Granny Wang nodded, "I feel like I have no strength at all. I used to be able to walk, but these past few days I haven't even had the strength to walk."

I don't know what's wrong with me, but I still feel a bit cold, no matter how many blankets I cover myself with. "When people came to visit, my mood improved a lot, and I started talking non-stop."

"Mom, you're so unwell, why didn't you tell me?" Ma Yulan said emotionally. "I'm going to take you to the hospital today no matter what. Your illness can't be delayed any longer."

"I know my body, so let's just do it this way and not go to the hospital."

"mom!"

The two were deadlocked. Qiao Xiaoni felt that the old lady's symptoms were likely tuberculosis. To confirm her guess,

"Auntie, may I take your pulse?"

Granny Wang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded. Although she didn't understand why the young girl wanted to take her pulse, she figured it wouldn't hurt and readily agreed.

Qiao Xiaoni went to the old woman's side and took her right pulse. The pulse was consistent with her thoughts. The old woman did indeed have tuberculosis, but it was not yet fatal. With proper treatment, there was still hope for recovery. Qiao Xiaoni had another medicinal diet in mind. According to her physical condition, eating it for two months would be enough for her to recover.

"Young lady, do you know medicine?" Ma Yulan couldn't help but ask.

Qiao Xiaoni thought for a moment and said, "I have a friend who learned medicine from his father since he was a child. He taught me some medical skills and some medicinal diet recipes. Actually, he doesn't know too much, but these medicinal diets are good things. My mother's gray hair improved after eating these medicinal diets, and her hair turned much darker."

"Really?" Ma Yulan looked incredulous.

Qiao Xiaoni said, "Medicinal cuisine combines diet with food, which can treat both the symptoms and the root cause, and is better than taking medicine. Taking medicine will damage the patient's internal organs, and even if the disease is cured, the body will still be harmed to some extent."

Ma Yulan felt that what the little girl said made perfect sense. Every medicine has some degree of toxicity, and taking too much medicine can also harm the body. Doctors have also said this.

What ingredients are needed to make this medicinal cuisine?

Granny Wang waved her hand, "My body is already like this, I don't need treatment. I'm just living one day at a time, just getting through each day."

"Mom!" Ma Yulan cried out in distress, "Brother Jianguo left so suddenly, you can't leave me and the children again."

"Grandma, you need to get better. I want you to watch me grow up. You have to stay with me forever and not leave me like Dad did." Wang Fanfan continued, even at such a young age, he already knew what death meant. His father died and disappeared, never to return.

Granny Wang was so moved by their crying that she hugged them tightly, and the three of them embraced each other.

At this moment, Qiao Xiaoni was deeply moved by their sincere feelings.

“Auntie, this illness is not terminal. You will recover as long as you take good care of yourself. You should live well for their sake.”

Granny Wang nodded repeatedly. Her previous thought was wrong; she thought that she would be free from suffering if she died. Looking at her daughter-in-law and grandson, she felt sorry for them. She shouldn't have been so despondent; she should have lived well and stayed with them.

Ma Yulan gradually calmed down, took a towel to wipe the child's tears, and then wiped her mother-in-law's face as well. Only then did she have time to speak.

"Girl, I'm so sorry, it was our first time visiting and you saw us crying."

Qiao Xiaoni quickly comforted her, "It's okay. Sometimes crying is a way to vent. Don't keep everything bottled up inside. You can talk to each other and you'll find that what you imagined to be difficult isn't so difficult after all."