Chapter 9 Physical Hidden Dangers
Chapter 9
They walked and talked, and when they reached the second gate, Qin Heng stopped and said with a smile, "Master Lu, please stay."
Lu Desheng readily accepted the offer and was escorted out by Butler Chen. His status meant he shouldn't have close contact with anyone. If someone saw him, it would be bad for both families.
Before leaving, Qin Heng reminded her, "The rumors in Chang'an City are endless, and they are of no benefit to your daughter. No matter what decision is made, Lord Lu and Madam Lu should act swiftly."
Lu Desheng was not in a position to tell them about his own plans, so he could only nod casually, as a token of his gratitude.
On this side, just as Lv Desheng stood up to see the guests off, Jiang called out to Lv Songli, "Ali, come out, they've left."
After Lu Songli came out, Jiang held her cold little hand and observed her face. Although it was still not rosy and bloodless, it was much better than last night. "Why are your hands still so cold? Come, have a cup of hot water. I heard from Butler Chen that you went fishing in the pond just now?"
Lu Songli took the cup with both hands and held it in her hands. The cup was warm and indeed comfortable. "The Xiaofeng courtyard is being cleaned up, it's very noisy. I have nothing to do, so I went fishing for fun."
"Go ahead and play, but remember to wear extra clothes when you're outside. Also, take the medicine Dr. Zhou prescribed on time," Jiang instructed. She already knew Xiaofeng Courtyard was being cleaned up, and she also knew her daughter had gathered all the items sent by the Xie family. She just thought she was using the Xiaofeng Courtyard cleanup as a cover-up.
"Mother, I know." After Lu Songli finished speaking, he lowered his eyes slightly.
It seemed like the coldness in her body was something serious. Since ancient times, men were yang and women were yin, and women's constitutions were often prone to coldness. Her hands and feet were icy, and even in bed she couldn't feel warm. She initially thought it was her cold constitution and the drowning. After all, October was late autumn, and the lake water was very cold at night.
Until now, she has taken several doses of medicine, but the coldness in her body is still very severe and there is no improvement.
She took her own pulse and discovered she had a strong coldness, a tinge of heat within it. This heat was a weak, stubborn, and intractable fire, not something that could be cured with ordinary anti-cold medicines. She then found an opportunity to review the medication Dr. Zhou had prescribed for her the previous night. It contained both heart remedies and anti-cold medicines, with the latter being a significant portion, confirming her suspicions.
Lu Songli was keenly aware that her father and mother had not told the original owner about her severe coldness. The original owner had always thought that she took medicine frequently only to treat her heart disease.
Lu Songli searched through the original owner's memories and finally understood why this body was so severely chilled. When the original owner was a child saving Xie Zhan, she spent too long in icy water, causing the chill to enter her body. Just how severe was this chill? It was so severe it could have harmed her offspring. Lu Songli felt this was the primary reason the Xie and Lu families had engaged in the first place. It was all because of the life-saving favor, a debt she could never repay. However, this reason was unknown to fewer than five people, not even her.
She understood the painstaking efforts of Lu's parents. This news was too much for a girl's family. In this era, people valued having many children, and the original owner had practically lost her fertility. She was already a bit weak-willed, and if she learned she would be unable to have children, she would surely die of self-pity. Pity the heart of all parents.
This disease is not difficult to treat. Before she came here, her great-grandfather was an old Chinese medicine doctor. The older generation pays attention to inheritance. When her great-grandfather was old, he was determined to pass on his skills. Everyone in the family was forced by him, and those with talent were forced to study Chinese medicine. Because of the family planning policy, only three siblings were left in her generation. In her great-grandfather's words, she was quite talented, so she was also forced by her great-grandfather to study Chinese medicine. During school, the three siblings were their great-grandfather's child laborers, doing everything from planting and preparing medicinal herbs. She would often be taken by her great-grandfather to learn how to diagnose and feel the pulse.
This life didn't change until she went to college and chose a marketing major. After confirming she wouldn't change her mind about studying Traditional Chinese Medicine, her great-grandfather set her free. She no longer had to toil as a child laborer for him during the winter and summer vacations. Her two brothers were envious of her.
But she was only away for one summer vacation. Starting from her second summer vacation in college, she returned to her hometown and honestly helped her great-grandfather.
For several years, Lu Songli herself couldn't believe her stubborn great-grandfather would let her off so easily. That was until she heard from her eldest brother what her great-grandfather had said about her. He said she was quick-witted and impulsive, unable to concentrate on studying medicine. She would only learn the basics, never going deep. But because of her quick wit and clear mind, she wouldn't starve to death if she were released on her own.
After spreading this news, her elder brother became withdrawn.
Lu Songli was not angry about this comment. She knew who she was. She liked to enjoy life and liked money, fame and fortune. Studying medicine was a relatively lonely path and not suitable for her.
She likes sales, and she likes the sense of accomplishment of accumulating wealth through sales. It is a very interesting process of turning knowledge, vision and wisdom into cash through one's own efforts.
Of course, studying medicine could also lead to financial freedom. Her grandfather, a skilled Chinese medicine practitioner, had countless patients coming to see him every day, and there were even scalpers selling tickets, making a good living. It was just that the process was a little slow; she was impatient and couldn't wait.
After graduating from university, she worked in the pharmaceutical industry, dealing in both traditional Chinese and Western medicines. She capitalized on this opportunity, dipping into her own personal savings and swindling some Chinese medicinal herbs, earning a good profit. She avoided Western medicine and medical devices, as they were a more complex market. She also brought her two brothers along; they were the poorest in her family, so they had to be looked after. She didn't deny that her career success was partly due to the influence of her great-grandfather and her family, but with such resources at home, why not capitalize on them? Her achievements have proven her great-grandfather's words about her.
To get back to the point, her illness is not difficult to cure, whether it is a cold or a heart disease.
Diseases were very difficult to treat in this era, and there were often no good solutions. However, it was different in later generations. The medical level in later generations was the crystallization of thousands of years of civilization, and effective treatment methods had been developed to deal with various diseases.
Doctor Zhou's medical skills were considered top-notch in Chang'an, but in Lu Songli's opinion, his prescriptions were still lacking. This was a dimensionality reduction attack. In her great-grandfather's words, she only had a superficial understanding of Chinese medicine, and she was able to change his prescriptions. She didn't know what to say.
"What are you thinking about? So engrossed?"
"No."
Jiang suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, your eldest sister sent a message back at noon, asking you to visit her at the Xu family when you are free. If you feel well, go. She must have heard about the incident of falling into the water that night, and she herself cannot come out during her confinement period, so she wants you to go see her." It happened that she was also worried about her eldest daughter. Her eldest daughter's confinement period was just over halfway, and she had already visited twice. It was not good to go too frequently to avoid worrying the Xu family, but it would be okay for her younger daughter to go.
"She is in confinement after giving birth. Why did the Xu family tell her about this? Isn't this just making her anxious for nothing?" Lu Songli didn't think her family could handle this matter. It was wrong to let a woman who had just given birth worry about it.
"I don't think the Xu family told her this on purpose. The news of you falling into the water is spreading like wildfire. I guess she found out about it accidentally. The Xu family isn't that stupid."
"Okay, I'll go see her tomorrow morning."
"Let's go in the afternoon. It's too cold in the morning."
"As you wish."
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