flstandardbreds Chapter 111 Going to the Mountain
Chapter 111 Going to the Mountain
Lu Mingxuan looked at his grandfather: "You're not happy that I came? Then I'm leaving!"
Just as I turned around, my grandfather called out to me: "Walk out this door, and then cut ties with me completely. Don't bother me again!"
This was Grandpa's usual trick. Lu Mingxuan turned around and smiled: "If I don't draw a line between us, we can't draw a line at all. Your blood flows in my veins."
"loquacious!"
Lu Wenguang couldn't help but laugh: "Let's go! I'll ask Aunt Yun to make your favorite braised pork ribs when we get back to the room."
Lu Mingxuan helped Lu Wenguang walk into the room: "I won't eat. I came back because I need your help with something."
Lu Wenguang looked up at him: "What's wrong? Did you get into trouble again? Did your parents scold you again?"
Lu Mingxuan seized the opportunity to complain: "Grandpa, they don't care about my feelings at all. They order me around to do this and that. I've never seen such domineering parents!"
The old man asked with curiosity, "Are you being pressured to get married again?"
"Not only are they forcing me to get married, but it has to be someone they designate. Grandpa, what era are we living in? You and Grandma both had a free-choice marriage, and they're still doing this?"
Lu Mingxuan helped Lu Wenguang up the steps and pushed open the door to enter the villa's living room.
The villa was warm and cozy, and Lu Mingxuan felt as if he had returned to the days when his grandmother was still alive.
Lu Wenguang glanced at him and said, "If you don't look for it yourself, do you think they won't help you? You're not a child anymore, it's normal for them to be anxious, don't blame them."
Lu Wenguang tried to persuade his grandson.
"Grandpa, I have a girl I like, but they don't agree. They insist that I marry that Qiao Wei, but I don't like her."
Lu Wenguang entered the living room, and Lu Mingxuan helped him put on slippers. He then found his own slippers and put them on.
The two slowly walked to the sofa. Lu Wenguang asked, "You haven't been back for a month, have you? Look what I left for you?"
After Lu Wenguang entered the living room, he first took a cloth bag from the antique shelf and handed it to Lu Mingxuan.
"What is this?" Lu Mingxuan looked down.
Lu Wenguang looked up at him: "Open it and take a look!"
Lu Mingxuan took a paper package out of his bag and opened it: "Bezoar?"
Lu Mingxuan looked at the yellow object in his hand: "So big?"
Then, he looked at it under the light: "This is good stuff!"
Lu Wenguang knew he would like it; this bezoar could be quite effective if it were made into medicine.
“Your Grandpa Zhao came last month and brought this to me.”
Lu Wenguang had a close friend. The two grew up together, practically naked. Later, Lu Wenguang left his hometown after studying medicine, but they would still get together every year.
His son started a food processing plant, and Lu Wenguang helped him a lot with money. He came to see him a few days ago and brought him this.
Lu Mingxuan carefully placed the bezoar on the coffee table and looked up at his grandfather.
"There's a patient in the hospital who had surgery for a cerebral hemorrhage and has been in a coma ever since. From your perspective as a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, is it possible to treat him with Chinese herbal medicine?"
Lu Wenguang looked at him and said, "Of course it can. Traditional Chinese medicine is profound and extensive. What our ancestors left behind are all good things. It's you and your father who always think that traditional Chinese medicine is not as effective as Western medicine. I have never agreed with your idea."
This is the issue that Lu Wenguang and his son Lu Xinjun have been arguing about for years.
They were just talking about finding a partner and getting married. Lu Wenguang looked at him and picked up the topic again: "We were talking about marriage earlier. You said you had a girl you liked. What does she do? Bring her over so I can help you check her out."
This time, Lu Mingxuan didn't dodge the question. Instead, he looked at his grandfather and said, "He's my high school classmate. His family owns a company!"
Lu Mingxuan didn't want to bring up Song Qiao's marriage, nor did he explain Song Qiao's role as a boss; to him, these were secondary matters.
He made a bold decision: "Grandpa, how about I bring her over tonight?"
“Okay! Go back and bring it over now. As long as I see it's okay, I'll talk to your parents.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Mingxuan quickly said, "There's something else I need your help with?"
"Is there anything else?"
"The patient I'm talking about who's in a coma due to a cerebral hemorrhage is that girl's father and grandfather! I'd like to bring him here so you can treat him with traditional Chinese medicine for a while and see how it goes."
Upon hearing that the patient was actually the father of his future granddaughter-in-law, he immediately said, "Go and pick him up quickly. Grandpa will do everything he can to help him get better. Don't forget, my acupuncture method is very effective for his condition."
Just as the two were talking, Aunt Yun came in from outside carrying a basket of vegetables.
Seeing Lu Mingxuan's surprised and delighted expression, she asked, "Mingxuan, why are you back?"
"Aunt Yun, did you go to buy groceries?" Lu Mingxuan asked, standing up.
“These vegetables weren’t bought; they were given to me by Grandma Wang at the foot of the mountain. She said she had grown them many times and couldn’t eat them all, so she gave me a basket.”
The bright green spinach gleamed in the basket. Lu Mingxuan glanced at it and said, "I guess we won't be able to eat it tonight. I have to go back and pick someone up."
Upon hearing this, Lu Wenguang quickly said, "It's perfect that you brought that girl here. Let her try Aunt Yun's cooking."
Lu Mingxuan thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, I guess it's too late, she's already eaten."
Yunmiao listened for a while, then looked at Lu Wenguang and asked, "Master, who is Mingxuan talking about?"
"His girlfriend!"
After saying this, Lu Wenguang looked at Aunt Yun and said, "Don't cook yet, go and tidy up the room first, we have guests coming tonight."
Upon hearing this, Lu Mingxuan looked up at Aunt Yun and said, "It took two people to clean up that large guest room."
"Two people?"
"Yes! Her mother is also coming with her father. Aunt Yun, my girlfriend's father is sick and wants to come to our house. She wants my grandfather to help him with his treatment for a while."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Yun's face lit up with surprise: "You have a girlfriend? Are her parents here tonight?"
Before Lu Mingxuan could answer, she said happily, "I'm going to tidy up that big guest room."
The large guest room is usually where Lu Mingxuan's parents stay when they come back. It has good facilities and air conditioning. In order to make Song Jianguo and his wife more comfortable, Lu Mingxuan asked Aunt Yun to prepare that room.
Aunt Yun was Grandpa's youngest apprentice and never married.
She suffered many lessons from Lu Wenguang when she was young, but she gritted her teeth and refused to get married, saying that her biggest wish in this life was to take good care of her master and mistress.
Her master's wife passed away ten years ago, and she was even more worried about her master being alone. So, in addition to taking care of Lu Wenguang's food and clothing every day, she also had the task of going to the back mountain to collect herbs.
Since arriving at this villa, Lu Wenguang has basically retired, but he still helps treat patients with difficult and complicated illnesses at his son's hospital. The medicines he uses are mostly collected by Aunt Yun from the back mountain.
The hilltop where they lived was sold off years ago, and Lu Wenguang took the opportunity to buy it.
Later, when the government requisitioned the land, Lu Wenguang had his son, Lu Xinjun, obtain a land use certificate, and now the entire hillside belongs to him.
This villa cost Lu Wenguang his entire life savings. From the courtyard to the two-story villa, everything was meticulously designed by him.
To keep him company, Lu Xinjun built another house next door, but no one has lived there for a long time, and it has now become Lu Wenguang's warehouse for storing Chinese medicine.
Lu Wenguang and his son have agreed that after he passes away, one of the houses here will be given to Aunt Yun, as a token of her gratitude as her teacher.
Aunt Yun was like a daughter to Lu Wenguang, and Lu Mingxuan saw all of this. Who knows, one day the old man might suddenly decide to acknowledge her as his daughter.
Seeing Aunt Yun leave, Lu Mingxuan picked up his car keys and said, "Grandpa, I'm going!"
"Go!"
After a while, Aunt Yun came out of the room, looked around the living room and asked, "Master, where is Mingxuan?"
"I'm going back to the city to pick someone up, Xiaoyun. Is there any spare ribs left in the fridge? Xiaoxuan loves your braised spare ribs. Make them and wait for him to come and eat them!"