Yes, after Liu Huiying learned of her illness, she really felt like dying.
Unexpectedly, their decision to try traditional Chinese medicine, with the mindset of "trying anything as a last resort," resulted in such a pleasant surprise.
After listening to Liu Huiying's words, Li Chu smiled and took her pulse again, then wrote her a new prescription: "Drink this prescription for five days, stop for two days, then drink it for another five days and you don't need to drink it anymore. Come back in a month. Remember to keep track of the dates."
"Don't worry, doctor, I definitely remember the date clearly." Before Liu Huiying could speak, her husband had already eagerly given his assurance.
Li Chu really wanted to tell them that the disease couldn't actually be cured, but after thinking about it, he didn't say it. There was no need to discourage them further. Sometimes, the patient's mindset was more important. Making them feel that there was hope for a cure might be more beneficial to the development of their condition.
When the couple left, their backs were much straighter than before. After all, being able to live, and to live healthily, should be the greatest wish of every patient and their family.
The patient had just left and he hadn't even looked away when he saw Uncle Yan Bugui, the third uncle of the compound, appear at the door, nodding and smiling at him.
Li Chu was a little curious as to why he had come over, so he stood up and said, "Third Uncle, what brings you here? Please come in and sit down."
Yan Bugui stood at the door and said with a smile, "Xiao Chu, I won't go in. Come out and I'll say a few words to you before I leave."
Seeing that he was unwilling to come in, Li Chu went to the door. Yan Bugui pulled him aside and then rubbed his hands a little embarrassedly before speaking.
"Hey Xiao Chu, I want to buy a radio for my family. These days you need industrial coupons to buy things, right? I don't have enough, so I was wondering if it would be convenient for you to lend me a few."
"Wow, I didn't realize that the stingiest old man in the compound, Uncle San, was actually the first person in the compound to buy a radio," Li Chu thought to himself.
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He said, "Uncle, you're quite something, you're even planning to buy a radio!"
Yan Bugui chuckled and said, "It's not just about buying a radio to listen to the news; we ordinary people should also care about national affairs."
"Would you like to borrow a few industrial coupons? You even have radio tickets?"
“Three tickets are enough. I’ll pay you back when I get my salary. I got the radio ticket from our principal.” Yan Bugui gestured with his hand.
“Okay, Uncle, would you like to come again tomorrow?” Li Chu agreed readily.
"Okay, thank you, Xiao Chu." Hearing Li Chu agree, Yan Bugui was excited that he could immediately buy a big item for his home, and his face turned slightly red.
"You're welcome, Uncle. This is just what I happen to have."
"Then you go ahead with your work, I won't bother you anymore. I'll come find you again tomorrow." Having achieved his goal, Yan Bugui prepared to leave.
"Uncle, why don't you sit in my clinic for a while? Why are you in such a hurry to go back?"
"No need, I have another class in a bit, and I need to get to school now. You should go in quickly."
Li Chu watched Yan Bugui leave the hospital before returning to his clinic.
He really didn't expect that his third uncle would buy a radio first. He thought that if he were to buy one, he would buy a bicycle first, since it would be more convenient for him to go fishing with a bicycle.
What surprised him even more was that Ding Qiunan told him at lunch that Qin Huairu had also come to borrow five industrial vouchers from her that morning.
Was this planned? They weren't coming at all, but two of them showed up at once.
"What does she need the industrial vouchers for?" Li Chu asked curiously.
"She told me she wanted to buy a sewing machine, and an old man helped her find a ticket. Now she just needs a few industrial coupons," Ding Qiunan said while eating.
Why did she suddenly decide to buy a sewing machine?
“It’s not that she wants to buy it, it’s that her mother-in-law wants to buy one. She said that if she has a sewing machine, she can find some jobs through the neighborhood committee to help supplement the family income.”
Aunt Jia actually has this kind of awareness? Her family has Jia Dongxu's pension, so they can afford it.
If that's really the case, then it would be a really good thing for their family.
Li Chu thought for a moment and said, "If you want to lend it to her, then do so, but it will probably take a long time for her to return it."
Ding Qiunan didn't speak, but thought about it seriously for a moment before saying, "It doesn't matter. Their family is indeed having a hard time right now. Let's help them if we can."
"Actually, Uncle San also came to borrow three industrial vouchers from me just now." Li Chu told her about Yan Bugui's matter as well.
Ding Qiunan also seemed puzzled, her big eyes blinking as she looked at Li Chu.
Li Chu shrugged: "I don't know why the two of them came to borrow on the same day. But it's okay to help within my ability. However, if either of them becomes greedy in the future, I won't tolerate it."
“We’re all neighbors, how could we possibly go too far?”
"I hope so too, but people's hearts are the hardest to fathom. Okay, honey, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's finish eating and go rest for a while."
After finishing their meal, Ding Qiunan rested on the bed in the consultation room, while Li Chu continued organizing his notes.
Sitting behind the table, he remembered that his wife was more than three months pregnant and he should check her pulse to see her current health condition.
Without hesitation, Li Chu tiptoed over behind the curtain to Ding Qiunan, who was sleeping soundly. He stood by the bed and began to take her pulse. He was absolutely serious when taking his wife's pulse.
But after he put his hand down, his expression seemed a little off, as if he couldn't believe it, his eyes wide open.
Li Chu stood by the bed, shook his head, and then walked straight out of the consultation room. He washed his face with cold water at the tap in the yard, stood outside the office for a few minutes, and then returned to the consultation room.
After wiping her face and hands clean with a towel from the washbasin stand, she went back behind the curtain, tiptoed out her other hand that was under the covers, and took her pulse again.
Five minutes later, when Li Chu withdrew his hand, his face was flushed. He kept telling himself that he had to stay calm and keep his composure.
He stepped out from behind the curtain, first taking a few gulps of water from his teacup, then taking several deep breaths. His complexion gradually returned to normal, but his heart was still beating very fast.
"No way, if she's not pregnant, she's not pregnant, but she's already having a double dose right away?" Li Chu wondered to himself if he hadn't taken the pulse correctly.
But the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine in his mind told him that he was not mistaken, his wife was indeed pregnant with twins.
After calming down, he decided not to tell Ding Qiunan the news yet; he needed to confirm things first.
He planned to go to the obstetrics and gynecology department after she got up and went to work to see if they could monitor the fetal heartbeat with ultrasound.
Li Chu was extremely familiar with all the diagnostic instruments used in Western medicine.
Although hospitals have these instruments, it is very likely that even the people operating them don't understand them.
The people operating these machines in hospitals now are all self-taught; they are all learning gradually.
Currently, no medical school in China offers a major that teaches this subject.
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