When Tang Yunqing changed her clothes and closed the curtains, her mother had stopped coughing.
But he was still lying on the bed with a pale face, blinking softly, as if he would close his eyes in the next second.
Tang Yunqing stood in front of the hospital bed, not daring to blink for a moment.
I saw the old doctor gently inserting golden needles into his mother, and then pulling them out one by one.
The old man sighed slightly and closed the medical box: "Master Duan, can we take a step to talk?"
Duan Yuexiu shook his head: "You can say it here! Everyone is here."
Hearing this, the old man looked at the child guarding the hospital bed and nodded slowly.
"Then let me tell you straight, this lady is already terminally ill, and the medicine is no longer effective! If you find some rare and precious magic medicine and keep it warm, you can stay in bed for more than a month. If you prescribe a pair of tiger and wolf medicine, maybe you can
Walking underground for two days."
When Duan Yuexiu heard this, her expression was neither sad nor happy, and she looked at the woman lying on the bed.
"Yanniang, make your own choice!"
The woman who had been lying in bed and suffered from illness for many years was already skinny. Only her eyes were clear and gentle. She blinked lightly and raised the corners of her mouth: "I... want to get out of bed..."
When the old doctor heard this, he went to the table next to him to pick up a pen and write a prescription.
He has prescribed this kind of medicine many times and is very familiar with it. After writing it, he handed it to Duan Yuexiu who was standing aside: "One dose of this medicine and one sleep will last two days."
"Okay, I'll get the medicine." After Duan Yuexiu said that, he led the doctor out.
Tang Yunqing sat next to the bed, holding her mother's not-so-warm hand, and burst into tears.
The woman lying on the bed was too weak to raise her hands to comfort her child.
She couldn't help but close her eyes, and two lines of clear tears fell from the corners of her eyes.
When the sky gradually turned dark, Xiucai Duan Yue returned to the courtyard.
Behind him was an apprentice from the medical clinic, holding two medicine jars in his hands.
The apprentice walked into the house, Ma Liu untied the straw rope on the medicine jar, poured the medicine into a bowl, and brought it to the hospital bed.
He was only responsible for delivering the medicine, not feeding it. He directly placed the bowl on the table on the bed next to him: "I sent the medicine here. You can feed it yourself."
Duan Yuexiu looked at the medicine bowl and wanted to step forward to help, but she saw Tang Yunqing walking to the bedside of her own accord, holding up the medicine bowl, and feeding the medicine in silence.
Yanniang on the bed was also very cooperative and tried her best to drink every sip of the medicine without dropping a drop.
After taking a bowl of medicine, Yanniang fell asleep quickly.
The apprentice packed up the remaining medicine jars, took the money given by Duan Yuexiu, and walked out of the yard briskly.
Tang Yunqing was still standing on the bed, standing silently, looking at her mother lying on the bed, not knowing what she was thinking, and her eyes were slightly empty.
Suddenly, someone tapped him on the shoulder, and a bowl of brown soup was handed to him.
Tang Yunqing turned her head and looked at the people around her with water in her eyes.
"Is this... the medicine... that my mother... needs to... drink tomorrow?" he asked in a low voice, each word coming out with trembling teeth.
"No, it's your medicine! Just drink it and don't catch the cold." Duan Yuexiu said softly.
After hearing this, Tang Yunqing took the medicine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
The medicine was still as bitter, but his heart was even more bitter, but he would never frown like before.
Duan Yuexiu felt relieved when she saw that he had drunk the medicine.
"I bought you some candied fruits and steamed stuffed buns. Eat some so you don't go hungry. After eating, have a good sleep. You still have to take care of your mother..."
How could he be in the mood to eat when his own mother was gone? But after listening to Uncle Duan's words, he had to take care of his mother.
Tang Yunqing immediately rushed to the table and found that in addition to two oil paper bags on the table, there was also a pair of thick-soled cloth shoes, which were his size.
Tang Yunqing opened the oil paper bag on the table, picked up some candied fruits, and took a bite of the buns.
The buns are meaty, very fragrant, and still hot.
"I'm leaving. I'll see you the day after tomorrow." Duan Yuexiu said, walking alone into the dim skylight.
Tang Yunqing looked at his back as he gnawed on the bun, and his tears fell drop by drop, falling on the bun, and stuffed it into his mouth together with the bun, making it slightly salty.
Early the next morning, my mother woke up, got out of bed, cooked for him, cleaned up the yard, and several other uncles also came.
Tang Yunqing stood in the yard and watched them.
They thought their mother was fine and it was a false alarm, so they left some money and prepared to leave. Their mother left them behind and told them what happened yesterday.
Those people immediately became very angry and said that my mother was just fooling around.
"I want to drink this medicine myself, and it has nothing to do with anyone else! Whether I want to drink it or not, time is running out. Why not get out of bed and take a few steps, and we can also arrange a way out for Yun Qing." Yanniang.
smiled.
"How do you plan to arrange Yun Qing?" several other people asked.
Yanniang lowered her head and shed tears without saying a word. Everyone probably understood what she meant.
"How about sending him to the Tang family? Let the Tang family raise him?"
"The Tang family has been neglected for so many years, so why would they adopt a child again? In my opinion, we should find another family to adopt him."
"I have an uncle at home who is getting older and has no wife or daughter. How about I ask him to come over and see me tomorrow?"
"No, this is Brother Yuan's child. How can he recognize someone else as his father? How about we pool some money and send him to an academy to study. There are people in the academy who will take care of him. If he can pass the exam and become a scholar, he can
You can support yourself. Even if you fail to pass the exam, you can support yourself by knowing a few words or learning a craft. How about that?"
Everyone talked a lot, and finally the decision-making power was left in Yanniang's hands.
"Yanniang, what do you think?"
Yanniang smiled and saluted several people, "Thank you so much for your kindness. Yanniang will never be able to repay you in this life. In the next life, Yanniang will tie a grass ring to repay today's kindness."
"Qing'er, come here, kowtow to the uncles and thank them!" Yanniang said.
After hearing this, Tang Yunqing silently walked forward and kowtowed a few times. Suddenly she sobbed: "Mom, I don't want to be someone else's son, I want to be your son! I don't want to go with them!"
Tang Yunqing started crying and couldn't stop it. When everyone saw this, they stopped mentioning it.
"Yanniang, please advise the child properly, and we will come back tomorrow... to settle him again," several people said.
Yanniang sent away the guests and closed the courtyard door.
Tang Yunqing's crying also stopped.
"Qing'er, mother knows that you are very smart, but it is a pity that mother is not capable and cannot raise you. You have to make your own way in the future. These uncles remember your father's friendship and take care of you. If you don't want to
If you follow them, you will end up living on the streets!" Yanniang advised.
Tang Yunqing knelt on the ground, bowed her head and remained silent.
"Mom, I don't want to choose them! Can I choose someone else?"
Yanniang wiped the tears from her eyes, "Who do you want to choose?"
"I want to choose Uncle Duan! I want him to find my way back. He said he will come tomorrow. Mom, I will go and ask Uncle Duan!"
Yan Niang stepped forward and held the child on the ground, "Okay, Mom, please help me beg him!"
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Early the next morning, Yanniang prepared a table of wine and food and waited for several people to arrive.
Several other people had arrived, and when half the pot of wine had been poured, Duan Yue, a scholar, arrived belatedly.
Several people have known each other since they have taken care of Yanniang together over the years.
During the dinner, Yanniang called Duan Yuexiu into the courtyard and had a conversation.
When the table was filled with leftovers, Duan Yuexiu spoke in front of everyone.