"Director Liu, do you remember when I came here last time to talk about buying houses for my eldest and second eldest brothers? We only bought one house then, and we still need one more. Do you know if there are any suitable properties available recently?"
In fact, Lin Qing had already checked the housing sales information and there were no suitable properties available here. But since she was already at the housing management bureau, Lin Qing thought she might as well ask again.
"Currently, there are no suitable properties listed in the housing sales information posted by the housing authority, however..."
Director Liu hesitated for a moment, unsure whether he should speak or not.
Seeing Director Liu hesitate, Lin Qing's eyes lit up immediately. It seemed there was some unexpected news, so she immediately asked.
"But what? Director Liu, please just say what you want to say."
Director Liu sighed upon hearing this, "Alright, there's no harm in telling you. This house is also a two-courtyard siheyuan, right next to the house you bought. However, the owner won't sell it. His wife is sick, and he said he'll give the house to whoever can cure her illness."
Director Liu looked at Comrade Lin with anticipation; the person he was referring to was a friend of his.
His friend had tried everything to cure his wife's illness, but nothing worked. Director Liu felt that the woman in front of him must come from an extraordinary family, and might have some connections that he didn't know about!
"Treat her illness? What illness does his wife have?"
Lin Qing asked with a serious expression.
Director Liu shook his head. "I don't know either. Actually, that person is my friend. He took his wife to see many doctors, but they couldn't cure her."
After hearing this, Lin Qing thought for a moment and said, "Director Liu, if it's convenient for you, could you take me to see him?"
Do you know any doctors?
Upon hearing Lin Qing's words, Director Liu immediately inquired with a delighted expression.
"To be honest, Director Liu, my maternal grandfather was a famous traditional Chinese medicine doctor. I learned medicine from him since I was a child, and now I am pursuing further studies at Peking University. Hearing you say that, I wanted to go and see him."
Lin Qing explained with a smile.
Director Liu was a little disappointed upon hearing this, but still agreed, "Alright, it's almost noon anyway, I'll take you to have a look!"
After Director Liu finished speaking, he locked the office door.
"You came on foot?"
Director Liu rode his bicycle and noticed that Lin Qing and Zhao Xi were not riding, so he asked them.
Is it far?
Lin Qing asked.
Director Liu nodded. "It's not far by bike, but it's a bit far on foot."
"Okay, then I'll go home and ride my bike. My home isn't far from here!"
Lin Qing thought for a moment and then said.
"Okay, let's go together! I'll wait for you over there, you guys go back and ride your bikes!"
Director Liu nodded and then said.
Lin Qing and Zhao Xi returned home, said goodbye to Dong Xiulan, and then rode their bicycles to Director Liu's friend's house.
"Red Army, Red Army..."
Director Liu led Lin Qing and Zhao Xi to the entrance of a three-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house). Director Liu then knocked on the door and called out to the courtyard.
"Squeak!"
The door opened from the inside out, and Lin Qing looked up to see a middle-aged man with gray hair walking out of the courtyard.
"Jianguo, you've come!"
"The middle-aged man called Hongjun said in a deep voice."
"Red Army, this Comrade Lin is a doctor. I brought her here to take a look at your sister-in-law!"
Upon hearing the middle-aged man's words, Director Liu turned around and then introduced himself to the man.
The middle-aged man immediately showed a look of surprise upon hearing this, but when he saw that the Comrade Lin mentioned by Director Liu was a young girl, he immediately showed a look of disappointment.
"Please come in!"
The middle-aged man led Director Liu, Lin Qing, and Zhao Xi into a bedroom, where a woman was lying on the bed.
The room was a bit dark, and Lin Qing couldn't see what the woman looked like. She only noticed that the woman was extremely thin, and that she was covered with a thick quilt even in the middle of summer.
"Could you please take a look at my wife?"
The middle-aged man moved aside from the bed, bowed slightly to Lin Qing, and then spoke.
He nodded, then sat on the stool by the bed. He carefully examined the woman's face and saw that she was pale, with dark lips and sunken eyes.
"Could you please remove her hand from my hand so I can take her pulse?"
The middle-aged man had been observing Lin Qing's expression. As soon as Lin Qing spoke, he immediately stepped forward and pulled the woman's arm out of the blanket.
Lin Qing placed her hand on the woman's pulse, then frowned. The woman's arm was extremely cold; it felt like ice to Lin Qing's touch. She endured the biting cold and carefully felt her pulse for a while.
Then he asked the middle-aged man, "When did your wife get this illness?"
The middle-aged man couldn't tell whether Lin Qing could cure her or not, but he still answered seriously: "A year ago, my wife suddenly came back from outside and then she was cold all over. No matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, she was cold day and night."
The middle-aged man seemed to be thinking of something, and he looked at his wife on the bed with a sad expression.
"Has she remained unconscious like this?"
Lin Qing interrupted the middle-aged man's recollection and continued to ask.
"No, at first she just felt cold. She was wrapped in a quilt every day, but she could move around freely and her eating was not affected. Starting from the first half of this year, my wife ate less and less and slept more and more, until she stopped waking up about two weeks ago."
"Half a month ago? And he stopped eating and drinking like this?"
Lin Qing looked at the woman on the bed and asked in surprise.
“That’s right, his body is too cold, even an IV drip won’t work, the fluids just won’t go in.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Qing took the woman's pulse again and then put the woman's arm back under the covers.
"I heard from Director Liu that you've taken your wife to see many doctors. What did the other doctors say?"
The middle-aged man shook his head. "They said they couldn't find the cause either. I tried taking some medicine prescribed by the doctor, but it didn't work at all!"
"What medicine?"
Lin Qing raised an eyebrow and asked.
"It's not a medicine to cure diseases; the doctor said it's some medicine to dispel cold and nourish the body."
Lin Qing nodded upon hearing this, "I know the general situation, I need to go back and check some information!"
The young man hadn't held out much hope, but when he heard Lin Qing not directly refuse but say he needed to go back and check the information, he immediately became excited and said, "Comrade, do you know what disease my wife has? Can you cure her?"
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