Chapter 205 He knows everything?
Mr. Dou’s treatment lasted for 10 consecutive days, consisting of internal medication and acupuncture.
Mother Lu fell into a coma several times during this period, but fortunately she escaped danger.
When she opened her eyes again, Old Man Dou wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Do you know who this is?"
Mother Lu's blurry vision focused on Hu Xin'er standing in front of the bed, and she smiled tiredly but gently: "This is my daughter-in-law, Hu Xin'er."
Seeing her eyes bright, Hu Xiner couldn't help crying with joy: "Mom, you finally woke up!"
Old Man Dou smiled and said, "Finally, it lived up to my expectations."
He cured Lu's mother, and not only Hu Xin'er, but everyone in the mansion was very grateful. The maids kowtowed to him on the spot and said they would worship him as a living immortal and build a shrine for him.
Old Man Dou waved his hand and said, "I'm just an old man living in seclusion in the mountains. Why would I need all this fancy stuff? I appreciate your kindness!"
Hu Xin'er wanted to reward him handsomely, but Old Man Dou insisted that he would only take the money for the medicine and consultation.
A maidservant was holding a thousand taels of gold covered with red cloth. After hearing Old Man Dou's reply, Hu Xin'er felt very embarrassed: "You are a kind-hearted doctor... How about I find some precious medicinal herbs for you? You can take some back?"
Old Man Dou asked in return, "When you helped Madam Dou, did you ever think about asking her to repay you?"
Hu Xiner shook her head.
Old Man Dou stroked his beard and smiled, "Everything in this world is determined by fate. If it weren't for your kindness, I wouldn't have met Madam Dou, and my disciple wouldn't have risked breaking his oath to ask you to invite me down the mountain. At my age, I only take what I deserve."
After saying this, he carried his medicine box on his back.
Seeing that it was useless to insist, Hu Xin'er quickly stopped him and said, "Then Master, please follow me to the study to collect the consultation fee!"
She was still thinking about how to repay Old Man Dou.
When they reached the study, Old Man Dou warned, "I don't want any extra money or things... Huh?"
He suddenly made a surprised sound and stared at the desk.
"What's wrong?" There were too many patients around him recently. When Hu Xiner saw his staring eyes, her heart skipped a beat.
The treatment these days has been very intensive. Could it be that old man Dou is too old and can’t bear it anymore?
Thinking of this, she hurried forward to support Old Man Dou, fearing that he would fall.
She once read a report in modern times that many elderly people died of illness directly or indirectly due to falls.
Old Man Dou was a little excited, and his outstretched hand was shaking: "You, how did you get that inkstone on your desk?"
Does Old Man Dou like to collect inkstones?
Hu Xin'er quickly calmed him down: "Don't get excited, this is just one Duan inkstone. We have two more in our house. I'll pack them up for you later!"
Old man Dou shook his head desperately: "No, I mean the broken one!"
The broken inkstone, isn't that the one that Yin Li picked up casually from the pile of pens, ink, paper and inkstone?
Ever since returning home that day, Hu Xiner casually threw the inkstone on the study table and hasn't taken care of it for the past few days.
Is there really some story behind this?
Hu Xin'er thought for a moment and said, "This inkstone was given to me by a good friend."
Old man Dou pushed her away with trembling hands, walked to the desk, and carefully stroked the inkstone as if it were his most respected treasure, wiping away the dust in every gap.
He muttered a few words, but it was unclear.
After a while, he wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes: "Girl, you really helped me a lot!"
Although Hu Xiner was confused, she was very happy to be able to give Old Man Dou the thank you he deserved.
She asked curiously, "Do you have any connection with this inkstone?"
Old Man Dou gently stroked the inkstone with his rough fingers: "This is a relic left by my wife!"
"What?" Hu Xiner was extremely shocked. How could Yin Li have the relics of Old Man Dou's wife?
Old Man Dou murmured, "It's just that this inkstone was lost when we moved more than ten years ago. It's really fate that I saw it here with you."
Yin Li once said that the pens, ink, paper and inkstones he had were collected from all over the place, and some were left by guests as payment for their books.
The quality of this inkstone is actually average. It must have been lost when Old Man Dou moved, and it ended up in the Wanjuan Pavilion by chance, and was then given to Hu Xiner by chance.
Hu Xin'er understood the whole story and smiled, "You are a kind-hearted doctor. I believe that God would not want you to have any regrets."
Old Man Dou looked at her a little embarrassedly. "I said before that I only needed the consultation fee, but now I'm afraid I have to break my promise. Can you please give me the inkstone?"
"Of course!" Hu Xin'er said seriously, "This inkstone can only show its greatest value in your hands."
After receiving a positive response, Old Man Dou hugged the inkstone tightly in his arms and smiled the happiest smile he had since arriving here: "Thank you!"
Because of this action, the originally clean and tidy clothes were stained with a lot of dust and stains.
No one knew how long the inkstone had been in the waste pile of Wanjuan Pavilion. It was old, broken, and dirty.
"What are you talking about? I can't thank you enough!" Hu Xiner waved her hands quickly.
Old Man Dou sighed and said, "She was also a person who loved painting when she was alive. At that time, I was too poor to buy expensive inkstones. This Minghu inkstone was her favorite."
For more than ten years, the accidental loss of his late wife's belongings has been a source of worry for Old Man Dou!
There was silence in the study for a long time, and Hu Xin'er considerately gave Old Man Dou time to be sad and reminisce.
Then he suggested, "Perhaps I could try to clean the inkstone for you before giving it to you, as a token of my appreciation?"
Old Man Dou didn't say anything when he heard this. He touched the inkstone again and again reluctantly before handing it to Hu Xiner.
His wife loved cleanliness when she was alive, so how could he let the inkstone be so dirty?
Standing at the door to see Old Man Dou off, Hu Xiner felt a long-lost bright mood. She felt lucky to be able to associate with such a simple and bright person.
She walked briskly back to Mother Lu's room. Mother Lu was leaning on the bed due to being weak for many days, and was being fed chicken soup in small sips.
Hu Xiner took the soup bowl, scooped up half a spoonful of soup, blew it on her lips, and handed it to Lu's mother's lips very naturally.
But Mother Lu, who had just been eating with gusto, shook her head and said to her with eyes full of heartache: "Xin'er, you've lost weight!"
Just this one sentence made Hu Xiner's nose sore and almost broke down.
She held back her tears, shook her head and smiled: "Mom, I'm glad you woke up!"
Mother Lu held her hand and said, "Good girl, you must have suffered a lot recently!"
Hu Xin'er tried hard to steady her voice: "Mom, we are a family, this is what we should do."
After drinking the chicken soup, she carefully talked about Mu Qing's coma due to his emotional knot.
Mother Lu was heartbroken: "He knows everything?"
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