Chapter 49 049 Astringent Pulse & Cerebral Infarction & "Godstick"...
Although Mr. Jiang is called an old man, he is not yet sixty years old. He is tall and has a straight back. Apart from his graying hair, he does not look very old.
If Teacher Shu stood with him, everyone who didn't know him would think that Teacher Shu was the older one.
"Look, Jin Yue, I think this is an old problem of mine." He sat down with his legs and feet extended, and the address changed from "Comrade Xiao Su" at the beginning to Jin Yue.
Xu Duan moved a small stool and placed it opposite him. Jin Yue sat down and asked what was wrong while stretching out his hand.
"I'm in good health, much better than those old guys in our compound who play chess all day. Last year, I got up at 5:30 every morning to run for about 40 minutes, but later I forgot about it when I had too many things to do."
He said with regret, "If I hadn't neglected my exercise, I would be fine now."
Jiang Weijun was speechless when he heard this. "Dad, just answer whatever Jin Yue asks. Don't talk nonsense."
The old man coughed uncomfortably twice, "I just feel weak in my hands and feet. Climbing stairs and carrying things is a bit tiring, but I don't feel any discomfort otherwise. I just had a physical examination before the New Year, and there's nothing wrong."
"Yes, I've also read my father's medical report. Apart from a slight fatty liver, there's nothing wrong with him."
The physical examinations of these veteran cadres are not done in ordinary hospitals, but in a place called Xishan Sanatorium. Although it is called a sanatorium, it is a large hospital of the same level as the provincial hospital, and the groups of people it serves are also different. All kinds of medical equipment and doctor qualifications are top-notch in the province.
Since such an authoritative hospital said it was nothing, Shu Jinyue felt relieved and just treated it as a pulse check.
She put her hand on him with confidence, "Besides weakness, do you feel any numbness or pain in your limbs?"
"No."
The pulse on the right hand is deep and fine, especially the thin pulse, which indicates qi deficiency, which matches the weakness in his limbs. The more Jin thought about it, the more he asked Jiang Weijun to open the curtains to let in natural light. Only then did he realize that his face was indeed a little pale. At the same time, he asked him to open his mouth to look at his tongue coating. The tongue was a little fat, with a thin white coating, which made him more and more certain that it was a manifestation of qi deficiency.
"Your problem is not a big deal. If you want to take medicine, that's fine. If not, just cook yam and lentil porridge and soak some sliced ginseng in water and drink it."
"Ginseng, didn't my uncle Li just give you two wild ginsengs last time? Which one would you like to use?"
Mr. Jiang nodded, "Okay, it's best not to take medicine."
As he was about to stand up, Jin Yue quickly said, "Wait a moment, give it your left hand as well."
Any Chinese medicine practitioner will feel the pulse with both hands, because the left and right hands represent different internal organs. The left hand represents the heart, liver, and kidneys, while the right hand represents the lungs, spleen, and kidneys. Missing the left hand is equivalent to missing the diagnosis of the heart and liver, which is a very low-level mistake.
The old man had no choice but to stretch out his left hand.
As soon as Jin Yue put his fingers on it, he felt something was wrong. Unlike the heaviness of his right hand, his left hand felt a little stiff.
The so-called 涩脉 is not only a difficult and sluggish pulse without fluency, but also has the three characteristics of being slow, short and thin. In the words of ancient doctors, it is "like scraping bamboo with a light knife." Shu Jinyue has done farm work in the countryside and knows the feeling of scraping bamboo with a light knife.
So, she felt that she would not make any mistakes. This kind of pulse condition is mostly caused by blood stasis, just like there is silt in the tap that cannot be cleaned, resulting in unclear water flow.
But the problem is, the old man had a check-up more than a month ago, and his cardiovascular and cerebrovascular conditions were all good. There was no blockage, no vascular sclerosis or plaques, and no blood clots. How could he have a wiry pulse?
In addition, there was no bruise on his tongue, no bruises on his body, and no signs of blood stasis at all... Suddenly, Shu Jinyue thought of a possibility. Could it be that he had been injured before and there was still foreign matter left in his body?
"Have you ever been wounded by gunfire or artillery shells before? Have you completely removed the shrapnel?"
"Of course I was injured. It's impossible for anyone who has been to the battlefield to retreat intact. I was shot in the back of my head by a Japanese soldier, and the scar is still there."
Shu Jinyue stood up, walked to his side, and looked at the scar carefully. There was an old scar on the right back of his head, and no hair could grow there.
"I almost died. My comrades told me that my face was covered in blood. The bullet entered my head from there. Fortunately, it was blocked by the bone. If it had penetrated, I would have died. Later, I was sent to Tianjin and an international doctor performed surgery. The shrapnel was completely removed."
Shu Jinyue confirmed again and again whether it was really completely removed.
"This should be true. I have a checkup every year. The organization takes good care of us veterans who have been injured. We have regular checkups and there is indeed no residue left."
It seemed that Jin Yue's expression was too serious, and his repeated questioning made the father and son of the Jiang family take it seriously. Jiang Weijun immediately called the nanny and asked her to take out the third brown paper bag from the cabinet by the window in the study and have someone deliver it immediately.
The driver was indeed very fast and arrived at the ward in less than a quarter of an hour. Generally, for someone of Mr. Jiang's status, these things are kept confidential and the file bag is even sealed.
The person was introduced by Xu Duan, and he easily cured Xiao Huzi's high fever with only two taels of plaster. Jiang Weijun now trusts Jin Yue very much, so he directly opened the file bag and handed it to him.
Shu Jinyue took various lists and checked them one by one carefully. His blood pressure, blood sugar, and heart rate were all normal. There were no problems with routine liver and kidney functions. Only his cholesterol was a little high, but not very high. Ultrasound showed fatty liver, but it was not serious. The heart examination was also normal. Then he went for brain imaging examination.
Because this kind of examination is harmful, it does not need to be done every year unless necessary. This happened to be the only time in the past three years, and only more than a month had passed, so the accuracy should be very high.
But Shu Jin became more and more disappointed. There was still nothing unusual on it. She didn't believe it, so she took out the film and looked at it against the light, but she couldn't see any foreign objects left.
But the pulse was indeed wiry, and she was still confident in taking the pulse. What was wrong?
Jin Yue thought: Could it be an injury in other part of the body?
"Uncle Jiang, have you ever been injured anywhere else? No matter when or what type of injury it was." Xu Duan asked for her.
Old Master Jiang sat up straight and pondered for a moment. "When I was a teenager, about 10 years old, my hometown was seriously plagued by bandits. One year, a group of bandits came down the mountain to rob our village. Some young and strong people resisted and were killed by them. I was also caught in that group of people at the time. They chopped me several times. It was the big brother next door who held me down with his body that saved me from being chopped to death... I remember one of the cuts hit the left shoulder blade on my back. The blade broke and got stuck in the bone. I asked a local doctor to remove the fragments. I am lucky to be alive."
His era was a time of turmoil in the Dragon Kingdom and warlord separatism. Soldiers and bandits were often one family, and ordinary, unarmed civilians often became the targets of their burning, killing and looting.
Shu Jinyue couldn't imagine the situation in that era. Although Mr. Jiang was not very old, he had a lot of experience and had truly crawled out of a pile of the dead.
It was experiences like that that shaped his tenacious character.
So, when talking about his experience of escaping death, the young people were horrified, but he was calm and nonchalant. "I have never told Weijun about these things before. He only knows that I go back to my hometown to worship my ancestors every Qingming Festival. Not only do I worship my ancestors of the Jiang family, but also those uncles and brothers from the same village."
Jiang Weijun's eyes were red, he used to be puzzled as to why his father would go back every year to offer sacrifices to those people who seemed to have nothing to do with their family, and even sponsored many children from the same village to go to school. It turned out that they were the descendants of those heroes, and it was because they used their flesh and blood to protect his father's safety that the Jiang family is what it is today.
The old man looked at him and continued, "The right leg was also injured. Fortunately, it didn't hit the aorta, so it's not serious."
He pointed to several places on his body where there was scar tissue.
Shu Jinyue thought that it might be one or more of the old injuries in these parts. "Have you not checked these parts recently?"
"These parts are not as important as the head. I have been too lazy to check them in the past few years. Anyway, apart from the pain on rainy days, there is no discomfort."
"Then I suggest you get checked again recently, especially on your lungs."
In fact, Mr. Jiang didn't take it seriously. People of his generation lived a rough life, and not causing trouble for the organization was a basic principle, so naturally he didn't take the words to heart.
The nanny and the driver discharged Xiaohu from the hospital, but Xiaohu still kept clinging to Xu Duan, asking him to make a slingshot for him. He also said that he had a small wooden pistol at home and wanted Xu Duan to go and see it.
Xu Duan watched this child grow up, and they have a very good relationship. Under normal circumstances, he would definitely not refuse, but not today. "Uncle has something to do today. I will come to your house to play with you in a few days, okay?"
The little guy pouted and said, "Okay."
He looked at Shu Jinyue again, "Sister, will you come to my house to play? I don't want injections, and I don't want to take such a big and bitter medicine. Your medicine tastes good."
Everyone was amused by him and thought that he also knew which medicine tasted good and which didn't.
"Okay, then you have to be good and don't catch a cold again." Jin Yue bent down and poked his chubby little cheek.
This child has a personality like Jiang Weijun, but looks like Sun Aihong, with a chubby oval face. Due to his mother's special job, his mother was unable to be with him when he was sick and hospitalized. It's quite pitiful to think about it.
Jin Yue couldn't help but look back at Xu Duan. Was he also so cute and pitiful when he was a child?
Probably, any animal, as long as it is a cub, will be relatively cuter. African hyenas are such disgusting animals, but their baby hyenas are so cute.
The two groups returned to their homes. Xu Duan saw that she was worried, "Are you worried about Uncle Jiang's health? I will remind Jiang Weijun to send the old man for a checkup as soon as possible."
"I can't tell why, but I just feel a little uneasy. His pulse shouldn't be like that."
Xu Duan asked a few more questions about what a wiry pulse was and what its clinical significance was, and he memorized them silently in his mind.
When we got to the intersection, he suddenly said, "Come back with me. I have something for you."
He seemed to know what Jin Yue would say, and tapped his slender fingers lightly on the steering wheel, "It's useless for me to keep it if you don't want it."
"Wait for me in the car, it will be quick."
Jin Yue was just about to tell him that it was really not necessary when he suddenly saw a familiar figure passing by the entrance of Che Hutong. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Yao Qingqing's boyfriend Song Yingwu.
I saw him walking along the road in front of Goldfish Hutong. He was in a hurry, his hair was a little messy, and he seemed to be in a hurry.
The two had met several times and were quite familiar with each other. It was rare for him to be so hurried today, so he thought he might as well go over and ask him if Qingqing was free next week so they could go fishing at the reservoir together. You're sure you won't catch many fish, but you just want to get together with good friends.
She chased after him and found a small garden on the right side of Jinyu Hutong with several stone benches for pedestrians to sit and rest. She saw Song Yingwu talking to a woman in the small garden.
The woman had an ordinary appearance and her skin was very weathered. The two highland red spots on her cheekbones made her look very weathered. She had short hair and wore a green headscarf. She seemed a little dull. Song Yingwu asked a question and she answered it. She even started crying while talking.
"Sister Haiyan, don't worry. I will find a way to get the money." Song Yingwu was so excited that his voice was a little louder. Jin Yue finally heard what he said clearly. Looking at the two people's actions, they didn't seem to be very intimate. It seemed that they were siblings or relatives or fellow villagers.
Jin Yue was afraid of being discovered, so he walked back guiltily, wondering what was wrong with him. It was probably because he watched too many short dramas on his phone, so he found everyone suspicious, especially his best friend's boyfriend.
"Where are you going?" Xu Duan stood next to the car, holding a cigarette in his hand but not smoking.
"I saw someone I know, so I went over to say hello."
Xu Duan nodded and put away the cigarette, "Let's go."
"Where's the stuff you took?"
"Put it in the back."
"What is it?"
Xu Duan laughed and said, "You'll know when the time comes. Let's go home first."
Shu Jinyue was still keeping the secret. He thought to himself, this guy might be sending food again. "Don't send food. I'm not a child."
Xu Duan didn't respond, but looked ahead, "Does it fit?"
"What?" Shu Jinyue was stunned for a moment before she realized that he was changing the subject abruptly. "Why do you always ask me if my shoes fit me? My feet are not that delicate. I can wear them no matter how big or small they are."
Xu Duan looked at her deeply and said, "Keep warm and don't wear sandals even in summer." As if he remembered something, he took out a glass bottle from his green schoolbag.
Another bottle of warm milk.
Shu Jinyue's irritable mood was calmed down at this moment, and he took it and started drinking.
This bottle of milk seemed to be a sign that they had officially reconciled. Shu Jinyue became more talkative, "Can't the milk factory really change the delivery address? How about changing it to my house? It's too troublesome to always deliver to your house."
This was the third time she asked to change the address, but Xu Duan remained calm and said, "I've asked, but it's not possible. No one has booked it here."
"What a shame. From now on, just send it to me once every two days. It won't go bad if it's kept in the refrigerator."
Xu Duan didn't comment, "How is your second brother doing recently?"
"It seems like he has finally come to his senses. He speaks and acts like a different person. My dad even said that it was marriage that changed him. I think it must be you."
Xu Duan's way of handling the matter taught him a good lesson, especially since Xu Duan was a few years younger than him, the shock was even greater. To be honest, considering Shu Wenming's stubbornness, he might have thought that Xu Duan was able to sit in his current position because of his family background and old relationships. If he had these relationships, he might be able to stand higher and go further than him.
It's not a big deal to be arrogant when you are young. As long as you are willing to change, it may become a topic of conversation in the future.
"Is your house tidied?"
Ever since Shu Jinyue bought the house, he likes to add the word "my" in front of it.
"I've put it away a long time ago." She has not been idle in the past few months. Every time she gets paid, she fills it with things like a squirrel moving house. Now it has been arranged in a very nice manner.
"When do you plan to move in?"
"Wait a little longer, let me add the big items." These past few days, Shu Wenming somehow got in touch with a worker at the lumber factory, bought some scraps at a low price, and also bought some bamboo from Li Yulan's team, and asked Uncle Zhao to teach him how to make some simple tables and benches.
His hands were not very dexterous, but the material was cheap and he didn't mind if it was broken. After learning for a few days, he actually made a small bamboo stool.
"My second brother said that when the furniture in his house is almost done, he will make a set for me as well."
"What else is missing?"
Shu Jinyue then told her where she wanted to put the desk and where she wanted to put the bookshelf. The girl's desire to share is always so strong.
"This little thing is worth your daily consideration. I'll do it for you."
"Can you do it?"
"I know a little, not much, but I know people and the material is cheap."
"But you don't know the size. What if it doesn't fit?"
Xu Duan drove the car to the gate of No. 16 Courtyard, stopped, opened the trunk, pointed at the pile of wooden shelves, and said, "You can decide whether it is suitable or not later."
Jin Yue's eyes lit up, "What is this?"
"Didn't you say last time that you wanted to build a washroom on the right hand side of the door? These are the baffles."
The boards were long and short, and there were some small drawer-like compartments. It took the two of them several trips to move them all.
Shu Wenming was hammering away at a pile of wood and bamboo in the house. "Shu Jinyue, where did you get so much wood?"
That is really good material, unlike these weird and defective products in my hands.
"He brought it." She never wanted to call him Uncle Xu in front of others again.
When Shu Wenming saw it, his eyes turned red with envy. He contributed his wrench, pliers and screwdriver and helped Xu Duan assemble it.
Xu Wenli also came to watch the fun and took out a handful of melon seeds from her pocket, "Try it."
It's actually still five-spice flavored, but the taste is stronger than what I've had before. It's obvious that they were willing to use more ingredients.
"How is it, fragrant?"
"Xiang, where did the second sister-in-law come from?"
"Yulan sent them. Your second brother helped them find a market for their sunflower seeds and made a little profit from the price difference. She also bought sunflower seeds from the members of their village and made a few cents per pound."
Seeing that there was no one around, Shu Jinyue hurriedly asked where the person was looking for the solution.
"He said it was a food factory in Xinjiekou. They have a production line that specializes in producing five-spice melon seeds. The melon seeds from Yulan's village are big, plump, and clean. There is not a single bad one. The price is cheaper than what the purchasing department buys from the cooperative station. Of course they are willing to buy it."
Shu Jinyue nodded. Sister Li from the vegetable station had a relative who worked as the purchasing director in this factory. No wonder she had this connection.
"Now he is very busy. He carries a pack of cigarettes in his pocket all day long. He is never willing to smoke one. Sometimes, his pocket is empty after he goes out for a while."
Xu Wenli felt a little sorry for her man, and she even went back to her parents' home to ask for two cigarette tickets so that Shu Wenming could get more convenient things when he was out.
The two chatted for a while and found that a set of cabinets had gradually appeared in the originally spacious room, dividing the entrance into a separate small compartment, and gradually a few more drawers had appeared to store some small things. And this partition is light-transmissive and does not completely block the view. The more I thought about it, the more it resembles the combination of entrance cabinet and screen that I had seen on my mobile phone. It is beautiful, tidy and practical!
The key point is that the space that was separated is exactly the same as what I originally planned, not an inch more or less, and the size of the cabinet is also strictly fixed. "How do you know such precise dimensions?"
Xu Duan smiled and said, "I told you not to worry about these things."
The more Xu Wenli looked at it, the more she liked it. "Oh Jinyue, this cabinet is very practical. I was worried about where to put my hair bands, combs and small hairpins. With these drawers, I can put a lot of them."
"This is the closest place to the door, and it can hold your keys. Whenever you enter, you can put them there and when you go out, you can take them. You never have to worry about forgetting to bring your keys again!"
"And here, hammer in a nail to hang a towel."
“Here, here…”
Seeing his wife's beaming joy, Shu Wenming asked Xu Duan in a low voice: "Comrade Xu, who did you ask to make it? Can you also make one for me? I will pay you a penny."
"Okay, do you want this size too?"
It is just right for Jin Yue to use alone, but would it be too crowded for a young couple? Xu Duan's mind flashed with the scene of himself washing in this small cubicle in the future. Well, it must be too crowded, and only one person can wash at a time.
Sure enough, Shu Wenming asked him and Xu Wenli to have a bigger one. Since they didn't want children in the future anyway, they could save some space for other things.
After assembling it and taking away the debris and garbage, Xu Duan left. Jin Yue liked it very much. He touched the drawers and cabinets. His little house was taking shape more and more!
Two years after her rebirth, having a job has greatly increased her sense of security, and owning a house is a second safety lock.
The next day at noon, the washbasin rack that Shu Wenming had asked Uncle Zhao to weld was delivered to him. Jin Yue took a look and saw that the washbasin was on top and the foot basin was on the bottom, and there was room for shoe brushes and insoles at the bottom. It was both tidy and space-saving, so she hurriedly chased Uncle Zhao to weld one as well.
There are a lot of scrap steel bars in the machinery factory, and they can be bought at cost price. Uncle Zhao is a welder, so he can just do some welding when the machine is not busy.
Of course, he doesn't weld for everyone who asks. He just likes the children of the Shu family. Aunt Li had asked him several times before, but he always used the excuse that he was busy with work and didn't have time.
"Bah, those little bastards from the Shu family are trying to drug him. It's just a matter of welding a washbasin rack, and they are so proud of it." Aunt Li was cursing in the house. She was very upset to see how good Old Zhao was to them. Just ten minutes ago, she went to Aunt Zhao to stir up trouble. She thought it would be best if the two families fought so that she could have fun watching.
Who knew that Aunt Zhao was not fooled at all and even scolded her for meddling in other people's business.
"Bah, it's a traitor. All the workers in the family are fools. They work for free. They are so stupid. If I had five sons, my life would be so much easier..." Thinking that she only had one son, and that he was going to marry into her father-in-law's family, Aunt Li felt very sad and cold.
"Old Zhao is just a bitch who can give birth to five boys in one go. But she's not that great. It's Old Zhao who's great. I had my eyes on him back then. Your dad is a fool. I wouldn't even accept his money. He's a coward himself. He can't give birth to a son and he blames me. I've suffered for more than ten years at your grandma's hands!"
If Shu Jinyue were here, she would definitely praise her for her real understanding of science!
"When your uncle Zhao first became a welder, your grandfather said that it was not as popular as being a fitter. As a result, fitters could not get promoted and worked themselves to death after a few years. On the contrary, welders now have so many apprentices and receive so many gifts during festivals that they are overwhelmed."
"It's been so many years, please stop talking about it. What did the engineer next door say?"
It would have been better if Li Laowu hadn't mentioned this. As soon as he mentioned it, Aunt Li became even more upset. "Shang Guangming looks like a decent person, but he is a fool at heart." She rented a house to him, helped him clean the house, and helped them move. But when she mentioned introducing him to a girl, he hid away like a mouse afraid of a cat.
"You have to take the initiative. There is no cat in the world that doesn't crave fish."
Li Laowu blushed. How could he take the initiative when she was in that situation? You can't just take off all your clothes and lie on his kang. "As a man, he doesn't take the initiative, what else can I do?"
"These intellectuals are all so pretentious and pretentious. How can they take the initiative? We women have to find a way. You have to hook him first. As for those two brats, just be patient for a few days. Once you two get the marriage certificate, I will find a way to send them away."
She had already found out that although Engineer Shang's parents and brothers and sisters were all abroad, he still had several uncles in the suburbs of Shucheng. "People in the countryside like sons. Just wait, as soon as they hear that there are two ready-made sons for them to raise, they will be so happy that they can't wait!"
"When you get a salary of 118 yuan, your life will be wonderful."
Li Laowu was also very tempted. The man in front of her only earned about 30 yuan a month and had to raise three children. He also had to take care of his parents-in-law from time to time, and most of his money would be taken away by Aunt Li during the holidays. She had had enough of this hard life.
"When the time comes, you should be more willing to give birth to a few pups for him. It doesn't matter whether they are boys or girls, just tie him down first."
The mother and daughter were daydreaming here, thinking that Engineer Shang was working overtime today and no one was at home. However, they had no idea that the little chicken Popcorn was picking up pebbles and playing with them as bullets under the pomegranate tree behind their window. He happened to hear every word and turned around to learn it for his brother.
"Brother, will we really be sent away?"
"If you send me away, I won't be able to see Sister Jinyue anymore, and I won't be able to see the little slingshot Aunt Yulan gave me. I don't want to leave here."
In the past, the two little kids lived with their father in the countryside. They lived a miserable life. They had nothing to eat when they were hungry, and no one cared for them when they were sick. Now they are back in the city, and they have milk powder and biscuits to eat, which no other children in the compound have, and new clothes to wear. Although their father is not at home often, he gives money to their brother and also gives living expenses to Grandma Shu, so they can have hot meals.
The days now are like falling into a happy nest.
"Wang Erdan said that if a child is given away to be raised, he will never come back. He will be treated like a beast of burden, go hungry, and be beaten... Woohoo, brother, I don't want to be sent away."
Mai Ke was sensible enough and clenched his fists. "Don't worry, brother. As long as Dad doesn't marry Aunt Li, no one can send us away, especially Dad."
"But Grandma Li said they should get married and have children for Dad."
"No, we can definitely stop it."
"But, but, adults have to get married. Uncle Wenming next door got married and even secretly gave me two extra wedding candies!"
Mai Ke's eyebrows were wrinkled into two little caterpillars. That's true. There are so many people introducing potential partners to Dad now. Many aunts even buy candies for them in order to marry Dad. But he is not like his silly brother. He knows that those aunts are actually coming for Dad. Once they get married, they will no longer buy candies for them. What's more - they can't even beat Grandma Li.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up. So far, he had only seen one person who could beat Grandma Li.
***
Let's talk about Xu Duan. After leaving Liuye Hutong, he didn't go home immediately. Instead, he went to find a friend to order a cabinet. He had already measured the size of Jin Yue's room. After he stated his requirements, he also mentioned Shu Wenming and paid the other party together.
"Xu Tuan, why are you being so polite to me? Talking about money over such a small matter hurts our feelings."
"Here, you still have children to raise."
"Then wait until everything is finished and passed the acceptance before giving it to me. There's no rush." The man rubbed his hands, not daring to take the money.
"You have to pay for the wood, and you can't buy it on credit. If you're worried about not being able to do it well, then learn more and think more."
The man was touched. Xu Tuan not only brought him business and took care of him, but also encouraged him to learn more. This was helping him from the inside out!
"Xu Tuan, you are so kind to me. I don't know how to repay you. It's all my fault that I am a useless person. I can't go to work and can only do some carpentry work. My wife and children suffer with me..."
Xu Duan patted him on the shoulder and said, "That's enough. It's better to be self-reliant than to complain about yourself. I have applied for your allowance. It will take a few days for it to be issued to the street office. Remember to ask your wife to collect it then."
"Hey, okay." The man wiped his eyes and nodded repeatedly.
“Are all the children in school?” with emphasis on “all.”
"Yes, they are. Last time you mentioned that, I criticized their mother. Both girls have been sent to the nearest primary school and can now write their own names."
The man's name was Wu Zurong. He had served as a soldier under Xu Duan for two years. After retiring, he worked in a boiler factory. Unexpectedly, within two years, a boiler explosion occurred, injuring both his legs. The factory did give him compensation and pension, but his wife was unemployed and he had three children.
In order to save money, the two girls had to drop out of school. It was just a coincidence that last year when Xu Duan retired from the army, his comrades heard about his situation at a reunion and came to visit his home. Only then did they find out that they were having trouble making ends meet.
Giving him a sum of money directly is good, but it is not a long-term solution. He remembered that when Wu Zurong was in the army, he liked to figure out some carpentry work and was very good at hammering and stuff. So he encouraged him to go to the lumber factory to buy materials and make some small things to supplement the family income.
At first, he led his old comrades to buy some things they could use at home. Later, people around him found out and started buying things too. With the recommendations and care from these acquaintances and friends, the Wu family was finally able to make ends meet.
At the same time, Xu Duan found someone to negotiate with her husband at the boiler factory, and eventually he got his job there. He no longer had to burn boilers, but instead had to clean public toilets in the factory. It doesn’t matter if the work is dirty or tiring. As long as you have a fixed income every month, you can make ends meet.
The last time he came, he saw that his two daughters had not yet gone to school, so he emphasized this point.
"No matter how hard it is, we cannot let our children suffer from their education. It's okay to have less food and clothing, but it will be a big loss if they don't have education in the future. I have always remembered these words you said, and asked the two girls to remember them too. I will repay Xu Tuan in the future."
Xu Duan was a little absent-minded. "You go ahead and do your work. I'll be leaving first."
He believed in Jin Yue's intuition. Jin Yue said that Uncle Jiang's pulse was not right. He was afraid that Jiang Weijun would not take it seriously, so he drove to the military compound where the Jiang family lived. However, he heard that Jiang Weijun had just been called away because the team had a mission.
He simply didn't wait for him and went to find Mr. Jiang himself, asking him to go to the hospital to check his old injuries.
The old man agreed verbally, but he was too busy with work. His grandson was in the hospital these days and he had missed a lot of work. There were many documents waiting to be signed, so he forgot about this matter in his busy schedule.
However, the nanny and secretary at home took it seriously and prepared food supplements for him. They fed him ginseng chicken soup for several days, but there was no other change. Instead, he got blisters in his mouth and had two nosebleeds.
Jiang Weijun and Sun Aihong's work finally came to an end. The couple came back to see their children. When they heard that the old man had a nosebleed, they hurried him to the hospital.
He was unwilling, so Jiang Weijun called Xu Duan directly, and the three of them half persuaded and half dragged him to the nearest city hospital. They thought that Xu Duan's sister-in-law Zhang Zhen also worked here, and it would be convenient to ask her for help or a word if there was anything. Because they came on their own and did not go through the health secretary, they did not want to make it known to everyone.
Unexpectedly, after an imaging examination of the chest and legs, nothing wrong was found and the old injuries had recovered well. However, the old man scolded them for making a fuss out of nothing.
"Uncle Jiang, don't worry. It's a good thing if there's no problem. Let's just treat it as a physical examination." Zhang Zhen persuaded.
"Humph, this is a waste of medical resources!" Zhang Zhen even arranged a separate ward for him. "You young people, don't know how we got through it back then? You make a fuss over a small matter."
"Dad, please say less. I know you are selfless and Sister-in-law Zhang Zhen also means well." Jiang Weijun smiled apologetically at Zhang Zhen.
She didn't worry about it. After all, she knew that the old man always had this temper. As a doctor, she still trusted the intuition of her colleagues: "Uncle Jiang, Jin Yue said last time that your pulse was not good. You have been eating ginseng for so long. Do you have any strength in your limbs?"
"It's still the same. Those two good ginsengs are wasted."
Zhang Zhen and Xu Duan looked at each other, and felt that Jin Yue might be right, and things were not as simple as they seemed. "Why don't we ask Jin Yue to come and take a look at you?"
"Although ginseng is useless, Jin Yue does have some unique insights. Can you give her another chance?"
The old man glanced at Xu Duan and said, "I know you are protecting her. It's not that you don't trust her. There's nothing wrong with me. You made a fuss and called her here. It's really rude of you."
Xu Duan smiled, his eyes gentle, "I'll go pick it up."
In the ward, everyone looked at each other in amazement. Why did they feel something was wrong? Isn't it too obvious that Old Xu is protecting his own people?
Zhang Zhen is a thoughtful person. She recalled that time last year when she and Xu Ping speculated whether he was in a relationship, but then there was no news. She also introduced him to several nice female comrades, but he declined all of them. Could it be true that... But, Jin Yue is only 21 years old!
Isn’t this gap a bit big?
Before they could figure it out, Shu Jinyue had already arrived at the hospital. She had just taken a shower, her hair was loose, and she was wearing a blue and white plaid dress. Her arms and calves were delicate and white, without a single pore visible, and even her face was like a piece of fine jade.
Although she doesn't have dazzling facial features, she is still very attractive.
Zhang Zhen nodded in her heart. She had never realized before that Jin Yue was actually still very beautiful. She just hadn’t fully grown yet, like a lily bud about to bloom.
After looking at today's examination films and taking the patient's pulse, Shu Jinyue was certain that the wiry pulse was not caused by an old injury. Could it be... a new injury?
"New injury? My dad hasn't been injured recently. He hasn't been bumped or bruised anywhere."
Jin Yue shook his head. "The 'injury' I'm talking about is not a real wound visible to the naked eye, but an invisible problem in the blood vessels, such as - obstruction."
The old man’s age is exactly the age of seventy or eighty years old as described in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, when “the liver qi and kidneys are weak and the body is in its worst condition” [1].
“The kidneys store essence, essence produces marrow, and marrow gathers in the brain. [2] If the liver and kidneys are deficient, the brain orifices will be empty, which may cause congestion.”
Zhang Zhen was puzzled. "Why is there still congestion even when there are few cars? Just like at an intersection, it should be more likely to be congested when there are many cars than when there are few cars."
Jin Yue smiled and said that this is the "mysterious" part of Chinese medicine. "I think it is more appropriate to compare the brain to a ditch. I didn't understand it before, but when I went to the countryside, I found that the more water there is in the ditch, the faster the flow rate is, and the less likely it is for silt to accumulate. When there is less water, it is more likely to accumulate."
The old man was also born in the countryside. He nodded immediately and said, "That's right. Our Chinese medicine theory actually comes from the life wisdom of our ancestors."
Zhang Zhen seemed to understand, but she thought that she should take some time to go to the countryside to see if the ditch was really like what they said.
Jiang Weijun didn't care about that. He was more concerned about: "You mean, my dad might have a cerebral infarction?"
Jin Yue nodded.
Jiang Weijun's face dropped drastically, he knew what cerebral infarction meant, many veteran cadres around him died of this disease. Even if they were lucky enough to be rescued, they would be paralyzed on one side of their body, unable to take care of themselves, and even had to rely on others to help them with urination and defecation. For those who have been in leadership positions for a long time, this is more painful than killing them.
Jiang Weijun never thought that his father would get this disease. "My father used to exercise regularly, but he has neglected it in the past two years because he has been busy. He used to be very self-disciplined and had a regular diet. He ate less pickled vegetables and meat as the doctor told him to, and only drank a little. His emotions were relatively stable, and he had never fallen or hurt himself. How could he get this disease?"
Shu Jinyue shook his head. There are many diseases that have no obvious causes, otherwise many accidents could be avoided.
"I just made this guess based on the pulse. As for whether there is really an obstruction, where the obstruction is, to what extent, and how large the area is, I'm actually... not very skilled, so I can't tell for now."
Even my own master doesn't have this ability.
It is said that there are many masters among the people. She believes that there may be such masters in Longguo, but she has not seen them yet.
Xu Duan rarely saw her being so modest, and he found it a little funny. "Okay, it's not difficult. We can find out by doing an imaging test, right?"
Jiang Weijun slapped his forehead and said, "Yes, how could I forget this? We are in the hospital now!"
Zhang Zhen immediately went out to contact people and arranged to send the old man down for examination.
***
Director Jin of the Internal Medicine Department had actually heard a long time ago that Mr. Jiang was in their hospital and was staying in the Pediatric Department because his grandson had a high fever. They privately joked with the Director of Pediatrics that there was a ready-made opportunity right in front of them. However, he just sighed day after day, with two big bubbles at the corners of his mouth, and even asked them to consult about the condition of Jiang's grandson.
Not long ago, I heard that a child's fever went down after drinking gypsum water. Everyone thought that the child's high fever must be self-limiting, and after a certain number of days, the fever would go down even without taking medicine, and the gypsum water was just an opportunity.
Now I heard that Mr. Jiang needs to have a check-up, and it is said that a Chinese doctor diagnosed a cerebral infarction after taking his pulse. Director Jin said "huh", he has seen the power of Chinese medicine, he did not deny it, but he knew there was a blockage in the brain just by touching the blood vessels on the hand, that's not the way to brag!
He was so angry that his beard stood up. "Humph, nonsense! I want to see which charlatan is making such a fuss!"
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