A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 297 Si Yao treats Fu Qingli's eye disease

The winter sun was warm and the sky was clear. In the farmyard of Taozhu Village, Si Yao saw Fu Qingli sitting under a peach tree, weaving dry cattails and straw mixed with gray old cloth strips into ropes. So she walked up to him curiously and asked, "What are you weaving these ropes for?"

"Make straw sandals, and then ask someone to take them to the city to sell." Fu Qingli gave Si Yao a gentle smile. The sunlight sprinkled on his face, which was as bright as the breeze and the moon. He was like light and dust, but not stained by dust.

"How much does a pair of straw sandals sell for?" Si Yao also sat next to Fu Qingli, picked up the straw rope he had woven and continued to ask.

"If it can be sold for six or seven cents in spring and summer, it will be hard to sell in rainy and snowy winter days. It has to be sold for two or three cents less." Fu Qingli replied to Si Yao without stopping his hands, still skillfully weaving straw ropes.

"If sales are bad in winter, how can we make a living?" Looking at Fu Qingli's slender and handsome hands dancing among the dry grass and old cloth, Si Yao couldn't help but feel sorry for him. If it weren't for his eye disease, he could use these hands to pick up a pen to write articles.

"Auntie Liang would go to the mountains to pick some herbs to sell, and with the food she saved in the fall, she could get through the cold winter." Fu Qingli paused as he spoke, sighed, and then smiled bitterly, "When my eyesight was good, I could set up a stall in the city to sell calligraphy and paintings to make some money. I thought I would let Auntie Liang enjoy a peaceful life after I passed the imperial examination. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned, and I got an eye disease. Now that I can't see anything, I've become a burden to Auntie Liang. I can't even make a pair of decent straw sandals, so I can only weave these straw ropes for Auntie Liang..."

Without waiting for Fu Qingli to finish speaking, Si Yao suddenly grabbed his right hand and took his pulse.

Fu Qingli was startled at first, but after he came to his senses he realized that it was Doctor Si Yao who was taking his pulse, so he didn't dare say anything, but just waited quietly and nervously for the result.

"I have to check your eyes. The sunlight outside is too strong and it might hurt your eyes. Go inside." Fu Qingli's pulse was tense and rapid, but in order to make a correct diagnosis, observation, auscultation and palpation were naturally necessary, so Si Yao said seriously.

Si Yao has been feeling heartbroken these days as the patient is right in front of her but no one is treating him. So when she sees Honghua is out, she decides to try to cure Fu Qingli's eye disease.

"Qingli, listen to the doctor and let Miss Si Yao take a look at your eyes." Just as Fu Qingli was hesitating, Aunt Liang suddenly came up to the two of them, first smiled kindly at Si Yao, then frowned and advised Fu Qingli.

Although Aunt Liang was hard of hearing, she saw the happy expressions on Zeng Si and Hong Hua's faces these two days, and guessed that it must be Miss Si Yao's medical skills that cured the girl lying in the inner room. She had already planned to ask this doctor to treat her child's eye disease in the future. Fortunately, Miss Si Yao took the initiative to treat her child before she even asked, which made her very grateful. She couldn't help but think: This is a good doctor who saves the dying and heals the wounded.

Hearing Aunt Liang say this, Fu Qingli no longer had any concerns. He picked up the bamboo stick at hand, stood up obediently, and let Si Yao help him into the dimly lit room.

"Your eyes are still very red and swollen." Si Yao untied the cloth on Fu Qingli's face and frowned as she looked at his eyes that were so red and swollen that they looked scary like burns.

"Well, it has never gone away since the onset of the disease." Fu Qingli nodded, the corners of his mouth slightly raised again, and he sighed warmly.

"Do you feel hot and cold in the spring? But you are very afraid of cold in the winter. Every night you often have a fever, feel heavy in the head and body, have a dry throat and a bitter taste in the mouth, and have pain in the ribs?" Just now outside, Si Yao had examined the patient's complexion, facial features, and hands. Although she had confirmed the condition through observation and auscultation, she was always cautious and careful, so she still had to ask about the symptoms in detail before making a conclusion.

"Doctor Si Yao is so amazing. All of these are true. Especially this year, it has become more serious. Not only is it so hot from midnight to 13:00 am that I have trouble sleeping, but sometimes I even feel hot and thirsty after noon." Fu Qingli showed delight and nodded in response.

"At first, your eyes were red, swollen and painful. It was probably caused by rheumatism and heat in the liver meridian. You only needed to dispel wind and dampness and heat. Unfortunately, you met a quack doctor. He only saw heat but ignored wind and dampness. As a result, he took a lot of cold medicine, which damaged your spleen and yang, causing you to have spleen deficiency and yang deficiency. Spleen deficiency increases the dampness in the body. The dampness that you have not eliminated makes the liver qi more stagnant. The liver qi flows to the eyes. When the liver is harmonious, the eyes can distinguish the five colors. The brightness of the eyes depends on the nourishment of liver blood and the release of liver qi. If the two are blocked, it is very likely to cause blindness."

"Hearing Doctor Si Yao's words, it was like seeing the sun after a cloud of clouds had been cleared, like an epiphany. As the saying goes, long-term illness makes one a good doctor, but I, Fu Qingli, have had an eye disease for three years and yet I still don't fully understand medical principles. I'm really stupid." After listening to Si Yao's clear explanation of her eye disease, Fu Qingli was full of admiration for her medical skills, but then he felt ashamed of himself and shook his head and sighed.

"There's no need to look down on yourself. You're blind, and you don't have a good doctor to guide you. How can you study medicine?" Seeing Fu Qingli belittling himself, Si Yao hurriedly spoke to comfort him.

"Doctor Si Yao is young and not only has a kind heart but also has such amazing medical skills. He is truly a blessing to the people of this world." Si Yao's words made Fu Qingli smile with relief, and then he couldn't help but praise Si Yao.

"I thought you were a modest gentleman, but I didn't expect you to be a flatterer." Si Yao shook his head helplessly and said in a cold voice.

Seeing that his sincere praise was met with criticism from the other party, Fu Qingli felt really wronged, but he didn't say anything more and just continued to smile gently.

"I'll drain some of your blood first, and then start the acupuncture after noon tomorrow." After a moment's silence, Si Yao went back to the room and brought back her needle bag. While speaking, she also took out a silver needle and gently pierced the acupuncture points Zanzhu and Sizhukong near Fu Qingli's eyes, as well as the temples and ear tips on both sides to let the blood out.

As the hot blood that had accumulated in his eyes was discharged, Fu Qingli immediately felt the stinging pain in his eyes eased a lot, and a long-lost coolness also rushed into his eyes.

Aunt Liang was sitting in the yard weaving straw sandals, but her mind was inside the house. She wondered whether Miss Si Yao could cure Qingli's eye disease.

"Auntie Liang, I'm back." Zeng Si, who had just returned from the market, walked into the farmyard carrying a basket of vegetables and smiled at the old woman.

"Mr. Zeng has spent money to buy so many vegetables again." When Aunt Liang saw Zeng Si, she hurriedly stood up and walked forward with a smile.

"Aunt Liang, don't be polite... There are several of us living here... Living here has already caused you a lot of trouble." Zeng Si hurriedly put the basket of vegetables on his back into the kitchen, turned around and smiled shyly at the old woman outside the door.

"It's not a trouble. You buy food and vegetables every day and help with farm work. How can it be a trouble?" Although Aunt Liang was hard of hearing and didn't hear Quan Zengsi's words, she happened to hear the word "trouble" and waved her hand hurriedly.

Zeng Si smiled without saying anything, then turned and walked towards the north room.

"Xuanyu, the weather outside is very good today. I'll take you to sit by the stream and bask in the sun." Zeng Si walked into Xuanyu's room and smiled at Xuanyu who was meditating with her eyes closed on the bed.

"No." Yan Yu said with a cold face without opening her eyes.

"Let's go. Miss Si Yao has told you that you can't stay in the house all the time." Zeng Si ignored Yan Yu's refusal, bent down, carried her horizontally in his arms, and walked out of the house.

Since he was using the doctor to pressure her, Huan Yu naturally had nothing to say and could only let him take her to the creek bank in front of the farmyard.

With the warmth of winter shining on her body and the sound of gurgling water under her feet, Huan Yu slowly closed her eyes again. She could not remember how long it had been since she had enjoyed the tranquility of time and nature so comfortably.

"Thank you, Zeng Si." Then, Yan Yu suddenly opened her eyes and sincerely thanked Zeng Si who was still looking at her.

"You are always so distant to me." But this thank you made Zeng Si's eyes flash with a trace of disappointment, he lowered his head and smiled bitterly.

Xuanyu didn't want to give too much explanation. She sighed softly and closed her eyes again, letting the sun bathe her.

Now she has complicated feelings. Zeng Si's life and death together in Yingmen and his loyalty to her have already touched her deeply. But her body was seriously injured by the Huagong Pill, and it is uncertain how she can recover in the future. She is afraid that she will make a mistake for him.