Chapter Forty-Eight: Dominating the Table
Lunch was eaten at Zheng's house.
The old lady of the Zheng family was in a good mood, and personally instructed the kitchen to prepare wine and food, and Li Wuchang naturally followed the whole process, behaving very naturally, just like the old lady's own grandson, occasionally saying a joke or two, which made the old lady laugh.
This made Zheng Wenlong and Zhou Chengwang on the side depressed, the old lady had not shown such a good face to people for a long time.
In fact, this is the uniqueness of Li Wuchang, he is good at observing words and feelings, always paying attention to the emotions of patients, and quickly finding topics to resonate.
When she was hungry when she was eating, the old lady also tried to pick up vegetables for Li Wuchang, and Li Wuchang took all the orders, gobbled them up, and reminded the old lady to eat more.
Under Li Wuchang's reminder, the old lady even ate a lot of things.
After he was full of wine and food, Li Wuchang burped and said, "Old lady, your food is really delicious. ”
The old lady laughed and said, "If you like to eat, come often." ”
Li Wuchang nodded and said, "I must come, I like to rub rice the most." ”
Then he looked at the old lady seriously and said, "Old lady, I came today, and there is one more thing that Brother Wentong asked me to do." ”
When the old lady heard that her grandson had asked for it, she was curious: "What is the matter?"
Li Wuchang said: "Actually, I am a doctor in the army, and my medical skills are passable, Brother Wentong knows that the old lady's health is not very good, and he is very worried, so he asked me to take a look for the old lady." ”
When the old man heard this, he said happily: "It's hard for him to have this heart, then it will be troublesome for the little brother, not to mention, the old body is a little lacking in spirit these days." ”
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in the room.
The old lady sat on the soft chair, and Li Wuchang closed his eyes to check her pulse.
Tea cup kung fu, Li Wuchang opened his eyes, his gaze solemn.
Zheng Heng was shocked in his heart and wanted to come up and ask, but Li Wuchang shook his head slightly at him and motioned him not to speak.
The old lady noticed that Li Wuchang was abnormal, and said, "How is the old body's body?"
Li Wuchang hurriedly said: "Old lady, don't worry, you just haven't rested well in the past few days, so let's do it, I'll give you acupuncture first, so that you can sleep well first, and you will be much better when you wake up." ”
The old lady nodded and boasted, "I didn't think that the little brother could also do acupuncture, so let's try it." ”
Li Wuchang was modest, then took out the needle bag from the placket, asked the old lady to sit firmly, and carefully pricked a few needles on the old lady's head.
Except for Zhou Chengwang and the Guo family brothers and sisters, everyone was shocked, but they didn't dare to disturb loudly, for fear that Li Wuchang would accidentally hurt the old lady.
After a while, Li Wuchang took back the golden needle, looked at the old lady, and asked carefully, "Old lady, what do you think?"
The old lady looked a little tired and said, "I don't have any strange feelings, but I feel that my eyelids are a little heavy and I don't have energy." ”
Li Wuchang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said, "That old lady has a good night's sleep." ”
The old lady nodded, went to bed under the service of the maid, and fell asleep in an instant.
Everyone was amazed, especially Zheng Heng's father and son, because the old lady hadn't had a good rest for a long time, she went to bed late and got up early every day, and she heard the maid say that the old lady was still sleeping very unsteadily, and she had to wake up several times every night.
It's the first time I've slept so heavily like this one.
Li Wuchang wanted everyone to wink and motioned for everyone to go out and talk.
in the living room.
Zheng Wenlong asked, "Brother Li, how is my grandmother's health, I didn't look very good when I saw you just now." ”
Zheng Heng also looked at Li Wuchang carefully, waiting for his answer.
Li Wuchang shook his head and said solemnly: "Brother Wenlong, it's not that the junior brother is alarmist, the old lady's physical condition is much more serious than imagined, and it is very tricky. ”
Everyone's faces sank.
Zheng Heng was already mentally prepared, and said in a deep voice: "Can you elaborate on impermanence?"
Li Wuchang analyzed: "The old lady has been emotionally suppressed for a long time, restless, and unable to eat and sleep well, which leads to a decline in physical function, which has caused a series of diseases, and the old lady is old, and her body's resistance has declined. ”
After a pause, he continued: "If the guess is right, the old lady should have seen many doctors before and taken a lot of medicine. ”
Zheng Heng nodded and said, "I have indeed seen many doctors, and each doctor has prescribed prescriptions, and he has always eaten it." ”
Li Wuchang sighed and said, "I'm not slandering other doctors, part of the reason why the old lady has become like this is that the medicine is too frequent, and the old lady's body can't withstand it at all, not only does it not treat the old lady, but it will damage the old lady's body." ”
Zheng Heng's father and son's expressions changed greatly, and they were all annoyed in their hearts.
The old lady has seen so many doctors and taken so many medicines, but her body still hasn't improved, so that's the case.
Zheng Heng's face was solemn and said, "What should I do?"
Li Wuchang said: "First of all, we must keep the old lady in a good mood, we can't let her stay alone, Brother Wenlong, as the grandson of the old lady, should accompany her more and talk to her." ”
Zheng Wenlong muttered: "Where can I talk to her, I don't know what to say." ”
He felt that the old lady was very difficult to get along with, and he only had Zheng Wentong, the eldest grandson, in his eyes, and he had always been indifferent to other grandchildren.
Zheng Heng glared at him, and Zheng Wenlong immediately couldn't speak.
Li Wuchang said: "You don't have to say anything, you just stay by her side, you listen to everything she does, and you have to listen carefully, don't let her feel that you are perfunctory to her." Just like I did just now, I didn't say a word when I heard her talk about Brother Wentong's childhood for so long, but the more she talked, the more energetic she became, and her mood improved a lot. ”
After a pause, he continued: "When the old man gets older, she will be lonely, and she especially needs the company of her family, if no one pays attention to her, she will become more and more lonely, and her body will be greatly affected. ”
Zheng Wenlong nodded silently.
Li Wuchang continued: "Although the old lady is in very bad health, if she can maintain a good mood and smile more, there is still a way. Recently, don't look for other doctors, don't take other medicines, I prescribe a pair of medicines, insist on taking them, and there will definitely be some effect. ”
Then he looked at Zheng Heng and instructed: "Gong Zheng, please be prepared for a protracted battle, the old lady's body is too bad, and she can't recover without a few months of conditioning, and in the next few days, I will come over often and try to help the old lady recover her mentality." ”
Zheng Heng saw that Li Wuchang's conditioning was clear, and he made a guarantee, and he made up his mind and said gratefully: "That's too troublesome and impermanent." ”
Li Wuchang waved his hand and said: "Gong Zheng don't say that, I believe His Royal Highness Second has also told you, if you can cure the old lady, I will charge eight hundred taels, so don't thank me, just thank Your Royal Highness Er, I just take money to do things, this Brother Cheng Wang and Brother Yun Lei should know best." ”
The relationship still has to be made clear, and people can't misunderstand that they are the people of the Second Highness.
Zheng Wenlong was speechless.
Zhou Chengwang and Guo Yunlei smiled wryly.
Guo Yunling looked at Li Wuchang, and said in his heart that Li Er was really a money fan, asking for money everywhere.
Lin Qin and Lu Ting looked incredible, secretly wondering if this Li Wuchang was stupid?
And Lu Xuandong was a little embarrassed.
Zheng Heng is a person, he can be in Chang'an City of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and he is by no means a simple character, and he instantly understood the meaning that Li Wuchang did not want to get too close to the second prince, and secretly praised it in his heart.
At the moment, he shook Lu Xuandong to the end and said, "Thank you so much, Second Highness." ”
Lu Xuandong hurriedly returned the salute, a little flattered and said, "Gong Zheng is too polite. ”
Zheng Heng said to Li Wuchang again: "Although impermanence is to do things with money, the old man still has to thank you, if you can really cure the old mother, he will thank you again in the future." ”
Li Wuchang shrugged his shoulders and diverted the topic: "I'll prescribe a pair of medicines first...... When the old man wakes up, you tell her, "I'll come back in a few days." ”
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Two days later, Zheng Mansion, inner hall living room.
The old lady of the Zheng family, Li Wuchang, Zhou Chengwang, and Zheng Wenlong sat at a table with solemn expressions.
There was a circle of people watching the game.
"Eighty thousand!" Li Wuchang yelled.
"Haha, win...... It's called all the same, isn't it? The old lady laughed.
Li Wuchang took out ten taels of silver and handed it to the old lady, and said with a wry smile: "Old lady, can you be like this, you just learned this mahjong, and you caught me for an afternoon." ”
Yes, they are playing mahjong.
After Li Wuchang went back, he pondered about finding something to do for the old lady, and after thinking for a long time, he took out the mahjong, found the best craftsman, and hurried to make a pair.
After coming to the Zheng family, he pulled the old lady and Zhou Chengwang and Zheng Wenlong, and after briefly explaining the rules, they went to the table to fight.
Unexpectedly, the old lady was amazingly talented, learned it in a few strokes, and showed great interest.
Li Wuchang was happy to cooperate with her, deliberately dismantling the card and sending the stamp, or directly setting off the cannon, which made the old lady happy.
Poor Zhou Chengwang and Zheng Wenlong, the two rookies, are not very familiar with the rules, Li Wuchang doesn't take care of them, they all lose all afternoon, Li Wuchang occasionally comes to a chicken beard, and the two brothers are simply numb.
The old lady took a handful of nonsense, put away the silver handed over by Li Wuchang, and said, "Little brother, what you just said, there is no father and son on the gambling table, so there is no need to be affectionate, hehe." ”
The old lady rarely found a fun game and was in a good mood.
Li Wuchang said with a smile: "It seems that I have to have another meal in the Zheng Mansion tonight to recover a little loss." ”
The old lady smiled and said, "It's going to be shorter than your meal...... Come on, come on, go on, go on. ”
That looks very much like the kind of housewife in Li Wuchang's impression, after finishing the housework, they get together to play mahjong, often playing in the dark without feeling tired, and now the old lady is like that.
Li Wuchang laughed secretly in his heart, shouted, and said: "Okay, I want to see if the old lady's luck has always been so good, I don't believe it, I will definitely beat the three of you all over the ground this afternoon, so that you will lose everything." ”
An afternoon passed in an instant.
The old lady and Li Wuchang happily counted the money, but Zhou Chengwang and Zheng Wenlong lost cleanly, with a helpless face.
After dinner, Li Wuchang took advantage of the old lady's good mood and suggested: "Old lady, let's play for so long, let's take a break, by the way, let me prick a needle for you, sleep well, and take care of your body. ”
The old lady was in a good mood, thought for a while, and said, "It's okay, then continue another day." ”
After Li Wuchang checked the old lady's pulse, he gave her a few more injections, and the old lady fell asleep smoothly again.
Zheng Heng sighed: "It's been a long time since I've seen my mother so happy, impermanence is really a good means." ”
Li Wuchang said: "The means that can cure the disease are good means." Now the effect is very good, the old lady's heart disease is temporarily suppressed, as long as she insists on acupuncture and taking medicine, her body will slowly recover. ”
After a pause, he sighed: "It's just that Gong Zheng, Brother Wentong's affairs can't be hidden for a lifetime, so you should prepare early." ”
Zheng Heng said: "What can I do, I have to hide it for a day." ”
Li Wuchang advised: "Don't let the old lady go out often on weekdays, in case you hear any rumors." If she really gets any news and knows the truth, she must remember to come to me as soon as possible, and I will find a way. ”
Zheng Heng nodded seriously.
Looking at the changes in his mother in the past few days, Zheng Heng's confidence in Li Wuchang has greatly increased, although the process of Li Wuchang's treatment is very strange, but the effect is more than one grade better than those so-called famous doctors.
Li Wuchang said again: "Brother Wenlong and Brother Chengwang learn mahjong hard, lest the old lady think that you are too inferior, and it will not be good if you are not interesting to play, in addition, prepare more silver and lose to the old lady." ”
Zheng Wenlong and Zhou Chengwang glanced at each other and smiled bitterly.