OBS Chapter 253 The Story of the Farmer and the Snake
Chapter 253 The Story of the Farmer and the Snake
"On a cold winter day, a farmer saw a frozen snake on the road. The farmer felt pity for the snake, picked it up, put it in his arms, warmed it with his body, and continued on his way."
Luo Li looked at the clear and bright eyes in front of her and continued to tell a fable every day: "The frozen snake was warmed by the farmer's body temperature and suddenly bit the farmer.
Before the farmer who was poisoned by the snake passed out from the pain, he thought: I saved the snake, but it bit me instead. Why didn’t it repay me with kindness, but turned it into a vengeance?
"Okay, today's fable is over. What enlightenment does this story of the farmer and the snake give you?"
Little Mengxue was the first to raise her hand, "Teacher, the snake is a bad guy. The farmer is a kind and good person."
Luo Li nodded affirmatively: "Yeah! Not bad. Able to distinguish right from wrong and understand human nature."
Mu Xiu raised his hand and said: "You can know a person's face but not his heart. You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others."
Luo Li smiled and nodded in affirmation.
Ni Shaner raised her hand and said, "People's hearts are hidden in their stomachs. Judge people by their actions. Only a long journey can tell the horse's strength, and only a long time can reveal a person's heart."
Luo Li reached out and rubbed her head, encouraging her: "That's good, Shan'er will take the initiative to speak now."
Meng Qian raised his hand and said, "Teacher, sometimes people's hearts are more poisonous than snakes. We must learn to protect ourselves."
"Yes! In life, people should have a conscience and do more good deeds, but they must also love themselves and protect themselves." Luo Li affirmed.
Wu Ji raised his hand and said: "If it is not of our species, its heart must be different. Why should we save it? Just stomp it to death to prevent the poisonous snake from harming other people."
Luo Li laughed so hard that she covered her forehead with her hands and shrugged her shoulders, "Wu Ji, your way of thinking is always unconventional." What she didn't say was that the little guy was cruel, hard and domineering enough!
Yuli supported her chin with both hands, still just listening without saying anything. If asked whose ideas she agreed with the most, her hand would still point to Zhao Wuji.
Luo Li knocked on the table with her teaching stick: "Okay, we have finished telling a fable every day, so let's study hard and concentrate on our lessons!"...
Mrs. Lin and Lin Xian'er each ate a small bowl of blood bird's nest porridge. When it comes to health preservation and beauty, they have never slacked off or been lazy.
Lin Xian'er elegantly scooped a spoonful of blood bird's nest porridge with a small silver spoon, and put it into her cherry-like mouth with her little finger raised. The sticky, smooth and sweet blood bird's nest porridge nourished her taste buds and slid into her throat.
"Ouch!... It hurts so much." Lin Xian'er turned pale in pain and dropped the small silver spoon to the ground. "Ugh..."
"Xian'er, you have stomachache again?" Mrs. Lin pushed the bowl aside in panic, stood up and walked to her daughter who was squatting on the ground vomiting, "Quick! Chunmei, please call the doctor!"
The maid Chunmei agreed and ran out in a panic, going to the front yard to find housekeeper Cheng to ask a doctor to treat the young lady.
"Mom! It hurts so much!... Ugh..." Lin Xian'er felt severe pain in her abdomen and cried and vomited continuously.
Seeing her daughter's head covered with beads of sweat, her face pale and she vomited non-stop, Mrs. Lin's distressed tears fell like beads on a broken string, and she wiped her sweat with a handkerchief, "Xian'er, bear with it for a while, the doctor will be here soon!"
After a burst of intense pain, the pain eased a little and Lin Xian'er was helped to the bed in the inner room.
"Mother, the pain today is worse than yesterday. The medicine prescribed by Doctor Lu is totally ineffective. I will go back to the capital tomorrow to see Doctor Liu from Huichuntang for treatment." Lin Xian'er said worriedly with tears in her eyes.
Mrs. Lin held her daughter's hand, tears streaming down her face. She was even more worried than her daughter: "Xian'er, let's go back to the capital tomorrow. Instead of going to see Doctor Liu at Huichuntang, go to see Doctor Qin at Xuanyi Pavilion. What strange disease do you have?"
"Oh!... Mom, it hurts again!..." Lin Xian'er grabbed her mother's hand, her joints bulging and turning white due to the force. She clenched her teeth and tears welled up in her eyes. After a moment, she couldn't help crying out in pain.
Doctor Lu was a well-known doctor with superb medical skills in the neighborhood. After being woken up by the guards of the Qin Prince's Mansion Hot Spring Villa who knocked on the door, he got on the Qin Prince's Mansion's carriage with his medicine box on his back and rushed to the Hot Spring Villa ten miles away.
Butler Cheng led Doctor Lu to the backyard in a hurry, explaining the reason why he was called in overnight: "Doctor Lu, Miss Lin took the medicine you prescribed yesterday, and her abdominal pain was originally cured, but she suddenly got sick again today, so I had to ask someone to invite you in overnight."
Doctor Lu walked quickly, "No problem! It's common for doctors to see patients at night."
"Ah! It hurts so much! Ah..."
"Mrs. Lin, Doctor Lu is here." Butler Cheng announced and then led Doctor Lu into the house.
Two maids were seen holding down Lin Xian'er, who was struggling and crying in pain. Mrs. Lin was crying with tears streaming down her face, "Doctor Lu, Xian'er took the medicine you prescribed, but not only did her illness not get better, the pain is even worse!" Mrs. Lin's words were filled with complaints and blame.
Doctor Lu ignored Mrs. Lin's offensive words. He came to the bedside, looked at Lin Xian'er, who was in pain with sweat all over her body and face and wet hair, and reached out to feel her pulse.
Seeing that Doctor Lu's expression was becoming more and more solemn, Lin Xian'er became too nervous and frightened to dare cry or shout. She clenched her teeth and endured the severe pain in her abdomen.
Doctor Lu withdrew his hand and turned to look at Butler Cheng. "Uncle Cheng, Madam Lin, I suspected yesterday that Miss Lin's abdominal pain was caused by intestinal abscess. Today, I can confirm that it is intestinal abscess, and it is acute intestinal abscess, the most severe kind. You should be mentally prepared."
"Intestinal abscess?!" Mrs. Lin exclaimed, and then burst into tears: "People with intestinal abscess will definitely die. My poor daughter! How could she be so young..."
Am I going to die? ... Lin Xian'er was so frightened that her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
Butler Cheng asked with a heavy heart: "Doctor Lu, is there really no cure?"
Doctor Lu shook his head and said, "There is no cure for acute intestinal abscess. I have been practicing medicine for many years, but I have never heard of anyone who survived after being cured."
Mrs. Lin knelt down in front of Doctor Lu and said, "Doctor Lu! Please save her! I only have this one daughter!"
Doctor Lu avoided Madam Lin's gift, shook his head silently and said, "I really can't do anything. I can only give acupuncture to relieve the patient's pain. Even if Doctor Qin came, he couldn't save the patient from acute intestinal abscess."
Looking at Mrs. Lin who was crying like a tearful person, Butler Cheng sighed and said to Doctor Lu, "Doctor Lu, please stay at the villa tonight. I will take you downstairs to rest for a while."
"That's right. I will stay at the villa tonight to guard it." Doctor Lu agreed readily.
After Butler Cheng took Doctor Lu to the guest room and settled him down, he thought that his master, the Princess of Qin, was at the villa, so he should go and report to the princess.
Lin Xian'er, who had fainted from fright, woke up slowly from the pain. She heard her mother's heart-wrenching cries and instantly remembered what happened before she fainted. She... turned out to have an incurable disease, acute intestinal abscess.
"No!... I don't want to die! Save me... Find a way to save me!..." Lin Xian'er grabbed the hand of the maid Xiangcao, shaking her head and crying in fear.
Xiangcao's nose was also sore and tears fell. Although Madam Lin and Lin Xian'er were hateful, it was really pitiful for such a young girl to have an incurable disease if she died like this.
Vanilla cried and comforted: "Miss, don't be afraid, the lady will find a way to save you."
Mrs. Lin cried out, "How can I save Xian'er? My poor daughter!..."
Princess Qin! ...Yes! Princess Qin was able to cure Zhao Wuji's congenital disease, so she can definitely cure my intestinal abscess.
Lin Xian'er suddenly had an idea. She pushed Xiangcao away with a desire to survive and shouted to her mother anxiously, "Mom! Go and ask the Princess Qin to save my life. Go!... Go and ask her to heal me!..."