Chapter 21 021 The Pulse is Wrong
Uncle Feng and his wife are about the same age as Teacher Shu. They have been neighbors for decades, so Jin Yue naturally knows their family situation.
Originally, Uncle Feng worked in a machinery factory, and his wife swept toilets on the street, specifically in charge of several public toilets in Liuye Hutong and Huaishu Hutong. His son and daughter-in-law were also workers, and they lived a good life.
But their daughter Chunxia didn't have it so good.
Feng Chunxia is in her early forties. She was good-looking and hardworking when she was young. She married a cadre from the Mining Bureau, who arranged a job for her in the mine's newspaper. She did not have to do anything and just sat in the office every day. She was famous in the Liuye Hutong area for marrying well.
Unfortunately, that was only seen by outsiders. The old couple of the Feng family had no idea how many tears they had shed behind the scenes: their son-in-law was a filial son, but unfortunately her husband's family favored boys over girls, and Chunxia's pregnancy was "uncooperative". After twenty years of marriage, she still hadn't given birth to a son. For this reason, Chunxia often cried all the time at her husband's house.
In order to subsidize their daughter's treatment for the disease that "cannot give birth to a son", the old couple of the Feng family have had several conflicts in the family. Their son and daughter-in-law are dissatisfied and think that they are biased. However, the old couple of the Feng family only have two children in their life, and they are very careful. Compared with their son who has a son and a daughter, it is obvious that their daughter's situation makes them more distressed.
Uncle Feng was so stingy out of necessity, as he wished he could break a peanut into eight pieces before eating. Like Zhao Wanqiu, he also liked to go to the vegetable store to find Shu Wenming to pick up some rotten vegetable leaves and cucumbers.
When Jin Yue heard him talking about Feng Chunxia's illness, he immediately felt overwhelmed. Before he could say anything, he said, "Uncle, you misunderstood. I am just treating the disease. I cannot control whether the baby is a boy or a girl. It is a random thing."
If she could control the gender of the baby, she would truly be a "miracle doctor". If she remembered correctly, Feng Chunxia had been married for more than ten years and had given birth to four daughters. The eldest had already started working, and the youngest had just learned to run and came to pay New Year's greetings during the first month of the lunar year.
Of course, it seemed that one of them was given away in the middle, to her distant sister-in-law who was infertile. She didn't know about it, and the Feng family would not mention such an indecent thing. She heard it all from Zhao Wanqiu.
Uncle Feng's face turned red, and he felt very embarrassed. "It's not this, it's a real strange disease."
I thought to myself: See, everyone in the compound knows about Chunxia’s scandal, it’s really upsetting.
"Your sister Chunxia...did you know that she didn't come back to pay New Year's greetings during the first month of the year?"
Jin Yue didn't pay attention to it at first, but when he said it, it was true. Sister Chunxia is a kind person. Every time she comes back, she will give some peanuts, candies and other things to the children in the compound. When she was a child, she looked forward to Sister Chunxia coming home every year, because it seemed that Sister Chunxia always gave her two more than others.
Everyone else calls her a little straw bag and a little fool, but Sister Chunxia not only doesn't call her a nickname, but also treats her differently. This subtle "difference" is a kind of preference in the child's heart.
Including her previous life, it had been more than 20 years since she last met Sister Chunxia.
Uncle Feng stamped his feet and said, "Oh, actually, this matter cannot be concealed. Let me tell you the truth. Your sister Chunxia gave birth again last month."
ah? ! !
Shu Jinyue tried his best to control his mouth, telling it to behave and not open.
But I was really shocked for three minutes. She gave birth again. Is that the fifth child? Although there are many families with many children these days, both she and her husband are cadres. With their status, there are not many people who have five or six children before the age of 40. According to the normal pregnancy rate, Feng Chunxia has been either giving birth or on the way to having a child in the past ten years of her marriage. Basically, before one child has learned to walk, she is pregnant with another one.
Compared with my sister-in-law Liu Huifang who didn't harvest anything, this one is really like dying of drought or flooding!
"Another daughter was born. As soon as she was born, her mother-in-law said she would be sent to the countryside. Your brother-in-law couldn't stand it anymore, so he had a big fight with them and moved out. Only then did we have a few days of peace and quiet."
Over the years, the couple have handed over their monthly salary, not keeping a single cent for themselves. The money for their four granddaughters' schooling has to rely on the elderly, and as time goes by, they have less and less say.
And now, when the family was splitting up, the old couple took advantage of them and didn't let them take a single penny or a single needle or thread. They rented a house with their underage daughters and their newborn baby, and they didn't take good care of themselves during the confinement period.
"It started because she was blown by cold wind that night, and she had a fever and a headache. She was afraid that your brother-in-law would worry, so she didn't tell anyone. When your brother-in-law found something wrong and sent him to the hospital, the doctor said it was just a postpartum disease and told her to go home and take good care of herself." As she was breastfeeding, it was not easy to take medicine, so she just told her to drink more water and urinate more.
"She's been taking care of it for two months, but the disease hasn't been cured. Instead, it's become more serious and has turned into diabetes." Uncle Feng sighed, not caring about Aunt Li who was eavesdropping nearby. Anyway, these things couldn't be kept secret for long.
Jin Yue was stunned, "Diabetes?"
"Yes, your brother-in-law invited Dr. Li from the east city to see her, and he said it was diabetes. But I heard on the radio that diabetes is hereditary. Our family has never had this disease for three generations. Your sister Chunxia is only in her thirties, how could she have this disease?"
"That's not the case. Science only says that there are genetic factors, but it doesn't mean that all diabetes is hereditary. As for age, it just says that middle-aged and elderly people are the high-risk age group, but it is not absolute." The youngest diabetic patient she met in the countryside was only seventeen years old.
Moreover, compared with others, Feng Chunxia has a special situation. She has just ended a pregnancy and has a disease called gestational diabetes.
However, even though he thought so, Jin Yue also knew that he couldn't be led by the patient and his family members when seeing a doctor. He couldn't just assume that it was diabetes because they said it was diabetes. "Uncle, please tell me what symptoms my sister Chunxia has first."
"In the past two months, she has been thirsty all the time and can drink two kettles of water a day, but she immediately wants to urinate after drinking. She has to go to the toilet more than ten or twenty times a day. What's even more strange is that she eats a lot at every meal, even more than your brother-in-law, but she has lost 7 or 8 kilograms. It's really scary to see."
Drinking more, eating more, urinating more, and losing weight, these are the "three mores and one less" that every medical student knows. Aren't they one of the diagnostic criteria for diabetes?
No wonder a doctor said she had diabetes.
Jin Yue hesitated for a moment, "Have you tested your blood sugar?"
"I've tested it, and I also tested my urine sugar, and both said it's not high. Don't you think it's weird?"
Shu Jinyue frowned. The negative urine sugar was understandable, but the blood sugar was not high either, which was indeed a bit strange.
"How many times did you test it? Was it on an empty stomach or after a meal?"
"I've been testing it for a week, and it's not high whether I'm hungry or eating."
Jin Yue pursed his lips and thought, this really can't be called diabetes. It seems that his initial judgment was correct and he was not led by them.
"Well, uncle, I can't say if I can cure it. If you want to try, you can ask Sister Chunxia to come over when you have time, okay?"
She is indeed very busy lately and doesn't have time to travel so far.
"Okay, okay, no problem. I'll tell them tomorrow morning."
Back in the house, Zhao Wanqiu was also surprised when she heard that Feng Chunxia was suspected of having diabetes. "This disease is not serious, but it is not serious, and it is quite serious. The former head nurse of our department, her sister-in-law died of diabetes."
Shu Wenming was also surprised. He remembered that several of his colleagues in the vegetable store had elderly people suffering from this disease. "Diabetes can actually kill people?"
"Well, it's hard for her to say that."
The patient was originally under her care. Because his blood sugar was too high and had reached ketoacidosis, she was in charge of him during the emergency treatment in the hospital. Because of her good skills and strong sense of responsibility, although her colleagues don't like her, they will assign them to her if their relatives or friends come to the hospital for hospitalization.
"That patient was disobedient and didn't allow herself to eat fruit and candy, but she ate them secretly. Fortunately, I was prepared and caught her in the act. If it were someone else, she would not have been able to catch her."
She is in the hospital, but her blood sugar level is still high when measured every day. Everyone thinks it is because the insulin dosage is insufficient, but who is she, Zhao Wanqiu? She followed the patient to throw away the garbage and found a candy wrapper from her dirty garbage. She refused to admit it, so she waited for several days in a row and caught her eating candy in the act. Only then did she stop her gluttony.
"Unfortunately, this person really didn't listen to the doctor's advice. After he was discharged from the hospital, his blood sugar was not under control. One night in the middle of winter, he burned his foot while soaking it at home. Later, he had to have his foot amputated, but he couldn't control the infection and died."
Everyone was sighing when they heard this. Shu Wenming was puzzled. "How can soaking your feet lead to amputation?"
"You don't know that the nerves of diabetics are damaged and their temperature sensitivity is impaired. She couldn't feel the water even though it was already very hot. She thought it wasn't hot enough and kept adding boiling water. Her feet were so...burned that they were almost cooked. She was almost scared to death when she arrived at the hospital."
The infection of diabetic foot is very difficult to control and the wound is also very difficult to heal. In order to control the spread of infection, amputation is the only option, and the best way to save the wound is to amputate.
"Who knew? Even amputation couldn't control the infection. Alas." Zhao Wanqiu sighed. She felt that she had done nothing wrong and had protected the patient's right to life and health to the greatest extent. However, the head nurse hated her and had always made things difficult for her since then, blocking her promotion for many years.
Because the head nurse refused to sign, her professional title evaluation has never passed. No matter how good her professional skills are, it is just that.
The children thought to themselves, so that's why. They only knew that Zhao Wanqiu was always troubled by others at work, but they didn't know there was such a connection.
The more Jin Yue thought about this bad relationship, and the more she felt bad about the last time she had to beg someone for help in order to stay in the city.
Zhao Wanqiu seemed to be indifferent. "Hey, look at me, why are you talking about those old almanacs? Weren't we just talking about Chunxia?"
When she remarried, Chunxia was already married, so she didn't have much contact with her. But she heard from Aunt Zhao and others that Chunxia was a good girl who would greet people with a smile when they met her on the street, not to mention that she would give candy to the children every year when she returned to her parents' home.
There aren't many things, but everyone remembers the love.
"Last time I heard people scolding her husband's family for being unkind and giving the child away. I didn't expect that she would give birth again so soon..." Zhao Wanqiu sighed, "Old Shu is right. When a girl gets married, it's not enough to have a good son-in-law. His parents also have to be considered."
Jin Yue curled his lips, "Come on, I don't think the man she married is that good. If he was really good, he wouldn't have had a baby every two years. Is it because his parents tied him up because he doesn't sleep in bed?" He doesn't have a tadpole, is it because his parents did something to him?
Even though the latter part was not said, the Shu family was shocked: "Shu Jinyue, what nonsense are you talking about, little girl? Bah, bah, bah, don't say such things outside."
Shu Jinyue secretly stuck out her tongue. The Shu family was still too conservative. She read a lot when she was a ghost, all kinds of literature and movies. At first, she thought those young people were all hooligans. How could they watch such things? Later, after watching for a while, she felt bored.
She even thought that all the things she had seen were just paper talk, and it would be great if there was something real.
Look, how boring and pitiful ghosts are.
Just as everyone was criticizing Jin Yue's lewd words, Shu Wenyun agreed, "Jin Yue is right. If he doesn't want to, don't he still have condoms?"
Teacher Shu beat his chest and stamped his feet: It's over, it's over, both of my daughters have learned bad things.
***
Shu Jinyue didn't expect that the news of her curing Sun Tieniu would spread so quickly. As soon as she arrived at the unit the next day, several older women from the street office upstairs came down to gossip with her.
"Xiao Shu, did you really cure that young man?" The father and son lived in a small compartment and cooked Chinese medicine. Everyone knew about it and thought that this was the last bit of humanitarian care for him before he died, so even Director Niu turned a blind eye.
Just as shocked as they were were their colleagues Zhu Daqiang and Liu Jinbu, who had tried their best to stop Jin Yue from taking the risk.
"Jinyue, are you really only nineteen years old?" Liu Jinbu narrowed his eyes and looked her up and down. "Did you learn any special prescriptions or unique skills from the old Chinese doctor during those three years in the countryside?"
It's getting funnier today. There is no secret recipe in the world that can cure all diseases. Even if Zhang Zhongjing and Sun Simiao were reborn, they wouldn't dare to say so.
"The station knows about this. They may ask you to attend a meeting soon. You should prepare first. It's best to write down your treatment ideas and process." Zhu Daqiang said as he entered the room. "This kind of adventure can only happen once, so remember, ah."
Shu Jinyue agreed on the surface. She knew that he was old-fashioned and it was for her own good. There was no need to argue with him once or twice. Anyway, if they met again, she still couldn't just stand by and watch.
Yes, she did not deny her own little thoughts. For example, when she was treating Old Mrs. Yang, she was thinking of using it to find a job for herself. She was indeed not pure enough, but she was not completely utilitarian either.
Forget it, forget it. She has already lived her life again, so there is no point in worrying about these things. She just wants to be nicer to herself and take care of herself again.
The milk powder tickets from last time have been used up. I will go to the ghost market to ask Zhang Liangwei if I can get a few more.
In the past two or three months, she felt that her health had obviously improved. The dizziness and stomachache that she used to suffer from have not appeared for a long time. But her hair is still yellow... Jin Yue touched her hair in distress.
However, her "fame" went far beyond that. When it was almost time to get off work, Director Niu actually came over in person and asked her with a smile, "Xiao Shu, are you tired from work recently? How about transferring you to the office? Let Lao Zhu and Xiao Liu do the work here. Girls shouldn't be too tired."
Shu Jinyue was confused, but she said she was not tired. She didn't want to work in an office. The work of the street office was much more tedious than she had imagined. She had to accept various instructions from the district and interact with ordinary people. She might encounter all kinds of difficult villains and deal with all kinds of trivial matters. Her personality was really not suitable for this kind of work.
However, what was strange was that although she and Director Niu often met, they only said hello to each other. What was wrong with him today?
"Is that so? It's good that you're not tired. How about this? Young people should shoulder more responsibilities. Xiao Li from our office has recently asked for leave. I have an urgent document to send to the Material Bureau. Can you help run it?"
"Don't worry, I'll go to work in the afternoon. You don't need to come back after delivering the documents. Go home and rest."
Shu Jinyue was not happy at first, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, she hoped that such good things would happen every day!
"Jin Yue girl, is that you?" I just walked out of the office door happily and met Grandma Hu who was leaning on crutches.
"Where are you going, Grandma Hu? Are you alone? Do you want me to take you there?"
"Go home, then help me go home."
Jin Yue supported her, crossed the road, and walked into Huaishu Hutong. "Grandma Hu, no one has bothered you recently, right?"
Grandma Hu patted her on the head and said, "Little devil, you are the only one with so many ideas."
"I didn't do that. Grandma is wronging me."
"Don't think I don't know why you bully me because I'm old and my eyes are blurry." Grandma Hu said, but her toothless mouth smiled. She has indeed been much quieter lately.
"I heard that you can make medicine pills, and you made Xiaoyao Pills?"
"How come even you know about this? There really are no secrets in Liuye Hutong."
Grandma Hu laughed again, "But your pills cannot be made with just flour. You need some maltose."
ah? Do we need to add maltose to Xiaoyao Pills? This was the first time Shu Jinyue heard of this. She had never worked in a pharmaceutical factory and only knew the basic formula. She then added some flour, which is used in most ready-made medicines, as an auxiliary material and didn't think too much about it.
"Tell me how you did it first." The old man shook off her hand and his face turned stern, like a teacher in ancient times who patrolled the school with his hands behind his back.
Although she was very old and thin, with her bones almost shrunk into a ball, her waist was still very strong. She didn't need to wear any gold or silver jewelry to have the aura of a rich lady.
Jin Yue couldn't help but stand up straight like a student, "I, I will boil it in a pot, filter it and concentrate it, then add flour and knead it into balls."
Grandma Hu sneered, "If someone like you had been in our family before, you wouldn't even be qualified to be an apprentice."
Jin Yue was ashamed. She knew that her method was simple and crude, even unscientific, and the effect would be greatly reduced, but she did not have so many professional equipment and did not understand the key points.
Her biggest problem was that she had studied medicine, but not in a systematic way. The old Chinese doctor who taught her also learned from a master, so he didn't know anything that his master didn't teach him. The same was true for her. She didn't know anything that her master didn't teach her. Although she had read a lot of books when she was a ghost and remembered everything clearly, they were all scattered pearls, lacking a string to string them into a necklace.
Relying on these fragmentary knowledge, she can cure many diseases, but apart from curing diseases, such as the preparation of medicinal materials and the formulation of medicines, she can only think about things with the simplest and most primitive thinking.
Sure enough, Grandma Hu sneered again, "You know that the volatile oils in angelica, mint and bupleurum are the main active ingredients. If you boil them for two hours, your soul will be boiled away."
Jin Yue blushed.
"With your skills, you'd better not do it in the future, so as not to embarrass our ancestors."
Jin Yue lowered her head, feeling a little aggrieved. She always thought she had a good relationship with Grandma Hu, as she often helped her cross the road. If this were when she was in elementary school, it would be enough material for her to write essays for two years. But why does Grandma Hu curse so harshly? Doesn’t she not understand? Can’t she make mistakes if she doesn’t understand? Has she never made any mistakes since she was a child? She used to be in love!
"It's no use scolding me in your heart. You have to change your unsteady habit."
"Don't be unconvinced. No one said no to the Xiaoyao Pills we made in the past. When you can make them one day, come and challenge me." Grandma Hu waved her hand, as if she was too lazy to pay attention to her, and went home.
Shu Jinyue was left alone at the door. She began to doubt her life. Was she really that bad?
Yes, she was a failure in her previous life. She was a fool and died miserably. She died without ever eating anything delicious or enjoying love. But isn’t she trying hard to live a good life now? Not only did she find a way to stay in the city, she also cured several people's illnesses and made her family's life better and better. She felt that she was very capable!
Forget it, forget it. Let’s not bother with the old lady. Such old ladies can only exist in elementary school students’ compositions.
Shu Jinyue's anger came and went quickly, and he skipped and went home happily to have lunch. After all, he didn't have to go to work in the afternoon!
She happily took the brown paper bag and went out to take the bus. She had asked clearly before leaving get off work that this time she would be delivering it to the Municipal Materials Bureau, not the District Materials Bureau, and it would only take five stops to get there by taking bus No. 3.
Because she was in a good mood, she also took the time to wash her hair, combed it neatly, made her bangs more flowing and not too close to her scalp to make her hair look thicker, and even changed her skirt.
Of course, it is now called "Bragi", a knee-length dress with purple flowers on a white background. The waistline is very well-pinched and thin, and the exposed calves are very white. Paired with black cloth shoes with cowhide soles, it is as upright as a tender onion.
As soon as she walked into the gate of the Materials Bureau, someone couldn't help but take a second look at her.
"Who are you looking for, comrade?" a young gay man asked her.
"I'm looking for the Reserve Management Department."
"Hey, that's our department. Which unit are you from?" The young man smiled. That's great. We have to have a good chat.
"Is your section chief here?" Director Niu made sure to hand the materials over to the section chief personally.
The young man's face froze. He wondered why he was looking for Chief Xu again. Could it be that he also heard the news and came here for an excuse?
It's really no wonder that he thinks too much. Ever since the new section chief took office, someone spread the news that he is young, promising and handsome. Not only did the leaders of the bureau take the initiative to introduce their daughters, nieces and nephews to him, but even female comrades from other units who came to do business would find opportunities to take a second look at him.
This really makes the other single gay men look like nothing.
Reluctantly but not daring to leave without taking people with him, he brought Jin Yue to the door of an office and knocked.
"Come in."
Jin Yue was just about to ask why the voice sounded familiar, when the door opened and hey! "Hello, Chief Xu. I'm from Xinqiao Subdistrict Office, here to deliver some information."
Xu Duan was holding a fountain pen and writing something. When he heard the voice, he looked up and laughed, "Why is it you?"
"Director Niu asked me to come. So you work here." For some reason, although he was wearing a cadre uniform and had a serious expression, Jin Yue was not afraid of him. After all, he was Uncle Xu who gave her hot milk, lots of chocolate, and listened to her chatter.
He is a really good talker.
"Xiao Li, go and do your work first." Xu Duan got up from the chair, took out a clean enamel cup, rinsed it with boiling water, and made a cup of water for her.
Jin Yue didn't sit down, but looked around his office curiously. It was very simple, with only a few documents, a pen and a bottle of ink on the table. Some books and documents were neatly placed in the filing cabinet against the wall. The first impression was that it was neat, with everything arranged in an orderly manner.
The men around Jin Yue didn't have such a neat living environment or things they used. Even the women didn't have such neatness. This made her wonder if Xu Duan's quilt was always like tofu and his clothes were always folded neatly?
"What are you thinking about?"
Jin Yue pursed his lips, smiled slyly, took the water and took a sip, "It's so sweet."
"I added some honey, do you mind?"
Jin Yue shook his head. How could he mind? This was a good thing that the Shu family was reluctant to buy. Why did Uncle Xu always seem to have some sweet and delicious things?
She couldn't help but take another sip. The water temperature was just right, the sweetness was moderate, and it wasn't greasy at all.
"Why did Director Niu ask you to come? Aren't you at the epidemic prevention station?" While speaking, Xu Duan unbuttoned his cadre uniform, revealing his slender neck. Although it was not white enough, his Adam's apple was obvious, and it seemed to be bigger than that of the average man. Even his nose... Jin Yue's eyes fell on his nose.
Then, the words on the phone appeared in my mind, such as if a person has a big nose and a big Adam's apple, everything else will be big too, and if a person has long fingers, everything else will be long too.
Ah, Uncle Xu’s fingers are also very long…
"Hmm?" Seeing her staring at him thoughtfully, Xu Duan smiled slightly.
"Are you so easy to talk to everyone?" Having just been scolded by Grandma Hu at noon, I now feel that Uncle Xu is a really good person. He is very easy to talk to, very encouraging, and takes care of people's feelings and emotions.
Xu Duan was startled, then smiled again, "What are you thinking about? Do you want more? The water is over there. The purple pot contains warm water."
"Have we met before?" Jin Yue stared into his eyes, trying to see something from them again.
She was not so familiar with everyone, but it was different with Uncle Xu. She dared to act rashly in front of him based on an intuition that he would not be angry with her.
However, if they are complete strangers, how can one accept another person without any reservations? Even an old lady like Grandma Hu, who she always thought was on good terms with her, could scold her. But in front of Uncle Xu, she had acted up several times and he had always tolerated her.
She looked like she would not give up until she got a reasonable explanation, like a kitten with its head raised in defiance, quietly curling up her claws, ready to scratch someone if they disagreed with her.
"Please sit down first. Can I talk to you?" Xu Duan pulled his stool over and sat closer to her, so close that she could see his distinct eyebrows, his tall and straight nose bridge, and some not-so-obvious pores on the tip of his nose.
"You should know the relationship between our family and your father, Brother Limin. Our family has always been grateful to him... but due to various reasons, we didn't find you and your mother until the second half of last year."
Jin Yue nodded to show that he understood.
"I don't know how you understand this, but to me, without your father, there would be no family for us." He looked into her eyes with a gentle tone, but Jin Yue inexplicably heard a heavy feeling.
"Si Qi sometimes doesn't do things very thoughtfully. I hope that if you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me and treat me as someone who can protect you, okay?"
He spoke slowly, word by word, as if knocking on her heart.
Protect her well? When she first arrived in the countryside, Jin Yue had hoped that such a person would appear. He/she could be a father, mother, brother, sister, or even a partner or a good friend... But until she died on that cold night, such a person never appeared.
"I don't know what you went through in the country, but you just have to remember, it's never going to happen again, ever."
Jin Yue snorted. She hated Xu Duan for saying this. "Everyone can brag."
Grandma Hu is even crazier than you.
Xu Duan looked at her quietly, as if he didn't approve of the child talking nonsense, but also seemed to be unable to do anything about her.
This makes her seem like she is being unreasonable and ungrateful. Jin Yue became increasingly unhappy and snorted, "You don't need to put shackles on yourself. My father's death was not caused by you. Director Xu doesn't have your awareness."
Anyway, she has to rely on herself for everything.
In fact, she was just saying that out of anger. She could fully understand Director Xu's helplessness in wanting to help her stay in the city but being unable to do so. Xu Siqi was able to find so many jobs in a short period of time, and he actually contributed behind the scenes.
"You have to know that Su Jinyue is very smart and better than many people. You can still accomplish a lot without us."
Jin Yue couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, thinking to himself, of course, she had found a way to stay in the city herself.
"But you can be a little less tired. You can ask me to do the dirty work."
"That's more like it." Jin Yue felt that his mood had improved again. "Okay, I'll remember it. Anyway, I know where you live and where your workplace is. I will definitely look for you in the future... Well, I'll ask you to help me do the dirty work."
Xu Duan smiled gently and for a moment wanted to rub the top of her head.
"You can tell me anything you want to buy."
Jin Yue must have a lot of things she wants to buy normally, but at this moment, she couldn't think of anything and shook her head with a little regret. What a pity.
"Do you want more shoes?"
"ah?"
Xu Duan smiled and said, "I heard you want to buy some leather shoes. Your parents already have some, so buy some for yourself."
Jin Yue blushed because she thought of the chocolates she had exchanged for her leather shoes, which was even more despicable than borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha.
"A size thirty-six, please?"
"What?"
Xu Duan didn't answer. He looked carefully at her feet and the shoes she was wearing. "Thirty-six may be a little big. Let me see if there are any size thirty-five and a half."
Shu Jinyue shrank her feet uncomfortably. There were two small holes in the front of her cloth shoes at the big toe. If she wore them again, her big brother would be exposed. The soles looked fine, but in fact they had been worn very smooth, making it easy for her to fall in rainy and snowy weather. Not to mention the socks inside, the soles and toes were torn, and they had been patched with cloth taken from old clothes.
No old or torn clothes in the Shu family can be thrown away. After being torn apart and replaced, they will always appear in the form of circles, squares and triangles on everyone.
Xu Duan did not look at her shoes again. Instead, he stood up and went to the cupboard to pack up the honey that she had just said was "very sweet", along with the jar, and put it in a net bag. "Take it back and eat it."
This reminded Jin Yue of the chocolate she had last time. She had been in a good mood recently and seldom dreamed about her past life, so she didn't eat it secretly in bed... Of course, she didn't want to damage her teeth.
"Want more chocolate?"
Shu Jin's face turned redder and what he thought was coming true.
"I don't have it with me. I'll send it to you some other day."
Shu Jinyue really wanted to ask, why did he always have some sweet and delicious things around him?
"Let's go. I just have to go out for some errands. I'll give you a ride." He buttoned up his clothes to the top, with his big Adam's apple half hidden inside his clothes and half exposed.
He went to push the bicycle out of the shed, sat on it first and steadyed the body.
Jin Yue didn't hesitate and sat in the back seat. She leaned sideways, pulled up her skirt, and put her legs together. She was afraid that she would lose her balance, but there was nothing on the seat to hold on to.
"If you don't mind, you can hold me." Xu Duan didn't look back and rode the bike very slowly.
Jin Yue blushed and thought, it's just a help, it won't cost you a piece of flesh, she is tired of seeing things more intimate than this.
Then the man felt the corner of his clothes being touched gently, and then it sank down, just like a kitten grabbing it gently with its claws.
Shu Jinyue was a person who couldn't sit still. After the initial nervousness, he found that he rode the bike much more steadily than Yao Qingqing, so he relaxed and started talking about his work at work, mainly about Sun Tieniu's suspected schistosomiasis.
She didn't need him to say anything, just an occasional "hmm" to indicate that he was listening, and she would continue talking for a while. When she stopped, he would say "hmm" in a puzzled tone, and she would continue talking again.
He sent her to Liuye Hutong but did not go in. He handed her the honey jar and said, "Don't mix it with too hot water and don't drink it on an empty stomach."
Shu Jinyue felt that Uncle Xu was really too nagging. Last time he reminded her to be careful when it was dark, and this time he even reminded her about such a simple matter as soaking honey in water... She thought ungratefully, huh, he thinks that he has never eaten honey and will waste his honey.
Just like Grandma Hu, she looks down on everyone.
"I am just a wild boar and cannot eat fine bran."
Xu Duan was about to get in the car when he heard what Qi Gu said. He couldn't help but laugh, "You, go home quickly."
Shu Jinyue saw that his long legs had crossed and then stopped, and he immediately got angry, "Okay, then don't leave yet, wait until I get home before you leave."
She felt that she was really sick. She was so timid in front of Grandma Hu. She thought that he was easy to talk to but was deliberately making things difficult for her. This time, he must have realized that she was pretending to be good, right? Once he sees through her true nature, he will definitely stop paying attention to her, right?
The kindness that their father had shown to their family happened eight hundred years ago. Who would really remember it for a lifetime? Xu Siqi just wanted to get rid of her family.
"good."
Shu Jinyue suddenly froze and wanted to ask him, Brother, are you really so easy to talk to and don’t have any temper at all? With someone like you, you still want to be the regiment commander. The soldiers under your command will probably rebel!
In order to show herself, she certainly couldn't jump around like she usually did. She had to walk slowly, with her chest held high and her stomach tucked in, silently reciting "nostrils sweeping the floor like thunder, chin clamping a walnut, breasts emitting lasers, butt clamping a big bill" [1], to show her temperament and elegance.
The journey that usually took only a minute took her three minutes. When she reached the gate and looked back, she saw that he was still there, waving at her.
Although she couldn't see his expression clearly, she knew that he was either fascinated by her elegance or he was laughing so hard that he almost choked.
"What are you doing standing there, Jin Yue? Come in quickly. Your Uncle Feng and the others have been waiting for a while." Teacher Shu reminded her when he saw her standing at the door.
"Knowing that you can leave work after delivering a document in the afternoon, your uncle Feng and the others came here after picking up Sister Chunxia."
Shu Jinyue quickly put away his extremely childish thoughts, went into the room to greet everyone, and first looked at the middle-aged woman sitting on the stool.
The woman was wearing a headscarf and a large cotton-padded jacket, holding a skinny baby in her arms. Next to her stood a preschooler, who was dressed okay but had timid eyes and didn't dare to look people in the eye, let alone call out to them.
Feng Chunxia taught her to call her auntie, but she didn't dare to speak. She sucked her fingers and stared at the honey jar in Jin Yue's hand.
"This child is timid." Feng Chunxia couldn't explain in a funny way, "I didn't expect that Jin Yue has grown up so much and become a big girl. In my memory, she was still a child about the same age as our fifth sister."
The fifth sister who was called looked up at Jin Yue, then at her mother, her big watery eyes.
Jin Yue thought about the topic they were going to talk about later, and signaled Uncle Feng and his wife to take the child away. Mainly because they were afraid that the child would make noise and disturb the adults from doing their work.
"Jin Yue is a celebrity now. I heard from my dad that the whole Liuye Hutong knows that you have cured several difficult and complicated diseases. My dad asked me to give it a try. Sorry to trouble you." Feng Chunxia smiled lightly, like a warm older sister.
Jin Yue remembered that when she was a child, she accepted peanuts and candies from her. She would touch her little ears with her warm big hands and ask her, "Are you cold, Jin Yue?" and "Have you eaten dumplings this year?" But now, Feng Chunxia's hands are not very warm.
Excessively frequent childbirth and a complicated marriage took away her body temperature.
"Don't be polite, Sister Chunxia. I can't guarantee that there is a way. I'm just trying."
"I'm happy enough to try it. We've seen several doctors, and they all said it's diabetes, but my blood sugar is normal. Western medicine says it's not... One side says it's, and the other side says it's not. I don't know what disease I have." Feng Chunxia sighed, her eyes dimming.
Just like Sun Tieniu, the difficulty lies in not knowing what the disease is and having no idea what medicine to use.
"Did Sister Chunxia's blood sugar level rise during her pregnancy?"
"I've tested it and it's not high."
That rules out gestational diabetes. Jin Yue nodded, held her wrist, and placed three fingers on the radial artery.
As soon as she felt the pulse, her brows furrowed - the pulse was strong and powerful, a typical Hong pulse.
As the name suggests, Hong pulse is a pulse that is as turbulent as a flood, and is a manifestation of internal heat syndrome. But Feng Chunxia is still feeling cold even though she is wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket. Her hands and feet are so cold that she doesn’t feel warm at all. How can she be feeling hot?
Moreover, internal heat syndrome is accompanied by oliguria, which is completely opposite to her polyuria symptoms similar to diabetes.
The pulse and symptoms are completely contrary to each other!
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