Chapter 99 Hope
By the time Li San Niang got up, helped Lu Zhu'er wash her hands and face, tied her hair into a little bun, and took Lu Zhu'er to the kitchen to find something to eat, Qi Zhi Die and Hong Niang had already left when it was just dawn and there were few people on the street.
However, before leaving, she told Sister-in-law Li that she would come back that evening to discuss the membership rules with Third Sister Li.
"Sister-in-law, do you think the rules I wrote are suitable?"
While peeling eggshells for Lu Zhu'er, Sister-in-law Li said to Li San Niang, "It looks pretty good to me, but this is our first time organizing this kind of alliance, so we don't have much experience. I guess if it doesn't work out in the future, we'll have to change it."
Li San Niang nodded, "Of course, sister-in-law, please keep an eye on things for me. From now on, this alliance will depend on my mother and sisters-in-law."
These past few days, Li San Niang has been busy with her own affairs and has neglected Lu Zhu'er somewhat. So today, Li San Niang thought she should enjoy some quality time with Lu Zhu'er.
After breakfast, Li San Niang saw Lu Zhu'er run to the front hall with her calves twitching, laboriously climb over the threshold, find Li's father, and climb up his robe to sit smoothly in his lap. Judging from her skill, this was something she often did.
"Has she been like this all this time?"
While taking stock of the items, Sister-in-law Li glanced at Li San Niang and chuckled, saying, "Weren't you busy practicing sewing these past few days? Lu Zhu'er is so clever. Seeing that you were busy, and that Da Lang and the others weren't home, and Wu Lang was still young, she naturally took Xiao Huang and ran to the front hall to find Father."
"It's my fault. I've neglected her these past few days. I wanted to spend some quality time with her today, but it turns out she has her own things to do and doesn't need me."
Hearing Li San Niang's dejected tone, Li Ersao, holding Xiao Wulang, patted Xiao Wulang's back to help him burp and said to Li San Niang, "San Niang, try to think positively. She has our whole family to love her. Didn't she say the other day that Luzhu'er likes me, her second aunt, the most? Yesterday, you and Erlang were practicing sewing in the yard, and your eldest sister-in-law teased her. Luzhu'er said that she liked her father the most yesterday. Haha, children have so many people who love them, but they all have to wait in line. You, her mother, also have to wait in line."
Li San Niang and Li Da Sao laughed. Yes, there are so many people who love the child. The child has to divide herself among so many people. You feel like you are neglecting her, but she feels like she is too busy and neglecting you.
However, Li San Niang also thought that if a woman wants to pursue a career after becoming a mother, she may not be able to devote much energy to her family. But if she only focuses on her children, she will only be the mother of her children, and where will she herself be?
The age-old question: How can a person balance career and family?
After waiting for Lu Zhu'er and her grandfather to finish their schedule in the front hall, Li San Niang accompanied her to eat two pastries, told her two short stories, and then played Cuju (ancient Chinese football) with Xiao Huang in the courtyard for a while. After making up for Li San Niang's own disappointment, Li San Niang hugged Lu Zhu'er and ate lunch together in a sticky and affectionate way.
After coaxing Lu Zhu'er to sleep, they took her to Li Ersao to help look after her for a while. Li Sanniang and Li Erxiong then went to the backyard to welcome Fang Chengxian and his servant into the house.
During the lunch break, Li's father, second brother, and third aunt had a three-way consultation with Fang Chengxian.
As I mentioned before, Fang Cheng had come to the Li family for his three previous hot spring trips. It's only been five days, and Fang Cheng sent someone over yesterday to arrange for him to come around noon.
After examining the pulses of the three men, Li's father carefully inquired about Fang Chengxian's condition, diet, sleep, and whether he had continued to cough up blood or experience chest pain during his stay at home.
Ever since Li's father learned from Li San Niang about writing medical records and creating files for his patients, he actually started writing these records while seeing patients. You can see a thick book on the table in the front hall where Li's father sees patients.
Those are the medical records that Li's father has been writing for the patients he has been seeing recently.
Therefore, after Fang Chengxian came to the Li family last time, Li's father wrote a medical record of Fang Chengxian. He took it out and looked at it. "Young Master Fang's pulse is indeed stronger than last time, but the poison has entered his lungs and internal organs. It will take some time before the hemoptysis is cured."
"This is... my medical record?"
Fang Chengxian looked curiously at the booklet that Li's father was flipping through and asked in confusion.
Li's father added a paragraph to Fang Chengxian's medical record, and after blowing on the ink to dry it, he said to Fang Chengxian, "Haha, this is all Third Sister's idea. In order to better treat him and adjust the prescription in a timely manner, she recorded Fang Chengxian's different performance at each stage. In addition to the pulse record, everything I asked about earlier should be recorded."
"Oh, that really is convenient."
Although Li San Niang didn't think Fang Chengxian was unwilling at all, and it seemed to be just simple curiosity, she still quickly added, "Young Master Fang, don't worry. The patient's medical records are private matters. We concealed the names when we recorded them, and they are only shown to us doctors. We would never let these medical records fall into the wrong hands and be known by irrelevant people."
After explaining, he asked Fang Chengxian if he had eaten and drunk his medicine. Then, Li's father handed the revised prescription to Li's second brother and took Fang Chengxian to the front hall.
Li Erxiong and Li Sanniang carefully examined the revised prescription made by Li's father, combining it with the pulse they had felt when examining Fang Chengxian's pulse earlier. The two discussed it in hushed tones.
"The amount of aconite has been increased by half a qian. Father is going to continue to fight poison with poison, racing against time to pull Fang Langjun out of the underworld as soon as possible."
Li San Niang nodded, increasingly feeling that her father's prescription was ingenious.
This time, Duoshou was prepared for the hot spring bath, having prepared clean towels in advance, just in case Fang Chengxian broke his teeth trying to endure the pain without making a sound.
Because Li's father felt that Fang Chengxian's body could withstand it, and in order to remove the toxins as soon as possible, Li's father used a stronger dose of medicine than last time. Therefore, the pain that Fang Chengxian felt when soaking in the hot spring this time was more intense than last time.
While wiping the sweat from his husband's face from the pain, Duoshou wiped away his own tears with his other hand. Seeing his husband biting on a cloth, sweating profusely and groaning in pain, he felt both heartache and fear.
However, after soaking in the herbal soup, Fang Chengxian could clearly feel that the soup was effective, because he himself felt that his breathing was smoother than before. This might not be a big deal for a normal healthy person, but for a sick person who had not been able to run and jump freely for more than 20 years, this subtle difference was the most obvious!
However, he still suffered a lot of pain, so Duoshou helped Fang Chengxian to sleep on the bed.
Actually, Fang Chengxian didn't come empty-handed this time. As soon as Duoshou came in, he presented four gifts.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is just a few days away, and this is a gift that Fang Chengxian sent to the Li family in advance.
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