CHAPTER 36: CHAPTER 36: CURED BY EATING CLAY

EDITOR: INSCHAIN

Mrs. Qin was noncommittal and waited until the medicine was decocted, letting Guihua drink it while it was hot.

She then gave the porridge she brought to Guihua and her daughter.

At noon, Mrs. Qin thought about the fact that Guihua and her daughter had no food to eat. After finishing her own meal, she planned to go over to help Guihua make some, but upon arriving, she found Guihua busy in the kitchen.

She exclaimed in surprise, "You can get up?"

Guihua nodded with a smile, "I feel completely better. I haven’t had any diarrhea at all this morning."

"I also have some energy now."

Mrs. Qin had seen Guihua’s condition yesterday; her face was so pale and she didn’t even have the strength to get up and sit on the toilet. Mrs. Qin had to support her.

It was just after taking two doses of medicine that she was almost completely recovered.

Mrs. Qin had to admit that eating dirt seemed to really work.

No, it was Doctor Gu’s medical skills that were truly remarkable.

Even if the patient didn’t have money to buy medicine, she could come up with free remedies.

She even performed acupuncture without charging a diagnosis fee.

This truly was, possessing both medical skills and ethics.

Mrs. Qin spoke solemnly, "Since you’re well, you should find some time to thank Doctor Gu."

"Even though she doesn’t want your silver, when you sell your grains, give her some small token of gratitude; it’s a gesture of your appreciation."

Guihua nodded vigorously, "I will. I owe a lot to Aunt this time."

As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, "If it weren’t for Aunt often thinking of me and coming to see me, I fear that Yingzi and I might have died at home without anyone knowing."

"Pah, pah, pah," Mrs. Qin spat repeatedly, "Stop saying such unlucky things. When Yingzi grows up, find a live-in son-in-law—it’s not like life won’t go on."

Guihua wiped her eyes, "Aunt is right."

Mrs. Qin advised, "You should finish the rest of the dirt—oh, I mean the medicine."

"Alright, since you’re better now, I’ll head home. My daughter Taohua is pregnant, I need to keep an eye on her."

Mrs. Qin came out of Guihua’s house and happened to meet an old lady who had come to see the commotion yesterday. The old lady asked, "Is your niece better now?"

Mrs. Qin was all smiles, "She’s better, even able to get up and cook for herself. Doctor Gu’s medical skills are really extraordinary."

The old lady’s jaw dropped, "Eating dirt cured her?"

Mrs. Qin replied with a snort, "Didn’t Doctor Gu say, stoke-bottom soil is actually a kind of medicine, called—what was it—something like dragon liver, tsk tsk tsk, dragon liver and phoenix gall, there’s nothing it can’t cure."

After saying this, Mrs. Qin rolled her eyes and went home.

The old lady mulled over this as she passed by Guihua’s door, glancing inside, she indeed saw Guihua coming out of the kitchen.

Eating dirt could cure ailments, the old lady regarded it as a wonder and told everyone she met.

These old ladies were the main force in spreading gossip in the village. In a few days, most of the villagers knew that Jiang Family’s Doctor Gu could cure illnesses, saying she cured Guihua by having her eat the soil from the stove.

Some people who were feeling unwell themselves looked at their own stove soil, eager to try, but still dared not.

A couple of days later, Guihua’s family sold their grains and bought a pack of brown sugar in the county, carrying it to the Jiang Family.

Entering the gate, she saw Mrs. Chen in the yard. Guihua carried the brown sugar into the east wing room and thanked Yun Jiao profusely.

Yun Jiao, seeing the pitiful state of this mother and daughter, handed the brown sugar back to Yingzi, "Elder sister truly doesn’t need this, you and your mother take it back to make sugar water."

She pinched Yingzi’s cheek, "You’re so skinny, you must take good care of yourself."

Guihua wiped her tears for a while, then took Yingzi’s hand, and Yingzi carried the brown sugar back home.

Mrs. Zhou stood at the hall entrance, watching all this with a gloomy face.