After returning to her own courtyard and dismissing the waiters, Hua Zhi left Yingchun alone and asked, "Did you find out?"
"Yes." Yingchun replied in a low voice, "Everyone in the old lady's room is very tight-lipped. I tried to get information from a little maid for a long time before I learned that the old lady had been coughing badly recently. Every day, Nanny Su would take some things to the small kitchen to watch over and burn them. I asked a little maid to watch over it and notify me as soon as the garbage in the old lady's room was cleared. I went to check to see if there was anything like a handkerchief."
"Do it discreetly."
"Yes, I dare not let the old lady know."
"Grandmother already knows. I need to be on guard against other people." Hua Zhi motioned for her to step back. She couldn't calm down after sitting there for a while, so she simply went to the desk and practiced calligraphy for a while.
It is said that handwriting reflects a person's character, but she refused to believe it and practiced writing in a very beautiful small regular script. She usually used this handwriting to meet people. Just like her usual personality, she looked extremely well-behaved and obedient. Only her grandfather knew how aggressive her handwriting was in private.
After venting her anger by practicing calligraphy, Hua Zhi mostly relieved her depression. Then she asked someone to come in and fetch her some water.
Yingchun packed it up and burned it as she had done countless times before, and then she heard the young lady say, "Keep it."
"yes."
"Is Nanny Lin back?"
"I'm back. I came here to report that I had brought all the medicines back. Old Madam Zhu even asked her to bring back a lot more. I saw that you were busy, so I didn't let her disturb you."
"Where's the medicine?"
"Fudong has collected it."
"Ask her to boil the medicine according to the prescription and deliver it to grandma personally."
"yes."
"Go to the back door and tell them to keep their eyes open. Please invite Shaoyao in immediately when she arrives."
"Don't worry, Miss Shaoyao is easy to recognize." Nian Qiu wrapped her hand with a towel and gently wiped it. "Miss, do you want Miss Shaoyao to see the old lady?"
"I believe in Doctor Chu's diagnosis. But since Shaoyao can be with such a prestigious person at such a young age, her level must be very high. Maybe she has other ideas." Hua Zhi stood up and walked to the corridor outside the door, looking at the gloomy sky. It was going to rain.
After an autumn rain, the weather suddenly turned cold, and four children in the tribe fell ill unexpectedly. Hua Zhi didn't feel relieved after Doctor Chu came. In this world where a minor cold can be fatal, she didn't dare to take it lightly.
After helping her grandmother take the medicine, Hua Zhi said her decision, "I want to invite a martial arts teacher back. Although the Hua family has been passing down poetry and literature for generations, it is good to have a stronger body, so that you can have fewer illnesses."
"It's a good idea, but we have a large family of children, and we can't invite anyone to our home. If Mr. Mu is not a reliable person, I wouldn't trust him to come."
"I will ask my grandfather for help on this matter. People who have been approved by him will not be too bad."
The old lady was still unhappy. Considering the reputation of the women in the Hua family, she didn't want to have another strange man in the house, but her granddaughter's suggestion was not unreasonable.
"Besides, the guards at home are too sparse. I want to pick some people out to learn from them, so that they won't hold me back when I go to the North."
The old lady swallowed the objection that was on the tip of her tongue. If she were to go to the north, she would really need to have better skills and be able to protect Zhier along the way.
"Then I'll trouble you, father-in-law."
Liu Xiang came in from outside and whispered something in Yingchun's ear. Yingchun nodded slightly, walked over and whispered, "Miss, Baoxia is back, and Miss Shaoyao is with her."
Finally, she came. Hua Zhi ordered, "Go and welcome her for me and bring Shaoyao here."
"yes."
"Zhi'er, your friend? Grandmother looks sick and doesn't want to see guests. You can go and entertain them yourself."
"She is a doctor." Hua Zhi did not explain much. The two of them had a strange tacit understanding regarding the old lady's condition. No one mentioned it, but they both knew the other knew the situation.
After a while, footsteps were heard outside. Hua Zhi stood up and waited at the door. Shaoyao was still dressed as before. She took off her veil when she came in. Although she didn't want to scare people, she also knew basic etiquette. This was her friend's grandmother, and she couldn't hide her feelings and make people dislike her, even though she knew that taking off the veil would only make people more disgusted.
A little maid in the room cried out softly. Although the old lady was also startled, she looked normal. She looked at Nanny Su who was also startled. Nanny Su understood and sent away all the extra people in the room.
"Grandma, this is Shaoyao, a friend I met at the farm." Hua Zhi seemed to have heard nothing. She took Shaoyao's hand and introduced her to her in a gentle voice, "Shaoyao, this is my grandmother. I asked you to come here to treat her."
Shaoyao likes Huazhi's frank attitude. It's just the way it is. It's not something shameful. There is no need to calculate before saying anything. Her friends are different from others.
Shaoyao thought happily, patted her chest and said, "Leave it to me."
The old lady began to understand why this disfigured girl was looked at differently by her granddaughter. In a family like theirs, people with this kind of personality were very rare.
She did not distrust the doctor because she was a female doctor and did not know her background. She took the initiative to extend her wrist and smiled kindly, "Then please take a look, female doctor."
Shaoyao was extremely sensitive to emotions, and seeing her sincere smile made him feel happier. He sat on the round stool beside the bed and took her pulse carefully.
Seeing her increasingly serious expression, Hua Zhi knew something was wrong. She pressed Shaoyao's back gently without leaving any trace. Shaoyao looked up at her and her expression gradually relaxed. After a while, she said, "The old lady was injured many years ago, right?"
The old lady was stunned. She didn't associate her illness with what happened many years ago. "It was true that there was one time. I was careless and had a miscarriage in the eighth month of pregnancy. It took me two years to recover. Is it related to that incident?"
"The root of the disease is still in the body, and a trigger will bring it out again. Can you show me the prescription you've been using recently?"
Hua Zhi took over the conversation, "The prescription is in Fu Dong's hands. I'll ask her to show it to you later. Is grandma's illness easy to cure?"
It's not whether it can be cured, but whether it is curable. Shaoyao thought about her friend's previous hint and left room for further discussion. "Some diseases are actually in the heart, not in the body. If you are in a good mood, you won't have any physical pain. The old lady has liver qi stagnation, which is obviously caused by too many worries and too much sadness in daily life. As long as the old lady can put the things in her mind aside and take medicine to regulate her body, her body will be fine. All the medicines in this world are for the body, but cannot cure mental illness. I hope the old lady can be more open-minded."
How could she not want to let go? It was just that her temperament had been like this for decades, and it was not easy to change. The old lady smiled bitterly, "I will do my best."
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