden sunlight broke through the clouds and shone down, instantly brightening the dull earth.

“Cock-a-doodle-doo~” The cries of the roosters in the village rang out incessantly, breaking the silence of dawn all at once.

The birds on the trees chirped, their sound music to the ears.

In the room, Su Jinyue, who was sleeping, suddenly frowned and her eyelashes kept trembling as she mumbled, “No… Don’t… Yihan…” The next moment, her eyes flew open.

When she got a clear look at her surroundings, Su Jinyue slowly let out a sigh of relief. She was dreaming just now. In her dream, Zhan Yihan was covered from head to toe in blood and fighting with a group of men in black. A triangular bayonet pierced through him from his back and blood was gushing out. His brows only furrowed slightly before he continued fighting bravely, whilst bathed in blood.

By the time he had dealt with all the men in black, he was already at the end of his tether. “Jinyue, I’ve avenged you…” Zhan Yihan looked around at the corpses covering the ground and his blood-stained face had an expression of relief. Jinyue, wait for me to go back. I’ll be with you every day from now on.

Just then, amongst the corpses on the ground, a man in black moved. He slowly raised his head to look at Zhan Yihan. His cold eyes flickered with a malicious and chilly gaze. With much difficulty, he pulled out a gun and pointed it at Zhan Yihan.

“Bang!” The man in black forcefully squeezed the trigger and the bullet quickly shot towards Zhan Yihan…

Recalling the scene in her dream, Su Jinyue still had lingering fears. She lifted her hand up and wiped off the cold sweat dotting her forehead.

“Fortunately, it’s just a dream.” After two days of recuperation, the injury on her leg did not hurt that much anymore, but she still couldn’t get out of bed.

“Doctor Xu! Doctor Xu! Hurry and help me take a look at my second child. He has been burning up all night,” an anxious voice came from outside.

“My teacher has gone out to gather herbs. Big Sister Liu, carry your child over and let me take a look.” Song Yiren opened the medicine chest on the table and took out a palm-sized aluminum box from it.

Big Sister Liu quickly carried her child forward and sat down on the stool across from Song Yiren.

Opening the aluminum box, Song Yiren took out the thermometer from inside and passed it to Big Sister Liu. “Put the thermometer under his tongue.”

Big Sister Liu took the thermometer and coaxed her second child to open his mouth. Then, she placed the thermometer in his mouth and said, “Dr. Song, when will Dr. Xu be back?”

In comparison with Song Yiren, she still trusted Xu Tiansheng more. Although Song Yiren had been learning medicine from Dr. Xu for several years, she was still young and inexperienced after all. Furthermore, she was in school most of the time.

“I’m not sure about that. There isn’t a specific time frame that Teacher goes out to gather herbs,” Song Yiren responded.

Big Sister Liu nodded, “Is Jinyue lassie’s wound getting better?” Shangxin Village was only that big, so of course she knew about Su Jinyue getting injured.

“It’s getting better, but she still can’t get out of bed yet. Big Sister Liu, I heard that Big Brother Zhan is coming back today,” Song Yiren said.

Big Sister Liu’s house was just next door to the Zhan family. Needless to say, she would be the one who knew the Zhan Family’s affairs the best.

“He’s not coming back anymore. I heard that he had something on at the last minute,” Big Sister Liu said. Aunt Zhan received a telegram last night which said that Zhan Yihan would not be able to return this time because he had something on at the last minute.

Song Yiren nodded disappointedly, and looked at the second child in Big Sister Liu’s arms, “It’s nearly done, you can take out the thermometer.”

When she heard the news that Big Brother Zhan was coming back, she had looked forward to it in jubilation. She hadn’t expected it to come to naught.

Big Sister Liu took out the thermometer in her second child’s mouth and handed it to Song Yiren. Song Yiren took the thermometer and shook it. She looked at the temperature on it and said, “It’s 38.3 degrees celsius. His temperature is quite high, so he’ll have to have an injection.”

“Okay,” Big Sister Liu agreed quickly. She didn’t understand anything. Anything was fine as long as her child could recover.

Song Yiren took out the medicine and began to dispense it. “Turn the child over and let him lie on your lap. His bottom has to be exposed.” Teacher would usually recommend taking oral medicine to cure the patient, but she prefered this faster route.

“I don’t want an injection, I don’t want an injection…” The second child wailed loudly when he heard that he had to be injected, and refused to cooperate.

“Be good, my baby. The injection won’t hurt at all. After the injection, Mom will buy you candy.” Big Sister Liu had no choice but to coax her child. She still had farm work to do at home, but the child’s fever was not going away, so she wasn’t in the mood to go to the field.

Hearing that there was candy to eat, the little boy quietened down and looked at the syringe in Song Yiren’s hand with large teary eyes that were filled with fear.

He didn’t want to get an injection, but he wanted to eat candy. It would be best if she bought him the white rabbit creamy candy. Thinking about the taste of the creamy candy, he couldn’t help but salivate.

Holding the syringe, Song Yiren wiped the boys little buttocks with antiseptic cotton.

Just as she was about to inject him, Su Jinyue’s voice rang out. “Wait a minute!”

Song Yiren and Big Sister Liu looked over at the same time, only to see Su Jinyue standing with one foot on the ground and struggling to lean against the door frame.

“What’s wrong?” Song Yiren asked. She didn’t understand why Su Jinyue was stopping her.

“You haven’t done a skin test, so how can you just insert the needle like this. What if the child is allergic to penicillin?” Su Jinyue said with a cold expression on her face.

In her past life, this second child had an allergic reaction after being injected with penicillin. Although he had been rescued in the nick of time later on, Big Sister Liu’s family often came to the clinic to cause trouble because of this incident and it was only resolved because Teacher compensated them with money.

She didn’t care if anything happened to Song Yiren, but this matter affected Teacher’s reputation, so she absolutely had to put a stop to it.

“I forgot.” A trace of anger flashed in Song Yiren’s eyes. Did Su Jinyue take the wrong medicine? She’s cutting the ground out from under me by saying this. It’s true that some people are allergic to penicillin, but the chance is extremely slim and I’ve never encountered it before. Besides, how can there be such a coincidence?

Su Jinyue didn’t bother to pay attention to Song Yiren. Instead, she looked at Big Sister Liu and said, “Big Sister Liu, the child doesn’t need to be injected. Go back and cut a small piece of ginger. Grind it into a paste and apply it on the protruding bone on the child’s wrist. On this spot here,” she said as she pointed to the protruding bone on her own wrist. She continued speaking, “Wrap it with gauze and affix it with tape. Generally speaking, the fever will go away in about forty minutes.”

“Does this method really work?” Sister Liu asked doubtfully. Second baby’s fever was quite high. What would she do if this method didn’t work and something bad happened? Besides, she was still in a hurry to get back to the field to work.

“Don’t worry,” Su Jinyue said confidently.

Big Sister Liu hesitated for a while. Then, she gritted her teeth and said, “In that case, I’ll believe you this once.” She pulled up her second baby’s pants, picked him up and headed outside. If that method really worked, it would also save her money.

“Su Jinyue, if you have a problem with me, just tell me straight to my face. If you cut the ground from under my feet like that, how will others look at me?” Song Yiren said furiously after Big Sister Liu had gone a far enough distance away.

“I’m just fulfilling my duties as a doctor,” Su Jinyue said indifferently before turning around, and hobbling back into her room on one foot.

If it weren’t because this incident would implicate Teacher, even if Song Yiren were to kill someone with her treatment, she would not open her mouth to stop her.