Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Treatnt of Leg_1 Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Treatnt of Leg_1 The next day, the entire Yang family gathered in Yang Chaowen’s room, feeling excited yet anxious because Yang ngchen was about to treat Yang Chaowen’s leg.
“When I tap a spot, everyone pay attention to see if my uncle’s leg moves,” Yang ngchen instructed.
Everyone nodded together.
Yang Chaowen rolled up his trousers, and Yang ngchen squatted in front of him.
Xiao Guai lay obediently by Yang ngchen’s feet.
Holding a small mallet wrapped in cotton, Yang ngchen tapped lightly on Yang Chaowen’s lower leg. Yang Chaowen had no reaction, and neither did the onlookers.
As the tapping moved gradually upwards, Yang Chaowen still felt nothing.
When it reached the knee joint, Yang ngchen gripped the small mallet and lightly tapped once without a response. Everyone’s hearts suddenly fell to freezing point, and Yang Chaowen couldn’t say whether he felt disappointed or resigned.
Suddenly, Yang Chengrong shouted loudly, “Jiujiu, it moved, it moved!” His voice was filled with excitent and boundless joy.
“Elder brother, did you really see it move?”
“I really saw it!” Yang Chengrong said eagerly, “Just now when you tapped, Father’s leg twitched slightly!”
Upon hearing this, Yang ngchen increased the force slightly and tapped on the sa spot again. This ti, everyone saw it, and Yang Chaowen uttered a ‘hiss’ softly. Joy and excitent were evident on everyone’s face, and tears filled their eyes.
Commanding Father and Elder Brother to carry the uncle onto the kang bed, Yang ngchen opened the dical box, took out the black needles from the deerskin case, and began to perform acupuncture on the uncle.
As ti passed, fine beads of sweat ford on Yang ngchen’s forehead, and his complexion turned a tad pale.
Large beads of cold sweat also ford on Yang Chaowen’s forehead. Despite the acupoints feeling as if they were being cut with a knife, he gritted his teeth and endured without making a sound. However, his originally pale complexion now had a faint flush of red.
Two hours later, Yang ngchen removed the black needles, “Uncle, rest well. I will give you the second acupuncture treatnt in a month. Continue to take the herbal soup and do rehabilitation in the anti. After the third treatnt, you should be able to recover completely.”
“Father, did you hear that? You’ll be able to walk freely very soon!” Yang Chengrong and Yang Chengxuan rushed to the edge of the kang, their voices choked with joy they couldn’t suppress, while Wu Xuehua’s tears silently stread down.
The others also wept with joy.
Turning to look at Liu Xiuyun, Yang ngchen apologized, “I’m sorry, Auntie. I’ll treat you with acupuncture tomorrow.”
She had originally planned to treat two people today, but unfortunately, her body was too young and weak, and the acupuncture took too long; she simply couldn’t go on.
“It’s alright, there is no rush in this mont. You look quite pale yourself, quickly go back to your room and lie down,” Liu Xiuyun said softly, consoling her.
Yang ngchen wanted to say sothing, but suddenly her vision blurred and her body swayed. Everyone’s faces turned pale with fright.
“Jiujiu?”
“Jiujiu?”
Stabilizing herself in ti, Yang ngchen shook her head to stay alert and said to the anxious and worried crowd with a smile, “I’m fine, just a bit tired.”
“Qiu Lan, quickly help Jiujiu back to her room to lie down,” Madam Yang Zhou ordered urgently, “Chengning, go and fetch Doctor Li.”
Yang ngchen spoke out to stop her, “Grandma, I really am all right, I just need to lie down for a while and I’ll be fine.”
But the entire family wouldn’t listen to her, Yang Chengning dashed out of the house, and Shen Qiulan carefully helped her daughter into her parents’ room.
anwhile, Yang Chaowen was about to get out of bed when Yang ngchen suddenly turned her head back and repeatedly urged him to rest well. Having no choice, he lay back on the bed, eyes misting with tears as he watched his niece surrounded by her family, leaving the room.
For him, his niece had fainted from exhaustion yet still rembered to care about him. How could he not feel guilty and moved?
Wu Xuehua silently wiped her tears and turned to the kitchen to stew a wild chicken soup to nourish her niece.
Even though Yang ngchen kept insisting she was truly fine, everyone still insisted on having her lie down on the bed, anxiously waiting for Doctor Li.
Xiao Guai jumped onto the bed and lay next to Yang ngchen, his tiger eyes looking adorably worried about his little master.
“Is Zhipeng (Old Master Yang’s na) at ho?” Just then, a questioning voice ca from the courtyard.
“He is,” Old Master Yang responded loudly while walking outside. Yang Chaowu and Yang Chaoyi also followed, “Village chief, Lizheng, what brings you here?”
A voice chuckled, “My wife sent to bring so tangerines to Jiujiu, and Siyuan asked soone to bring back so pastries from town for Jiujiu.”
Yang ngchen recognized the voice as the village chief’s and knew that the village chief and Lizheng were very good to the Yang family and loved the original host dearly.
Especially the village chief’s eldest grandson, Chen Siyuan, treated the original host as well as his own brother. Chen Siyuan was eight years older than the original host, used to take her out to play when she was little, and often bought her snacks when he worked in town.
According to Eighth Brother, the last ti the original host fell unconscious from falling out of a tree, Chen Siyuan rushed back as soon as he heard, staying by the original host’s side for an entire day and night before he reluctantly had to leave. On leaving, he insisted on giving the Yang family five taels of silver, which he had borrowed from his employer.
The Yang family eventually returned the silver to Chen Siyuan. For one, Chen Siyuan didn’t earn much monthly, and five taels of silver was almost half a year’s salary for him. Secondly, since the Chen family hadn’t split their household and the village chief had also borrowed a hundred wen, the Yang family naturally couldn’t accept it.
She had never t Chen Siyuan, but in her mory, he was a handso and steady young man.
“This has made Siyuan spend money again, how can we be at peace with this?” Yang Chaoyi declined.
The village chief laughed, “It’s just a token of affection. Besides, Jiujiu is adorable, and we are willing to give it to her.”
“My wife always prays Jiujiu’s sensible and intelligent nature too. Just now, my son-in-law brought a box of sweet rice cakes, and my wife urged to hurry and deliver them to Jiujiu.” Lizheng agreed, “You shouldn’t decline any further, just accept it.”
The conversation carried on as the n quickly entered the house, seeing the whole family present, looking worried and anxious. Noticing Yang ngchen lying on the bed, fully covered up, the village chief and Lizheng were startled. “How co Jiujiu looks like this? She’s pale and sweating profusely?”
“Good day, Grandpa Village Chief, Grandpa Lizheng,” Yang ngchen sat up, and Shen Qiulan quickly wrapped her in a blanket, “I might not have slept well last night, and I felt a bit dizzy just now. Grandpa and the others insisted I should lie down.”
Yang Chengrong brought two stools over for the village chief and Lizheng to sit, and Yang Chengyou brought them hot water.
“It’s their concern for you,” the village chief inquired, “Have you sent for Doctor Li?”
“Chengning has already gone,” Old Master Yang replied.
Watching Yang ngchen, Lizheng spoke in a loving yet sowhat reproachful tone, “The doctor has said you need to recuperate as your body is weak, and yet you don’t take care. Are you suffering now, hm? I say, from now on you better stay quietly at ho and not go anywhere, particularly not to the mountains.”
“Thank you for your concern, Grandpa Village Chief and Grandpa Lizheng. I will be fine after so rest,” Yang ngchen said with a smile, “Please tell Brother Siyuan for that he also has it tough earning money, so he shouldn’t buy pastries anymore. You can take these pastries back for Grandma Chen and the others to enjoy; and as for Grandpa Lizheng, the sweet rice cake is a token of filial piety from Uncle Xia to Grandma Liu, I surely can’t accept it.”
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