Chapter 54: Life is coming to an end

What's wrong with this?

Although it may sound unpleasant to say that a man is afraid of his wife, the old village chief does not think it is a problem.

After all, even he himself...

Cough cough cough…

He was not afraid of his wife. He was just worried that his old wife would cry and it would have a bad influence in front of his children and grandchildren.

At home, of course, harmony is the most important thing. Life would be miserable if there were quarrels all over the place, right?

The old village chief silently refuted it in his heart and formed a basic impression of Zhou Laoer.

"As long as it doesn't affect the education of the child, it doesn't matter if I'm afraid of my wife. Since there is no discord between the two of you, I will go and talk to that Zhou Laoer about the selection of the second teacher. Huaishan, you should take good care of yourself and think about how to arrange the school. You can tell me when the time comes."

"Okay."

Yin Huaishan stood up and saw the old village chief off.

At this time, the aunt and sister-in-law who had been fetching water also returned from the riverside.

The temples of both of them were wet, and it was obvious that they had washed their faces while fetching water from the ditch.

However, they each carried two buckets of water and were sweating all over. They had just sat down and hadn't even had time to rest when someone came to the house.

The person who came to the house was Xiaoman's mother. It seemed that she did not come alone, but she was the only one who came in.

"Doctor Yin, can you come out?"

Yin Huaixi immediately got up and followed Xiaoman's mother out of the house.

As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw a woman leaning against the door. Her face was pale and her eyes were dull. It was obvious that she was very ill.

"Doctor Yin, my sister-in-law's illness is not easy to treat in front of men. Can we go to your little stone house to diagnose her?"

"Okay, you guys go ahead, I need to tell my family."

“Okay, okay!”

Xiao Manniang immediately helped her sister-in-law away.

Yin Huaixi greeted her family and followed them.

After entering the small stone house, it immediately became much cooler. After she brought a bench for the two of them to sit on, she asked about his condition.

This time, Li Xiu took the initiative to speak and described his physical condition in great detail.

Her discomfort started with miscarriage.

"Sister Li, please open your mouth so I can see."

Li Xiu opened her mouth nervously, fearing that there would be a bad taste in her mouth.

Yin Huaixi didn't think too much about it. She had seen a lot of patients and all kinds of them. There were also patients with diarrhea in her clinic.

"Have you ever had sex with your spouse in the past two years?"

Li Xiu's pale face turned red after hearing this. How could Doctor Yin ask such a private matter? It was so embarrassing!

"Just tell me the truth. I am also a woman, and there are no outsiders here. If you tell me the truth, I will be more prepared to understand the problem of your illness."

Li Xiu was a little embarrassed, but she still knew the severity of the disease and that curing the disease was the most important thing.

As for my third brother’s wife, just pretend she doesn’t exist.

"Yes, there are..."

Li Xiu's voice was as soft as a mosquito's, and Yin Huaixi's face turned black after hearing it.

Your body is already so weak, and you still abuse it like this, how can the disease not be serious?

But she didn't know what to say.

Even in modern times, there are still many people who don’t know some common sense about hygiene, let alone these ancient people.

Yin Huai carefully examined Li Xiu, made a rough judgment in his mind, and then began to take her pulse.

The more she was examined, the more solemn her expression became.

The pulse was weak and frail, so thin that she could hardly feel it. This serious deficiency of Qi and blood had lasted for two years!

Mrs. Li was lucky enough to survive.

"Your illness is very serious."

"Your miscarriage was not completely drained, and it has been leaking all the time, which has overdrawn your energy and blood. In addition, you are dragging your sick body to work, which has made your illness even more serious. If you continue to delay like this, you will die within half a year."

Yin Huaixi didn't hesitate to explain the illness directly. Xiao Man's mother was so frightened that she was stunned, and Li Xiu's lips were trembling.

"Doctor, can I still be cured?!"

"It can be cured. It depends on whether you want to be cured or not."

Both of them were a little confused after hearing this. What did this mean?

"Doctor Yin, of course I want to be treated."

Yin Huaixi nodded, stood up and fetched paper, pen and ink. While writing the prescription, he began to give instructions.

"If you want to get treatment, go home and stop working. Just lie down in bed. Don't touch cold water or drink it. Husband and wife can sleep in the same bed but not in the same room."

"Eat enough, and eat better if you can. You can buy some pork liver to make porridge, and there are also red dates and longans. If you can, you can buy some..."

After saying a lot of things, Yin Huaixi was suddenly stunned. She subconsciously wrote the prescription for Eight Treasures Soup, but this medicine contained ginseng, which ordinary people could not afford.

So she changed a piece of paper and wrote a new prescription that was cheaper.

Well, in fact, people with weak qi and blood can really get better quickly by eating ginseng, but it is too expensive.

After Yin Huaixi finished writing the prescription, she handed it to Li Xiu.

"There are two pieces of paper here. The one with more words on it is a pill recipe. You need to buy some herbs and bring them to me so I can make pills for you to take."

"This one with fewer words is a soup recipe. The prescribed medicine should be boiled into one bowl of water with three bowls of water every day, and taken once in the morning and evening. The soup should be taken for at least half a month, and the pills should be taken for about seven days. I'll show it to you after you finish it."

Li Xiu nervously wiped the sweat from her palms on the hem of her clothes and carefully took the prescription.

"Thank you, Dr. Yin!"

She could hardly hold back her tears, and felt a strong sense of fear in her heart.

"Doctor Yin, this is fifty coins for the consultation fee."

Yin Huaixi nodded and accepted it, then stood up and escorted the two people out of the small stone house.

well……

Let's wait until she becomes a little famous, and then she can teach the women here some health knowledge.

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"Third sister-in-law, thank you..."

Li Xiu's voice was choked with sobs.

Today, she suddenly knew that she only had half a year to live. She was stunned. Who doesn't fear death? She was also afraid.

If it weren't for my third brother's wife who kept encouraging me to see Doctor Yin, I might have been buried in the ground half a year later.

"We are all family, there is no need to say thank you. Sister-in-law, you must listen to Dr. Yin. For now, leave the family alone and talk to mother-in-law."

Li Xiu didn't answer.

Because she didn't know how to say it.

My third brother's wife's family has separated, but my family and the second brother's family are still together. Most of the money I earn goes to my mother-in-law.

The fifty cents she spent on the doctor's bill today came from her usual savings. She didn't know if the remaining money was enough to buy the medicine for the two prescriptions. Anyway, her mother-in-law didn't have much money.

My son is not married yet, and my daughter is not married yet, so there are many places to spend money. If I stop working, my second son's family will be the first to stop working.

But she had to listen to the doctor's advice, which made her feel a bit awkward. So she wanted to go back and have a good talk with the head of the family to see what to do.

In the evening the family's boat returned, and the whole family ate in silence.

After returning to the house, Li Xiu told her husband about her visit today.

When he heard that his wife only had half a year to live, Lian Dahai's first reaction was disbelief.

"Xiuniang, how about I go to the city with you tomorrow to have a look? You can't trust a doctor's words. What if she makes a wrong diagnosis?"

"No, don't waste your money. I can feel it myself. When I was cooking today, I couldn't even lift a full bucket of water. I couldn't stand up even if I squatted down without help. What Doctor Yin said is probably true."

As Li Xiu spoke, her eyes turned red with grievance. She was in so much pain, but no one in her family could help her.

Lian Dahai felt his head buzzing, and when he realized what was happening, his tears flowed faster than his wife's.