Quinoa's Dilemma
During the two years when his younger brother was on duty as a guardian in the rain, Li Ren encountered the most difficult situation in his life.
Fang Fang had given birth to three girls and two boys in the past, but she did not manage to raise any boys. Fang Fang thought,'Am I destined not to raise a son? Am I only supposed to raise a daughter?' Who knew that in 1921, when Fang Fang was 39 years old, she gave birth to a boy. Yu Zhong gave this child a name, Xiudi. It meant that he had to take root in the ground. Once he took root in the ground, he would be stable. As expected, Xiudi had been growing up smoothly. Three years later, Fang Fang gave birth to another boy. At this time, she was already forty-two years old and was considered an advanced mother. Fang Fang's youngest son was named Xiuyuan." Yuan " still meant " earth ". She hoped that this child would take root in the earth. This name was also given by the rain.
When Hidehara was ten years old, Liren fell seriously ill. He didn't know what illness he had, but he felt weak all over and didn't want to eat.
Fang Fang said," You can't collapse. You're the pillar of our family. If you collapse, the roof of our family will collapse. The children will have to beg for food."”
Li Ren said,"This is probably God looking after me. He saw that I have two sons and couldn't let me be blessed too much. He wanted me to suffer a little to offset it."”
Fang Fang said,"People say that good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. In fact, there is no such retribution. Look at our family. You do good deeds, I do good deeds, and the whole family does good deeds. We raised Mei Yang until he was sixteen, and then raised Mei Jun until he was sixteen. It's time for good to be rewarded. Who knew that you would still suffer from a bad disease?”
Li Ren said," Regardless of whether there is good karma or not, we still have to do good deeds. You see, we are old, but we have two sons. Isn't this good karma?"”
Fang Fang said," Who would want to give birth? If it wasn't for Old Madam Huang's repeated reminders, I definitely wouldn't have taken the risk. I was already forty-two years old that year, and I was still giving birth. How ugly was that?"”
Li Ren said," Yes, I'm also fifty-one years old this year. My father died at the age of forty-five, and my elder brother died at the age of forty-six. If I were as short-lived as them, I would have died long ago."”
Fang Fang said," No, I can't say anything. You can't die. We still have to keep worshipping the gods. We have to burn incense and pray. We have to pray for Bodhisattva's blessing. We have to pray for you to be well and for our family to be safe."”
Li Ren said," Aren't you burning incense every day? Duke Shi An and General Yang Si are sitting on the altar and accepting our prayers and offerings every day. Why don't you show your spirit?"”
Fang Fang thought for a while and said," No, I still have to go to the local temple to worship the Bodhisattva and burn incense for you. The Bodhisattva in the local temple might be more effective."”
Li Ren said," We have an old saying in the lotus pond. It's called General Yang Si's skull is thin, but the spirit is still quite spiritual. The Bodhisattvas in the local temple may not be as effective as General Yang Si!"”
Fang Fang did not say anything. She went to Merlot's house. Mello's wife, Old Lady Pan Si, was a devout believer of Bodhisattva. She didn't care about big or small matters. As long as she didn't know anything, she would read a divination in front of the statue of Shi An Gong. As she read the divination, she would recite some scriptures. No one knew what scriptures she was reciting. Fang Fang went to Pan Si's house and told her about her idea. Pan Si's grandmother strongly agreed with Fang Fang's idea. She wanted to go to the local temple to burn incense and worship Bodhisattva to pray for Quinoa Ren.
Fourth Granny Pan was thirty-eight years old, fourteen years younger than Fang Fang. Her eyes were not good, so she could not walk fast. She had to rely on Fang Fang's support along the way.
The Earth Temple was built on the edge of the first garden under Youzha Village. It was very small and an adult could not enter. All the actions could only be done outside the temple. When the incense was lit, one would insert it into the temple with one's hand. Three Yuan, the food for fasting, would also be placed in the temple with one's hand. Then, Fang Fang would kneel outside the temple, facing the Bodhisattva in the temple. Pan Si, the old woman, would stand at the side and recite scriptures. As she recited, she pinched one of her fingers. It was unknown whether she was calculating numbers or something else.
The next day, Pan Si's grandmother saw Fang Fang and asked if Quinoa Ren's condition was better. Fang Fang said,""No, is it because my heart is not pious? When I knelt down yesterday, I was indeed very pious!”
Pan Si's old granny said," It's not your fault. If you want to blame someone, blame me. It's my fault for not being good at summoning the gods."”
After another two days, Li Ren's illness was still not cured. Fang Fang said to Li Ren,"We can't believe in God anymore. God only lives in people's hearts. If we believe in God, it exists. If we don't believe in God, it doesn't exist. It's a very illusory thing. If we're really sick, believing in God won't solve the problem.”
Li Ren said," How could we have the money to hire a doctor? In the past twenty years, in order to have children and buy some land, we spent all our savings. Now was the time of famine, the rice hadn't appeared yet, and the potatoes were still growing in the ground. How could they turn it into money?”
Fang Fang said," We can't pay it back if we go and borrow it. No matter how high the interest is, we still have to borrow some money to treat our illness.”
Li Ren said,"Borrow money? Who has the money to lend you?" Did Second Brother's family have money? He should have money. As long as you went to borrow money, he would definitely say that he didn't have any money. Even if you said that you were borrowing money with interest, he would still say that he didn't have any money.”
Fang Fang said,"In the past, you risked your life to help others. Now that you're in trouble, is there no one to help you?"”
He said,"You have done a good deed, but do not expect others to repay you." If you want others to repay your kindness, the result will only be counterproductive and others will hate you.”
Fang Fang said," This won't do, and that won't do. Then let's sell the land. We'll have money after selling a few liters of land."”
Li Ren said,"That's the only way. In the future, when our hands are free, we'll buy them back."”
The husband and wife discussed for a while and decided to sell the eight-liter plot of land that Duke She had occupied. This plot of land was far from the water route and the planting route, so it had never been popular.
Fang Fang went to look for the buyer. She first found her second brother, Wan Ren, and explained her intentions. Wan Ren said,"Our family doesn't have the money to buy land. Besides, only Lanxin and I are the laborers in our family. We can't plant extra land.”
Fang Fang said," If I want to sell my land, I have to save my own brothers first. As the saying goes, the fertile water should not flow into the fields of outsiders.”
"I appreciate your kindness, sister-in-law," Wan Ren said."Look, I'm already in my fifties. How many more years can I live?"”
After Fang Fang left, Wu Qionggui said to Wan Ren,""Don't you like land? Why don't you want it?”
"You know nothing," Wan Ren said."If I buy Liren's land, it means I'm rich. Quinoa Ren is sick and needs money to sell his land. It's my unkindness not to lend him money to treat his illness.”
Fang Fang said," I knew it again. You're a miser. You're just pretending to be poor."”
Wan Ren said," Actually, I'm not pretending to be poor. We don't have much money at home. Next year, we still have to get Lanxin a wife. If you lend out the money, who will you ask for it next year?”
Fang Fang came to Zhu Ren's house and asked him if he wanted to buy land. Zhu Ren said,""Look at my family, I have to do everything by myself. Xiubing is old and sick. He can only do a little work and can't do all the labor. I also opened a noodle shop, so how can I have time to increase the land?”
Fang Fang said," Brother Zhu Ren, please do me a favor and buy my family's few liters of land. I'm in a hurry to use the money." If it weren't for Quinoa Ren's illness, my family wouldn't have sold the land.”
Zhu Ren said,"No, no, please forgive me, sister-in-law. Go find another one."”
Fang Fang came to Xi Gui's house. The short Xi Gui was lying on the door with his legs crossed and taking an afternoon nap. He looked very unsightly. Fortunately, Xi Gui and Li Ren were born in the first year, so Fang Fang did not care. She pointed at Xi Gui's face with her finger. Xi Gui thought it was a mosquito biting him, so he brushed it with his hand and went back to sleep.
Xigui's concubine, Shen Shi, came out from the inner room. When she saw Fang Fang, she called Fang Fang to sit down and kicked her husband. Xigui said,"Whose pig is rubbing my feet?”
The girl from Hubei, Mrs. Shen, said," Whose pig is it that's arching your feet? I'm the one kicking your pig's feet." Wake up, sister-in-law Fang is here. She wants to talk to you.”
Xigui was half-naked, wearing a pair of pants that stretched to his waist. He sat up straight from the door and opened his eyes to see Fang Fang. Then, he found a shirt to put on and said,"Sister-in-law Fang, what's the matter?"
Fang Fang told him about her family's matters, then said that she wanted to sell a few liters of land to treat Quinoa seeds and see if Xigui's family wanted to buy them. Xigui said,"This is a good thing, a good thing!"
Shen shi said,"You're going to have a plague. Brother Li Ren is sick, and you say it's a good thing."”
Xigui was always in need of children. This Shen Shi had given birth to three sons for him. One died, and there were two left. They were good fertility tools. No matter how Shen Shi scolded him, he treated it as a joke. It was the same this time. After Shen shi finished scolding, Xi Gui said,"I'm talking about myself. I'm going to buy land again and get rich again. Isn't that a good thing?”
Fang Fang said,"Do you want it or not? Give me a straightforward answer."”
Xigui said,"Of course, I'm here to save you." I'm a person. Don't think that I'm uneducated. I still know how to be fair and righteous. I have money, you have land. I used money to buy your land. You used money to treat your illness. I'm good, you're good, and I even saved someone in distress. What a cost-effective thing.”
Fang Fang told him which piece of land she wanted to sell. Xigui said,"That piece of land can't be sold for a high price. Are you sure you want to sell it?”
Fang Fang began to discuss the price with Xi Gui. After the two of them agreed on the price, they went to find Yu Zhong to write the contract. Then, Xi Gui handed the silver to Fang Fang.
After Fang Fang left, Xi Gui teased the rain that had not left. He said,"Mister Rain, what's the use of reading so many books? You can't turn them into money or fields. Only silver is useful. My basket of silver can buy countless baskets of words and all the paper in the country.”
Mister Rain said," Yes, your mantra is to help others do what you can do, and help others write what you can write. Aren't I here to help you write? However, you won't be able to recognize what I wrote. If I play some tricks and write this contract as your family's land and sell it to my third brother, won't you vomit blood?”
Xi Gui quickly took out the contract and looked at it again. He said,""Are you kidding me? You wouldn't do that, would you?”
Mister Rain said,"You've turned the contract upside down. What are you looking at?!"”
Xigui quickly said,"I'm showing it to you so you don't have to worry."”
Mister Rain said," What am I looking at? I wrote it. Do you think I don't know?”
Mr. Rain did not explain further and left, leaving Xigui there. Xigui had found a few people to read the contract, but none of them could read it, so he had no choice but to look for Fei Zhang. Fei Zhang read it to him once before he left with a peace of mind.
When Fang Fang returned home, she told Li Ren about the sale of the land. Li Ren said,"That's the only way. This piece of land really can't be sold at a high price. We can't blame Xigui.”
Fang Fang sent her second daughter Shi Zhen to invite a doctor. The doctor came to diagnose and treat for half a month, and Quinoa Ren also slowly recovered. However, when the house leaked, it rained overnight. The boat was late and met with a head wind. After Li Ren recovered, this Fang Fang also fell ill, and it was even worse than Li Ren.
Li Ren said," I'm fine, you're sick, but I spent all my money. What should I do?"”
Fang Fang said," Let's believe in Bodhisattva. You're a man, so your Yang Qi is strong. I'm a woman, so my Yang Qi is naturally not strong. Bodhisattva will be more effective."”
Li Ren didn't know much about worshipping Bodhisattva, so he went to invite Pan Si's grandmother to perform divination, recite scriptures, and burn incense to pray. The incense burning on the shrine in Shi 'an Hall was the most exuberant in Maple Ridge. Old Lady Pan Si was sitting in front of the shrine, holding two hexagrams in her hands, one yin and one yang. She was silently reciting scriptures. There was a little sound, but it was not clear to others. After reading for a while, she threw the hexagram on the ground. When she saw that something was wrong, she picked it up and threw it again and again until she was satisfied.
Li Ren said,"What did Bodhisattva say? Did my wife replace me?"”
Pan Si said,"Bodhisattva doesn't speak. Bodhisattva doesn't speak. He only comes in dreams." Watch your sleep tonight. See what kind of dream Bodhisattva gave you. I've prayed repeatedly.”
When he woke up the next morning, Li Ren shook his head violently. He couldn't remember if he had a dream last night. If he had, what kind of dream was it? Why couldn't he remember at all? Fang Fang also asked him what kind of dream he had, but Li Ren said he couldn't remember. After a pause, Li Ren said,"I think this is also nonsense. We shouldn't believe in God. We should believe in medicine."”
Fang Fang said," I think it's better to delay it. For generations, people who get sick will get better after delaying it.”
Li Ren said," How can we drag them? Some people are dragged into a coffin."”
Fang Fang said," It's still a 50 - 50 match. I might not be the damned half. I might not be the half that can't drag things out." Besides, how many people could have the money to treat their illnesses?”
" So be it," Li Ren thought. This was also a solution. Fang Fang's words were not without reason. After Quinoa recovered, he began to work. He had to dig ditches in the grain fields, dig the fennel vines in the fennel fields, and cut off all the firewood on the ground. Fang Fang's household affairs were handed over to her second daughter, Shizhen. Shizhen's nickname was 'Grasp Urgently'. She did everything quickly, but it was rough. There was nothing she could do about it.
After half a month, Fang Fang's illness became more and more serious. In the end, she simply slept in bed and did not get up. Li Ren said,"We can't delay any longer. We still have to hire a doctor and sell a few liters of land."”
Fang Fang did not say anything. She did not want to die just like that. Xiudi was only thirteen years old, and Xiuyuan was only ten years old. She still had two younger daughters who were not married. If she died now, her family would not be able to start a family. It would be a mess.
Fang Fang did not speak, so Li Ren took it that she had agreed to sell the land and went straight to Xi Gui's house. When Xigui saw Quinoi Ren, he said,"Old Geng, what good things are there in your family? Are you going to sell your fields again?"”
Li Ren said," Shorty Xi, you really can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth. But you're right. I'm here to sell my land to you."”
Xi Gui said,"Old Geng, you really have your eyes on someone. In our Maple Ridge, only I, Shorty Xi, have such a kind heart." In the past, you were a benevolent person. Now, the benevolent person is me.”
Li Ren said,"I hope you are a kind person and not a heartless person."”
Xigui said," Why are you selling your fields again? Didn't you get better? I saw you turning over fennel vines in the fields yesterday, and I saw you chopping firewood today."”
Li Ren said," I'm fine, but my wife is sick. She's even more serious than me. I can't do without a doctor. I can only sell you a few liters of land."”
Xigui said," Okay, okay. Fortunately, you have a lot of land. I'll buy all your land because you plant well. The land is fertile and you can do your work well."”
"Don't be too proud. I'll sell it to you today, and I'll buy it back tomorrow."”
The two of them began to discuss which piece of land would be sold, what the price would be, what the waterway would be like, how to write the contract, and whether they needed to find a middleman to testify. After that, Xi Gui said,"Let's find a middle-aged man and let Mei Shang be the middle-aged man. He is also of the same age as us." In addition, I won't ask Mister Rain to write this contract. I'm afraid he'll play tricks on me. You can write it yourself. Anyway, there's someone supervising it.”
Li Ren found it funny. How could there be any trouble in the rain? Since Xigui was wary, then let him be. Li Ren found a pen and ink stone and started to grind the ink. Xi Gui also found Mei Shang, Mei Shang said,"I'm very busy. You two are old men. Why don't you trust me?”
"With you, aren't we three old men? Wouldn't we trust each other more?"”
After the contract was written, both parties signed it, and the middleman also signed it. Li Ren left with the silver.
Silver was really a good thing. With it, he could hire a doctor and treat his illness. Fang Fang's illness had been treated for a month and she was finally cured. She could walk around and slowly work.
In the 1950s, Mr. Rain went to be the head of the school, and Lan Xin became the substitute teacher of Gaoshan Temple. Hideki stopped studying and learned abacus from Lanxin at night. Hidehara was still studying as his cousin's student.
Lan Xin said," The first three methods of addition, deduction, and remainder division in abacus are relatively easy. You've almost learned them. Division is relatively difficult. You have to be more focused when you learn.”
Xiudi said," Brother Lanxin, are you saying that I'm not focused? I'm already so old. It's normal for me to have distracting thoughts."”
"How old are you?" Lan Xin asked. You're still a teenager, and it's time for you to receive things. You need to focus.”
"Alright, I'll listen to you. I'll definitely concentrate."”
"Then I'll teach you!" Lan Xin said. There were two types of division on the abacus, namely, the division by reduction and the division by quotient. The division by reduction was calculated using pithy formulas, including the pithy formulas of nine returns, the pithy formulas of returning quotient, and the pithy formulas of nine quotient. There are sixty-one lines in the Nine Return Mantra. You must remember them.”
Xiudi brought over a pen and paper. He was ready to memorize the Nine Return Formula. After they were ready, Xiu Di looked at Lan Xin in a daze. Lan Xin said,""Why are you in a daze? I told you to focus!”
"I'm not in a daze, I'm waiting for you to tell me."”
Lan Xin said,"The Nine Return Formula goes from one return to nine returns. One return is the easiest, but the further back it goes, the harder it becomes. The chant for 'One Return' is to enter one by one, enter two by two, and enter three by sewing three…"
"I know," Xiudi said."After that, it's every four to four, every five to five, every six to six…"
Lan Xin said," Don't be so arrogant. It's going to be difficult when you reach Second Return. Second Return is like this. Every second wins one, every fourth wins two, every sixth wins three, every eighth wins four, and every second wins five.”
Xiu Di said,"What do you mean by adding two to make five?”
"This chant means that half is equal to 0.5. It's like both sides splitting it equally."
Xiudi silently chanted the incantation of the Second Return, then said,""It's a little difficult!"
Lan Xin continued to recite the incantation while Xiudi continued to memorize it. In the end, Lan Xin said,""There are only two sentences at the end of the Nine Return. It is that when the Nine Return goes with you, every nine becomes ten.”
Xiudi said," It's really more difficult the further you go. You see, it's very difficult to return to the sixth level. Every six enters one, every twelve enters two, six three adds five, six one adds four, six two three more than two, six four six more than four, six five eight more than two. What do you mean? I'm afraid I can't learn it.”
Just as he was saying that he was a blockhead, Xiudi fell to the ground and lost consciousness. Lan Xin quickly called Third Uncle Li Ren over. The two of them helped him to a chair. Li Ren pinched Xiudi's philtrum and temples. No matter how he pinched, Xiudi would not wake up. She was unconscious. Fang Fang also rushed over. She was so anxious that she kept crying. What was the use of crying? Would crying wake her son up?
"You brothers didn't fight, right?" Li Ren asked Lan Xin.”
Lan Xin said," Third Uncle, what are you talking about? I was teaching him the abacus formula. He was learning it when he suddenly fell unconscious. I also felt that it was strange."”
When Fang Fang went to call Fourth Grandmother Pan over and asked her to perform divination in front of the altar, Fourth Grandmother Pan said to Fang Fang after she finished her homework,""You have to burn incense and pray by the water tank, then go to the iron shop and the pond to eat vegetarian food and collect your soul. After doing this, your Xiudi will get better.”
Fang Fang did as she was told. It had already been a night, but Xiudi was still the same. She still had not woken up. Li Ren and his wife did not sleep the entire night. He thought that they could not wait like this anymore. They had to call a doctor. Fang Fang insisted on going to the Earth Temple today to see if the Bodhisattva there was more effective.
Li Ren said," Alright, let's split up. I'll go find Xigui to sell the land for silver, and then I'll go to the doctor. You go to the local temple to burn incense and pray. Shizhen will guard the land."”
Li Ren thought that this Bodhisattva was indeed unreliable. It could only be a spiritual sustenance and a spiritual home for people. People could not lose their spiritual home. It was definitely unreliable to rely on it to treat illnesses. Fang Fang thought,'Is my life destined to be unable to hold a boy? Is my life destined to be miserable? Is it that Shi An Gong Mo Yan Gong Huang Furen will not protect my family in the afterlife?'
Quinoa Ren found Xi Gui, saying that he wanted to sell the piece of Er Dou Tian in the ridge of She Gong Chong to Xi Gui, and then go through the formalities in two days. Now he would lend him five taels of silver to ask the doctor to see a doctor. Xigui jumped up in joy. He had coveted this piece of land for a long time. The soil was not deep, it was close to water, and the road was convenient. It was really good to grow. He went to take five taels of silver and gave it to Quinoa.
The doctor came over and checked Xiudi's pulse. He looked at his eyes and said to Li Ren,""I can't diagnose your child's illness. His pulse is very chaotic. Hurry up and think of a way to send him to a big hospital in Yuezhou.”
The doctor carried the box and left, leaving Li Ren's family in fear. Fang Fang was so anxious that she cried, and her two younger daughters were also crying. Li Ren said," Why are you crying? Shizhen, go and call Brother Lanxin. Ask him to take a few days off and accompany me to Yuezhou to escort Xiudi."”
Lan Xin was called over. Li Ren said," Give the students a few days off. Come with me to Yuezhou. I want to send Xiudi to Yuezhou for treatment."”Lan Xin quickly agreed and went to Gaoshan Temple first. She found Mr. Rain and told him to wait for the students at Gaoshan Temple today before giving them a break.
Liren tied a stretcher and ran to Xiushui Station with Lan Xin carrying Xiudi. Fang Fang left the family matters to Shizhen and followed. At this time, a bus stopped at the station, so they got on it.
After getting off the car in Yuezhou, Lan Xin carried Xiudi and followed Liren to Puji Hospital. Then, she sent Xiudi to the emergency room. The doctor who treated Xiudi was surnamed Li. After seeing the patient and asking the family about the situation, he said,"Has the patient ever had epilepsy before?”
"What is epilepsy?" We don't understand."
Doctor Li said,"Epilepsies are what we call crazy pigs."”
Fang Fang said," You're the one who's crazy. Our son has always been fine. Why are you crazy?"”
Doctor Li smiled and said," Sister-in-law, what are you so anxious about? Pig Granny Madness is just a disease. I'm not saying that your son is crazy. I'm a doctor. I have to ask about the situation."”
Li Ren advised Doctor Li,"She's just a woman, don't listen to her."”
Doctor Li said," Your son has been in a coma for two days. It's very serious. This means that there's something wrong with his brain. There are four possibilities for this kind of illness. Epilgence, ruptured cerebral vessels, brain tumors, or low blood sugar. I can't determine which type your son belongs to right now. If his cerebral vessels rupture or he has a brain tumor, it will be very difficult to diagnose.”
Li Ren was in tears when he heard that. He said,""Hurry up and do the consultation.”
Doctor Li said," Let me ask your family first. Before the patient fainted, did he have any symptoms such as panic, trembling hands, cold sweat, pale face, cold limbs, numbness, and weakness? At the same time, did he have dizziness, irritability, anxiety, inattention, and mental confusion?”
Fang Fang rushed to say," Yes, yes. On the morning of his illness, he said that he was hungry. He randomly scooped a bowl of porridge and drank it. As he drank, he saw his hands trembling and spilled the porridge.”
Lan Xin also said," That night, when he was learning abacus, he was very distracted. He was also irritable and anxious.”
"In that case, it's very likely that the patient has low blood sugar," Doctor Li said. This disease was neither severe nor severe. If it was not treated and allowed to continue to develop, it would cause severe headaches, unclear speech, inappropriate answers, slow reactions, blackness in front of eyes, unclear vision, and inability to speak. Sometimes, the muscles of the whole body would twitch or even convulse. Finally, it would completely lose consciousness, causing coma and various reflexes to disappear. If they were not rescued in time, they would eventually die.”
Fang Fang started crying when she heard that it would eventually lead to death. Doctor Li said,"Why are you crying? Didn't you send him to the hospital?”
Doctor Li invited a few experts. They examined Xiudi carefully and asked Li Ren and his wife. Everyone agreed with Doctor Li's opinion that the patient had low blood sugar, but it was already very serious and needed to be treated quickly.
When it was confirmed that Xiudi had low blood sugar, the treatment plan was implemented. The patient was first injected with glucose. Doctor Li said to Li Ren and his wife,"For patients with acute and severe cases of low blood sugar and coma, in order to prevent the condition from progressing, 50 - 100ml of 50% glucose solution must be injected quickly by vein. If necessary, it must be repeated 1 - 2 times until the patient is conscious. Then, 10% glucose solution will be injected by vein drip to maintain blood sugar at 8.3 - 11.1mm/L(150 - 200mm/L). Observe for 1 ~ 2 - 48h to facilitate the recovery of brain cells and prevent coma again.”
Li Ren said," Doctor Li, you're playing the lute to a cow. We don't understand medicine, nor do we understand your language. No matter how much you say, it's just wasting your energy."”
"That's right, that's right. I thought I was talking to a nurse." Doctor Li said, suddenly realizing what was going on. "Actually, it's the same as telling you guys. You guys also need to know the treatment plan. Simply put, I'll first inject your son with glucose water to wake him up. Then, I'll inject him with glucose, adrenaline, mannitol, and adrenosteroid. Of course, these things aren't all used. It depends on the patient's recovery.”
The first thing he saw when he woke up was the nurse and ward. He asked,""Who are you? Where am I? Why am I here?”
The nurse said," Young man, you're sick. This is Yuezhou's Puji Hospital. You're hospitalized."”
Fang Fang heard her son's voice in the corridor and quickly ran in to see him. When she saw her son open his eyes and heard his voice, Fang Fang cried happily.
Xiu Di said,"Why are you crying? Aren't I fine?"”
Fang Fang wiped her tears as she said," You're still fine. You've been unconscious for three days and three nights without eating a single thing. If it weren't for this General Ji Hospital saving you, I'm afraid you would have lost your life."”
Xiu Di said,"Why are you here alone? Where's Master?"”
Fang Fang said," Your old master went home. He went to get money. He wants to sell the Erdoutian to get treatment fees." Your Brother Lan Xin was here too, but when he saw that there was no need for people here, he went back. He still had to teach.”
Liren found Xigui at home and settled the contract to sell the land. He exchanged it for cash and came to Yuezhou. He replaced Fang Fang and asked her to go back to take care of the house. He said that he was enough to stay in the hospital alone. Fang Fang thought about it and agreed. There were not many things to do in the hospital, and the two of them would have more food here. She packed her bag and prepared to go back. Li Ren sent her to the station, bought the ticket, and sent her to the car.
Xiudi stayed in Puji Hospital for half a month and was finally cured. Doctor Li told Li Ren,""Low blood sugar is a chronic disease, and there is a possibility of a relapse in the future. When you go back, you have to pay more attention to your diet and nutrition.”
Liren brought Xiudi back to Maple Ridge. Xiudi had never left the ancestral house for so long. He crossed Maple Ridge and saw the forbidden garden tree and the big house. He felt a sense of closeness.
Life had returned to its original track. Mr. Rain was still on duty as his guardian. He went to this village today and that house tomorrow. Lan Xin was still his substitute teacher and had to teach Xiudi abacus at night. Wan Ren was still mixing mud and debris in his few acres of land. He had plowed the field like a book. Huimin was still opening his shop to sell southern goods. Huimin's sons, Praying for Rain and Praying for Zhen, were like two little pendants, jumping around happily on their own land. Two people had to count their steps to carry manure, and two people had to measure the size of the ground. For the sake of his family's health, Liren had pawned three buckets of farmland. Every time he thought about it, his heart would bleed. After that, he comforted himself. Good, good. He had planted less than three buckets of land, so his work was much easier.
The Refinement Hall was still the Refinement Hall. It was already in its twenties. It was a young man. Its ground was black and shiny. Dust hung from its beams. There were spider webs on the corners of its walls. Bees had drilled holes in its walls. Its vermillion door had turned dark. All of this indicated that it had experienced the vicissitudes of life.
The people under Madam Huang were no longer the same people. Compared to the five brothers of the Xingren generation, the five brothers of the Huimin generation were not stronger, at least not now. After living separately, the families were far from the original Madam Huang's family.
No one made such comparisons. Everyone was living their own lives. Even if they were brothers and nephews, they did not care much about each other because everyone had a belief in their hearts. Whether their lives were good or not, whether their families were good or not, it was mainly up to heaven's will. People could not go against it.
Just as everyone was carefully living their lives, something happened to the family of Li Ren. His youngest son, Hidehara, was also sick. The eleven-year-old Hidehara was handsome and upright. He was a little man who was loved by everyone. He was also very smart in his studies, and his comprehension was better than his brother Hidehara.
After breakfast that day, Xiuyuan complained of a stomachache. His hand kept covering his belly button. Fang Fang held him in front of her and rubbed his stomach. As she rubbed, she asked,"Where does it hurt? Where does it hurt? Child, why are you sick? Why don't you take care of yourself?”
Hidehara pointed at her stomach. She said that her left side hurt, then her right side hurt, and then her belly button hurt. In short, she was not accurate. Fang Fang said,"Did you eat something unclean?"”
Hidehara said," I didn't. I ate whatever you guys ate. Why aren't you in pain?"”
Liren carried Hidehara and said to Fang Fang,""Go get a towel and heat it up over the fire. Then put it on Xiuyuan's stomach and see if it's better.”
Fang Fang did as she was told, but it was still not effective. Hidehara's stomach continued to hurt. It had been hurting for the whole morning, and he only ate a big lump of eggs for lunch. In the afternoon, the pain was even worse. Liren gave him a cupping shot, but it didn't have any effect. During dinner, Hidehara didn't even go to the table. He curled up in the round chair like a little hedgehog. Sweat ran down his face, and the pain was intermittent. When it was a little lighter, he would drink some water to replenish it.
Li Ren put down his dinner bowl and chopsticks and said,"This won't do. I'll go and get a doctor."”
After he finished speaking, he set off. Fortunately, it was a moonlit day, and the outdoors was bright and clear. After a while, the doctor came and took Xiuyuan's pulse. After taking her pulse, he said to Liren,"I can't cure your child's illness either. Hurry up and send him to Yuezhou.”
Li Ren said," What kind of illness is this? Isn't it just a stomachache? Who doesn't have stomachache? It should be fine after a while. Why can't he stop it?"”
The doctor said," That's why we have to send him to Yuezhou as soon as possible. I suspect that this is a problem with the cecum. If the cecum pierces, he will be in danger."”
How could he send her to Yuezhou in the middle of the night? No matter how anxious he was, he had to wait until the next day. Li Ren called Lan Xin and asked him to help send the doctor off with Xiu Di while he went to get the money.
After Lan Xin and the others left, Fang Fang said to Li Ren,""Hurry up and get the money. At most, you can sell a few liters of land. Saving people is more important. Our Hidehara is a top-class man. We can't live without him!”
Li Ren said," What are you talking about? He's our son. Even if he's a cripple, we still have to save him." Forget it, sell the land, sell the land, and go find Xigui.”
Seeing Xi Gui explain his intentions, Xi Gui smiled and said,""I can't buy your land anymore. If that's the case, people will say that I'm taking advantage of others. Go and look for Crown Prince De. As for the silver, you can take some from me first to save the situation.”
After Li Ren left, he went to look for Prince De and told him about the situation. The land he wanted to sell was the seven-liter piece in front of the door. Prince De saw that it was a good piece of land and agreed readily. He only said that it was too late and that the procedures would be completed in two days. Li Ren thought so and left. He knocked on Xi Gui's door again and borrowed a few taels of silver from him to go home.
The next morning, Li Ren carried Hidehara to Xiushui Station, and Fang Fang followed behind him. Liren thought as he walked. In the past two years, the four of them had taken turns to fall sick and sold four buckets and three liters of land. What should he do if this continued? There was always a limit to their family's wealth. If they sold their land when they fell sick, there would be a day when their land would be sold out. At that time, he was afraid that he would be a pauper, just like Mei Di.
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