When I arrived at Zou Tao's house, I saw a few people gathered at the door from afar, looking anxious.
Meng Xunzhou and Song Shishi quickened their pace and walked into the yard.
I saw Old Master Meng sitting beside the bed, taking the pulse of Zou Tao's wife with a serious expression.
Zou Tao next to him had a worried look on his face and kept rubbing his hands.
Meng Xunzhou stepped forward and asked softly, "Grandpa, what's the situation?"
Mr. Meng did not answer immediately. After a long while, he let go of her hand and said slowly, "Her illness is a bit tricky. I have to go back and look through the medical books and prescribe a few more medicines to try."
After saying that, he packed up his medicine box and stood up to leave.
On the way home, Mr. Meng remained silent, and Meng Xunzhou and Song Shishi didn't dare to ask more questions.
After returning to the old house, Mr. Meng walked straight into the study and closed the door.
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"If you're not sure, why didn't the family send Aunt to the hospital, but came to Grandpa instead?"
Song Shishi stared at Mr. Meng's closed study door and asked Meng Xunzhou beside her with a frown.
"Generally, those who come to see Grandpa have already been to the hospital and have no other options, or it's an emergency and there's no time to send them to the hospital. But just now I saw the situation at Uncle Zou's house, maybe someone didn't want to send Aunt to the hospital, so they came to Grandpa."
After Meng Xunzhou's explanation, Song Shishi gained a new understanding of Mr. Meng's medical skills.
The old man can treat diseases that even hospitals cannot cure.
This is not something that ordinary people can do.
The whole family was worried, but there was nothing they could do to help.
The sky gradually darkened, and Mr. Meng had not yet come out of the study.
Fu Shuxian was preparing to cook dinner, and Meng Guanru also stood up to help.
Meng Xunzhou and Song Shishi paced in the yard, looking towards the study window from time to time.
Suddenly, the door of the study opened and Mr. Meng walked out. Although he looked tired, his eyes were determined.
"I've figured out a way."
Mr. Meng's voice was not loud, but it made the whole family breathe a sigh of relief.
"I need some special herbs, which should be available in the pharmacy. Xunzhou, please accompany me."
Meng Xunzhou nodded quickly: "Okay, Grandpa, let's go now."
After the two of them went out, Song Shishi and Meng Xiaoqi stayed at home, so they went to the small kitchen to help Fu Shuxian prepare dinner.
But Song Shishi always felt uneasy, and she couldn't help but worry about Meng Xunzhou and Old Man Meng.
As she was thinking, she suddenly heard the phone ringing in the main room.
Song Shishi put down the dish in her hand, wiped her hands, and walked towards the main house.
"Hello?"
As soon as I picked up the phone, I heard noise and Meng Xunzhou's hurried voice from the other end.
"Shishi, my grandfather and I ran into some trouble at the medicine store. A key herb was reserved by someone else, and the other party refused to give it up, saying that they also needed it urgently."
Without waiting for Song Shishi to reply, Meng Xunzhou continued, "Please ask my uncle if he knows any pharmacy owner to see if he has that medicinal ingredient."
Meng Xunzhou and Old Man Meng had gone to several pharmacies in a row and finally found one that had that medicinal ingredient, but it turned out to have been reserved by someone else.
"Don't worry. Even if my uncle knows someone, he's probably in Haicheng and won't be able to help. Have you found out who ordered the herbs?"
"I inquired and found out that the other party's surname is He. He seems to be quite famous in Beijing. The medicinal materials are for a man named He Junlin."
Hearing this, Song Shishi raised her wrist and looked at the time, "Okay, call back in about ten minutes, I'll make a phone call first."
Although he didn't know who Song Shishi was going to call, Meng Xunzhou still responded with a "OK."
After hanging up the phone, Song Shishi directly dialed the phone number of her uncle Zheng Zecheng's office.
The call was connected quickly.
"Uncle, I'm Shishi."
"Shishi, is there something wrong?"
Song Shishi seldom calls Zheng Zecheng, so when Zheng Zecheng heard Song Shishi's voice, he was quite surprised.
Song Shizi briefly recounted the events of the pharmacy to Zheng Zecheng.
"Uncle, do you know the guy named He Junlin?"
On the other end of the phone, Zheng Zecheng was silent for a while, then asked, "Are you talking about the second son of the He family?"
"Xunzhou heard that the other party's family is quite famous in Beijing, so it must be him."
When Song Shishi heard He Junlin's name, she already had some guesses in her mind, so she called her uncle.
"Okay, I'll go ask, and then ask your uncle to help find some herbs, so we can be prepared."
Zheng Zecheng agreed readily.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, uncle."
"Why are you saying this to your family? Hang up first. I'll go ask now."
"OK."
Song Shishi had just hung up the phone with her uncle when the phone rang again.
Meng Xunzhou's gentle voice sounded from the other end of the phone.
"Shishi, what's going on?"
"My uncle agreed to help ask, but we'll have to wait and see what the result is."
“Okay, grandpa and I will wait in the pharmacy for a while. The people from the He family said they are on their way to the pharmacy.
When the time comes, Grandpa and I will negotiate with them in person, maybe they will be willing to do us a favor."
Song Shishi was afraid that Zheng Zecheng would call, so she didn't say anything more to Meng Xunzhou.
In order to avoid missing the call, Song Shishi stayed by the phone.
But she didn't have to wait too long, Zheng Zecheng called back.
"The matter has been resolved. You can just ask Xunzhou to take the herbs away."
Zheng Zecheng still looked indifferent, as if nothing could move him.
"What about the He family?"
"The He family doesn't need that medicinal herb for the time being. I've asked your uncle to ask someone to find new medicinal herbs, and then we can supply them to the He family."
With Zheng Zecheng's guarantee, Song Shishi finally felt relieved.
After hanging up the phone, she immediately called Meng Xunzhou.
Fortunately, she was careful enough to ask for the phone number he used before hanging up Meng Xunzhou.
The issue of medicinal materials was resolved smoothly.
Meng Xunzhou and Old Man Meng found all the necessary herbs and rushed home.
On the way home, Mr. Meng's steps became much lighter, and he talked to Meng Xunzhou about his experience as a doctor in the army.
"The conditions were tough at the time, with a lack of medical care and medicine, but I couldn't just ignore the soldiers when they were injured and sick."
Mr. Meng recalled, his eyes full of emotion.
After returning to the old house, Mr. Meng didn't even bother to rest. He went straight into the kitchen and started to boil medicine.
The strong aroma of medicine filled the room, and the whole family gathered around, watching quietly.
Meng Xiaoqi couldn't help but ask: "Grandpa, once this medicine is ready, will Auntie get better?"
"After drinking a few doses, you should feel better." Mr. Meng responded with a smile.
After the medicine was boiled, Mr. Meng asked Meng Xunzhou to help carry it and went to Zou Tao's house again.
This time, the whole family went with them to see what the situation was like.
As soon as I entered Zou Tao's house, I heard a quarrel coming from the house.
Zou Tao's brother Zou Wei shouted at the top of his voice: "We have almost spent all our money on her medical treatment, and she is not getting better. It will be a bottomless pit if we continue to treat her!"
Zou Tao's face was full of helplessness, with anger hidden in his eyes.
"That's my wife, and also your sister-in-law. How can we just watch her get sick and do nothing?"
Mr. Meng walked into the room, his face darkening: "Human lives are at stake, what's the point of you arguing here!"
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