Feeling genuinely grateful, Li Dazhuang temporarily offered his hospitality. After examining his wife's symptoms, Ye Tiancheng remained somewhat uncertain and began to sort through his belongings, looking at the books and medical records he had kept.
Only by doing so could Ye Tiancheng analyze and gain a clearer understanding of what was happening with Li Dazhuang's wife's illness.
After all, Ye Tiancheng had lost his memory.
While some things were still stored in Ye Tiancheng's mind, he couldn't guarantee that his memory was entirely accurate. Furthermore, without seeing corresponding records for certain matters, it was difficult for Ye Tiancheng to say whether he could recall the relevant parts immediately.
However, it was rather unfortunate that Ye Tiancheng didn't find much of value.
In fact, judging solely by the symptoms of Li Dazhuang's wife, her illness shouldn't have taken so long to cure. Thus, Ye Tiancheng was also quite puzzled as to why things had turned out this way.
He already had some vague suspicions, but he dared not be completely certain.
If his suspicions proved true, the outcome would likely not be good.
This was precisely what Ye Tiancheng feared the most.
Yet, instinctively, whether out of gratitude for his benefactor or from a belief in the inherent goodness of people, Ye Tiancheng did not wish for any negative outcomes. Therefore, in his heart, he first sought to avoid the most undesirable and helpless possibilities.
After receiving the prescription from Ye Tiancheng, Li Dazhuang went to get the medicine for his wife the next day.
After taking the medicine prescribed by Ye Tiancheng, Li Dazhuang's wife showed a degree of improvement within just one day. Although she had not fully recovered, her condition had indeed improved considerably compared to before.
In response, Li Dazhuang's entire family was immensely grateful to Ye Tiancheng, and their hospitality towards him became even more enthusiastic.
However, Ye Tiancheng felt a sense of undeservedness in the face of this.
This was because, during his follow-up examination of Li Dazhuang's wife, Ye Tiancheng believed that while her symptoms were improving, he felt that it was merely treating the symptoms and not the root cause.
It seemed that completely curing Li Dazhuang's wife would not be an easy task.
Moreover, the stubbornness of this illness made Ye Tiancheng feel uneasy.
On the third day, as Ye Tiancheng was conducting his follow-up examination of Li Dazhuang's wife, he suddenly heard the playful sounds of Li Dazhuang's younger son and daughter as they passed by their mother's room. Initially, he didn't think anything was amiss.
But then, Ye Tiancheng suddenly heard the two children start to cough.
The two children didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and after coughing a couple of times, they paid it no mind and continued playing.
However, this caught Ye Tiancheng's attention.
After his follow-up examination of Li Dazhuang's wife, and lacking any better ideas, Ye Tiancheng decided to maintain the original prescription for the time being, without issuing any new ones.
This was the original plan.
When faced with a newly emerging illness, it was not an easy task to research and develop a corresponding prescription to cure it. It required repeated attempts, and each prescription had to be taken for a period of time to observe its effects before making further adjustments based on the patient's feedback.
Of course, if a prescription yielded miraculous results immediately, that would be even better.
However, such occurrences were usually unlikely, as there were no such convenient things in this world.
Ye Tiancheng concluded his follow-up examination of Li Dazhuang's wife. At that moment, Li Dazhuang was also present. From Li Dazhuang's demeanor, it seemed he hadn't particularly noticed his youngest son and daughter exhibiting symptoms of coughing.
Perhaps he didn't consider it important.
But regardless, Ye Tiancheng considered it important.
Perhaps it was his current identity as a physician that made him so sensitive.
After leaving his wife's room with Li Dazhuang, Ye Tiancheng said to him, "Brother Li, when I was examining your wife earlier, I heard your two children coughing while they were playing outside."
"I wonder if you are aware, Brother Li, when these symptoms first appeared?"
Li Dazhuang was slightly taken aback upon hearing Ye Tiancheng's words. He replied with some surprise, "Alas? Is that so? I've been so worried about my wife lately that I haven't paid much attention. Perhaps they caught a chill inadvertently..."
"These children are indeed a bit frail. If that's the case, I'll trouble Doctor Ye to examine the two little ones as well. I'll pay you a consultation fee then." httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Ever since witnessing Ye Tiancheng's medical skills, Li Dazhuang's attitude towards him had become increasingly respectful, and he had changed his address to the more honored "Doctor Ye."
Hearing Li Dazhuang say this, Ye Tiancheng shook his head.
Ye Tiancheng said to Li Dazhuang, "There's no need for a consultation fee. You've helped me so much, Brother Li, how could I possibly accept your fee?"
Li Dazhuang, however, was unwilling to take advantage of Ye Tiancheng's kindness for free.
So, Li Dazhuang said to Ye Tiancheng, "Doctor Ye, to be frank, I haven't helped you in any significant way, but your treatment of my wife is already a great kindness. What reason do I have to take further advantage of you?"
"You must accept the consultation fee!"
Ye Tiancheng truly felt there was no need to accept the fee. But seeing Li Dazhuang's firm stance, he was indeed an honest person who was unwilling to take advantage of others. If he insisted on not accepting it, Li Dazhuang would likely not be able to accept it.
Therefore, after some thought, Ye Tiancheng changed his approach and said to Li Dazhuang, "Neither you nor I are acting for any personal gain. We are both acting out of kindness. If we insist on talking about money, it loses its meaning."
Before Li Dazhuang could say anything further, Ye Tiancheng continued.
He said, "However, I understand your feelings, Brother Li. If I were to insist on taking nothing, I believe it would be difficult for you to accept."
"How about this: I don't plan to leave anytime soon. Since that's the case, I won't ask for any consultation fee and will continue to treat your wife and children. All you need to do during this time is to let me stay at your home, and that will be considered my payment for lodging."
After hearing this proposal, Li Dazhuang still hesitated.
However, Li Dazhuang could also see that Ye Tiancheng was equally resolute, and this arrangement was more acceptable to him. He knew that just as he didn't want to take advantage of Ye Tiancheng, Ye Tiancheng probably didn't wish to deal with mundane matters of money.
Therefore, Li Dazhuang ultimately agreed to Ye Tiancheng's proposal.
However, Li Dazhuang also secretly resolved in his heart to take good care of Ye Tiancheng during these days, as a way of repaying him for the help he had provided to his family.
In the eyes of someone like Li Dazhuang, a person like Ye Tiancheng, who possessed medical knowledge and was kind enough to treat the poor for free, was an exceptionally good person. He had bestowed a great kindness that could not go unrewarded.
Since he could not repay the favor in terms of consultation fees, he would naturally find other ways to show his gratitude.
After this arrangement was settled, Li Dazhuang helped Ye Tiancheng by calling over his youngest son and daughter for Ye Tiancheng to examine.
Ye Tiancheng's attention to these two young children was driven by some thoughts.
He was primarily concerned about a rather serious issue: Ye Tiancheng worried that Li Dazhuang's wife's illness might be contagious. If this were the case, an unknown illness that was also transmissible, and if the transmissibility was high, it could very well lead to the worst possible outcome that Ye Tiancheng least wished for.
In other words, this could very well be an epidemic.
It was important to note that an epidemic was entirely different from a common illness.
Moreover, it was possible that such an illness could be highly fatal and even spread rapidly. If that were the case, the situation would truly be dire.
Ye Tiancheng did not want such a result to occur.
When their father called them over, the two children were unaware of what was happening and had clearly not given their coughing any thought.
However, knowing that Ye Tiancheng was a doctor, and with Li Dazhuang saying he wanted Ye Tiancheng to examine them, the two children became a little uneasy. They didn't understand much, but they knew what it meant to be sick.
Furthermore, they knew that if they were sick, they would feel unwell and have to take very bitter medicine.
Basically, there were few children who were not afraid of getting sick.
Facing the timid gazes of the two children, Ye Tiancheng gently comforted them, and after they were no longer so frightened and uneasy, he inquired about their symptoms and took their pulses to assess their condition.
When Ye Tiancheng asked about their symptoms, it was evident that the children did not take their illness seriously at all.
Therefore, when Ye Tiancheng inquired about their symptoms, the two children couldn't even say when their coughing had started.
However, one thing could be confirmed.
The symptoms that appeared in the two children occurred later than those of their mother.
After Ye Tiancheng examined the two children, his feeling of unease grew stronger.
Although the children's symptoms appeared milder and did not significantly affect their daily lives, Ye Tiancheng sensed that their illness was subtly leaning towards the symptoms of Li Dazhuang's wife.
Upon discovering this, Ye Tiancheng's heart skipped a beat.
A sense of urgency arose within him.
Ye Tiancheng wished to recover his memory as quickly as possible, as perhaps only then could he more effectively help these people. However, he didn't know why he had lost his memory.
He couldn't diagnose why he had lost his memory.
When Ye Tiancheng realized he had lost his memory, there were no signs of injury on his body. His self-examinations revealed no cause for his condition. It was as if he had inexplicably lost all his memories. While this made Ye Tiancheng uneasy, he had no better solution.
However, this now intensified his desire to recover his memory.
He felt that something was about to happen.