Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 14 Nightmare
Erlang didn't understand: "Did you mess with something? What is it?"

Liu's body froze, and she listened attentively, but Su Tong didn't answer. She reached out and touched Erlang's head. Through the beige papered window, Liu could clearly see something on her face. Compassion, but also hidden a trace of inexplicable joy.

Could it be... is she unusually ill?
In fact, since Mrs. Liu was seriously ill, she was still holding on at first, trying to save money for her son to study, but within two days she couldn't take it anymore, so she went to the most famous Jishitang in Xixi Town to invite Dr. Fu.

Doctor Fu prescribed a few pain-relief prescriptions, but they could only deal with it for a while. In the past two days, not only did she have a headache, but her eyes were also stinging. Her eyes often turned black, and she felt even more uneasy. , I'm afraid that I have some serious illness!
At this time, listening to what Su Tong said, it seemed that it was not just a simple illness. Liu Shi felt numbness on her back and broke out in cold sweat.

Seeing that Su Tong lit the fire, he asked Erlang to pull the bellows, took out the rice himself, and washed it clean: "Mother will wake up later, I'm afraid she will be hungry. I only ate a bowl of porridge today. It's not enough. I'll make some preparations first." on."

Erlang is a simple and honest child. Although he doesn't like Liu Shi in his heart, he is still quite sensible. He didn't refute his sister's words, and obediently pulled up the bellows for Su Tong.

Su Tong is not used to using this kind of old stove. The Su family's old house also used the stove back then, because her grandma and grandpa like to use the old iron pot to cook the food, which is more fragrant and sweet than the gas stove. , When she got home, she cooked a lot, and she had seen the stove before.

Moreover, Su Tong has been working as an assistant for many years with a scientist who is good at hands-on, and she has strong hands-on ability. Unlike ordinary girls, her favorite game on weekdays is to disassemble and reassemble the messy old equipment in the laboratory. When I come, I will go to the factory to sweat profusely with a group of men.

Because of this, Lin Mu often laughed at her - such a delicate beauty has such an unusual hobby, I really don't know what to say.

The two were silent, one pulled the bellows, and the other cooked porridge. Mrs. Liu outside remembered sweating profusely, wishing she could rush in and grab Su Tong by the collar, forcing her to tell what happened to her!
But Liu was also worried that Su Tong was talking nonsense. People always tend to believe what they overhear, and don't believe what others say in person.

Fortunately, Su Tong didn't make her wait too long. While looking at the pot, he sat down with his arms around Erlang, and told him in a low voice: "Erlang, be good, don't go out at night, if you go out, call your sister to go with you."

Erlang blinked in surprise, and Su Tong sighed again: "Five days ago, when my sister got up at night, she saw a strange figure hitting her mother's head with a hammer. I couldn't make a sound, couldn't move, and went back to the house in a trance."

Hearing this, Erlang was startled with fright.

Su Tong quickly patted him on the back, slowed down his voice, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you don't speak strangely, don't do anything wrong, don't be surprised when you knock on the door in the middle of the night, our Erlang is upright , Even ghosts and gods have to stay away, not to mention, if my sister ran into her face to face, wouldn't there be nothing wrong?"

Suddenly, Erlang clapped his hands suddenly, and said loudly: "I understand, the mother has evil intentions, that's why the monster came to find her!"

A smile flashed across Su Tong's eyes, but his face was serious, and he said in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense, just think about it yourself, if you say it casually outside, others will scold you for slandering your elders."

Erlang nodded obediently, and responded in a low voice: "Don't worry, sister, Erlang understands."

Listening to it outside, Mrs. Liu gasped, her hands and feet were cold, she always felt a chilly breath coming from behind her, her body was heavy, and her head was aching.

She—had nightmares for many days in a row. She dreamed that there was a four-legged monster beating her head, which made her have a splitting headache. Her mouth, nose, and ears seemed to be flooded with water, that kind of suffocation. Feeling, it makes people crazy!
To the outside world, she only said that she had a nightmare, but she didn't even want to think about what kind of nightmare it was, so why would she say it casually?

But listening to Su Tong's words, it clearly hit her dream!

Is it difficult...it is difficult...

Liu's body was so frightened that she went limp, and desperately supported a pomegranate tree outside the kitchen, and then stabilized her body, panting heavily, her heart beating wildly.

At this time, Erlang suddenly asked: "Eldest sister, can mother's illness be cured?"

Mrs. Liu raised her spirits all of a sudden, as if grabbing a life-saving straw, pricked up her ears, and saw Su Tong frowned, thought for a while, and then whispered: "When my mother was alive, I said that people who are upright With the blessing of righteous gods, evil spirits are not allowed to come close. If you want to rescue, first of all, the mother must stand up and hold a certificate. I don’t think it is easy at all. The little dowry jewelry that was left was taken away and hidden, most likely it will not be left to me, it must be for Min Niang, she is not upright, who will the evil spirits look for if they don't look for her?"

Erlang was still ignorant, but he still nodded: "Then if mother changes her mind, it will be fine?"

Su Tong laughed dumbly, shook his head and said: "How can it be so easy? The so-called asking gods is easy to send gods away, even evil ghosts, they can't come and leave as soon as they say, and they need a man with strong yang energy to be with the patient It must be blood relatives, waiting day and night, sleepless, deterring evil spirits, plus a secret recipe recorded in the Dao Zang, only then can there be an [-]% chance of recovery."

Liu raised her head abruptly, with inexplicable confusion in her eyes and twisted muscles on her face—she had indeed hidden Su Tong's mother's dowry.

The rule at this time is that when the wife dies, the dowry should be shared equally among the children, but anyone who is sober-minded will understand that if something enters Liu's hands, how can Su Tong and Erlang see anything?

It's just that Su Tong's mother was originally a kidnapped woman, and she didn't have any valuables, only a pair of dragon and phoenix jade pendants, because she had been carefully keeping them close to her body, and the kidnapper expected that such a beautiful girl like her would sell for a good price , and didn't touch her, so he reluctantly stayed.

Now, this pair of jade pendants is in Liu's hands.

Mrs. Liu is a money-grubbing person, and wanting to let her part with her would hurt her heart even more than cutting her flesh.

She listened for a while, and seeing that Su Tong and Erlang stopped talking, she staggered and turned back to the house, but she didn't see it. The moment she turned around, Su Tong glanced at her.

When Mrs. Liu walked away, Su Tong touched her cheek and smiled wryly——I didn't expect that after so many years, she was still proficient in using deception. Although this time it was a small test, it was her father, Su Ge, who did it himself. , in the use of expressions and mannerisms, it is impossible to be more realistic than her performance.

If Lin Mu knew that she was so deceitful, what would be his expression?
(End of this chapter)