The Eighty-Fourth Physician's Parental Heart (Part 1)

  Zhao Yang entered the house and saw Zhu Shouyuan feeding their son with a milk bottle. Thinking that they had been on the road for a long time and hadn't eaten well, while the porridge made outside was specially prepared for Liu Juan, he said to Zhao Bingxing: "Has my mom cooked good food? Let's get some dishes sent over for Grandpa and Mr. Zhu to eat!"

  "No need, no need! Your family has already sent us rice and noodles, we're extremely grateful! We'll just make something ourselves later!" He also said: "Mr. Zhao, you can call me Little Zhu or my name, Zhu Shouyuan, my friends also call me Old Zhu!"

  Zhao Yang sat down beside Liu Juan, placing her feet on his leg and said: "Then I'll call you Zhu Ge! And you all don't have to call me Mr. Zhao anymore, just calling me by my name Zhao Yang is fine!"

  Zhao Bingxing said: "The meal is already prepared, what's the trouble? I'll go get it right away!" He then walked out of the door.

  Liu Juan's father rubbed his eyes and said: "Good man! Really good man!"

  Zhao Yang curled up his index finger and pressed it on the front end of Liu Juan's foot, asking: "Do you feel anything? Does it hurt?"

  Zhu Shouyuan handed the child and milk bottle over to his father-in-law, walked over, and said somewhat excitedly: "Zhao, Zhao Yang, is treatment starting now?"

  Liu Juan's stomach energy is very weak, so she doesn't have a good appetite. The acupoint that Zhao Yang found is called Neiting, which is the Jing River point of the Stomach Meridian and has the effect of regulating appetite.

  Zhao Yang intently observed Liu Juan's blood circulation, and with her current physical condition, it was truly more fragile than those ancient paintings that had been stored for hundreds of years. He must strictly control the speed of his blood circulation. So he just slightly nodded his head. Zhu Shouyuan also closed his nose and slowed down his breathing, afraid of disturbing Zhao Yang.

  After pressing for about a minute, Liu Juan's stomach responded with a few slight rumbles, then she let out two belches and made a swallowing motion. Her originally dry mouth seemed to have become slightly moistened, at which point Zhao Yang released his hand.

  It's not the porridge sold in stores, just cook it and it's done. If you're in a hurry, boil some water, add rice and cook for over 10 minutes. The porridge made for Liu Juan needs to be simmered into a milky soup, so after boiling, continue cooking on low heat for more than 30 minutes, resulting in only a small bowl of thick milky soup.

  After the rice porridge had cooled down and was no longer scalding hot, Zhu Shouyuan fed Liu Juan spoonful by spoonful until she finished half a bowl. The small dish mixed with carrot shreds was also refreshing to eat, and she ate about half of it as well.

  After finishing the rice porridge, a thin layer of sweat appeared on Liu Juan's forehead. Unlike in the hospital where she felt like vomiting after eating, her stomach now felt warm and comfortable, and her spirits lifted a bit!

  Zhao Yang was as vigilant as if he were facing a great enemy, fully concentrating on Liu Juan's circulation of qi and blood!

  In traditional Chinese medicine, there is a saying that "ginseng is the first to supplement the body's energy". This means that ginseng is a great tonic for the human body. For ordinary people, chewing and eating the three roots of ginseng may only make their body feel warm, but for Liu Juan, after absorbing the energy of the three roots of ginseng, while her body's energy was supplemented, the flow of qi and blood also accelerated, causing more qi and blood to flow into those abnormal meridians.

  Now these variant meridians are like "house thieves" who steal things from the "host family" every day, making the "host family" more and more impoverished. Now that the "host family" has just received a batch of "relief materials", these "house thieves" have rushed to steal them for themselves!

  Zhao Yang now had to supervise and control these "home thieves"! So, when Liu Juan felt a little uncomfortable, Zhao Yang quickly pricked three needles on her abdomen with the "Three Talents Needle Method".

  "The Three Talents Needle Method" emphasizes a single word " Zheng". After the silver needle is inserted, Liu Juan's Qi and blood circulation are like a tangled mess of threads that have been straightened out. The micro Taiji spiral at the base of the silver needle is like the crack of a whip from a horse herder, which organizes the disordered flow of Qi and blood and makes them move in the correct direction.

  Zhao Bingxing brought over dinner and three dishes, but Zhu Shouyuan and his father-in-law had no appetite to eat. They stood by the bedside, holding their breath and watching carefully.

  For this kind of liquid food, for a healthy person, it would take about twenty minutes to digest and absorb, but Liu Juan's internal organs and blood only had about 10% left, so it took more than fifty minutes to absorb completely, and the medicinal effect of ginseng was mostly supplemented in her body's healthy tissues!

  Zhao Yang took out the needle and found that Liu Juan had already fallen asleep, with a slightly restored normal human skin color on her face.

  Zhao Bingxing saw that Zhao Yang had finished his work, so he said to Zhu Shouyuan and his wife: "Alright, you two hurry up and eat something! The dishes are cold, I'll go heat them up for you!"

  Liu Juan's father grasped Zhao Bingxing's arm and said, "You've already sent us food, how can we trouble you to heat it up for us? You two are busy until now and haven't eaten yet, it's... Ah!" He patted his chest and choked with emotion, saying, "I don't know what to say! You two should hurry back and eat too!"

  Zhao Yang glanced at the time, it was almost seven o'clock, which was exactly the time when the kidney meridian's energy and blood changed from strong to weak, while the heart package meridian's energy and blood became more prosperous. He then said to Zhao Bingxing: "Dad, you go back and have dinner first, I'll give Liu Juan an injection before going back!"

  As she spoke, Liu Juan's body began to tremble slightly, and even in her sleep, her eyebrows were furrowed. Zhao Yang quickly took out a silver needle and inserted it between the Shen Cang and Tian Chi acupoints. Two minutes later, he removed the needle, and by then, Liu Juan's expression had relaxed.

  After sending Zhao Bingxing and Zhao Yang out, Zhu Shouyuan and his wife sat down, the dishes were not hot, they picked up their rice bowls and started eating in big mouthfuls. Actually, neither of them had eaten a proper meal for a whole day and night.

  The two of them would occasionally glance over at Liu Juan lying on the bed, and found that she was sleeping very peacefully, not waking up from her deep sleep due to severe pain. Suddenly, they felt that even if they only ate plain rice without any dishes, it would still taste sweet!

  After finishing dinner, Zhu Shouyuan took the bowl out to wash it. Looking at the environment that was vastly different from the city, after a while, he heard his son crying again, probably because he had urinated. Suddenly, there was an unreal feeling!

  He hastily finished washing the dishes, returned to the house, and saw Liu Juan lying safely in bed before letting out a sigh of relief. But then he started to worry again - he hadn't asked Zhao Yang where his home was; what if something happened and he needed to call him? Oh, right, there's the phone!

  Zhu Shouyuan moved a stool to sit beside Liu Juan, watching her calm down, holding her thin hand, feeling both relieved and saddened.

  It was unclear how much time had passed when the bed moved and he woke up with a start to find Zhao Yang taking the needle from Liu Juan's hand.

  Zhao Yang saw Zhu Shouyuan wake up and smiled: "Disturbing your sleep, right? It's all right, you're also very tired, go to bed and rest for a while!"

  Zhu Shouyuan wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, looking embarrassed, and said: "What time is it? I don't know how I fell asleep!" He shook his head again and said: "Father is old, let him sleep for a while, I'll stay here tonight to keep watch!"

  If his wife is seriously ill and in a different place, I'm sure any husband would be worried and stay by her bedside!

  "It's a bit past nine! You stay here and keep an eye on her, if anything comes up, give me a call and I'll rush over as fast as I can!"

  Today Zhao Yang did not go to the orchard, but instead laid a landline at the old house. If there is an emergency, he can rush over in one minute!

  Zhu Shouyuan found that Liu Juan's mouth was slightly open, from dating to marriage and childbirth, all these years, he was very familiar with this movement of hers: it was a sign that she had entered deep sleep!

  He nodded heavily again, excited and grateful: "Don't worry, I'll definitely take good care of her tonight! Zhao Yang, thank you!"

  When Zhao Yang left, Zhu Shouyuan placed Liu Juan's hand in both of his hands, kissed it twice, and murmured: "Little Juan, you will definitely get better! You said before that we would watch the sunrise together every morning, have dinner together at night, look at the stars together, sleep together, until we are old and can't move anymore... You said before that we would clean up together, do laundry together, save money for our children together...... I won't let you go! I will hold your hand, I won't let you leave......

  Since the cancer was detected, for how many days and nights, he accompanied Liu Juan every night, smiling to encourage her when she trembled in pain, letting her pinch his arm until it bled, but he didn't move, still smiling!

  But today, Liu Juan quietly fell asleep, and his tears flowed out like a river bursting its banks!

  In a daze, he found himself sitting in the university cafeteria again, where he first met Liu Juan, a girl who laughed loudly and ate with gusto!

  In a daze, the quilt was lifted with a slight breeze, Zhu Shouyuan looked up to see Zhao Yang putting the disinfected needle into the needle case. He quickly glanced at Liu Juan and found that her mouth had opened even wider, his heart filled with joy. He looked up again at Zhao Yang, who looked even more embarrassed, saying: "Ah, I think things have passed me by!" As he spoke, he patted his face and said: "Alright, I'll take good care of Little Juan!"

  Then he found out that every two hours, Zhao Yang would come back and give Liu Juan an injection!

  Around six thirty, Liu Juan woke up. Zhu Shouyuan hurriedly said: "Ah, Juan'er, you're awake? Do you want water or do you need to use the restroom?"

  Liu Juan squinted her eyes to look outside, the exceptionally clear sky and earth, the bright red sun, this was a scene she hadn't seen in many years! Just looking at it made people happy!

  P.S: This is today's, sorry it's a bit late~

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