If you really don't charge for consultations, what does it matter if the medicine is a little more expensive?

"Where is that doctor?"

"Is it far from here?"

"Besides treating bugs, can you treat other ailments? Or swollen feet?"

…

All of a sudden, the villagers started asking questions at once, just like the old grandpa and grandma in modern times going to the supermarket to get free eggs, as active and eager.

Lin Anji was confused by the questions and didn't know which one to answer.

It was Master Li, who was in urgent need of an answer, who came to his rescue: "Stop arguing, stop arguing, be quiet, the head of the Lin family can't hear what you want to ask like this, come one by one."

After Mr. Li Erye emphasized this several times, everyone calmed down, and Lin Anji also gave an answer to the question he had just heard:

"The doctor is from here."

"It's not far from us, it's very close."

"Besides treating worms, I don't know if she knows anything about other illnesses. I'll have to ask her."

.......

"Our doctor? I've never heard of a doctor around here who specializes in treating bugs."

"Could it be the one from Zhangjia Village next door?"

"No, definitely not. That person only knows how to set bones. It's a skill passed down from our ancestors. He can't treat any other illnesses."

"No, I haven't heard of any doctors nearby. There was a doctor with good medical skills in Liujia Village before, but I heard he passed away a few days ago."

"The one you're talking about is An Ru's father-in-law, right? He's a really good doctor, better than the one in town. I went to see him last time..."

.......

The villagers were guessing one after another. Even though the person who knew the answer was right in front of them, they just didn't ask, so Lin Anji didn't have the chance to say what he had always wanted to say.

He squatted on the ground with some boredom watching their heated discussion. Lin Bowen looked at his father's actions and squatted like him, then was carried home by Sun.

She felt relieved that the child was fine.

The most important thing now is to let my husband focus on making money.

Sun took the child home and also brought the two elders of the Lin family who wanted to watch the fun.

The only people left at the scene were the dazed Lin Anji and the people from the second house who were watching the fun. As for the people from the third house, they had already gone home when they saw what Lin Bowen was holding.

Only after all the weeds under their feet were pulled out did the villagers remember Lin Anji.

"Brother Anji, which village's doctor are you talking about?!"

"From our village." Lin Anji patted the dirt in his hands.

Acting really isn't for him. Next time his third brother asks him to do this job, he'll probably refuse.

this time......

We have to do it this time. If we don’t, we won’t have the money to pay for the medicine.

Our village?

who?

Is there such a person?

I racked my brains but couldn't imagine that there was such a thing as a doctor in my village.

Never heard of it.

Never seen it.

Don’t know.

The villagers looked at each other and shook their heads - they didn't know!

So everyone surrounded Lin Anji again and stared at him.

Lin Anji was also unambiguous: "Her name is Lin Shiyu."

Lin Shiyu?

This sounded like a woman's name.

The men present frowned when they heard this. The status of women in this dynasty was slightly higher than that of the previous dynasty, but the prejudice against women was not much less than that of the previous dynasty.

Especially in farming families, where survival requires a lot of labor, girls are almost regarded as a burden to the family.

Whenever a family has a skill, it is common for it to be passed on to the son, and it is very rare for it to be passed on to the daughter.

The people here have traditional ideas and would rather their crafts be lost than pass them on to their daughters.

It is really surprising that the family of this woman named Lin Shiyu passed on her skills to her.

Unlike the men, the women in the village were very happy to hear that it was a female doctor, especially the married women.

In an era where people were fed and drunk as usual, most people were in poor health.

The food of each household mainly depends on the labor force in the family. So women, who are considered as "burdens", have been hungry since childhood.

When I was a child, I didn’t have enough nutrition to support my body’s growth, and after I got married, my body was drained by childbirth.

Women's bodies can only be described with the word "empty".

They can tolerate and get used to all these, but in this place where the delivery conditions are poor, they all suffer from gynecological diseases to varying degrees.

There are doctors who can treat other diseases, but no one treats gynecological diseases.

Even if there are doctors who can treat these diseases, they don't have the face to talk to a male doctor and ask him to help with the examination.

Moreover, the men in their family would not allow a strange man to touch their women.

Not having money to see a doctor is one thing, but having no one to see a doctor is another.

There is a female doctor here, at least if there are any problems during childbirth, I can ask her for help instead of waiting to die.

No matter how hard or tiring life is, it means nothing in the face of life and death.

Almost all the village women present were immersed in the joy of having their lives guaranteed, except for Liu Po, who looked thoughtful.

She is known as the "little loudspeaker" of gossip. All the gossips in the surrounding area can escape her ears. She dares to say that she is second to none in terms of being well-informed, and no one in the nearby villages dares to say that she is first.

Her mind raced, searching for information about "Lin Shiyu" when suddenly an idea struck her:

"Big Boss of the Lin Family, the Lin Shiyu you're talking about isn't the six-year-old girl from your third brother's family, right?"

Big girl, big sister, big girl, etc., or flowers, grass...

A serious name like Lin Shiyu is rare in the villages near them.

Precisely because of its rarity, the name Lin Shiyu appears infrequently, but Liu Po ​​still remembered it in her heart.

The villagers looked at Liu Po ​​and thought she was senile and confused.

I actually thought of a six-year-old girl.

But what Lin Anji said next slapped them in the face.

"Yes, that's right!"

Villagers of Yamada Village: ...

this……

That's outrageous!

"Hey! Turns out you were just teasing us!"

"Let's go."

"Bah! Are you Lin family members so desperate to get rich that you actually pulled off such a stunt? If you had given Liu the title of doctor, I would have believed it..."

…

The villagers who had just gathered together started to scold Lin Anji and then left.

Looking at the slowly dispersing crowd and the figures moving further and further away, Lin Anji lowered his head in disappointment.

See, he said it wouldn't work.

Instead of counting on making money from this, it would be more practical to farm diligently and sell the harvest.

Yes.

Because the eldest wife's family was extremely poor and could not afford Lin Shiyu's medicine, Lin Anru, as her younger brother, came up with this idea.

According to my daughter, almost everyone in the village has this disease, which means everyone needs herbal medicine.