Chapter 188: Hot and Sour Soup
"Xiaopi, you miss me so much." Grandma Qian held my arm and reached out to touch my face. Grandma Qian and I got along very well during the time we were in the hospital, and we had a really good relationship.
"This is Dr. Chen who I told you about. He cured my disease." Grandma Qian turned to another gray-haired old woman beside her and said, and then introduced to me: "
This is Aunt Su, she is my old sister for decades." Then Grandma Qian pointed to the middle-aged woman a little further away: "This is Aunt Su's daughter, surnamed Shi."
I quickly said hello again: "Hello, Grandma Su, hello Aunt Shi."
Grandma Su looked at me and said: "You are so young?" There was a kind of disappointment in her tone, and I understood a little bit. I am very familiar with this tone, and it usually happens to patients who meet me for the first time.
"Mom, Aunt Su, Xiao Shi, let's take a seat." Qi Xiaoxia greeted.
"Yes, yes, Xiaopi, grandma specially invited you to dinner today. You should eat more." Grandma Qian took my hand and walked towards the back of the screen. There was a large red painted table behind the screen. We
We sat down separately, and I sat between the two old ladies.
Grandma Qian pulled me to ask questions. Grandma Qian was very talkative. When I was in the hospital, I often chatted with her about everyday things. Maybe I have been used to living with my grandma since I was a child, so I am particularly patient with grandmas.
Grandma Su on the side was sipping tea, a little absent-minded and did not interrupt. Across from her, Qi Xiaoxia and Aunt Shi were also chatting quietly.
Soon the door was pushed open, and the waiter placed a table full of dishes in a flowing manner. I looked at the table full of dishes, and then looked at the people on the table. Where can I eat here?
I said politely: "Grandma Qian, there are too many dishes, you are too polite."
"It's all Xiaoxia's order, this kid!" Grandma Qian glanced at her daughter-in-law strangely. Grandma Qian was very economical when she was in the hospital. This is really not her style.
"Mom, I wasn't there when you were hospitalized. I just wanted to thank Dr. Chen. Don't blame me for wasting." Qi Xiaoxia explained with a smile.
"No wonder, no wonder, I'm still willing to treat Xiaopi to dinner." Grandma Qian waved her hand magnanimously.
Qi Xiaoxia across from me looked at me slightly surprised.
"Xiaopi, grandma is not polite to you. The first time I came here was to treat you to a meal, and the second time I came..." Before Grandma Qian could finish her words, Grandma Su on the side interrupted: "I'm just going to eat today, okay?"
matter."
"Hey, Xiao Su, what's wrong with you?" Grandma Qian looked surprised.
I glanced at Grandma Su. Grandma Su frowned and her face was dark. I noticed that her hand holding the cup was trembling slightly and her lips were black.
"It's okay, sister, I won't bother Dr. Chen." Grandma Su shook her head.
I immediately understood that Grandma Qian came to me to see Grandma Su, but it was obvious that Grandma Su was a little reluctant to see me in person.
"Xiao Su, do you think Dr. Chen is too young and you don't believe him?" Grandma Qian said unhappily.
"No, sister, I just saw Liu Yishou a few days ago. It's not good to see Dr. Chen again..." Grandma Su took a sip of tea and said lightly.
"Liu Yishou? Is Liu Yishou optimistic?" Grandma Qian asked reluctantly.
"Mom, let's eat first, the food is cold." Qi Xiaoxia interrupted.
"No, Xiaopi was invited by me. Xiaosu, you must show Xiaopi." Grandma Qian was stubborn.
Sometimes the elderly are just like children, they will make each other angry and quarrel, and they need to be coaxed.
Seeing Grandma Qian's angry look and Grandma Su's aloofness, I knew that these two old ladies must have been doing a lot to control their anger.
Of course I am on the side of Grandma Qian. Grandma Qian believes in me so much. I can't let her lose face. The old man needs face the most, so I decided to help Grandma Qian.
"Grandma Su, have you been a little constipated recently?" I said directly.
"Ah!" Grandma Su and Aunt Shi said at the same time and looked towards me.
"You have had difficulty defecating for about a week. You may also feel that your stomach is always bloated and you sweat at night, right?" I smiled and picked up the teacup in front of me and took a slow sip.
"How did you know?" Grandma Su was no longer calm.
"Ah, Xiaopi!" Grandma Qian gave me a thumbs up.
"I can tell." I smiled.
"You can tell?" Grandma Su obviously didn't believe it, and turned to look at Grandma Qian: "Did you tell him?"
Grandma Qian raised her head: "I didn't know you couldn't pull it out!" Grandma Qian was very proud.
Grandma Su's face turned red.
I looked at the two old people and thought it was funny.
"Dr. Chen, did you really see it?" Aunt Shi from across the street asked.
"Yes, Chinese medicine pays attention to looking, hearing, asking and feeling. Sometimes you can see some problems by looking at the face. For example, Grandma Su's face is blue, her lips are a little black, and she always rubs her belly inadvertently when walking. These all indicate that she has problems with defecation.
I'm just making a random guess, I don't know if it's accurate." I said modestly.
"Very accurate, everything is right, but how did you tell that my mother has been feeling uncomfortable for a week?" Aunt Shi broke the casserole and asked.
"It's very simple. The metabolism of the elderly is slow. It usually takes about a week for constipation to cause physical discomfort. Long-term constipation can cause poor sleep quality and night sweats. These are all common sense." I smiled.
"Mom, Dr. Chen is right!" Aunt Shi shouted, then smiled apologetically at me, and then said: "Doctor Chen, can you..."
Before Aunt Shi could finish her words, Grandma Qian interrupted: "No, no, Liu Yishou has already seen it, how can we find someone else to look at it!"
Grandma Qian obviously did it on purpose. Grandma Qian said this but kept blinking at me. I was secretly amused. Grandma Qian was like a proud child.
"Aunt Qian, my mother is joking with you, you are really angry." Aunt Shi said and touched Qi Xiaoxia with her elbow.
"Mom, Aunt Su has been with you for decades, please stop making trouble." Qi Xiaoxia said.
"Grandma Qian, I want to give it a try, do you think it will work?" I said with a smile.
"Okay, since Xiaopi has said so, I won't object, but I don't know what Xiaosu means?" Grandma Qian said teasingly.
"You have such a mouth, you haven't stopped talking for decades!" Grandma Su laughed and cursed.
Everyone laughed.
"Aunt Su, let me take your pulse." I said after laughing.
"Okay, Dr. Chen." Grandma Su said and put her arms on the table.
I put my finger on Grandma Su's pulse gate and asked softly: "Grandma Su, apart from what I just said, do you have any other discomforts?"
"My body is always cold, and I have hot and cold spells. Liu Yishou said that I was old and had a bit of cold. He prescribed some medicine for me, but it had no effect at all. I also looked at Western medicine, and they said that I was not sick. He wanted me to
Just go home and rest, eat less and eat more, it's just nonsense." Grandma Su said bitterly.
I took my hand back and said with a smile, "I'm not wrong. There's really nothing wrong with you, you're just a bit affected by the wind."
"You said so, so why did it have no use at all after I took Liu Yishou's prescription?" Grandma Su looked at me disappointedly.
I looked at Grandma Su and said with a smile: "Well, I'll give you a prescription now and it will be effective right away. What do you think?"
"Bragging! Young man, it's not good to brag." Grandma Su shook her head, with a look of dissatisfaction on her face again.
"Xiaopi, don't treat her, let her suffocate to death." Grandma Qian said angrily.
I smiled, then turned around and shouted: "Waiter!"
There was a waitress standing in our room. We didn't let her out, so she kept standing quietly. When I called, the waitress came up immediately: "Do you have any orders, sir?"
"Please bring me paper and pen, please." I said.
"Okay, please wait a moment." The waitress immediately turned and walked towards the door, and soon brought paper and pen.
I picked up the pen and started writing on the paper, and I finished it quickly.
"Dr. Chen, please give me the prescription and I'll get the medicine." Aunt Shi stood up and said.
"No, you can get medicine here." I called again: "Waiter."
The waitress came up again.
I handed the recipe to the waiter and said, "Make one just like this. The weight and heat will be exactly the same. You can go and tell the chef in person, okay?"
The waiter looked down at my prescription with a strange expression on his face: "Sir, you... you..."
Aunt Shi and Qi Xiaoxia walked by and took the recipe from the waiter's hand to look at it. Then Aunt Shi shouted: "Isn't this hot and sour soup!"
"Yes, it's hot and sour soup." I smiled.
"This... Doctor Chen?" Aunt Shi looked confused: "You..."
"Aunt Shi, you don't need to say anything. You have read my recipe and I guarantee that Grandma Su will have no problem eating it. You can try it first and then talk about it, okay?" I said with a smile.
"What kind of hot and sour soup? What tricks did Xiaopi try?" Grandma Qian also wanted to take a look.
"Okay, I will trust you just once." Aunt Shi took the recipe and said to the waiter: "I will go to the kitchen with you."
The waiter led Aunt Shi away, and Grandma Qian and I talked about our daily routine again.
After a while, Aunt Shi and the waiter came back. The waiter was carrying a plate with a steaming bowl on it.
I stood up, took the bowl and smelled it.
"I watched the chef cook it according to the recipe, and the ingredients were all weighed on a scale." Aunt Shi looked at me and said.
"Grandma Su, drink this bowl of hot and sour soup while it's hot, I guarantee you'll see the effects immediately!" I placed the soup in front of Grandma Su.
Grandma Su frowned and glanced at the soup bowl.
"Drink it. If you don't drink it, I will." Grandma Qian teased.
Grandma Su picked up the bowl and started drinking in small sips, blowing while drinking, and soon there was sweat on Grandma Su's head.
Chapter completed!