After Xiao Ming and the others got off the carriage, the man surnamed Lu led Ming Sheng to lead the carriage over. Xiao Ming looked back and saw a small facade from a distance, with simple decoration and five or six tables. Two or three tables of guests were having wine, and there were several wine jars at the end of the hall. One of them was about a person tall, and a shopkeeper was scooping out wine from inside. An old wine flag hung on the roof outside the door, swinging vigorously in the wind.
The mellow wine aroma kisses the tip of the nose. It is rich and sweet, not as mild as fruit wine.
It's a good wine, the kind that doesn't leak water.
Sure enough, the aroma of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley. Just one smell, Xiao Ming has already determined the base of her fruit wine this year.
Li'er was sniffing non-stop, obviously aroused.
Xiao Ming said with a smile: "Buy some when you go back."
When the man surnamed Lu came back, he said with a smile: "This is a brewing method invented by an uncle of mine. The materials used are good, and the brewed taste is more authentic than other brews. This place has been open for more than forty years now. It’s very popular here.”
People from far away come to buy wine, just like the famous apricot forest.
A person's name, the shadow of a tree.
Xiao Ming nodded, and the group followed the man surnamed Lu, and passed through two long alleys before reaching their destination. The house was already surrounded by people, noisy, miserable, and there was a faint sound of crying.
Seeing the man leading Xiao Ming and his party in, a woman shouted loudly: "Come here, come here, big brother is back."
The man surnamed Lu quickly entered the room: "How is mother?"
"I haven't woken up yet, but it looks like I'm going to die. What can the head of the household do?" The woman belonged to the man named Lu. When the man came in, she hurriedly hid the clothes prepared for her under the pillow.
"Doctor Xiao, take a look." The man surnamed Lu gave way to Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming stepped forward and took her pulse. She had heard about the condition before she came here. The old man had been bedridden all year round due to poor health. Today, he suddenly fell down and fainted. He was unconscious. She had already made a silent calculation in her heart. Now she confirmed it with a pulse. illness.
He took out the needle pack and applied acupuncture on the old man's body. Several bright silver needles penetrated the acupuncture points accurately, and everyone present did not dare to show their anger.
The man surnamed Lu silently counted the number of people in his family. Good guy, there are sixteen of them. It won't hurt to death if they are pierced in the body. Suddenly, when he saw the old lady opening her eyes, she had a thought in her mind. She must have been stabbed by a silver needle. To wake up.
Seeing that the person was awake, three people gathered around him hurriedly. The man named Lu was one step behind and became the fourth person.
In addition to the four of them, there were two young girls in the room, one about eleven or twelve years old, and the other about seven or eight years old, both standing beside the bed with red eyes.
"Mom, how are you?"
The three of them spoke in unison, showing concern and eagerness that didn't seem like hypocrisy.
The old man was excited when he saw his loved ones, and opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't say it, and his body couldn't move. After a long time, he just squeezed out.
When everyone took a look, they discovered that the old man's lips could not be closed, and liquid was flowing out from the corners of his mouth.
The family member of the man surnamed Lu showed a disgusted expression. Another woman on the side saw it and hurriedly stepped forward, took out a gray handkerchief and wiped it carefully.
The man was anxious and hurriedly asked Xiao Ming: "Doctor Xiao, what's wrong with my mother?"
"It's a stroke." Xiao Ming said, pulling out the silver needles one by one.
Stroke?
They don't understand.
"It means stroke. The old man's body is weak as he gets older. He usually loses Qi and blood, and the function of the heart, liver, and kidneys declines. There are also diseases caused by various external factors, which are triggered by a fall. People who suffer from this disease The whole body cannot move and can only lie on the bed and needs someone to take care of it. Those with mild illness are still conscious and can know what they want and can express it. Those with severe illness are confused, their mouth and eyes are crooked, and they can't even speak. If I don’t come out, I won’t be able to take care of myself.”
And this old man is the latter.
The family member of the man surnamed Lu slapped his thigh and cried loudly: "Isn't this like the old Huangtou from the next street, who is so sick that he can't even open his eyes and can't speak, and eats, drinks, and defecates all in bed? What's going on? manage?"
This is a disease that affects people after life and death.
Everyone in the Lu family also turned pale. After all, the old Huangtou incident was still fresh in their minds. He had lived through it for several years and passed away last month. Everyone in the neighborhood said that the Huang family was pitiful. Now it was the turn of the old Lu family.
When the man named Lu's family thought about this, his heart ached. She was the eldest sister-in-law. When the family was separated...
He inadvertently raised his head and looked at his frail and widowed sister-in-law, who had been taking medicine since the beginning of this year, and is now in better health, as well as her married and filial third sister. The family of the man surnamed Lu moved his small eyes randomly, making shrewd calculations. With.
"What should we do?" Lu Da asked, his pale face showing his bad mood at this time.
"You can only use decoctions and acupuncture for a long time to relieve the symptoms, take care of yourself, and prolong your life." Xiao Ming said. Once you suffer from this kind of disease, there is almost no possibility of treatment. You can only have people close to you to take care of it and scrub it every day. Turning over and massaging can only help patients live a few more years.
Sister-in-law Lu's face darkened again when she heard this: "How long do I have to take the medicine?"
She actually wanted to ask how much money it would cost. This is how Lao Huang's family was impoverished. They ate every day, month after month, year after year. This disease would deplete the wealth of many families.
Lu Sanmei on the side couldn't listen anymore. She knew what this sister-in-law was thinking, and said: "I have to take medicine for a long time. Mother's illness is more important."
It was hard for her to tolerate this elder sister-in-law any longer. When her mother was so ill, she was not even willing to take out the money to hire an oxcart for her elder brother to hire a doctor. If she hadn't wasted time on the road, her mother wouldn't have done this.
Sister-in-law Lu smiled coquettishly: "Don't be upset, Third Sister. You also know that Brother Xuan spends a lot of money on paper, ink, pen, and inkstone every day to study. My mother takes medicine for a long time. How can the family afford it? Your brother is the only laborer in our eldest house. How much can he earn in a day?" How much money? Unlike my sister and brother’s family, Yuan Xiaozi has already gone to work, my brother and sister wash and mend the clothes for others, and Lian’er embroiders handkerchiefs every day, so she can earn a lot in one month.”
Lu Sanmei sneered. My sister-in-law was so clever in her calculations that everyone in the second room was included in her calculations.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, Yuan'er just received his salary. I'll ask him to deliver it when I get home later." Second Sister-in-law Lu on the side spoke, coughing because she was speaking urgently.
The little girl named Lu Lian hurried over to support her mother, gently helping her along her back.
When she heard that someone had sent money, the Lu family's sister-in-law was very happy. She was sitting at home and the money came from the sky! Before she could speak, she heard Lu Sanmei's voice of dissatisfaction: "Second sister-in-law is still ill, Yuan Xiaozi has not gotten married, Lian'er is so young and how much dowry has she prepared? Why should sister-in-law search for you by scratching her head again? Besides, you are older when we separate. The house occupies a large part of the house, and your mother will be supported by you until she grows old. We eat rice and noodles every day, and have a lot of clothes for the four seasons. Do we still need money now? Brother Xuan has been studying for so many years, and his son can make soy sauce. I didn’t even get a single scholar, so I don’t think I need to read any more, just to save some money for my mother to recover from her illness.”
Lu Sanmei knew that if the second sister-in-law gave the money, the eldest sister-in-law would also find an excuse to ask her to give some too. Whose pocket did the money end up in? Anyway, it won't fall on my mother.
It's not that she is unfilial, she just doesn't want to be forced to be filial, let alone being filial to others.
