When the floodwaters arrived at Lijiapo by oxcart, it was almost 2 p.m. Li Xiangdong was lying in the yard sunbathing.
Before the oxcart had even come to a complete stop, Li Ying jumped off in a panic, "Erzi, Xiangdong! Are you alright?!"
Li Xiangdong opened his eyes and saw that his third sister had arrived.
Upon closer inspection, wow, there was a group of people following behind.
Zhao Sufang and Li Jin, who were inside the house, also saw their mother-in-law, daughter, and son-in-law, and hurriedly came out to greet them.
Hey, why is Dr. Gu here again? And who is this unfamiliar old lady?
After another flurry of introductions and greetings, the group finally settled down on the kang (heated brick bed) in the Li family's house.
After seeing with her own eyes that Li Xiangdong was alright, Grandma Jiang was finally relieved. She spoke to him kindly and asked him a few questions, and even secretly slipped him a jade pendant, saying, "Keep it close to your body for protection!"
Li Xiangdong accepted it with a smile.
After spending these days together, he roughly understood what Grandma Jiang meant. How could he let such a great opportunity slip by?
"Aunt Jiang, this is a top-quality mutton-fat jade pendant, a symbol of a safe journey. You're just giving it to me like this?"
This is a round jade pendant exquisitely carved with egrets and vases. The jade is delicate and has a soft luster; it is clearly a fine piece.
Grandma Jiang rolled her eyes at him, "You're making a fuss over nothing!"
Well, in the old lady's eyes, this is just an ordinary thing.
After all these twists and turns, Li Xiangdong really couldn't figure out how the old lady had managed to hide so many good things.
Grandma Hong found it amusing to see the two of them whispering to each other.
After sitting for a while, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't visited my mother yet.
Old Mrs. Hong's biological mother was Li Wanshi. Although the two were about the same age, her son Hong Shui married Li Wanshi's granddaughter, which created a generational difference. There was nothing that could be done about it.
According to the custom in Huichuan County, no matter who goes to visit their in-laws, as long as the parents are still alive, they must bring gifts to visit the parents.
"Father-in-law, are Yingzi's grandparents home? Hongshui and I are going to visit them." Because they are about the same age, he couldn't bring himself to call them his own parents.
Li Jin quickly replied, "At home, at home, big sister, I'll take you there."
Even if it's just a brief visit, you have to go and say hello, otherwise people will say that Hongshui and his mother are impolite.
Several people carried their things to Li Qingshan's house. Li Wanshi naturally wouldn't make things difficult for her son's in-laws, whom she only saw a few times a year. After exchanging a few polite but indifferent words, Li Jin led Old Madam Hong and Hong Shui back to his own home.
Dinner was at Li Jin's house. Zhao Sufang and Li Zhen prepared a large and sumptuous meal, including braised pork, stir-fried eggs with chives, braised carp, crucian carp soup, tomatoes with white sugar, and candied sweet potatoes.
Since no one is checking for drunk driving now, Hong Shui even drank some baijiu (Chinese liquor) with his father-in-law.
Li Xiangdong had already learned about Dr. Gu's background from Li Jin and Grandma Jiang. He also remembered that his second uncle, Li Yuan, had said a few days ago that although his cousin, Li Hong, had not been diagnosed with any illness at the hospital, her hand and foot twitching had become more frequent recently.
"Dr. Gu, please try this fish soup. It's made with crucian carp caught from the river right now; it's incredibly fresh."
Li Xiangdong served Doctor Gu another bowl of fish soup.
Needless to say, the various forms of attentiveness during the meal made Old Mrs. Jiang roll her eyes.
Li Xiangdong said, "Aunt Jiang, is your eyelid twitching?" That eye-rolling is just like a reincarnation of Consort Hua.
"What do you want from Lao Gu? Speak up! I can't stand your fawning attitude!"
You've never been this attentive to me before!
Doctor Gu chuckled and said, "If Xiang Dong has anything to say, just say so. We're all family here."
Li Jin saved him, and Li Xiangdong saved Lao Jiang. Just for these two favors, there was nothing he couldn't do.
“Uncle Gu, my cousin from my second uncle’s family has been having twitching in her hands and feet, and her mouth is also twitching. My second uncle took her to the hospital, but they couldn’t find anything wrong. However, her mother has a problem with convulsions and loss of consciousness. I’m worried that she might inherit it.”
"So, I'd like to ask you to take a look!"
After hearing this, Li Jin felt guilty. His second brother had told him about this before, but he hadn't taken it as seriously as his son!
"Dr. Gu, if it's convenient for you, I'll have my second brother bring the child over so you can take a look at him?"
Doctor Gu nodded; it was just a medical consultation.
A short while later, Li Jiabao arrived with Li Yuan and his wife, as well as Li Hong.
Without exchanging pleasantries, Doctor Gu first took Li Hong's pulse, and then took the pulse of Li Yuan's wife, Qi Yuexian.
Everyone looked at the silent Doctor Gu. Didn't he say that he wasn't afraid of TCM doctors pointing out problems, but rather of them not speaking up?
After a while, Doctor Gu asked Qi Yuexian, "Were you frightened when you were a child?"
When Qi Yuexian wasn't having an attack, apart from being a little weak, she seemed quite normal.
"When I was a child..." Qi Yuexian frowned, as if lost in memories.
Suddenly, Yu Yuexian's hands and feet twitched, and she began to uncontrollably foam at the corners of her mouth.
Everyone in the room was terrified, and Li Hong let out a series of screams!
The calmest person in the room was Doctor Gu.
He had previously carried his medicine kit to the hospital to treat Li Xiangdong, and after returning to Quanshui Village, he was taken directly to Lijiapo. Therefore, he always carried his medicine kit with him.
Doctor Gu opened his medicine box, took out a handful of gleaming silver needles, and with a few swift movements, inserted them into Qi Yuexian's head.
Miraculously, after the last silver needle was inserted, Qi Yuexian's convulsions instantly subsided, and her complexion improved.
Seeing Li Hong still screaming softly, Doctor Gu frowned, told someone to hold Li Hong still and not let her move, and then stuck several more silver needles into her head.
Seeing that the mother and daughter had gradually calmed down, everyone quickly arranged for them to rest on the kang (heated brick bed).
With tears in his eyes, Li Yuan knelt down before Doctor Gu with a thud.
"Doctor! Miracle doctor! Please save my wife and daughter!"
As he spoke, he kowtowed three times earnestly.
"Quickly, get up."
Doctor Gu quickly helped Li Yuan up.
"Your wife's illness is probably not hereditary, and your daughter's illness is not hereditary either."
Hearing Doctor Gu's words, everyone felt relieved.
"Then why do the mother and daughter have such similar illnesses?" Li Jin asked, voicing the question on everyone's mind.
"They may have all experienced extreme fright, to the point of being terrified."
If a Western doctor heard this, he would definitely scoff at it, but everyone in the room believed it.
Our ancestors often spoke of the three souls and seven spirits. The soul is the spirit that can exist outside the human body, while the spirit is the spirit that manifests itself by attaching itself to the physical body.
In rural areas, it is often said that a child is frightened because the infant's soul is not very strong, and the soul may separate after being frightened.
Children who are frightened may cry or have seizures, and in severe cases, it can lead to mental illness.
Besides infants, adults can also be frightened. Adults who are stimulated or traumatized may also experience a separation of their soul and body, such as in hysteria, depression, or schizophrenia.
Doctor Gu suspected that Qi Yuexian and her daughter Li Hong had been so frightened that they had lost their souls.
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