C1 (1/2)
Fang Ruzhu woke up in a daze. When she opened her eyes, she saw the curtained roof above her head and the slightly old wooden roof beams. She let out a long breath and clenched her fist. The pain in her palm told her once again that this was not an illusion!
She had woken up once before, but she thought she was hallucinating because she was sick. She didn't care about the strange environment she was in and went back to sleep. Later on, it seemed as if a woman in rough clothes with her hair pulled up had come to visit her and gently touched her forehead, but at that time she was in a state of drowsiness and lethargy.
There was a strong medicinal smell in the room. Fang Ruzhu turned her head and saw that the window across from the bed was tightly wrapped in white paper. It was a stuffy room, and the smell was truly unpleasant. She took a deep breath and felt even more dizzy.
After a while, she saw her crying silently in front of her most beloved grandfather's bed, because her most beloved, most beloved grandfather, who had always been by her side since he was young, had already completely left her.
After a while, she was walking in a garden filled with flowers. A servant girl walked past her and bowed her head to greet her, but not far from her, she scoffed at her from behind, ”What are you pretending for? It's just a sparrow. The real Phoenix is back now, but she's still not moving!”
On one side was the Modern House and on the other was the quaint pavilion. She really couldn't tell what was going on, but without exception, in her dreams, all she could see were unhappy scenes.
In the end, she even dreamed that she was lying on the hospital's white sickbed. There was a doctor wearing a white gown who came over with a mask on his face. After looking at the electrocardiogram at the head of the bed, he gently pulled up the white blanket and covered her head.
”This girl can't do it anymore, drag her into the morgue!”
When Fang Ruxiu heard this, she was suddenly jolted awake.
When she opened her eyes, she saw an old man with an ashen beard. He was about to reach out his hand to brush away her eyelids when she woke up. At first, the old doctor was shocked by her, but then he said to a woman in an azure blue jacket, ”Alright, since your daughter has already woken up, she should be fine.”
”Thank you, Doctor. I've troubled you to come these past few days.” As she spoke, the woman took out the copper coins she had prepared beforehand and handed them to the doctor.
The grey-bearded old doctor shook his head and pushed away the woman's hand, saying, ”This is just a country bumpkin, there's no need to be polite. It's not easy for you to save up a few coins, just keep it for your family's oldest daughter to get some delicious supplements. I don't have any drugs here, so why are you asking for money?”
The old doctor then stood up from his stool, tidying up his medicine chest while he said to the woman, ”I'll be leaving first. Just call me whatever it is that your family's young lady wants.”
”Ai, alright. Thank you, Doctor.” ”I'm sorry to bother you so much, but you've come all the way here and haven't even had a sip of hot tea. But this house is really poor, after the spring, our chicken will lay an egg, and I'll definitely thank you for that!”
”Doctor, come and treat our second daughter.” A slightly plump woman, who was cleaning the yard, saw the doctor pass by and immediately stopped to greet him.
”Yeah, that's right.” The old doctor nodded to her, answered her offhandedly, and went out.
”Alright, eldest niece, I know your family situation. It's not easy for you, so there's no need to thank me for such a small matter. Go back and take care of your young lady, there's no need to send her off. I'll be leaving first.” Walking out of the courtyard, the old doctor said to the woman.
”Ai, alright. I'll be going then. Doctor, please don't blame me.” The woman escorted the old doctor to the main entrance, apologized to the doctor, and then returned to the courtyard.