Chapter 177 Bone Setting
When my uncle heard this, he sighed and said, "Ah - that child is also a pitiful person! I usually feel sorry for him so I let him help with odd jobs. He has a sick mother at home, a five-year-old brother and a three-year-old sister. His father died two years ago."
"He is only fourteen years old. He goes to the mountains to pick mulberry leaves every morning before dawn and then comes to the construction site with everyone else to work. The day before yesterday, he accidentally fell while picking mulberry leaves in the mountains and is still lying in bed."
After my uncle finished speaking, his brows were furrowed.
Shen Xia was curious: "Didn't he go to see a doctor?"
My uncle shook his head: "I checked it and said there's no hope for him."
Shen Xia felt sorry for him and said, "Uncle, when you go back home tonight, I'll go with you to take a look! After all, you are working at home, so I'll go and take a look."
The uncle glanced at Shen Xia and said, "Okay."
After saying that, Shen Xia returned to the front yard.
At night when work is over.
Has Shen Xia ever asked his uncle whether their village is far from his own village?
My uncle said it was not far away, just next door, and it would only take more than half an hour to walk there.
But thinking about it, it would take more than half an hour, and walking would take more than an hour.
After thinking about it, I decided to drive the ox cart.
I went with my eldest brother, and took my great uncle and two uncles back with me on the ox cart.
Shen Xia also picked two watermelons and two cantaloupes and put them in the backpack for her uncle's family and Wu Fan's family.
Shen Xia carried a small cloth bag on her back. This was something her mother made for her later and it had beautiful patterns embroidered on it.
Shen Xia likes it very much.
After a few people got on the ox cart, they left.
When they arrived at my uncle's village, the two uncles got off first, because they had already reached my uncle's home, but Wu Fan's home was still some distance away, and it seemed that the ox cart could not enter.
Shen Xia asked his eldest brother to park the ox cart here.
"Xiao Xia, have dinner at our house first before going over!" suggested my uncle.
Shen Xia shook her head: "Thank you, uncle, but no need, let's see it earlier and go back earlier."
Then Shen Xia took out a watermelon and a cantaloupe from the backpack and said, "Uncle, these are fruits grown in our fields. You can try them. Don't eat the skin. You have to eat them after two days of opening. Don't keep them for long."
My uncle and two uncles looked at the fruit growing in the wasteland and said, "It's the fruit growing on the vine next to the house."
"Um ,"
"Why haven't I seen this kind of fruit before?" the uncle asked curiously.
The uncle interrupted, "You haven't seen much, don't ask nonsense," then looked at Shen Xia, "Thank you, Xiao Xia. You two pack them in, I'll take them to Xiao Fan's house."
"Okay, Dad."
After saying that, Shen Xia asked his eldest brother to carry the backpack and continue walking with his uncle.
At this time, my aunt came out and looked at the things in her two sons' hands: "What is this?"
The second uncle said, "The fruit was given by Xiao Xia."
"Xiao Xia, is that Shen Xia who asked everyone to raise silkworms?" asked my aunt.
"Um,"
My aunt was very excited and asked, "Where are the people?"
"Dad took him to Xiaofan's home," and then told his mother the whole story.
The aunt slapped her eldest son on the shoulder and said, "You are such an unreliable guy. When you get home, you have to invite people to dinner first!"
"But Dad—"
My aunt took another photo: "But what but——"
"Go in and cook, and when they come back, make sure they stay for dinner."
After saying that, he went back.
At this time, the two daughters-in-law heard the voices of their own mothers-in-law and wondered how their husbands had offended their mothers-in-law.
The two uncles felt very aggrieved.
What a hands-on old lady.
It didn't take long for Shen Xia to follow her uncle to Wu Fan's house.
The dilapidated earthen house is similar to the Song family’s old house.
Because it's still light now.
So the situation in the yard is clear at a glance.
There were two children in the yard, picking silk cocoons. They must be Wu Fan's younger brother and sister.
My uncle called out from outside the courtyard: "Wu's daughter-in-law——"
The little kid in the yard ran in and said, "Mom, someone is calling you."
After a while, a woman with a bad complexion came out and said to my uncle, "Uncle Qian, you are here."
"Well, these two are the owners of a silkworm farm. They heard that Wu Fan was sick, so they came to see him." The uncle introduced the identities of Shen Xia and the other man.
Shen Xia looked at the woman in front of her: "Hello."
"Oh, it's the boss! Come in and sit down." Mother Wu quickly and warmly invited the three people in.
Shen Xia walked into the yard with his uncle.
Shen Xia asked Song Jiang to put down the backpack and then put the things in the lobby.
"A little gift, fruit."
Mother Wu said politely, "I'm really sorry for the expense."
"It's home-grown, so it doesn't cost a thing."
Done.
The woman led everyone in to see Wu Fan.
Wu Fan was awake and heard the sound.
He sat up. His feet were disabled, but his upper body could still move. He looked at Shen Xia and said, "Boss, you're here."
"Well, I heard from my uncle that you were injured, so I came to see you."
"Thank you, boss."
"I know some medical skills. Do you mind if I help you?" Shen Xia said.
Wu Fan was stunned. He didn't expect his boss to say that.
Although I feel there is no hope, but since the boss said so, I still give it a try.
Wu Fan opened the quilt.
It's still daylight now, so I can see clearly. The windows are relatively large at this time.
My uncle was shocked when he saw it. It was so scary that it was deformed.
But Shen Xia looked at it and smiled.
Several people were puzzled. How could he still laugh when the situation was so serious?
Shen Xia said, "It's okay. It just got dislocated after the fall. It's easy to fix."
Neither Wu's mother nor Wu Fan could believe their ears.
how come?
The doctor from the next village said there was no hope.
Shen Xia tied up his sleeves and looked at Wu Fan: "Let me try to pinch the position of the bone first."
Wu Fan nodded.
Shen Xia started to work. Although it was just a pinch, it was still very painful for Wu Fan, because the ankle joint was so painful that he couldn't even touch it.
After fumbling around for a while, Shen Xia had an idea in mind. He just had to bend it back from that direction, but he had to do it when he wasn't paying attention, otherwise it would be very painful.
Shen Xia looked at Wu Fan: "Your father is not dead."
"What?" Wu Fan looked at Shen Xia in surprise.
Then: “Ah—”
In addition to Wu Fan's screams, there was also the sound of bones shifting.
The people who were listening nearby were sweating all over.
The pain is so severe that it really hurts just looking at it.
Mother Wu looked at her son's forehead, which was sweating from the pain, and said, "Xiao Fan, how are you?"
The pain is only momentary and will go away.
At this time, facing the question from his mother, he said, "I just moved my feet."
It was incredible. He looked at his feet and said, "I can move them now. It doesn't hurt as much as before."
The excitement on his face, looking at his mother: "Mom, I can move now, I really have to move."
I wanted to get out of bed.
Mother Wu, who was standing next to him, was also very happy to hear this, and immediately knelt down in front of Shen Xia: "Boss, your kindness is really something I can never repay!"