Xu Xuzhi

Chapter 47 Allergies
Summer has already begun in Fengtian at the beginning of May in the Gregorian calendar, and the Dragon Boat Festival will be a month away, but the weather is still not too cold or hot.

On May 26th, Feng Jiu took the entrance exam for Fengtian University. She took seven subjects in two days and was in a relaxed state. She ate well and slept well. She felt that she answered well.

Ning Zheng was not at home, but he did not forget to call back from the Henan station to inquire about the exam situation. Feng Jiu reassured him that he would never embarrass him.

In a few days, Qiaozhi will go to Beiping to take the entrance examination for the private Union Medical College, which was established by the Rockefeller Family Foundation of the United States.She was determined, so she applied for such a medical university with an eight-year schooling system, and she seemed to be weak.

The old man also cared about Qiaozhi's studies in his busy schedule, and he also supported his second daughter's admission to Union Medical College. Qiaozhi's grades have always been very good, and the entrance exam should be no problem; especially English, and married in this year Fengjiu practiced oral English from time to time, and her listening and speaking abilities have been greatly improved.

As for Qiaoxin, he didn't even ask, because he also knew that Qiaoxin's grades had not been very good, so he didn't force her to continue her studies.

But Qiaoxin still took Fengjiu's entrance exam together with Fengjiu, but it felt awkward.

The old handsome thinks clearly: Although Fengda is opened by himself, Qiaoxin's academic ability is really hard to reach the level of his peers, and it is hard work to follow after entering, so he can't find a teacher to take care of the subjects, right?Didn't spreading the word become a self-defeating signboard?Just stop hurting yourself.

At noon the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, Feng Jiu calmly inserted the long-handled mottled bamboo eight-petal double-sided Suzhou embroidery fan into the fan holder, and looked at the large pink and purple camellia flowers embroidered on it, stretched on the eight-treasure dark pattern. On the purple fan, look left and right to admire, this embroidery is really delicate.

She likes old things, so Ning Zheng searched for her everywhere.But Ning Zheng is also interesting, he would never give it to her by himself, he asked Lin Rulan to find it, and let the servants bring it in.Feng Jiu was a little puzzled, and once asked him why he didn't bring it back home but let someone else run away, Ning Zheng nodded her forehead and said, "When will you figure it out, my head will hurt less .”

What I said, isn’t this a framing? In the world, is there any wife of a high-ranking official who is more understanding than her—she never competes with other women to be jealous, of course she doesn’t seem to have one; Opportunity to raise; will not spend money extravagantly, of course, it seems that there is no shortage of money...

Apart from being not so devoted and loyal to her husband, what else?However, how many women in China really like their husbands?Fengjiu's self-consciousness is considered a good performance.

In fact, among these old objects, she prefers the Kesi fan that came out of the palace: raw silk and colored silk thread are used to cut the warp and weft, and every time a color is changed, a small shuttle is required to dig and weave, which is extremely labor-intensive. That's why there is a saying that "one inch of Kesi is one inch of gold".

Her eyes slipped to the other two fan racks placed on the long table next to them. These two silk fans, one is a round fan with lacquer peony, and the other is a bird picture with six petals. The fans are exquisite and beautiful.

But these Kesi fans are not old items, they are brand new. That is to say, it is true that Feng Jiuai collects old items. She also likes appraising treasures, and her level is not low. For the round fan in her hand, she will ask craftsmen in Suzhou and Nanjing to make a new fan for her according to the old one she likes, and then send the old one back to Lin Rulan's shop.

Ning Zheng once asked her why she was like this?
Feng Jiuqing said crisply: "I don't want the ones that others have used."

... Ning Zheng's expression at that time was really indescribable.For Feng Jiu, these words may be just a casual remark. Whoever thinks it is, but it becomes his alarm bell when he hears it in the ears of those who care.

At this moment, Qiaozhi and Qiaoxin came in laughingly, and one or two couldn't wait to offer the treasure, "Sister-in-law San, let's see what this is?"

"Where did such a beautiful sachet come from?" Feng Jiu asked as he welcomed them in and sat down.

"The second sister-in-law gave it to her. She said it was mailed by the eldest sister of her natal family. She found a new style made by the embroiderer in Hangzhou."

Feng Jiu took several sachets from Qiaozhi and looked at them carefully: the sachets are only the size of a duck egg, and the strange thing is that they are made of brocade, no matter if it is red sandalwood color or magenta cyan, they are all intertwined with gold thread , very delicate; embroidered with colorful auspicious clouds, it looks even more auspicious.

Feng Jiu admired the delicate handwork, and Qiaozhi asked again: "What's in it, can you smell it?"

Feng Jiu closed his eyes and sniffed carefully, "There are sandalwood, sweet-scented osmanthus, rose, mint... nutmeg, benzoin, patchouli...calamus, pandan, and orange blossom. Is there something missing?"

Just now Fengjiu said, Qiaoxin looked at the prescription that came with the letter in his hand, and his eyes widened in shock: "No, no! Third sister-in-law, this is the formula for calming the nerves and nourishing energy in Hong Chu's "Xiangpu" in the Song Dynasty. ', your nose is too sharp!"

Feng Jiu smiled, patted Qiaoxin's hand, and asked Qiaozhi: "I found that your nose is also very good, but you are not 'nasal choking', how can you still smell?" "Nose choking "It's called in Chinese medicine, but it's actually rhinitis.

When Qiao Xin heard it, he also seemed puzzled.

"It's 'Biyuan' - the nose tends to be clogged, it's difficult to sleep, and it can be woken up; I'm not, I'm after the beginning of autumn, and I only get sick when it's cold. I have a lot of clear nose, but the blockage is not serious. It will be cured in less than a month. Look at our Northeast, around the beginning of autumn, you can hear a series of sneezing everywhere, and [-]% of them are my patients."

'Biyuan' is sinusitis, which is more serious than simple rhinitis.

Qiaozhi, who is very clear about her condition, clears up the confusion for the two of them.

Feng Jiu nodded clearly, "I thought you were interested in Western medicine, but I didn't expect that you were also interested in Chinese medicine."

Qiaozhi proudly said: "Western medicine has gradually become the mainstream, but our Chinese medicine also has its merits. I want to use the foreign for the Chinese, the past for the present, the combination of Chinese and Western medicine, and combine them into one."

"Savvy." Feng Jiu said admiringly, "Hua Tuo in the Eastern Han Dynasty already knew how to use 'Mafeisan' to anesthetize patients for surgical operations. When I was young, I heard from my grandfather that when he was young, there was a The acquaintance of the old man had a severe stomachache, and he seemed to be dying; other doctors did not dare to see him, so a wandering doctor came from the north. He asked the relatives of the patient first, and he disagreed with his stomach; I have no choice but to agree—" Feng Jiu stopped deliberately when he said this.

Qiaozhi was short-tempered, and hurriedly asked: "And then? Are you ready?"

Feng Jiu laughed, and continued: "Then, I saw Dr. You take out a set of silver needles and prick a few needles in the head, spine, and stomach. The patient who was screaming just now fell asleep in a blink of an eye. Yes. He opened his stomach with a knife, cut a section of intestines, pricked needles to stop the bleeding and sewed them up again. It was miraculous. Grandpa was also very surprised. Later, the patient recovered after two months of care. Then he I moved, and when I was 40 years old, I went back to see that the old man was still alive and well, and there was a long scar on his belly. It’s just that the wandering doctor never saw it again. Now that I think about it, it’s probably a escapist. the miracle doctor."

Qiaozhi listened leisurely and fascinated, "Sister-in-law three, I really want to become a famous doctor of my generation, even if I never marry for it." Feng Jiu patted her, "Practicing medicine and being married are not contradictory." Prophecy.

When she was 80 years old, as the most outstanding obstetrician and gynecologist in China, Ning Qiaozhi, who was single all her life, thought of this conversation with her third sister-in-law more than [-] years ago before she passed away.

Feng Jiu also said: "Everyone is allergic to different things, some are flowers, some are peanuts, milk, and even some people can't eat a little seafood."

While talking, the servant came to pass the word that the daughter-in-law of the fourth son of the second cousin of the old Ning's family in Haicheng came with the child.

As the saying goes, the Jade Emperor still has a few poor relatives, but Mrs. Ning likes people from her hometown, so she can talk about the old calendar and know some news about her hometown.Elderly people just like to cherish their old age, so when there are few people coming, she will ask Hong Fu to contact her hometown. This is nothing new.Of course, according to the rules set by the old man, Mrs. Ning has to make up this part of the money herself.

Feng Jiu and the two sisters-in-law happened to have nothing to do, so they were all taken to accompany the guests.When it comes to such an occasion, several aunts and wives will not attend.

The daughter-in-law looked shrewd and capable, and when she saw this mansion, which was simple on the outside but magnificent on the inside, she showed no signs of inappropriateness except for being slightly shocked. He was a five-year-old boy, who followed his mother obediently, ate quietly, advanced and retreated well, and was well-educated. The mother and son immediately won the love of the women in the house.

Mrs. Ning chatted leisurely with this daughter-in-law she called "Qiaoer", while Feng Jiu and her two sister-in-laws teased this boy named "Doudou" together. Holding the sticky bean buns placed on perilla leaves, he ate like a little squirrel, his mouth swollen and moved quickly, then stopped for a while, and looked at them with bright black eyes full of tears. Smile, more and more attractive.

Feng Jiu handed him another banana, the little guy smelled it, smiled shyly, shook his head and refused.

Feng Jiu was a little puzzled, this thing has no evil smell, right?
When the sister-in-law saw the banana, she suddenly remembered something and smiled, and the table full of Ningfu women also laughed, and there was a story in it.

Seeing Feng Jiu's confused expression, the sister-in-law explained the reason empathetically: "When we saw bananas for the first time, Chen Zhong hadn't studied abroad yet, and everyone didn't know how to eat them; It should be roasted and eaten, but after roasting, the skin turned black, the meat melted, and sweet water dripped out, and Chen Zhong finally thought that the skin should be peeled and eaten."

Bananas, a southern fruit, were indeed a rarity for northerners in the era when transport capacity was underdeveloped.Recalling the funny scenes in the past, everyone laughed again.

While talking, another dish was served - boiled prawns. Qiaozhi peeled off the skin of the prawns for the child, dipped them in the juice and put them in a small dish. Doudou smiled gratefully, picked them up and ate them in his mouth.

Everyone listened to Mrs. Ning talking about the New Year when she was a child, and she was looking forward to making new clothes for the family, and it would be better to have a red padded jacket, so the whole room laughed—the grandma who is now over [-] years old also There was a time when I was a little girl, it was really hard to imagine.

At this moment, Qiaozhi suddenly heard the sound of "ho ho" from Doudou's throat, and quickly turned his head to see that a layer of red bumps appeared on the child's face, everyone was startled, and hurriedly gathered around come over.

In such a short period of time, even patches of red bumps appeared on his arms.

A group of people were terrified, and the mother of the child, who had laughed at Yan Yan just now, was so frightened that she burst into tears, seeing that the child began to breathe heavily again, and in the blink of an eye, the red bump had spread to the Doudou's whole body was like a toad, she just rolled her eyes and passed out straight.

The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law hurried up to pinch people and fan them with a fan. Qiaoxin was frightened and cried. The old lady was dumbfounded. Some drove to the hospital, and some opened the windows a little bit to ask if it might be hot, and the chaos in the whole hall was unbearable.

Feng Jiu thought quickly: Doudou's situation is so critical all of a sudden, could it be an allergy?

Because I just talked about allergies with the two sisters-in-law today, she suddenly thought of Doudou as an allergic symptom, and flashed back to the report from the US consulate that she had read just last month. A piece of news in the newspaper, this newspaper is generally only issued in the Western community in Fengtian, so it is difficult to see.

Before she had time to explain, she ordered Qiaozhi, who is good at English, to call the American Consulate quickly, and said that the Shuai Mansion asked them to help prepare the desensitization needles, and the Shuai Mansion immediately sent someone to pick it up; The car at home went straight to Fengtian Hospital. Maybe the hospital can provide professional treatment measures, and then the two sides are ready to meet at the hospital.

The originally chaotic people saw that someone was leading, so they each took orders, leaving the second sister-in-law and Qiao Xin to accompany Mrs. Ning and Doudou's mother. Zhi Zhi was sent to the American Consulate by the servant at home. Fortunately, Shuai Mansion, Fengtian Hospital and the American Consulate were all very close, so there was no delay.

When Feng Jiu and the others arrived at the hospital, Dean Huang had brought several doctors to greet him personally at the door. They surrounded the child to check on the child's condition, and said that it was indeed an allergic symptom, but the hospital did not have corresponding treatment measures, which was very serious. New medical achievements have not yet reached Fengtian.

Fengjiu was startled, but fortunately she had already made two preparations, she said firmly that there was no problem, there was one in the US consulate, and they would be there soon.

Dean Huang let out a "hey" in surprise, and said, "Why didn't I think that the US consulate might have this thing?"

Feng Jiu had no time to take care of Dean Huang's questions. After a while, Qiaozhi and Dr. Johnson from the consulate had arrived at the hospital, so a large group of doctors rushed up to take over the rest of the work.

Feng Jiu and the others waited anxiously outside the disposal room. Human life was at stake. Feng Jiu paced back and forth anxiously. After two cups of tea, before the doctor came out, Doudou's mother rushed over. Deep finger marks, it looks like he was pinched awake and immediately came to the hospital.

Feng Jiu comforted her softly, saying that all the special medicines were used. This is the "hormone" extracted from the pancreas by British doctors 20 years ago, and Doudou's symptoms are the most symptomatic.

At this moment, the door of the treatment room opened, and Dean Huang and Dr. Johnson walked out with smiles on their faces. Mother Doudou was the first to rush forward. The doctors reassured her that the child was out of danger. Gratitude ran in to see the child.

Dr. Huang and Dr. Johnson walked up to Feng Jiu: "Mrs. Ning, we have been wondering since just now. You are not a doctor. How did you know that the US Consulate has specific medicines for asthma and allergies?"

Seeing the bewilderment of the two people, which seemed to have troubled them for a while, Feng Jiu couldn't help laughing, and then replied in English: "That's right, Mr. Johnson, Dean Huang, the copy issued by the American Consulate I like to read "Weekly News in Feng'tian", so I ordered a copy, and I will read it carefully from beginning to end every week; because I am still learning English, I don't want to miss every word. Last month I I saw a piece of news that the consulate has newly purchased a batch of desensitizing shots and hormones, if anyone needs it, please call. So when something like this happened today, I remembered it.”

Fengjiu's English is fluent, her diction is exquisite, her writing is very elegant, and it sounds like she has put in a lot of hard work. Dr. Johnson was very surprised and appreciated her. Fengjiu has a talent for languages ​​and encouraged her to consider further studies.

They just chatted and waited for a while, and felt that Doudou's mother had almost calmed down, so they went in and talked to her, trying to find out what made a child who had never had allergies get sick—couldn't find Allergens, you can't avoid future disease.

Fengjiu was already [-]% certain in her heart, so she counted the food that Doudou ate on the table. When it came to fresh shrimp, Doudou's mother's eyes lit up: "My children have never eaten shrimp. Eat everything else."

Feng Jiuchong nodded to Doctor Huang, and translated the conversation just now to Doctor Johnson. You must be cautious about the food, try a small amount first, and then slowly increase the amount when there is no problem, so that it is safe, especially seafood.

Doudou quickly disappeared the red bumps all over her body, and she didn't breathe anymore. They have been tossing in the hospital for more than half an hour.Fengjiu bid farewell to the doctors, and returned to Ningfu with Doudou mother and son.

The second sister-in-law had already called to find out what was going on here, and hurriedly told Mrs. Ning, the old man Amitabha thanked the Buddha for his protection for a long time - if a relative had an accident at his home, he would be too sorry.

So for a few days, how the family thinks Feng Jiu is pleasing to the eye, no, it should be more pleasing to the eye than before; as for small things like going to the consulate to express gratitude, Feng Jiu doesn't have to worry about it.

Ning Zheng, who was stationed in Henan, also heard about this and called Feng Jiu, "I didn't expect my wife to be so capable."

Feng Jiu naturally had to be modest: "So-so."

"I know your English is always good, but I didn't expect it to be so good." Ning Zheng seemed to be a little puzzled - who is good at English in China, who didn't come back from studying abroad?He had heard her speak English when he first met Feng Jiu, but after two years, it was obvious that her English had reached the level of scholars in Native.

It was also a coincidence that Ning Zheng was in Henan these few days and met the US Consul General in Fengtian who came to participate in the international mediation meeting, that is, Ge Luoli's father, David Ge. The battle that is about to start.Before coming to Henan, he happened to hear a report from his subordinate, Dr. Johnson, about rescuing the relatives of Commander Ning's family, so he truthfully relayed his appreciation for Feng Jiu's high English level.

"Well, genius." Feng Jiu raised her head, and through the phone, Ning Zheng seemed to be able to see her smug little tail standing up, no wonder she was speculating with Taishan, it was really similar.

Ning Zheng put down the phone, stroked his chin, and felt that he had a new understanding of his wife again.

In fact, if you want to learn any skill, if you want to become a top performer, the most important factor is talent: for example, Mr. Zhu Shenghao, who translated the complete works of Shakespeare, graduated from Hangzhou Zhijiang University majoring in Chinese and English, and has never been abroad. But his translation was the smoothest and most respected of its time, and has survived even to this day.

The two most important men in the Dragon Boat Festival family didn't come back, and even the second elder brother Ning Cheng didn't have time to come back, so the women in the mansion had to spend the Dragon Boat Festival entertaining themselves.

Although there is no family banquet, Mrs. Ning likes to be lively, so Feng Jiu discussed with Mrs. Shou that the female relatives just get together to make zongzi for fun. Wouldn't it be interesting.

Mrs. Shou made sense when she heard it, so she ordered the big kitchen to prepare.

The people in the big kitchen naturally did their best to bring the soaked fragrant glutinous rice and boiled zongzi leaves to the old lady's Rongshou hall, and brought one after another a large tray, inside bowls of red beans, mung beans, golden shredded dates and jujubes. , pork bacon and sausages... everything.

The female relatives gathered together, chatting and laughing, but it was very lively, and Mrs. Ning was especially happy.

Fengjiu's harvest is to learn the famous Huzhou rice dumpling wrapping method from his second sister-in-law.The second sister-in-law is from Shanghai, but she grew up with her grandparents in Huzhou. The maid at home once taught her the unique skill of wrapping "pillow rice dumplings" with one hand: nail a nail on the door frame, put reed ropes on it, and roll the rice dumpling leaves into a funnel. Fill the rice, pull the reed leaves to cover the rice, hold it with one hand, and then move closer to the reed rope hanging from the nail on the door frame, and twist and twist it skillfully, so a slender pillow dumpling with two pointed ends is completed. Because this zongzi is different from other places or square flat shapes such as triangles, four corners or diamonds, but has a beautiful body, it is also called "beauty rice dumplings".

Fengjiu has always been very savvy about learning to cook: nails are not allowed on the door of Rongshou Hall, but the big kitchen brought a few wooden sticks with bases and nails on them, which are the same.

Qiaozhi Qiaoxin also followed suit, but Qiaoxin knew it as soon as she learned it, and Qiaozhi wrapped it in a pot, sprinkled rice and fell apart after being boiled, and she said that she was impatient and had no talent.

Although Fengjiu is from the north, she is not satisfied with the traditional white rice dumplings with jujube dipped in sugar, but prefers the southern rice dumplings with soy sauce and salted egg yolk, but the meat inside must be pure lean meat. Okay, she still can't eat it with fat sides.

There are many benefits for the old handsome and Ning Zheng not to be at home. After Fengjiu and everyone had eaten rice dumplings with Mrs. Ning, she suddenly wanted to go back to her mother’s house for a few days, and also wanted to take Qiaozhi Qiaoxin with her. Yes, Xide didn't know what to say when he first saw Feng Jiu's Feng Ling and Bu Ku.

Three days after the Dragon Boat Festival, the seventh day of the fifth lunar month is Fengjiu's birthday.

Two days later, Feng Jiu received a call from the commander-in-chief, and Ning Zheng came back.

Feng Jiu wailed in his heart, why did he come back?I called a few days ago and said that I might not be able to come back in the near future.

She just promised Buku that she would stay for a week, and besides, Buku's little brother is very cute, and she hasn't made fun of it enough yet - such an inconspicuous nickname is just that Buku himself came up with it.Buku became the eldest brother, but he started to tremble. From time to time, he would teach him that he hadn't turned one year old, and he didn't even sit for a long time without salty writing, which made the two brothers covered in ink.

But when the husband who didn't come home after going away for a month came back, there was no reason for any daughter-in-law to stay at her mother's house anymore, so Feng Jiu had to go back to the handsome mansion with a dejected expression of ingenuity and ingenuity.

(End of this chapter)