Zhu Yanyi took a deep breath and said, "Grandpa, I will first treat your legs. After they heal, I will treat your tongue, and finally your eyes."
"Ani, your tongue and eyes are gone. Can they really be treated?" Zhu Shun Yao asked.
"Father, do you remember Brother Haitao? When he had his accident, he lost his tongue. I crafted a new one for him. Although he speaks a bit slowly now, he can still talk. So, if I can craft one tongue, I can craft a second, or even a third. However, I will need Aohan to help find the materials," Zhu Yanyi said to Yan Aohan.
Yan Aohan nodded. This was a small matter for him. Some materials were hard for others to find, but he could solve that.
Taishu Yuanxiang, standing nearby, also spoke up, "Give me a list of materials needed later. I will help gather them too."
"Good," Zhu Yanyi agreed without hesitation. More hands made light work, and Taishu Yuanxiang had her own resources.
"The tongue is fine, but can the eyes really be restored?" Zhu Shun Yao frowned.
Zhu Yanyi smiled and explained, "Restoring the tongue works by connecting the blood vessels in the remaining tissue with the artificial meridians in my crafted tongue. This allows it to function. Of course, taste will not return, but speech is possible, just slower.
The theory for the eyes is similar, though it requires rarer materials. Once collected, I can craft eyes that humans can use.
They won’t be exactly like natural eyes. My crafted eyes will have a camera-like effect. They capture the surrounding environment and send the images to the back of the brain, allowing the brain to perceive what is seen. That is how my eyes work. It sounds simple now, but you will understand better when Grandpa recovers."
Huang Meiying tightly held Zhu Yanyi’s hand. "Child, is this true? Is there really such medical skill?"
"There is such a skill, but currently, in this world, only I know it. No one else does. So, Grandpa, Grandma, please rest assured. Your granddaughter’s title as a little divine doctor is not fake," Zhu Yanyi explained with a smile to Zhu Shenfu and Huang Meiying.
Huang Meiying nodded seriously, murmuring, "That is good. That is good. After forty years, we finally have hope." She turned to look at Zhu Shenfu. "Shenfu, did you hear? Our granddaughter has this ability."
Zhu Shenfu nodded, his face full of excitement. He had heard.
Zhu Yanyi continued, "However, Grandpa, you must first restore your vital energy. I checked, and your internal organs have shrunk due to long-term lack of proper nutrition. So, for now, we must restore the function of your internal organs before proceeding to the next step, treating the legs. Otherwise, you cannot even take medicine right now.
Chinese medicine properties are divided into hot, cold, and neutral. Even the mildest neutral medicine is not suitable for your spleen and stomach at this moment."
"Ani, is there a way?" Zhu Shun Yao asked with concern.
Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. "Of course, there is a way. For the next few days, Grandpa can only drink water and eat nothing else. I will use IV drips to inject diluted Chinese medicine into your body daily. First, we will restore your blood circulation and detoxification function. Then, through blood detoxification, we will restore the power of your heart and lungs. Next, we will restore the liver and gallbladder, and finally the spleen, stomach, and intestines. So, Grandpa cannot eat solid food for a short time. You must rely on water and diluted medicine to maintain your body’s functions."
"Good. I leave this broken body to you," Zhu Shenfu said, making a gesture of handing something over to Zhu Yanyi.
Zhu Yanyi smiled and said, "Good, Grandpa, please rest assured. You can temporarily leave this body to me."
Zhu Yanyi continued explaining Zhu Shenfu’s condition: "After your internal organs recover, the next step is treating your severed legs. Because your legs were broken and not treated properly back then, they healed on their own. Therefore, to treat them properly this time, I will have to break your legs again."
"Ani, your Grandpa is old. Please be gentle," Zhu Shun Yao said. He trusted his daughter’s medical skills, but he still felt the need to remind her.
"Yes, don’t worry, Father. He is my own Grandpa. I will definitely cure him. After these two steps are done, we will treat the tongue and eyes. We will discuss that later. Starting today, I will begin the first step: treating the internal organ functions." Zhu Shenfu’s body was extremely damaged. To cure him, careful conditioning was required first. Fortunately, Zhu Yanyi had plenty of medicine, but conditioning could not be done all at once; it had to be done slowly.
After speaking, Zhu Yanyi added, "I need to go prepare the medicine. You can talk for a while." She greeted Huang Meiying and Zhu Shenfu again before leaving to return to her practice chamber to prepare the medicine.
Yan Aohan did not follow Zhu Yanyi. Instead, after she left, he spoke again, "Ani just talked about Grandpa’s treatment. Now, I will talk about Grandpa’s identity."
Yan Aohan had already summarized the situation regarding Zhu Shenfu and made a plan: "Grandpa’s identity has been stolen. Because of this, many bad reputations are attached to Grandpa’s name. Now that we have rescued Grandpa, this reputation cannot continue to decline. We must reclaim Grandpa’s name. Therefore, the most urgent task is to confirm Grandpa’s identity."
Indeed, Zhu Shenfu’s identity was currently considered a black household registration because the fake Zhu Shenfu, Xiang Shui, had used it. Moreover, Zhu Shenfu was labeled as a deserter and a traitor. For someone with true ideals, this was a huge loss.
Zhu Shenfu was not unaware of this. He considered himself lucky just to return to this world, so he did not dare to expect too much regarding his reputation. However, after hearing Yan Aohan, he felt a glimmer of hope. He looked at Yan Aohan with his eyeless sockets, his face full of hope.
"Is that not difficult to do?" Huang Meiying did not understand this well, but she knew that the procedures for someone who had disappeared for over forty years to suddenly reappear were very complex.
Yan Aohan smiled calmly. "For others, it is naturally difficult. But for me, it is not hard." He then looked at Huang Meiying. "Moreover, this matter concerns not only Grandpa but also Grandma. Grandma has been in a missing status for these years, so it is relatively easier to handle. As long as it is confirmed that you are alive, your identity can be directly reactivated."