Chapter 20: Overnight Emergency and Special Heart-saving Soup
"Crack!" The shout startled the egrets on the tree, and they made a sound of breaking branches.
Aunt Pang forced herself to suppress her inner fear and slowly moved her upper body toward the direction where the shadow appeared.
"Aunt, it's me."
The next second, a familiar figure appeared before his eyes.
I saw a little girl with a big head and a small body carrying a backpack that was bigger than her body. Her two big, twinkling eyes were embedded in her yellow and thin face, which was particularly eye-catching.
There was even a moment when I was worried that my eyeballs would fall out of their sockets.
"Yuzhu!" Auntie Pang looked at the little girl in front of her in surprise. "Why are you here at this hour?"
After asking the question, she felt that she had asked a very stupid question.
Thinking of Wu Yuzhu's family situation, Aunt Pang's excitement turned to sadness. "Go home early, don't let your grandma worry about you alone at home."
Wu Yuzhu was not affected by the other party's tone at all, and said complacently:
"I know. Today, while I was looking for pig grass, I suddenly discovered a particularly lush celery field. I've been busy all the time. I'm going home right now to take care of grandma. Auntie, are you going there now?"
After hearing this, Aunt Fat remembered the purpose of her trip.
Just as he was about to leave, an idea flashed in his mind and his firm gaze instantly locked onto Wu Yuzhu.
"Yuzhu, you've been working in the fields all day, haven't you? Did you know that the daughter of the former village doctor, Chen Nanhe, has returned? She's also a doctor, and she graduated from a key university."
When Wu Yuzhu heard the word "university", her eyes froze for a moment.
She looked at Aunt Fat seriously, not understanding why she was telling her this. She had only heard the name "Doctor Chen" from her grandmother before.
So, when asked, she said blankly, "I don't know."
"Oh! You're just a kid, you don't even know about such a big thing. Forget it, your family..."
Aunt Pang wanted to speak, but when she thought of Wu Yuzhu and her grandmother who depended on each other, the words in her throat suddenly became blocked.
Then, she changed the subject, "The doctor Xiao Chen who came today is your sister Qingluan's cousin. Because of your brother Jianwei's injury, she came to the village for treatment and decided to provide free medical treatment in the village. As long as you are willing to queue, you can see a doctor, and if you are lucky, you don't have to spend a penny."
When she said this, Aunt Pang couldn't hide the pride in her tone.
Wu Yuzhu's eyes became brighter as she spoke, but when she heard the word "money", a trace of shame flashed across her face, then turned into determination.
In her opinion, since Aunt Pang didn't spend any money on medical treatment, there must be nothing wrong with her health.
But her grandmother...
After much hesitation, Wu Yuzhu continued to inquire about the free medical consultation.
When he heard that he had to queue up to get a number for the free clinic, and that the number had already reached over 200, his shining eyes gradually dimmed.
She pressed on, "Auntie, isn't there any other way to see a doctor in advance? My grandma, my grandma's health is really bad. She's had trouble even getting up these past two days. I even smelled blood."
Hearing this, Aunt Pang's heart skipped a beat, and countless bad guesses flashed through her mind.
"Where is your grandma injured?"
"I...I don't know. It seems like I'm bleeding from underneath."
Even though Wu Yuzhu now appears to be capable both at home and outside, her voice still trembles when she faces the possibility of her only relative leaving her for the first time.
When Aunt Pang heard what the woman had said, she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but then she thought of her age.
If she doesn't have her period at her age, it means she's sick. So if Grandma Yuzhu still has her period at her age, it's probably not a good thing either.
She looked up and saw Yuzhu looking flustered, and quickly tried to comfort her.
"Yuzhu, don't be afraid. I'm going to your sister Chen Yin's place for acupuncture, so I'd like to ask if your grandma's condition is serious. If it's urgent, I can ask the villagers to help and find someone to change your number so you can see a doctor as soon as possible."
"Thank you, auntie!"
Wu Yuzhu looked at Aunt Fat's back with anticipation as she walked away.
Thinking of her grandmother's strange behavior, she ran home quickly along the path.
“Click!”
The sound of the door being pushed open woke up Grandma Quan who was resting in the house. She wanted to get up, but her limbs felt weak and she felt dizzy. She was overwhelmed with grief and did not dare to face her impatient granddaughter outside the house.
Just as she was thinking about how to fool her granddaughter, Yuzhu had already thrown down the backpack in her hand and ran into the main room.
Before I even opened the door, excited shouts rang in my ears.
"Grandma! I just heard Auntie Pang say that a doctor has come to the village. She is the daughter of the former doctor Chen and is providing free medical services. I'll take you to see the doctor too."
Yuzhu excitedly opened the door and spoke towards the darkness inside the house.
Upon hearing this, Grandma Quan's heart, like a pool of stagnant water, rippled a little, but soon returned to calm.
She knows her own body best. There is no need to save her current body. Don't add more burden to your granddaughter who is already having a hard time.
“Cough cough cough!”
Grandma Quan was about to speak, but her throat, which had been dry for a long time, didn't give her a chance.
Hearing the noise, Wu Yuzhu quickly ran back, poured a bowl of boiled water from the table in the main hall, and found her grandmother's position in the dark in a second.
"Grandma, this is water, drink it quickly."
Grandma Quan raised her right hand with great effort, placed the back of her hand on the bottom of the bowl, and with the help of her granddaughter, slowly drank a bowl of water.
Wu Yuzhu felt the weight in her hand and asked with concern, "Grandma, would you like another bowl?"
"Enough, enough." Grandma Quan's weak voice floated out of her throat.
After she had caught her breath, she said calmly:
"Yuzhu, there's no need to see a doctor. Grandma knows her health. Just stay in bed for a few more days like before. The rice crop is at a critical juncture recently, and we have a pig at home. You should take care of it yourself."
For some reason, Wu Yuzhu felt that there was a hint of fear in her grandmother's words that she could not understand.
At this moment, she could no longer care about so much and immediately relayed what Aunt Fat said.
"Grandma, are you worried that our family doesn't have enough money to see a doctor?"
Before she finished speaking, Wu Yuzhu wiped away the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes with her hands and added:
"Auntie Pang said that the free clinic is free. And we still have the tuition money I haven't paid. If it's still not enough, I can sell our pigs, as long as you can get better."
Finally, the little girl, who had always been reluctant to show her cowardice, almost cried out with sobs.
Grandma Quan felt heartbroken when she heard her granddaughter's voice. She carefully turned her head towards the wall and silently digested the reluctance in her heart.
After a long time, the voice of rebuke rang out in the darkness.
"Is seeing a doctor something poor people like us should be doing? I already told you to just lie down for a few days, so stop talking nonsense! Besides, the doctor's consultation is free, so does the medicine have to be free?"
As soon as the words fell, Wu Yuzhu's bright eyes dimmed instantly, and the room fell into dead silence.
I don’t know how much time passed, but Wu Yuzhu covered her grandmother with the quilt as if nothing had happened.
"Grandma, I'm going to cook. You can go back to sleep later. You'll be fine when you wake up."
After saying that, she stood up and left the room, her whole body submerged in ink.
Wu Yuzhu's house is not in a good location, at the foot of a mountain at the end of the village, but fortunately there are one or two neighbors around, so there is someone to help when something happens.
Isn’t it?
Liu Meiling, who lived above Wu Yuzhu's house, finally saw the fire coming from the house below and immediately ran downstairs, fanning herself.
Her husband stopped her in confusion, "Meiling, where are you going at this hour?"
"Of course I'm going downstairs to see Yuzhu. Why are you coming home at this hour? And by the way, tell her there's a free doctor in the village, and ask her to take Grandma Quan to see him?"
"Then go quickly."
Thinking of Wu Yuzhu's family's situation, no one in Liu Meiling's family disagreed.
In just a few seconds, Liu Meiling rushed to the foot of the mountain and quickly pushed open the gate.
At the same time, she shouted to the people in the kitchen:
"Yuzhu, it's me, your sister-in-law Meiling. I'm coming in."
When Wu Yuzhu heard the sound, she immediately opened the kitchen door and tried to pull the corners of her mouth, "Sister-in-law, why are you here at this time? It's dark, you can just shout from above, be careful of the slippery road."
"I can walk this short distance with my eyes closed."
Liu Meiling waved her hand nonchalantly and sat down on a stool.
Through the flickering firelight in the earth pit, she saw a few sweet potatoes stewing in a tin pot. She guessed that this would be the dinner for the grandparents and grandchildren tonight.
But she had something more important to say today, so she looked away for the moment.
Wu Yuzhu took out a spoon to stir the sweet potatoes in the pot to prevent them from sticking, and waited quietly for Sister Meiling to tell her purpose.
She didn't wait for a few seconds before Liu Meiling poured out all the information she had heard.
"Your aunt Dongmei's Chen Yin is back. She's a very skilled doctor and is currently providing free medical services in the village..."
When Wu Yuzhu heard the name Chen Yin, the spoon in her hand froze for a moment.
But Liu Meiling, who was immersed in her conversation, didn't notice it at all.
Compared with Aunt Pang, Liu Meiling provided more and more detailed information.
So when she heard her sister-in-law use the example of Aunt Fat to prove that medical treatment really was free, even though her grandmother's words were still echoing in her ears, Wu Yuzhu had to admit that she was shamefully moved.
She decisively threw away the spoon in her hand, her round eyes shining darkly in the night, and her hands tightly grasped Liu Meiling's hands.
"Sister-in-law, you really don't want money?"
"It's free. Besides your fat aunt, there's also your third uncle at the village entrance... Anyway, there are plenty of them. We only need to use some random wild grasses and vegetables in the village to cure them. We have plenty of these things in our village, so why would we spend money on them?"
At this point, Liu Meiling sighed, "Unfortunately, we live at the end of the village, and some of the villagers are completely out of touch with the news. When I heard the news, I ran over as fast as I could, but I still only managed to grab a number around 150."
"So, Yinyin, go early tomorrow to queue up and get a number so you can see the doctor as soon as possible."
When Wu Yuzhu heard this, a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes, which then turned into determination.
After sending Sister Meiling away, she continued to add firewood to the bottom of the tin pot, cooking the sweet potato porridge as quickly as possible under the high temperature.
After delivering the porridge to her grandmother, Wu Yuzhu quickly tidied her clothes and ran towards Wu Qingluan's house.
At this moment, Chen Yin was giving acupuncture to Aunt Pang at home.
Under the electric light, needles pierced into the human body, and the tips reflected a dazzling light.
Wu Mingfeng, who insisted on going in to take a look, was so frightened by the scene in front of him that he couldn't open his eyes.
She felt that when she was sick and received an injection from the doctor, she wanted to cry out to the sky. If she was pricked by Sister Yin Yin once, she felt that she might as well die.
Wu Qingluan, who was invited by her to accompany her, stared at Chen Yin's every move with shining eyes.
She was surprised to find that after Sister Yinyin dropped all the needles, beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, which was enough to show that acupuncture is a big test for people's body and mind.
"Sister Yinyin, let me wipe the sweat off your face." Wu Qingluan took out a piece of straw paper from her pocket and quickly pressed it against Chen Yin's forehead.
Feeling the gentle touch on her forehead, Chen Yin smiled and said, "Thank you."
Wu Mingfeng, who was left aside, looked at Qingluan in disbelief. Qingluan, who usually didn't dare to say a word, suddenly felt his eyes opened.
Before the needle was removed, Wu Qingluan had already asked Chen Yin questions about the acupuncture degree.
Chen Yin asked Aunt Pang, and after she found out that she didn't mind, she used Aunt Pang's body as a teaching aid.
"This is the Huiyang acupoint... There are 720 acupoints in the human body, and each corresponds to a different disease. There are even some masters with outstanding medical skills who can cure all diseases with just a single silver needle."
As Chen Yin talked, everyone in the room was fascinated.
Aunt Pang, in particular, felt as if she had just had a sweet dream. She felt relaxed all over and didn't feel any of the pain she had worried about when she came.
In a cheerful mood, she smiled and thanked Chen Yin, then got up and left.
But the moment she stepped out of the door, an important matter that she had overlooked suddenly popped up in her mind.
Auntie Pang turned her head suddenly, startling Chen Yin who was about to go wash up. "Auntie, do you have anything else to do?"
Hearing this, Auntie Pang smiled awkwardly. "I know Yinyin said that you need to queue up to see a doctor, but I have a request. Can you help me let someone cut in line? The patient is in poor health and has been lying in bed for several days."
At the end of her speech, Aunt Pang was choked with sobs as she expressed grief over what had happened to Wu Yuzhu and her grandson.
Wu Yuzhu, who was waiting outside, heard all these words clearly.
After she finished her dinner, she rode here as fast as she could.
When she walked out the door, she heard exclamations and a gentle female voice coming from inside the house. She subconsciously stopped, not wanting to disturb Aunt Fat who was treating the patient.
But at this moment, after hearing what Aunt Fat said, she couldn't bear it anymore.
In an instant, Wu Yuzhu rushed in from the dark courtyard and fell directly in front of Chen Yin.
Chen Yin only felt a figure flash before her eyes, and the sound of gravel scraping against a person's knees was heard, which made her scalp tingle.
Before she could react, her legs were held tightly.
Looking down, I saw a pair of clear eyes looking at me with expectation, but with an indelible sadness in their depths.
Chen Yin subconsciously tried to pry her hands away from her legs. "Little girl, if you have something to say, just say it directly. You don't have to kneel like this. We are not related, so you don't have to do such a big ceremony. Hurry up."
At this time, Aunt Fat had already discovered the identity of the visitor.
She didn't expect Yuzhu to do this, and she frantically tried to help pull the person up from the ground.
"Yuzhu, Yuzhu, I know you're worried about your grandma, but you don't have to be like this. I haven't explained everything to Yinyin yet."
But Wu Yuzhu, who was completely frightened by her grandmother's condition, didn't care about anything else.
At this moment, she had only one thought in her mind: to ask the doctor in front of her to save her grandmother's life.
"Doctor Chen, please! Please! My grandma is really not well and has been lying in bed for several days. I have been smelling blood coming from the room these days. I am afraid... I am afraid..."
“Wuwuwu…”
"Doctor Chen, please, I'm begging you. As long as you're willing to save my grandma, I'll do anything for you."
After saying that, Wu Yuzhu loosened his hands and pressed his back straight towards the ground.
The sound of the forehead hitting the gravel immediately scared the Wu family members who were attracted by the sound.
Chen Yin quickly knelt down and hurriedly held the other person's head. "Little girl, don't be like this. I didn't say I won't help your grandma with her treatment. Get up quickly."
Seeing this, Wu Dongmei also rushed over quickly and helped pull the man up from the ground.
"Yuzhu, we all know about your family's situation. Your sister Yinyin is doing free clinics anyway, so just tell her directly, no need to kowtow."
"It's Yuzhu. You scared us." Aunt Pang wiped the cold sweat from her body.
After a while, Wu Yuzhu slowly raised her head, and the blood from her forehead mixed with the tears in her eyes flowed all over her face.
It made everyone present feel heartbroken.
"Yuzhu, why do you have to..." Aunt Pang sighed and led the person to the pool to wash.
Out of pity for Wu Yuzhu's filial piety, Chen Yin decided to see the patient overnight.
She walked to the pool and asked the other party about Grandma Quan's specific situation so that she could prepare what medicinal herbs to bring.
After a while, Wu Yuzhu finished speaking haltingly about her grandmother's condition.
In fact, she didn't know much, but was just guessing based on her familiarity with her grandmother.
In this regard, Chen Yin had no choice but to bring more life-saving medicine.
Seeing her daughter's appearance, Wu Dongmei quickly stepped forward to help.
While sorting the medicinal herbs, Chen Yin learned the specific situation of Wu Yuzhu's family from her mother.
In short, Wu Yuzhu's biological father was not a human being. He abandoned his widowed mother and his wife's unborn daughter and ran away to an unknown place. He has not appeared in more than ten years, leaving only his widowed mother and young daughter living at home.
So, Grandma Quan is Wu Yuzhu's only relative in this world.
When Chen Yin thought of the other person's age, she felt sad and decided to save Grandma Quan's life at all costs.
Soon, after sorting out all the medicines, the group hurriedly set off towards Wu Yuzhu's home.
After walking along a long and dim path, we finally arrived at our destination.
The dilapidated courtyard and the old thatched house all reveal the family's poor financial situation.
Wu Yuzhu excitedly pushed open one door after another, ready to tell her grandmother the good news that the doctor had come to her house.
But when she pushed open the last door, she was surprised to find that there was no movement in the house. An unbelievable guess flashed through her mind, and a cry of sorrow came out of her throat.
"grandmother--"
The few people who had already walked into the main room were frightened by the crying and shouting, and their hair stood on end. Could it be that they were a step too late?
Chen Yin walked quickly forward and entered the room. A strong smell of blood rushed into her nose.
She immediately pointed the flashlight in her hand towards the bed and saw a pale old man lying on his back on the bed. On the cabinet beside him was a bowl full of food, with no signs of it being touched.
Wu Yuzhu, who was standing by, had already been hugging her grandmother and crying bitterly.
The scene before him was too shocking for a small child.
In addition, Chen Yin urgently needed to diagnose and treat the patient, so she immediately shouted to her mother at the door:
"Mom, take Yuzhu out quickly. I'm going to start acupuncture first aid."
Looking at the scene in front of her, Wu Dongmei showed reluctance, but she quickly let go of the bamboo basket in her hand, stepped forward and hugged Wu Yuzhu.
"Son, your grandma is about to give first aid. Please go wait outside for a while. There will be too many people when the doctor is seeing the patient, which will affect the first aid."
Feeling the warmth coming from her back, Wu Yuzhu suppressed her grief, slowly loosened her hands, gave up resistance, and continued to walk out following the force behind her.
Seeing that the distance between her and her grandmother was getting farther and farther, and that it might even be the last time they would see each other, she was overwhelmed with grief and could not help crying.
Faint sobs were heard in the darkness, and outsiders couldn't help but feel sad.
Wu Mingfeng and Wu Qingluan took Wu Yuzhu from their aunt's hands, pressed tightly against her sides, and comforted her with trusting eyes.
Inside the room, Chen Yin had checked the patient on the bed with the help of a flashlight.
Although his breath was weak, he was not beyond saving.
Ever since she encountered the syndrome of fainting on the train, she had no idea how many times she had practiced acupuncture for this type of illness under the guidance of her master.
The patient in front of me was as pale as paper, his lips were purple, his mouth and nose were cold, he was barely breathing, his limbs were cold, and he was sweating profusely①.
There was a circle of bloody marks spreading from the lower body and a hard lump in the abdomen.
Chen Yin judged that the old man in front of her was losing his qi along with his blood, and had already shown signs of losing his yang and exhausting his yin.
At this moment, it is urgently necessary to nourish yin and rescue yang, invigorate qi, stop bleeding and consolidate deficiency.
She quickly took out a pen and paper and wrote down the special prescription for the Heart-Saving Soup that Mr. Li had developed. Based on the old man's condition, she increased the amount of cornus fruit to 120 grams and replaced the dried ginger with... 45 grams of Radix Rehmanniae Root①.
Then, Chen Yin took the prescription and quickly stuffed it into her mother's hand.
"Mom, go and boil the medicine over high heat without stopping for a moment. Once it's done, immediately scoop a small spoonful over and feed it to me. This medicine needs to be continued constantly. As soon as you scoop the medicine over, the next person should follow immediately. Feed it day and night until Grandma Quan wakes up."
It was the first time that Wu Dongmei heard about this way of taking medicine, and she was shocked, let alone the other girls.
But they could also keenly feel how serious Grandma Quan's condition was, so they suppressed their inner panic and took quick action.
Inside the house, Chen Yin did not rest either. She immediately took out a silver needle to stop the bleeding for Grandma Quan.
Grandma Quan's condition at this time had many similarities with Liu Baiyun's hemorrhage yesterday, but it was obvious that Grandma Quan's condition was more dangerous. In an emergency, she had to give the needle in the position known as the "death point".
Chen Yin had just placed the required silver needle when her mother's hurried footsteps came from not far away.
At the same time, the medicinal juice of Poge Jiuxin Decoction was approaching, emitting a strong pungent smell.
Wu Dongmei held a spoon carefully, and her heart would beat violently every time the medicine juice slid over the edge of the spoon as she walked.
When she came to her daughter and looked at Aunt Quan, whose face was as pale as gold paper, her heart ached.
But at the same time, a fear also arose in his heart, "Yinyin, is there really any hope for your Grandma Quan?"
At this moment, Wu Dongmei was more worried about her daughter being slandered by outsiders because she could not save Aunt Quan due to her serious injuries than saving others.
Not to mention the distant past, just a few days ago, the clinic diagnosed tuberculosis, which turned the clinic upside down.
Chen Yin heard the worry in her mother's voice and said calmly:
"Don't worry, Mom. I'm confident in prescribing medicine. I'll administer the medicine. Please urge the next person to come over."
As she spoke, Chen Yin slightly lifted Grandma Quan's head with one hand and brought the spoon close to Grandma Quan's lips with the other hand.
After trying several times and realizing that Grandma Quan had no swallowing consciousness at this moment, she pointed the spoon at Grandma Quan's nose in front of her mother's surprised eyes.
Drops of medicine flowed into the body through the nasal cavity.
Wu Dongmei saw this method of feeding medicine for the first time. She opened her mouth in surprise. Her rationality returned to her mind and she hurriedly shouted into the distance:
"Mingfeng, bring the medicine over here."
"Auntie, I'm coming right away—"
Wu Mingfeng scooped a small spoonful from the boiling medicine and walked carefully towards the room opposite.
As she was doing it, she found it really difficult to keep the spoon in her hand steady.
After a while, the edge of the spoon was covered with brown medicine juice, and some even flowed out of the edge and dripped onto the ground along the bottom of the spoon.
Realizing that she had lost the life-saving medicine, Wu Mingfeng's face was so tense that she almost cried.
So when she appeared in front of Chen Yin, she was filled with regret.
Time was urgent, and Chen Yin didn't pay attention. She changed the spoon in her hand and continued to drip medicine into Grandma Quan's nasal cavity.
At this moment, in Wu Mingfeng's eyes, Chen Yin was like the only shining star in the dark night that could not be dissolved by thick ink.
The heart that was just worried about wasting the medicine gradually calmed down. He quickly took the used medicine spoon and walked back, preparing for the next rotation.
Inside the house, there was a bustling scene of rescuing people, while on the roof, there was a peaceful scene of stars and moon.
As the moon slowly slid from the east to the west, a hint of orange-red light appeared on the horizon.
The people in the house were busy all night long.
After three doses, Chen Yin looked at Grandma Quan expectantly as her pale complexion gradually returned to normal.
But the other four people who were unaware of this slight change had their hopes gradually plummeted to the bottom, and they became listless.
Wu Yuzhu stared at her grandmother expectantly, and finally when she saw the last drop of medicine fall from Chen Yin's hand, her expectant heart calmed down.
She tried to raise her tired eyelids and said in a hoarse voice:
"Sister Yinyin, I know you've tried your best. Let's just leave it at that. I want to be alone with grandma for a while."
Before she finished speaking, Grandma Quan's eyelids on the bed suddenly began to twitch.
Wu Qingluan, who was about to comfort Wu Yuzhu, looked at the scene in surprise. She grabbed Wu Yuzhu's sleeve tightly with one hand and pointed in the direction of the bed with the other hand tremblingly.
The excited voice rang out in the tired throat like grinding gravel, "Yuzhu! Yuzhu! Look, look, your grandma..."
Therefore, Wu Yuzhu did not notice anything unusual about her friend at first.
Just when she thought Wu Qingluan was telling her the bad news about her grandmother, she raised her head, holding back her tears, her teeth chattering, "Grandma, I no longer have...Grandma!"
Through her tears, Wu Yuzhu vaguely saw the open eyes opposite her.
The next second, she pounced on her only relative on the bed.
But the moment he was about to touch grandma, he withdrew his hand, pressed himself against the bed, and asked anxiously:
"Grandma, can you...can you spend more time with Yuzhu?"
At this moment, the four words "last flicker of light" flashed back and forth in Wu Yuzhu's mind.
Grandma Quan tried to pull the corners of her mouth, feeling the temperature of her limbs gradually recovering and the dull pain under her body. She slowly raised her hand and rubbed her granddaughter's head back and forth as usual.
"Grandma, I still want to see our Yuzhu get married and have children."
"Then we have a deal. Grandma, you still have to help me take care of the children." Young Wu Yuzhu said seriously.
"Okay!" Grandma Quan agreed with a smile.
At this moment, the usually tough Wu Yuzhu could no longer hold back her tears and sobbed in her grandmother's arms.
When others saw this scene, they couldn't help but shed tears.
The grandfather and grandson snuggled together for a while, and Chen Yin took the patient's pulse again and prescribed a modified version of Danggui Buxue Tang.
"Now that Grandma Quan has regained consciousness, you can eat whatever you want. Then, boil the medicine above and drink it until you are able to get up."
"Thank you, Sister Yinyin!" Wu Yuzhu took the prescription excitedly.
Now she obeyed Chen Yin's words and turned around and walked out.
Chen Yin looked at the three people in the room who were listless because they had accompanied her on the medical treatment trip. "Mom, Mingfeng, Qingluan, we don't need so many people to look after us right now. You three should go back and rest. I'll continue to watch over her for a while. Once Grandma Quan's condition stabilizes, I'll have to trouble you to watch over her for me for a while."
Hearing this, Wu Dongmei looked at her daughter with heartache for a while and nodded helplessly.
Wu Mingfeng stayed up all night and couldn't help yawning, and prepared to leave with her aunt.
But Wu Qingluan still wanted to stay here. The blue eyes from staying up late could not hide her sparkling eyes.
"No, Sister Yinyin, I'm not sleepy yet. I want to stay with you for a while."
Chen Yin looked at Wu Qingluan's reflective eyes and nodded in agreement.
"If you're not tired yet, let's continue to keep Yuzhu company."
"I'm not sleepy, not tired!" Wu Qingluan shouted firmly.
This look scared Wu Mingfeng who was standing next to her. She looked at her cousin in shock and surprise. It was the first time she saw Qingluan with such an expression, as if her whole body was full of strength.
Could it be that Qingluan didn't speak at home before because she was not as capable as Sister Yinyin?
In a mood of self-doubt, Wu Mingfeng left with Wu Dongmei.
At this time, dawn broke. Liu Meiling, who lived above Wu Yuzhu's family, got up from the bed with confusion.
Her husband sensed the movement and glanced at the sky outside the window in confusion. "It's still early. Why are you up so early? Sleep a little longer."
As he said that, he raised his hand and pressed Liu Meiling down on the bed.
Liu Meiling mercilessly shook off the hand on her waist and said harshly, "You dead pig! Didn't you hear the crying coming from Yuzhu's house all night long last night?"
"Is there?"
"I suspect something has happened to Grandma Quan. Yuzhu must be so scared being home alone. No, I have to go down and take a look."
Having said that, Liu Meiling quickly got up.
After going out, I casually drank a sip of water from the pool in the yard, splashed the water on my face, and regarded it as washing.
As she quickly approached Wu Yuzhu's house, she listened carefully to the noises.
Suddenly I realized that there were still quite a few people at home, and a scary guess immediately came to my mind: Could it be that all the villagers came to guard Grandma Quan because she passed away?
Thinking of this, Liu Meiling's steps became more vigorous, and she almost rushed directly into the kitchen.
When she saw Wu Yuzhu and Wu Qingluan boiling medicine and cooking in the kitchen, her anxious expression suddenly turned into surprise.
"Yuzhu, what are you doing? Qingluan, why are you here?"
Wu Qingluan quickly replied, "I came here with Sister Yinyin."
"Grandma wasn't feeling well last night, so I asked Sister Yinyin to come to my house and treat her. Sister Yinyin is very helpful. Grandma has woken up and she even said she would help me take care of the children in the future."
Wu Yuzhu said this with a look of longing on her face as she stirred the rice porridge in the pot.
Liu Meiling knew she had misunderstood and smiled awkwardly, "Really? I also want to see how Grandma Quan is doing. I'll go take a look. You two can get busy first."
In Grandma Quan's room, Liu Meiling saw Chen Yin sitting beside the bed. She stretched her neck over Chen Yin and took a closer look at Grandma Quan on the bed.
He heaved a sigh of relief when he discovered that the other person's breathing was steady and his face was pale, indicating that he was not in a state of last breath.
Chen Yin heard footsteps and subconsciously asked, "Is the rice porridge ready?"
When I turned around, I saw a strange figure, "Who are you?"
Liu Meiling looked at Chen Yin's youthful face and couldn't believe such a young girl had stayed up all night caring for Grandma Quan's illness. "I'm Liu Meiling, who lives above Yuzhu's house. I heard about Doctor Chen yesterday in the village and even lined up to get a number. I didn't expect to see you here."
Realizing that her words were a bit awkward, she quickly changed the subject.
"Thank you for your hard work, Doctor Chen. I wonder how Grandma Quan is doing now?"
Chen Yin heard the other party's tone and knew that she was very familiar with Yuzhu's family, and they were also neighbors, so she immediately informed them of Grandma Quan's current situation.
There is peace on this side, but chaos on the other side.
Wu Mingfeng was already drowsy on her way home and almost fell off the ridge of the field because of a wrong step.
So the first thing she wanted to do when she got home was to throw herself on the bed and sleep. She never expected that she would be suddenly stopped at the door.
The man was wearing tattered clothes and smelled bad. He hadn't changed his clothes for many days, but he had a greasy old face and shamelessly stopped people at the door.
"Dongmei! I heard that your daughter is particularly good at treating women's illnesses. It's dawn now, so ask your daughter to go to my house first to see my wife and find out what medicine she needs to give birth to a son."
"Wu Laosan?" Wu Dongmei looked at the newcomer with disgust. "If I remember correctly, Auntie just gave birth not long ago, right?"
Unexpectedly, facing her questioning, Wu Lao San not only did not feel ashamed, but instead cursed:
"What's the point of giving birth to another girl, you bitch? We can't live without a son. Hurry up and call your daughter over to treat my family's illness and give birth to a son as soon as possible."
Wu Dongmei couldn't imagine how the other party could say such shameless words.
If she remembered correctly, Wu Laosan's family already had four daughters. The eldest had been sold (married off), and the other two were given away.
Under the iron rule of family planning, she gave birth to another daughter and still dared to have children.
Wu Dongmei felt she had nothing to say to this shameless person and moved to the side.
"My daughter is not here, and do you have a queue number? I just want to jump the queue to see the doctor."
As far as she could remember, she had no memory of the other party taking a number yesterday.
Unexpectedly, Wu Laosan was not ashamed of what he heard, but proud of it, and raised his chin proudly.
"Our two families share the same ancestor. Do you think a relative needs to wait in line to see a doctor? Hurry up and call your daughter out. My wife is only available now and will be going to the fields soon."
At the end, there was obvious impatience in his tone.
But Wu Dongmei continued to give the same answer.
Seeing that the other party was not moved by his soft words or hard words, Wu Laosan suddenly became determined. He picked up the firewood by the wall and pointed it at Wu Dongmei with a fierce look in his eyes, threatening:
"Call your daughter out quickly, or don't blame me for being rude to you."
As he said this, he was about to swing the wooden stick in his hand.
"stop--"
At this critical moment, a shout that resounded through the sky rang out from behind Wu Dongmei and the others.
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