Lin Qingyan placed her hands on Lu Zhengting's knees, located the corresponding acupoints, and told Lu's mother the location and function of each acupoint. Then she gently massaged each acupoint.
Perhaps because Lu's mother was not knowledgeable about medicine, Lin Qingyan explained the acupoints to her two or three times, but Lu's mother still couldn't remember them all.
Li Qinqin, watching from the side, didn't remember much either. Lin Qingyan said, "Don't worry, it's normal not to remember the acupoints and massage methods right away. I will come again tomorrow to continue to give Comrade Lu acupuncture and will continue to teach you massage. With more practice, you will become familiar with them."
"Okay, thank you, Young Lin." Mother Lu was very grateful.
Lin Qingyan was worried about whether her grandmother had woken up. Once her grandmother woke up, she would ask her to go to the clinic together. After saying goodbye to the people there, she left.
When they got home, Grandma Lin was still sleeping soundly, but she woke up not long after. Before she even opened her eyes, she started talking:
“Hey, girl, he’s disabled. You can’t marry him. He won’t be able to find a wife until his leg is healed.”
Lin Qingyan initially found it amusing to hear her mother-in-law's nonsensical words. Then, she suddenly thought of Lu Zhengting. Why was her mother-in-law saying such things?
When Grandma Lin opened her eyes, she quickly asked, "Grandma, were you dreaming? You just said you wouldn't let me marry anyone?"
“It’s that young man surnamed Lu. He has a limp. Don’t marry him. I just dreamt that you were going to marry him. People say that a limp man can’t find a wife. Don’t be a sucker. We won’t marry him.”
“Mother-in-law, I didn’t say I wanted to marry him, and he didn’t say he wanted to marry me, so let’s not overthink it.”
After she finished speaking, she felt her cheeks getting hot. Afraid that Grandma Lin would see her blushing, she quickly turned her back.
Once Grandma Lin was fully awake, they headed to the infirmary. On the way, Grandma Lin looked around and saw several birds perched in a tree. She quickly counted them and found that each bird had only two legs.
As she passed by the pig farm, she saw the pigs inside and started counting the pig legs.
"One, two, three, four."
Lin Qingyan saw her counting there and didn't disturb her.
After counting, Grandma Lin felt strange and asked Lin Qingyan, "What do you think has three legs?"
"Grandma, there are no three-legged creatures, only two-legged or one-legged ones."
"Oh." Granny Lin looked at the pigs in the pigsty, then suddenly changed the subject: "Girl, when are you going to slaughter the pigs?"
"Grandma, you want to eat meat. We can go hunting in the mountains."
"Alright, let's go hunting in the mountains."
"Okay, let's go when I have time."
The day passed quickly. The next day, after lunch, Lin Qingyan went to the brigade leader's house to give Lu Zhengting acupuncture.
Grandma Lin was very energetic this time. Even when Lin Qingyan tried to coax her, she wouldn't sleep and insisted on going to the brigade leader's house with Lin Qingyan.
Just like yesterday, she had Lu Zhengting lie down on the kang (a heated brick bed) near the window, lifted his trouser leg to expose his knee, disinfected it with alcohol, and then began acupuncture.
With nothing to do, Granny Lin wandered around the brigade leader's house. When she walked into the yard, she saw Li Gang and Li Fang talking. She heard a voice that was exactly the same as the voice she had heard in the toilet the day before yesterday. Suddenly, she remembered the story about the three legs she had heard that day.
"My cousin has three legs," she muttered to herself. "Why does my cousin have three legs? Everyone else has two legs, so why does my cousin have three?"
Unable to understand, she ran inside to ask Lin Qingyan.
Li Gang and Li Fang heard her mumbling, but her voice was too soft, so they couldn't understand what she was saying.
But because they knew that Granny Lin was mentally unstable, they did not go up to ask her anything.
Grandma Lin muttered to herself as she walked into the house and asked Lin Qingyan, "Girl, Grandma finally remembered. It's not that someone's leg is in trouble, it's that my cousin's leg is the problem."
"Cousin?" Lin Qingyan immediately looked at Lu Zhengting. "Mother-in-law, is the cousin you're talking about Comrade Lu? Comrade Lu has some problems with his leg, but it will be cured."
"No, no, it's not those two legs." Grandma Lin waved her hands anxiously. Lu Zhengting immediately realized that Grandma Lin seemed to know something, and quickly said, "Grandma, I only have two legs. Everyone only has two legs. Aren't you one too?"
Grandma Lin subconsciously looked at her legs, "One, two." Indeed, there were only two.
Grandma Lin felt her mind was a bit confused. What was she about to say? How could she have suddenly forgotten?
She shook her head and went out again. By this time, Li Fang and Li Gang had disappeared. Unable to see the two men, Grandma Lin temporarily forgot about her "three-legged cousin" and sat on a bench in the yard, counting ants on the ground and chatting with them.
After Lin Qingyan finished giving Lu Zhengting acupuncture, she came to the courtyard and squatted down to count ants.
When she and Lin Qingyan were at the clinic, she would count ants outside when she was bored. Lin Qingyan called out to her, "Grandma, how many ants have you counted?"
Grandma Lin stretched out her fingers one by one, counting: "One, two, three, four... so many, so many. Girl, there are so many, so many ants."
"By the way, there are so many ants," Lin Qingyan said with a smile.
Grandma Lin suddenly tilted her head and asked her, "But why do ants have so many legs?"
Lin Qingyan sighed, her mother-in-law had been concerned about leg issues these past few days, whether it was two legs, four legs, or now many legs.
"Grandma, this is the law of nature. Ants are supposed to have many legs. I can't really explain it to you, but in short, it's just right that they have so many legs."
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