Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 253: Such a good son-in-law, can I let him suffer? (3K)

After returning home, Fangyan started giving acupuncture to his younger brother.

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine contains theories about the human body's meridians, qi and blood, internal organs, and emotions and diseases, which provide an important theoretical basis for acupuncture and moxibustion to treat excessive thinking.

For example, it explains the relationship between the seven emotions of joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock and the internal organs. The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, Suwen, Jutonglun, records: "When thinking, the heart has something to store, the spirit has something to return to, and the positive energy stays but does not move, so the qi is blocked."

In addition, "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Jia Yi Jing" and "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Zisheng Jing" recorded the earliest acupuncture points for treating excessive thinking.

"Qian Jin Yao Fang" and "Qian Jin Yi Fang" written by Sun Simiao in the Tang Dynasty also wrote about the detailed theory of using the thirteen ghost points to treat mental problems.

Fangyan had read a lot of books, so he could easily use the techniques in the books and quickly gave the little brother acupuncture.

Fang Chen, who had a needle stuck in his head, asked his elder brother in a trembling voice:

"Brother, can acupuncture really cure the brain?"

The dialect said:

"Don't worry, it can definitely be cured."

"These methods were used by the ancients."

"Really?" Fang Chen's voice was clearly suspicious.

Because he had never heard of such a story.

Fang Yan inserted the last needle and started the timer to keep the needle in place, and said to him:
"The book 'Ru Men Shi Qin' written by Zhang Congzheng, a famous doctor during the Jin and Yuan dynasties, records a case of a disease very similar to yours. A rich girl suffered from insomnia due to excessive thinking. After two years, she lost her appetite and became somewhat demented."

"Some people said her disease was incurable, but in the end Zhang Congzheng took action and saved her."

Fang Chen became interested and asked:

"I've been suffering from insomnia for two years. Can this cure it?"

The dialect said:

"Of course, but he didn't just use acupuncture. He also used a technique called conquering emotions with emotions."

"How did you do it?" Fang Chen asked curiously.

The dialect said:

"It's very simple. He went to this rich girl's house and ate and drank lavishly for three days, then took some money from her, and finally drank for several days. He didn't prescribe any medicine, and then he just left."

Fang Chen was stunned and said:
"Ah? What kind of treatment is this? Is this a scam?"

The dialect said:

"Otherwise, Zhang Congzheng is a famous doctor. Ordinary people really can't think of that method."

"After Zhang Congzheng did this, the rich girl flew into a rage that day. She felt sleepy that night and slept for eight days. When she woke up, the doctor came and took a look at her previous problems, and she was much better."

"Later, Zhang Congzheng returned and used acupuncture and prescribed medicine, which quickly cured the patient. Everyone was curious about how he did it."

"Zhang Congzheng explained that he had discovered that the patient had been suffering from insomnia for two years and that excessive worry had damaged his spleen. He could tell from the pulse that one of the five elements in the patient was excessive and that he should control it with the element that was not strong enough."

"The spleen governs thinking and is earth in the five elements, and wood overcomes earth. The liver belongs to wood, and anger is the liver's will, so I deliberately angered her to release the anger in her body caused by worrying."

"After the Qi in the middle burner is unblocked, the three burners are unblocked, the Ying and Wei are in harmony, and recovery will occur naturally."

"At this time, acupuncture and medicine can be used to treat it easily."

After hearing Fang Yan's words, Fang Chen suddenly realized and asked:

"Then bro, look at me, do I need to get angry too?!"

Fangyan said speechlessly:
"Why are you so angry? What I mean is that I can cure other people's two-year illness, so it doesn't make sense that I, your brother, can't cure your few-day illness, right?"

"The method of acupuncture treatment is in the book. Could I have copied it wrong?"

After hearing this story, Fang Chen felt relieved and nodded and said:
"That's right..."

It would be unreasonable to copy homework incorrectly.

In fact, there are many similar medical case stories. For example, in the Ming Dynasty's "Puji Benshi Fang", there is a medical case of Xu Shuwei treating insomnia caused by palpitations.

In addition, the Qing Dynasty's "Xizhuo on the Origin and Development of Miscellaneous Diseases" and "Luo's Medical Mirror" that I had read before from Mr. Lu both recorded some similar cases.

Even when Fangyan was in school, he had read a lot of modern medical cases.

There is no way around it. In this era of information explosion, more and more people are overusing their brains, and the medical records of our ancestors have been dug up and studied one by one by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.

Where there is a market, there is demand. There are even people who specialize in treating this type of disease. Fangyan knows a senior from Hebei who made his fortune by treating this disease after graduation.

……

Ten minutes later.

"Brother, I feel a little sleepy." Fang Chen yawned and said to Fang Yan.

Fangyan glanced at the time, then stood up and quickly put away the needle.

Then he said to him:
"Okay, go to bed right now and sleep until you wake up naturally tomorrow morning."

Fang Chen yawned and nodded in response:
"it is good!"

Then he went back to the bed in the study, took off his shoes and fell asleep.

Fang Yan took his needle and immediately left the room, closing the door and not disturbing him anymore.

At this moment, the family is watching TV in the main living room.

Fangyan took a look and saw that the movie being played was "The Story of the Gold Coin", a movie from the German Democratic Republic.

As expected of a BJ channel, there are even professionals who do the dubbing. "Let's watch it together?" Zhu Lin handed a stool to Fang Yan.

Fang Yan nodded, took it, and sat next to Zhu Lin. The most interesting thing at home these days is for the whole family to get together and watch TV every night.

According to Fangyan’s memory, such a scene only occurred in his childhood home in his previous life.

When we grow up, we either live in different cities or the TV programs are too bad. Even when the family is together, they prefer to watch short videos on their phones.

Zhu Lin said to Fang Yan:

"When our child is born and becomes familiar with the people around him, there will definitely be many children from the neighborhood who will come over to watch TV."

The dialect said:

"Just watch it. I'll put the TV in the yard so everyone can watch it."

By the time my first child was old enough to understand television, the TV station should have already started broadcasting cartoons.

He remembered that CCTV introduced the 1979 version of "Astro Boy" and began dubbing it in 1963, and then it was first broadcast in 1980. If he and Zhu Lin were normal, their child would have been two or three years old at that time.

Hearing the words in dialect, Zhu Lin smiled and said:
"Haha, you like quietness, so you must find it noisy."

Fangyan waved his hand and said generously:

"It doesn't matter. If they are really noisy, let them go to the front yard and watch. That way they won't bother me. After all, this is for the child. I don't want him to have no friends during his childhood. It doesn't matter if I, as a father, suffer a little."

The Queen chuckled at this, and her mind could already picture Fangyan being disturbed by the child’s friends while reading a book.

Halfway through the movie, my mother couldn't stand it anymore and took the little girl to bed. Dad Fang Zhenhua also went to bed with her. My father-in-law and mother-in-law were in high spirits and not sleepy at all. It was only during the second half of the movie that they touched their stomachs and said:
"Hey, why are you a little hungry?"

Fangyan saw that his father-in-law was obviously addicted to eating pigs.

He smiled and said:

"I'm going to cook some noodles, and I'll use the leftover chicken offal as sauce."

When the father-in-law heard this, he nodded quickly:

"Okay! Okay! Add some fried peanuts!"

Fangyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It was obvious that his father-in-law had been thinking about this for a long time, even thinking of frying peanuts.

The Queen stood up and said:
"Let me cook it. Who of you will eat it?"

The mother-in-law was the first to refuse the midnight snack:

"I won't eat it."

The father-in-law turned his gaze to Fangyan, and his meaning was obvious: he had to have someone to eat with him, otherwise the midnight snack would be boring.

Fang Yan smiled and nodded:
"I eat!"

After all, he is a martial artist, and his appetite is bigger than other people, so he can still digest this amount of qi and blood.

The father-in-law said:
"I want some too. Cook two liang of noodles with some sauce and fried peanuts."

Zhu Lin nodded, and then said:

"I won't eat it either, you two men can eat it."

Just as she was about to leave, Professor Zhu added:
"By the way, Linlin, mix the pickled cabbage made by Fangyan with a little red oil and make a small dish. It's delicious."

"Okay." Zhu Lin nodded with a smile.

Ever since he started eating the food cooked in the dialect, my dad's requirements for food have gradually become higher. He used to be able to finish a bowl of plain noodles, but now he eats noodles with some kind of臊子 and a dish of kimchi.

The most important thing is to add red oil to the kimchi.

Zhu Lin feels that his father's taste has become more and more picky recently.

"Old Zhu, you can eat so much so late at night? Aren't you afraid of crushing the bed leg?" Fu Zhaojun gently hit her husband. This old man only knew how to make trouble for his daughter and son-in-law.

Why didn’t I know that he had a hobby of eating midnight snacks before?
Professor Zhu said happily:
"No, no, one or two meals is fine. Haven't you heard that being able to eat is a blessing?"

That night, Fangyan and his father-in-law had another midnight snack.

After finally finishing the movie, the two of them washed up and went back to bed contentedly.

Professor Zhu said with emotion:

"Look, these days are becoming more and more hopeful."

After that, he thought for a moment and said:
"When Linlin gives birth, I will come over to help take care of her during the confinement period. With Fangyan's cooking skills, the food should be good during the confinement period."

Fu Zhaojun rolled his eyes at him:
"You're still a professor, but you're just a nobody. You're always thinking about the dishes your son-in-law cooks."

Professor Zhu was cheerful and didn't care at all:
"A son-in-law is half a son. I don't care about others. I will live with Linlin in my old age. The food at other people's homes is not as good as here."

This made Fu Zhaojun laugh. The old man wanted to retire, but the government didn't allow it. When he reached retirement age, he would be rehired. He could only talk about it.

However, Fu Zhaojun still reminded:

"Don't just eat other people's food. Go buy some oil, rice, noodles, etc. tomorrow. You'll go broke eating other people's food every day."

Professor Zhu patted his chest and said:
"Don't worry about this. I've already prepared it. I'll buy it tomorrow."

"How can I let such a good son-in-law suffer?!"

PS: The 6000-word basic chapter has been updated, and there will be more chapters later.

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