Tang Li gave Chang Lu a few instructions and then hurriedly followed the tall and thin boy to his home.
His house was in a narrow and damp alley, with a foul and fishy smell in the air. The house was low and there was only one room, which was also very simple, with a table and a chair, and a small bed squeezed next to a larger bed.
Yunniang was lying on the big bed, covered with tattered cotton quilt. Her face was pale and her chest was motionless, as if she was dead.
Tangli moved closer to Yunniang and reached out his hand to feel her breath.
Still breathing, Tangli's expression looked a little better.
"Have you seen a doctor?"
"Found it!"
"What did the doctor say?" Tang Li asked.
"The doctor said there's no cure!" The boy's voice was tearful and full of despair.
"Which doctor did you see?"
"Doctor Li from Miaoyitang!"
"Go and call your father back quickly." Tang Li said.
The boy nodded, turned and ran away.
Tang Li only knew some simple medical knowledge and naturally couldn't save people. She turned around and went to find the most famous doctor in Yaoshui Town - Doctor Chen.
When Tang Li arrived with Doctor Chen, the tall and thin boy also found his father.
The scruffy-bearded man lay on the ground, reeking of alcohol and looking like a puddle of mud. The young man was glaring at his father with dissatisfaction.
When he saw Tang Li coming with the doctor, a glimmer of light flashed in his dim eyes and he welcomed Doctor Chen in.
He knew that Doctor Chen was the most famous doctor in Yaoshui Town and had many patients. Ordinary people could not ask him to visit them for treatment, even if they had money.
Now that Doctor Chen is here, can my mother be saved?
A small expectation arose in the boy's heart.
The young man quickly took the medicine box from Doctor Chen.
Doctor Chen sat down beside the bed and examined Yunniang.
The young man looked at the doctor expectantly.
After examining the patient, Doctor Chen sighed softly, "Manager Tang, the patient has lost too much money and has a long-standing illness. Now that it has suddenly flared up, there is nothing I can do to save him."
As soon as Doctor Chen finished speaking, the young man's legs went limp and he sat down on the ground.
Tang Li frowned, looking at Yun Niang lying on the bed, and then at the young man lying limp on the ground, feeling a little reluctant.
"Doctor Chen, how old is the oldest ginseng you have?"
"One hundred years." Doctor Chen guessed Tangli's intention and said, "Madam, ginseng can only keep the body alive, it can't cure diseases."
"Hold him up for now. As long as he's breathing, there's hope." Tang Li looked at the young boy who was slumped on the ground. "Kid, follow the doctor to get the ginseng."
The child bowed to Tangli and followed the doctor.
Tang Li stared at the drunk man lying on the ground, his brows furrowed tightly, and anger accumulated in his heart.
His wife is almost dead, and he still looks so half-dead!
Tang Li took down the spoon hanging on the wall, scooped a spoonful of water, and splashed it on the drunk man's face.
The drunk man opened his hazy eyes and stared at Tangli.
Tangli slapped him twice in the face, and he became a little more sober, squinting his eyes and looking at Tangli.
Tang Li grabbed his collar and pulled him to the door, making him raise his head and look at the bed.
"Look at this woman! She's your wife who's been with you through thick and thin, and she's dying now!"
die?
The man looked at the woman on the bed, his mind turning slowly, digesting the word "death".
"She's like this because of you. If it weren't for you, she's less than 30, in the prime of her life. She could live a good life, without any illness or pain, and she wouldn't be so old. It's because of you that she drinks all day long, and she's exhausted from running the household. She fainted countless times, and now she can't hold on any longer."
"I don't know much about your past, but you're willing to transcend social status to marry her and spend the rest of your life with her. I think you love her. If you love her, why do you treat her like this? You've been hit hard and are devastated, but why do you want to let your family suffer with you? She's going to die for you. Are you satisfied?"
Those words struck the man's heart, and he shuddered and suddenly became a little more sober.
Is Yunniang going to... die? Is he going to lose Yunniang forever?
"Yun Niang... Yun Niang!"
The man crawled inside and reached the bed.
"Yun Niang! Madam!"
No matter how he shouted, the woman's eyes were tightly closed and she didn't respond at all.
Under extreme fear, the man finally woke up.
What had he done all these years to make his beloved wife suffer like this?
He's such a bastard!
The man slapped himself suddenly.
"Yunniang, I'm sorry, it's all my fault!"
"Yun Niang, I was wrong. Can you open your eyes and look at me? Yun Niang, open your eyes!"
After a while, the young boy came back with ginseng. When he saw the man crying beside his mother, he was stunned for a moment, resentment flashed in his eyes, and he pushed him away.
"Go away, stay away from my mother! You are the one who killed her!"
He protected his mother like a wolf cub and refused to let his father get close to him.
Tangli cut a piece of the ginseng that the boy brought back with a kitchen knife, put it into Yunniang's mouth, and asked Yunniang to hold it.
"Madam, what should we do now?" the young boy looked at Tangli and asked.
He couldn't rely on his father, so this random person became his support.
"I know a very good doctor. I will ask him to come and take a look. You just stay at home and take care of your mother. If she feels weak, let her hold a piece of ginseng in her mouth." Tang Li said.
The boy nodded: "Okay."
As he said this, he was about to kowtow to Tangli again.
Tang Li stopped him: "Don't knock, I'll ask him to come and take a look, he may not be able to help... We have to try. What's your name?"
"Zheng Ding."
"Okay, Zheng Ding, wait for me to come back."
Tangli went out.
Zheng Ding stayed by his mother's side, staring at her closely, and every once in a while, he would check her breathing.
The sloppy man stopped crying and just sat at the door, staring at the person on the bed.
The ox cart was too slow and Tangli didn't know how to ride a horse, so he went to the market to hire a horse carriage and went to Lijia Village.
In less than an hour, she arrived at Lijia Village and stopped at the door of the medicine sachet factory.
Tang Li found Doctor Su and briefly told him the situation. Doctor Su hurriedly packed his medicine box and followed Tang Li into the carriage.
The carriage headed back.
The creaking sound of the carriage was like the anxious mood of the people.
As Zheng Ding was waiting anxiously, Tang Li came with a doctor.
These few hours were particularly difficult for Zheng Ding. He was afraid that his mother would not be able to hold on before the doctor arrived.
Seeing the doctor coming, Zheng Ding breathed a sigh of relief and quickly made way.
Doctor Su came to the bedside and took the patient's pulse first. The pulse was weak. He lifted the eyelids and took a look. The pupils were dilated. He had already made a judgment in his heart.
"The patient's condition is very urgent. I need to give him acupuncture quickly." Doctor Su said.
Doctor Su opened his medicine box, took out a set of silver needles, and laid them out in a row.
He took the silver needle and skillfully injected acupuncture into the patient's brain, while Tang Li assisted him.
Zheng Ding prayed silently, while the sloppy man watched without blinking.
After finishing the acupuncture, Doctor Su put away the needle.
"Doctor, how is my mother?" Zheng Ding asked anxiously.
"The patient is too weak and overworked, and the symptoms are in his brain. I've already given him acupuncture to alleviate the symptoms. Now it depends on whether he can wake up..."
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