Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 695 Asking

"Yes." Mei Yue answered, and turned around and called out, "Sister Song Ying, Master Chen is looking for you."

Song Ying had already heard Chen Yunze's question. She came out carrying four or five lanterns and said with a smile, "Mr. Chen, what do you want from me?"

Although the Shujin Shop also belongs to Chen Yunze, the Chen family has many shops and many of them have lantern riddle guessing activities to hold. As the owner, he simply cannot come here. Today he is mainly taking care of large industries such as Jinmanlou and Tianxianglou. The Shujin Shop is fully handed over to Yanxing. Logically, he would not come here at this time.

Chen Yunze breathed a sigh of relief. "An uncle of mine had a stroke around May of last year. After more than two months of treatment, his facial paralysis and slurred speech disappeared, but the left side of his body is still weak. He's been seeking treatment from many doctors for another six months, but there's still no significant improvement. I'd like to ask, can you cure this disease?"

Upon hearing this, Song Ying's left half of the body suddenly shuddered, and then he realized that he was too sensitive and overthinking. This was just a common stroke symptom.

She calmed herself down and asked, "Did you bring the pulse diagnosis? Do you know what caused the stroke?"

Yuan Qing took the lantern from Song Ying and handed it to Yuan Shan, motioning her to hang the lantern outside with Mei Yue, and said, "Brother Chen, come in and sit down and chat slowly."

Chen Yunze bowed to Yuan Qing and said as he walked, "I brought it. The reason is that he got caught in the rain. He was riding a horse to Huayang to inspect the store when he was caught in a sudden downpour. It was out in the wilderness and there was no place to hide from the rain. He thought he was in good health and it was summer, so getting caught in the rain was nothing.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the inn, I felt cold and had a headache. The servants made ginger soup for me and asked a doctor to prescribe medicine. I don’t know if it was because it was a small place and the doctor’s medical skills were not very good. Not only did I not feel better after drinking the medicine, but my left hand became weak and twitching, my speech was slurred, my mouth and eyes were crooked, and then my left leg became weak and I couldn’t stand for a long time.

Seeing that things were not going well, the servants quickly took him back to Rongcheng and found a famous doctor for treatment. Although his condition was under control, his left leg still couldn't stand for long or walk independently. The same was true for his left hand. He couldn't hold it tightly and had no strength.

Song Ying took the pulse case and looked at it carefully.

Yuan Qing knew a little about stroke and said, "That doctor is very skilled. I heard that many stroke patients are bedridden for the rest of their lives."

Chen Yunze sighed, "That's right. My family is very grateful that he didn't become paralyzed after the stroke. I thought he could just use a cane. People have to use crutches when they get old, so I'll just consider it as an early death.

But people are greedy. After hearing about Doctor Xiao Song's reputation, he asked me to ask if a complete cure is possible."

As he spoke, he looked at Song Ying again, waiting for her answer.

Song Ying carefully read the pulse case, pondered a few methods in his mind, and said after a while, "I can give it a try."

"Great!" Chen Yunze was delighted and said to an unfamiliar old servant behind him, "Uncle Chen, hurry up and describe your master's condition in detail to Doctor Xiao Song. She'll know more and can carefully consider the prescription during this period. I'll write a letter to Rongcheng and ask them to come over!"

Song Ying: “…”

The patient hasn't been seen yet, and she has no way of actually understanding the details of the pulse. Why is she wasting her time thinking about it?

Every doctor has different treatment ideas and there will be some bias in the pulse diagnosis. How can one prescribe treatment based solely on the patient's pulse diagnosis?

She still prefers to take the patient's pulse herself, feel and judge the cause and condition of the disease, and then treat it accordingly.

She cleared her throat twice, stopping the equally delighted old servant: "No need, wait until your master comes, I'll take his pulse myself and then we'll talk."

A hint of anxiety flashed across Chen Yunze's face, but he quickly put on a smile. "I was inconsiderate and anxious at the moment. I hope Doctor Song will forgive me."

This matter was obviously very important to Chen Yunze. He did not leave and directed the servants to hang lanterns for Mei Yue, while he took Song Ying and Yuan Qing to drink tea and chat.

Yuan Qing frowned and said, "Brother Chen, you have something to do first, we are here."

Chen Yunze said, "You two are both very busy people. It's rare that you have some free time today. We must get together."

"Aren't you supposed to host a lantern riddle guessing competition today? Isn't this taking up too much time?"

"No, the shop owners are used to doing this. They make the decision. I'll just go and take a look."

Yuan Qing let out a barely perceptible breath and said with a smile, "That's great. We haven't been together for a long time."

Song Ying glanced at him and felt that he was really thick-skinned. He could tell such nonsense without getting angry or nervous.

What does a long time mean? On the night of the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, several of them who were partners in the Shu brocade business had dinner at Tianxianglou and discussed the next steps.

Although she complained, she didn't expose what was going on. She called Yuan Shan and Mei Yue over and sat down with them to drink tea and chat.

Mei Yue was worried about the lanterns and couldn't sit still. She went out to check from time to time and instructed Chen Yunze's servants to make fine adjustments to the positions of some lanterns.

In the leisure time, time seems to slow down.

Suddenly, a burst of hurried footsteps stopped at the door, and then Tong Yunshu's voice was heard, "Is Sister Song Ying here?"

Chen Yunze smiled: "It seems that Doctor Song will not be idle today."

Seeing it so urgent, Song Ying was worried that something had happened, and without paying attention to Chen Yunze's teasing, he immediately got up and went out, and responded.

Outside, Tong Yunshu was leaning against the door panel, panting. It was a very cold day, but sweat was coming out of his forehead.

Song Ying's heart tightened, and he asked hurriedly, "Is anyone ill?"

Tong Yunshu shook his head and pointed to the side, indicating that he should talk aside.

Seeing this, Song Ying felt relieved. Unless someone had an emergency, Tong Yunshu looking for her wouldn't be a particularly bad thing.

The two of them walked to the corner of the shop. Tong Yunshu glanced around to make sure there was no one around, then lowered his voice and said, "Didn't you say before that you needed a craniotomy and an autopsy? Let me tell you, there's a body that can be done right now. Do you want to go?"

Song Ying was delighted and nodded frantically: "Yes, yes, yes!"

According to the laws of Daqian, it is forbidden to destroy a corpse privately. Even when a coroner is performing an autopsy, he can only perform a craniotomy or laparotomy in extremely special circumstances and with the permission of his superiors.

I've waited several years to come across a cadaver so capable of opening a cranium, and I can't miss it!

"But we have to leave today," Tong Yunshu took a deep breath and explained carefully, "It's a murder case in Dongling County. The person has been dead for a few days. The coroner there couldn't find the cause of death, so they specially asked my father to go and perform a craniotomy together.

Because several days have passed, if we delay any longer the body will become highly decomposed and some conditions may be revealed, so we have to set off today.

Today is Lantern Festival, are you sure you want to go?"