Chapter 199 Surgery

Uncle Fang gasped and told Fang Dihua to stop talking nonsense.

But Grandma Fang smiled and said with great effort: "You have been a naughty kid since you were a child. Don't admit it."

Fang Dihua stared at the old lady's cracked and bleeding lips without retorting.

Lin Shu saw that the old lady was very hungry and had to give her some sugar water.

She brought a bottle of canned oranges and a bottle of canned honey apricots she made herself.

Lin Shu opened the can and asked for a spoon.

Grandma Fang made some moves, but she closed her mouth tightly and refused to eat. "No, no, no, no waste..."

Fang Dihua never tolerated anyone, and treated her daughter-in-law and her mother the same way. She pinched the old lady's chin with her big hand, and Lin Shu cooperated tacitly, feeding her a spoonful of thick sweet soup.

Fang Dihua pushed her chin again, and the old lady couldn't help but swallow the sweet water.

Ah, sour and sweet fruit juice, delicious!

This is too tempting for someone who hasn't eaten or drunk anything for two days. But

Grandma Fang looked like she would rather die than surrender, and refused to eat anymore.

Fang Dihua did the same thing, and Lin Shu fed her a few more spoonfuls.

After drinking the sweet water, Granny Fang regained some strength. She became more vigorous in pulling Fang Dihua. "No, I don't want to eat."

Several uncles and aunts were still persuading her, "Aunt, don't treat the old lady like this."

"That's our mother, not a child. You can't treat her like this."

Fang Dihua was annoyed. "Are you going to let her starve to death like you did?" The

third aunt was anxious. "His little aunt, what are you talking about? We have been serving the old lady with good food and drink, who wants to starve her to death?"

Uncle Fang San asked her to stop talking, but she complained, "Am I wrong? Our mother is so old, haven't we, as her sons and daughters-in-law, taken care of her all these years? Have the two girls ever taken care of her for a day? It's fine if you don't say that we are tired of taking care of the old lady, but how can you accuse us of starving her to death right away?"

Uncle Fang Da: "What are you arguing about? Our mother has always been in good health, and she doesn't need anyone to take care of her."

Seeing that the eldest uncle spoke, the third aunt's face was not good, but she didn't argue anymore.

She was naturally unhappy in her heart.

The old lady has three sons and two daughters. When the two daughters got married, they were given rich dowries. But in recent years, when the old lady was sick, the three daughters-in-law took care of her and paid for her medical treatment. The two daughters did not come to take care of her .

They took care of her for so many years. Now the old lady may be paralyzed and can't get up from the kang. She needs someone to take care of her. Then the daughters should help?

It's not good to let the daughters-in-law take care of her excrement and urine

, right? Lin Shu cooperated with Fang Dihua to feed almost a bowl of sweet water. Seeing that the old lady looked better, she said to the aunt: "Aunt, can you make some porridge for grandma?"

The aunt did not move.

Uncle Fang glared at her and told her to do it quickly.

The eldest aunt said, "The old lady doesn't want to eat. I made egg custard and noodle soup for her these two days, but she refused to eat and insisted that she was not hungry."

The second aunt said, "Mom, why do you suddenly refuse to eat? Weren't you fine at my house a few days ago?"

The third aunt also immediately clarified, "Yes, she was fine at my house last month."

The eldest aunt's face suddenly darkened. Why are you blaming her? I just came to her house and refused to eat or drink. Did she treat me harshly or what?

She hurried to bring the stewed egg custard over and said unhappily, "Look, I put two eggs in it, but I didn't show any love to the old lady."

Lin Shu didn't say anything and took it to feed the old lady.

But Granny Fang shook her head and refused to eat, "I'm not hungry, I'm full."

She was afraid that Fang Dihua would pinch her chin again, so she covered her face with her hands and said that she was not hungry.

Uncle Fang couldn't help but wipe away his tears and said impatiently: "Mom, what's wrong with you? If you feel uncomfortable, tell me and we'll go to the hospital. If someone treats you badly, just beat and scold them. How can you not eat and drink?"

Granny Fang waved her hands, "No, I'm not uncomfortable, don't spend that money. I have enough money at this age."

Fang Dihua has never been a person who likes to nag and quarrel. The third sister-in-law was right. Before, it was the sisters-in-law who took care of the old mother. She, the daughter-in-law, didn't contribute. Now it's her turn to take care of her.

She said, "Big brother, I'll take mom away."

Third aunt immediately asked, "When will you come back?"

Don't wait until she's paralyzed and can't move on the kang before sending her back for them to take care of her.

Fang Dihua: "Don't send her back, just stay with me forever."

Big aunt hurriedly said, "What are you talking about, little sister? Mom has sons and grandchildren, how can she stay with you forever?"

When people get old, they must be buried in the ancestral tomb to bless the Fang family's descendants.

Especially for an old man who is almost ninety, it's a happy death.

Uncle Fang naturally didn't allow the little sister to take her away, "Mom is old and can't be tortured, otherwise little sister will stay for two days to accompany her. Mom has always missed you, maybe you can come and live with her." But Grandma Fang

didn't want this. She was determined to go on a hunger strike. People will die if they don't eat or drink for three or five days.

Especially at her age, she would definitely not last more than three days.

She managed to hold out for two days with great difficulty. If Hua'er hadn't been so overbearing and forced her to drink, she would have finished more than half of it.

She insisted on not going anywhere and not seeing a doctor.

She didn't want to spend a penny more on the children, she didn't want to be a burden to the children, and she didn't want to become like her mother-in-law, who ended up being confused and causing trouble for the children and making people hate her.

It would be better to fast while she was still conscious and die in a dignified manner. In

her life, except for the two days when she was sick and needed someone to take care of her, she took care of herself all the other time and never asked anyone to serve her a meal, so she was not a burden to the children and would not be despised by others.

But as she got older, she would inevitably get sick and unable to move.

It would cost the children's money to see a doctor, and it would be annoying to lie paralyzed on the kang and need someone to take care of her.

She had taken care of the old lady enough, so she naturally didn't want to become someone who needed to be served.

She knew her own body was getting worse day by day, so she started to forget things.

These days, I helped my eldest daughter-in-law to cook at my parents’ house. As a result, after cooking, she forgot that she had burned the pot on the first day. The eldest daughter-in-law felt sorry for the small hole on the bottom of the pot and complained that she was not careful in her work, saying that she was not allowed to do it but she insisted on doing it, and she did

not do it well. She did not dare to say anything more, thinking that she forgot to water the vegetable garden at that time. She would cook well next time and would definitely not forget it.

As a result, when she was cooking the next day, she stewed the vegetables and put the nests on the table. In the end, the eldest daughter-in-law found that she had chopped up the good vegetables and fed them to the chickens, and stewed the rotten vegetable leaves in the pot!

The eldest daughter-in-law was really angry and asked her if she did it on purpose. Why did she deliberately mess up?

"Mom, are you old and confused?" The eldest daughter-in-law asked her.

The eldest daughter-in-law might have said something in anger, but she was suddenly awakened.

Yes, she is just like the old woman, confused and will soon become senile.

She will be like the old woman, not knowing what is good and what is wrong, not knowing how to work, and will poop everywhere, make the house dirty, and beat the children...

Thinking about the old woman's situation, it was too bad, too terrible!

She hated her mother-in-law and despised her for causing trouble. Now she is about to become like that, full of fear and despair.

She will live without dignity and will only cause trouble and trouble to others.

She doesn't want to do that, and she can't control it. If that happens, she would rather die.

She was muttering to herself, and saw the third daughter-in-law coming over to talk to the eldest sister-in-law. Although she didn't hear everything, she had been living with the mother-in-law for decades, so she could guess roughly.

The third daughter-in-law was afraid that she would become ill and demented, unable to recognize people, unable to take care of herself, and need someone to take care of her,

so she didn't want to serve her. She urged the eldest sister-in-law to call Hua'er to serve her, or take her to Lu's manor. She didn't feel disappointed because her daughter-in-law didn't want to serve her. After all, she didn't want to serve an old woman like that at the beginning, and it was okay for her daughter-in-law not to serve.

But you don't want to serve, so you want to push it to Hua'er?

That won't work.

Don't drag down your son and daughter-in-law, let alone the concubine, and no one should think of kicking her around like a burden.

She refused to go to the concubine's house.

Fang Dihua didn't discuss it with her.

Fang Dihua said to Uncle Fang: "Brother, go to the brigade and borrow a donkey cart and help me take my mother over."

She didn't want to discuss which sister-in-law didn't take good care of the old lady and caused her to be like this. After all, the old lady had been with her three brothers for so many years, and she, as a daughter, had never taken care of her.

Her three brothers were not the kind of unfilial and ungrateful people. If it was really because of their poor care that the old lady starved to death, they would also feel guilty and uncomfortable.

She didn't want to blame anyone, it was useless to blame anyone.

Life was like this, and it was difficult for an honest official to judge family affairs.

She called Fang Siyuan to borrow a car.

Uncle Fang went out with his nephew.

The third aunt tugged at the sleeve of the second aunt and whispered, "Second sister-in-law, ask the youngest aunt, if our mother gets sick and needs to be hospitalized when she goes to her house, will she pay for it or will we contribute?"

The second aunt said, "Of course we contribute. How can we not contribute when our mother is sick?"

Although the third brother's wife said that they used to take care of the old lady and the young lady didn't.

But in fact, the old lady didn't need them to serve her in these years. Instead, she helped them cook and do housework.

If the old lady didn't insist on not eating or drinking, the second aunt would be willing to serve her.

Even if she serves an old lady who is almost ninety years old, how many days can she serve her?

The key is that since she got married, she has never quarreled with her mother-in-law. She took care of her mother-in-law and took care of the children. Now that her mother-in-law is old and can't move, they should serve her.

The third aunt didn't think so.

If they went to Lujiazhuang and then to the hospital, the money would have to be paid by the sister-in-law.

She didn't know what was going on, so she naturally thought that the old lady was seriously ill.

Originally, she could just stay at home for a few days, and if it didn't work, she could ask a barefoot doctor to give her some medicine and two injections. Now if Fang Dihua wanted to be sent to the hospital, it would cost a lot more.

Is the hospital so easy to go to?

The county hospital would cost at least thirty or fifty yuan, and the provincial hospital would cost at least a hundred yuan? If

the sister-in-law didn't pay, who would?

Besides, her family's Lu Shaotang was a senior cadre in the province. It was only right for him to drive a jeep and take the old lady to the province for medical treatment.

He was so rich, it was only right for him to spend money on grandma.

The third aunt didn't want to pay a penny.

Seeing that the grandchildren are getting older and starting a family, everything costs money. Their aunt's family has money and they don't have to help. It's too unkind to ask them to contribute.

My eldest aunt is not afraid of paying. If the five families come together, one family will not be able to contribute too much.

She also thought that the old lady suddenly fell ill and was dying, so she asked her sister-in-law to take her over. Her family had a bad reputation.

It was spread that people were not allowed to laugh at the fact that the three daughters-in-law of the Fang family did not want to serve their mother-in-law, so they had to let their daughter take over and serve them?

It would be fine if he stayed young for a few days, but he would be gone at this young age. It would not be good if he died at his daughter's house.

The old man is happy to be mourned. This is to bring blessings to his children and grandchildren. What’s the point of going to his daughter’s house?

Of course she couldn't say this. If the old man knew that she had thought about her mother-in-law's death, he would be furious with her.

Fang Dihua didn't discuss it with her brothers and sisters-in-law. She made her own decision and it was useless for anyone to object.

She directly grabbed a few clothes of Grandma Fang, and then grabbed the washed-out bag skin, and wrapped the clothes in it.

Second Uncle Fang came in and said that the donkey cart had been borrowed.

Fang Dihua asked Lin Shu to hold the bag, and she directly picked up the old lady.

Uncle Fang and his aunt persuaded and stopped her, "Little sister, don't be anxious, let's discuss it again."

Third Uncle Fang didn't say anything. Little sister blamed him for poking her eyes when she was a child, and she kept saying things like "nose" and "eyes" to him, but he didn't go up to make trouble.

Fang Dihua: "What are we discussing? If we don't go to the hospital, we're going to let the old lady lie on the kang without eating or drinking?"

The third aunt was very unhappy, "My little sister, why do you always complain that we don't give mother food and drink? Who doesn't give..."

"Didn't you say that mother has been lying on the kang for two days without eating or drinking?" Fang Dihua said bluntly.

The eldest aunt hurriedly said, "It was the mother who refused to eat. She said she couldn't eat. We couldn't force her to eat. We invited a barefoot doctor but she wouldn't let us see her. There was nothing we could do."

Fang Dihua was too lazy to repeat the same old things with them. Many people, no matter how close they were to their parents in the past, no matter how filial they said they were, when their parents really needed someone to take care of them, most of them would be unwilling to serve them.

There is no filial son in front of a long-term sick bed, and this is not an idle saying.

After all, there are many brothers and sisters, and everyone can take turns to reduce the burden, so that no one person will be tired.

She didn't care that her brothers and sisters-in-law were unhappy, and she carried the old lady to get off the kang.

But Grandma Fang clung to the edge of the kang and refused to move. At this moment, she was very strong.

The skinny old lady shouted, "I won't leave. I'm not going anywhere. I want to die at home. I've wrapped myself in clothes and am waiting for your father to come and pick me up."

Lin Shu tried to persuade her, "Grandma, I've seen that you are in very good health. You have no illness or anything. You can live another 20 years."

She saw that the old lady was not in an emergency, but had been stimulated by something and felt that she was too old to live and wanted to starve to death.

Grandma Fang: "No, no, living too long is a nuisance, that's enough." The third

daughter-in-law often pointed out to her intentionally or unintentionally that the older generation had some sayings, "The old man lives to a certain age, and the life is the fate of his descendants", "The old man lives a long life, and the descendants are not good", "Don't worry, mother, I'm not saying it, I heard it from others"...

She can't be disliked, she can't bring trouble to her children, and she can't live longer than her descendants.

She wants to find the old man.

If he finds another old woman behind her back, she will have to tear him apart.

Although she has sufficient reasons and is very determined not to leave, and she shows it very clearly, it's a pity that it doesn't work in front of Fang Dihua.

Fang Dihua carried her out and pressed her on the donkey cart, and asked Lin Shu to ride in the front of the cart, and asked Fang Siyuan to drive her a little further.

Old Mrs. Fang wanted to cry.

Fang Dihua pulled a torn jacket and stuffed it into her mouth, not caring at all that it was her mother who was almost 90 years old.

The first and second uncles of Fang were all stunned.

This was their mother, not a naughty and disobedient child.

The Fang family sent her to the village entrance and looked at the donkey cart going away. They had their own thoughts in their hearts and sighed.

The second aunt said to the first aunt, "Sister-in-law, can we get some money and send it to the younger sister-in-law tomorrow? She will definitely ask Shaotang to take our mother to the hospital for a checkup."

The first aunt didn't say anything, and the third aunt said unhappily, "You're so old and still going to such a big hospital? Besides, whoever takes the child there should pay for it."

A checkup in a big hospital costs twenty or thirty yuan, and if there is something wrong, it will cost one or two hundred yuan?

Uncle Fang San didn't care about her, so she said whatever she wanted without any scruples.

The third branch had been separated for a long time, and Uncle Fang Da and Uncle Er couldn't control the third branch's sister-in-law.

Uncle Fang Da glared at his third brother and asked him to control his own wife.

But Uncle Fang San had the same idea as his wife.

It was dark when they arrived at Lujiazhuang. Fortunately, the public security was good at this time, especially when the countryside was busy with wheat harvest and the fields were full of people.

Fang Siyuan was not afraid, so he drove the donkey cart back.

Fang Dihua carried the old lady to the kang and discussed with Lin Shu, "Call Shaotang tomorrow and ask him to contact the big hospital so we can send your grandma to see a doctor."

Lin Shu said, "The tractor is busy harvesting wheat, so let him come back."

If it were any other time, Fang Dihua would definitely not bother her son, but since her mother might not be well, she was not afraid to bother her this time.

Grandma Fang was angry on the kang, "I was lying at home, why did you drag me here? You want me to go to the hospital, how can an old man like me endure the torture? Don't bother the child, don't spend money."

Fang Dihua: "Shut up!"

Sister Lin had already prepared the meal. She thought the old lady wanted to eat something nutritious, so she made three boiled eggs with two spoons of brown sugar.

Boiled eggs are quick to make, just a few minutes, but steamed chicken egg custard takes at least half an hour.

Grandma Fang is almost 90 years old. She has low blood sugar and poor nutrition. She feels dizzy if she doesn't eat. When she is hungry for half a day, her stomach is burning. After a day, she feels dizzy, but her stomach is numb and numb.

But she had Lin Shu drink half a bottle of sugar water to replenish a lot of sugar. Now her dizziness has eased, but she is hungry again.

It would be fine if she hadn't eaten, but eating a little would arouse the hunger worms in her stomach and she couldn't hold it back.

She tried to hold it back and wanted to show that she had backbone and expressed her determination to go on a hunger strike, but Lin Shu took the Shuipu egg and introduced the food.

"We made a spicy hot pot of rabbit meat. It's fragrant, spicy and numbing. Take a bite..."

"Slurp..." Granny Fang drooled unconsciously.

The three heads lined up on the other side of the door frame looked at Granny Fang, and when they saw her slurping their saliva, they also slurped their saliva.

Panpan: "My mother also knows how to make pickled fish. She slices a big fish weighing four or five pounds, stir-fries pickled cabbage, and makes pickled fish."

Tiantian: "She also uses oil to fry chili peppers. With a sizzling sound, the whole house is filled with the smell of burnt vegetables."

"Slurp..." Grandma Fang slurped her saliva again.

Lin Shu wanted to feed the old lady an egg with a spoon. The old lady knew she couldn't persuade her, so she said, "I, I'll eat it myself."

She took it tremblingly, but put it into her mouth steadily without spilling a drop of soup.

After finishing an egg, she refused to eat anymore and asked Lin Shu: "Shaotang wife, do you have any porridge or pickled vegetables? Just give me some. My mouth is tasteless and it has no taste."

Lin Shu wanted to make her some rotten noodles, but Fang Dihua said: "Why eat porridge? The porridge is made for each person and has been eaten up long ago. Is it too much trouble for me to make more for you? Just eat the egg."

Grandma Fang looked at the door frame . The three kids hiding inside thought the children were greedy for eggs, so they waved, "Come, I'll give you some eggs."

Tiantian took the lead and shook her head, "No, we've eaten them before. Now there are bugs to eat, and our chickens are very hardworking. They lay eggs every day, and my grandfather also earns eggs. We eat eggs every day."

Panpan: "Grandma, if you live here, you can eat them every day too."

Hou Wei also looked like he was not greedy.

Granny Fang's eyes were blurry at this time. She couldn't see the children's appearance clearly, and couldn't hear their voices clearly, but the children made her feel unsatisfied.

She ate three eggs and drank the soup inside. She felt much better after having food in her stomach.

Although she was determined to die before, now that she changed the environment and ate the hot and sweet eggs, she lost her determination to die.

It's just... do you want to drag down the young lady?

She sighed, "Hua'er, you don't understand. When a person gets old to a certain age, he or she will become confused and can't decide for himself. Who knows, one day I might not recognize people, forget things, and be worse than a three or four-year-old child. You said you would bring me here, but aren't you bringing trouble?"

Fang Dihua: "You are my mother, if I don't take you in, who will?"

Grandma Fang: "I will wait for a few days and your father will come to pick you up. I really did, when your dad left, he said your grandma was here to pick him up. Your grandma even asked him to tell me how sorry he had been to me, and that she was too old to know anything."

Fang Dihua: "Stop talking nonsense, my dad won't come to pick you up in a few days, and the flies will come to you first to lay maggots."

Grandma Fang was choked and speechless, "Hey."

The family members came back one after another and came to greet Grandma Fang.

When Granny Fang saw Old Man Lu, she felt very embarrassed, "Son-in-law, I didn't want to come, Huaer insisted that I move in."

Old Man Lu said, "Mom, just live here peacefully. It's not the same as before. You don't have to be afraid even if you are like Grandma Huaer. Now we have food and drink at home. The key is that there are people. Every day someone is watching you. You don't have to worry about doing anything to cause trouble. You won't."

These words comforted Granny Fang, but she thought that she was as ignorant as the old woman. Even if someone served her, what's the point of eating and drinking like a fool without knowing the sweetness?

Lin Shu hurriedly said, "Grandma, don't worry, you won't become like that. I'll teach you a few tricks. If you practice every day, I guarantee that you will be cured."

She taught the old lady the finger movements to prevent mouse hand.

The old lady learned clumsily and seriously.

As long as she is not stupid and can eat, drink, defecate and urinate by herself, she is not afraid of how old she is.

Who is not afraid of death?

If the old man does not come to pick her up, and she dies alone, that would be too terrible.

At this moment, the lights are on and the house is bright. Granny Fang sits on the kang and looks here and there. In fact, she can't see clearly two meters away, but she still looks around vigorously, wanting to see more of the good life of the girl's family, so that she can talk more with the old man when she dies.

At night, Fang Dihua asked her mother to sleep on the same kang with her. The old lady was a little embarrassed, "How can I sleep on the same kang with my son-in-law?"

Fang Dihua: "If there is only one kang at home, where will you sleep if you don't sleep on the same kang with us? Besides, you are a dry old lady, who cares to see you?"

Grandma Fang grinned and joked in a good mood, "Yeah, I won't look at you randomly."

The next day, Grandma Fang couldn't sleep, and she wanted to help cook and wash clothes, but she didn't dare to act rashly at her daughter's house.

Father Lu got up and asked his mother-in-law to go to a bright place in the yard so that he could check her eyes.

The old lady's cataracts became more severe and affected her vision. He didn't have the ability to remove cataracts, so he could only help her loosen them with acupuncture.

Granny Fang was not afraid of the long needle and even had the energy to joke with Old Man Lu.

After breakfast, Lin Shu rode her bike to the commune to call Lu Shaotang, but Lu Shaotang was not there. It was Chen Yanming who answered the phone.

Lin Shu exchanged a few pleasantries with him, and she and Chen Yanming were not shy. He still gave her the bulk of his salary for safekeeping.

Although she didn't know what he meant, Lin Shu didn't refuse. She kept the money and the remittance slip and gave them to him to use for marrying a wife.

Lin Shu told Chen Yanming about Granny Fang's matter and asked him to help contact the hospital.

Chen Yanming: "You guys wait at home, I'll drive to pick you up. Will Panpan and Tiantian come?"

If there were many people, he would borrow a truck.

Lin Shu: "We're going to see grandma, Panpan and Tiantian won't go, let them stay at home with aunt."

Hou Jianwen is in Lujiazhuang, and Lin's elder sister and the children are unwilling to return to Qizhou. Living in Lu's house is convenient for them to visit their grandma and grandpa in Linjiatun, and it is also convenient to visit their second aunt in the county. In addition, they have good friends in the countryside, which is much freer than in the city.

Chen Yanming asked them to wait at home, and he set off.

Lin Shu went home to tell Fang Dihua and others, and started to pack things, mainly replacement clothes, daily necessities, tableware, etc.

She originally thought that she had to communicate well with her children, but she didn't expect Tiantian and Panpan to be sensible.

They took the initiative to say that they would stay at home and help their sister Xiaoyou look after their brother in the morning. They could also learn to read and count together. In the afternoon, they would help their sister Xiuxiu cook, and help their mother take care of the vegetable garden, catch insects and weed every day, etc.

With such sensible and good children, Lin Shu was very satisfied. It was so rare to have them around, and of course Hou Wei was not left out.

At noon, Chen Yanming drove the jeep to Lu's house.

Several children ran out to greet him first.

"Godfather, Godfather!"

Not only Panpan was sweet and obedient, but little Hou Wei also learned to be obedient and called him affectionately.

Chen Yanming did not refuse. He carried the candies one by one and then gave them to the children to eat, and then gave the candy bag to Panpan for safekeeping.

Panpan said that we are not allowed to buy snacks or anything like that, because they are not as delicious as those made by mother!

Mother said that the reason why snacks are delicious is mainly because they contain sugar, oil, eggs or milk powder.

Panpan thinks that buying snacks outside is not cost-effective, so he only needs to bring sugar or milk powder for him. As long as he has these, he will have a snack, right?

Even sugar triangles are a delicacy that children love.

Lin Shu took Chen Yanming to see Grandma Fang.

But Grandma Fang said to Lin Shu: "Huaer, is your father back?"

Lin Shu: "Grandma, my mother is cooking over there, I am Shaotang's wife."

Grandma Fang was confused for a moment, "Who is Shaotang? Isn't your son-in-law called Lu Baocheng?"

Lin Shu immediately realized that Grandma Fang was sick.

She patiently guided the old lady step by step, letting her connect one piece of information to another, and slowly the old lady suddenly realized, "You are Shaotang's comrade-in-arms!"

She clapped her hands, "Oh, look at me, I'm confused."

She looked up and looked carefully, and praised, "What a handsome boy, as handsome as our Shaotang."

Chen Yanming laughed out loud. The old lady was really good at praising people. Even if he knew himself, he would be happy for a long time.

Fang's mother took his hand, "Yanming, where is your wife? How old is your child?"

Chen Yanming: "..."

There are also some unlovable old ladies. They talk about everything.

He told the old lady that he was busy and didn't have a wife yet.

Fang's mother: "Oh, that's not right. You have to marry a wife and have two children as soon as possible. Look at our Shaotang, we have a wife and children and a warm bed."

Chen Yanming nodded repeatedly. Yes, I also want a wife and children and a warm bed. Isn't there no suitable one?

After lunch, Lin Shu asked Chen Yanming to take a nap for half an hour to avoid driving too tired.

When Chen Yanming had rested, Fang Dihua had already loaded all the things that needed to be brought into the car. She used the familiar basket to hide the eggs in the wheat bran and tied it to the roof of the car.

The rest were clothes, bedding, oilcloth, daily necessities, etc.

On the way back, in order not to make the old lady uncomfortable, Chen Yanming drove a little slower to avoid the old lady getting carsick.

When they arrived in Qizhou, they went back to the family compound first.

Because Lu Shaotang was not at home, Lin Shu arranged Fang Dihua and the grandmother to stay with her.

Hearing that the sister-in-law came with the mother-in-law and grandmother, Xiaozhuang, Kecheng and other people in the unit came to say hello.

Knowing that Lin Shu had returned, Yang Shumin, Zhang Ya, Chen Huilan and several other women came to greet her and also to check on Fang Dihua and the old lady. Those

who had relatives with this disease said in front of Fang Dihua and Grandma Fang that they were so optimistic, "Don't worry, old lady, it will definitely be cured. This disease must be discovered and treated early. Stay in a big hospital for a few days, get injections and take medicine. Take good care of it." Of course,

it is not so easy to cure, after all, it is the aging of the brain, but they are all smart and know how to say it.

If you say in front of the patient that it cannot be cured, wouldn't that be annoying?

Sometimes patients don't listen to their family members and think that their family members are deceiving them, but they are willing to hear others say things like "I also have this disease but it was cured."

Sure enough, Granny Fang was full of confidence after hearing this.

Fang Dihua didn't care. Anyway, she would take care of her mother if she was healthy, and treat her if she was sick. She would serve her no matter how serious the disease was.

If the family was so poor in the past that they couldn't even have enough food to eat, let alone an old woman who was almost 90 years old with such a problem, she would not go to a big hospital even at her age.

Isn't the family's conditions better now?

She doesn't need her brothers to share the money, she can pay for it herself.

Not to mention that San'er earns a lot of money and is willing to spend it on Granny, her old man also earns money as a barefoot doctor, which is enough to treat the old lady.

After taking the reassurance pill, Granny Fang was in a good mood and slept particularly well at night, without the problem of being picky at all.

The next day, Chen Yanming did not let Lin Shu cook. He bought eggs, noodles, cakes and other things from the cafeteria. After eating, he sent them to the hospital.

Originally, Lin Shu wanted to go to Qizhou People's Hospital, but Chen Yanming thought that the medical technology of the PLA General Hospital was better, so he contacted them.

The doctors and beds were arranged, and they checked in directly. Then the doctors made rounds and made diagnoses, and the nurses helped push the elderly to various departments for necessary examinations.

The director and head nurse who knew Chen Yanming and Lu Shaotang came to say hello and recognize them. They also arranged for the best doctor Sheng in the neurology department and the gentle and patient nurse Chen to be in charge of this area.

Lin Shu told Chen Yanming to just focus on his work, "You don't need to send anyone to look after us. I brought enough money, and it's convenient to go to the family compound by bike."

Chen Yanming was relieved to see that the director had made good arrangements, and asked Lin Shu to call the family compound if there was anything.

After Chen Yanming left, Lin Shu asked Fang Dihua to take Grandma Fang to familiarize herself with the environment, and she divided the honey apricots she brought.

They brought a large basket of honey apricots, which Fang Dihua and her second brother picked overnight.

It was a special variety from their own family, sweeter than those sold outside, and it was in season now, so it was rare to eat.

She handed the basket directly to nurse Chen and asked her to divide it.

"They are all grown on our own trees. We can't eat them all, so we brought a lot of them. Nurse Xiao Chen, just distribute them."

Xiao Chen looked at a large basket of golden honey apricots, which exuded a sweet aroma and aroused people's appetite.

She thanked them and asked someone to carry them out to distribute to the relevant personnel who were examining Granny Fang. "This is brought by the family of patient 306 from afar. It's a rare thing. Everyone, please have a taste."

With a gift as a basis, it is naturally more pleasing than simply listening to the director's instructions to take good care of patient 306.

Lin Shu first chatted with Dr. Sheng and talked about some of Granny Fang's symptoms. The most obvious ones now are cataracts and forgetfulness.

"Sometimes she suddenly doesn't recognize people, sometimes she forgets what she just said, or she loses her normal judgment of things." Lin Shu listed some of Granny Fang's performance.

Doctor Sheng: "This is an early symptom of Alzheimer's disease. If it is not prevented, it will become more and more serious, and at a certain time it will suddenly worsen."

He originally just briefly talked about the basics, but seeing that Lin Shu could understand and even asked questions, he talked more, and before he knew it, he spoke in depth and professionally.

"Comrade Lin Shu, have you studied medicine?" Most people don't have such a deep medical foundation, right? Not to mention communicating with him, it's hard to understand him.

Lin Shu's medical foundation is of course the additional effect of long-term illness in her previous life. Now, she smiled and said, "My father-in-law is a barefoot doctor in the brigade. He has been rated as an excellent barefoot doctor in the county in the past two years. I usually help him copy some medical books and help with medicine."

Doctor Sheng smiled and said, "Comrade Lin Shu, you have a talent for medicine. If you are interested, you can come to our hospital for in-depth training."

Although the country has cancelled the college entrance examination, people still need doctors and nurses, so there must be a way to select and train them.

Now nurses and doctors are basically selected from some outstanding high school graduates. First, let them enter the workers, peasants and soldiers medical colleges or the army's recruit medical team to learn basic medical knowledge, and then select the best ones to enter the hospital to follow the doctors for internship.

It is difficult to jump up from a young age, but if a hospital doctor likes someone, he can ask the subordinate unit to ask someone to learn from him.

If it was Lin Shu in the previous life, if she was given a healthy body and asked to study medicine, she would most likely agree.

Now, she thinks her current life is very good. After the reform and opening up, she will seize every opportunity to do business and make money, and when the opportunity is over, she will continue to lie down and recuperate.

She changed the subject by talking about children and family.

Doctor Sheng knew that she was not interested in this, although it was a pity, it was not easy to force her.

When Fang Dihua helped Grandma Fang back, Doctor Sheng arranged various examinations.

Lin Shu and Fang Dihua accompanied the whole process of the examination.

The old lady who is almost ninety must have a lot of problems, which are common and inevitable problems in the aging process.

However, the examination also found a very critical problem. The old lady had a mild cerebral infarction. If it is not discovered in time and continues to deteriorate, she will have a stroke and Alzheimer's disease.

Other problems such as low blood pressure, low blood sugar, anemia, and arrhythmia are all minor problems.

Fang Dihua was quite nervous about this and quietly asked Dr. Sheng: "Doctor, is this serious? Can it be cured?"

Dr. Sheng smiled and said: "Take hemolytic drugs first, and take them on time. Don't stop taking the drugs on your own when you think you are better, otherwise the situation will deteriorate rapidly."

Fang Dihua nodded repeatedly.

Another more serious problem for Grandma Fang is cataracts, which affect her vision and cause inconvenience in her life.

At present, most hospitals in China use acupuncture to treat cataracts, and cannot perform surgery.

Acupuncture is to use a needle to probe into the eye, break the ligament of the lens, and then wear high-power hyperopia glasses after it falls into the vitreous cavity.

However, Dr. Pang, who is the best acupuncturist in the hospital, will not be back for three days.

Lin Shu talked to the doctor carefully, and after understanding the principle, she explained it to Fang Dihua again.

Fang Dihua: "Just do it, don't tell her."

If she doesn't do it, the old lady's eyes will not be able to see clearly.

Fang Dihua herself had eye problems and knew the discomfort of not being able to see.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law agreed that there was no need to tell Grandma Fang again. The old lady was too old and had only a superficial understanding, which made her more confused. It would be better to simply say that it can be cured better than before.

Sure enough, Grandma Fang asked first after hearing it: "Is it expensive?"

This means she wants to be cured. Lin Shu smiled and said: "Not expensive at all."

For the elderly, every dollar is expensive, so there is no need to tell her much.

While waiting for Dr. Pang, Dr. Sheng arranged other treatments for Granny Fang, such as hanging water to replenish the body's nutrition, injecting thrombolytic drugs, and cooperating with some brain acupuncture.

The cost during this period is quite expensive, especially thrombolytic drugs, some of which are imported.

Lin Shu asked for the best medicine without blinking an eye.

The biggest choice dilemma for ordinary people is that someone close to them is seriously ill, but they don't have the money to afford the best medical treatment. The treatment will make the whole family fall into poverty, but they can't bear not to treat it.

Money gives you confidence. Human life is the most important thing. There is no need to make a difficult decision. Just choose the best medical treatment.

So she doesn't want to be a doctor or a brigade cadre. She just wants to make money. Having money gives you a sense of security.

During the treatment of Grandma Fang, Lin Shu discussed with Fang Dihua that since they had to prepare farsighted glasses for Grandma anyway, it would be better to get dentures and hearing aids together.

Many people think that the old lady is old and they don’t know how many years she will live. It is generally reluctant to spend so much money on dentures that may only be used for a few days. It will be a waste, and the old lady herself is even more reluctant.

Fang Dihua said, "Well, give them all to her." It’s okay.

Glasses and hearing aids can be used by the old lady even after she passes away.

After all, the family can afford the money now and the whole family doesn’t have to tighten their belts. If it was difficult, she would not agree.

In addition to treatment, Dr. Sheng also taught some treatment methods to delay Alzheimer’s disease. In addition to massage and aerobics, there is also one item, which is learning to read.

Looking at the large-font, large-picture scanning picture book issued by the hospital, Granny Fang was stunned for a moment. How can

I, an old woman who is about to die, learn to read?

I forget things easily. If I learn these difficult new things, how can my small head accommodate them? Then I have to forget all the old things before I can put the new things in?

Oh, no, no, the old things can't be thrown away no matter whether they are good or bad.

Granny Fang firmly disagreed to learn new things. Now she often mentions the names of certain people and things but can't say them, for fear that her brain will not be enough to learn new things and forget more.

Fang Dihua didn't know how to be strategic, and just bluntly told her to listen to the doctor.

Grandma Fang: "My head is only this big, it can't hold any more new things."

Lin Shu: "Grandma, the way the brain learns things is different from the way you put things into a box. The brain relies on brain cells to remember things. The more you use it, the smarter it becomes, but if you don't use it, it will become old. For example--"

She considered the old lady's opinion and gave an example: "Will the kitchen knife get rusty if it is never used? Will it be shiny if it is used all the time?"

Grandma Fang: "Well, if it is blunt, just sharpen it."

Lin Shu: "Yes, that's the reason. Your brain is blunt now and needs to be sharpened. Those that are never used will become less and less smart, more forgetful, and finally become confused."

Grandma Fang thought about it. The old man also said that if the cart was left in the warehouse and not used, the axles would rot and break down. If it was run every day and oiled, it would be fine.

But she still didn't want to learn. How could learning be so easy?

Lin Shu saw that she was about to be convinced, "If you learn this, you won't forget my mother and Lu Shaotang."

If she really has Alzheimer's disease, she will start to forget the things in front of her, and finally only have the memory of her childhood.

Granny Fang said decisively: "Okay, then I will try?"

Fang Dihua: "Not try, I must learn!"

Granny Fang was aggrieved and started to learn to read like a primary school student.

Since the lady didn't let her die, she had to work hard to become a good person and not drag others down.