Chapter 257: Chapter 239, Not Optimistic_1
“Amitabha, thank heavens, thank goodness, Big Brother has finally stopped having diarrhea!”
Watching Yan Wenxiu, who lay in bed with steady breathing, deeply asleep, Yan Wenkai and Wentao both heaved a huge sigh of relief.
Yan Wenxiu had been suffering from diarrhea for three days; if it had continued, they really didn’t dare to think what might happen.
Yan Wenkai left Qin Shisan behind to take good care of Big Brother, then he and the others quietly left the room. Once outside the door, he said, “If we had known that the medicine prepared by our little sister was so effective, we should’ve given it to him when he first had diarrhea. He suffered needlessly for three days.”
Wentao: “All right, let’s not talk about that now. Let’s hurry and take the medicine to Zhou Big Brother; don’t forget, his diarrhea has lasted even longer than Big Brother’s.”
Yan Wenkai nodded repeatedly and quickly walked with Wentao towards the courtyard where Zhou Chengye lived, saying as they walked, “I always said scholars have fragile health. They used to argue with me about it all the time. After this experience, let’s see if they can still be so stubborn.”
Halfway there, they ran into Wu Hongda.
Yan Wenkai quickly asked, “What’s the rush?”
A look of urgency was written all over Wu Hongda’s face: “Big Brother Su has started having diarrhea too, I’m on my way to see him.”
Yan Wenkai and Wentao were instantly anxious: “How come he’s started as well?”
Wu Hongda wiped the sweat from his forehead and, having his suspicions, was eager to speak a few words but worried about causing panic. He could only feel anxious inside.
“Where’s the Imperial Physician? Why did he send you?” Yan Wenkai asked with furrowed brows.
Wu Hongda: “This morning, Zhou Big Brother began to suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, the situation looks grim. The Imperial Physician can’t leave his side, so he asked me to check on Hongxin’s condition.”
“Is it that serious?”
Wentao quickly poured out two pills and handed them to Yan Wenkai: “I’ll go see Zhou Big Brother; you follow Hongda to see Hongxin. If the pain gets too bad, take the medicine.”
Seeing the medicine bottle in Wentao’s hand, Wu Hongda immediately leaned in: “What medicine do you have there?”
Yan Wenkai grabbed him: “Alright, we’ll talk while we walk, let’s go see Hongxin first.”
The group split up.
Wentao ran towards Zhou Chengye’s courtyard at a brisk pace. At this moment, Zhou family’s servants each had a gloomy face. Xiao Yeyang and Dong Yuanxuan, too, stood in the courtyard with solemn expressions.
Seeing Wentao, Xiao Yeyang asked with knitted brows: “How is your Big Brother now?”
Wentao: “He’s fine now; he’s asleep. Little Prince, I need to deliver medicine to Zhou Big Brother first; I’ll explain in detail later.” With that, he hurriedly ran into Zhou Chengye’s room.
Soon after, shouts from the Imperial Physician could be heard from inside the room.
“Oh dear, Third Master Yan, please get out. Be careful you don’t get infected too.”
“Contagious? This disease is contagious?”
“Get out quickly, get out, there’s no time to explain!”
“I’m here to deliver medicine; my Big Brother took this and immediately stopped having diarrhea. You should let Zhou Big Brother have some quickly.”
“Really? What kind of medicine is it? Show it to me quickly.”
In the courtyard, Xiao Yeyang and Dong Yuanxuan exchanged a quick glance. When Wentao was sent out, they immediately pulled him aside.
“Is Wenxiu really okay?”
Wentao nodded: “Really, he’s okay; he’s already asleep. Otherwise, Wenkai and I wouldn’t dare to leave.”
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yeyang and Dong Yuanxuan both breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Yeyang: “What was the medicine you just took in?”
Wentao: “It’s an antidiarrheal, prepared by little sister.”
Xiao Yeyang: “Since Daohua prepared medicine for you, why didn’t you take it out and use it earlier?”
Yan Wentao was silent for a moment: “We thought that the medicine prepared by Big Sister wouldn’t be more effective than what the Imperial Physician prescribes.”
Xiao Yeyang looked speechless but didn’t have the heart to say more, as he probably wouldn’t have believed in Daohua’s half-baked skills either.
After a while, the Imperial Physician came out beaming: “Little Prince, Young Master Zhou has stopped vomiting and having diarrhea after taking the medicine.”
Xiao Yeyang and the others all shared a moment of joy.
The Imperial Physician immediately turned to Yan Wentao: “Third Young Master Yan, do you still have any of that anti-diarrheal medicine in your hands?”
Yan Wentao nodded: “There should be some left, I didn’t look closely just now.”
The Imperial Physician’s eyes lit up: “Third Young Master Yan, if you still have medicine, could you lend it to this old man for now? As you know, the Governor’s soldiers are at the forefront providing disaster relief, and many in the army are suffering from diarrhea.”
Yan Wentao: “Of course, however, I suspect there might not be enough.”
The Imperial Physician: “We’ll treat those with severe conditions first, then I’ll see if I can concoct the same medicine.”
Yan Wentao: “Alright, I’ll go get it now.”
Xiao Yeyang: “Chengye is fine now, let’s go with you to get it and check on Wenxiu on the way.”
Soon, they arrived at the courtyard where the Yan Wenxiu brothers lived.
The courtyard was very quiet. Xiao Yeyang and Dong Yuanxuan stood outside the window, glanced at the deeply sleeping Yan Wenxiu in the room, and then quietly went to the main hall.
Yan Wentao took out the package prepared by Daohua, placed each bottle of medicine on the table one by one, and then examined them individually.
Medicine for fever, diarrhea, wound treatment, treating colds… All the commonly used medicines were there, three bottles of each kind.
After looking them over, Yan Wentao deftly took one bottle of each type and then pushed the rest toward Xiao Yeyang.
If it had been any other time, he would have offered all the medicine, but this time, his big brother’s illness had scared him and Wenkai, so he needed to keep some medicine for themselves, whether they’d need it or not.
Seeing him do this, neither Xiao Yeyang nor Dong Yuanxuan felt there was anything wrong.
Good things naturally should be kept for oneself, especially since these were life-saving medicines. The fact that the Yan brothers were willing to share some with them at this time was already an act of benevolence.
Xiao Yeyang instructed Defu to deliver the medicine to the Imperial Physician and then looked at Yan Wentao, patted his shoulder earnestly, and said, “On behalf of the soldiers in the army, I thank you.”
Yan Wentao shook his head repeatedly: “It’s nothing, besides, if there’s anyone to thank, it should be Daohua.”
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang smiled and said no more.
During their conversation, Yan Wenkai and Wu Hongda came back.
Upon returning, Yan Wenkai didn’t wait to be asked; he directly reported Su Hongxin’s situation: “Hongxin is one lucky fellow, just had to run to the latrine a couple of times and it stopped, much more fortunate than my brother and Big Brother Zhou.”
With Yan Wenxiu, Zhou Chengye, and Su Hongxin all improving, Xiao Yeyang and the others felt a great deal more at ease.
Seeing everyone’s smiling faces, Wu Hongda didn’t want to kill the mood, but he was genuinely worried and couldn’t help but speak up: “Little Prince, Brother Dong, Wentao, Wenkai, I’m worried…”
Seeing his grave expression, the others also stopped smiling.
Yan Wenkai, seeing Wu Hongda hesitant to speak, grew anxious: “What are you worried about? Just say it.”
Wu Hongda gritted his teeth and said directly: “I’m afraid an epidemic might break out here in Jiguang.” After speaking, he lowered his head.
The others fell silent at the same time.
After a long pause, Xiao Yeyang finally spoke up: “The weather is too hot, and the situation here in Jiguang is indeed not very optimistic.” A few days ago, his uncle had sent someone to tell him to be careful with his diet and not to wander around too much.