The next morning, Yun Jiao was reading a book in her room when she suddenly heard cries mixed with shouts outside, "Doctor Gu, help!"
"Quick, help!"
Yun Jiao put down her book and quickly walked out of the room, seeing a man holding a two or three-year-old child.
Beside him was an older man.
Behind them followed two women, one younger and one older.
The cries were coming from these two women.
The child in the man’s arms had a face turning purple, and the man looked extremely anxious.
Yun Jiao hurriedly asked, "What’s wrong with the child?"
The man replied, "His grandmother was frying beans in the house, and this greedy kid whined about wanting some. She gave him a handful, and after eating a few, he choked."
"Drinking water didn’t help, and neither did patting his back."
The older woman knelt down with a plop, "Doctor Gu, please save my grandson. He’s the only heir of our family!"
Yun Jiao didn’t have time to attend to her, turned around, and walked into the house, "Quick, bring the child in."
She sat down on a chair and held out her hand to the man, "Give me the child."
The man handed the child to Yun Jiao.
Yun Jiao placed the child face down on her knee, lifting his head slightly, and used her other hand to tap between the child’s shoulder blades, patting forward.
The two men and two women standing by held their breath, fearing that any sound might disturb Yun Jiao’s rescue.
At this moment, Mrs. Chen also came out from the house, watched silently at the doorway with a worried expression.
Yun Jiao continued to pat the child’s back from forward to downward. Every five pats, she paused briefly.
On the twentieth pat, Yun Jiao saw a round yellow bean fly out of the child’s mouth.
Then, the child burst into tears.
Yun Jiao let out a long breath.
Heimlich maneuver, learned in medical school.
Luckily, they made it in time.
The young woman, hearing the child cry, rushed over to pick him up.
The family surrounded the child, crying tears of joy.
It was the older woman who reacted first, "Doctor Gu, we owe you so much. I almost thought—" thought the grandson would choke to death.
If it weren’t for my daughter-in-law suggesting to find Doctor Gu in a hurry, who knows what would have happened to the child now.
It’s strange, they patted the child countless times, but the bean wouldn’t come out.
Doctor Gu’s method proved effective, her posture, her technique, there’s surely some reasoning behind it, and that’s what saved the child.
Yun Jiao just smiled, "As long as the child is okay."
"In the future, please be careful, he’s still young, and it’s best not to give him things like this to eat."
The whole family nodded hurriedly.
The older woman slapped her forehead, "Look at me, I was in such a hurry, I didn’t bring any silver. I’ll go back to get the consultation fee now."
Yun Jiao smiled without saying not to worry about the silver.
The family expressed endless gratitude, holding the still sobbing child as they left.
After they left, Mrs. Chen finally said, "That family’s surname is also Liu, they’re from the same ancestral line as Ah Tie’s family, but many generations apart."
"They only pass down one male child per generation, so they treat this grandson like a precious jewel. Thank goodness you saved him just now."
She patted her chest, "I was really worried, if something happened to the child, would they have turned around and blamed you."
Yun Jiao was startled for a moment, "Well, I didn’t think that far."
But when she thought it over, she felt Mrs. Chen had a point and nodded, "I’ll try to explain things clearly with people in the future."
Only, this kind of first aid is a race against time, and a few extra words could mean not saving a life,