Chapter 563: 563
“Her condition is even worse than your mother’s,” the doctor said . “A patient like her shouldn’t look after another patient at all . She needs to be looked after herself, so how can she look after someone else?”
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Her family tried their best to convince Wen Wan to go home . As soon as she arrived at her place, she felt sick and fell on her bed . Her determination supported her to look after her mother in the hospital . However, she didn’t have that determination at home . She felt extremely weak . She was brought back to the hospital soon after she arrived at home .
The coincidence was that the doctor knew her . He found the whole thing was ridiculous .
“What can I say to you?” the doctor asked .
Wen Wan was seriously ill . She required immediate treatment . Her condition was exactly like what the doctor described . It was like a landslide on a hill . It was fierce and sudden . As soon as she was admitted to the hospital, she was transferred into ICU . Her condition was critical .
Professor Lu was desperate after hearing the news about Wen Wan . He immediately called Wang Yao . However, Wang Yao was on the plane at the time, so he couldn’t reach Wang Yao . Eventually, a worried Professor Lu got a call from Wang Yao .
“Can you please come to see her?” Professor Lu asked .
“I’m sorry,” Wang Yao said .
Even the Buddha of Mercy wouldn’t be on call . Plus, Wang Yao had already warned her of the consequences . She hadn’t listened to him, so she had to take the consequences .
“Well…” Professor Lu was desperate . Wen Wan’s condition had reached the point that she could die anytime . “Please! I beg you!”
“I’m sorry,” Wang Yao said .
Although Professor Lu was his friend, he didn’t think he could do anymore for Wen Wan .
“What can I do then?” Professor Lu asked .
“Talk to her doctor in the hospital . I have to go now if there is nothing else . ” Wang Yao hung up the phone .
She seemed to be a good daughter to look after her sick mother while she was sick herself, but it was a very unwise decision . Wen Wan tried her best to look after her mother . But, it didn’t occur to her how her mother would feel if she died before her mother . Would her mother be able to bear it? What if she was too sad to continue to live?
Wang Yao didn’t go home in a hurry . He stayed in Haiqu overnight and drove home the next morning .
When he arrived home, a senior villager was chatting with his parents .
“Dad! Mom! I’m back,” Wang Yao said . “Hi, Uncle . ”
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“Hi, Yao,” the villager said .
“Take a rest . You must be exhausted,” Zhang Xiuying said with concern .
“I’m fine . I arrived to Haiqu last night and stayed there overnight,” Wang Yao said .
“Yao, you’ve been away?” the senior villager asked with a smile .
“Yeah, I was away for a few days . I’ll leave you here to talk . ” Wang Yao went inside his room .
“How much do you need?” Wang Fenghua asked .
“Thirty thousand,” the villager said .
“OK, but you have to wait until tomorrow,” Wang Fenghua said after keeping silent for a moment .
“Oh, thank you so much,” the villager said .
Borrow money? Wang Yao had overheard the conversation .
The senior villager left after chatting with his parents for a short while .
“Dad, did he come here to borrow money?” Wang Yao asked .
“Yes, his son is running his own business . They need money urgently,” Wang Fenghua said .
“Running his own business?” Wang Yao vaguely remembered that Wang Mingbao had mentioned to him the senior villager’s son worked in a factory in Lianshan . He didn’t know when the young man had started his own business .
It was easy to lend money out, but it was hard to get the money back .
Although Wang Yao had money, he wouldn’t lend it out easily unless the person who borrowed the money was a reliable family member . Otherwise, he would easily upset the borrower by pushing too hard . He didn’t want to do a thankless task .
“Dad, Mom, I don’t want to be harsh, but try not to lend money to anyone in the future,” Wang Yao said .
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“We are all from the same village . He wouldn’t bend his knee to borrow money if he could solve the problem himself,” Wang Fenghua said .
Wang Yao didn’t say anything . He knew his parents were too soft .
“By the way, how was everything going in Beijing?” Wang Fenghua asked .
“It was alright,” Wang Yao said .
“A lot of people came to see you when you were away,” Wang Fenghua said .
“Did any of them come here?” Wang Yao asked .
“Not really,” Wang Fenghua said .
“That’s good . ” Wang Yao didn’t want his patients to disturb his parent’s tranquil life . “I’ll go to the clinic this afternoon . ”
He left for his clinic after lunch . There were quite a few patients in the afternoon, six in total .
One of them had headache . One of them had pain in his leg . One of them had weakness all over his body . It was not hard to treat those conditions .
“It seems you’ve had headache for some time . Has it been since the second day of Chinese New Year?” Wang Yao asked .
“You are right . I didn’t pay much attention to it then, but it has gotten worse,” the man in his 30s said .
“Sit down please,” Wang Yao said .
He took out three fine needles and inserted them into three acupoints on the man’s head . He then massaged the man’s head .
“How do you feel now?” Wang Yao asked after the treatment .
“Hey, I feel much better! No more headache,” the man said with surprise . “Plus, I have a warm feeling in my head . Doctor, how did I get the headache?”
“Did you go to the cemetery on the second day of Chinese New Year?” Wang Yao asked .
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“Yes,” the man said .
It was a local custom that people went to worship their ancestors in the cemetery on New Year’s Eve or the second day of Chinese New Year . Different places had different customs . As the old saying went, every place had its own customs .
“Was it quite cold that day?” Wang Yao asked .
“Yes, it was very windy in the cemetery, and I forgot to wear a hat . It was freezing,” the man said .
“Then you drank a couple of glasses of wine after you got back?” Wang Yao asked .
The villagers often drank together after they had finished worshiping their ancestors . Plus, it was during Chinese New Year, so people tended to drink a lot . Chinese New Year provided a good opportunity for family members to get together . It wouldn’t hurt to drink a little more than usual and then take a nap in the afternoon .
“Yes, I had more than three glasses that day,” the man said .
“I guess you didn’t just drink on that day, right?” Wang Yao asked with a smile .
The man had damage in both his stomach and liver . He looked terrible . His face had turned yellow . Wang Yao could still smell alcohol on his breath . He was pretty sure this man had a lot of alcohol the previous night . The man was probably an alcoholic .
“You are right . You see, doctor, I don’t have any other hobbies other than drinking,” the man said . “But, what does drinking have to do with my headache?”
“It was very windy when you went to the cemetery, so you caught a cold . Then, you kept drinking for days . Alcohol not only damaged your liver and stomach, but it also affected your head . Your problem accumulated over 10 days, so your headache got worse,” Wang Yao said .
“I see . I think you make sense,” the man said .
“I presume you don’t just have a headache . Do you also have pain here?” Wang Yao pointed at the right side of the man’s chest .
“Yes, on and off . Why is that?” the man asked .
“Because you’ve drunk too much alcohol, which has damaged your liver,” Wang Yao said .
The man was in his 30s, so it was the best time of his life . He was supposed to be healthy and strong . If he took good care of himself and had a healthy diet and lifestyle, he would remain fit and strong for a long time . However, a lot of people couldn’t discipline themselves due to various reasons, such as work . They smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol, stayed awake overnight, or had too much sex . They thought they were fit and strong and could do whatever they wanted . In the end, their health started to deteriorate . They started to feel tired, catch a cold easily, or experienced pain in different areas of their bodies . Everything happened for a reason .
“What can I do? Can you prescribe me some medication?” the man anxiously asked .
“Medication?” Wang Yao smiled . “You need to stop drinking first . ”
No medication would save him if he didn’t stop drinking .
“I will,” the man immediately said .
“But, you just drank last night,” Wang Yao said .
“Oh, just a little bit,” the man said .
“A little bit? Why can I still smell strong alcohol from you? Never mind . Go home,” Wang Yao said . “Next patient!”
The man left the clinic after paying the fee .
The next patient was an old man in his 70s . It was common for people of that age to have pain in their legs .
“Do you still climb the hills often?” Wang Yao asked as he looked at the old man’s hands full of calluses . “The pain is caused by degeneration . I’ll prescribe you a formula . You need to rest . ”
“OK, thanks,” the old man said .
Wang Yao wrote down a formula . It contained carthamus tinctorius, garden balsam stem, angelica, lamiophlomis root, and licorice .
“Brew a decoction using these herbs . You can drink it, as well as apply it on your leg,” Wang Yao said .
“OK, thank you,” the man said .
“Please do not let him do any labor work,” Wang Yao said to the woman who had come with the old man .
The human body was like a machine . If the machine had been running for decades without proper maintenance, a lot of parts would have problems . If nothing was done to fix the machine, it would stop working completely one day .