I persuaded her, "Mom, you and Dad should go to Province D. You can visit the place where he has worked for many years. Don't worry, I can take good care of Taotao. There is also grandma. It will be okay."
Shen Heping also said: "Yes, you can't do much by being around."
Xu Zhen rolled her eyes at him gently, took out a small notebook and pencil from her coat pocket, and quickly wrote a line of words: "I am a mother-in-law, and also a grandmother!"
After reading it, Shen Heping scratched his head: He is still a father-in-law and a grandfather, and has been looking forward to holding his grandson, but he can't just ignore his work. With grandma watching over him, it should be okay, right?
Xu Zhen continued to write in the small notebook, her pen moving as smoothly as flowing water. She was able to keep up with Shen Heping's speaking speed and had little impact on the couple's conversation.
Shen Yu found it very funny. What his grandparents were most proud of was that his mother was very smart, well-behaved and obedient since she was young. She learned painting and calligraphy and never slacked off, and she had excellent handwriting.
Taotao was very surprised when she got the little note from her mother for the first time. She said that her mother could continue to study art and become a famous painter or calligrapher in the future. If she was willing to keep these little notebooks for conversation and collect them, they would be very valuable in many years due to the celebrity effect!
The little money-grubber was so obsessed with money that he even spared his mother-in-law.
Shen Heping couldn't convince Xu Zhen, so he had to ask his son for help: "Xiao Yu, look... I actually want to take your mother to S Province. I heard that there is an old Chinese doctor who lives in seclusion there. He cured someone with aphasia."
Shen Yu: "Taotao, grandma and I support you taking your mother on a trip to relax. As for seeing a Chinese doctor, I was just about to tell you: there are old Chinese doctors in Beijing. Mom has been consulted by experts in the hospital and the results are given. This treatment process takes time, so you don't have to be too anxious."
Shen Heping said: "It's not that I'm anxious, I'm just worried about your mother. She is very uncomfortable because she can't speak."
Xu Zhen held up her little notebook, which read: "Dad is just too anxious, Mom is fine, Mom is happy every day even if she doesn't say anything!"
Shen Yu couldn't help laughing out loud.
Shen Heping: "..."
He looked at his wife with resentment: Honey, shouldn't you be with me? Xu Zhen smiled and winked at him.
Shen Yu saw that the scar on Xu Zhen's face had faded a little, and said to her, "You should apply the scar removal ointment regularly. Tell me if it's gone."
There were several scars on Xu Zhen's face, and before she put on thick layers of makeup to make them less hideous, Meng Tao took out a scar-removing ointment for her to use, and the scars gradually faded.
Xu Jia nodded and gave a thumbs up, indicating that this scar removing ointment was really great. She also had many scars on her body. After applying the ointment morning and evening, some of the shallower scars had disappeared and her skin was as smooth as before.
Shen Yu said: "This ointment is a recipe from a famous doctor's family that is not passed on to others. It is made with precious medicinal materials that are not available in hospitals or pharmacies. If anyone asks, just say it is from overseas."
Shen Heping and Xu Zhen nodded in unison.
Shen Yu added: "The experts said that the cause of mom's aphasia is largely psychological. Her throat was indeed injured and has healed on its own. There may be other reasons that the experts cannot find. We all need to be patient, and everything will be fine. I have consulted a famous doctor, and he has a prescription for this and can help prepare the pills. However, we are still missing a few herbs. Once we find all the herbs, we will be fine."
Shen Heping asked hurriedly, "Is this also the famous doctor who prepared the scar removal ointment?"
Shen Yu nodded.
Shen Yu: “…”
What did he say without doing it? This was not his habit.
The so-called famous doctors are not fictitious, they really existed. They were just people in ancient times. They must have had advanced medical skills when they were alive, otherwise the medical books they wrote and the prescriptions they left behind would not have been included in the space library.
Shen Yu can go up to the third level of the library in Taotao Space. The vast amount of books is dazzling. Some of them are completely incomprehensible, and the characters on them are like incomprehensible, but some of them are understandable. After reading them many times, Shen Yu understood: these books are also opened according to the depth of cultivation. Those books that cannot be understood are because they have not reached that level yet.
Because Taotao likes to tinker with beauty cosmetics and says she wants to develop pharmaceutical cosmetics in the future, and she herself cannot go to the library, Shen Yu helps her look for ancient beauty recipes. There are a few medical books that use normal traditional Chinese characters, which she can understand.
The scar-removing ointment that Xu Zhen used was an ancient medical prescription that Shen Yu looked up and developed together with Meng Tao. To test the effect, Shen Yu even cut two cuts on his own arm and tested the medicine himself before giving it to Xu Zhen.
He spent some time looking for a prescription for treating aphasia. After some research, the couple planned to prepare it into pills, but when collecting herbs, they found that some of the herbs they bought outside were not ideal, so they decided to grow them in the space.
It would take time for the herbs to grow, so he first informed his parents and told them not to rush to find a doctor, because he knew his father well, and if he was too concerned, he would really run around looking for a doctor and ask for medicine.
Meng Tao came in holding a fruit bowl: "Eat some fruit, eat some fruit. Han Chaoyang sent it to me. It's so sweet!"
If Han Chaoyang were here, he would definitely be puzzled: I sent you southern fruits, why are there grapes, cantaloupe, and fragrant pears? Southern fruits are rare in this season, and northwestern grapes, cantaloupe, and fragrant pears are equally precious. These are all obtained by Shen Yu, and Meng Tao collected them in the space, just to take the blame for Han Chaoyang.
When Xu Zhen saw the delicious fruits, she also felt greedy, but she knew that these fruits were rare, so she wrote a note asking Meng Tao to keep them for herself.
Meng Tao said: "I can't eat so much. Even if I put it in the refrigerator, it will not be fresh anymore. Let's eat it together!"
Shen Heping knew that these were his wife's favorites, and he wanted her to have some, so he said, "Cut them up. They won't be fresh if you leave them until tomorrow, so let's eat them together. Next time, Taotao, keep them for yourself and eat them slowly. Don't cut them all at once."
"OK."
The family was happily eating fruit and chatting, enjoying their leisure time, but unexpectedly, an incoming phone call broke the peace.
It was Xu Hengkai, who asked Shen Yu if he could buy a bottle of scar removal cream that Aunt Xu Zhen used. Shen Yu asked him what was going on?
Xu Hengkai said: "Yingying had a cut on her face. It was Gu Panpan who did it. No one expected that she was squatting at the gate of our house. The car blocked it and no one noticed it. I was careless... Grandma was so angry about this that her heart ached. I can't explain it clearly over the phone. I'll talk to you later."
When Xu Zhen heard that something happened at her mother's house and her mother was angry, she wanted to go back to check. Meng Tao was concerned about Gu Yingying's injury, so she stood up as well, but Shen Heping would not let her go out. Xu Zhen touched Meng Tao's belly, motioning for her to wait at home obediently. She then pointed at Shen Yu and asked him to stay at home with Taotao. Shen Heping drove Xu Zhen back to the Xu Mansion.
Shen Yu and Meng Tao went back to their room and got some medicines and a few glass bottles of drinks and asked their parents to take them to the Xu Mansion. The medicines were for Gu Yingying, and the drinks were for grandma. These drinks were "developed" by Taotao using the flowers and plants in the space when she was bored. They have a calming and nourishing effect on the mind.
(End of this chapter)