Chapter 7: Regaining Clarity

  From this day on, Sheng Siyan's eyes seemed to be getting better every day.

  "King asked her again: "What's the feeling? Where is uncomfortable? Where is comfortable? How are your eyes today? Can you see anything?"

  Her answers were no longer uniform, but changed more and more with each passing day.

  The first day.

  "I feel a bit better. Mother, I can see small golden dots in front of me, what are they?"

  Wang was taken aback and looked out the door. ——It seemed like the sun's rays?

  The next day.

  "My eyes itch so much today, mom, rub them for me..."

  The third day.

  "Mom, is it dawn? It seems very bright outside..."

  Wang's smile grew brighter and more radiant each day, and her mood also improved with each passing day.

  She finally let out a sigh of relief.

  It's been five years, and although it took a bit longer than expected, she finally didn't disappoint the ancestors of the Sheng family, and cured the child's eye disease!

  On the seventh day, Wang gave Sheng Siyan a meal and medicine, just about to ask her those routine questions, when she saw Sheng Siyan's long eyelashes tremble several times, then slowly opened her eyes.

  Wang was not unfamiliar with Sheng Siyan's expression when she opened her eyes, but this time, she was completely stunned.

  Wang had imagined many scenarios of Sheng Siyan's eyes recovering, but none were as wonderful as this.

  All that was seen was the layer of grayish white like fog and haze on Sheng Siyan's eyes completely disappearing, only to see two grains of eyes shining brightly like black jade, sparkling and flashing on the white eyeballs emitting a faint blue light!

  Nothing "bright eyes and beautiful eyebrows", "clever smile and charming", nothing "eyebrows like smoke and autumn water in the eyes" can describe the brilliance of Sheng Siyan's eyes!

  Looking at this pair of spirited and agile eyes, absolutely no one would think that these are the eyes of a blind girl!

  Sheng Siyan blinked again, as if adapting to the changing light in front of her.

  "Mother, I see you!" Sheng Siyan stretched out her snowy soft small hand, holding Wang's face with wind and frost, the gentle smile in her eyes was so gentle that it almost dripped water.

  Wang's tears fell like rain, and she buried her face in Sheng Siyan's soft hands, sobbing: "Mother saw it, Mother saw it, Mother's little Siyan, finally able to see the light of day..."

  She hugged Sheng Siyan and cried bitterly, then hurriedly lit incense and candles, silently praying in her heart: The ancestors of the Sheng family, you can rest your eyes. The prestige of the Sheng family will not be cut off on this land. The surname of the Sheng family will not disappear on this land!

  Sheng Siyan followed Wang's family to kowtow and worship their ancestors' memorial tablets.

  After breakfast, Wang's family closed the big gate and said that Sheng Siyan was ill and would not let her out for the time being.

  Sheng Siyan also knew that Wangshi was temporarily not allowing her to go out in order to prevent a relapse of her eye disease.

  Wang needs to carefully observe the progress of her eyes recovering.

  Moreover, Sheng Siyan looked at the bright spot for a while and indeed felt her eyes sour and uncomfortable. She obediently listened to Wang's words and stayed at home to rest. Every day, she was exposed to sunlight for no more than an hour.

  The Wang Erge next door was worried and came to see him several times, but was persuaded back by Wang Shi, saying that Sheng Siyan's condition had relapsed and would be better when spring arrived.

  During the Chinese New Year, people from Wangjia Village sent gifts and food to Wangshi and Sheng Siyan, and the mother-daughter duo had a very prosperous new year.

  Sheng Siyan stayed at home until the 15th of the first month, her eyes had fully adapted to the daylight, and she no longer felt any soreness or tearing when spending a whole day in the courtyard, before Wang declared that her eye disease was truly cured.

  Sheng Siyan was very happy and also asked Wang: "Mother, what's wrong with my eyes?" She was actually just curious.

  As far as she knew, this congenital eye disease (brought from the womb) had never been heard of being cured in her past life. At that time, medicine was much more advanced than it is now...

  The Wang family actually wasn't very clear, she just vaguely said: "The Sheng family's prescription is indeed fierce, even if you have congenital eye disease, it can be cured." After a pause, she told her: "You're not the first one either. The eldest daughter of the Wu family, who is also Zheng Dainai's biological daughter, also had congenital eye disease and was cured by Zheng Dainai in just one year. Unlike your mother, I used five years to cure you."

  Sheng Siyan listened and hurriedly said, "Mother, don't say that. Our family lives in this small mountain village, and we have to go to the mountains ourselves to pick and gather various medicines. How can we compare with the wealthy Wu family who has everything they want? Under such simple conditions, Mother was still able to cure my eye disease. Your skills are not inferior to those of Zheng's wife!"

  Although there is a flattering component, the general idea is not bad.

  Wang's heart was clear, and he couldn't help but feel good, so he reached out and pinched the tender and rosy little face of Sheng Siyan, laughing and saying: "Our family members are all clumsy with words, who would have thought that with you, this mouth is like a overturned walnut cart, really don't know whose it follows!"

  "It must have been passed down from my great-grandfather, right? Mother didn't say that Great-Grandfather was not only skilled in medicine, but also eloquent and articulate. In his younger years at the Imperial Academy, he debated with a group of scholars and even Zheng's old master couldn't outdo him!" Sheng Siyan said with her hands propping up her cheeks, looking up at Wang Shi with a smile.

  "Alright, just you have a good memory. I think it was two or three years ago that I only mentioned it once? How old were you back then? You remembered so clearly? Be careful outside, don't talk nonsense. - Don't you know that trouble comes from the mouth?"

  Sheng Siyan nodded vigorously, "Of course I know. I understand this sentence better than anyone else." She said with a smile, then changed the subject and asked: "Mother, can I go out today?"

  "Let's go out, I'll take you. Tonight there's a lantern festival in the village, we can go for a stroll and greet the villagers. We'll tell them your eye disease is cured and thank everyone for taking care of us all these years. It's also time for us to repay the kindness of the villagers." Madam Wang said as she pulled Sheng Siyan into the inner room and handed her a set of clothes to change into.

  When night falls, various beautiful lanterns are lit up on the village road of Wangjia Village, illuminating the entire street like a dragon.

  The Fifteen Lanterns Festival in Wangjiacun Village is famous, people from neighboring villages and towns come to admire it, just like a fair.

  Wang brought out a newly dressed Sheng Siyan from the house and came under the flower lanterns in front of the street.

  Wang Erge from next door was the first to discover Sheng Siyan and Wang Shi, and he hurried over with a small rabbit lantern in hand, handing it to Sheng Siyan and saying: "Siyan, you haven't been out for a long time, are you better now?"

  Sheng Siyan nodded and looked up at Wang Ergou, blinking hard and smiling sweetly: "I saw you, Wang Ergou!"

  Wang Ergou lowered his head and looked, suddenly stunned there.

  All he saw was that the familiar greyish-white eyes, as if veiled in haze, were gone, replaced by a pair of clear black and white eyes, gazing softly at him, making his heart melt...