sbdcsierra Chapter 116 Spring Blossom Pavilion
Chapter 116 Spring Blossom Pavilion
“You’ve caught a cold, but you’re unwilling to spend money to see a doctor. I wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving you with this problem.”
“Xiaoyu is going to make a lot of money in the future. If you don’t take good care of your health, who will take care of her children in the future?”
Sure enough, when Grandma Zhang heard that she would be taking care of her granddaughter's child, she immediately perked up.
"Xiaoyu, Grandma put the money in the cabinet under the bed. Hurry up and take it out so we can go see the doctor."
"Cao'er is right, I'll have to take care of your children in the future."
"Quickly, take me to see a doctor in a little while."
Shen Cao pulled her hand as she tried to sit up. "Grandma Zhang, don't worry, I've already called the doctor, he'll be here soon."
It turned out that when Shen Cao had asked Li Xiaoyu to wait for her in the front hall, she had scooped out some of the porridge she had cooked, thinking that since Granny Zhang was sick, her diet had to be light.
She happened to pass by Wan'an Hall on her way to Granny Zhang's house, so she went in and asked the shopkeeper to arrange a doctor to come to her house.
The doctor is waiting in the courtyard right now.
Shen Cao went out and invited the doctor in.
"Doctor, please take a look at Granny Zhang."
The doctor entered Grandma Zhang's bedroom. The bedroom was small, with only a bed and a wardrobe against the wall.
Li Xiaoyu quickly went to the main room and brought out two stools, one for Shen Cao to sit on and the other placed by the bedside so that the doctor could easily examine Granny Zhang.
The doctor took a pulse pillow out of his medical kit and placed it by the bedside.
Grandma Zhang placed her hand on the pulse pillow, and the doctor gently placed his hand on Grandma Zhang's wrist.
After examining both hands, he slowly spoke, “This old woman’s pulse is floating and tight, which indicates that wind and cold have invaded and obstructed her defensive qi. In addition, she has chills, fever, headache, and body aches, indicating that the wind and cold are severe. The treatment should focus on dispelling the cold. Once the wind and cold have dissipated, we can then warm the meridians and unblock the collaterals.”
After hearing the doctor's words, Li Xiaoyu stepped forward anxiously and stood beside the doctor, asking anxiously, "Doctor, is my grandmother's illness something that needs to be treated quickly?"
The doctor calmly stroked his goatee and said slowly, "It's nothing serious. It's just that a pathogenic wind entered her body, and coupled with the old lady's advanced age, her body couldn't withstand it, which is why she fell ill."
"Fortunately, the old lady is usually quite healthy, so her reaction was much milder than that of most people."
"However, you can't be careless when the elderly get sick. Luckily you invited me here. If I had kept putting it off, a minor illness might have turned into a major one."
After listening to the doctor's words, Li Xiaoyu looked at Grandma Zhang and said, "Grandma, listen to the doctor. You can't do this again."
Grandma Zhang felt a little guilty. Luckily, she had seen a doctor today, otherwise her illness would have been delayed by her own actions.
Shen Cao invited the doctor into the main room, "Then please write a prescription."
The doctor took out paper and pen, wrote a prescription on the table in the main room, and handed it to Shen Cao. "Get four doses of this medicine, one dose a day, twice a day."
"After taking the last dose of medicine, the old lady should be almost fully recovered. I'll go to Wan'an Hall for a follow-up check-up, and she should be fine then."
"Thank you so much for coming all this way, doctor."
Shen Cao handed the consultation fee to the doctor.
By the time Li Xiaoyu came out, the doctor had already left.
"Sister Cao'er, why did the doctor leave? I haven't paid yet."
"Don't worry, I've already paid the consultation fee."
"Sister Grass, that won't do."
"You don't need to worry about the consultation fee; it will be deducted from your wages from now on."
"Take good care of Grandma Zhang at home these next few days. I'll come to see you again in a few days."
Li Xiaoyu clutched the money she had just received from her grandmother, momentarily speechless.
Since her parents died, no one has ever treated her and her grandmother so well.
Grandma always had a fierce demeanor towards outsiders, and even many of her playmates were afraid of her.
Sometimes she felt that her grandmother was too harsh on others.
However, on several occasions when people came to cause trouble for them, Grandma would fiercely chase them away with a broom.
From then on, although no one wanted to associate with them anymore, no one dared to cause them any trouble.
Over the years, Sister Cao'er has been the only one who has ever taken the initiative to help them.
Her eyes immediately filled with tears, her red eyes even redder than when she was talking about her grandmother.
Shen Cao walked up to her, took her hand, and wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief. "Alright, you're a grown woman, why are you still acting like a child?"
"From now on, you will be the pillar of the family. Grandma will be entrusting the family to you. You can't cry easily."
"Watch out, you'll end up looking like a big, messy cat from crying."
Li Xiaoyu sniffed and nodded, "Sister Cao'er, I understand."
"Alright, take good care of Grandma. If you need anything, just come to me. Don't be shy."
"I have something to do at the shop, so I'll be leaving now."
After closing the door at night, Shen Cao changed into a dark-colored outfit and went to the back door.
She quietly opened the back door and went out.
She arrived at an abandoned courtyard, and after imitating a cat's meow twice, a figure emerged from the shadows.
Once the figure stepped into the moonlight, the figure became clearer.
He was a twelve or thirteen-year-old beggar, dressed in tattered clothes and holding a stick.
He walked up to Shen Cao and said with a smile, "Sister Cao'er, I've found out everything you asked me to find out."
"After those people left the government office, they stayed in Xin'an County and did not leave."
Shen Cao first took out the food he had prepared in advance from his pocket and handed it to the little beggar.
After the little beggar had almost finished eating, she asked, "Have those people seen anyone else these past few days?"
"I don't know either. We can only watch them from afar. Once they enter the restaurant, we have no idea what happens inside."
"However, we've been following them for the past few days and discovered that they eat at Chunhua Restaurant every day."
"And they always go for dinner, eating until late at night. Sometimes Chunhua Restaurant is already closed before they come out."
"Chunhua Tower?" Shen Cao seemed unfamiliar with this restaurant; she only knew about Zuixian Tower and Xiangman Tower.
The little beggar immediately explained to Shen Cao, "This Chunhua Restaurant only opened a few months ago. It's said that the owner is a very wealthy man. His identity is very mysterious."
Shen Cao took out a purse and handed it to the little beggar, saying, "You and your friends can take these and share them."
"These people must keep a close eye on things for me. If there's any trouble, they need to come to me immediately."
"In particular, I need to keep track of who they usually associate with."
"Sister Cao'er, why do you want me to keep an eye on these people for you?"
"They are Persians, and Persians are particularly wicked. They treat the people of our Great Xia Kingdom terribly."
“I have a friend who didn’t know this. He went up to them to ask for money and they almost broke his leg.”
Shen Cao patted the little beggar on the shoulder, "It's nothing. They caused trouble at my family's restaurant before, and I was afraid they would retaliate against me, so I took precautions in advance."
The little beggar nodded.
After parting ways with the little beggar, Shen Cao went home.