Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Brother Kong, where are your hands?
Shen Wanshan's fingers twisted the silver needle back and forth, as if it was really piercing the flesh, and slowly pushed the needle tip half an inch forward.
Moreover, he did not just give a random injection. The location was at the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the right foot, which was exactly the Taibaixue point that could relieve foot pain.
"Are you feeling better?"
Watching the silver needle in Shen Wanshan's hand turning left and right, Xu Zhicheng's hunched shoulders relaxed a little, and after taking a deep breath, the pain that came from nothingness really eased a lot: "Okay, much better."
At that moment, Shen Miao’s brain really crashed.
Grandpa was an excellent doctor and she had seen him cure many rare and difficult diseases, but this ability to relieve pain with acupuncture out of thin air...to be honest, this was the first time she had seen it.
And this injection also made Shen Miao believe what Aunt Zhou said: Xu Zhicheng was really possessed by a ghost!
Otherwise, how could he feel pain in his non-existent foot?
After moxibustion for a while, Shen Wanshan compared the size of his left foot and found the corresponding Taixi acupoint and Kunlun acupoint. However, this time he did not use acupuncture, but repeatedly kneaded the two air points with his fingers.
"Relax, don't be nervous, it will be fine in a moment..."
It is not known whether this sentence was meant to comfort Xu Zhicheng or to appease the ghost possessing him.
Looking at Shen Wanshan’s focused profile as he concentrated on massaging, at that moment, Shen Miao began to doubt her grandfather’s true identity.
Grandpa can't be one of those Taoist priests in the movies who can catch ghosts, monsters, and zombies...
After about a few minutes of Shen Wanshan's massage, the sudden pain in Xu Zhicheng's feet completely disappeared.
“What are you standing there for? Continue the acupuncture.” Seeing Shen Miao standing there like a wooden chicken, Shen Wanshan stood up and urged her casually.
"oh oh."
Shen Miao came back to her senses, then pulled out a few more silver needles and inserted them into the acupoints on his calves one by one.
In the past few months, the scene just now has happened many times. Wang Suihua specially prepared a towel in her hand. Looking at the ragged and rough surface, it seems that it has been bitten frequently.
"Uncle, Zhicheng's foot hurts every night. Is there really no other way?"
"There's no other way. He can only rely on himself to get through it."
"Can't I take medicine?"
"It's useless. This is not a disease. If it's not a disease, what's the point of taking medicine?"
"There's no cure, but it can be relieved a little. Last time I taught you a few acupoints for massage. You can massage him often when you have nothing to do. When the weather gets better in a few days, try to get him out of bed and walk around. Let him get more sun, and maybe he will recover faster."
"Hey, thank you uncle."
It's not a disease, it can't be cured, just get more sun... From what they said, it seems that there really is a ghost in Xu Zhicheng's body.
After Shen Miao had applied all the needles, he took out the wires and batteries, ready to power on the moxibustion for each acupoint.
After connecting the wires, Shen Miao suddenly thought of something, so she turned her head and asked, “Master, you just gave Brother Zhicheng a needle in his foot, do you want to give him an electric shock as well?”
Shen Wanshan: ???
Hearing Shen Miao ask this question, his face suddenly darkened: “You idiot, your brother Zhicheng’s right foot is gone, what can heal a ball with electricity?!”
After saying that, he raised his hand and flicked her on the forehead.
This blow is no lighter than a beating with a ruler.
Covering her forehead which was covered with red from being sprayed, Shen Miao let out an aggrieved “Oh”.
Woohoo, why! He can give the "ghost" acupuncture to relieve pain, but he can't give the "ghost" an electrotherapy treatment?
Grandpa is allowed to exorcise ghosts, but his granddaughter is not allowed to use electric shock on her feet, right?
It was 11 o'clock in the morning when she came out of Xu Zhicheng's house. Almost an hour had passed, but the red spot on Shen Miao's forehead still hadn't faded. From a distance, she looked like the money-giving girl with a red mole next to Guanyin.
Seeing that Shen Miao was only focused on pedaling without saying a word, Shen Wanshan tried to open her up and asked, "Does it still hurt?"
"pain."
My forehead doesn’t hurt, but my heart does.
"You deserve it." Shen Wanshan replied with two words, neither light nor heavy.
Shen Miao: ???
"You knew that his right foot was gone, but you still said you would use electricity to moxibustion him. Aren't you being stupid?"
Shen Miao unconvincedly increased the strength of pedaling: “Then why don’t you also use needles to moxibustion him.”
"I'm treating his heart, what are you treating him for?" Shen Wanshan's tone seemed to be a stern lecture, but he was actually reasoning with her, "You can't treat anything, aren't you making a fool of yourself."
Xu Zhicheng's pain is not in his body, but in his heart.
To explain it in the way our ancestors often said, although Xu Zhicheng's body was missing a leg, that part of his soul had not yet dissipated, so without the support of something, he would feel pain.
This pain does not exist, it is a psychological pain, so he needs to be given an "injection" in the heart.
Just like when you see someone accidentally get their flesh pinched by a zipper or bite their tongue, you will feel pain yourself. Letting him see his non-existent foot being acupunctured can also relieve his psychological pain to a certain extent.
The soreness and tingling in his calves were caused by the disruption of the continuity of his body's meridians after his amputation. Qi and blood could not circulate normally, causing pain, so he had to use electroacupuncture to treat it.
The two types of pain have different causes, so they naturally require different treatment methods.
After listening to Shen Wanshan's explanation, Shen Miao nodded as if she had suddenly realized something: "Oh~ So Brother Zhicheng is not possessed by a ghost? Is it simply because his leg was broken that he is feeling depressed and can't get over it?"
"Humph, possessed by a ghost?" Shen Wanshan snorted, slowly took out the kettle and drank water, "I knew you heard someone in their village talking nonsense again."
Oops, I was discovered...
Thinking that Xu Zhicheng would be her patient in the future, Shen Wanshan no longer concealed the truth and told her everything he knew.
Xu Zhicheng fell from the building not because he was pushed by a ghost, but because he was scared.
He couldn't remember exactly what scared him, because he hit his head after falling down the stairs. The doctor said it was a concussion, so the memory was very vague. He only remembered hearing a scream, and then he accidentally fell down the stairs while running away.
Because he couldn't remember what he saw, he often had nightmares, and his right foot would hurt every time he woke up from a dream.
This is a heart disease, and heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine. When he can remember what happened one day, maybe he will be fine.
After understanding what happened, Shen Miao asked again: “Master, then do you think there are ghosts in this world?”
"Yes," Shen Wanshan answered confidently, "There are some 'little ghosts' in this world who have bad intentions and pretend to be ghosts. When you treat more patients in the future, you will see all kinds of strange 'little ghosts'."
After hearing what Shen Wanshan said, Shen Miao instantly became more interested.
Although the words "booming business" are not suitable for opening a medical clinic, she really wants to meet a few more "little ghosts" who can deliver melons to her door!
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After several days of continuous rain, the bright sun finally came out.
Occasionally a breeze blows on my body, not too cold or too dry, just the right temperature.
It was almost autumn, and it was the busy farming season, so not many people came to the clinic for treatment. Taking advantage of the free time at noon, Shen Miao rode his bike to give rehabilitation massage to Xu Zhicheng and Grandma Li from Chahe Village.
There were usually not many people visiting Xu Zhicheng's home, but today a very ostentatious motorcycle was parked at the door.
"Sister-in-law, I'm here to deliver medicine to Brother Zhicheng."
The courtyard door was not closed, and when Shen Miao came in, she happened to run into Wang Suihua who was coming out of the kitchen carrying some fruits.
"Come in quickly, your brother Zhicheng's leader is also in the room."
lead?
When I followed Wang Suihua into the house, a pungent smell of tobacco hit me in the face.
The man sitting next to Xu Zhicheng was crossing his legs, holding a half-burned cigarette in the corner of his mouth, and chatting with him in a casual manner.
Seeing a young girl in her early twenties following behind Wang Suihua, the man quickly looked her over and said, "This is..."
"This is the girl who came to treat me, her name is Miaomiao. Miaomiao, this is the leader of my construction site, her name is..."
“Call me brother, Brother Kong.” The man stood up and rubbed his hands on his clothes, then took the initiative to extend his hand to Shen Miao.
Although Shen Miao’s first impression of him was not very good, she still shook his hand and greeted him, “Hello, Brother Kong.”
The man's name was Kong Xiangming. He was called a leader, but in fact he was just the contractor on the construction site. He looked to be in his early forties. Although he was neither fat nor thin and was not short at 1.75 meters, he looked very greasy, as if he had just been fished out of an oil tank.
Although one cannot judge a person by his appearance, Shen Miao's intuition told her that Kong Xiangming was not a good person.
Kong Xiangming came to visit Xu Zhicheng as a representative of the construction site. He brought not only fruits but also eggs and some supplements.
"Since you want to treat Zhicheng, I won't bother you anymore. I'll leave first." Kong Xiangming threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it and said.
"No, Brother Kong, it's a rare opportunity for you to come here, so please stay for lunch." Xu Zhicheng took the initiative to persuade him to stay.
Wang Suihua plaited her sleeves and said, "Yes, my family is going to stew a chicken today, let's stay and have some."
Kong Xiangming didn't bother to be polite with them. "Okay, let me stay here to treat Zhicheng first. I'll go to the kitchen with you and help you."
"become."
Shen Miao first asked about his rest in the past two days, and then checked his pulse.
After this period of recuperation, his body has indeed recovered a lot, and he said that his "foot pain" has also eased, but he still has nightmares, and even when he takes a nap during the day he will occasionally wake up.
When taking out the needle bag and preparing to give Xu Zhicheng acupuncture, Shen Miao searched for a lighter in the medicine box for a long time but couldn't find it, so Xu Zhicheng said he could go to the kitchen to borrow a light.
"Sister-in-law, let me use your lighter."
When Shen Miao arrived in the kitchen, Wang Suihua and Kong Xiangming were working together on the old hen they had just caught.
The two of them were clearly plucking the old hen, but Shen Miao saw that Kong Xiangming’s hand was on Wang Suihua’s hand…
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