Pinellia has arrived [Rebirth]

Jiang Baizhi's main activity place has changed from the study on the third floor to the living room on the first floor.Qi Banxia specially opened up one-acre three-point land for her, a desk, a DotBook, and 39 small drawers for commonly used traditional Chinese medicine.What book Jiang Baizhi wants to read that day, Qi Banxia will help her download it in advance. She can listen, read, touch, and pause at any time.

Occasionally, Zhao Ruoruo would come to the door with Tao Tao, chatting with Jiang Baizhi about the interesting things that happened in the hospital; or disturbing more than twenty kinds of medicinal materials, she relied on her sense of smell to return to her place.Zhao Ruoruo was always amazed by Jiang Baizhi's accuracy and speed of identification, and blindfolded himself, he could recognize up to ten types within the specified time.

The days slipped through her fingers peacefully as she expected.Although Jiang Baizhi was still silent, at least she no longer rejected her kindness too much.It just became more and more passive, holding hands, hugging and kissing, the most common intimacy between lovers, Qi Banxia took the initiative, and she accepted it as if she had completed a task.

Qi Banxia saw it in his eyes, and his heart ached, but he didn't want to force the other party.Some things, if you say it out loud, it may be the two who are uncomfortable.

She doesn't want to.

During the Qingming Festival, Jiang Baizhi and Qi Banxia went back to their hometown in Yanbei to sweep graves and offer sacrifices. On April 4th, March 7th in the lunar calendar, on the way back to Yanyang, I received news from Tao Tao that the Town God’s Temple was still empty.

Upper respiratory tract infection, inflammation of the tonsils, high fever of 39° in the middle of the night, chills all over the body, and unbearable cough, so naturally I couldn't hide it from Jiang Baizhi.Jiang Baizhi took the thermometer with trembling hands, took her pulse again, confirmed the illness, stood up and touched the guide stick before going out.

Qi Banxia sat up with his hands on the side of the bed, and asked eagerly with a hoarse voice: "A Zhi, where are you going?"

"Take antipyretics first." She turned around, raised her foot impatiently, knocked her right leg against the bedpost, and continued walking regardless.Qi Banxia was worried, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, her whole body was like stepping on clouds, her steps were vain.

On the wall of the corridor outside the door, uneven reminders were installed according to Jiang Baizhi's height.The dot turns right, the triangle goes upstairs, and the cube goes downstairs. However, at this moment, the person holding the guide stick is in a state of anxiety, bumping and bumping forward. Leaning forward, luckily Qi Banxia reached out and grabbed her in time.

"Don't worry." Qi Banxia was worried, so she didn't put on any clothes, and only wore a thin nightgown. She bit her lip and coughed twice because of the cold.

Jiang Baizhi raised her hand to look in her direction, touching the thin material on her body and the smooth skin of her arm, her eyebrows frowned instantly.Qi Banxia pinched her hand instead, and discussed: "It's okay, wait until I go back to the house and put on my clothes, and then go downstairs together?"

Jiang Baizhi didn't say a word, but nodded blankly.She heard Qi Banxia's footsteps fading away, and deep sorrow and despair rose in her heart.When people are old and sick, it's just a minor illness. If the other party needs urgent treatment in the future, what can I do with myself as a blind person?

In the corridor, there was a dim light overhead, under the long sleeve, Jiang Baizhi clenched her free left hand into a fist, her fingertips were pale.

She asked herself over and over again.

The answer is that I can’t do anything, even the most basic, calling 120 emergency calls is much slower than others...

Qi Banxia put on her coat and stood outside the door. Before she got close, she keenly captured Jiang Baizhi's emotions.She suppressed her voice and coughed lightly, and walked to Jiang Baizhi's side at a leisurely pace, seeing that she had restrained her depressing demeanor just now, her heart ached even more.In the next second, he stretched out his hand and opened the opponent's clenched left hand bit by bit, wrapping it gently, and said word by word: "As long as Ah Zhi holds hands, I won't be cold."

Jiang Baizhi was stunned for a moment, her throat tightened.

"Azhi." Hearing Qi Banxia's soft call, she trembled her lips, and finally agreed in a low voice: "Okay."

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After several days of conditioning, Qi Banxia has almost recovered. On the 22nd, I received good news. The mornings of January, March, and April are the time for Jiang Baizhi to attend the consultation. Outpatient room No. 1 of the Treatment Center is equipped with an intern doctor to assist her.

That afternoon, Qi Banxia discussed with her to put Bai Pang in Qi's house. After all, the cat's habit of following its feet makes it hard to feel at ease.Jiang Baizhi resisted his reluctance and agreed.

On the 23rd, Thursday, Jiang Baizhi, who hadn't woken up early for a long time, dressed carefully before 7 o'clock and waited to go out.The driver was driving, and Wei Banxia, ​​who accompanied her, looked at the corners of her mouth that raised unconsciously, and involuntarily curled her lips.

Her Ah Zhi will surely regain her confidence slowly.

Arrived at the outpatient department at 7:36, and the preventive treatment center was on the first floor. At this time, queues had begun to be taken at the entrance of the hospital, and Jiang Baizhi entered through the back door.

Putting on that sacred white coat again, in the changing room, although she couldn't see it, she stood in front of the full-length mirror, groping with both hands, carefully arranging the collar and cuffs, and then buttoning the buttons.

Tears welled up.

"Director Jiang, I'm Liu Ying, an intern." The intern pulled her thoughts back, and at 7:51, the two walked towards the outpatient room.There are already patients in twos and threes standing outside the clinic, looking at their mobile phones or staring at the doctor's introduction column.

"I saw her on TV, she seemed to be in the oncology department, why did she go to the prevention and treatment department?"

"It doesn't matter what her subject is, as long as she can be cured."

"Is it her? How could the doctor be blind?" Several people whispered to each other, and Jiang Baizhi frowned imperceptibly as he passed by them.

In the outpatient room, Liu Ying turned on the computer to check today's outpatient volume and reminded her: "Director Jiang, there are 12 in total."

Jiang Baizhi repeated: "12?" According to her knowledge, the Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Diseases has about 45 outpatients in the morning.

Liu Ying knew the reason, and found an excuse to perfunctory: "Well, maybe Thursday, everyone is busy with work."

Jiang Baizhi seemed to have reacted, and smiled a little with the corners of her mouth: "Call your number."

The first patient was 35 years old and suffered from insomnia all the year round, sleeping up to 3 hours a day.She entered the door and sat next to Liu Ying, and handed over the number slip.

"The doctor is there, and I'm in charge of recording."

The female patient asked: "She is blind, can she see a doctor?"

Liu Ying explained: "Director Jiang has a doctorate degree and rich experience."

The female patient sat over in doubt, and stretched out her hand tentatively. Jiang Baizhi touched her wrist, felt her pulse, asked about the symptoms, and finally buried her head and concentrated on writing the prescription.

The elegant handwriting has only a few words with slightly different spacing.The female patient held it in her hand and browsed it twice, still worried, she handed the prescription slip to Liu Ying, with a rather tactful tone: "Doctor, please help me see if the director has made any typos."

Liu Ying checked it once, handed it back, and said: "No problem." The patient then received the benefit prescription and went out to pay for the medicine.

Jiang Baizhi's heart is like a mirror, and she keeps telling herself not to take it to heart as much as possible. Since she chooses to stand up and continue working, she should accept the doubts of others.

The second patient is about 34 years old. He has been working for 10 years and often wakes up at night, resulting in a very poor mental state the next day.He heard outside the door that the doctor was blind, so he closed the door and said to Liu Ying, "Are you a doctor too? Can you see a doctor?"

"Ah."

The male patient didn't hide it: "I don't worry about blind people, so just show me."

Liu Ying looked at Jiang Zizhi with a look of embarrassment: "Director Jiang, this..."

"It's okay, I'll help you." Jiang Zizhi swallowed bitterly, his hands on his knees trembling uncontrollably.

It's so difficult, every step is difficult; I'm so tired, I can't hold on anymore...

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Today is the first day of the fourth lunar month, after Jiang Baizhi got off the car, on the way home, Qi Banxia suddenly asked the driver to change direction.Tao Tao told her that the Town God's Temple should still be under repair, but the woman turned a deaf ear to it.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, the car stopped near the Town God's Temple, and Qi Banxia got off alone to go.The Town God’s Temple, which was repaired in the early Ming Dynasty, looked old and dilapidated on the outside. The dark blue door was suddenly pushed open, but there was no one at the door. Before entering the door, she sent a WeChat message to Tao Tao: “If I don’t come out at 11 o’clock, you go to the hospital to pick up Jiang. doctor."

Then, she wiped off the raindrops on her body, put the umbrella at her feet, and stepped into the threshold.It was raining heavily, except for the sound of rain, the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, and the environment coincided with the dream again. Qi Banxia stepped into the main hall, surrounded by scattered incense in front of the statue. She knelt on the futon and worshiped devoutly.

"Master Chenghuang, I don't know if there is any point in insisting on this, and I don't know whether the memory that appeared in the dream is real. I just want to understand, and I just want the person in my heart to be safe and sound."

She kowtowed again and again, without stopping, her forehead turned from white to red, with a dull pain, blood dripped down the center of her eyebrows, blurred on her slender eyelashes, and she felt like the world was spinning.I don't know how long it has passed, but the scene in front of me suddenly changes from bright to dark, and the scene remains the same, but the phantom of Jiang Baizhi is kneeling on the futon in front of her.

"Qi Banxia's lifespan is over, there is no room for maneuver."

"As you said just now, I am willing to exchange my life for my life. Also, the reborn woman must be in good health."

The man in the white gown smiled and said, "You actually added conditions."

Jiang Baizhi is neither humble nor overbearing: "Everything has reached this level, no matter how bad it is, it won't go anywhere."

"What about losing the light? If you draw the Autumn Water chapter and she is reborn, you will fall into the abyss and stay in the darkness forever. You won't regret it?"

She saw that the gleam in Jiang Baizhi's eyes was shining with determination, and she insisted: "I don't regret it."

Forever... Qi Banxia suddenly woke up from the phantom. She lay limp on the ground hoarsely, and muttered to herself: "No, it's impossible." , or stop the exchange, she doesn't want to start a new life, and doesn't want Jiang Baizhi to suffer a lifetime of suffering.

However, no matter how much she yelled, there was no response from those around her.While collapsing, Qi Banxia's peripheral vision fell on a yellowed envelope beside the futon, her heart beat fast, her fingertips trembled, she opened the letter bit by bit, and inside was a piece of yellowed paper.There are only eight words: "Everything in the world has a cause and effect."

Is rebirth the cause? Blindness the effect?

If it was said that she still had a glimmer of hope before coming here, now, she can no longer deceive herself.The result is obvious—her Ah Zhi can no longer see the sun rise with her own eyes.

Time passed by, and the letter paper tightly clenched in her hand gradually became wrinkled. Qi Banxia cried bitterly, tears blurring her vision.

After a long time, she strutted her precarious body and stepped out of the gate of the Town God's Temple, but when she heard Tao Tao's call, she uttered the first sentence and collapsed forward.

"Sister Banxia, ​​Dr. Jiang doesn't answer the phone, and there is no one in the outpatient room."