His heart sank in terror, but then he heard the itinerant doctor instruct him to get the patient settled and wait for her to wake up. If her senses returned, all would be well.
He hastily complied.
Strangely enough, after ingesting the medicine, his niece Xiao Hua's fever started to subside. In their anxiety, he and his wife had not noticed until then.
After the itinerant doctor performed acupuncture, and while they were settling the patient, they habitually checked her forehead and found the fever completely gone. Her sleeping face was now many times more peaceful than before.
Seeing this, he was overjoyed and asked his wife to prepare some delicious food and drink to treat the itinerant doctor.
