Chapter 154 Mouse Hand & Coming Back
Ge Hong has been here for a long time, and he has always been indifferent and taciturn. He has never made any demands on Shu Jinyue. Whether for her or for the hospital, she doesn't seem to care at all whether the environment and the employer are demanding or comfortable. Today, someone suddenly said that he needed medical treatment and asked to come to her. Jin Yue immediately became interested. Who is this "patient" to her?
Mind Reading·Ge Hong: "He is a friend of mine."
Jin Yue paused, coughed twice a little embarrassedly, and put away his gossip, "What's the patient's condition?"
"Half a year ago, his ten fingers suddenly became numb, painful, and burning without any obvious cause. I didn't take it seriously at first, thinking he had pressed them while sleeping. Plus I was busy with work and had no time to take care of it. He only mentioned it when I saw him yesterday, so I thought of asking him to come over for you to take a look." After accompanying Jin Yue to treat his illness for several months, she has learned some medical terms.
When Jin Yue encountered numbness, pain and burning sensation in his fingers, his first reaction was whether it was cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis or the like, which might have compressed the nerves. This is the most common problem in clinical practice. The second thing he considered was the "restless legs syndrome" that Hu Guizhi's granddaughter Yin Yin suffered from - blood sugar. The third thing he considered was the cardiovascular system, whether there was any blockage or stenosis, like the condition that Mr. Jiang suffered that year.
However, before seeing the person, Jin Yue couldn't jump to conclusions, "Has the person come? Let him in."
Li Xuemei and Anna went out without closing the door, and Ge Hong called a man in.
He was tall and thin, with regular features and slightly pale skin. He wore glasses and looked gentle. He was about thirty years old. He nodded politely at Jin Yue and seemed to say very little.
It was Jin Yue, the doctor, who broke the deadlock first: "Hello, what is your name?"
"Li Si."
"Please take a seat."
Li Si sat down and still said nothing, but his silence was different from that of Li Xiangyang and Wang Manli whom he had seen before. They didn't speak because they were depressed and didn't want to talk. Li Si didn't speak, and Jin Yue felt that he was simple, spoke little, and was rather dull.
Jin Yue had no choice but to speak again: "Ge Hong said that your fingers have been numb for a while, can you tell me more about it?"
Li Si stretched out his hands, "Half a year ago, I don't know why, but my ten fingers felt numb. At first, it seemed like the feeling was reduced, and sometimes there was a burning sensation. Later, I slowly began to feel slight pain, but it was not obvious."
“When did the burning sensation begin?”
"Half a month after the numbness is discovered, usually in the evening or at night."
Shu Jinyue had an idea. It was very similar to Yinyin's situation. "Have you checked your blood sugar?"
"No."
"Do any of your parents have diabetes?"
"Not sure. They've been dead for many years."
"What was the cause of death?"
Lisdon paused, "Accident."
That means it has nothing to do with genetic disease, so Jin Yue didn't ask any more questions and instead asked him if he felt unwell anywhere else.
"None."
"Are you experiencing symptoms of dizziness, headache, nausea, or vomiting?"
"No."
Shu Jinyue asked him to stand up and follow his instructions to do several movements and specific tests for cervical spondylosis, including the Spring test, leg raising test, brachial plexus traction test and five or six other tests. All of them were negative, and it seemed that the possibility of cervical spondylosis was even smaller.
However, you still have to take an X-ray. The hospital has complete and advanced examination equipment, and the radiologists hired are experienced and have great skills. Now many patients in the city are more willing to come here for examination, even if the disease is not treated here. As long as they take the report issued by the film taken here to any hospital, they will recognize it. This is a high recognition of Jinyue Hospital's technology and equipment within the industry.
Even an experienced person like Director Jin would send people to Jinyue Hospital for examination when they are unsure. They may feel unhappy about it, but there is nothing they can do because Jinyue is so powerful that they can have whatever they want.
"By the way, what does Comrade Li Si do for a living?" Cervical spondylosis is generally related to long-term work with the head bowed, and it is a big relationship.
"Do..." He seemed to be hesitating.
Ge Hong interrupted, "He is just a clerical worker who works at a desk for a long time."
Shu Jinyue thought to herself, no wonder, then she must do a thorough check-up to rule out cervical spondylosis. She wrote out a list of examinations and asked Anna to take him down for a check-up. The dean's assistant would definitely take him down for a thorough check-up as soon as possible.
As soon as the others left, Li Xuemei couldn't help but gossip with Shu Jinyue, "What is the relationship between this Li Si and Ge Hong? Why do I feel that the way Ge Hong looks at him is not right?"
"What's wrong?"
"She's very protective of him, like a hen protecting her chicks. Did you notice?"
Shu Jinyue really didn't notice it. Once she was doing something professional, she would devote herself to it. "Then why don't you ask her later?"
"No, no, she can read my mind. She knew what I was going to ask before I even opened my mouth. She even made up a lie in her mind to respond to me. I don't want to hear lies."
Shu Jinyue smiled and said, "Then get to work quickly. We have to go to a banquet tonight. It's better to finish the work early and leave early."
When talking about this, Li Xuemei became happy, "That's right, we have to have a good meal to make up for the cost, I will give them a big red envelope."
There is another big happy event today - Qi Lixin and Tian Meizhi got married.
After dating for more than a year, their relationship became relatively stable. Both sets of parents and Tian Meizhi's son also agreed that they should get married, so they chose this day. Qi Lixin didn't want to treat Tian Meizhi badly, so he wanted to hold a grand wedding at the Shilan Hotel. However, Tian Meizhi felt that this was her second marriage, and her son was already in high school, so she didn't want to make it too ostentatious, so she just set up a few tables at home and invited neighbors and colleagues who she was on good terms with to come over for a meal.
In order to prepare for the wedding, Qi Lixin took a week off early and was busy running around. Tian Meizhi happened to meet a big client a few days ago and wanted to negotiate the order, so he was busy all day and could not go home. All matters were handled by this "big man", and it was really thanks to him that Tian Meizhi was in charge of the rear.
Li Xuemei envied, "Why can't I meet such a good man? He can make money and is willing to take care of the rear area. I heard that he even hands over his salary every month."
"You know this too?"
"Hey, I'm familiar with the people in their pharmacy. I heard that he handed over all the money, but Tian Meizhi couldn't bear it, so she left him half, saying that it would be pocket money. The key point is that even Doctor Qi has no objection to this. Doctor Qi's salary is much higher than his, so it's easy for him to subsidize the young couple. What do you think of Tian Meizhi's fate, to meet such an obedient husband and such an open-minded mother-in-law who makes a lot of money and does not cause trouble?"
Li Xuemei thought of her cowardly ex-husband and her trouble-making mother-in-law, and she became extremely envious. She sighed for a long time about her fate.
"Don't be envious. You can always find another one. There is no age barrier for us to fall in love."
"Come on, men are smarter than us, especially those of us who are remarried. We can basically only find those who are remarried. Those who are remarried usually have children. If we go, we will become stepmothers. We might even be asked to give birth to another child. Why should we use the money we earn to support someone else's child?"
The more Shu Jin thought about it, she realized that she had also been angry and confused about this when she was a child. After knowing her own life experience, she felt that if her mother's salary was the only one to support her, she would not have to live such a hard life. But after remarrying, she had to support three half-brothers and sisters. She felt that it was unfair and she often quarreled with her mother about this.
But later she found that she had gained something - Teacher Shu loved her, but her mother did not love her three older brothers and sisters.
Paying for love doesn't seem like a big loss.
Li Xuemei didn't know that she was thinking about her childhood, and continued to complain: "Besides, good men generally don't flow into the market. What comes out are all rotten meat, like my ex-husband."
Li Xuemei's ex-husband got his blind date pregnant while asking her to get back together, and they got married quickly. But not long after, the woman found out about Li Xuemei's evil deeds and couldn't get along with her anymore. When she saw that the man was a coward, she immediately demanded a divorce, so she refused to let him go? Okay, then have an abortion!
"I really admire that woman. She wanted to have an abortion and she did it even though the baby was more than six months pregnant. I heard that the baby was still breathing. When Li Sufen saw it, she fainted on the spot. When she woke up, she was shouting "grandchildren" like crazy. After that, she has been mentally unstable ever since. The last time I met her, a neighbor said she was sent to a mental hospital."
Li Xuemei felt extremely happy when her evil mother-in-law received such retribution. This is what they call "one thing conquers another", it is what one deserves, it is retribution.
Shu Jinyue didn't expect that the strong and mean Li Sufen would end up like this, but it seemed reasonable. She believed that she was just one of the children bullied by her in school and would definitely not be the last one. She left psychological trauma on countless children, and such an ending was considered a bargain for her.
When other teachers retire, take Shu Linong for example, many students still come to visit him every year to express their gratitude to him. Even during the years when the Shu family was in the most difficult times, students would still come to visit him. But Li Sufen, who has been teaching and educating people for her entire life, has not a single student who is grateful to her. If they meet her on the street and don't curse her, they are being polite.
Isn’t such a life a failure?
As the two were talking, Ge Hong and Li Si came up. Because it was an expedited process, the results came out very quickly, but what surprised Jin Yue was that -
His blood sugar is not high, and he does not have the typical symptoms of "three mores and one less", which basically rules out diabetes and peripheral neuritis caused by increased blood sugar; his blood lipids are not high and his blood is not viscous, which rules out poor peripheral blood circulation; at the same time, the X-ray shows that there are no obvious abnormal changes in his cervical spine, and his lumbar spine is still normal, with no changes in the physiological curvature, and no compression of the dura mater and nerves, which also rules out cervical spondylosis; there is no obstruction in the brain, and the electrocardiogram is normal.
"The film was shot by Director Qin himself and reviewed twice, so there should be no problem." Ge Hong said in a low voice.
Shu Jinyue frowned slightly, "Let me check your pulse."
Li Si's fingers were long and without any calluses. His nails were neatly trimmed and looked very clean. At the same time, the skin color of his ten fingers seemed a little redder than that of normal people, but not much.
The pulse is neither floating nor sinking, neither big nor small, the strength is moderate, the rhythm is moderate, everything is moderate.
If he didn't say it, she would think that this was a healthy person with no illness or pain.
"How is it?" Ge Hong had actually already figured out Jin Yue's intention, but she was still a little unwilling to give up and wanted to ask a definite question.
"At present, there is nothing wrong with the pulse, and there is nothing abnormal in the symptoms. The three most common conditions have also been ruled out. I would like to ask, has Comrade Li Si ever suffered any external injuries, in addition to those on his hands, to his lumbar spine, cervical spine, or head?"
It’s hard to say about Ge Hong. They haven’t seen each other for many years. She looked at Li Si.
Li Si shook his head, "No, I do clerical work."
Jin Yue nodded, "What kind of work does Comrade Li Si do? Will he be exposed to toxic substances?"
"You suspect he was poisoned?"
Jin Yue nodded. Although the numbness in the fingers could be caused by alcohol poisoning, vitamin deficiency, autoimmunity, or tumors, the probability of this happening was very low. She could only rule out the most likely possibility.
"I don't normally come into contact with it. I work on computers."
"Computer?" Jin Yue was stunned. This word appeared in the early 1990s and was really refreshing.
Li Si thought she didn't know, so he simply explained: "It's what we call computers abroad."
Anyone who worked on computers at that time was considered a big shot, and his future prospects were limitless. Ge Hong really had a good vision.
Jin Yue suddenly remembered a disease - mouse hand.
People who frequently use a mouse will have their wrists suspended in the air at a certain height and maintain this position for a long time, which causes the wrist muscles to become stiff and difficult to stretch, and sometimes even causes numbness in the fingers... But this should only be the case with the hand that usually uses the mouse more. Why are the fingers on both hands numb?
Jin Yue pressed his wrist, "Does your wrist hurt? Is it stiff?"
Li Si nodded. He did not hide it on purpose. He guessed that Jin Yue did not ask about it just now and he did not think of mentioning it. Now that he was asked, he realized that he did have this problem.
"Which hand do you usually use to operate the mouse?"
"I use both hands and switch between them frequently."
Shu Jinyue exclaimed, “Oh!”, so that’s it, so that’s how it is, mouse hand, carpal tunnel syndrome.
Mind Reading·Ge Hong: "Do we need to take another wrist X-ray?"
Jin Yue shook his head, "It's not necessary. Imaging examination is not a necessary examination method for this disease, unless there is obvious bone lesions. It's not necessary." He pulled Li Si's fingers and did a few small physical examinations, all of which were positive.
It seems that it is carpal tunnel syndrome without a doubt.
"There is no quick cure for this disease. We can only use physical therapy to relieve the symptoms. Try acupuncture and massage first. I will prescribe a blood circulation and blood stasis prescription for you. At the same time, take some western medicine to nourish the nerves. Let's try it and see if there is any relief."
Li Si was a little surprised and thought to himself, are all medical consultations outside so “detailed” nowadays? He even explained the cause of the disease and the ideas for treatment so clearly and logically that even a layman could understand it. He wondered in his heart that it was because he had been in the army for too long and didn't know that times were changing so fast.
Mind Reading·Ge Hong: "It's just that she is so detailed, no one else would be like this."
Others: "..." In front of this little witch, no one has any secrets. Everyone's brain is transparent in her eyes.
Shu Jinyue quickly arranged for him to see the best acupuncturist in the hospital, and asked him to go to the physiotherapy clinic opposite the San Department Store after the acupuncture, as the massage technicians there were better. Seeing that it was almost time, she decided to go back to Liuye Hutong to see how Qi Lixin and Tian Meizhi's wedding preparations were going.
She drove with Li Xuemei, Xiao Tian and others to Liuye Hutong. The Tian family courtyard was already decorated with lights and many old neighbors came to help. Uncle Tian was wandering around in a brand new suit with creases on it and a red tie.
"I said, Old Tian, what are you doing in the kitchen? Go sit in the living room and greet people."
"I...I don't know how to..."
"You don't have to say anything. Just sit there and say hello when someone comes."
"Well, you said that this old farmer has been honest all his life, and he is now enjoying the blessing of a daughter in his old age. We who have suffered all our lives will still suffer in our old age. As long as you can endure hardships, you will have endless hardships in your life."
Everyone laughed, and the yard became more lively.
Jin Yue and his friends took a look around and went into the new house to see the bride. The couple agreed that in order to take care of the elderly and children, the mother and son of the Qi family would move to Liuye Hutong in the future, and their courtyard house would be rented out, and they could earn some rent every month to supplement the household expenses.
Qi Peilan didn't even have an objection to this. Anyway, she could go to work in the hospital by herself now, it would just be slower and take longer.
Qi Lixin asked Shu Jinyue to prepare the meal again. Jinyue asked Sister Bao and her team of chefs to prepare it. The process was skillful and the movements were incredibly fast. The key was that the taste was also extremely good. All the flavors were loved by the old Shilan people. Before it was served, everyone in the yard could not wait to drool just by smelling it.
So, Shu Jinyue and Xu Wenli saw Aunt Li and her new boyfriend among a group of drooling old men and women.
Wen Li said, "Secretary Liu looks a lot older now than before."
He has been retired for several years. He had some power and was full of vigor when he was working. After retirement, no one paid attention to him anymore. He lost all of a sudden and naturally aged quickly.
"But compared to Aunt Li, she's still a lot younger."
Aunt Li was wearing a red cotton jacket with floral patterns today. Her hair was dyed and was blacker than coal. She tied it into a bun on top of her head and wore her most treasured gold earrings on her earlobes. From the back, she looked only about fifty years old, but her real age would be revealed when she turned around.
"I can't believe Aunt Li is so rich. Her earrings are all made of gold."
Shu Jinyue thought about it and said, "Maybe Brother Li bought it for her."
In the past few years, the performance of the meat processing plant plummeted, and the factory where Li the Butcher worked simply could not continue to operate, so it sold its "assets". Brother Li gritted his teeth and bought the factory. After a series of renovations and reconstructions, he really revitalized the meat processing plant in recent years and turned it into a special slaughterhouse. He did nothing else but hired a group of veteran butchers like Li the Butcher to slaughter cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks and geese, and he took on both big and small orders, and really made a lot of money.
When he bought the factory, his father-in-law and two brothers-in-law all lent him money. Aunt Li was afraid that he would only remember the kindness of his father-in-law's family, so she gritted her teeth and held her breath to give most of her assets to help him start a business. Now that he can make money, he not only pays back the money, but also pays her back a lot of respect.
Xu Wenli and Shu Jinyue looked at each other and thought, maybe Secretary Liu is here for Brother Li? Otherwise, even if Aunt Li sells tofu in the vegetable market and her business is good, it wouldn’t make him “commit himself” to her, right?
"You may not know yet, but Secretary Liu moved in here a few days ago to live with Aunt Li, saying it would be convenient for them to take care of each other. Oh my, what are they taking care of?" The other neighbors came over and whispered.
Jin Yue was a little shocked. No wonder people in later generations said that older people were more open-minded than young people. Nowadays, living together before marriage would be gossiped about, and might even be reported to the workplace. In the worst case, the couple would be punished or even fired. But Aunt Li was living with her new boyfriend so openly!
"This Aunt Li has been radiant lately."
Everyone smiled knowingly. Jin Yue watched for a while and wanted to remind Aunt Li to be careful of the Liu family's father and son who only live off their wives. But after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. Aunt Li had never suffered a loss in her life. She was smart for a long time. He kindly reminded her. What if she still thought that everyone was envious of her? She would turn the tables and get into trouble.
After presenting the gifts and having dinner, Jin Yue and Zhao Wanqiu went home. As the year was coming to an end, Teacher Shu no longer took the children out. He just took them to play at home and stroll around the yard every day.
One year and ten months old, Yueliangxingxing Zouku is very steady and can run. When he sees his mother, he rushes over and hugs one of her legs, "Mom!"
"Mother!"
Jin Yue kissed them, read comic books with them for a while, had dinner, took a bath, and by the time he put them to sleep, it was already after ten o'clock.
Jin Yue stretched lazily, not knowing how Xu Duan was doing. When he was not around, it was not easy for her to take care of the children.
Just as she was thinking about it, the phone rang. When she picked it up, it was indeed Xu Duan calling: "Things are going well. I should be able to go back next month."
Jin Yue finally let go of his anxious heart, "Can the two Jin brothers give up such a big piece of fat meat?"
Given their greed, they would definitely get what they want and would not let themselves make a wasted trip. They might even become desperate and end up in a desperate situation. The more Jin thought about this possibility, the more panicked he became.
"Of course they won't back down on their own initiative, but I also have something they're afraid of. You know, in order to raise funds for this trip to the Soviet Union and to please Scarface, Kim Hyun Joong sold the bronze statue to him. Scarface's mother is not just a simple antique lover. She has been obsessed with antiques for many years. When she was young, she was cheated and became mentally ill and half crazy because of this."
Shu Jinyue was stunned, "Kim Hyun Joong sold the bronze statue?"
"Yes, he planned to buy it back later, but Scarface's mother liked the bronze statue very much and had displayed it in many public occasions, so I..."
"Just tell him that the bronze man is fake?"
"Yes, he didn't expect it either. He didn't believe it at first, but I know Master Wu's habit. He would leave his mark somewhere on his work, just like ancient painters would leave their own marks when they painted. Master Wu also left his mark on the second toe of the bronze man's left foot."
Jin Yue laughed. He could imagine how Kim Hyun Joong would collapse when he heard these words. Not only did he collapse, he also wanted to die. After all, he successfully sold the things to Scarface's mother, the noble lady who had suffered a mental breakdown because of buying fake goods. If Scarface knew that he was selling fake goods, he would never let him go, not to mention that he sold fake goods twice in a row. No one would believe him if he said it was an accident.
"Knowing that it's fake and selling it, Scarface might really kill him."
"I only have one request, that they get out of this game and I am the only one who can buy Ohm Auto."
"So do you have so much money?"
Xu Duan smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. I have a solution."
The more Shu Jin heard him being confident, the less worried he became. "When you come back, the moon and stars will all run away."
Xu Duan's heart softened unnaturally, "It should be soon, you guys stay at home and take care of yourself. If everything goes well, we will set off next month."
"It's already the second month of the lunar calendar, so it won't be in time for the Chinese New Year."
Of course Xu Duan also wanted to go home for the New Year, but in addition to his own affairs, he also promised Hu Guizhi other things and needed to cooperate with Long Gongan, so it was impossible for him to go back so soon. "I will try to travel less and spend more time with you guys in the future."
Jin Yue thought to herself: Women really like to hear promises. Although she knows that the probability of this statement being fulfilled in the future is slim, she still feels sweet in her heart at this moment.
So, in this sweet atmosphere, the next day, the first large supermarket in Shilan Province, Wenli Supermarket, opened before the Spring Festival.
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