Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 734: The Biggest Prodigal Son of the Old He Family, His Book of Heaven and My Secret Book (Two Chapters in One)
To burn incense, of course you need to prepare some things.

You can bring the offerings with you, and after burning the incense, you won’t take them away with you, but will give them to your uncle’s house.

My mother was at work in the afternoon, but because she wanted to go and burn incense for my grandfather, she took a leave.

In fact, the seventh day of the first lunar month is not a special day for ancestor worship in the traditional sense. It is usually not recommended to worship ancestors on this day, but there is no absolute taboo that says it cannot be done at all.

The seventh day of the first lunar month is called "Renri". The customs of this day mainly revolve around celebrating the birth of a person, praying for blessings and good luck, and predicting the year's prospects, such as eating seven-treasure soup, wearing human winks, climbing high places to write poems, etc.

Tomorrow, the eighth day of the first lunar month, is regarded as the "Grain Day", a day for worshipping and receiving stars, and it is also more suitable for worshipping ancestors. People believe that worshipping ancestors on this day can express gratitude and remembrance to their ancestors, and pray for their ancestors to bless the family with peace, good harvests, and success in the new year.

However, due to family schedule constraints, we had to move the date forward.

Believe me, grandpa, he won’t mind.

We went to visit my grandfather today, and Fangyan didn't let Zhu Lin go. The main reason was that the road was difficult to walk on, and it would be a big trouble if he slipped.

There is hidden ice everywhere now, and we have to be on guard against it.

So, the Fang brothers and sisters, as well as their parents, went together.

Everyone else stayed at home, even the two little kids Zhengyi and Mingzhu.

The family took the things for ancestor worship and filled two big bags, one bag each for the two brothers Fang Yan and Fang Chen, and then the whole family took the bus to Xinjiekou, Xicheng District.

Take bus No. 108 from Dongdan Road North Station near Union Hospital to Dengshi West Station, transfer to bus No. 22 or other buses, and get off at Xinjiekou North Station.

My uncle lives in a big compound over here.

Speaking of this area, the most famous one is of course No. 11 Badaowan Hutong, Xinjiekou.

That place is the former residence of Lu Xun brothers.

Lu Xun created many works here, including "The True Story of Ah Q", "The Storm", "Hometown", and "Theatrical Performances in the Community". Zhou Zuoren also lived here for many years. This place is also a place frequently visited by cultural celebrities such as Cai Yuanpei, Yu Dafu, Qian Xuantong, Hu Shi, and Shen Yimo.

Badaowan Hutong has a winding path, starting from Qiangongyong Hutong in the south and turning east to Hougongyong Hutong. There are more than eight turns and branches, and the number "eight" here means that it has many bends.

This is the old residence of my grandfather He Xiu. After his death, the three houses naturally fell into the hands of my uncle.

The structures of siheyuan are actually similar. This is a three-courtyard house. My uncle's family lives in the middle courtyard, where they have three fairly spacious rooms.

There is also a shed built during the earthquake in the yard. Like other shanty towns, it is located right in the middle of the yard.

When I came here, my eyes were filled with memories.

After all, she had also spent some time here, so it was inevitable that she would be reminded of the past when she saw it now.

Dad, on the other hand, looked curious, and just like Fangyan and the others, he looked around.

At first glance, I have no impression of this place.

There were three iron buckets lined up in front of the public faucet. A middle-aged woman who had just filled a boiling water bottle was walking towards the central courtyard carrying a bamboo thermos. The knees of her tweed trousers were polished to a shine. When she saw Fang Yan and the others, she just glanced at them and then walked away on her own.

That's how it is in a slum. If a relative comes to visit and you can't help, it's best not to go and say hello, lest they come to borrow rice, flour, or oil from you.

Here, under the eaves and at the doorsteps of every household, there are coal briquettes piled up and covered with various moisture-proof materials, posing a bit of a fire hazard.

Every household has Spring Festival couplets posted on the wall. Led by their mother, Fangyan and his friends came to their uncle's house.

I saw a pair of crooked Spring Festival couplets:

"The spring breeze nourishes the peaches and plums, and the jade rabbit brings good luck to the house."

The younger brother frowned and asked in a low voice:

“Isn’t this the Year of the Horse?”

Fangyan laughed and said:

"Maybe he likes rabbits."

The second sister on the side was more observant and she said:

"It should be written by the child, and he only practiced this pair of calligraphy, so he could only write this couplet."

The little brother took a closer look and then suddenly realized:

"Makes sense!"

At this moment, the tap that was running just now suddenly made a "thump thump thump" sound, and then the water pipes in the entire alley seemed to be shaking, which scared the little brother.

"What's going on?" the eldest sister asked in surprise.

The old lady explained to everyone:
"It's time to concentrate on using water before dinner again."

Only then did everyone react.

The tap water in the courtyard is brought from the Concord Villa District. I have never seen this before, so I feel a little uncomfortable when I see it for the first time.

After finishing speaking, the old lady said to the old man:

"Zhenhua, let's go knock on the door together."

Dad nodded and walked up.

After knocking on the door, a response came from inside:
"Who!?"

"Sister-in-law, it's me, Huiru!" the old mother responded.

soon.

With a "squeak" sound, the door was opened.

My aunt was standing at the door. When she saw the group of people standing outside, a smile immediately appeared on her face.

"Hurry, come in!" She warmly invited everyone to come in.

Everyone filed in.

There was a coal stove burning in the room and the kettle was steaming.

Apart from the smell of burning coal, the room was actually quite warm.

Even though there are three rooms here, the display is still quite crowded.

The three main rooms in my uncle's house were divided into five spaces.

The eight-square-meter area outside serves as both a living room and a dining room. A square elm table is placed against the east wall, and only when four benches are folded under the table can an aisle be barely left.

There were three layers of wooden wall cabinets nailed to the wall. An enamel washbasin was stacked upside down on the highest layer. The second layer was filled with vermicelli and dried kelp wrapped in brown paper. The bottom layer was a tin biscuit can next to a travel bag with the word "BJ" printed on it, with half of a knitting needle sticking out of the bag opening.

Just like Old Lady Liu's house before, a loft was built under the sloping beam of the main house's roof. The wooden stairs only had steps half a foot wide extending upwards, and the handrails were wrapped with thick anti-slip hemp rope.

There was no light on upstairs, so I didn't know whether it was used to store things or for people to live in.

My aunt said to my mother:

"I thought you guys weren't coming until the eighth day of the new year. You're not prepared at all."

The old lady explained:
"Our Fang Ning's admission letter has arrived. She will return to Gansu the day after tomorrow. She will immediately register at the university in Shanghai after receiving the letter. We came here to pay our respects before she leaves."

My aunt suddenly realized:
"Oh, that."

Then she called out to everyone:
"You all should find a place to sit, everyone in the family is out today..."

"I'll make you some tea."

The old lady said to my aunt:
"Don't bother, sister-in-law. We'll leave after we pay our respects to dad."

My aunt said:
"Oh, that won't work. Now that we're here, we have to have dinner before we leave."

Fangyan looked around the room but didn't find his grandfather's tablet, so he had to put the things aside and wait for his aunt to come back.

After a while, my aunt brought some tea bowls and made jasmine tea.

While inviting everyone to have tea, he said to He Huiru:
"Dad's tablet has been put away by your eldest brother. It's in the attic. He will be back soon. You guys sit down for a while. I'll go cook."

I was helpless and could only nod and agree, then asked my aunt

"By the way, sister-in-law, where are the rest of the family doing?"

My aunt said:
"Well, the child at home is sick. Your eldest brother took the child to the Yanjing Hospital directly under the Ministry of Health to see Qi Yong, the director of the pediatric department there."

Then she asked:

"By the way, Qi Yong, do you still remember him?"

The old lady frowned slightly and asked:
"Is he Dad's eldest disciple?"

My aunt said:
"Yes, yes, that's him. He's so proud now."

"As the head of the pediatric department, I get to know a lot of people."

I nodded, not quite understanding.

She no longer had any impression of Qi Yong.

At this time, the younger brother asked in dialect:

"Brother, do you know this Qi Yong?"

"I know." Fang Yan nodded.

How could he not know that the patients who could not be cured by this person came to him for treatment?

Hearing the dialect, I knew that my aunt smiled and said to He Huiru:

"See, you all know the dialect."

After saying this, she sighed:

"He inherited the old man's legacy and is doing very well. It's a pity that your eldest brother doesn't have that ability... otherwise he wouldn't have ended up like this."

At this time, Fang Yan thought of another purpose of his visit, so he asked his aunt:
"By the way, aunt, do you still have those books and notes of grandpa?"

My aunt nodded:

"Yes, I found some of them when I was sorting out things at home a few days ago."

"But your uncle can't understand it, so he plans to give it to Qi Yong in a few days."

Fang Yan's heartbeat suddenly quickened, but his expression remained unchanged as he asked calmly:
"Where is it, can I see it?"

My aunt said:
"Your uncle said it was a complete set. Those are just fragmentary medical records. You can't learn anything from them."

"..." Fang Yan was speechless and cursed the prodigal son in his heart.

Then asked:

"Can I take a look?"

My aunt nodded and pointed to the attic:

"Okay, it's in the attic."

"I'll go up and bring it down for you."

Fang Yan shook his head and stopped her:

"I'd better go up!"

"You go about your business."

My aunt thought about it, nodded and said:

"Then be careful when you go up. It's in the northeast corner of the attic."

"Okay!" Fangyan responded.

Then my aunt smiled and said:

"You all sit down, I'm going to make dumplings."

Everyone responded in unison.

After my aunt left, Fang Yan said to my mother who was a little surprised:

"Don't say anything yet. I'll go up and see what it is."

My mother, He Huiru, had told Fang Yan before that all of Grandpa He Xiu’s things were gone, but I didn’t expect that she would actually ask about it today, and she was also very surprised.

She spoke into the dialect:

"It was your eldest uncle and second uncle who said it was gone before."

Fangyan nodded.

Indicate that you know.

Then he immediately went up to the attic.

Climb up to the attic on the creaky ladder.

The floor made of three door panels made a muffled sound when stepped on. On the west side of the attic were piled the straw mats distributed by the earthquake prevention headquarters two years ago, on the east side were cotton mattresses soaked with urine from children, and in the middle was a canvas with the words "BJ Rubber Factory" printed on it to mark the sleeping area.

This should be where the eldest or second son in their family lives.

His eyes swept over the camphorwood boxes stacked against the beams, with the words "winter storage cabbage" written in chalk on the box lids.

In the deepest northeast corner of the attic, there is a window with cracked glass, which is covered with tape to prevent air leakage.

There are six enamel basins with the word "Award" printed on them stacked under the windowsill, and the basins are filled with work gloves and factory drawings.

Right below it, there is a mahogany bookcase.

It was filled with all sorts of messy newspapers and books.

Fangyan walked over quickly.

He began to search quickly among the pile of things.

Soon Fangyan found a medical record.

Written on it in pen were the words "He Xiu's Medical Case".

Fangyan hurried to the window and looked through the book in the light:

'Huang, male, 7 years old, first diagnosed on October 1955, 10.'

'Three days ago, the parents found that the child was listless and did not want to eat. He said that his cheeks felt sore when chewing. Then he found that his cheeks were swollen, painful and unable to turn his neck, accompanied by a slight headache, and his body temperature reached 39.6 degrees.'

'Examination revealed diffuse swelling on both sides, local tenderness, light yellow tongue coating, and rapid and floating pulse.'

'The syndrome differentiation is: exogenous plague, Yangming, Shaoyang heat accumulation, heat toxins blocking the meridians.'

'This is childhood mumps, a common infectious disease in children, prevalent in spring and winter, characterized by unilateral or bilateral parotid swelling and pain, and in severe cases fever and even combined meningitis. When the disease is first diagnosed, the parotids are swollen, the liver and gallbladder are toxic, and there are obvious symptoms such as high fever, headache and floating pulse. Therefore, kudzu root, cicada shell, mint, burdock, chrysanthemum, angelica root and ginger are used. Gypsum, Anemarrhena, Forsythia, and Licorice are used to clear away heat, purge fire and detoxify. After taking one dose, the patient's fever subsided. Subsequently, Bupleurum was added to clear the Shaoyang meridians, and frankincense and Fritillaria were added to reduce swelling and disperse nodules. One dose cured the patient.'

This is followed by the specific prescription.

The first medical case recorded here made Fangyan's scalp tighten.

One dose of medicine reduces fever, one dose of medicine cures the disease.

If this is not the effect of a floating drum, then what is the effect of a floating drum?

Master!
No wonder those who came to Beijing from the south were transferred to him for management.

As we can see from the first medical case, there is quite something to it.

Fangyan quickly memorized the prescription, and the voice of the system's blessing also rang in his mind.

As the system adds support to the prescription, Fangyan's understanding of the prescription becomes deeper.

At the same time, I also have a better understanding of the various considerations that went into making this recipe public.

These medical notes are extremely necessary to learn regarding dialects.

My uncle actually thought these good things were useless and planned to give them away.

And if you want to give it to someone, why give it to Qi Yong, that idiot?

It seems that those things before were definitely lost by him in this way.

Fangyan didn't care about it at this time and continued to read below.

As for reading speed, Fangyan can now read quite fast after reading many ancient books.

He can finish reading a medical case in just ten to dozens of seconds.

Then quickly understand and gain blessings.

Of course, this is also related to the way my grandfather writes medical records. He likes to write in a classical Chinese style.

This may be difficult for some people to understand, but the reduction in the number of words increases the amount of information, which helps speed up reading in modern dialects.

After all, the content in ancient books is written in a similar way.

Fangyan memorized all of his grandfather's medical records in a systematic way.

He discovered a pattern, which was the situation from 1955 to 1956.

That is the period from a few months after birth to about one year old.

It can be seen that my grandfather is seeing patients intensively every day.

Some of the treatment plans in it may be different from Fangyan’s, but he still cured the patient.

Some treatment plans coincide with dialects.

There are some diseases that I have never even seen in the dialect, so I can only look at the medical records shared by the old man to understand the situation.

There are also some recipes that are clearly recorded as the He family's secret recipes.

It’s just that the old man only wrote the name of the secret recipe on it, and didn’t write the combination of the secret recipe.

Sometimes in the final analysis, the names of some combination drugs in the secret recipe will appear, but it is just a drug name, without the specific quantity and complete combination.

Fangyan can only roughly understand what this medicine is used for.

The system will not support this kind of recipe, so you can only memorize the dialect yourself.

Until he turned another page and saw the following:

'Grandson Fangyan, male, 18 months old.'

Fang Yan was stunned. He never expected that he would appear in his grandfather's medical records.

He continued to look down and saw that the old man wrote:
'It had been a month since the onset of the disease. At first, he suddenly had vomiting and diarrhea. He was admitted to Union Hospital. After intravenous treatment, the vomiting stopped after half a month. He still had diarrhea three or four times a day. Huiru took him home.'

'I was shocked to see my grandson this time. He was thin and listless, with sunken eyes, dry skin, cold limbs, frequent thirst, irritability, and bowel movements three or four times a day. The stools were thin and watery, pale yellow in color, and had a hot odor. His bowels made sounds and splashed when he defecated. When he lay down, his eyes were exposed. He sweated without getting wet, had a poor appetite, had a red, rotten tongue coating, and a thin pulse.'

'The diagnosis is that the heat of summer heat affects the ascending and descending functions of the central region, the qi and spleen are damaged for a long time, the body fluids are robbed, and there is a risk of sudden shock! '

'Use sour and sweet herbs to harmonize Yin, clear intestinal heat, warm and move spleen Yang, and use a combination of prescriptions to treat the disease.'

'Prescription: 10g fresh Dendrobium, 1g Coptis chinensis, 1.5g roasted ginger charcoal, 2.5g Aconitum carmichaelii, 5g Atractylodes macrocephala, 6g White Peony Root, 12g Biyusan (packet), 1.5g Schisandra chinensis.

'After taking the medicine, he had bowel movements once or twice a day, which were thicker, and his irritability turned calmer, but his face was still pale and his eyes were sunken, his lips were red, dry, cracked, and bleeding, he was thirsty and wanted water, his skin was dry, his urine was clear, and his tongue was crimson. It was still a sign of both Qi and Yin being injured, and the previous idea was increased or decreased.'

'Another prescription: 3g of American ginseng, 10g of Dendrobium officinale, 2g of dried black plum, 10g of raw white peony root, 2.5g of black atractylodes root, 1g of ginger and 1g of roasted licorice.'

'Use 2g of moonstone to soak in hot water and wash your mouth.'

'After taking 3 doses of the medicine, the bowel movement was twice a day, and it gradually became dry. The sleepiness was relieved, and the fatigue was slightly improved, but the complexion was still pale, the lips were red, and the pulse was weak. The heat toxins had been cleared, but the damage to the qi and yin had not recovered. The original prescription was removed from the roasted licorice, and 2g of oyster and 10g of dragon teeth were added. Another 10g of barley sprout was used, and the decoction was used instead of water. After taking 10 doses of the medicine, the grandson recovered.'

'Diarrhea for thirty days, intestinal heat has not been cleared, yin and yang have been damaged, it is a mixed syndrome of deficiency and excess, less evil and more deficiency. Intestinal heat cannot be eliminated without clearing and transformation; spleen and stomach cannot be soothed without nourishing and replenishing, so warming and clearing are used at the same time. First, protect yin and benefit the stomach, then nourish qi and restore yang, and assist in clearing and eliminating the remaining evil.'

He later added:
"This case is critical and the rules are almost lost."

After reading it, the system's blessing voice responded:

[Ding! God-level experience system, a list of medical records of treating grandson Fangyan...]

After seeing this picture, Fangyan suddenly felt something strange in his heart.

It took several deep breaths to calm down.

Then continue looking back.

……

I don’t know how long it took, but Fangyan read three medical records in the cabinet one after another.

I found that there were still five books left to read.

Fangyan now understood that this should be the medical record of his grandfather's intensive treatment in the last few years of his life.

Although he needed to see many people every day and sometimes had to go out at night to see the children around him in emergency, he wrote every medical record very well without any sign of sloppiness, and even Fangyan didn't notice that other people's notes were taken with pens.

If it were me, I would definitely have several assistants around me.

Moreover, seeing patients in the afternoon and going to the emergency room in the early morning, this kind of thing, for Fang Yan, is considered to be doing good deeds to accumulate merit, but for the old man, it is a common occurrence.

From the few words in the article, it can be seen that he has been in a high level of work during this period.

In this state, he is treating patients without caring about his own health.

At this time, Fangyan suddenly understood why his grandfather passed away suddenly. Given the intensity of his work, it was indeed quite dangerous. He seemed not to realize it, as if he was winding the spring tighter and tighter.

"Fangyan, Fangyan!" At this time, the shouting from downstairs interrupted Fangyan's thoughts.

"What's wrong?" Fang Yan asked downstairs.

My mother's voice came down:
"Come down, your uncle and his friends are back!"

Fangyan looked at the medical records in his hand. There were still five that he hadn't read. They were all the hard work of his grandfather. His uncle thought they were useless and wanted to give them away.

I don't want to have a conflict with him, so I'll just go down and buy it with money.

After thinking it over, Fangyan replied:
"coming!"

Then he went downstairs with the eight medical records.

"Uncle! Cousin! Cousin's wife!"

Fangyan walked down the stairs with the medical record in his hand, smiling, and at the same time greeted the person who had just returned to the living room downstairs.

"Oh, nephew, long time no see!" The uncle responded happily to Fangyan.

My cousin and his wife also greeted each other in dialect.

However, the two were in low spirits and it seemed as if something had happened.

Fangyan only saw their eldest daughter and second daughter, but not the youngest son, so he understood that most of them were still in the hospital.

As expected, right after they finished greeting each other, the couple confessed their crime to the Fang family:

"I'm so sorry, today is really not the right time. The child has just been admitted to the hospital, and we both have to go to the hospital right now."

"I can't accompany you."

Hearing this, the old lady asked:

"what's the situation?"

My cousin thought for a while and said:
"The youngest child in our family started coughing after the Chinese New Year. He has had a fever for seven days now and has had sha for four days. The cough has gradually shown signs of subsiding, but the fever has not subsided. His temperature fluctuates between 39 and 40 degrees."

"We took him to the hospital today and he was admitted for hospitalization."

My mother He Huiru said:
"Oh, that's serious!"

My cousin said:

"That's right. At first, he coughed so badly that he had difficulty breathing. His breath smelled like a sewer. It was scary. We found that his gums were rotting. They were purple and black in color and would bleed if touched."

After saying this, her expression looked a little horrified.

My cousin continued:

"The child was limp and didn't want to eat. His stools were loose and had no form. They were black in color and looked like asphalt."

He then added:
"Yes, and there are thorn-like protrusions on the tip of the tongue."

Hearing this, Fang Yan frowned slightly and said:
"The evil of sha poison is raging, burning between the qi and blood. The Yangming poison fire is inflaming the meridians and has become a serious disease of tooth decay. I am deeply afraid that it will change suddenly..."

"What?" Several people heard him muttering and looked at him.

Fangyan came back to his senses and said:
"The doctor should diagnose it as measles combined with dental caries, right?"

This shocked my uncle and my cousin and his wife. They had only given a rough idea, but Fang Yan actually expressed the same judgment that Qi Yong had made in the hospital just now.

The three of them looked at each other.

My uncle said to the dialect:

"Oh, yes, Qi Yong really said that. How did you know that?"

Fang Yan shook the medical record in his hand and said:
"It's written in my grandfather's medical notes."

Only then did the three people in my uncle's family notice the book in Fangyan's hand. That was exactly what my uncle planned to bring back and asked him to take to Qi Yong.

He thought that since he couldn't understand it anyway, he might as well give it to Qi Yong as a favor.

Unexpectedly, the dialect was translated and he could understand it.

PS: The 6000-word basic chapter has been updated.

In order to increase the average rate, the 6,000-word article was combined into one.

There will be more updates later.

(End of this chapter)