Chapter 4 Seeking Doctors for Paronychia

The silly elder sister is gnashing her teeth, trying her best to carry the brick on her back. Only by completing the quota every day can she get 50 cents.

She wanted to earn more money, and wanted to buy some pork supplements for Chen Qi.

Although the pork in the commune does not require meat tickets, it costs more than 1 yuan per catty, not to mention that when school starts in September, all three younger siblings will need to spend money to go to school.

The silly elder sister is anxious.

The parents at home are gone, her father held her hand before he passed away, and told her to take good care of her younger siblings, and she agreed with her own words.

As long as she promises something, no matter how hard or difficult it is, she will definitely do it.

Chen Hua stood on it, couldn't bear it anymore, and ran towards the silly elder sister crying, "Elder sister, woo woo, elder sister~~~~"

Chen Qi and Chen Shu also followed behind, running towards their silly elder sister together.

The silly elder sister looked up and saw her younger brother and sister came to see her, holding crock pots in their hands, apparently to deliver food to her. This made her very happy, and felt that her family cared about her very much, so she slowly Put down the bricks on your back.

"Why are you here? It's such a hot day, go back quickly."

Chen Hua immediately hugged the silly elder sister: "Eldest sister, I don't want you to carry bricks, let's go home, I don't eat meat, I don't want meat, woo woo woo~~~"

Chen Shu also burst into tears: "Sister, don't memorize bricks anymore. I like sweet potatoes, so I want to eat sweet potatoes every day."

The silly elder sister hugged the heads of her younger sister and younger brother, and said with a smile: "Silly, the elder sister is doing well here, isn't it just working hard, look, the elder sister has a lot of strength."

Chen Qi gritted his teeth, walked to the front of the red brick, squatted down and prepared to carry it on his back.

The silly elder sister was startled when she saw it: "Second boy, what are you doing? How can you let intellectuals do this kind of rough work? The eldest sister will recite it. Put it down, and be careful."

Chen Qi refused to admit defeat: "Sister, if you can recite, so can I. I can't let you suffer alone. We are all part of the Chen family."

After finishing speaking, Chen Qi had already hung the strap made of hemp rope on his shoulders, gritted his teeth and held his breath, "Get up! Ah~~~~~"

With a loud roar, the 60 red bricks moved, but before Chen Qi could stand up, because the bricks were too heavy, his body fell straight back, and his buttocks sat on the ground all at once.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't even get rid of gravity.

The workers in the brick yard next to them all laughed when they saw it, "The second child of the Chen family, why, can't even carry 60 bricks?"

The jokes made by the workers made Chen Qi blush a lot. He didn't believe this, so he squatted down for the second time, ready to try again.

The silly elder sister was even more anxious:

"Second, don't listen to them. You are a scholar, and you use paper and pen. You can't compare with us big bastards. Put it down quickly, and the eldest sister will carry it. You can easily get hurt like this."

"Sister is fine, I didn't master the method just now, now I have mastered it, try again, one, two, three times!!"

As a result, things didn't work out as expected. Not only did Chen Qi fail to pick up the bricks, but he lost his balance and fell backwards. The red bricks spilled out and several pieces were broken.

Sister Silly and Chen Shu and Chen Hua nervously helped him up: "I told you not to recite it, it's all right now, are you not injured?"

After Chen Qi stood up, he turned his head and saw the broken bricks on the ground, not to mention the depression in his heart, he was not even as good as a woman.

"Sister, I, I just want to help you..."

The silly elder sister patted the dust off Chen Qi's body, and said with a smile: "Okay, elder sister knows your kindness, now go home obediently."

Chen Hua handed over the earthen pot in his hand, "Sister, eat first."

"Okay, let's eat first, and I'll take a break too."

The owner of the brick yard saw the four brothers and sisters of the Chen family enjoying the shade under the tree and chatting happily while enjoying the shade from a distance. His heart was full of emotion, and he said to the people next to him:

"See, the Chen family's second, third, and fourth children are all seeds of education. Don't look at them now, they will definitely be successful in the future. When work is over, pay the stupid big sister an extra dime."

After lunch, the silly elder sister continued to work in the brick yard, so Chen Qi and the others had no choice but to return home.

Haidong Province is a national pilot, and the household contract responsibility system started in 1981. However, the mountainous area is different from the plain, and the fields allocated to each household are too small, basically enough for rations.

So the income from the silly big sister's back brick is the only cash income of the Chen family at present.

No matter how hot or tiring it is, the silly elder sister has no choice at all. Township enterprises have not yet emerged these days, and she can't find a place to work if she wants to.

The three Chen Qi brothers and sisters returned home, all of them were in a low mood, and no one was feeling well. At this time, a man's voice suddenly came from the door:

"Is the second child of the Chen family here?"

Chen Qi looked back, and saw a strange middle-aged man standing at the door, asking questions cautiously.

"I am Chen Qi, who are you, uncle?"

"Oh, I'm from Liandong Village next door. I heard that you are a technical secondary school student in the health school. Could you please help me look at my fingers? I can't stand the pain. The doctor in the commune asked me to go to the Keqiao Town Health Center. Surgery, that is too far away..."

Chen Qi heard that he came to see a doctor, so he habitually asked, "What's wrong with your finger?"

The uncle stretched out his hand, and saw that the tip of his right **** was swollen like a small radish.

Chen Qi understood at a glance: "Hey, uncle, you have paronychia. It has suppurated now. You need a minor operation right away, otherwise the infection will spread easily."

Acute suppurative paronychia is often caused by staphylococcal infection, mostly caused by local injuries, such as inadvertent nail ingrown manicure, trauma, nail biting, periungual barbs, etc.

The uncle hurriedly laughed and said:

"A technical secondary school student is a technical secondary school student. I can see my illness at a glance. If you are dissatisfied, I can't sleep at night because of the pain. I can't go to work in the fields. The work at home is delayed. It all depends on my wife. Alone, I just wanted to ask you to help me after I found out that you are a top student in the health school."

Technical secondary school students, it sounds like a curse now, but in 1981, it was definitely praising you.

Chen Qi thought that if he was idle, he would be idle, and he should help his fellow villagers. In this way, if he was not at home, everyone would sell her face and take care of the elder sister and younger siblings.

In addition, he also wanted to test whether his golden finger was working or not.

"Okay, uncle, sit here, I'll get the tools, and I'll help you solve this problem now."

The surgery for paronychia is very simple. In his previous life, the community hospital or secondary hospital surgery could handle minor outpatient surgery, but for the mountain people in 1981, it was a huge problem.

The barefoot doctors in the village can't treat it, and the doctors in the commune health center can't handle it, so they can only go to the central town health center or a big hospital in the city.

However, starting from the mountains, it takes dozens of miles of mountain roads, and it takes at least 5 hours to walk one way. Even for old farmers who are accustomed to mountain roads, this is a huge test.

So this middle-aged man would rather come to Xiaze Village to try his luck first, and then go to Keqiao Town if he can't.

(end of this chapter)