C1 (1/2)
Tang Xuan sat on the sofa and looked at the white porcelain cup in her hands.
The porcelain cup that had been washed with baking soda was as clean as new. Two bright yellow cups of tea were floating on top of the light green tea. It was the dragon well that had just been delivered in the morning, light and pleasant.
She tasted it for the first time, and then, with a bitter taste in her throat, there was a burst of relief. She was used to the taste of black tea, but this was the first time she had tasted this green tea, and the fragrance of Longjing was even more pleasing than the faint, insipid scent of Keemun Black Tea, the light grass color after the spring rain and the fragrance in the air.
She took in a deep breath, her mouth still holding that sweet taste. So this was what it meant to be thirsty.
”How is it?” Seated across her, her uncle Cai Yang asked, ”TangTang, how's this tea?”
Tang Tang Tang laughed, her eyebrows curved like the new moon: ”Very nice to taste, I really like this taste.”
Cai Yang smiled, ”It's good that you like it. Next time Uncle goes to Hangzhou, I'll bring it for you.”
Tang Tang's parents, Tang Chu and Mrs. Tang, were not in the mood for tea. Mrs. Tang looked at her watch repeatedly and could not help but ask Cai Yang, ”A Yang, when exactly did you make an appointment with that doctor?”
Cai Yang put down his teacup and comforted them, ”Sis, brother-in-law, don't worry. We've talked about the weather and the flight being late. Let's wait a little longer.”
Mrs. Tang frowned. ”It's almost 9 o'clock!”
Tang Chu lightly patted his wife's hand. ”Alright, you don't have to worry about that. There's nothing we can do about the flight being late. Just wait patiently.”
Mrs. Tang looked at her younger brother, Cai Yang, with a grumbling expression. ”Is the doctor you recommended good enough?” A single trip would cost hundreds of thousands, if I didn't say so, it's not that my family couldn't afford to spend that money to treat TangTang's illness, we also spent a lot of money, we've never seen any big hospitals, never invited any experts, it's been so many years, yet TangTang's legs haven't gotten any better. ”
This Doctor Fu is not someone you can hire with just money. I was lucky enough to meet a rich person in Hangzhou, and after his introduction, I finally managed to get on the line with him, not because I'm an acquaintance of his, how could ordinary people be able to get close to him? He's an old Chinese medical doctor who's cured in the past few decades, and the patients who have gone to his door can all be queued up on the street, do you think that it's easy for me to get him to come here, if not for the sake of TangTang, I won't waste my heart. ”
Tang Tang Tang sweetly smiled and said, ”I know uncle treats TangTang well, thank you uncle.”
Cai Yang also smiled and said, ”What's there to thank me for, the most important thing is that our TangTang's disease can be treated as soon as possible, right?”
Tang TangTang inwardly sighed, she also wanted to as well!
In the past few years, in order to treat her illness, her parents had taken her to countless hospitals, seen many doctors, spent a lot of money, injected a lot of acupuncture and consumed a lot of medicine, but her legs still didn't feel any better, and she was just as unconscious as before. She had been sitting in this wheelchair for who knows how many years.
Every time she went there, she would feel hopeful, but she would always come back disappointed. By now, she didn't even dare to hold on to hope anymore, afraid that the more hope she had, the more disappointed she would be.
Ding dong! Ding dong!
The doorbell rang.
The servant hurried to open the door.
The first to come in was Cai Yang's son, Tang Xuan's cousin Cai Yu. Each of his hands held a suitcase, and as soon as he entered, he put it down and said, ”Doctor Fu, we're here, let's go in first.”
”Doctor Fu is here!” As he spoke, Cai Yang stood up to welcome them, followed by Tang Chu and his wife.
Tang Tang Tang sat on the sofa and tried her best to look in the direction of the door. She was still thinking about what that ”old Chinese doctor” would look like, and then the scene from the TV flashed through her mind. Immediately, she recalled the old Chinese doctor's appearance: an old man with a beard, white hair and reading glasses.
Just as she was thinking this, a man wearing an iron-gray suit walked in. Tang TangTang was stunned when she saw the man, who was this? This couldn't be the old Chinese medical doctor that her uncle spoke of, right? Isn't this too young?
Traditional Chinese Medicine...
Is he very old? Not even forty years old? Furthermore, she was so beautiful! Under his two long slanted brows, his eyes were bright and spirited, as if he could see deep into a person's heart with a single glance. Under his tall and straight nose was a beautiful line that seemed to depict a pair of lips.
This time, not only Tang Tang, even his uncle Cai Yang and her parents were shocked. They looked at the young man with a stunned face, unable to speak.
After a long while, Cai Yang finally reacted. He forced a smile and asked tentatively, ”You are …”
The man extended his hand and said very politely, ”Hello, my name is Fu Jun.”