Chapter 69 069 The Vicious Ex-husband & Passed Away & Will Be Coming Back Sooner or Later...
Amebiasis?
It is an infectious disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica. Mild symptoms include abdominal pain and diarrhea, and severe symptoms include invasion of brain tissue, causing meningoencephalitis and liver abscesses, which are life-threatening. Especially with current medical conditions, this infectious disease spreads very quickly, and once infected, treatment is very troublesome.
No wonder the district was on high alert and the secretary personally called Shu Jinyue to come over immediately.
Jin Yue did not delay and while packing his things, he asked about the whole story.
"Secretary Liu asked you to go today because of the amebiasis and because the patient's identity is a bit special."
"How is it special? If you can't tell me, just forget it. Just pretend I didn't ask." She thought it was a position like Hu Guizhi's where it was inconvenient to reveal one's identity.
Zhu Daqiang sighed, "It's not a secret. He is Director Ma's ex-husband."
Shu Jinyue paused, Director Ma? Wait, her ex-husband, when did she divorce him? But it's not surprising, because she knows that Ma Shuhui is not the kind of person who would bring personal matters to work, so even if everyone is gossiping in private, it's not easy to blatantly involve her. And Shu Jinyue is half an "outsider" compared to the district station, so it's reasonable that she doesn't know about this gossip.
For example, she knew that Lao Zhu's family had a lot of fine wine and cigarettes, and that Liu Jinbu's family had no shortage of food, but could she gossip about them with her colleagues in the district?
Zhu Daqiang got on his bike and said, "Come on, I'll take you there, and we'll talk as we walk."
"I just found out not long ago. She got divorced three months ago. That was the time when you were seconded to help treat the schistosomiasis patient. So she treated you... well, not just you. She was not nice to anyone."
Not only did she have a bad face, she acted as if the whole world owed her millions. So Shu Jinyue heard everyone's gossip except hers. It turned out that no one dared to discuss it in private.
However, divorce is not a matter of the sky falling, so just get a divorce. From Jin Yue's perspective, Ma Shuhui is not a person who cannot distinguish between public and private. She would not just ignore her ex-husband just because he has such a serious infectious disease, right?
Regardless of whether he lives or dies, if he is not treated in a standardized manner and the disease spreads, more people will be infected with the disease and her job will be in jeopardy. This is part of her job responsibilities.
It can be said that once an infectious disease occurs, their relationship is no longer that of ex-husband and ex-wife, but that of doctor and patient.
"Well, the divorce was pretty ugly. Her lover, oh, ex-lover, tsk tsk ..."
Zhu Daqiang usually follows the doctrine of the mean and doesn't offend people easily. The fact that he is so angry makes him exclaim "tsk tsk tsk tsk". Director Ma's ex-husband must be a piece of shit.
"More than a piece of shit, they've been getting divorced for years, and it's Director Ma who has been unwilling to divorce. She's usually strict and serious, but she's actually a mother who has been enduring it for the sake of her daughter. Who knew that old Ma would be so outrageous?"
Ma Shuhui's ex-husband also had the surname Ma. He was a leader in a large military industrial factory. He was a typical example of a campus romance that led to marriage. Unfortunately, as the couple both became powerful leaders in their respective units, they became busy with work and had strong personalities, and their relationship gradually began to have problems. Ma's ex-husband had already filed for divorce due to emotional discord, and they had even been separated for three or four years, but Ma Shuhui had never agreed for the sake of the children.
A separated home, a father who never comes home, a resentful mother, and a broken self. The more I think about it, how can this be called "for the children"? If the children could choose, they would not choose such a messy family.
"Instead of this, it's better to just get a divorce. The child might be happier."
Zhu Daqiang looked back at her and said, "Their family situation is special."
Shu Jinyue didn't say anything. She couldn't imagine how special it could be, so special that she would rather live apart and be a widow than get divorced.
"You don't know, their daughter has cerebral palsy. When Ma Shuhui was pregnant with her, she was traumatized and her water broke early. She was in pain for three days and two nights before she was born. The baby was severely deprived of oxygen and..."
The more Shu Jin remained silent, the more difficult it was for Ma Shuhui.
"Ma Shuhui doesn't want to divorce because she thinks that Lao Ma's company has good treatment and most of the expenses for the child's examination and rehabilitation can be reimbursed. How can her salary be enough?" If they divorce and Lao Ma has another child, her daughter will no longer be able to enjoy this treatment.
"Old Ma doesn't like this kid very much, and what else...tsk tsk."
"Director, please speak up, don't just keep clicking your tongue."
Zhu Daqiang looked back, as if he was observing if there were any acquaintances nearby. To make sure no one would overhear him, he whispered, "I heard, I heard, that old Ma is a jerk. The second year after he separated from Ma Shuhui, he had a lover outside and gave birth to a healthy son."
On one side is his daughter with cerebral palsy, and on the other side is his healthy son. Even if there had not been the emotional discord in the past few years, he would have been eager to divorce quickly and not delay for a single day. He was reluctant to let his young wife and illegitimate son suffer any grievances.
Shu Jinyue cursed inwardly, "You bastard."
"But I don't know whether this is true or not. No one in our system knows. I met Lao Ma's factory a few times because my husband's company is a sister company to his. I heard people from his factory mention it at the dinner table."
"Well, Ma Shuhui may have heard about this, and she was so angry that she finally agreed to divorce this year, but Lao Ma started to make exorbitant demands again. He wanted the house, saying that he would leave it to his son, but he left Ma Shuhui and her daughter with nothing."
Ma Shuhui is a workaholic and lives a simple life. She either goes to work or stays at home with her children. All her salary is used to hire a nanny, pay household expenses, and buy medicine for her daughter's rehabilitation. She cannot save any money at all. On the contrary, Ma's ex-husband never spends a penny on the family. Only he knows how much he earns and saves. As a result, when they divorced, he not only did not give any savings to the mother and daughter, but also took away their only house.
The more Shu Jin listened, the angrier she became. She seldom listened to gossip to the point of getting angry, because few people could shock her values that had been tempered by watching her phone, but Ma's ex-husband did it.
"Luckily, Ma Shuhui's family is pretty nice, otherwise she and her daughter would have been living on the streets."
Jin Yue snorted coldly, feeling very disappointed: "Director Ma is usually so fierce that she would bite any dog that passes by. How come she is so cowardly when it comes to fighting with her ex-husband? She is really useless." It's useless that she looks so fierce.
If she had shown one-third of the courage she usually has when scolding people, she would not have suffered such a great loss. She should fight for and take back everything for her daughter. To put it bluntly, if she were to die one day, her daughter would be like an orphan in this world. How many years can her family take care of her? She has her own life and her own children. She can't always carry around such a burden.
If you leave something for her, and send her to a nursing home or hire a trustworthy nanny, or if you have more money to set up a trust fund and receive monthly living expenses, you can also leave a way for the child to survive.
"It's not that Ma Shuhui didn't fight for it, it's that the Ma family was really too much. You don't know what the in-laws did to force her to divorce when the kid was born. They went to their unit to make a scene, posted big-character posters at Ma Shuhui, spread rumors, and even drove away the nanny who was taking care of her daughter and hid the child..." For the safety of her child, Ma Shuhui had to compromise.
Shu Jinyue became even angrier, "Director, what is this Ma's ex-husband? Can I not show it to him?"
He deserves to die of illness and is not worthy of taking Chinese medicine.
Zhu Daqiang paused and smiled helplessly, "What are you talking about, kid? This is a task assigned by the leader. Even if the king of heaven comes, we have to obey the arrangement."
Not to mention the doctor's duty and legal obligations, a doctor cannot refuse to save a heinous murderer.
Jin Yue was immediately discouraged.
"Oh, we're here, come on in, I'll be leaving first, call me if you need anything, and remember not to be impulsive."
Jin Yue walked into the three-story building of the epidemic prevention station. When everyone saw her, no one smiled and greeted her, because they knew the purpose of her visit today. Some young girls gritted their teeth and said, "It's really a sledgehammer to kill a nut."
It's such a waste to let their "little miracle doctor" treat that heartless thing.
Shu Jinyue guessed that everyone only knew that Ma’s ex-husband forced a divorce, but didn’t know that he already had an illegitimate child outside? If they knew, they would probably rush up and beat him up.
When we arrived at the secretary's office, the secretary didn't mention these things that were not related to work. He just handed over a stack of medical records and said, "Take a look first and understand the situation."
The patient, Mr. Ma, a 43-year-old male, had abdominal pain and diarrhea for two weeks. He had bowel movements about 10 times a day with dark red, fishy-smelling feces. He had been on a business trip to eastern Guangdong Province a month ago, had contact with diarrhea patients, and had eaten raw fish.
Judging from the time of onset, frequency and characteristics of stool, and contact history, the probability of amoebiasis is indeed relatively high. All medical students know what "dark red and fishy-smelling feces" means, just like the smell of rotten apples means ketoacidosis. This is muscle memory and conditioned reflex.
"At first, the patient thought he had a stomach upset and didn't take it seriously. He took oxytetracycline, berberine, and Huoxiang Zhengqi water on his own. When the symptoms didn't improve, he went to the district hospital for treatment." Secretary Liu pointed to a column on the treatment process. "As a result, the district hospital treated him for five days but didn't improve the symptoms. When asked where he had been recently and whether he had come into contact with any patients with diarrhea, he mentioned the business trip. It is suspected that he was infected with amoebiasis because he ate raw fish or came into contact with confirmed cases while on a business trip outside the province."
So, I was transferred to the epidemic prevention station.
"Director Ma may be too busy to come, so Xiao Shu and Lao Zhao are helping to treat him."
Jin Yue could only pretend that he didn't know about the gossip that destroyed his worldview. He nodded and went to find the other two colleagues.
Everyone's face looked unhappy. After all, people are divided into close and distant relatives. Ma Shuhui is fierce, but she is definitely a good colleague and a good leader at work. She is serious and responsible, and never blames her subordinates. Whenever there is an emergency, as long as she is in the bookstore, she will rush there at the first time and rush to the front line. If there are colleagues with elderly people and children, or pregnant or breastfeeding women, she will arrange them to less dangerous positions. Such people can win the respect of all colleagues regardless of gender.
When Ma's former husband's family came to make trouble, everyone had witnessed the roguery and viciousness of the parents-in-law, and they didn't have a good impression of the "good son" they raised, so they didn't bother to mention his name when talking about his illness.
"He has tried common antidiarrheal drugs on the market at home, but it didn't work. He also received standardized treatment for diarrhea while hospitalized at the district hospital, but it still didn't work. Now that we suspect it's amebiasis, we'll take a two-pronged approach."
On the one hand, the stool was taken for examination to confirm the diagnosis, and on the other hand, diagnostic treatment was carried out first. After all, it had been defecating for such a long time, and according to the people who sent it from the district hospital, hemorrhoids had been developed.
Ten times a day, even an iron man can't stand it, not to mention that he doesn't have an iron chrysanthemum.
Everyone laughed unkindly, "If Director Ma had not been forced to divorce and the two of them were still living together, Director Ma would have taken him seriously with her professional intuition when he started having diarrhea, so why would he have to suffer for so long?"
"That's right. I heard that he got married just half a month after his divorce, to a widow in the hospital cashier's office. They met when he was paying the bills for his child's rehabilitation..." The person who spoke looked at Jin Yue. After all, she was a young girl, and it seemed a little inappropriate to say these things, so he didn't say anything else.
The child's mother took the child to seek medical treatment with great difficulty, but the child's father was flirting with the widow in the hospital cashier's office and was pregnant. It's sickening to think about it!
Shu Jin likes to listen to gossip, but since it affects his mood, it is better not to listen to it.
If she were to be responsible for the treatment, she would not treat him until she got the results. She would wait for the test results to come out first. Only when it was confirmed that it was amoebiasis would she use the medicine. In other words, everyone present was responsible, otherwise they would have delayed it for a few days.
"Does Xiaoshu need some Chinese medicine for him?"
Shu Jinyue had just felt his pulse, and the information he got from the medical consultation was exactly the same. He quickly shook his head and said, "Just use metronidazole first. Once the diagnosis is confirmed, the effect will be fast."
The secretary asked her to come not to take charge of the overall situation, but to make supplementary plans. In case Western medicine is ineffective, he would let her try it. Of course, she was unwilling to show up so early.
Because metronidazole is also a well-known name for the treatment of amoeba and trichomoniasis. It has a precise and significant effect and is the first choice in clinical practice. Unless the diagnosis is wrong or the situation is special, it will not be ineffective. She came here simply to follow the arrangements.
The leader saw her coming, and she also went into the ward to take the patient's pulse, leaving only traces of the diagnosis and treatment.
After leaving the district epidemic prevention station, it was still early and she didn't have to go back to the office, so Jin Yue went for a walk around, mainly to the waste recycling station. Ever since she found the book "Worthy Prescriptions for Women" there, she had been there several times last year, but this year she was busy and basically hadn't been there.
Look, Sister Wang was stunned for a moment when she saw her, "Hey, is this Xiao Shu?"
"It's me, Shu Jinyue. How is Sister Wang doing lately?"
"Okay, okay, oh my, I almost didn't recognize you. You are so beautiful now. When you walked over from over there, we were still talking about whose daughter is so beautiful."
"Sister Wang is getting more and more beautiful." The main point was to flatter each other. Jin Yue greeted the other people. In the past, in order to stay in the city and earn money to buy a job, she came to help with the waste sorting work every night and became familiar with the people in the recycling station.
"Xiao Shu, you are staying here, right? Which unit are you in?"
"Xinqiao Street Epidemic Prevention Station."
"Oh, that's great, a good unit."
"Unlike us, who spend our whole lives dealing with stinky garbage and earning little money, you sit in an office as a doctor and have a very comfortable life."
Jin Yue thought that this was really modest. In her previous life, she had never noticed that there were such units in the city. Later, she learned that these things at the purchasing stations looked inconspicuous, but were actually very cost-effective. If she was lucky, she could even receive some antiques, calligraphy and paintings. It would be difficult to sell them in the next ten years, but in the future, any one of them would be equivalent to three years of work for others.
Ever since he dug something out of the rat hole, Jin Yue has been thinking about these old acquaintances. Perhaps they also have some good stuff in their hands, and they could turn their fortunes around and live a good life like Sun Laoliu by just selling it.
But she came here today not for those antiques, calligraphy and paintings, but for——
"Medical books? We have been very busy these two years and haven't paid much attention to them. We don't have them in our hands, but I can help you keep an eye out for them." Sister Wang said.
Jin Yue didn't think that he could find something useful after not coming here for a year. "Okay, thank you, big sister, and thank you all. I will definitely thank you when the time comes."
"Why are you being polite? It's just something that happens easily."
When Jin Yue left the purchasing station and walked home, Zhao Wanqiu had just returned from buying New Year's goods. "There's no need to talk to Qingqing. Let's invite her to our house this year. I'll ask your father to write a few couplets for her."
"I'm afraid she won't want to come."
"It's okay. I'll go over and tell her this afternoon. Why would a little girl celebrate the festival alone? The Xu family next door is pretty quiet, but luckily they still have Director Xu and his family of three. I can't bear to see Qingqing alone."
Jin Yue was touched. His mother was really a kind person. "You mothers, you already have daughters, why do you keep adopting daughters one after another?"
Mother Li loves her, and her mother loves Qingqing.
Zhao Wanqiu was too lazy to pay attention to her. "I just ran into Aunt Niu at the entrance of the alley. She was going crazy because her daughter Xiaofang is dating a workshop director. At his age, he is almost old enough to be her father."
Ever since they kicked her out, Aunt Niu has been looking for someone to introduce potential partners to her children. Niu Dagang beats his wife, so it is difficult for him to find a city girl, but Niu Xiaofang is pretty, sweet-talkerish, and has a decent job, so it is not difficult for her to find a good partner, as long as one of the conditions is appropriately lowered, such as age.
"I've heard about it. The target is the workshop director of some pharmaceutical factory. He's almost 40 years old."
"Then you must be married, right?"
"Who says it's not true? We have two children now. My ex-wife died of tuberculosis."
Shu Jinyue sighed but didn't take it to heart. After all, she didn't even remember what Niu Xiaofang looked like. After dinner, she didn't take a nap. She went out and took the bus to the city's traditional Chinese medicine factory.
It was also a coincidence that Kang Yongxin and Hu Rongsheng were both in the office. They were both looking down at something and were surprised to see Jin Yue. "How did you find time to come here?"
"I came to see you two and ask how Aunt Kang is doing."
"Much better. It's been cold these past few days, so I asked the nanny to take her out to bask in the sun at noon. She also listened to you and ate small meals frequently. She looks much better now."
Intestinal obstruction has not recurred for a long time.
Jin Yue smiled, not knowing how to start the conversation. She herself didn't care, but the men in front of her were gay after all.
"Tell me, is there anything going on today?" Kang Yongxin washed his hands, pushed the things on the table aside, revealing a piece of table surface, and planned to make tea for her.
"Master Kang, please stop busying yourself. I just want to ask you if there are any manufacturers of sanitary napkins in our Shucheng City or Shilan Province." She didn't intend to say anything about "sanitary products". They are more or less related to medicine, so there is no need to hide it.
Sure enough, the two old men also responded naturally, "Why are you asking this?"
"I was thinking, if not, we could work together."
Kang Yongxin was very interested. He had taken care of his sister for many years, so he knew that this thing was much better than a menstrual belt, but it was expensive. He only bought some when it was really inconvenient. "This thing is very clean, hygienic, and the experience is good."
"Yes, this thing can benefit millions of female compatriots and male and female patients who need to stay in bed for a long time. If we can develop in this direction, it may be more profitable than pharmaceutical production."
Not to mention that so many women have to use it every month, even for those who are bedridden, sanitary napkins and diapers are more convenient and hygienic. Why not give it a try?
Jin Yue didn't pay special attention to when the earliest sanitary napkin manufacturer appeared in Longguo. Anyway, Pia didn't need this thing, but she needed it now, and so did patients like Grandma Hu and Aunt Kang.
"Okay, I'll go ask around."
Hu Rongsheng had been listening quietly at the side, and now he interrupted, "I'll go to the paper mill and ask."
Generally speaking, this kind of sanitary product would most likely be produced by a factory that specializes in producing toilet paper. It just so happened that he had a friend who worked in a paper mill.
"Okay, thank you, Master Hu."
"I should be the one thanking you. Thank you for taking care of the young lady for the past two years." This gave me the opportunity to hear her apology on behalf of Cuiguo.
He had been searching for his entire life. Besides wanting to find Cuiguo, he actually also wanted to hear an apology from the person who had perpetrated this. Although a simple "sorry" could not erase the suffering Cuiguo had endured, nor could it replace the hardships he had gone through for half his life, it would always make one feel better to have an explanation.
***
There was not much of a festive atmosphere during the Spring Festival of 1977. Although a small gang of four people was smashed in October and the social outlook had improved to a certain extent, the departure of the great leader made people deeply saddened.
The young people headed by Shu Jinyue cried for several days. Whenever they thought of it while walking on the road, they couldn't hold back their tears. Not to mention the middle-aged and elderly people who came from the old society and were led by him to truly become masters of their own destiny. They would cry whenever they thought of it.
I felt uncomfortable, really uncomfortable from the bottom of my heart, so I just spent the Spring Festival in a perfunctory manner.
The Shu family was particularly lively this year. Yao Qingqing came, and the eldest brother and sister-in-law brought Meng Meng and Ya Ya, as well as Liu's grandfather, who also came. There were eleven people in the family, young and old, and the house was full of people. In the end, they went to the room in the rat hole to eat.
Xu Duanpan's kang was very sturdy, large and spacious enough, and it was warm enough for more than a dozen people to sit on. No dumplings were eaten on New Year's Eve that year. Instead, Zhao Wanqiu, her two daughters-in-law and three (daughters) cooked together. There were six meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes, as well as a hot and sour soup, a cold dish, and a plate of melon seeds, peanuts and fruits, filling up the table.
Unlike other families, even when they were the poorest, the Shu family never had the custom of not allowing women and children to sit at the table. Everyone sat together, Jin Yue held Meng Meng, Qing Qing held Ya Ya, and they tasted every dish.
The two little girls were fair and tender, and had grown teeth. They were wearing red clothes, and Jin Yue had barely tied a red hairband on their hairless heads. They tasted this and licked that with their little mouths, making everyone laugh.
Uncle Liu was even more courageous. He simply dipped some wine from his wine cup with chopsticks and wanted to feed it to them.
Shu Wenyan quickly said "Ouch", "Dad, please don't, they can't drink!"
Being criticized by his son-in-law in front of so many people, Grandpa Liu felt a little embarrassed, but Teacher Shu glared at his son and said, "How can you be so spoiled? I raised you like this too."
However, having said that, they just had to give their father-in-law enough face. The old couple quickly took the child and avoided Liu Laoye's chopsticks in the process.
Liu Huifang watched with a smile. She felt that what her parents-in-law said made sense. Jin Yue also said that children should not touch alcohol. There is also alcohol on the tip of the chopsticks. What if the child gets sick? Not to mention that it is unhygienic to put the elderly's chopsticks into the child's mouth, but she usually doesn't dare to say it at home.
Grandpa Liu has a good temper, but he also has a bit too much self-esteem, especially after he retired. He became suspicious and felt that his son-in-law had a problem with him. He worried that he was just eating for free, so he always tried to find things to do to prove his worth.
But when it comes to raising children, the two generations have different views. What the old man thinks can be done, Shu Wenyan thinks cannot. They would occasionally argue with each other, but it was always behind closed doors when no one was around, unlike today when they were in front of so many people.
Liu Huifang pinched her husband's thigh hard under the table, causing him so much pain that he couldn't even hold his chopsticks.
He had been in the office for such a long time and had made great progress in social skills. He immediately stood up with a grin on his face and raised his glass with both hands, "Dad, I was in a hurry just now. I didn't mean any other thing. Please don't take it to heart."
Now that Uncle Liu had a way out, he happily drank a glass of wine.
Shu Wenyan toasted his father-in-law, and then came to toast Teacher Shu and Zhao Wanqiu, but he put Zhao Wanqiu in front: "Aunt Zhao, although I didn't call you mom, you are just like my mom in my heart. I was ignorant before, I'm sorry, I will punish myself by drinking three cups."
He tilted his head back and said one, two, three. Hey, Jin Yue thought to himself, big brother wouldn't be taking this opportunity to drink more. This is Xifeng Liquor. Second brother spent half a month at the ghost market to find two bottles, but he ended up drinking so much by himself!
Sure enough, Shu Wenming was already smacking his lips.
Everyone laughed again, and the atmosphere was harmonious.
After dinner, the elders started distributing red envelopes. All the children, including Qingqing, received a small red envelope as a token of their appreciation, and Mengmeng and Yaya of course got the biggest one.
Jin Yue pouted, extremely envious, "This is the first time that my parents gave red envelopes to all of us this year. If you don't know, you would think that our family gave it out."
In the past, it was very rare, and sometimes it would be given out once every one or two years, but it was only given to her and Shu Wenyun, six cents each, which was considered a good omen.
If I give too much, my two older sons will have objections. If I don’t give anything directly, I will feel sorry for my daughters. It is quite difficult to treat all children equally in a family with many children.
"Yes, Mengmeng Yaya is so lucky. She received a big red envelope in the first year of the new year. She must be filial to her grandparents and grandfather in the future." Liu Huifang said, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively again.
They are the only two children in this generation and are loved by the whole family. They are either hugged or teased by others. Many granddaughters of other families do not have such treatment.
At night, Qingqing and Jinyue lay in the same bed. Qingqing hugged Jinyue and rubbed his head against her chest, like the little pug named Doubao. "Hello Jinyue, I'm so happy today. This is the first time I've been so happy during the Chinese New Year since my parents left. When my brother was around, he was either in the army or came back and we were speechless. This Chinese New Year is really happy."
Shu Jinyue felt incredibly soft-hearted. This was her best friend from her teenage years, and would be her best friend for life. "Then come every year from now on. You see, my mom and the others like you so much. I'm jealous."
She found that her mother treated Qingqing better than Shu Wenyun. Of course, the main reason was that Shu Wenyun had been really weird and quiet in the past two years.
Of course you should tell the truth to your good friends and share your happiness. "I want to tell you something."
"Well, go ahead and talk. I'm listening."
"I'm dating someone, with..."
"Second Brother Xu, right? I knew it earlier. Do you think I'm stupid? Second Brother Xu is polite to everyone except you. He treats you like a child and only gives you milk. Humph, you are a traitor!"
Shu Jinyue held back the words she was about to confess. Could it be that the whole world knew that they were in love, but she was the only one who was still trying so hard to keep it a secret?
Ahhhh! ! Xu Duan must know this, so why didn't he remind her? She wants to break up with him, let's do it for two days first.
"Speaking of which, Second Brother Xu is really good. I don't know why Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu are so strict with him. My parents always said that if my brother could be half as sensible and smart as Second Brother Xu, they would be very lucky."
Jin Yue thought: Because his birth was a disaster, it impacted that enviable marriage.
***
On the first day after the Spring Festival holiday, Jin Yue received the bad news that Grandma Hu passed away.
During the Chinese New Year, she delivered meals to Grandma Hu every day. She saw that things were getting worse and worse, and she was mentally prepared. But when she was at work and heard Director Niu and a group of people going to Huaishu Hutong, she was so sad that she lay on the table and cried.
Grandma Hu told her family not to see her off and not to show up. She should have felt their kindness when she was alive. If she showed up now and couldn't control her emotions, people who didn't know would think that their family had gained a lot of benefits from Grandma Hu... The most terrible thing in the world is jealousy.
Many people didn't believe that Grandma Hu was penniless. They all thought that she must have some money. But if the people who handled her funeral couldn't find her money, it would be a big trouble for the Shu family.
The fact is, apart from Grandma Hu's book, Jin Yue did not get a penny or a piece of gold or silver jewelry.
Although he knew that her arrangement was for the good of the Shu family, Jin Yue still couldn't help it. He wiped his tears, hid behind everyone, took a look at her, and sent her off for the last time.
From then on, there was no longer the eldest daughter of the Hu family, and no longer Hu Peiyi in the world.
Because she was a lonely elderly woman and took the initiative to donate her house to the street office, her funeral was handled by Director Niu himself, and a very old man was invited to help her bathe and change clothes. Jin Yue was unable to help and felt sad, so he quietly returned to his unit.
"Grandma Hu is really old. If she had children at her age, she would probably have five generations living under the same roof." Liu Jinbu sighed.
"It's a pity that he met the wrong person. But that ungrateful bastard's family is doomed to be extinct. I heard that Hu Laizi tried to escape during his labor camp a few days ago, but he fell off the wall when he was climbing over it and was nearly killed."
Even if he hadn't fallen, he had no wife or children. When he was released from prison, he was almost fifty years old. How could he still have children?
“This is karma.”
"If his grandfather hadn't bullied people like that and hadn't been out there behind Grandma Hu's back... Grandpa Hu wouldn't have been so angry to death."
"It's a pity that the bad guys have been passed down from generation to generation for three generations, and the Hu family has been wiped out." Zhu Daqiang has very traditional ideas and he felt very emotional when talking about this.
Jin Yue listened incoherently, crying all the time. She couldn't imagine how Grandma Hu would have lived her life if she hadn't been reborn, whether Hu Rongsheng would have reconciled with her, whether the Hu family's medical skills would have been passed down... Perhaps, Hu Laizi had bullied her to death as early as three years ago.
"Old Ma, this guy, really should have heard about the ending of Hu Laizi's family, so that he would know that there will be retribution for doing bad things." Old Zhu said a few words, and suddenly sighed, "But now his retribution has come."
"What do you mean?"
Jin Yue also wiped away his tears and looked over.
"He was treated for amebiasis before the New Year. The test results showed that he also had amebiasis, but he didn't seem to be very sensitive to the medicine. After taking metronidazole, he had fewer bowel movements and the dark red and smelly stools were gone, but he still had them."
Jin Yue was stunned. Metronidazole is the most effective drug for this disease. Decades of clinical medical development in later generations have proven that there is no drug more effective than this one. How could this be?
"How many times a day now, and what are the characteristics?"
"I heard that it's still three or four times a day, which is obviously much less, and the stool has turned light yellow, but it just can't get back to normal."
Shu Jinyue felt it was strange. Logically speaking, the diagnosis was clear, the medication was correct, and the dosage and course of treatment were sufficient. How could the recovery be incomplete?
Although she despised this person, she was more curious about this issue involving her professional blind spot. "I'll go to the district this afternoon to see what's going on."
She took the bus there alone. When she asked at the station, the other two doctors in charge of her treatment said that Lao Ma was in the ward and asked her to go see him herself.
This guy has been living here for quite a long time and is still not fully recovered, so he treats them very badly. If it weren't a task arranged by Secretary Liu himself, they really wanted to kick him out and let him go wherever he wants.
"Don't blame us for not giving you a heads up, Xiaoshu. This guy is now taking his anger out on us." The colleague pointed at Ma Shuhui's office. In the morning, when Director Ma came to make rounds, he saw him and the two had a few words.
Ma's ex-husband thought that the reason his illness had not been fully cured was because Ma Shuhui instructed everyone to delay him.
"How could Director Ma be such a person? Besides, Director Ma has not come to the unit during this period, let alone asked about his illness. Is he looking for someone to take the blame?"
If others heard this, they might not go in, but Jin Yue really wanted to know why he was unwell, "It's okay, I'll go in and take a look."
Before going in, she took a look at the patient's condition. It was similar to what Lao Zhu said. The dosage and time of metronidazole were all correct. But starting from the fourth day, his amoebic stool disappeared and turned into light yellow watery stool with a slight odor, but not strong.
Looking at the body temperature and heart rate, they are normal, the appetite is a little poor, and the sleep is not very good. It is also related to the long-term diarrhea, and it is not necessarily pathological.
The wards here are all single rooms because they are specially prepared for infectious diseases. "Hello, Comrade Ma, I am Doctor Shu who is responsible for giving you Chinese medicine treatment."
When she felt his pulse that day, he didn't even look at her straight in the eye, so he naturally forgot about it: "What Chinese medicine doctor? Who asked for the Chinese medicine doctor? Was it that vicious woman Ma Shuhui?"
Ma's ex-husband jumped up and down on the bed, "If you want her to have the guts, just come to me. What's the point of hiding like this? She just doesn't want to get a divorce. Now that we've gotten a divorce, she still wants to take revenge on me. She has such a vicious heart!"
He wore a mask that day and refused to take it off. What kind of man did Shu Jinyue think he was? It turned out he had a monkey face and a pair of monkey eyes, commonly known as a pointed-mouthed and monkey-cheeked man... But his body was not a skinny monkey, but rather chubby, as if the face and body came from two different people.
Looking more closely at his face, it was a little red, probably because he was angry, but it was not difficult to see that his base color was white and his exposed fingers were also whiter.
With such appearance, if he wasn't a leader, no woman would be willing to bear a child for him, let alone an illegitimate child that could not be seen in public.
Jin Yue sighed that power is a good thing, and took out his work ID, "This is my work ID. If you have any doubts about my appearance, you can go to Secretary Liu to ask for the document."
She came here in accordance with the requirements of the documents. Jin Yue was too lazy to say more to him. She grabbed his wrist and applied a little force. He couldn't break free at all - his pulse was deep and stringy.
Ma's ex-husband struggled a few times but couldn't break free, so he started to vent his anger by scolding Ma Shuhui, saying that she was vicious, that she couldn't stand him getting along well, that she couldn't stand him having a son, and that his son should be successful and filial to him in the future, "You'll just spend your whole life guarding that little fool... ah, it hurts!"
"What did you do to me? My hands are numb. Someone, come quickly. Kill someone!"
While he was howling like a ghost, Jin Yue quickly observed his tongue coating - it was white, thick and greasy.
"Mr. Ma, don't accuse me falsely. Doctor Shu is treating you according to the regulations. Don't be ungrateful." Ma Shuhui couldn't stand it anymore, so she came to the door and said coldly.
"You bullshit Chinese medicine practitioner! She's so young, how can she know anything about Chinese medicine? You must have deliberately arranged this to harm me, you vicious woman, you will be punished... Ouch, it hurts!"
He pointed at Shu Jinyue, sweating from the pain, "What did you do to me? Why does my stomach hurt so much... mmm..."
Suddenly, his face changed and he ran to the toilet, holding his stomach. He didn't care that there was a circle of his "vicious ex-wife's" colleagues watching him at the door. He started to rage in the toilet.
Everyone's mouth corners twitched as they listened to the sound. This wasn't diarrhea, it was diarrhea...
The more Shu Jinyue listened to his diarrhea, the more she realized that she had only gently stimulated a certain acupoint of his and he was diarrhea like this. This was not due to amoebiasis.
By considering his complexion, tongue coating and pulse, Jin Yue roughly knew what his condition was.
Jin Yue was thinking about how to explain it to him when he suddenly heard a series of "thump thump thump" footsteps rushing up from the stairwell.
The staff of the epidemic prevention station are trying to stop them. "Comrade, this is our ward. No outsiders are allowed to come in."
"I'm the patient's family member, I'm his wife, why don't you let me in? Get out of the way!"
"We are his parents, why can't we visit him? Even if the king of heaven comes, he can't stop us from seeing our son!"
"Our ward is special. Family members are not allowed to visit. If you need anything, we will convey it on your behalf..." Before he could finish his words, the group of people pushed aside and headed straight for the ward door.
Before Jin Yue could see clearly, he saw an old woman raising her hand and trying to slap Ma Shuhui.
Fortunately, Ma Shuhui was no pushover. She dodged and looked at the family with disgust.
The old woman didn't hit anyone, but she sprained her waist with an "ouch", her fingers trembling, "You vicious woman, my son doesn't want you and that little idiot anymore, and you still have the nerve to come here!"
"I think you have bad intentions and want to deliberately kill my son. You vicious woman, you have been married for so many years but still can't give birth to a son. You have caused my Ma family to be extinct. And you have to support that little fool and drag down my whole family. Why don't you just die!"
"We have to be discharged from the hospital. My son must be discharged immediately!"
"Yes, I want to be discharged from the hospital. I will go to see a Chinese doctor myself. I won't stay with Ma Shuhui!"
The entire corridor was filled with the noise of the family, and everyone in the epidemic prevention station looked at Ma Shuhui, waiting for her instructions.
Ma Shuhui's face was pale and red, with tears welling up in her eyes. If she hadn't been wearing a white coat, she would really have gone up and fought with the old lady and her family.
Shu Jinyue pulled her back and gently squeezed the back of her hand. "Director, since the patient and his family members strongly request to be discharged, let them go."
He turned to the old woman and said, "You can be discharged. With so many people watching, you need to write us a certificate stating that it is not us who recommends your discharge, but that you and your family members actively requested your discharge. Otherwise, you cannot leave."
"Let's write it, let's go!"
Ma Qianfu immediately pulled over two pieces of writing paper and quickly wrote three lines of words.
Just in case, Shu Jinyue asked him to copy it, "Okay, you can go now."
"Xiao Shu, his amoebiasis has not been cured yet and he does not meet the discharge criteria." No matter how much Ma Shuhui hated him, she was still a professional.
Jin Yue smiled.
"Don't worry, if he walks out of this door today, he will come back to beg us within half a month."
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