Wei Yunlan accompanied Gao and helped Cheng Yue'e into the house and laid her down. "Mom, you and Dad go and rest first. I'm here with you, sister-in-law. I'll call you when the doctor comes."
This was a rural inn located beside the official road, for traveling merchants to stay. There were not many rooms. Jie Guan occupied one of the two most spacious rooms, and the other one was not arranged for his subordinates, but given to the Liang family.
Of the remaining ten middle rooms, the servants and the Liang family each occupied four, while the Wei family only occupied two. The reason they were able to occupy these two rooms was partly because there were patients in some families.
Wei Yunlan originally wanted to let his parents live in one of the rooms, but Wei Maolin gave the room to the women and moved into the large bunk bed next to the kitchen with Wei Mingxuan, Wang Guanshi and his son, Dong Da, and Liu Quan.
The women from the Feng and Bai families lived in another large bunk bed. Nearly 90% of the people in the inn belonged to their exiled group.
Wei Yunlan had only been sitting in the room for less than half an hour when Ning Shuang knocked on the door and came in, "Miss, the doctor is here."
"Please come in." Wei Yunlan stood up to greet him.
Following Ningshuang into the house was an old man with a scruffy beard and a slightly hunched back. Over his shirt, which had been starched so much that the color couldn't be seen, was a tattered white sweat towel.
If Ningshuang had not just said that the "doctor" had come, no one would have mistaken this old man for a doctor, but would have thought he was just an old farmer working in the fields.
Wei Yunlan's surprise flashed across his eyes, but his attitude did not change at all. He still said politely, "Thank you for coming all the way here so late at night, old sir."
The old man waved his hand nonchalantly, "Why thank me or not? You pay the money and I do the work. This is the patient, right?"
He pointed at Cheng Yue'e who was sleeping with her eyes closed on the bed.
At this time, there was no need to avoid suspicion of outsiders. Since they were all exiled from the capital, Wei Yunlan didn't care about the rules of the capital at all. He immediately gave the stool next to the bed to the doctor and said, "Please help my sister-in-law. She started to have a fever last night. She drank two doses of soup on the way today, and she is getting better."
The old man took the prescription handed over by Wei Yunlan, glanced at it, then stretched out two fingers to place his pulse on Cheng Yue'e's wrist.
After a moment, he let go of her hand, stroked his beard, and said with a sigh: "He is lucky."
"What do you mean?" Wei Yunlan raised his eyebrows.
"This lady had just given birth, and her vitality was damaged. She was also depressed, which laid the foundation for the disease. If the evil pathogen had not entered her body this time and stimulated the symptoms early, when the disease broke out in the future, it would not be as simple as a few fevers."
"These two doses of medicine were taken on time. The prescriptions are good, but the medicinal properties are a bit strong. If she drinks more, her body will not be able to bear it. I will mix two of the herbs. You can boil the medicine according to the new prescription, three times a day, and drink it for two more days."
After the old man finished speaking, he took out a pen and ink from the medicine box and made a few changes on the prescription that Wei Yunlan took out.
Wei Yunlan saw that this doctor was confident and calm whether he was taking a pulse or prescribing medicine, so he must be a capable doctor.
Seeing that the other party was about to leave with the medicine box, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Old man, please stay."
"Anything else? You've already paid the consultation fee when you came." The old man patted the purse hanging around his waist.
The more Wei Yunlan looked at him, the more he felt that this old doctor had a bit of the flavor of a "master from another world".
"I have some medicinal herbs here. I would like you to prepare a few prescriptions for common diseases based on these herbs. The reward will be calculated separately. I will definitely not treat you unfairly."
The old man had been frowning, but after hearing the last two sentences, his frown suddenly relaxed and he grinned, "No problem, no problem. I thought it was a big deal. Bring the herbs here, and I'll prepare them for you."
Wei Yunlan asked Tingxue to bring all the medicinal herbs.
There was not enough space on the square table in the room, so the remaining items were placed on the baggage wrappings and filled the entire floor.
The old man was indeed quite capable. He was familiar with the properties of every herb. After learning that Wei Yunlan and his party were going to the north, he specially prepared some prescriptions for treating typhoid fever. Among them, two prescriptions with the mildest properties were specially prepared for Cheng Yue'e and the children at home.
"Do you want some ointment for external use?" The old man finally took out two rough porcelain bottles from his medicine box as if offering a treasure. "During the autumn harvest, villagers often come to me to ask for it. Apply it on your feet to relieve fatigue, and apply it on your hands to prevent scratches from farm tools."
Wei Yunlan immediately thought of his father. This medicine can be applied to the place where it comes into contact with the wooden yoke!
"How much of this ointment do you have? I want it all!"
"Young lady, you are so straightforward!" The old man accepted the money with satisfaction and took out two yellow paper packages from the box. "This is the realgar powder I made myself. It has the effect of repelling insects and snakes. I'm giving it to you as a gift."
Six taels of silver were exchanged for bags of prepared medicinal materials, four bottles of external ointment, and two bags of realgar powder.
Looking at the things on the table, Wei Yunlan's heart, which had been in a panic all day, finally calmed down.
Let Ningshuang send the old man away. She couldn't help thinking in her heart that there should be a doctor in the team.
Preparing medicinal materials and preparing prescriptions in advance is only a temporary expedient. When the right opportunity comes, she will have to find a doctor or a female doctor to join her team!
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It was late at night and everyone was asleep, just when Wei Yunlan was trying to stop little Jiarong from falling asleep.
On the Moon Watching Tower in the capital, Feng Ping handed the secret letter he had just taken from the pigeon's feet to his master.
"Master, this was sent from Yu Qi."
The man bent over the table raised his eyebrows, took the secret letter, scanned it carefully, and then handed it back to Feng Ping, "Take a look at it too."
What was written in the secret letter was actually the situation during the two days of exile. It mainly talked about the Wei family, and also mentioned the other three families in passing.
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