Chapter 91 Jaundice

After hearing the report, the second lady sneered and said, "Hmph, since autumn this year, she has done a lot less embroidery work than in previous years. Why is she sick? It's just for being lazy and putting on a show! It's because I'm too busy these days. Discipline her well, even if she kicks her nose in the face. I want to see if she is sick today!"

The second wife rushed to the Clove Courtyard angrily, intending to teach Gu Chongzhi a lesson, but she was shocked by herself.

Gu Chongzhi's condition is very bad, and the minor illness has clearly become a serious illness.

She was terribly frightened, and hurried to ask for a doctor.

In order to shirk responsibility, she also beat up the two big maids in Lilac Courtyard, saying that they did not report in time, which delayed Gu Chongzhi's condition.

In this way, everyone in the Gu family knew that Miss San was sick.

When Gu Chongyang got the news, he naturally wanted to visit, but what he didn't expect was that Luwu stopped her and wouldn't let her go.

"Miss, Miss San has a strange disease, and the doctor can't do anything to say that it can't be cured. Several ladies wanted to see it, but they were all stopped. They said that Miss San's disease is too strange, and if she infects other people, she will die. Lu Wu said worriedly: "Second Madam is also afraid, she already moved Third Miss out overnight yesterday."

In such a cold day, Gu Chongzhi was sick again, how could he move out casually?
Gu Chongyang frowned after hearing this: "Where did it go?"

Lu Wu sighed and said: "Second lady said that there are too many people in the family and there are many miscellaneous things, and the noisy third lady can't rest in peace, so she moved the third lady to the Wutong Garden in the back garden."

The Wutong Garden is on the other side of the Wutong Forest in the back garden. Since the death of the old Marquis Qingyang, no one has gone there.

The second lady's heart is too dark.

"Did the doctor say what the symptoms of the third sister are?"

"I didn't say it, I just said it was a strange disease and he couldn't cure it. Now the doctor is not willing to come."

It was obvious that he treated Gu Chongzhi as a dying person.

The third sister, Gu Chongzhi, also lost her mother.

A child without a mother is like a grass, and when it is left to fend for itself, it may be trampled underfoot at any time.

Gu Chongyang thought of himself, and suddenly felt sympathetic: "Lvwu, you decorate some cakes and take them with you, and come with me to see Third Sister."

Luwu glanced at Gu Chongyang in embarrassment, and finally said "yes".

Passing through the back garden is the sycamore forest over there.It's already winter, and the bare plane trees, with their white bark exposed, are fighting tenaciously in the howling wind.

The afternoon sun shone brightly on the snow.

But the wind was still cold in the face.

Gu Chongyang tightened the cloak on his body, retracted his hands into the glove, and said, "I know you want to persuade me not to come, but Luwu, look at this sycamore forest, there is no popularity at all, and the third sister is gone. The biological mother, with her illness like this, the second aunt will be fine if she doesn't worry about her, how could she ask a doctor for her well. If I don't come, who else will come to visit her. "

She didn't say the rest of the words, but recited them silently in her heart.

It is said that the third sister has a strange disease that cannot be cured, and even the doctor is helpless. She must come and find out.

She is a doctor, and she will treat the tenants in the farm when they are sick, not to mention that the person who is sick now is her third sister who is related to her by blood?
She always felt that this third sister who had no mother and lived under the hands of her aunt was very similar to herself in her previous life.The same lonely and helpless, the same pitiful.

It's fine if she has no other choice, since she has medical skills, she can't stand by and watch no matter what.

"Miss, I know you have a good heart. But the third lady has a strange disease. If she gets sick, how can she live well?" Lu Wu still didn't give up, and continued to persuade: "If Madam is still alive, I can't bear to let you die at risk."

"If my mother is alive, she will never leave her dead." Gu Chongyang interrupted Luwu's words: "If you are sick, then you can wait here, and I will go by myself."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to pick up the pastry in Lvwu's hand.

But Luwu sighed a long sigh: "Since you are not afraid, I have nothing to be afraid of. I will go with you."

Wutong Garden is the most remote place of the Gu family, no one wants to live there, it has been in disrepair for a long time, it is very dilapidated, and a small piece of the courtyard wall has collapsed.

Gu Chongyang walked into Wutong Garden with Luwu, and heard helpless cries from inside: "...Sister Sydney, how are you, does the wound still hurt? You were beaten, and the miss is getting worse and worse What can I do?"

Xueli comforted in a low voice: "Don't cry, Hongling, Miss Careful feels uncomfortable hearing that."

Gu Chongyang sighed, walked in and asked, "Why are there only the two of you, where are the others?"

"Miss Four is here." Xue Li was hit by the board and was lying on the bed. Seeing Gu Chongyang coming, she hurriedly stood up to salute, but was stopped by Gu Chongyang.

Hong Ling said with a mournful face: "Those people saw our lady like this, they were afraid that she would get sick, so they refused to come. Miss Wu was so kind to them before, but at the critical moment, they made trouble and left Miss alone."

"Miss Si, I really didn't expect you to be the only person who came to see our lady." Hong Ling didn't know what to think of, and said with red eyes: "You go in quickly, our lady is very sick, and a few days later, say Maybe... maybe..."

Gu Chongyang's heart skipped a beat, could it be that the third sister is already so seriously ill?
She quickly lifted the curtain and walked into the inner room.

There are no decorations in the room except the bed and table. Although it is bare, it is still clean. There is charcoal in the carbon basin, so the room is not particularly cold.

Gu Chongzhi was lying on the bed, unable to see clearly.

Hong Ling walked to the bed and called softly: "Miss, Fourth Miss sees you coming."

"Really?" Gu Chongzhi's voice was very tired, but she could tell that she was pleasantly surprised: "Help me up quickly."

Gu Chongyang hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Third sister, you are sick and weak now, don't get up, you'd better lie down."

After entering, Gu Chongyang realized that Gu Chongzhi's face was covered with a layer of tulle, which surprised her: "Third Sister, what are you doing with that thing around your face?"

"Fourth sister, I really didn't expect you to come to see me." Gu Chongzhi said and shed tears: "I thought that except for Xueli and Hongling, no one in this world would think of me anymore."

Gu Chongzhi's voice was weak, and his words were very pitiful, which made people feel distressed when they saw it.

When people are sick, they are always very fragile, especially for a lonely and helpless person like the third sister, a little care can move her very much.

Gu Chongyang hurriedly said: "Third sister, what are you talking about. Apart from me, the elder sister also wants to visit you, but the eldest aunt won't let you come, so she has no choice."

When Gu Chongzhi heard this, not only did she not feel comforted, but her tears flowed even more fiercely: "I am in this family, and I know what my status is. We sisters don't meet much on weekdays. Before you die, can you come and see me off? I am satisfied. Now that you see me, go away quickly, so as not to make you sick."

She is so sick and still thinking about others.

Although the third sister is low-key and silent, she is a delicate and gentle person.

Seeing her like this, Gu Chongyang remembered how helpless she felt when she drank the poison in Liangxiang Farm. Instead of leaving, she sat beside Gu Chongzhi's bed.

"Third Sister, why bother to say such depressing words, you are just feeling a little sick occasionally, and you are going to die somewhere. Don't think wildly, take care of your illness. In the past, we sisters had little contact with each other. When you recover from illness, we will play together again. I I also want to learn how to do embroidery from you."

As Gu Chongyang said, he put his hand under the quilt to shake Gu Chongzhi's hand.

The slender and small hands are like dry wood, without a single bit of flesh.Gu Chongyang's hand reached in, and he could hold her hand completely.

Gu Chongyang couldn't help being taken aback: "Third sister, why are you so thin?"

Gu Chongzhi was not sad, she smiled weakly: "Fourth sister, don't worry, I've always been like this."

Gu Chongyang didn't say a word, took the opportunity to give her pulse, and found that her pulse was stringy and fast, although she was sick, it was not a sign of dying, so her heart was slightly relieved.

"Third sister, why are you covering your face?"

"You know what I was like."

As Gu Chongzhi was talking, he suddenly vomited while lying on the bedside. Gu Chongyang quickly took a spit box to catch it, because Gu Chongzhi didn't eat much, so the vomit was almost clear water.

Gu Chongyang didn't dislike her being dirty, but even wiped the corners of her mouth very considerately.

Gu Chongzhi's tears welled up again, she shook Gu Chongyang's hand instead, and asked her with sobs: "Fourth sister, why are you so kind to me?"

I'm afraid she has never enjoyed warmth, so she can't believe that she has given her a little care.

Gu Chongyang sighed inwardly, and said softly: "Because we are sisters, but also a family."

"Really?" Gu Chongzhi's tears flowed down the corner of his eyes, and he murmured: "I also have sisters, do I have any family?"

"Yes." Gu Chongyang nodded and said, "I am."

Gu Chongyang wanted to say that there were Gu Chonghua, Gu Chongzhu, and the second master, but she didn't say it, because she felt that those people might not regard Gu Chongzhi as a family.

Gu Chongzhi smiled miserably: "In the past, I always felt that there was no good person in the Gu family. I didn't expect the fourth sister to be so sincere. I was wrong in the past and missed you, a good sister."

"Third Sister, stop talking about this." Gu Chongyang said: "I have taken your pulse, and you are not seriously ill. Can you take off your veil? Let me see your face and tongue coating, and help you." Get a good diagnosis and treatment."

Gu Chongzhi shook his head: "The doctor said there is no cure for my disease. Fourth sister, don't comfort me, I know it myself."

"Third Sister!" Gu Chongyang said seriously, "You don't believe me, do you?"

Her eyes were shining brightly, she stared at Gu Chongzhi without any dislike, and was full of concern.

Gu Chongzhi couldn't help but startled.

Gu Chongyang shook her hand and said: "Mrs. Lu had a stroke last year, do you remember that I cured it. If you believe me this time, if I say you are fine, you will be fine."

Without waiting for Gu Chongzhi to answer, she stretched out her hand to lift the veil on her face.

Gu Chongzhi didn't stop him, but he was already prepared in his heart.The fourth younger sister will definitely be surprised, she will definitely be scared, she will definitely stay away from herself, and she will definitely feel that she is a monster!

She closed her eyes dejectedly, not wanting to see Gu Chongyang's frightened look.

Unexpectedly, the screaming and fleeing as imagined did not appear, and Gu Chongyang's hand kept holding her hand and did not let go.

She opened her eyes in a daze, and met Gu Chongyang's serious eyes: "It really is jaundice."

"Third sister, stick out your tongue, let me see."

Although Gu Chongzhi didn't know what Gu Chongyang meant, he also knew that Gu Chongyang would not despise her or harm her.She stuck out her tongue as she said, and Gu Chongyang looked at it, then nodded almost invisible.

Just now Gu Chongzhi covered her face, and her bangs covered her forehead, so Gu Chongyang didn't really judge her condition at the first time.

But when Gu Chongyang gave Gu Chongzhi the pulse, she felt confident.She guessed at that time that Gu Chongzhi was probably suffering from jaundice.

Because according to the pulse condition, Gu Chongzhi's disease is in the kidney.Kidney deficiency can cause many diseases, and biliary block is one of them.Biliary block can cause jaundice, which is manifested by nausea and vomiting and yellowing of the body.

This kind of disease is relatively rare, and people who don't know it will think it is some serious or strange disease.Ordinary doctors are so frightened that they can't do anything just by looking at this face, let alone seriously dialectical diagnosis and treatment.

Now that the veil was taken off, Gu Chongzhi's face turned yellow. Gu Chongyang was not only not afraid, but heaved a sigh of relief.

She guessed right, it was indeed jaundice.

This disease cannot be cured by others, but for her, it is not a major symptom and she can treat it.

But she didn't directly say that she can cure it, but instead asked: "Sister San, do you often feel sick and vomit?"

"Yes, you saw it just now. If you say you vomit, you vomit. I can't do anything about it."

Perhaps Gu Chongyang didn't dislike her strange yellowish appearance, and Gu Chongzhi also lost his guard, speaking more casually than before.

Gu Chongyang originally thought that she really had some serious symptoms, but now that it was confirmed to be jaundice, he said: "Third sister, you always lie down, your head will get dizzy, the more you walk, the less energy you will have, and even good people will lie down. Why don't I help you sit up, let's have a good conversation?"

Gu Chongzhi was lying on the bed all the time, except for the two maidservants, there was no one to talk to her, so she was really lonely.After listening to Gu Chongyang's suggestion, she thought that she was going to die anyway, and she should be satisfied to have someone to talk with her before she died.

So she nodded and said: "Okay, please trouble fourth sister to help me."

Gu Chongyang helped her up, and put a pillow on her back for her to lean on: "What do you think, can you hold it?"

"I was a little dizzy when I first got up." Gu Chongzhi said weakly: "Sitting up now, I feel that my chest is not as tight as before."

Gu Chongyang nodded, knowing that she had indeed slept for too long.

It wasn't a serious illness, but she was mentally exhausted. Coupled with the exaggerated remarks made by the doctor and others, she thought she was dying, and naturally it became more and more serious.

No matter how small the illness is, it can lead to serious illness if it is not treated carefully.

Gu Chongyang asked again: "Not only do you have nausea and vomiting, but you also have a bitter mouth and dry throat, and you hate greasy food, don't you?"

Gu Chongzhi was stunned for a moment: "That's true, how did you know, Fourth Sister?"

Gu Chongyang just laughed: "Not only do I know this, but I also know that your stools are different from usual. You must have dark yellow urine and gray white urine."

Without waiting for Gu Chongzhi's reaction, she smiled and patted Gu Chongzhi's hand: "Third sister, I can cure your illness, don't worry, I will keep you to have a New Year's Eve dinner with everyone on New Year's Eve."

This year is already the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, and there are still more than 20 days before New Year's Eve.

Can her illness really get better?The fourth sister probably comforted her, right?

How could her body last until New Year's Eve?

Gu Chongzhi really wanted to ask Gu Chongyang where she could be sure, but seeing Gu Chongyang's determined smile, she swallowed all her words: "Fourth sister, how are you going to treat me?"

"Your disease is easy to cure. It is caused by kidney deficiency. You only need two medicines of saltpeter and alum stone to cure it." Gu Chongyang turned his head and said to the shocked Hong Ling: "Stop staring blankly, bring a pen and paper, I'll write down the method of taking it, and you can just feed it to your lady."

Hong Ling took the paper, Gu Chongzhi lowered his head, and while writing, he said to Gu Chongzhi: "Third Sister, I know that there are only two people serving you, Xue Li and Hong Ling, and Xue Li is injured and cannot leave the bed. I will let people out I bought the medicine, and I will send it to you. I will also bring you the wound medicine that Sydney needs to use. "

Gu Chongyang encouraged: "Don't be discouraged, you will definitely recover. I'll go back and ask someone to give you some medicine. After you drink the medicine, you'll be fine. Before taking the medicine, you should eat some pastry made of noodles for a cushion Stomach, taking these two medicines on an empty stomach will hurt your stomach."

Gu Chongzhi's eyes were complicated, and for a moment, he felt as if he had knocked over a bottle of five flavors, sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy, all kinds of tastes came to his heart at the same time.

Thousands of words finally turned into one sentence: "Fourth sister, thank you, you must remember to visit me often."

She still has one very important matter, and she hasn't decided whether to tell Gu Chongyang or not.

Looking at her expectant eyes, Gu Chongyang's heart couldn't help but ache.

Also without a mother, she is a legitimate daughter, she is a concubine, her status is worse than her previous life.

In the last life, I drank poison and died, but my third sister died of illness just a few months after she got married, which is very pitiful.

Perhaps in this life, the third sister will not disappear Yuxun so early.

"Of course." Gu Chongyang said: "I have to follow up with you. I will come tomorrow afternoon. You must obediently take the medicine."

"Hey, I must take medicine."

Gu Chongzhi responded, but what she was thinking in her heart was that let alone saltpeter and alumite, even if Gu Chongyang prescribed arsenic, if she was asked to take it, she probably would not refuse it.

Unexpectedly, in this world, there is still someone who cares about her.

Gu Chongyang prescribed saltpetre alumite powder, which is specially used to treat female tuberculosis caused by kidney deficiency, which is exactly for Gu Chongzhi's illness, so the second day after she took the medicine, her nausea and vomiting were relieved a lot, and her food tasted better than before. a lot of.As a result, Gu Chongzhi's spirits were greatly lifted, and he felt that there was hope for his recovery.With hope in my heart, my body will recover faster and faster.

After taking the medicine for more than ten days, the yellowness on her body disappeared. Except for the slight yellowing of the two eyeballs, there is no abnormality in other places.Gu Chongyang also prescribed raw yam, coix seed, and poria cocos, and asked her to decoct them for five days. The yellow color completely faded away, and Gu Chongzhi also recovered.

Of course this is another story.

That afternoon, when Gu Chongyang returned to the Begonia Hall, he saw that Bibo was already waiting for her.

"Miss Si, it will be the first anniversary of Madam Si in two days. Master Si has already sent someone to make an agreement with the monks of Guangji Temple. This time, Madam Si will do a three-day water and land ashram. Let you prepare. Tomorrow In the afternoon, go to Guangji Temple, stay overnight in the temple, and start practicing rituals early in the morning on the seventh day."

"Why not do it at home? My mother did it at Guangji Temple during the Hundred Days Festival. How can I still be so perfunctory for my mother's first anniversary?"

Gu Chongyang felt very sorry for the Fourth Madam, and looked at Bibo with eyes like sharp swords: "How can the Fourth Master be worthy of my mother by doing this?"

Bibo didn't dare to meet Gu Chongyang's eyes, lowered his head and said softly: "The ceremony will be done for three days, and the next day is Laba. The fourth master said that this is unlucky. The fourth wife is not dying, and there are elders in the family. It is really not suitable Don't worry about it, otherwise the elder's life will be lost. Miss, I know you are filial, and I feel sorry for the Fourth Madam. But now that the Fourth Madam is gone, you should think more about the Fourth Master."

A hint of sarcasm flashed across the corner of Gu Chongyang's mouth: "When my mother was alive, she planned too much for the fourth master, so she suffered too much grievance, and now she even suffers grievances for the anniversary ceremony after her death. You asked me to do it for the fourth master. The master is planning, so who is planning for my mother? Why did the fourth master ever plan for me and my mother?"

Ever since the father and daughter confronted each other that day, she no longer called him father, and always called him the fourth master.

"Besides, the fourth master is very good at planning for himself. It can be seen from the fact that he is going to marry a new wife without saying a word. When the new wife comes in, there will naturally be a new wife to make plans for him. Will something happen to me?"

Gu Chongyang sneered and said, "Bibo, what you said is so ridiculous!"

What he said made Bi Bo stick to his back like a needle, he didn't dare to answer, he could only promise to say yes.

Seeing him like that, Gu Chongyang felt very upset, it was never her style to embarrass others: "You go down, I already know about the Fourth Master going to Guangji Temple."

On the evening of the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Gu Chongyang went to Guangji Temple, and started doing rituals early the next morning.

Listening to the monk reciting the "Sutra of Rebirth", Gu Chongyang said silently in his heart: "Time flies so fast, you have been away from me for a whole year in a blink of an eye. Mother, what kind of grievances have you suffered, and why did you go on this road of suicide?" A way? Is the person who killed you your father? I will definitely find out the truth of the matter and never let you die in vain. If you can see it, the spirit in heaven will bless me and find out as soon as possible murderer."

(End of this chapter)

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