Chapter 37 Who was speaking just now?
After all, the old shoes are not broken yet. I can wear them when going up the mountains and down the fields, so I don’t mind if they get broken or dirty.
As for the new shoes, they are perfect to wear after washing.
Taking a candied fruit from the drawer of the dressing table and throwing it into his mouth, Song Yuntang took out paper and charcoal pencil and carefully traced the human meridian map on the paper.
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The next morning, the village was in an uproar.
Uncle Qiao, who lives next door to the head of the village, suddenly became paralyzed!
Uncle Qiao is fifty-three years old this year. He is a live-in son-in-law of Rongshu Village. However, his wife Song Zhi is considerate and still lets her children take his surname Qiao.
Once Song's parents passed away, Uncle Qiao became the real head of the family.
Fortunately, he was quite good to Song. He had always cared about her and taken very good care of her over the years.
Uncle Qiao was carrying water in the fields yesterday. I don’t know if he was tired, but after taking a nap, he suddenly couldn’t get out of bed.
Uncle Qiao's son rushed to Sanlipo early in the morning. When many people in the village heard the news, they all went to watch the fun.
Song Yuntang was awakened by the chattering outside.
She rubbed her eyes, sat up from the bed and looked out the window. She saw that Zhao had opened the gate a crack, stuck her head out and was talking to someone.
On the other side, Liu yawned and walked out of the house.
"Mom, what happened?"
Zhao Qiao'e saw that her family members had woken up one after another, so she closed the courtyard door and walked to the kitchen. "I don't know why Uncle Qiao, who lives next door to the head of the village, suddenly became paralyzed. I just heard everyone talking about it, so I opened the door and listened."
"Paralyzed?" Song Jinbao, who was carrying a basin to fetch water to wash his face, was a little surprised. "I saw him working in the fields yesterday and he was fine. How come he suddenly became paralyzed?"
Zhao Qiao'e brought the washed brown rice into the kitchen and said as she worked, "Today we don't know what will happen tomorrow. Who knows what will happen? As soon as the sun rose, Qiao Da went to Sanlipu to see Doctor Li."
Liu mentioned this from the side.
"Doesn't our Tang'er also know medicine?"
Zhao Qiao'e shook her head. "Only our family knows that Tang'er knows medicine. She is young and inexperienced. This matter of Master Qiao is obviously not simple. It's better not to let Tang'er get involved."
She sighed and continued, "If it's cured, it's fine. If it's not, people will gossip about it. We are all from the same village. We will see each other every day. It's better not to meddle in other people's business."
Listening to the conversation between several people outside, Song Yuntang roughly understood what had happened. She got up from the bed with her shoes on, took the wooden basin standing by the wall, and went out to fetch water for washing.
After Zhao Qiao'e lit the stove, she looked outside the house.
"Tang'er, your brother will be back this afternoon, so don't run around these few days. Let Zhu and Zhuan do the digging of wild vegetables."
Song Yuntang nodded, and after washing his face, he poured the water onto the abandoned vegetable patch beside the yard.
The weather was too dry and too hot, and the three cucumber vines planted in the spring had only a few malnourished green leaves hanging on the branches, without even a single flower.
Some time ago, she had a sudden idea and buried a lot of medicinal residues next to it. She also moved it to a place close to the wall and watered it thoroughly every morning and evening. Sure enough, these days, more leaves and branches have grown, the cucumber vines have become much thicker than before, and flower buds have grown.
If nothing goes wrong, we will be able to eat cucumbers soon.
Breakfast is still half a brown rice pancake and porridge.
After breakfast, the family members went about their own business. Song Yuntang was not idle either. He put the silver needle into his sleeve and went out.
Normally, she would have no interest in watching the fun.
But it was so lively today that she had to go and see it.
The more difficult the disease is to treat, the more opportunities it provides for her to promote her reputation.
When we arrived at Uncle Qiao's house, we found that there were already many old women and wives who had nothing to do and came to watch the fun.
Some even crowded at the door holding their children. To satisfy their curiosity, they ignored the screaming children in their arms, shaking their arms and stretching their necks to look into the yard.
Song Yuntang did not forget to remind him when he passed by.
"Be gentle, it's not good for the child."
The woman said "Oh" nonchalantly, then came to her senses and wanted to curse Song Yuntang for meddling in other people's business, but when she saw Song Yuntang's face, she pursed her lips and finally did not say the curse.
He just gave her a look and took a step back with the child in his arms.
Song Yuntang laughed at herself, thinking that she was meddling in other people's business. She no longer paid attention to the woman holding the child and walked into the yard of Uncle Qiao's house.
Doctor Li from Sanlipu has been invited by Uncle Qiao's son and is now treating Uncle Qiao in the house.
Except for Uncle Qiao's wife Song Zhi and eldest son Qiao Da, everyone else was guarding outside the house.
When they saw Song Yuntang coming, Uncle Qiao's sons, daughters-in-law, grandsons and daughters were all a little stunned and had no idea why she came.
The eldest daughter-in-law, Sun Jinhua, was the first to react. She walked up and asked, "Tang'er, is there anything you need to come to my house?"
Although Song Yuntang did not have a very good reputation in Rongshu Village, the people in this village were more or less related to him, so it was impossible for them to chase him away right away.
"Aunt." Song Yuntang looked towards the room where the patient was, "I came to see Uncle Qiao."
Sun Jinhua is only one year younger than Zhao Qiao'e. According to seniority, Song Yuntang has to call her aunt.
Sun smiled and said, "Doctor Li is treating him inside. I'm afraid Tang'er will have to wait a while."
She was a little surprised. In the village, people who came to visit a patient would usually bring some things with them, but she came empty-handed. Moreover, this girl had no connection with her family, so why did she come just to visit her father-in-law?
"It's okay, I just want to take a look."
As Song Yuntang said this, he was about to go into the house, but was stopped by the sons and daughters of the Qiao family.
"Song Yuntang, if you really want to go see my father, it won't be too late to go after Doctor Li finishes examining his father." said Qiao Er, the second son of Uncle Qiao.
Song Yuntang looked at him indifferently.
"If I don't go see him, Doctor Li won't be able to cure your father."
"What kind of miracle doctor do you think you are?" The whole family was worried about Uncle Qiao's health. After hearing what Song Yuntang said, Qiao Er lost his patience. "You are young, but you are so arrogant. I think you should go back. My father doesn't need you to see him."
Song Yuntang did not turn around and leave, but just said to the room, "Doctor Li, is Mr. Qiao's pulse deep, slow, stringy and soft? Is his muscle tension reduced? Has he often experienced symptoms of general weakness in the past few days?"
The girl's voice was not loud, but it was just loud enough for people inside and outside the courtyard to hear clearly.
Inside the house, Doctor Li, who was originally in a state of panic and shaking his head while examining Mr. Qiao's body, heard the voice, looked at Mr. Qiao, and quickly ran out of the house.
"Who was speaking just now?"
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