Chapter 1425: Syndactyly Separation Surgery

After quickly flipping through the materials Zhang Shi had organized, Zhang San calmly instructed, "Bring the patient into the operating room. Prepare for surgery."

"Understood." Zhang Shi looked at Xia Qing and discussed with her, "Qing-jie, shall we take Ergua in?"

Xia Qing carried the large case and brought the two Does on her shoulder into the lab where the surgical equipment had been set up. Broken-Waist Wolf and Little Wolf Bro immediately followed.

Just as Zhang Shi was about to speak and stop the two wolves, she heard Zhang San instruct, "Let them follow along and learn. You take Ye Yiyi back to the room first, then come over."

Follow along and... learn? Could these big and small wolves actually be... intern doctors?

When Zhang Shi quickly composed herself, took Ye Yiyi to the basement, and returned to the operating room, she saw the boss already wearing surgical garb, taking instruments out of the case, and standing beside him, also in surgical garb and masks, one person, two wolves, and one monkey.

Zhang Shi, who was in charge of organizing the lab supplies, confirmed that the two wolves' surgical garb and masks were not supplies from the Number Three Territory lab—they had been brought by the boss just now!

The boss, who at Huiyi Time hated entering the operating room the most, had personally brought along intern doctors, and ones that were two evolved wolves at that...

So her work as a dental veterinarian was really quite normal in this territory.

"Aow~"

After the surgery began, Little Wolf Bro's legs were trapped by the protective suit, so he couldn't climb to a high spot and called his dad for help.

Noticing Broken-Waist Wolf intently staring at the operating table, Xia Qing grabbed two stools from the side and let Little Wolf Bro and Does Daigua squat on them to learn.

Does Daigua, also wearing surgical garb and a mask, climbed back onto Xia Qing's shoulder again, because it was the highest spot there and gave the clearest view.

But the moment it climbed up, it saw Zhang San use a blade to cut open Does Ergua's skin!

"Cut-cough, cut..."

Does Daigua let out a furious roar and lunged forward to rescue its companion.

Xia Qing hurriedly grabbed its neck with one hand and covered its mask-hidden mouth with the other.

Already in working mode, Zhang San said coldly, "Family members wait outside the operating room."

Xia Qing immediately agreed, "Understood. Should I take Broken-Waist and Little Wolf out too?"

Zhang San didn't even shift his gaze. "Xiao Duan and Little Wolf continue to follow along. Mosquito forceps."

Zhang Shi immediately handed the mosquito forceps to Zhang San. Xia Qing carried Does Daigua out of the operating room, sat down beside the old wolf who was waiting for a tooth extraction, and stroked the struggling Does Daigua again and again.

Unable to break free of Xia Qing's grip, Does Daigua cried out anxiously, "Yi, ayayi yo a!!!"

Xia Qing didn't let go, soothing it in a gentle voice, "San-ge won't hurt Ergua. Hasn't Daigua watched the syndactyly separation surgery video several times? To make Ergua a healthy monkey, its deformed syndactylous toes must be separated. San-ge is helping Ergua..."

"Yi ayayi yo..." Does Daigua couldn't listen, anxiously howling nonstop.

"Woo—"

The old wolf bared its fangs and let out a menacing low growl, and Daigua immediately shut up.

"Thanks for the help, Lao Si." After thanking Lao Si, Xia Qing continued to soothe Daigua stroke by stroke, feeling sorry for it. Because Daigua was the only one in her territory with both nimble paws and a smart brain, Xia Qing had brought Daigua into the operating room hoping it could learn well from San-ge and become a qualified medical monkey as soon as possible.

No chance this time. Next time.

"Release the tourniquet bandage."

"Check blood supply."

"Blood supply normal."

"Ao."

"Ao!"

After Zhang Shi answered, Broken-Waist Wolf and Little Wolf Bro also chimed in, each more solemn than the last. Although the two of them were smart, their paws weren't nimble enough—otherwise Xia Qing wouldn't have needed to train Does Daigua.

"Vaseline gauze, dry gauze, cotton padding."

"Plaster splint."

Hearing her idol ask for a plaster splint, Xia Qing knew the surgery was over.

A syndactyly separation surgery on soft tissue—her idol had finished it in less than an hour. Beautiful!

When the operating room door opened, Zhang San walked out and looked at the one wolf, one person, and one monkey at the door.

Xia Qing suppressed her boundless admiration and gave a precise compliment, "San-ge finished the surgery without a single drop of blood on his gown or gloves. That's amazing!"

"Ao!"

Broken-Waist Wolf followed right after. It had seen with its own eyes Does Ergua's shaved paw being split into separate toes, done in less time than in the video and sutured even better than in the video, and was extremely excited too.

"Ao!" Little Wolf Bro also chimed in right after.

Zhang San couldn't be bothered to speak and headed straight for the decontamination area inside the lab.

Zhang Shi wanted to tell her boss that before the catastrophe, there was already a strict set of procedures for this kind of external surgery to keep the surgical field clear and the surgeon clean—blood wouldn't splash onto the surgical gown.

But now wasn't the time to say all this. She could find a chance when no people, wolves, or monkeys were around to tactfully tell her boss this common sense. Right now she had to first settle the patient in the insulated box. "Qing-jie, Ergua's surgery was a great success."

Her idol's using a sledgehammer on a small surgery—of course it couldn't fail. Xia Qing, holding Does Daigua, nodded. "Good work. Shi-jie, hand Ergua over to Does Daigua. Does Daigua has studied postoperative care and knows how to look after Ergua."

Seeing Zhang San didn't object, Zhang Shi gently set the insulated box on the floor. Does Daigua carefully opened it, sniffed Does Ergua's scent, confirmed it was still alive, and excitedly chattered nonstop.

Zhang San saw this scene in the mirror above the decontamination counter and felt this little monkey seemed to have gotten better-looking than before.

Zhang Shi squatted beside it and earnestly instructed, "Daigua, don't remove the heating pad and heat lamp, to prevent its body temperature from dropping and catching a cold. Once Ergua wakes up, don't let it use its mouth to tear or pull off the dressing on its leg. If the pain is unbearable, give it one pill of this—just one..."

After Xia Qing carefully noted it down, she took only one painkiller, then used the large insulated box to take Does Daigua and Does Ergua home together. She had Wolf Lao Er stay with Does Daigua to look after Does Ergua, and she brought the three wolves back to the lab for tooth extractions.

The wolf pack didn't trust Zhang San and Zhang Shi, so they only stayed with Xia Qing and refused to remain inside the lab.

After returning to the lab, Xia Qing found Zhang Shi cleaning the operating room, while her idol was in the artificial climate cultivation room checking on the growth of the Yi-element spinach.

After she helped Zhang Shi set up the operating table, she went to find her idol and introduced to him the quality of this disaster-prone batch of spinach. "San-ge, this plant is the best quality in this batch of spinach. The Yi-element content is 8.1‰. Genomic DNA testing confirms its female expression is extremely pure and stable. The seeds it produces are very likely to yield a cultivable optimized strain with a Yi-element content above 8.5‰."

This new human was still very professional in the field she had poured her heart into. Zhang San nodded with satisfaction. "Which pollinating male plant have you selected?"

Xia Qing pointed at the spinach plant in another flowerpot. "It's this one, with a Yi-element content of 7.9‰. When the flowering period comes, I'll use the 'bagging—pollen collection—manual point-pollination—re-bagging' method to achieve one hundred percent precise pollination."

Seeing her idol still wanted to hear more, Xia Qing continued her introduction. "We're now in the pre-flowering period, which requires water control to restrain seedling growth, so I've reduced the water. Fermented hornet feces have been precisely added to these two spinach plants. Because hornet feces are insufficient in organic nitrogen, I've supplemented them with Green Lantern chicken manure. To monitor the spinach's growth, I take soil samples and test them three times a day."

Zhang San asked, "When you're not in the territory, who handles the testing?"

"... Does Daigua."

Zhang San...

Such a precious plant, and you actually handed it to a monkey to take care of?!

Xia Qing explained, "Third Brother, Does Daigua is very smart—more than capable of handling this job."

Zhang San had no desire to discuss a monkey's farming abilities with this bizarre human, and simply ordered, "Go to the operating room."