Chapter 17: Daddy is seriously ill
Ling'er followed Xiaohuzi all the way to trot, it took them more than a quarter of an hour to arrive at the road of more than ten miles, as soon as Ling'er found Wangjia Village, he threw Xiaohuzi behind him and rushed into the village in a smoke!
The villagers were startled when they saw her, and greeted her: "Silly girl, why are you lost again, your father and mother ......."
Ling'er didn't care about them, and rushed directly to his own house at the head of the village. When she rushed to the door panting, she saw a circle of people around the courtyard, all of whom were uncles and aunts who usually took care of their families.
Ling'er took a breath and shouted loudly: "Dad, mother, Ling'er is back!" Where are you? ”
Everyone turned their heads when they heard the sound, and they were all stunned to see that it was Ling'er, and after a while, a gray-haired old lady stumbled out: "Ling'er? Is it really Ling'er? My Ling'er is back? ”
Ling'er hurriedly took a few steps forward and hugged the old lady: "Mother, don't cry, don't cry, Ling'er is back, look, Ling'er is fine!" ”
The old lady cried even more, holding her while patting and reproaching as if she was happy and angry, Ling'er apologized again and again: "Okay, okay, mother, Ling'er knows that she is wrong, Ling'er will never run around again in the future, accompany her father and mother every day, honor you, and provide for your old age!" ”
The villagers were moved, and Aunt An wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "Aunt Yang, don't cry, isn't Ling'er back?" You still persuade Uncle Yang, he is sick like this, and if you don't invite a doctor, I'm afraid something big will happen! ”
"Yes, yes, Ling'er is also here to persuade your father!" Uncles and aunts responded one after another.
Ling'er looked over and saw that the white-haired father was lying slightly on a broken chair, with two flat poles on the legs of the chair, it seemed that the big guy wanted to carry him to the doctor. She helped the old lady to stand up, ran a few steps over, took her father's hand and called softly: "Daddy, daddy!" I'm Ling'er, open your eyes and see, I'm Ling'er! ”
Daddy's eyelids jumped, Ling'er in the vicinity could almost hear his breathing like pulling a bellows, after a while, he slowly opened his eyes, and saw that Ling'er's face finally had some blood, he wanted to say something, but his lips trembled several times and he couldn't make a sound! This is really not light, I have to see a doctor quickly!
She looked around, pulled a sturdy young man and said, "Uncle Ping, my father is sick like this, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to run around and be tired, can you please go to the town and ask a doctor to come back, and I'll pay you later!" ”
The young man was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and said: "Don't be paid, don't be paid, it's just Ling'er, the doctor has to add extra money to the doctor, and it will cost twenty or thirty yuan, your father ......."
"It's okay, I'll find a way to pay it back, trouble Uncle Ping quickly, you must find the best doctor!" Ling'er urged the young man to the door, and did not turn back until he saw him run into the village, and asked the uncles in the courtyard to help carry the father back to the house to settle down, and urged the old lady to go to the kitchen to boil hot water!
When the women saw this, they also came to help, and the men stood in the courtyard and offered to help anyone who wanted a hand. Ling'er wiped his father's face and palms with a hot towel, and then applied it to his forehead, now he can only wait for the doctor to come!
She sighed and looked out the window, and saw that there were still more than a dozen people standing in the courtyard, including old and young, husband and wife, and some who had not yet married.
The doctor didn't arrive until half an hour later, the medicine box was carried by Uncle Ping, and the doctor with a small beard was pulled by him and trotted all the way. When he entered the courtyard, the doctor held his knees and gasped for a while before he eased up, and when he was surrounded into the dilapidated thatched house, he saw the father on the bed, frowned, and said, "It's all sick like this, why don't you ask the doctor earlier!" ”
The doctor took the pulse for a long time, everyone waited with bated breath, and when he took his wrist away, Ling'er and Mrs. Yang asked at the same time, "How is it?" ”
The doctor frowned and looked around the broken house, "Alas! ”
Ling'er was anxious: "Doctor, what the hell is going on, don't just sigh!" ”
"Little girl, don't worry! The patient needs to rest, let's go out! ”
Ling'er helped the old lady back to the hospital, she noticed that the doctor was watching the situation at home all the way, could it be that he was worried that his family would not be able to pay his medical bills, and deliberately wanted to delay?
After everyone sat down, the doctor looked at Ling'er and Mrs. Yang opposite, held his chin and said, "There are only three people in your family?" ”
Mrs. Yang was even more anxious: "Yes, doctor, what is the old man's illness?" ”
"Alas!" The doctor shook his head and sighed again, Ling'er chuckled in her heart, could it be that Daddy is really bad? So what to do? Although Father Yang is old and healthy, and often sick, he has always been the pillar of his family, and in the ancient times of this agrarian society, families with men and families without men are completely different!
Ling'er gritted her teeth and said, "Doctor, are you worried that we won't be able to pay your medical bills?" Don't worry, even if I sell myself to be a maid, I will definitely make up for the money! You can prescribe the medicine as you want, as long as it can cure Daddy's illness, please! ”
Mrs. Yang looked back at Ling'er in surprise: "Ling'er, no!" Your dad doesn't want to go to the doctor just because he ......"
"Mother, don't talk about this, the most important thing is to cure Daddy's illness!"
Seeing this, the villagers were gossiping to help Ling'er say good things, and the doctor seemed to be a little moved, and said slowly: "Little girl, you are a filial piety, for the sake of this, I will not accept the money for the consultation, you only need to pay for the soup and medicine!" ”
Ling'er hurriedly thanked him, and the doctor said again: "Your father's illness is said to be serious, but it is not serious, he is sick all year round, sick and stiff, and he accumulates without looking at the doctor or taking medicine." If you look at it separately, there are some minor problems in his internal organs, seven meridians and eight veins, which are not serious, but together they are troublesome! ”
Ling'er listened to it and her heart hung in her heart: "That... Is there a cure? ”
"Yes! But ......" the doctor hesitated slightly, and then said: "The cure is very simple, that is, from now on, you must not be tired, you cannot do heavy work, you must live regularly, the diet must not be too bad, at least there must be meat every day, and most importantly, you need to soak it in medicine for many years!" ”
Aunt An exclaimed: "Isn't that the same as the eldest master of a rich family?" ”
"Yes, their family can't eat enough in this situation, where can they get the money to take medicine every day? Doctor, there's no better way? That... The kind that can be cured radically without taking medicine every day? ”
The doctor shook his head, he stroked his beard and thought about it, shook his head and said: "If it is a radical cure, it is not nothing, but it costs more money than taking medicine every day!" If you can find the thousand-year-old ginseng in the vast mountain, use a small piece of it for the patient every day for half a year, you can wash the menstrual marrow, and ensure that he is free of disease and disaster, and he is twenty years younger! ”
The villagers were so surprised that the thousand-year-old ginseng in the vast mountain was a big treasure, and one was worth 10,000 gold. Ten thousand gold! It's enough for a family to live for a few lifetimes, and even if someone picks it, they'd rather sell it than eat it themselves!
Ling'er thought about it when she heard this, and turned her head to look at the towering mountain behind her.