"Be careful." Dani had no choice but to support her little cousin to prevent her from falling and knocking over the porridge pot.
After scooping out the porridge, Yingbao asked Sister Dani to get a bowl to cover the jar.
Dani didn't suspect anything and hurried to the cupboard to get a bowl.
Yingbao took the opportunity to pour half a bowl of Wudingzhi into the jar and stirred it with a bamboo spoon.
"Yingbao, please come down quickly, don't fall."
Dani was afraid of her little cousin. She ran over like a gust of wind, immediately covered the jar with a bowl, picked up the ropes hanging on the jar's ears, and said, "I'm going to my second uncle's house. Do you want to come with me?"
"Yes!" Yingbao nodded. She wanted to see her second uncle finish eating the porridge with her own eyes.
So, Dani went to her second uncle's house holding her little cousin's hand in one hand and carrying a porridge pot in the other.
"Second uncle, get up and eat porridge." Yingbao saw that Second Uncle was sleeping with his eyes closed, so she went forward to call him.
Jiang Erlang had just finished drinking the medicine and didn't want to eat. He shook his head and said, "Uncle Er is not hungry and doesn't want to eat for the time being."
Seeing that he didn't want to eat, Yingbao quickly persuaded him, "Second Uncle, you will get better faster if you eat the porridge. Sister Dani worked hard to make it. If you don't drink it, Sister Dani will be sad."
Dani: ... an innocent victim.
Jiang Erlang only then saw clearly that there were two little nieces standing in front of the kang. He smiled slightly and nodded: "Okay, Dani, give me half a bowl."
In this way, Jiang Erlang reluctantly ate half a bowl of porridge and lay down to sleep again.
Seeing that the task was completed, Yingbao felt relieved and took Youyou out for a run.
Another day, Yingbao got up early in the morning and beat a double-yolk egg in a bowl, then stirred in some Wudingzhi paste and pond water, steamed it in a pot, and then sent it to her second uncle to eat.
From then on, a bowl of steamed egg will be delivered every day.
Several days passed in a flash.
Jiang Erlang's health gradually improved and he was able to get off the kang and walk around, but his wife Leng still hadn't returned.
Seeing that the medicine he had gotten last time was almost used up, Jiang Sanlang decided to ask a doctor to check on his second brother before the New Year and prescribe another medicine.
After checking Jiang Er's pulse, the white-haired Doctor Li was somewhat incredulous.
He asked Jiang Erlang to stretch out his other hand and took his pulse again.
Huh? Did I make a mistake in my last diagnosis? This patient doesn't have lung disease
You know, lung disease is a stubborn disease, and no one has been able to completely cure it so far. If you want to stay alive, you need to slowly recuperate with rare medicinal materials such as ginseng and donkey-hide gelatin to prolong your life.
But judging from Jiang Er's pulse today, it is calm and gentle, neither too strong nor too weak. Although a little weak, it is also a sign of recovering from a serious illness.
In other words, Jiang Erlang's illness has been completely cured.
Li Lang was puzzled. He checked Jiang Erlang's tongue coating, pulled up his eyelids, listened to his chest and back with a receiver, and asked a few questions.
Jiang Erlang answered all the questions one by one, saying that he was just a little weak and had no other discomfort. Now he no longer coughed or wheezed, and his appetite was very good. He could eat two large bowls of porridge at a meal.
Doctor Li looked at him with a frown, already certain that the patient in front of him had fully recovered.
How is that possible
How could a lung disease that even the Kyoto Imperial Hospital was helpless to treat be cured by just taking one or two doses of medicine
Doctor Li was at a loss for a moment, so he picked up the prescription he had written and read it again and again.
That’s right, it’s a prescription for treating lung disease, a very common one.
Because the Jiang family had limited money, they used the cheapest ginseng slices and donkey-hide gelatin, and in very small quantities.
"Sanlang, do you still have the medicine you prescribed last time?" Doctor Li was determined to find out the reason. After all, he dreamed of wanting to know the method that could make a patient with lung disease recover as before.
"There is one packet left." Jiang Sanlang didn't understand and took the last packet of medicine.
Doctor Li opened it and carefully identified the medicinal materials in the package.
That’s right, it’s exactly the same as what was prescribed.
Could it be that this patient has taken other folk remedies and medicinal foods
Doctor Li stroked his beard and continued to ask, "Can you tell me what kind of food and supplements Erlang has eaten recently?"
He was already certain that Jiang Erlang must have used some effective folk remedy or medicine.
The last time I examined him, I found that he was short of breath, had hot flashes, night sweats, was emaciated, weak, tired, had a weak and deep pulse, had poor appetite, and was coughing up blood. He had rales in his lungs and a high fever that wouldn't go away. It was obvious that he was terminally ill and wouldn't live long.
But within a few days he was full of life, how could it not be surprising
Moreover, Jiang Erlang was diagnosed with lung disease a few years ago, and it took him half a year of taking medicine before he saw a slight improvement.
Now even the old disease seems to have disappeared, my voice is clear, my lungs are healthy, and I can’t be better.
Jiang Sanlang scratched the back of his head and said, "I didn't take any supplements, just ordinary meals cooked at home, rice porridge with a stewed egg in the morning and evening, and chicken, fish, and vegetables for lunch."
Jiang Sanlang didn't want to tell others that the stewed eggs were double-yolked eggs.
Doctor Li nodded, "I understand."
As he spoke, he lowered his head, rummaged through the box, found the pen, ink, and paper, ground the ink, picked up the pen, and began to write the prescription.
"Your second brother is already well, but he is still a little weak. I will prescribe a prescription for nourishing the lungs. He will be almost fine after drinking it."
The old doctor knew that he could not get any answers from the doctor, so he stopped worrying about it. He took note of the previous prescription and decided to try it on other patients with lung diseases in the future.
Jiang Sanlang confirmed that his second brother was fine, and he felt relieved. He clasped his fists and saluted Doctor Li, "Thank you Doctor Li for your trouble."
Doctor Li waved his hand, handed the prescription to Jiang San, took the consultation fee, packed up the medicine box and stood up.
Sanlang Jiang sent Doctor Li back to the pharmacy and got some medicine for him. Then he happily bought some New Year's goods and took them home.
Just after crossing the stone arch bridge, I heard a commotion in the village and wondered what was happening.
I quickly walked into the village and saw a large group of people gathered in front of my eldest brother's house. An old woman in her fifties was sitting in the crowd, slapping her thigh and crying.
"Oh my! You damn Jiang Liu, you used your sickly son to deceive my daughter. You said so much good things at the beginning, but I didn't expect that you had such evil intentions and wanted to harm my daughter...
Oh my God! You are a vicious woman with a sweet mouth but a sharp heart. Are you a human being? My son is a tuberculosis patient, yet you deceived my family. I will sue you for marriage fraud..."
The old woman was crying and slapping her legs and hitting the ground. A young woman was supporting her and pretending to comfort her.
Behind the woman stood a dark-faced man in his twenties, looking around with an unfriendly look on his face.
This... turned out to be Second Sister-in-law Leng's mother, Mrs. Cao, and her younger brother and sister-in-law.
Hearing the old woman talking about tuberculosis all the time, Jiang Sanlang couldn't help but frown and pushed through the crowd to go in.
"What's going on?" he asked his eldest brother who was standing by the door.
Jiang Dalang said angrily, "My second brother's wife's mother came to our house to make trouble, forcing my second brother to divorce her daughter. She also said that we concealed my second brother's illness and wanted us to give her thirty taels of silver as compensation."
"Thirty taels?" Her family really dares to ask that.
Jiang Sanlang: "What did Second Brother say?"
Jiang Dalang sighed, "Erlang was so angry that he collapsed and is lying in his parents' room."
"I'll go take a look." Jiang Sanlang stepped into the yard.
At this time, Jiang Erlang was lying on his parents' kang with his eyes closed. His face was as pale as paper and it was obvious that he had fainted from anger.
Jiang Liu hugged him and cried, trying to comfort him: "Erlang, don't be angry, your illness has been cured. Doctor Li said today that you will be healthy as long as you take care of yourself for a few more days. Woo woo woo, good boy, don't scare your mother..."
Seeing his second brother being so angry at Mrs. Cao, Jiang Sanlang clenched his fists and turned around to leave the house.
Oh, he wanted to beat someone up.
If that woman wasn't his second brother's mother-in-law, he really wanted to kick her out of the village.
But he can't be impulsive.
That is my second brother's mother-in-law, and it is also his own family affair. He should not act on impulse and ruin his second brother's marriage and family.