038 Sun Siyuan is anxious and angry
Baicaotang, Huainan Prefecture.
The second son of the Sun family looked at his cousin helplessly, "Cousin, I have already found a way to send a letter to my eldest brother, and there should be a reply soon. He must have been tripped up by something, otherwise he would have arrived two days ago.
You don't have to worry too much. Ping'er's illness shouldn't be a big deal in the short term, but you should also be mentally prepared. Even if my eldest brother helps, it will be difficult for this child to grow up safely. She has a heart disease, and it's a very serious one."
Since ancient times, heart disease has been the most difficult to treat. Doctors understand this, and so do patients’ families.
Qi Jiao was so heartbroken that she had difficulty breathing and her face turned paler.
"Second cousin, Ping'er is my flesh and blood. She has been taking medicine all the time and has suffered all kinds of hardships since she was almost five years old. It's all my fault for not listening to you guys back then. This is retribution.
Second cousin, when the eldest cousin comes, please ask him to pay more attention to Ping'er's treatment. I want to take her to the capital to find my aunt and her family, but it's a long way and I'm afraid the child can't bear it."
"Cousin, even if you go to the capital, it's useless to be afraid. To be honest, my father and grandfather's medical skills are not necessarily better than my elder brother's. The same is true for the general doctors in the Imperial Hospital. My father can't hire the director of the hospital. And Pingjie is really not suitable for a long journey.
In fact, as long as there is a little hope, Big Brother will do his best, you don't have to worry about this."
A trip to the capital with a sick child would take at least half a month. There were some things he couldn't say, but the fact was that something might happen halfway, and no one would be able to help him.
"Cousin Jiao, what does your husband mean? Why doesn't he come with you?"
Qi Jiao wiped her tears and whispered, "He doesn't know much about the child's illness. I didn't tell him in detail. He passed the imperial examination last year and this year is the provincial examination year. He wanted to try in October. I didn't dare to disturb him.
"Cousin, I want you to prescribe some medicine for me. Ping'er is in this condition and I want to give her a brother. Please help me."
Sun Siyuan sighed and said, "Cousin, you should wait until the elder brother comes. I am far inferior to him in this aspect, especially with your body.
In fact, you already have Sheng'er, so there is no need to be so anxious.
Also, the child is not only yours, but also your husband's. I think you can't hide such an important matter from him. He has the right to know, even if you have good intentions."
"Second cousin, I understand. I'll go back first. The child will be worried if he can't see. I'll ask someone to come and check on him tomorrow."
"No need, I'll send someone to notify you when my brother arrives."
Qi Jiao left the clinic and got on the carriage in a daze. Her husband didn't know much about his daughter's illness. He just thought it was due to premature birth and weakness. If he knew that it was because she suffered a lot when giving birth to Sheng'er and that she couldn't have a second child for a long time, he would probably be very sad.
My husband is 26 years old this year. Sheng'er is not his biological child yet. We don't know how long our only daughter can live. Most importantly, it is still unknown whether his body can reproduce.
Whenever she thought about what her father and elder brother said about giving him a concubine, she felt unbearable. She couldn't do it, and she couldn't tolerate it.
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Sun Mansion.
Seeing her husband returning home with a sad face, Ma couldn't help but curl her lips. She knew that Qi Jiaojiao had gone to the clinic.
Although Qi Jiaojiao kept looking for her husband for the sake of her child, she still felt a little uncomfortable.
After all, the two had some involvement in marriage. When Qi Jiaojiao just became a widow, it was said that her father, Uncle Qi, wanted her husband to take a concubine. What a wishful thinking.
But this is just hearsay and may not be true.
She was thankful in her heart that he was just her cousin. If he was her biological uncle, she and her husband would have been separated.
Although my husband is not as ambitious as his brother, he is a very honest person.
It's just too real sometimes.
"Husband, how many people are there in the clinic today? Are you tired?" Ma came forward tenderly, her eyes full of affection.
Sun Siyuan smiled faintly: "Nothing, just a little tired. I received a letter from my eldest brother this afternoon. It will arrive in four days."
Ma helped her husband sit down, and personally made a cup of honey water and handed it to him, "Drink first, dinner will be in a quarter of an hour, will big brother come here directly?"
Sun Siyuan nodded: "Actually, my eldest brother is the busiest. The weather is not good this year, and many places have a lot of things to do in the medicine shops. He can't stay here for long, and there are many things to do in Jiangnan."
He was not fond of managing business by nature. Baicaotang was now everywhere, and supplying medicine to the army was of utmost importance. These things basically fell on his eldest brother.
Just because he's not good at management and doesn't like it doesn't mean he doesn't feel guilty.
The eldest brother has two sons and one daughter, and he also has one son and one daughter. His son and his eldest brother's children are now in the capital, studying either studying or learning medicine. The youngest daughter is four years old this year and stays with them in Huainan Prefecture.
Pingjie'er is the same age as my own daughter, one is healthy and lively, the other is sickly.
Sun Siyuan sighed again: "My cousin Jiao came to the clinic again today, and she wished that my brother could come here immediately.
But her daughter's illness cannot be cured even if her eldest brother comes. At most, he can control it. The child is pitiful."
Ma glanced at her husband and said, "I'm not saying anything bad about her. My eldest brother advised her to take three to five years to have another child, but she didn't listen. Now she has hurt herself and her child. In fact, she already had a son at that time. It's not impossible for her to stay at the Chen family with her son."
Sun Siyuan stopped talking. His wife didn't have a good impression of his cousin Jiao, mainly because of those things.
She got married at the age of sixteen and became a widow at the age of nineteen. The rest of her life was long. It was not easy to just take care of her son in a family like that, even with a dowry.
It is still right to remarry.
It’s just that I shouldn’t be in a hurry to have a child, but the thing has already happened and there’s no point in saying anything more.
"Okay, let's not talk about these annoying things, husband. Xin Jie'er has been at her grandfather's house for several days. I plan to pick her up tomorrow, and her uncle is coming over.
Oh, I really miss my son, and I don’t know when I can go to Beijing to see him.”
Sun Siyuan smiled and said, "He just came back in the last ten days of the first lunar month, and it's only been four months. My son is with his parents, and my eldest sister-in-law is also here, so I'm not worried at all.
It would be best to send my daughter there next year. A girl who grew up in the capital city cannot compare to those in the provincial capital."
Ma didn't say anything. It was one thing that she was reluctant to let go, but what her husband said made sense.
My mother-in-law is a bit careless, but my sister-in-law is really nice and I feel at ease in front of her.
Awu from my eldest sister-in-law's family is only one year older than Xinjie'er, so it would be nice for the two of them to keep each other company.
There are girls' schools in the capital, and Awu has a special nanny to teach her. It's definitely better than here.
"Husband, I will listen to you on all these, but this will make my sister-in-law even busier. She will be busy with all five children."
Sun Siyuan thought of his own mother, who also loved her grandchildren, but she was not very familiar with the details of the family. The eldest sister-in-law had always been the housekeeper of the Sun Mansion in the capital, so that she had no way to go with her eldest brother, and the couple had been separated for a long time.
"Madam, let's go eat. My sister-in-law is busy with four people, so one more is not a big deal, right? We should go back at the beginning of November as much as possible. The shopkeeper here is almost able to handle the business on his own."
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