After Gu Beiting finished seeing the patient, it was already getting late. She declined the Huichuntang doctor's offer to take her home and instead walked aimlessly through the streets of Yun County.
I haven't been shopping for a long time.
Gu Beiting was walking around Yun County alone.
She walked to a quiet place and could no longer walk, thinking that she should go back. Two people came over and one of them said:
"What's going on with the Zhang family? I saw their youngest son was sick, so why didn't he see a doctor?"
"His family is in debt, and he doesn't have three copper coins in his pocket, so how could he dare to go to the clinic?"
"Poor thing. It looks like he only has spots on his body. Could it be that his house is too dirty? I think Lao Zhang has some spots too. I saw spots on his hands yesterday too. He said he had a fever and was feeling uncomfortable."
For some reason, Gu Beiting felt uneasy, and she quickly stopped the two people who were talking.
A little far away from the two of them, "Brother, where is the old Zhang family you mentioned?"
One of the young men, wearing a headscarf, grinned and said, "Girl, the Zhang family doesn't have any rich relatives, right?"
"I'm a doctor, and my main job is to save lives. Take me to Old Zhang's house, and I'll buy you some fried cakes."
The two looked at each other suspiciously. There was such a good thing.
"Okay. Let's go buy some fried dough sticks first."
Gu Beiting hurried over, wrapped four pancakes and handed them to the two men.
The two young men sent Gu Beiting to the door of Lao Zhang's house and left while chewing the oil cake. As they walked, they said:
"Girl, please tell me if there is such good news in the future."
Gu Beiting knocked on the door, then thought of something and took out the mask from the medical bag and put it on her face.
A weak voice came from inside.
"Who is it?"
"I'm a female doctor passing by. I heard that someone in your family is sick."
There was no movement in the yard.
Gu Beiting knocked on the door again, "I'm a female doctor. Don't you have a patient at home?"
"We had no money, so we boiled water with the ash from the bottom of the pot."
"Auntie, mixing soy with water is useless. I won't charge you."
There was the sound of a chair being moved inside, and a thin, hunched-over woman opened the door. Her cloudy eyes looked at Gu Beiting, whose attire made her look like a girl from a wealthy family.
"Girl, my son and old man have some skin problems. We farmers can't afford to see a doctor or buy medicine, but this is not a serious matter that will cost our lives."
As the old lady spoke, she reached out and tucked the hair that had fallen by her ear. Gu Beiting inadvertently noticed that there were also red patches on the old lady's wrist, covered with white scales.
"Auntie, why do you have some on your hands?"
The old lady said suspiciously, "No. My son went to Datian Village a few days ago, and he became like this after he came back. My old man got pregnant the day before yesterday, too. I..."
When she saw her wrist, the old lady was also stunned.
"When did this become available?"
Gu Beiting knew something was wrong from these words. "Is your son home?"
"No, he's out working. If he doesn't work for a day, he'll starve to death."
Gu Beiting was nervous, her throat dry. Just in case, she put on gloves and examined the old lady. She also asked about her son and grandson's symptoms.
The aunt told her everything.
"Auntie, please don't go out for the time being. It's getting dark, so tell your family to stay home. I'll ask the doctor from Huichun Hall to come over and take a look."
Gu Beiting didn’t know what was going on?
She vaguely sensed something was wrong from the symptoms, so she left the place, took off her gloves and mask, and quickly went to Huichun Hall to find the old doctor.
The old doctor of Huichuntang's face turned pale when he saw Gu Beiting running away.
I was shocked, "Miss Gu, what's wrong with you?"
"Old doctor, I have something important to discuss with you." Gu Beiting was afraid of causing panic, so she quickly asked the old doctor to follow her to the backyard.
The old doctor asked the patient to wait for him for a while, and he went to the backyard.
"Doctor, something bad might happen." Gu Beiting looked at the old doctor anxiously.
"What's going on?"
Gu Beiting told the old doctor everything that had happened. She also told the old lady what she had seen and asked her about her son's symptoms.
The old doctor's head exploded with a bang.
He held onto the stool beside him to prevent himself from falling. "Miss Gu, if this is true, I'm afraid Yun County will be doomed."
"Probably leprosy."
Hearing these words, Gu Beiting was instantly confused. This was Gu Beiheng and Su Qi's Yun County, how could leprosy be allowed to spread?
"Old doctor, what should we do?"
"I'll go with you to confirm the diagnosis. If it's true, we must report it to the county government."
The old doctor lost interest in seeing patients and asked another doctor to take over. He, Gu Beiting, and the medicine boy hurried to the old lady's mother's house.
Gu Beiting knocked on the door for a long time but no one opened it.
"That's strange. I told the old lady not to leave."
Someone nearby poked their head out and looked over here suspiciously. "His youngest son just went out, so there should be someone at home."
When the old doctor heard that something was wrong, he quickly asked the medicine boy to break the door open.
Gu Beiting, the medicine boy, and the old doctor were all wearing masks. When the medicine boy knocked on the door a few times, there was a noise from inside the room.
"Stop hitting it. My door is not strong. It will fall apart if you hit it."
The old lady's eyes were already dodging when she saw Gu Beiting coming over. She laughed and said, "Miss, why are you here again? My family is short of silver. How about you give me three or five cents of silver?"
The old doctor's eyes fell on the old lady's wrist, "Where is your youngest son?"
"I am a doctor from Huichuntang. I will treat your family for free today." The old doctor has a high reputation in Yun County, and most people don't dare to sneer at him.
The old lady mumbled for a long time, but in the end she couldn't say anything.
"Doctor, we don't need treatment. These are just mosquito bites. My family is short of silver. Three taels is not too much, and three cents is not too little."
The medicine boy sneered, "You wish."
The old man in the room came out.
The old man's honest face was a little scared. He had thought everything was fine. But today, Gu Beiting's words made them worried. When they saw that all three of the family members were like this,
There was also a little daughter who seemed to have discovered a little bit.
When the younger son heard about it, he was afraid that the government would burn them to death, so he ran away and hid.
The old man finally gritted his teeth and asked the old doctor to take his pulse.
Seeing this, the old doctor's heart sank to the bottom.
He asked the old man again where his son came from and who he had contact with.
When the old man saw the serious look on the old doctor's face, he knew that what he feared had finally happened.
"Datian Village. I heard there are a few outsiders there, selling some food nearby."
Gu Beiting suddenly thought of the bearded man. She remembered that his team had recently been stationed in Datian Village. They said they had returned to Yun County on a mission.
Thinking of this, Gu Beiting had to think about the worst.
"Old doctor, I'll go first. Please ask someone to contact Yun Xiaobo in Mingfeng Town." After saying this, Gu Beiting stumbled out.
She ran outside and tried to calm herself down.
Finally, he arrived at the Liu Family Inn and found the owner of the Liu Family Inn. The weasel spent most of his time in Mingfeng Town, but he was also in charge of the business of the Liu Family Inn in Yun County.
He was talking to the innkeeper in the inn at the moment. When he heard that Gu Beiting from Mengjiazhuang had something important to do, he hurried out.
"Miss Ting, what's the matter?"
Gu Beiting glanced at the guests coming and going in the inn, and pointed behind her, hesitant to speak.
"Miss Ting, this way please."
As soon as Gu Beiting entered, she asked Huang Weasel to contact Gu Beiheng and Su Qi, and told them what she and the old doctor had diagnosed.
The weasel knew that something had happened in Yun County.
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