Chapter 130: Little New Year (4)

*Little New Year (小年) : also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, is a festival in the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. It honors the Kitchen God and takes place roughly a week before the Chinese New Year.

“What are you laughing at!” Aunt Fu glared.

Su Xiaoxiao pouted her lips and motioned to Aunt Fu to look at her bed.

Aunt Fu lowered her head and looked down, noticing that the quilt had not been properly covered, and revealing a few tablets of medicine.

“Haha!”

Just laugh when you should laugh, Su Xiaoxiao wouldn’t let go of the chance for this old lady’s social death*.

*Social death : generally has two meanings, one refers to serious damage to social reputation, and the other refers to extreme embarrassment in front of the public.

Aunt Fu's face turned pale like the color of a pig's liver!

To be honest, at the beginning, she did not believe that the medicine given by Su Xiaoxiao could have miraculous effects.

One was that because Su Xiaoxiao was just a village girl, it would be impossible for her to know any medical skills.

The second was because those pills looked strange. She had never seen anything like that before. Her husband was a doctor, and her son was also a doctor.

Even if she was not a doctor, she had more experience and knowledge than others. But she had never seen a treatment method like Su Xiaoxiao's.

But at night, her irregular heart-beat and palpitations disappeared, and her headache also eased. She shook her head, and unexpectedly she didn't feel dizzy like usual.

As for the pain in the leg, it was not unbearable.

When she woke up, it was already dawn, only then she realized that she had slept well.

She couldn’t remember when was the last time she slept so well all night.

“As people get older, it is inevitable that there will be some problems. It is not sudden disease that has attacked the vitals*, but through little by little aggravation, cumulatively over time. This is the law of birth, old age, sickness, and death, and you can’t cure it.”

*The disease has attacked the vitals (idiom) : beyond cure / the situation is hopeless / describes that the condition is very serious and cannot be cured / it is a metaphor for things to the point where they cannot be saved.

Her husband had been practicing medicine for so many years, treating countless people. But in the end, didn’t he still die because of illness?

The husband's initial symptoms were the same as her own. He had changed countless prescriptions and initially they indeed had some healing effects. But soon the efficacy weakened, and in the end, none of the prescriptions worked……

Su Xiaoxiao took out her stethoscope and a sphygmomanometer to measure her blood pressure: “You just got better, don't be so pessimistic. Your mood is also very important.”

 

-Stethoscope

 

-Sphygmomanometer / Blood pressure monitor

 

-using sphygmomanometer

 

Aunt Fu's condition required long-term control, but as long as it was properly managed, she could still live a long and healthy life.

In her previous life, her grandmother was also a hypertensive patient. She was over 80 years old, and she enjoyed a happy and leisurely old age with her grandchildren everyday.

 

-Hypertensive / Hypertension (high blood pressure) is when the pressure in your blood vessels is too high (140/90 mmHg or higher). It is common but can be serious if not treated. Most people with hypertension don’t feel any symptoms. Very high blood pressures can cause headaches, blurred vision, chest pain and other symptoms. Checking your blood pressure is the best way to know if you have high blood pressure. If hypertension isn’t treated, it can cause other health conditions like kidney disease, heart disease and stroke.

 

Aunt Fu witnessed the death of her husband's illness with her own eyes, and how her hope was repeatedly shattered again and again with disappointments. She didn’t want to go through it again.

Therefore, even if there was a slight improvement, she wouldn’t believe that she could completely recover.

Su Xiaoxiao understood the mentality of the patient, and she was not in a hurry to persuade her through the mouth. As time went by, she would find out by herself.

Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said, “Have you had breakfast? Was it sent by the neighbors? Isn't it delicious?”

Aunt Fu: “You’re so noisy!”

……

After coming out of Aunt Fu’s house, Su Xiaoxiao had an extra bag of sesame seeds in her back basket.

 

-Sesame seeds

 

-The back basket

 

Follow-up consultation also had to charge the consultation fee!

Immediately afterwards, Su Xiaoxiao went to Wutong Academy.

Young Master Xiang's cooperation was much better. He obediently let Su Xiaoxiao check him.

“He’s recovering very well.” Su Xiaoxiao said, “Continue to take herbal medicine, and eat a light meal as well. Don’t think that because of New Year you can indulge in eating and drinking recklessly. In addition, you must not drink alcohol!”

Young Master Xiang smiled warmly and said, “Okay.”

Chang Ping on the side rolled his eyes, 'Who do you think you are, talking to my young master like this?'

Su Xiaoxiao pointed at Chang Ping and complained, “He's rolling his eyes at me!”

Young Master Xiang said seriously, “Then I will dig out his eyeballs and make amends to Miss Su.”

Chang Ping was so frightened that he did the split!

Hiccup……

You are a charming patient ah, why are you so cruel?

Su Xiaoxiao said in a daze, “…… That's not necessary.”

Seeing the little chubby girl’s stunned appearance, Young Master Xiang couldn’t help but chuckle softly.