The suspicion toward her great-grandson had already put her in a bad mood. She came to invite a doctor home for a checkup, not to let you ask endless, baseless questions.
"Severe vomiting!" the elder of the Huang Family said in irritation.
Gu Youyou furrowed her brows, then after a moment, the corners of her mouth curved in a sneer.
It was the season of the autumn harvest, a time when the heat and cold alternated, and the most common ailments brought to doctors were various stomach issues. The people in the nearby villages loved to grow melons, especially watermelons. By this month, the watermelons were ripe, and if not eaten soon, they wouldn’t be edible; fearing waste, the farmers tended to gorge themselves, leading to widespread stomach problems.
Vomiting could be caused by many things; it wasn’t as if a woman’s vomiting meant pregnancy, and besides, the timing of Qianqian’s entry into the house was so... sensitive!
"How long has the vomiting been going on? How severe is it?" Gu Youyou continued to ask.
The elder of the Huang Family grew even more annoyed with her granddaughter, but knowing Youyou was not someone to be trifled with, she suppressed her anger and continued.
"She has been vomiting for about ten days, maybe eight; I can’t remember exactly. At first, she just said her stomach was uncomfortable, but later, she started vomiting, and these past two days have been the worst."
So many days already? Gu Youyou was somewhat surprised.
Indeed, just beginning to vomit; to say a month might be possible, but twenty-something days could hardly indicate pregnancy, more likely a stomach upset from eating improperly.
"Has she been eating a lot of watermelon?" Gu Youyou asked further.
The elder of the Huang Family was slightly startled. What did pregnancy have to do with eating watermelon? She forgot to answer for a moment.
"Has she been eating quite a bit of watermelon every day?" Seeing no response, Gu Youyou asked again.
The elder of the Huang Family thought Gu Youyou was quite astute, indeed having some skills.
It seemed that the late Doctor Zhou calling Gu Youyou a... Child Prodigy wasn’t without reason; she even knew that Qianqian had eaten a lot of watermelon.
"Yes, Qianqian has been eating quite a lot. She can’t stand the heat and loves eating it!"
Whether she had diarrhea or not, the elder didn’t know, but she...
"I often see her running to the latrine!"
So Gu Youyou took it as diarrhea?
Alright, that was more or less understood.
Gu Youyou took out some paper and a pen and began to write something, head down. Even the illiterate elder of the Huang Family could see her writing was beautiful.
The elder of the Huang Family craned her neck, watching her curiously with an indescribable expression.
When did she learn to write?
Heavens, Gu Youyou, who couldn’t even embroider, could write?
She had an expression as if she’d seen a ghost.
Was this really the same sickly Gu Youyou from their family?
"Youyou?" the elder of the Huang Family called out tentatively.
"Hmm?" Gu Youyou, busy writing, responded in a low voice.
The elder’s mind wavered, was this really Youyou?
"You... when did you learn to write?" she couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity.
Gu Youyou didn’t look up, continuing to write, but she replied, "I learned it recently."
"Recently?" You’ve only been at Jisheng Hall for a few days, do you think you are a Child Prodigy? the elder scoffed to herself.
While writing, Gu Youyou said casually, "Master says I have a unique talent and that I am a Child Prodigy. Unfortunately, the jealousy of the heavens meant my early years were fraught with hardship. If I could just survive those, the future would hold boundless possibilities!"
The elder of the Huang Family was left speechless as if she had choked on a fly.
Could one be so calm and collected when boasting about oneself?
But now, she could diagnose illnesses, write prescriptions, and her handwriting was exquisite.
In the past, she had always been cloistered in the backyard of her own home, as illiterate as her, unable to recognize a single character. Apart from her claim of being a Child Prodigy, there really seemed to be no other explanation.
The expression on the elder of the Huang Family’s face was indescribably strange!