Chapter 87087 Wedding Night & the Girl’s Darkest Hour…
Weight loss is called emaciation, which is very common in clinical practice. The principle is well known to everyone, that is, the body consumes more than it consumes.
Doctors are very conservative and rigorous in what they say and do, especially someone as excellent and professional as Mo Shuyi. He would consider every decision over and over again. Jin Yue had a feeling that the sudden visit at this time was not a simple matter.
Mo Shuyi said apologetically, "I know you're getting married tomorrow, but I'm sorry to bother you at this time."
Shu Jinyue shook his head, indicating that he didn't need to feel guilty. They were friends, and he had troubled him a lot. "Don't be so formal. Come sit in my room and talk."
The three of them then came to Jin Yue. Zhao Wanqiu had nothing to do anyway, so she wanted to go over and listen. She could treat basic common diseases now, but she had not encountered many uncommon diseases, so she wanted to broaden her horizons.
She washed a plate of grapes and brought it to the young man's room, then found a place to sit down, without interrupting, and just listened quietly.
"How old is your little sister?"
"Nineteen years old, very thin, you could say she was extremely skinny."
It is impossible for a person to lose weight suddenly for no reason, especially a teenage girl who is in the best condition of physical function. The first suspect must be malignant wasting disease, such as common malignant tumors, parasites, hyperthyroidism, diabetes and the like. If you eliminate them one by one, you will always get something.
But Mo Shuyi shook his head, "We checked everything and found nothing."
Jin Yue didn't say anything and suppressed the doubts in his heart. So that's how it is. He thought to himself, no wonder Mo Shuyi came to see him overnight.
He was sent to study in Japan on a government scholarship, and had a degree in Su Guo cardiology. His mentor was also a leading figure in the field of cardiology in Japan. It was easy for him to find a good internist to examine his junior sister. But they came to seek help from traditional Chinese medicine, which shows that this is not ordinary weight loss. There must be something that Western medicine cannot treat, or it has reached a level that is incurable.
Mo Shuyi rarely felt downcast. "Alas, my junior sister is called Sato Miko. She is my mentor's daughter who came later in life. She has always been favored. She has never had to worry about food and drink since she was a child. It is not an exaggeration to say that she has eaten all kinds of delicacies from land and sea, so she has been a little fat since she was a child."
Jin Yue nodded, motioning for him to continue.
"She was actually very cute when she was little. I remember when I first went to study in Japan, I was not very happy because of the language barrier and unfamiliarity with the place. She often comforted me and secretly brought me her favorite sushi. She was only seven or eight years old at that time and was chubby."
"Later, I returned to China and we didn't see each other for several years. Last year, my professor was ill and I went to visit him. When we met again, I almost didn't recognize him."
"He's so skinny that he's almost skin and bones."
She changed from a chubby and cute little girl to a skinny girl. He thought she was sick at the time, and it was a serious malignant wasting disease. However, the tutor himself was an authoritative expert and he also examined Miko and said that she was indeed not sick.
"How could she lose so much weight if she is not sick? Is she not telling the truth?" No matter how good a doctor is, there is nothing he can do if he encounters a patient who does not tell the truth.
Of course, that is Western medicine. As for Chinese medicine, Jin Yue felt that what his master said made a lot of sense - don't lie to the old Chinese doctor.
A slap in the face is loud and painful!
As expected, Mo Shuyi sighed again, "I also suspect this. Meizi was very cheerful when she was young, but in the past two years, she has become silent and taciturn for some reason. She always keeps her head down. Teacher Sato can't ask too many questions. If you ask her too quickly, she will just cry. It's hard for any father to see a child crying like that."
So, it’s difficult to ask further.
"Could it be a psychological problem, like depression?" This disease can also cause a decrease in appetite and lead to weight loss.
Mo Shuyi shook his head, "I've done a psychological assessment, no problem."
Shu Jinyue pondered for a moment. His personality had changed so much. He thought of what happened to Li Xiangyang not long ago. "Have you heard about what happened to her at school? Did she get bullied?"
According to her experience, children who are obese, have average looks, are sensitive and timid are the most likely to be bullied, especially girls.
"I have learned that there are some people who laugh at her and give her insulting nicknames. After Ms. Sato lodged a serious protest, the school came to apologize in person and even arranged for her to be transferred to another class, but she is still thin."
"What about the teacher? Has she ever been bullied by the teacher?" Shu Jinyue had seen a Japanese movie about a former victim of school bullying who returned to school and launched a crazy revenge and killing campaign against the teachers and classmates who had bullied him. It was scary and exciting at the same time when she watched it. The fact that this movie was so popular in Japan shows that school bullying is a very serious and common phenomenon in Japan.
Mo Shuyi shook his head, "Not yet."
That's strange. He's not depressed, he doesn't have any serious illness, and he's not being bullied. His mental state is fine. So why is he losing weight?
Zhao Wanqiu listened for a long time and suddenly laughed, "Could this little girl have lost weight on her own?"
Mo Shuyi smiled bitterly, "That's right, forgive me for keeping you in suspense at the beginning."
Of course Jin Yue would not be distant with him. She believed that he was actually helping her to unravel the mystery by revealing his illness bit by bit.
"At first, Miko didn't want to say anything. Later, Teacher Sato noticed that she would run back to her room immediately after eating, and then he found out that she would induce vomiting in her room."
"How much did you vomit? Did you vomit it out after every meal?"
"At first, she did. Later, the teacher stopped her from vomiting because she was afraid something might happen to her. But her weight kept dropping. She lost over 50 pounds in just one year. Teacher Sato was very worried and took her to see many doctors, including nutritionists, gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, and psychiatrists."
"We also hired a psychotherapist to counsel her, but the results were not ideal. And just last month, Mr. Sato discovered that she was secretly taking diacetyl tincture."
"Will she be constipated?" Jin Yue was a little surprised. Dicaprolactone tincture is a laxative, and a stimulant laxative at that. Unless other types of laxatives are ineffective, clinicians rarely use this on patients.
Generally, she rarely uses it in clinical practice because there are better Chinese medicines with more options, higher safety and greater convenience.
"Yes, she just said that she had been constipated for six years, since she was thirteen years old. Sometimes she could only relieve constipation once every four or five days, sometimes it took more than a week, and the longest time was twenty days. She used diacetylphenol tincture, and at first one tablet was effective, but later she needed three or four tablets, and now she actually needs twenty tablets, and the most recent time she even used an astonishing twenty-three tablets... but it still didn't have a laxative effect."
Yao Qingqing listened with her eyes wide open. What does it mean to not have a bowel movement for twenty days? She must have been suffering from holding it in for too long. And that double-something thing should be some kind of very effective laxative. The normal dose is one or two tablets. How could it be that she secretly used twenty-three tablets?
Shu Jinyue couldn't help but be amazed. Such a large amount was really huge!
But what is more worrying is that such a large dosage has no laxative effect. Are her feces made of reinforced concrete?
Until then, Shu Jinyue finally figured out the reason for her weight loss: "Because of the constipation problem, she has been afraid to eat more, fearing that she won't be able to relieve the symptoms, and it will be more uncomfortable to hold it in, right? But she didn't know that her small appetite and single food variety aggravated her constipation."
Mo Shuyi nodded, and so Sato Miko fell into a vicious cycle. The more she dared not eat, the thinner she became. The thinner she became, the more constipated she became. The more constipated she became, the thinner she became. Now she is just skin and bones.
"There are even medical psychology experts who say she has reached the stage of anorexia nervosa."
Now, Jin Yue was silent. If he let her continue doing this, his life would be in danger.
"Teacher Sato took her to see many doctors in Japan, and tried all the relevant departments. They also saw a Chinese doctor. A very famous doctor in their country, Dr. Kobayashi, also saw her, and said there was no cure. He suggested that he take Miko to Longguo to see a Chinese doctor."
As soon as Sato called him, he immediately thought of Shu Jinyue and came over overnight to find out the truth.
"Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the four diagnostic methods of observation, auscultation, inquiry and palpation. I cannot make a judgment based on the current information alone. If they are willing, they can come to me directly."
Mo Shuyi nodded quickly, "Okay, I'll go call you back, you have a good rest and be a happy bride tomorrow."
As soon as he left, Jin Yue couldn't sleep. She thought of Xiang Lihua, this strange girl whom she had never met, who seemed to have always lived in her heart, full of regrets. She had come into contact with many people in her two lifetimes. Among so many patients, there were beautiful, smart, cute, tall, short, fat and thin people. There were too many people who were memorable...but Xiang Lihua was the only one. She was not her patient at all, but she might never forget her for the rest of her life.
I was thinking about all sorts of things and just as I closed my eyes in a daze, before I could fall asleep, it was dawn. I heard a rustling sound in the yard, which was the sound of a broom rubbing against the floor.
Because today is Jin Yue's wedding day, the entire compound spontaneously cleaned up, even more proactively than during the Chinese New Year.
Shu Jinyue from Yard No. 16 is getting married! This is Shu Jinyue! People from the entire Liuye Hutong and even Xinqiao Street volunteered to help. Because of Jin Yue's medical skills, they saved a lot of money on medical expenses alone. Almost everyone benefited directly or indirectly. When they heard that this "little miracle doctor" did not move out after getting married and continued to live in Liuye Hutong, everyone was even happier.
Huang Mei has also come. She is now pregnant with a big belly and is more than seven months pregnant.
"Sister Huang Mei, please don't come. Just have a good rest at home. It's too tiring here." Jin Yue yawned, tears welling up in his eyes. He wished he could fall back on the kang and continue sleeping.
"How can I not come to your happy day?" Huang Mei got married the year before last and married a colleague from the countryside in their unit as her son-in-law. It was said that the family had many sons and his parents agreed to let him live with them.
"How's your dad doing lately?"
"It's the same as always. It won't get better for a while, but it won't be life-threatening." When Huang Mei said she wanted to marry into her family, her father was completely enraged. He beat up Aunt Huang, and Huang Mei, who happened to be coming home from get off work, saw it. She started arguing with him, and he fell down and became paralyzed on one side of his body.
Actually, it’s just one word: deserve it!
He drank too much the night before and was not quite clear-headed to begin with, yet he still insisted on beating his wife. Even if he had not had an argument with Huang Mei, he would have fallen down when walking, fallen off the kang when sleeping, and might even have fallen into the toilet when going to the bathroom, and he would have lost his life.
Fortunately, when he fell, his wife and daughter were at the scene. They rushed him to the hospital immediately and saved his life. In Jin Yue's words, he had to thank his wife and daughter for not giving up on him.
Now, because his language and motor functions are severely impaired and he is completely unable to take care of himself, the Huang family thinks he is a burden and wish they didn't know him. They avoid their home during all the holidays.
"Anyway, my mother took care of him and didn't let him get cold or hungry. His family wanted to ask for work and money, so we sent him to the police station and the street office to seek justice. It didn't make sense that they would ignore a paralyzed person but rush to take his job."
The Huang family had temporarily found peace, and she was in a good mood, looking radiant. "It's a big day for you today, why are your eyes a little swollen? No, I'll go find Aunt Zhao and quickly boil two eggs for you."
She hurried to the front yard. Jin Yue looked in the mirror and found that her face was indeed a little swollen. She quickly applied two facial masks on herself.
I make it myself by grinding Chinese herbal medicine into powder, mixing it with egg white, applying it on and lying quietly for a quarter of an hour. It is very effective in first aid for acne caused by staying up late. Once the egg is rolled, the swelling will go away.
There were no makeup artists those days, so Yao Qingqing and Huang Mei were busy with her, washing her hair, blow-drying her hair, changing her clothes, matching her clothes... After all the busy work, it was already half past eight.
Shu Jinyue yawned and put on her own makeup, disliking the two women's poor skills. She didn't want to be made up like a monkey's butt today.
Just as I finished drawing the last stroke of eyeliner, the door suddenly creaked, the light at the door dimmed, and a tall, bright and beautiful woman stood there.
The beauty was facing the light, but her figure and temperament were there. Jin Yue would not make a mistake. She rubbed her eyes and said, "Sister?"
It turned out to be Shu Wenyun, whom I hadn't seen for a year and a half. "Didn't Dad say you were busy with internship? Why are you back?"
Shu Wenyun is studying at Beijing University. Because of her excellent academic performance, she has been confirmed to be a graduate student. Now she is doing research on the history of Chinese and foreign law with her supervisor, and she has to go abroad from time to time.
When Teacher Shu called her again yesterday, she was still in Hong Kong City. Unexpectedly, she had returned home now and was standing in front of her.
"Congratulations, and happy wedding." Shu Wenyun flipped her wavy hair, looking very charming.
She was wearing a short black leather jacket, a black tight vest underneath, low-waist wide-leg jeans, and a thin brown and black women's leather belt... She was not revealing anything, but she was so sexy.
"Wow, Wenyun, where did you buy your clothes? They are so beautiful!"
"And these pants. Your legs are so long and your waist is so thin. Are these trousers bell-bottoms? A few days ago, I saw someone in our unit wearing bell-bottoms, and they were called rogue pants... Hehe, but his are made of black Dacron, not as pretty as yours!"
Yao Qingqing and Xu Wenli naturally wanted to ask about her cool and sexy outfit. Jin Yue looked envious. She had seen it on her mobile phone. This was called Hong Kong style, which was very popular in Hong Kong at that time, but... it was very restrictive to her figure.
Shu Wenyun is over 1.7 meters tall and slim, with naturally curly hair, she can wear clothes with natural temperament. If she, Shu Jinyue, wears the same clothes, the trouser legs will be long enough to be worn as shoes, and the leather jacket will not give off that cool feeling, but instead she will look like a township entrepreneur.
Of course, she did not say that township entrepreneurs are bad. It is not popular to call them that now, but they will be very popular in the future, and many people will envy them.
"You've become more beautiful today." Shu Wenyun praised sincerely, changed the subject, gave her some advice, and readjusted some of her makeup and accessories. Immediately, everyone said that she looked better than before.
With three girls helping out with ideas, Jin Yue's bridal makeup went up two levels. She looked here and there vainly, and now she was just waiting for the groom to pick her up.
When I called her last night, Xu Duan was still in Shenzhen. He said he would definitely pick her up at an auspicious time today. I wonder if he can do it?
Several girls cleaned up the bridal chamber and sat on the kang to chat. Shu Wenyun took out a wedding gift for Jin Yue - a gold bracelet, slender and delicate, inlaid with two emeralds, from a very famous jewelry brand in Hong Kong.
She had just paid off Jin Yue's debt and usually lived on school subsidies and allowances from her tutor. She actually bought him such an expensive gift. Of course Jin Yue couldn't accept it.
"Just take it. I occasionally take on some private work now. The salary level in Hong Kong is different from that in the mainland. It won't take long for me to earn it back."
Seeing that she was sincere, Shu Jinyue stopped being shy and said, "Thank you."
The auspicious time for picking up the bride was approaching, but the children who had gone to the entrance of the alley to keep watch had no news yet. Under normal circumstances, they would have come to the Shu family's door again and again to report "military intelligence"... Zhao Wanqiu was a little anxious.
She called Popcorn Chicken over and said, "Go ask your brother if he hasn't arrived yet."
Popcorn chicken ran away swinging his long legs, and came back panting three minutes later, "Grandma, he's not here yet, he's not here yet, my brother said he hasn't seen Uncle Xu's big-butt jeep yet!"
Zhao Wanqiu stamped her feet, "What's wrong with Xu Duan? He's not like this usually. Why does he let down his guard in such a matter?"
She was a little angry, because she didn't want to hold these ceremonies in the beginning. She thought it would be enough to set up a few tables in the courtyard like other families did. But he insisted on making it so grand, with gifts and engagement, and a big celebration. The atmosphere was already set up, but he messed up. Isn't this embarrassing for Jin Yue?
On the contrary, Shu Linong, who had been feeling uncomfortable, was very calm. "Just sit down for a while. You've been walking around so much that my eyes are dizzy."
Zhao Wanqiu only had this biological daughter. She glared at him and said, "Don't worry about me. There are too many people here today. We still have to go to the restaurant later. Have you packed your things?"
"I gave it to Jin Yue quietly last night."
Zhao Wanqiu was stunned and said nothing, but a warm feeling surged in her heart.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, when they were discussing their marriage, she did not want a dowry, but Shu Linong took it, 999. After receiving it, he opened a separate savings book for her and divided all the savings of the couple in the past few years into two parts.
To be honest, they really haven't saved much money over the years. Their retirement salary is just a few dollars. Old people are also human beings and have their own expenses. They can't save much money throughout the year. Buying a job for Jin Yue that year basically emptied their family savings. Later, when Wenming got married, they held a wedding banquet. When Mengmeng and Yaya were born, they made a small silver lock for each of them as a dowry for Jinyue... They had just saved up a little, and then there was a new source of spending money. Until yesterday, they still had 300 yuan left.
This is in addition to the food expenses paid by the children, and the frequent subsidies of meat coupons and fine grains. If they were like those children in other courtyards who were useless and had to rely on their parents for support, they would not even be able to save 300 yuan.
Shu Linong divided the three hundred yuan into two parts, one for Jin Yue and the other to be divided equally among his three children. As for Wen Yun's dowry, he would save it for later.
1,149 yuan, all in the passbook, which he secretly gave to Jin Yue last night.
From now on, this will be her private money.
Zhao Wanqiu felt smooth-headed and smiled. In fact, she also had some pocket money, not much, only about a hundred yuan. She gave it to Jin Yue, but Jin Yue refused and gave her three hundred yuan instead.
Jin Yue said that she would not tell Teacher Shu and her brothers and sisters about the money. She would just treat it as her pocket money and give her some more next year. She would also ask her to get her hair permed in a few days.
If we compare the amount of money, Shu Linong didn't seem to give much, but it was the best within his ability. It certainly couldn't be compared with Shu Jinyue, who had a private treasury.
Just as I was thinking about it, Popcorn Chicken shouted "Here they come", the wedding party is coming! The old couple perked up, and immediately took on the postures of father-in-law and mother-in-law, sitting upright.
The alley was full of people, and the jeep couldn't get in at all. "The groom's family has so many cars coming, and they are parked on the road at the entrance of the alley for so long!"
"Uncle Xu looks so impressive in the uniform of the PLA uncles!"
Amid the chatter, Shu Jinyue heard Xu Duan coming to the front door, setting off firecrackers, and then coming to the new house and knocking on the door. Yao Qingqing and a few other girls blocked his way in, so he generously stuffed red envelopes into the house. Some of the envelopes contained candy, some peanuts, and some money...
The door opened. Xu Duan, who was wearing an old military uniform, still had a little bit of moisture on his hair and a fresh scent of soap on his body. Although he was dressed very neatly and carefully, and it was impossible for him to leave anything inappropriate on such an important day, Jin Yue had a feeling that he must have come in a hurry.
"You just got back this morning, right?" she asked in a low voice.
"Um."
"But doesn't the flight to Guangzhou land at 10:30? How come you're here so soon?" She had made preparations. If she couldn't make it at the auspicious time, it would be okay for her to wait. She didn't care about that anyway.
"I drove back and borrowed a car from a comrade." We set out right after the meeting and drove for more than ten hours. We finally arrived home at dawn, washed our hair, took a shower, shaved, and changed clothes. That was the speed of the spearhead company.
Jin Yue was scared, "You guy, it's no big deal if you're a few hours late, it's so unsafe to drive at night."
"I want to see you soon."
Jin Yue kept his mouth shut, and was very sweet. He was happily picked up amid the cheers of the crowd. They went to the old house to offer tea and kowtow to the two elders. Then they got in the car, drove around the city, and then arrived at the Shilan Hotel to start various procedures.
For something like a wedding, not counting Shu's relatives and friends, she alone invited several tables of guests, including colleagues from the street office, Mo Shuyi and other good friends, Kang Yongxin and Hu Rongsheng and other senior masters with whom she had frequent business dealings, Zhao Dayong, Sun Yuli, Sun Tieniu, Song Yingying and Anna, all the patients she had seen before came after hearing the news. Even Director Ma heard about her marriage from Zhu Daqiang and took the initiative to bring his daughter here!
Ma Xiaomei has been learning calligraphy with Kang Yuqiong for the past two years. Her personality has become much more stable. She is no longer upset by other people's strange looks like before. Her walking posture is still different from others, and the nerves on her face are also uncoordinated when she smiles, but now she can manage not to look other people in the eye.
In the words of Kang Yuqiong, do whatever you want!
"Is this Comrade Ma Xiaomei whom you mentioned last time?" Shu Wenyan asked.
Jin Yue nodded. Two months ago, with the encouragement of her and Kang Yuqiong, Ma Xiaomei plucked up the courage to submit her novel to a domestic newspaper. In order to boost her self-confidence before sending it out, Jin Yue took her manuscript home and asked her elder brother to look at it for her.
After all, Shu Wenyan will be a great writer in the future. He has published many poems and novels in the past two years. He has a unique vision. If he says it will work, then it will definitely work.
"At the time you said that even if it's not possible, I have to say yes and encourage the child. But guess what, although her writing style is a little immature, her ideas are very good and her imagination is very rich. She even wrote a plot about humans being infected by a virus and turning into mermaids. This is called science fiction in foreign countries. Do you know?"
Everyone shook their heads. In the eyes of ordinary workers, the happiest thing is to go to work, get paid, and contribute to socialism. Viruses and bacteria are too far away from them, not to mention mermaids and the deep sea, which are simply things from another world to them.
Ma Xiaomei, a little girl who had never been to school, had been staying at home reading books like crazy since she was a child, had never received traditional education, and had never seen the outside world, could actually write such a plot. She is truly a genius!
"Later, I suggested that she submit her article to a publishing house instead of a newspaper. Sure enough, they were very interested and asked her to send another 30,000 words. They wanted to study it carefully."
Everyone listened with great interest. The mother and daughter of the Ma family looked a little reserved, but Shu Wenyan had a high emotional intelligence when he was serious. He led them to chat for a while and soon let them relax.
Jin Yue chatted with them for a few words and then went to attend to other guests. The Xu family had many more guests than she had imagined. In addition to the Xu family's relatives in Haicheng and Zhejiang Province, whose ancestral home was in that area, there were also cousin Xu Ruixue whom she had met last time, and some of Mrs. Xu's family members, all of whom came from other provinces and had to be treated well.
Although Xu Duan is not Madam Xu's biological son, his family can no longer look at him with the same eyes as before because of his success now. Instead, they regard themselves as his uncle in every way.
Of course, even Yao Qingqing didn’t know this secret, let alone outsiders. Those who knew about it kept it a secret.
"Are you tired? Let's go in first." Xu Duan looked down at her and said gently.
Shu Jinyue shook her head. She was worried that more people would come later. In addition to Mr. Jiang and Hu Guizhi's family, there were many other guests she had never seen before but who looked very unusual at first glance. What if there were more people later? She would have to cheer up to entertain them.
Not to mention the exhaustion of the process, no one told her that getting married would be so tiring. If she had known this would happen, she would rather have listened to her mother and just set up a few tables in the compound!
By the time most of the guests had left, she was so tired that she could fall asleep immediately. Xu Duan touched her forehead and said, "If you are tired, go back first. I'll have someone take you back. I may need you for a while."
He has more than a dozen comrades who have come from all over the country, and he must have a good drink tonight.
"But I'll try to get back early."
Shu Jinyue blushed, "You didn't sleep last night, so drink less today." Don't miss the wedding night.
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After returning to Yard No. 16, Yao Qingqing and Xu Wenli sat with her in the new house for a while. Seeing that it was almost time, they went back to their respective homes. Jin Yue first changed her clothes, removed her makeup, took a quick shower, and changed into her nightgown. She felt much more comfortable.
She didn't know how long Xu Duan would be forced to drink, and she didn't plan to wait. She left a small light on the "entrance" at the door and fell asleep.
She didn't know what time she slept until she suddenly felt someone lying down next to her. She immediately opened her eyes and sniffed, "A smell of alcohol."
"Not too drunk."
Jin Yue didn't believe it, so he leaned over to smell it, "I can tell at first glance that your comrades love to drink." Some of them even have rosacea from drinking.
The nightgown she wore was made of cotton by Zhao Dayong's wife. It was sleeveless and had a sweetheart neckline. Normally, the neckline was not very wide, but when she bent over, the whiteness of her chest poured out like a ray of moonlight.
Xu Duan couldn't tell whether it was real moonlight or something else, so he pulled the person over and held him in his arms...
Afterwards, Shu Jinyue thought carefully about the day and only remembered one word - tired.
Like when I was in the countryside, after working all day, I would return to the educated youth’s house at night and be crushed by an old ox all night. The old ox was heavy and big, very strong, and its power was also impressive. It was a bit painful when I first got crushed, but it was within the tolerable range. Then, after a while, I felt comfortable with it.
It was so comfortable that Shu Jinyue completely ignored the discomfort at the beginning, and even thought that there was nothing wrong with it lasting a little longer... Then, he really did as she wished.
The old ox enjoyed this, round after round, and no one knew what time it ended. Anyway, Shu Jinyue could not open her eyelids and fell into a deep sleep. When she woke up in the morning, the nightgown she wore last night had been wrinkled into a rag.
Or a damp rag.
Xu Duan woke up first and patted her through the quilt, "Sleep a little longer, I'll wash the clothes first, and then go to my parents' place to get breakfast."
Shu Jinyue hid in the quilt, not wanting to look at the culprit, and even more embarrassed to look at the ravaged skirt.
She really wanted to say, it has turned into a wet rag. If it doesn’t work, don’t wash it. Just throw it away. It will smell no matter how you wash it. Every time you wear it in the future, she will be reminded of how much she was on their wedding night... Forget it, she covered her face.
Xu Duan was used to working, so he first cleaned up the large amount of garbage produced last night. The smell was too strong, so he opened the window a little to let the wind in and dissipate the smell.
Now that the young people who went to work have left and most of the elderly have gone out to buy groceries, the well in the courtyard is idle. Wearing a vest, he brought a basin of dirty clothes containing two people's underwear to the well, washed them quickly, rinsed them several times to make sure they were washed thoroughly, and then hung them on the clothesline.
Zhao Wanqiu and Shu Linong went out to buy groceries, and the breakfast was still warm on the stove. It was actually four boiled eggs and two bowls of rice porridge.
Xu Duan peeled the eggs, put them in a bowl of porridge and brought it to the bridal chamber. Jin Yue finally got up and was looking at the red marks on her neck in the mirror with a toothbrush in her mouth... Well, there were still many below the neck. She glared at him.
Just wait, after she becomes familiar with the road conditions, there will always be a day when she will drive on the road to counterattack him. By then, she will make it impossible for him to leave the house or get off the bed!
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Jin Yue is now in summer vacation and Xu Duan's work has also come to an end. After dinner, the two of them sorted out the things they received yesterday at home.
Wedding gifts these days are more practical. Kettles, enamel basins and acrylic pillowcases are the three most popular items. Looking at the gift money book, they actually received a lot of them, enough for them to get married ten times.
The more delicate ones include teapots, teacups, and dressing mirrors, of which there are quite a few; the larger ones include blankets, towel blankets, quilt covers...all together, it's really a lot.
The couple had lunch at the Shu family. For dinner, as the Xu family members and Mrs. Xu’s family were still in the book city, the couple had to go back to their old house in Jinyu Hutong.
Jin Yue is not good at anything except having a good memory. She could call out the names of the people that Xu Duan had introduced at the wedding banquet yesterday. Everyone saw that although she was young, she was a kind and good girl, and she was generous in dealing with people, so they praised her a lot.
As for how much of it was genuine praise and how much of it was forced praise for Xu Duan's sake, Jin Yue was too lazy to be serious about it. After greeting a bunch of relatives, the couple went back to Liuye Hutong.
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In the next few days, the young couple lived a very leisurely life. Jin Yue found the large color TV given by Xu Ping too noisy, so he put it in the old house. At night, everyone did not go to Shang Guangming's house, but went to Shu's house, which was naturally lively again.
After half a month of excitement, Xu Duan was reluctant to leave, but he had to start his own business: "I may have to go to the south recently and stay in Shenzhen for a while. Do you want to go with me or stay at home..."
Jin Yue was a little tempted, but thinking of what Mo Shuyi had said about Sato Miko's illness last time, she had a hunch that the Sato family would come to Longguo soon. In addition, there were some old patients who needed follow-up visits. If she was not there, her mother would not be able to handle some special illnesses. "Forget it, let's wait until next time. I can't leave for now."
Xu Duan nodded, "Then take good care of yourself at home and call me if you have any questions."
He found a passbook from a book he had brought over, "I need to bring 1,000 yuan with me this time. This is the remaining 5,000 yuan. You can keep it for living expenses."
Five thousand yuan for living expenses...Shu Jinyue's mouth twitched. Did he think she was such a spendthrift? However, she remembered that the last time they were in Haicheng, he seemed to have only 3,000 yuan in savings. How come in such a short time, he, an unemployed man, had saved 6,000 yuan?
In just two years, my savings doubled!
No matter how he saved it, she liked it so much, "Do you have any more? Give it all to me so I can keep it safe."
Xu Duan then took out a property certificate from another book and said, "This was bought for me by my eldest brother. He used the property left by Master Xu. He wants to split it with me, even though I don't want it."
"Yes, of course. He can't just give birth to a child and not raise him. If you give it to you, just take it. If you really don't like it, we can sell it later, or donate it to orphans or children in the mountains."
She had already seen that the house that Xu Ping bought for him with half of his family fortune was also in Jinyu Hutong. Since no one was living there at the moment, he rented it out first. The price was definitely much more expensive than the one she bought it for back then. After all, it was hard to find a house nowadays.
Jin Yue sorted it out and found that they were quite well off now. The combined savings of the two of them were almost fifteen thousand. Although Xu Duan had no salary, they currently had three courtyard houses and two bungalows for rent. The rent alone was no less than their salary every month, so they had no worries about spending.
It’s so great to live in a wealthy life!
"How much capital do you need to go to Shenzhen? Is one thousand yuan enough?"
Xu Duan was stunned for a moment, then he realized it was a little funny, and rubbed her head, "I have my own plans, don't worry."
Jin Yue thought about it and it made sense. The boss is the boss, and it’s okay as long as he has his own plans.
The two of them stayed together for a while, and early the next morning, he took a train south... and took Shu Wenming with him.
"Jin Yue, your Xiao Xu is going on a business trip right now? Didn't he resign? Why is he going on a business trip?"
"Your second brother went there too. Are they going to engage in speculation?" Aunt Li came over and asked mysteriously.
Jin Yue rolled her eyes at her. If it wasn't for Brother Li's sake, she would have wanted to give her an injection, just like she had given Hu Lai Zi back then, to make her "feel comfortable" for a few days.
Xu Wenli called Jin Yue into the house, "How much money did your Xu Duan take away? Your second brother took all, 1,300."
He only had one hundred dollars left for her for emergency, which had never happened before. He was often worried that she would be in poor health and need to go to the hospital, and money was the most important thing to save her life, so he would leave at least two or three hundred dollars for her every time he went out.
This time he hesitated for a long time and only left one hundred yuan, and told her to go to Jin Yue to borrow money if she needed it urgently, and that he had already made an agreement with Jin Yue.
"He brought a thousand."
Xu Wenli frowned. The total cost for the two of them was 2,300. How could such a big business require so much capital?
Jin Yue actually didn't know what they were going to do this time, but she believed that Xu Duan would not do anything rash. "Don't worry, second sister-in-law, it's okay for second brother to follow him."
If Shu Wenming went alone, they would have reason to worry, but now that Xu Duan was with him, he would definitely take good care of his second uncle... Shu Linong and Zhao Wanqiu thought so too.
Xu Duan would call back every two or three days, calling the street office directly during working hours so that Jin Yue could receive the call first.
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It was September and a new school year had begun. Shu Jinyue was still a sophomore in college, but it was only the second semester. She was half a grade older than the class of 1978, so at least she was still a senior.
Lin Zhen was unable to attend her wedding due to family matters, but the gifts were sent in advance. Jin Yue also planned to treat a few good friends in the class to a meal.
The location was set at the State-owned Canteen No. 6 opposite the Material Bureau. They agreed to ride their bikes there together after school the next afternoon. Jin Yue went home first, but as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Mo Shuyi waiting there.
"Is it about Sato Miko?" It had been almost three months since Mo Shuyi said they were going to see a doctor.
Mo Shuyi didn't bother to exchange pleasantries, "Well, they have come to Longguo and are now staying at the Shilan Hotel. If it's convenient for you now, we can go there together."
Jin Yue nodded and went home to carry his own medicine box.
"Last time I told Mr. Sato about your views and some of your experiences. He expressed great interest and wanted to give it a try, but Miko's condition suddenly worsened, so he had to temporarily shelve his plan to come to China."
During these three months, Meiko experienced the darkest moment of her life.
"She was first admitted to the best hospital in Tokyo because of weight loss. The nutritional injections did not work well, so she had to resort to nasogastric feeding. Later, when her condition improved a little, she started eating some nutritious and easy-to-digest foods. But these foods caused her to become constipated again. The hospital had no choice but to give her the ultimate treatment for constipation," Mo Shuyi said a little embarrassedly.
Constipation is generally treated with medication. Whether it is traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine, there are many types of laxatives to choose from. This treatment is only used when the constipation is very serious and unavoidable.
With the technology and materials level of that era, this kind of treatment was not as "easy" as it would be in later generations. Physical discomfort was fine, but for a 19-year-old girl who had never even been in love, this treatment, as the Internet said in later generations, was no different from anal sex!
Especially for a relatively conservative country like Japan where women have a low status, the apple of the eye of this medical master's eye actually has to use such a humiliating method to treat a minor and common constipation. I wonder whose shame it is?
Well, yes, poor Miko Sato, had no choice but to embark on her enema journey!
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