"Dad, what's wrong with you?"
Liang Fei rushed home to find his father lying on the side of the bed, half of his body stiff, foaming at the mouth, and making wheezing sounds like a bull gasping for air. His mother was holding him, her face pale with fear, not knowing what to do.
Seeing this, Liang Fei hurried forward, lifted his father's head, and pinched him on the philtrum.
Strangely enough, as he pressed with his thumb, Liang Fei clearly saw a stream of energy, almost tangible, slowly flowing from his fingers into his father's body.
As this breath traveled through his father's body, the stiffness in his father's limbs slowly eased, and the heavy wheezing stopped.
This was...
Being able to clearly see the movement of this energy stream was the effect of the Eyes of Insight, which did not surprise Liang Fei.
What truly astonished him was, how could his fingers emit such a flow of energy?
Could it be...
All at once, a thought struck him, and he thought of the Gold Turning Hand!
Could this be one of the extraordinary powers bestowed upon him by the Shennong Medical Immortal: the Gold Turning Hand?
"Child, you're finally back!"
Mother Liang, at a loss what to do, saw Liang Fei return and her husband's condition stabilize. She finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Xiaofei, you watch your dad for a while; I will go and brew some medicine for him."
"Mom, there's no need to brew those medicines anymore!"
Mother Liang sighed and was about to go to the kitchen to brew medicine for her husband, but Liang Fei suddenly grabbed her. After a moment of thought, he said gravely, "Mom, go up the mountain and gather some dried ginkgo leaves, remember to pick the dry ones!"
Prior to this, the Chinese medicines his father was taking were all prescribed at Wu Liang's clinic. Liang Fei used to think that these medicines would cure his father's illness.
But now, he clearly understood that the medicines prescribed by Wu Liang were only pain relievers, capable of dispersing blood stasis but only addressing the symptoms, not the root cause—they were useless prescriptions.
The method of using ginkgo leaves to brew water to treat cerebral thrombosis was a secret remedy recorded in the Shennong Scripture.
Liang Fei was confident in his heart, but Mother Liang was completely baffled. Traditionally, as soon as her husband fell ill, she would take the concoction and let him drink it, and his condition could be kept under control.
But now, why was her son preventing her from brewing the medicine?
"Mom, those medicines are useless; they are just quack remedies to deceive people."
Seeing his mother standing there, dazed, Liang Fei had no choice but to improvise and said, "I met a well-known traditional Chinese medicine doctor who told me of a good prescription. If you use dry ginkgo leaves to brew water and drink it continuously for a few months, it can completely cure dad's disease."
"Really? That's wonderful, I'll go up the mountain and gather the ginkgo leaves right now!"
Liang Fei was a devoted son, and Mother Liang knew his temperament, so upon hearing this, she immediately left joyfully to gather leaves.
When his mother was gone, Liang Fei laid his father, who had passed out, on the bed to rest. He took out a mineral water bottle filled with Immortal Lake Water from his bosom and poured all of it into the kettle to boil.
According to the records in the Shennong Scripture, it was only necessary to tear the ginkgo leaves into small pieces and soak them in boiling water for about fifteen minutes before drinking. However, to be on the safe side, Liang Fei decided to use Immortal Lake Water to boil the ginkgo leaves for his father to drink.
After all, the Shennong Medical Immortal had made it very clear that the Immortal Lake Water was Heavenly River Holy Water; it could not only nourish everything but also cure diseases and dispel illnesses.
After a while, just as Liang Fei had boiled a kettle of Immortal Lake Water, his mother returned with a handful of ginkgo leaves.
"Xiaofei, will this work? Can these ginkgo leaves really cure diseases?"
As she watched Liang Fei tear the ginkgo leaves into pieces and put them into the thermos, then poured the boiled water into it, Mother Liang was still somewhat anxious.
"Mom, don't worry, this prescription is from the old doctor, and it's definitely correct!"
Liang Fei secured the lid of the warmer and then said solemnly, "Mom, these ginkgo leaves need to be steeped in boiling water for fifteen minutes each time, and drink it once a day. For the first month, take it for five days and then stop for three, thereafter take it for five days and stop for five, continue this for three to five months, and the disease that has plagued Dad for many years will be cured!"
"Really? That's wonderful!"
Mother Liang was initially skeptical, but seeing Liang Fei speak with such certainty, she turned from worry to joy, and with clasped hands, she said, "Xiaofei, once your dad is healed, we must thank that divine doctor properly."
"Hehe, Mom, you don't have to worry about that."
Hearing his mother's words, Liang Fei couldn't help but laugh to himself, but he still had to pretend to be very serious as he said, "That divine doctor and I have a good relationship, he also taught me many other prescriptions that can cure a variety of complicated and diverse illnesses!"
While they were talking, fifteen minutes passed, and at that moment, Father Liang also woke up from his coma. Seeing Liang Fei, a look of indebtedness filled his eyes. He silently cursed himself for contracting such a deadly disease; he couldn't die, and instead, it was his son who suffered.
Alas, if it weren't for his illness, his son should be studying in a high school in the city by now!
"Xiaofei..."
Father Liang looked at his son, about to speak, but Liang Fei stopped him with a smile. He poured a cup of ginkgo leaf water, handed it to his father, and said, "Dad, this is the remedy I've just obtained, drink it and you'll get better."
"Ah..."
Father Liang shook his head with a sigh, his eyes filling with cloudy tears as he looked at his son.
He was only a little over fifty, but years of illness had tortured him beyond recognition, to the point where even speaking was difficult, "Son, your dad's body is already in this state, King Yama might as well take me away clean. But I can't let you suffer for my sake, child, save the money you earn for marrying a wife in the future, stop wasting money on medicine for me."
"Dad, you can't say that. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to cure your illness."
Seeing Father Liang's sorrowful expression, Liang Fei's heart felt as if it had been pricked by a needle. Yet, he held back the tears in his heart and held out the cup of ginkgo leaf water to his father again, smiling as he said, "Besides, this is ginkgo leaf water, it didn't cost anything."
After hearing this, Father Liang was stunned for a moment, looking at the cup of water in front of him in a daze, before finally taking it.
"My dear, go ahead and drink it while it's hot!"
At that moment, Mother Liang also came over with a smile and explained, "This is a secret recipe Xiaofei asked from an old traditional doctor, you don't need medicine or injections, just drink it for a few months continuously, and your illness will be cured."
"Good! Good! Xiaofei, having a good son like you, I'll die content!"
Upon hearing this, Father Liang called out 'good' several times, then tilted his head back and drank the ginkgo leaf water in one gulp. Patting Liang Fei's shoulder, his eyes were filled with a sense of relief.
"Dad, Mom, I'll soon make sure you both live a good life."
Watching his parents' faces, Liang Fei didn't say much, but he secretly set a bright blueprint in his heart. He swore to work hard to earn money, to let his parents live a happy and fulfilled life!
"Child, how's work been going lately?"
After drinking a cup of ginkgo leaf water, Father Liang's spirits seemed much improved. As Liang Fei helped him sit up in bed, he eagerly asked.
"Dad, I don't want to work at Wu Liang's place anymore."
Liang Fei didn't want to deceive his parents, so he told them about how he couldn't stand Wu Liang's lack of medical ethics, his exploitation of patients, and how he left indignantly.
"Hmm, working with such a cunning person is indeed not a long-term plan!"
Father Liang's temperament was just like Liang Fei's, intolerant of any injustice. Although he agreed with his son's decision to leave, he couldn't help but worry at the same time, "Xiaofei, what are your plans going forward?"
"Dad, Mom, I've thought it through. I'm going back home to farm and also take care of you both."
Liang Fei had been contemplating the idea of returning to the village to farm all the way, and the more he thought about it, the better it seemed as a means to earn a living. Now that his father had asked, he couldn't help but share his thoughts.
Going back home to farm? Becoming a farmer?
However, upon hearing his words, his parents were simply stunned.