Chapter 149 - 132: Worshiping Little Daddy (4K votes for the month)_2
Qian Yixiu cried her heart out. Even though she had no interaction with her junior uncle, even though she had only squatted in the corner and observed him for over half a month, she really, truly liked that handsome and astute junior uncle. She saw how he showed filial piety to his parents, how he cared for his sister, and how he wickedly tempted his silly mother into doing those embarrassingly mushy things...
His voice and smile are still vivid in her mind, yet now they are separated by life and death, destined for different paths. Originally, she was the one separated from him by the realm of ghosts and humans; now, their positions have reversed.
If only he were still alive, life for the family would be so much easier, and she wouldn’t have to struggle so much. Perhaps her mother’s illness would have improved.
The entire family mourned deeply, crying for the better part of the day before returning home.
After returning, Manjiang’s wife fell ill, with the sickness coming on strong and fierce, her body burning up and occasionally speaking nonsense about catching bugs or flowers blooming and wilting.
Everyone was terrified, and they first sent for Doctor Lin. Doctor Lin applied acupuncture and prescribed some medicine, but Manjiang’s wife showed no signs of improvement, still alarmingly feverish and talking nonsense. Doctor Lin advised them to seek a more skilled doctor from Baohe Hall, warning them that her condition was extremely dangerous and could be fatal.
Qian Sangui hastily sent Huang Tie with an ox cart to Baohe Hall to fetch a doctor. Zhang Yang arrived before dark; he applied acupuncture to Cheng Yue and prescribed more medicine. After laboring through most of the night, Cheng Yue’s fever somewhat subsided, and she was finally able to sleep peacefully.
Qian Yixiu and her younger siblings were shooed to live in the east wing – they were reluctant, but Lady Wu firmly refused to let them into the room, claiming that children easily transmit illness. The siblings cried and sniveled outside the door until midnight when they heard from Zhang Yang that their mother was getting better, and only then did they go to the east wing to sleep.
The Little Divine Doctor also stayed in one of the rooms in the east wing for half the night.
The next day, after applying another round of acupuncture to Cheng Yue, Zhang Yang prepared to leave.
Qian Yeejin and a servant accompanied Zhang Yang to the county town to retrieve medicine for Cheng Yue and to deliver the New Year’s gifts to Zhang Mansion. They brought fifty pounds of sausage, ten jars of sweet rice wine, ten boxes of pastries, other local products, and a silk-faced cotton-padded jacket made for the old lady.