Chapter 58 Mother-in-law's Legs Have A Terrible Feasibility
Most people couldn't afford the money to enter the town so they all just sat outside, shivering against the corner.
Adults were better than the old and kids who were almost at their last gasp with their eyes closed, not knowing how long they could hold on.
Along the way, words could be always heard if the snow had fallen a few months earlier, it could have been better so that their crops grown in the field wouldn't die of drought.
Su Jiuyue couldn't bear to see such scene anymore so she walked faster into the town.
Huang Husheng did not expect that when he came back to visit his relatives, he would encounter such bad condition. However, he had heard of the news long before he came here that the emperor had already sent food here for disaster relief a long time ago.
He didn't know which part of the process went wrong, and it's not something he could manage as a small imperial doctor.
When Su Jiuyue brought the two of them, Huang Husheng was having his family prepare to set up a congee hut outside the town. A doctor's kindness to a patient was the same as a parent's t care to their kid. Therefore, how could he just let them die without treatment?
Seeing Su's arrival , he smiled, "Hey, little girl, long time no see. How is your husband's recovery?"
In Su Jiuyue's mind, she couldn't give a specific description about Wu Xiyuan's recovery because she viewed him as a clear boy who just lost part of memory.
"Not bad. I haven't heard him talk about headaches these days."
Huang Husheng made a further inquiry from Wu Xiyuan about his condition. Wu Xiyuan answered him logically.
Huang Husheng approvingly nodded, "Well done."
Su Jiuyue felt a small glow of happiness, then asked hastily, "Mr. Huang, when will Xiyuan get totally well?"
Wu Xiyuan meant a lot to the whole Wu family. If he could get over, chances were there would be an official in Wu family history, which meant the whole family could live a much better life.
Conversely, if not, Wu family would always get stuck in relatively poor life.
Huang Husheng shook his head slightly, "It's hard to tell since I can't see his intracranial injury. It's hoped that he could get recovery soon by himself."
Su Jiuyue original excitement got dented a bit. Suddenly, Huang Husheng asked her, "Why didn't your mother-in-law come with you?"
At the thought of her mother-in-law's legs that got a problem in feasibility, Su Jiuyue wished for a prescription from Mr. Huang, then she explained, "My mom's legs ache so badly in wet weather that she barely walks on such snowy days. Mr. Huang, could you make a prescription to help her?"
"It's an ailment results from long-years' work. When you back home, just stir-fry some peppercorns and put them in a bowl, next you just buckle it on your mother-in-law's knees. She'll get better over the time."
Huang Husheng told her this method without asking for money. Su Jiuyue learnt by heart speedily and intended to take a try when coming back home.
After Huang Husheng gave an acupuncture treatment to Wu Xiyuan, he told them a new prescription.
Su Jiuyue failed in literacy, resulting in the later understanding of a new medical ingredient in this new prescription, that was fresh garlic sprouts, after she went to a pharmacy to get the medicine.
In such year, not to mention garlic sprouts, all the weeds in the field were nearly eaten up. It quite troubled Su Jiuyue.
She searched all the places in town that sell vegetables, but couldn't find one, so she felt distressed for a while.
Keeping pondering for a while, Su Jiuyue decided to went to a condiment shop, wondering there were some garlic sprouts.
Condiments weren't necessities for people. In bumper harvest years, people would buy some basic condiments for flavoring the food but in famine years, people preferred to save money for buying grains. To them, as long as they could make ends meet, they were not so picky in taste.
The shopkeeper was also worried about tending a room full of condiments. Recently, the business in his store was really sluggish. He often waited all day and couldn't sell anything.
When he saw Su Jiuyue walking into the shop, he immediately got up from his chair and said enthusiastically, "what can I do for you, guest? Everything in the store is sold on a big discount. If something meets your need, just buy it! "