In the dim earthen-walled house, a white-haired old woman was lying on a shabby bed. She had just opened her eyes when she started coughing violently again, with some scarlet blood foam at the corners of her mouth.
An old man and a young grandfather were anxiously helping her sit up. "Old woman, get up quickly. I'll carry you to see a doctor."
The old woman held on to the bed tightly, refusing to get out of bed. She spoke incoherently and with great effort: "I, cough cough, I won't go, no, cough cough, I can't drag you down anymore, cough cough..."
The grandson wiped his tears and begged her: "Grandma, let's see a doctor. The doctor will definitely be able to cure you."
The old woman couldn't help shaking her head and said, "We, ahem, have no money, the clinic can't, ahem, take it, take it..."
"grandmother……"
When Tian An and Zhao Yiming arrived, a group of people were gathered outside the house, trying to pool their money. You gave ten cents, I gave five, he gave twenty, and the whole group emptied their pockets before they could barely scrape together two taels of silver.
A lame, rough-looking uncle came into the house with the money everyone had collected and handed it to the old woman, "Uncle Quan, take Auntie to see a doctor!"
Uncle Quan looked at the money that everyone had collected with gratitude in the rough man's hand. He stretched out his trembling hand and was about to take it, but was stopped by the old woman. "Soldier, this, ahem, this money, we, ahem, can't take it. You, take it back! Ahem..."
Seeing that the old woman was unwilling to accept the money, Ah Bing tried to persuade her, "Aunt Quan, treating the disease is more important. We can earn money later."
Aunt Quan shook her head in resoluteness, coughing for a long time before she recovered and said, "I know my own body. Ahem, this is a bottomless pit. Ahem, it can't be filled. Don't, don't waste it."
After finally finishing a sentence, he started coughing again, but this time he couldn't stop, "Cough cough... cough cough cough... cough cough, cough cough..."
Aunt Quan realized something and suddenly covered her mouth with both hands, but the scarlet blood still flowed out through her fingers.
Several people were shocked and prepared to forcibly take her to see a doctor, but Aunt Quan reacted and used all her strength to hold on to the bed for fear of hurting her. A Bing and the others did not dare to use force, and the situation remained deadlocked for a while.
Seeing the situation was urgent, Tian An and Zhao Yiming didn't care about anything else and pushed through the crowd to go into the room. "I know some medical skills. If you don't mind, let me take a look at this old lady!"
Everyone's eyes instantly fell on the two of them. After a long while, Uncle Quan trembled and said, "You, are you the nobleman from the neighboring manor?"
Tian An walked towards the old lady on the bed with a smile, took her hand and diagnosed her, "You are not a noble person, you just bought a few acres of thin land."
Tian An held the old lady's hand. She was a little nervous and wanted to pull her hand away. "This old lady's illness cannot be cured. Miss, don't waste your energy."
Tian An understood and released her hand, saying, "I'm a beginner in medicine. I think I've learned a lot, but others think I'm too young to let me see them. Grandma's condition is already like this, and you're not planning to go to the clinic. Why don't you let me see her? If I can cure her, I won't charge you for the treatment. If I can't, you won't lose anything either. Isn't that the best of both worlds?"
Uncle Quan and the others were hesitant. A beginner's medical skills weren't very good, right? This was a matter of life and death, so how could they be so careless? But Aunt Quan refused to go to the clinic. What could they do?
Aunt Quan didn't think too much about it and just asked, "Miss, ahem, you really don't charge for the consultation? Ahem..."
Tian An nodded: "Really? Does grandma agree?"
Aunt Quan nodded hurriedly. "I agree."
She knew her own body well. Her disease was not easy to cure. Even if it could be cured, she did not plan to continue the treatment. Given her family's financial situation, if she continued the treatment, it would only bring ruin to her old man and grandson.
Since the young lady was willing to practice on her, she cooperated. She did not expect to cure the disease, but only hoped to comfort her grandson and the old man.
Seeing that she agreed, Tian An ignored everyone else, helped her lie down, took out a silver needle and prepared to give her acupuncture.
The others were shocked. They hadn't thought about it yet, so why did he start moving the needle? They hurried to stop Tian An.
Unfortunately, before he could get close to Tian An, he was stopped by Zhao Yiming, "An An is receiving treatment, don't disturb her." Then he pushed him out of the house.
A few uncles were anxious and were about to rush into the house, but unfortunately they were no match for Zhao Yiming at all. They were subdued by Zhao Yiming in a few moves, and their clothes were stripped off and they were tied up into a ball.
Seeing their eyes wide open, Zhao Yiming had no choice but to explain, "An An's medical skills are very good. She just said she's a beginner to comfort the old lady. Please stop making trouble. It will disturb her."
As soon as these words were spoken, the courtyard fell silent. After a long pause, the lame soldier finally said, "Excuse me, sir, how much does Aunt Quan's consultation cost? We'll go and collect it right away."
Seeing that they were finally willing to calm down, Zhao Yiming let them go, "An An said she didn't want the medical fee, so she won't ask for it anymore."
"this……"
Everyone was stunned. Uncle Quan reacted and was about to kowtow to Zhao Yiming to express his gratitude.
Zhao Yiming stopped him, "Old lady, you don't need to thank me. This is all thanks to An An. You don't have to kneel to her. She doesn't like it. If you really want to repay her, help her cultivate the land on the farm!"
"Yes, yes, I will definitely farm diligently..."
Inside the house, after Tian An gave Aunt Quan a few injections, she stopped coughing. After the needles were inserted, he waited for a long time and only removed the needles when he saw that the time was almost up.
After the needle was removed, Aunt Quan had already fallen asleep. Tian An gently covered her with a quilt before slowly leaving the room. When the people waiting outside saw her come out, they all came forward to ask what happened.
Tian An made a "hush" gesture to them and walked them away before saying, "Her cough has stopped and her condition has stabilized, but her illness has been delayed for too long and there's no way to completely cure it. We can only take medicine and slowly recover. We'll see how she does after the cold weather comes."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at first, then asked nervously, "Sir, what kind of medicine do you need?"
At the same time, pray in your heart that it is not some precious medicinal material such as ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, or deer antler!
Tian An secretly observed the expressions of the crowd and said with a smile, "They are not valuable herbs. I have to come to the farm again tomorrow. I will bring some for you then!"
Hearing that the herbs were not expensive, the grandfather and grandson finally felt relieved and thanked the two again.
On the way back, Zhao Yiming asked Tian An, "Are you coming again tomorrow?"
Seeing Tian An nod, he said again: "Can't Chen Qiang make a trip?"
Tian An shook his head. "I want to bring some more herbs to check on the others. I noticed today that most of them are suffering from illnesses. If we leave them alone, they will have a hard time this winter."
Zhao Yiming was silent, and only said: "Bring two more people with you."
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