"What Ah Fu? My young lady doesn't call herself that." Although the two men looked simple, one can't know a person's heart from his appearance. Jianjia was afraid that there would be trouble, so she said to Yu Jiao, "Miss, if we don't come back for a long time, the eldest lady and the others must be worried and will come out to look for us."
Yu Jiao was slightly startled when she heard the name Afu, and felt that it sounded quite familiar. Fortunately, her memory was pretty good, and she remembered that she had heard this name from Yu Qizhe, who said that there was a maid with this name among the purchases. The capital city was far away from Huairou, and this name was very common, so she thought it was just a coincidence.
She looked at the mute and said, "I think you two have mistaken me for someone else. I have never called you Ah Fu."
After saying this, fearing that Liu Yaozhen and the others would get anxious waiting, he took Jianjia away.
The mute watched the two of them leave with a look of disappointment on his face, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Feng Guihua looked at him and sighed softly, "How could it be Ah Fu? It's been so many years, how could it be such a coincidence?" She knew that the mute had been thinking about Ah Fu all these years. After he fell ill, he wanted to go to the capital to find her before he died, so that he could see the little girl again before he closed his eyes. But the little girl had been gone for so many years. She said she went to the capital, and who knew where she was now.
Seeing the mute remained silent, Feng Guihua advised, "Even if you want to go to the capital to look for someone, you should take good care of yourself. I heard that the capital is very big, and looking for someone in the capital is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It's rare to meet such a skilled female doctor who can diagnose your illness. You should take good care of yourself. I'll wait outside, in case the female doctor's maid comes to deliver the prescription and can't find the person."
Feng Guihua tucked the quilt corner for the mute and was about to go out when the mute suddenly grabbed Feng Guihua's sleeve and gestured to her.
"You want me to ask the female doctor's name?" Feng Guihua didn't expect the mute to still not give up, and said, "I'm afraid that's not appropriate. How can a young lady easily tell us her maiden name? Why do you think the female doctor will be Ah Fu? People's facial features will change when they grow up."
The mute couldn't explain it clearly. When he saw the female doctor for the first time, he felt that she must be what Ahfu would look like when he grew up. The female doctor looked as smart and clever as Ahfu, especially her eyes, which were clear and translucent, exactly the same as Ahfu's when he was a child.
The mute glanced at the flickering candlelight, threw back the quilt and got out of bed. Feng Guihua was puzzled, "What are you going to do?"
The mute moved with difficulty to the wooden table where the oil lamp was placed. He dipped his finger into the cold tea in the coarse porcelain bowl on the table and wrote two words on the table.
Feng Guihua was illiterate, so she had no idea what he was writing. She asked, "I can't read either... What are you drawing?"
The mute gestured, and Feng Guihua stared in astonishment, "How can I remember this?"
The mute showed a pleading expression, and Feng Guihua could only say, "I'll try..."
"Alas, I have been illiterate for most of my life, how can I remember how to write these two words at this moment?" Although she was mumbling, Feng Guihua still dipped her hands in water and stiffly imitated the two words written by the mute on the table. Suddenly, she said, "I am stupid, I can't read. The maid next to the young lady must be literate. She will come to deliver the medicine later. You can write it for her to see."
The mute was also anxious for the moment, fearing that if he was too late the person would be gone and he wouldn't be able to verify it.
After hearing what Feng Guihua said, he hurriedly gestured to urge her to go to the yard and wait for someone.
Just as Feng Guihua was about to go, she heard footsteps. She looked up and saw that it was the maid who had been following the female doctor. Seeing that she was holding two pieces of paper, she thought they were prescriptions, and immediately smiled and said, "Miss, you're here so soon."
Jianjia walked in and handed the prescription to Feng Guihua, "My mistress said that these two prescriptions should be taken once in the morning and once in the evening. His body should not be overworked and needs to rest for some time. He should be able to recover after taking the prescription for three months."
Feng Guihua hurriedly took the prescription and thanked the mute, but the mute pointed at the table. The water marks on the table had dried up a little, and the handwriting became mottled. The mute hurriedly dipped the pen in water and rewrote it, looking at Feng Guihua impatiently.
"Miss, may I ask if you recognize this name?" Before Feng Guihua opened her mouth, Jianjia had already recognized the two words on the table and her eyes suddenly tightened. Although the two words were written clumsily and ugly, they were indeed the maiden name of her third young lady.
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