CHAPTER 66: CHAPTER 66: WAS SOMEONE POISONED?

Jiang Xingye was leading a team to build a house for three knowledge youth today. While the knowledge youth were having their meal, he was busy digging the foundation.

As they dug, something went wrong at the knowledge youth spot. Everyone started vomiting and having diarrhea, with some even falling into a coma. It was clear they were poisoned. He arranged for someone to get the team leader and another person to find the barefoot doctor from the production team, while he checked the tractor. If worse came to worst, they could take the people to the hospital.

Xu Qinghuan found a scarf in her space and covered her mouth and nose.

She did have an N95 mask, but it was too advanced in technology to take out.

After diagnosing them one by one, it was indeed bean poisoning, without exception.

The team leader stood beside her anxiously, asking, "Knowledge Youth Xu, how are they?"

"It’s not that serious, though. With me here, there shouldn’t be any fatalities." Xu Qinghuan stood up and saw Jiang Xingye coming in from outside, covered in mud, with his hands also black.

He was tall, standing in the doorway, blocking even the last rays of the sun, which cast a golden glow on him, like a god descending from the heavens, imposing and majestic.

He unexpectedly saw Xu Qinghuan, gazed at her deeply with dark, profound eyes, and quickly shifted his gaze away.

The team leader breathed a sigh of relief, "Xiao Wu is here, Knowledge Youth Xu, should we take them to the hospital?"

"Not for now!" Xu Qinghuan pointed to the medicinal soup brought over by Yu Xiaomin, "For now, let everyone have a bowl, and for those with more severe symptoms, I’ll prescribe something else. But I’m short on medicinal herbs, see if the doctor has any?"

The production team’s barefoot doctor was a novice, only knowing how to treat colds, common diarrhea, and coughs, using a few regular medicines like aminopyrine, painkillers, and terramycin.

In general, she could treat diseases that the ordinary folks knew which medicine to use for, and for those she couldn’t, people didn’t dare let her use medicine.

After all, she nearly killed a person with her injection before.

Just now, she only mentioned they were poisoned, but couldn’t specify what kind of poison.

Actually, without her mentioning they’re poisoned, the team leader could tell they were poisoned.

Tang Jinmei heard and said indifferently, "Knowledge Youth Xu, do you know what kind of poison they’ve been subjected to?"

Xu Qinghuan saw she wore a white coat, looking about in her early twenties, with a round face, big eyes, looking standard, with two braided pigtails hanging over her shoulders, eyes full of doubt and provocation.

"Undercooked beans, food poisoning, not someone poisoning," Xu Qinghuan said lightly.

The team leader was caught off guard and before he could speak, Kong Lijuan screamed, "You’re talking nonsense, eating undercooked beans can’t cause poisoning, you’re clearly talking gibberish!"

The beans today were indeed cooked by her. It was Lu Nianying’s turn to cook, but she didn’t know how, so she paid Kong Lijuan five cents to do it instead.

She pointed at Xu Qinghuan, "Team leader, I know her, she knows nothing about medicine, we can’t let her treat us, she will delay our condition."

Originally, some hesitated, but after hearing Kong Lijuan, they refused the medicine and waited for the team leader to send them to the hospital.

Xu Qinghuan didn’t mind and told Yu Xiaomin, who was feeding medicine to people, "Those willing to drink, let them drink; those unwilling, don’t have to. They can go to the hospital if they want."

She’d never administer medicine to those who didn’t trust her.

Not many drank the medicine. Song Anping, afraid of death, drank it quickly, and Luo Guihua, having no money to go to the hospital, drank it too.

Liu Zhijian and Huang Dahai didn’t think too much initially, and when Yu Xiaomin handed them the medicine, they drank since no one stopped them.

Zhou Chang’an, after taking the medicine, handed it to Qu Qiongfang, who didn’t take it, so he drank it himself.

Luo Zaisheng, being good friends with Zhou Chang’an, seeing his friend drink it, didn’t refuse either.

Zhang Tieshan dared not casually drink the medicine, even though he was severely vomiting and had diarrhea. He refused to take it and was waiting for the team leader’s decision. Hearing Kong Lijuan’s uproar made him even more reluctant.

Qu Qiongfang refused the medicine right away, and as for Duan Qingmei, who usually followed her footsteps, clamored to go to the hospital for a check-up, demanding an explanation no matter what.

Lu Nianying couldn’t bear the pain, vomiting and defecating terribly, crying with tears and snot, pleading to go home.

The team leader was about to persuade them to let Xu Qinghuan help, but Jiang Xingye, with a cold face, said stiffly, "If they want to go to the hospital, then go. Get on the tractor quickly!"

After speaking, he turned and walked out the door.

The team leader was also angry. The medicine provided by Knowledge Youth Xu was effective. Didn’t the three Knowledge Youth who took it get better?

These people, if they didn’t take their lives seriously, what more could he do?

As long as no one deliberately poisoned them, if they got sick from eating undercooked beans, it wouldn’t be his fault.

Moreover, with Jiang Xingye’s consent, the team leader waved and let the group board the tractor for the hospital.

But Xu Qinghuan knew Jiang Xingye was angry, not that he distrusted her, but because he had a bit of a temper and thought that if others didn’t trust her, she shouldn’t give them medicine.

This suited her fine.

The big boss was very protective!

There weren’t many knowledge youth who didn’t drink the medicine, with only one male, Zhang Tieshan, among the four females, making it still manageable on the tractor.

By the time the tractor sputtered its way to the county hospital, it was already past midnight.

The team leader and Tang Jinmei, who came along, carried the unconscious individuals into the hospital for emergency treatment.

The duty doctor that night was Doctor Song, who after examination, promptly got them on medication, saving a life in the end, allowing these people to breathe a sigh of relief. Doctor Song then inquired about the situation.

"This should be food poisoning, are these all the knowledge youth from your production team? If it’s food poisoning, there should be more." Doctor Song questioned responsibly.

Before the team leader could respond, Tang Jinmei said, "Not just these, others also have various degrees of poisoning symptoms. But we have a knowledge youth who took it upon themselves to administer medicine to them, and it’s unclear what the situation is now."

The team leader glanced at Tang Jinmei and said, "That knowledge youth seemed confident, and the condition of the poisoned youth seemed to improve, so it should be fine!"

Tang Jinmei sneered, "Team leader, Knowledge Youth Xu has been here for just a few days. We don’t know what kind of person they are or if they have actual skills."

The knowledge youth were in trouble at our team, and we would be responsible if timely treatment wasn’t given. We can’t handle a blame from above!"

Tang Jinmei was already dissatisfied with the team leader. She indeed used connections to serve as the barefoot doctor in Shangjiang Team, and her average level is a fact, but she never intentionally killed anyone while treating them.

The team leader’s mother almost got killed by her injection during a cold, but it wasn’t intentional.

What forkeeps the team leader against her?

Even his wife was spreading rumors that her skills were lacking, discouraging people from consulting her, saying her fees were too high, was it necessary?

Upon hearing this, Doctor Song immediately stood up, "No, poisoning is not a small matter, and their poisoning wasn’t mild. So, when the day shift doctor arrives, I’ll have them hasten and go to the team with you directly. If issues arise, they can be treated promptly."

Tang Jinmei cooperated eagerly, "Doctor Song, I’ll accompany you!"

She wanted to witness Doctor Song confronting that young knowledge youth. How dare they treat people after recognizing a few medicinal herbs!