Chapter 19 Chapter 19 What’s this smell?
The needles in the bag were of different lengths, and Shen Miao specifically pulled out the longest one: 0.3, three inches long, which was usually used in areas with thicker muscle tissue.
In fact, there is a longer and thicker pack in the clinic, but it is rarely used. Otherwise, Li Guihua must be made to experience what it means to be "in excruciating pain."
When she heard that Shen Miao was going to give her acupuncture, Li Guihua was so scared that she started to "talk nonsense" again. Her two hands were grabbing back and forth in front of her, and she was also muttering about her concern for her son: "Xiao, Xiao, you walk slowly, wait for mother..."
How can this be called hysteria? It's clearly an attempt to avoid treatment!
Shen Miao gave them a look, “Hold her tight and don’t let her move, otherwise it will be troublesome if the needle moves.”
"middle!"
As he said that, Zhou Min climbed onto the bed, and together with Zhou Qiang, he pressed down both sides of Li Guihua's body, and at the same time took the initiative to help Shen Miao roll up her sleeves.
Shen Miao held the needle between three fingers and quickly burned it over the flame. When the temperature dropped, she pierced the Hegu acupoint at the base of her thumb with lightning speed.
hiss!
Before Li Guihua could scream, Zhou Min and Zhou Qiang's hearts trembled.
It hurts! It hurts just looking at it! Of course, just stabbing it in was not enough, Shen Miao also twisted the needle back and forth so that the needle could be completely embedded in her flesh.
Didn't he say that he had a headache because Wang Qin was so angry? Heguxue is a special acupuncture point for treating headaches. This injection should be able to relieve most of the pain.
The pain of acupuncture and massage is different. The pain of massage is local and diffuse, just like the ripples caused by a stone falling into a pond, from the skin to the muscles. Acupuncture is more of a sore pain, especially when there is a lesion in the body. There is not only the pain of piercing, but also the soreness and numbness. In addition, the pain is rubbed left and right...
Itch, soreness, pain, numbness, these multiple feelings mixed together and it’s so uncomfortable.
"Oh my god!?"
Li Guihua's voice was trembling as she screamed. She jumped up and tried to sit up from the bed, but the father and son held her down, preventing her from struggling.
The moment she opened her eyes, she wanted to confess that she was pretending to be sick, but the moment her eyes met Shen Miao's, she gave up the idea.
She couldn't get up, at least not now, otherwise all she had done before would be in vain!
She had to pretend for a while at least, just like what Shen Miao had just said, "she had to rely on her own willpower" to wake up, so that she could highlight how serious her illness was, and let her son drive Wang Qin away.
After just one shout, Li Guihua closed her eyes again, and when Shen Miao pulled out the needle, her body limply lay down again.
"What's going on?" Zhou Min asked in confusion.
Is there any need to ask? I am sure I want to continue pretending.
However, this was just a murmur in Shen Miao’s heart. On the surface, she still did not expose Li Guihua’s trick: “Acupuncture and moxibustion are somewhat effective, but the stimulation is not enough. We need to moxibustion a few more acupoints.”
As he spoke, Shen Miao changed another needle and searched for the most painful acupoint on her leg.
Acupuncture alone might not be enough. I need to press a few more acupoints and work both ways to make her feel the pain so severe that she would be caught off guard.
“Ahh! Ahhhhh!!!”
When Shen Miao curled up his index finger and pressed the raised knuckle on her Zusanli acupoint, the pain made Li Guihua open her eyes suddenly. Then, as the silver needle accurately pierced into her Taichongxue, the cold sweat that she had been holding back also flowed out from her forehead.
Her cry could be heard outside the door and outside the yard, frightening the granddaughters and passers-by outside.
This is really scary. Is this a treatment or a torture? !
But even so, Li Guihua still refused to come out of the play. Her blue cloth shirt was soaked with sweat, but she insisted on pretending. After the pain was over, she closed her eyes and pretended nothing had happened.
She is really willing to do anything to pretend to be sick. Although her intentions are good, I still don’t recommend that mothers imitate her.
He is very tolerant. He is really very tolerant. Such a tolerant person will succeed in everything he does in the future.
“There is one last stitch left. Come, gently help her up.” Shen Miao let out a long sigh and waved to the father and son.
It was still the longest silver needle, but this time she did not insert it in the ordinary way, nor in the most painful acupoint, but used the piercing method to pierce her arm.
Entering from the top of the arm and exiting from the bottom of the arm, it is like a thread easily passing through a canvas.
Pain? It wasn't that painful, but it was full of visual impact, especially when Shen Miao pinched the needle and twitched it up and down. It looked more painful than any acupuncture just now. Zhou Qiang subconsciously put his right hand behind his back.
Because it didn’t feel that painful, Li Guihua secretly opened her eyes, wanting to see what tricks Shen Miao was playing, until she saw Shen Miao piercing her arm with a needle, and her flesh trembled as she pulled... She kind of regretted opening her eyes.
The flesh didn't hurt much, but my heart was aching.
This, this, this, so acupuncture can pierce the hand? Will my hand be useless in the future?
“Well, it should be almost done,” Shen Miao slowly pulled out the silver needle and said calmly, “Let Auntie lie down and rest for a while. I estimate she will wake up in a while, but her mind may still not be clear.”
The play has been performed, the lesson has been taught, and the steps have been arranged. All that’s left now is for Li Guihua to take advantage of the situation and back off.
But if she still wants to continue lying down, then don’t blame Shen Miao for confessing that she is pretending to be sick.
"Oh, yes."
After helping Li Guihua lie down, Zhou Min suddenly thought of something, so he quickly ran to the kitchen and fetched a mysterious-looking glass bottle: "There is still some medicine left from the last time she went to Doctor Ma to ask for it. Drinking it might help."
The glass bottle is the one usually used to store soy sauce. The mouth of the bottle is not only covered with a lid but also covered with a layer of plastic cloth, as if the boys are afraid that the medicine inside will evaporate.
The so-called medicine inside is a light brown, transparent liquid, and you can vaguely see some scattered residues of boiled medicine.
“Uncle, don’t drink this medicine casually.” Shen Miao reminded.
Zhou Min didn't care at all. He took a bowl and replied, "No, this medicine is very effective. It can cure any disease. It won't hurt you. Drinking it every day is good for your health."
What kind of medicine is this? It’s so magical?
After pouring the so-called medicine into the bowl, Shen Miao roughly smelled it. Although she couldn’t tell what was specifically put in it, she could still smell several common medicinal herbs.
Mugwort, licorice, honeysuckle, dandelion...
Wait? Why does this smell a bit fishy? Like something that has been in the toilet for a long time.
Shen Miao fanned the air and frowned as she said, “Uncle, your medicine must have expired. It doesn’t smell right.”
Zhou Min: "It's not expired, it has this flavor, it has the effect only if it has the flavor."
Looking at him holding the bowl of medicine, Shen Miao always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell why.
Because in her memory, most Chinese medicines become dark, turbid liquids after being boiled, and some are even quite viscous. Clear, light-colored medicines like this are rarely found, especially with this taste.
Well, to be frank, this doesn't look like it was made from herbs. It looks more like it was scooped out of the toilet and mixed with water...
But I have to say, this so-called medicine is really effective. Li Guihua woke up after just a few sips.
Probably because she heard what Shen Miao said just now, so after waking up, she still acted confused and her eyes were scattered, as if she didn't remember anything.
He raised his head to look at Zhou Min in front of him, and smacked his lips again, his expression showing no emotion.
Li Guihua had been acting out this scene for a long time, so after waking up, she did not continue to make a fuss. Instead, she lay back on the bed and pretended to be pitiful and helpless.
Since Li Guihua chose to wake up, she would definitely give Zhou Qiang a lecture. Thinking that she was an outsider and it might not be appropriate for her to stay any longer, she left the room and went to Wang Qin and their bedroom to help her with her milk secretion.
The main reason why Wang Qin did not have enough milk was because of her psychological depression, and secondly because of her age. If she could be in a good mood, the child would be able to eat enough.
But it's a pity that I have a mother-in-law like Li Guihua. I guess I won't be in a good mood anymore...
Later, Zhou Qiang did not come to visit for several days in a row. Shen Miao guessed that they might have discovered that she had been teasing Li Guihua by giving her acupuncture that day, and out of anger, they stopped asking her to help Wang Qin with breast-opening.
Although Shen Miao was concerned about Wang Qin's health, since Zhou Qiang didn't come to look for her, she couldn't take the initiative to go to her house to ask, so she had to put his melon aside for the time being.
It was not until that day when Shen Miao went to Xu Zhicheng's house to deliver his artificial limbs and met Zhaodi on the way to the village store to buy vinegar that she learned about the situation in their family these days.
"The medicine my grandfather made is really magical. My mother drank half a bowl and she had milk on the same day." Zhou Zhaodi couldn't help but sigh as she walked towards home with Shen Miao while carrying the vinegar bottle.
Shen Miao asked: “The medicine is in a glass bottle?”
"Yes," Zhou Zhaodi replied, "I bought it from Doctor Ma in Liulihe."
Zhou Zhaodi told me that this medicine was originally saved by Li Guihua for her future eldest grandson. That day, Zhou Qiang saw Li Guihua wake up immediately after drinking this magic medicine, so he thought of asking for some to give to Wang Qin to try.
Naturally, this matter was kept secret from Li Guihua, and Zhou Qiang had to beg his father several times before the old man reluctantly gave him a small cup out of pity for the child.
Unexpectedly, this turned out to be a "miracle drug". Wang Qin's milk supply increased that night after she drank it.
Later, Zhou Qiang went to Liulihe Village in person according to the address he got from his father, found the miracle doctor named Ma, and asked for another bottle of "magic medicine". He gave Wang Qin one cup a day, and her milk supply gradually returned to normal.
"That medicine smells terrible, like urine." Zhou Zhaodi also smelled the strange smell of the magic medicine and said.
Hearing Zhou Zhaodi speak so miraculously, Shen Miao’s first instinct was not to believe it, but to find it incredible: “Is this magic medicine really so miraculous?”
When treating a patient, it is important to prescribe the right medicine for the right condition. This so-called Dr. Ma had never felt Wang Qin's pulse, let alone knew what was wrong with her. How could he prescribe medicine so casually? What if she got sick from the medicine?
After hearing her say this, Shen Miao just remembered that the person who told Li Guihua that “a boy will be born after the ninth day of the first lunar month” seemed to be this divine doctor Ma.
No, we can’t call him a miracle doctor, we should call him a liar.
I don’t know what he’s up to, but it’s definitely not a good thing!
I followed Zhou Zhaodi to her home. Li Guihua and Zhou Min went to work in the fields. Only Zhou Min stayed by Wang Qin's side and prepared lunch for her.
“Dad, Sister Shen is here.”
Zhou Qiang, who was picking vegetables, was a little surprised to see Shen Miao coming. He quickly wiped his hands with his apron and came out of the kitchen, "Are you ready to eat? The rice will be steamed soon, so it's a good time to stay and have a meal."
Wang Qin was sleeping in the house. She had been tormented by Li Guihua in the past few days. She could only get a good sleep during the day when Li Guihua and others were not at home. Pan Di and her sisters were doing housework in the outer room. Even though their grandparents didn't like them, they would still clean up their clothes.
After chatting for a while, Shen Miao tried to bring up the bottle of “magic medicine”, “Brother Zhou, I heard from Zhao Di that you bought a bottle of medicine made by Doctor Ma for your sister-in-law?”
"Yes..." Zhou Qiang was a little embarrassed when talking about Doctor Ma. "Listen to me, sister. It's not that we don't believe in your medical skills. It's just that Doctor Ma is better at this, so we wanted to give it a try."
"It's all right."
After hearing his explanation, Shen Miao actually felt relieved, at least she was not angry with herself because she had teased Li Guihua last time.
Every profession has its own specialization. It is natural to go to a more professional doctor for different diseases. Shen Miao will not be angry because he goes to another doctor.
But the prerequisite is that he has to find a real doctor.
Shen Miao: “Brother Zhou, do you still have that medicine? Can you give me some? I want to take it back to show my grandfather.”
Shen Miao has only been studying medicine for a short time, so he can’t explain the reason for this medicine for the time being. For an old demon like Doctor Ma, I’m afraid only an old man like Grandpa who has profound Taoism can see through it.
Zhou Qiang did not refuse. He went back into the house and took out a glass bottle. Compared to the medicine he saw last time, the color of this bottle seemed to be a little darker, and the smell after opening it was also stronger.
It was roughly similar to the smell I had smelled last time, with some commonly used warming and tonic herbs still in it, but with an extra scent.
Not only is it pungent, but there's an indescribable smell mixed in with the Chinese medicinal herbs. It doesn't sound like the smell of medicinal herbs, but more like a blend of some chemical substances. It's a strange smell that's both fragrant and stinky, half fragrant and half stinky, and like both fragrance and stinky.
“How many days have you bought this medicine?” Shen Miao asked.
"I bought it the day before yesterday."
“It’s not expired, right?” Shen Miao asked again.
"No," Zhou Qiang found a plastic bag and poured a little bit into it for her. "Doctor Ma said that this medicine can be kept for half a year. As long as you don't stay in the sun often, there won't be any problem."
It's so similar, the color is so similar! It's covered in a blue plastic bag, just like it came from the toilet...
Forget it, let’s not talk about it. We’re cooking right now, and if I really say it, it will ruin everyone’s appetite.
Thinking that Li Guihua and the others would be back soon, Shen Miao did not stay for dinner. After chatting for a few more words, she left with the small bag of “magic medicine”.
After leaving Zhou’s house, Shen Miao went to Xu Zhicheng’s house.
Unlike the situation last month, since Xu Zhicheng exposed Kong Xiangming's evil deeds, more people have come to visit his home, and the originally cold and lonely yard has become more lively.
Wang Suihua was making lunch. In the yard, Xu Zhicheng was also practicing walking with a cane.
After entering the door, Shen Miao immediately took out the wooden foot in the cloth bag: "Brother Xu, this is the prosthesis that grandpa made for you, try it and see if it fits?"
This was made by Shen Wanshan himself. Although he did not have the exquisite craftsmanship of a carpenter, he designed a joint that could move forward and backward, similar to the human ankle, which would be more in line with the habit of walking.
"Oh, okay!"
After putting on the prosthesis, Xu Zhicheng couldn't wait to stand up with crutches.
He recovered well, and although he was not very skilled, he was able to walk a few steps little by little.
"Honoka! Honoka! Look, look!"
"I see it, I see it. Be careful and walk slowly."
"This prosthesis is well made. Let me practice for a few more months. When our child is born, I think he will be able to run."
"Don't be in a hurry. The ground is uneven. Don't fall."
"Wait a minute, I'll go and help you."
"No, I'm not very steady here, it would be bad if I bump into you."
Seeing how loving the couple was, Shen Miao felt that the water in the cup was sweet.
Xu Zhicheng is lucky to have met a good wife like Wang Suihua; Wang Qin is also lucky to have Zhou Qiang treat her well.
Coming to the kitchen to help Wang Suihua pick vegetables, Shen Miao remembered the small bag of medicine in the cloth bag, so she asked casually: “By the way, sister-in-law, have you heard of a miracle doctor in Liulihe Village?”
"You mean the last name is Ma?"
Shen Miao was a little surprised, “You know.”
"I've heard of it before," Wang Suihua said calmly, stirring the soup in the big pot with a spoon. "When Zhicheng just came back, my aunt told me that there was a magical man named Ma in Liulihe Village who was very good at curing diseases."
"Have you been there?"
Wang Suihua shook her head. "It's too expensive. I heard that a bottle of medicine costs more than ten yuan. I can't afford it."
Indeed, when Xu Zhicheng came back, he had no money and had to be raised at home. If his grandfather had not waived the money for his medical treatment, he would probably not have received treatment until now.
Wang Suihua said that Dr. Ma had only become famous in recent years. In the early years, he was just an ordinary farmer. She didn't know what happened specifically, but she knew that he later became a famous doctor in the village. He not only bought a new house in the city for his children, but also bought a fashionable car.
“Then why haven’t I heard of it before?” Shen Miao asked in confusion.
"Liulihe is far from your village, and his medicine is not often available. It is often not available for ten days or half a month, so if you don't have money, you basically won't go to him."
Shen Miao was becoming more and more curious about this Divine Doctor Ma.
Others would need several years to learn medicine, but he not only created the aura of a "miracle doctor" in just a few years, but also made a lot of money...
Who is he?
*
After returning home, Shen Miao poured out the medicine wrapped in the plastic cloth.
I don’t know if it’s contaminated by plastic, but the color of this medicine looks even stranger. If it was just like toilet water before, now it’s almost exactly the same as toilet water.
"What the hell? A foul smell?!" Smelling the smell, Shen Wanshan frowned and fanned himself.
Shen Miao didn’t want to dirty her own bowl, so she poured the medicine onto the bamboo slices.
Shen Miao moved the bamboo piece closer and asked, “Master, you are knowledgeable, can you smell what this is?”
"Get lost! Take it away! This is just manure."
Shen Wanshan didn't even look at her, and quickly moved away, picking up the ruler to warn her not to get close to him again.
Shen Miao: “It’s not manure water! Can you take a closer look?”
Shen Wanshan took the bamboo strip suspiciously and quickly slid it in front of his nose. For a moment, many names of medicinal herbs flashed through his mind at the same time.
Well, it’s not manure water. No, it should be said that it is not just manure water.
Mugwort, Atractylodes macrocephala, Chinese angelica, white peony root, honeysuckle...are all common and not very valuable herbs.
Wait? Why does it smell like star anise and Sichuan pepper?
What is this thing with a strange fragrance? It doesn't smell like herbs.
The more Shen Wanshan smelled, the tighter his brows frowned, and the closer he got. He really couldn't smell what the last medicine was, and he was almost forced to open his mouth to taste it himself.
After pondering for nearly ten minutes, Shen Wanshan gave up: "Tell me, what is this?"
"The miraculous medicine of Doctor Ma from Liulihe."
Shen Wanshan frowned: "What Doctor Ma, are you talking about Ma Mendaner?"
“Ma…Bodan?” Shen Miao was stunned.
Shen Miao only knew that the miracle doctor’s surname was Ma, and she heard his full name from her grandfather.
Boring...
Well, although one cannot judge a book by its cover, this name doesn't sound like the name of a miracle doctor. Rather, it sounds like the name of a village old coward or a fool, a nickname given to uneducated and unskilled people.
"My real name is Ma Qiudong. I was a classmate of your father. When I was a kid, he was hard to talk to, so everyone called him a boring guy." Shen Wanshan explained.
As expected, she should have known it long ago. After being a doctor for so many years, there was no gossip in the surrounding villages that Grandpa didn't know!
My grandfather told me that Ma Qiudong was named this because he was born in November of that year.
They found that their two or three generations were farmers, they didn't know medicine, and they had no education. Things got better until Ma Qiudong's generation started to go to school. However, Ma Qiudong was not smart, and he went home to continue farming before graduating from junior high school, unlike Chen Shansheng who at least got a high school diploma.
Although Shen Wanshan and Ma Qiudong's father were not familiar with each other, they were acquaintances. When Shen Shansheng and Ma Qiudong were in school, they would meet several times at the parent-teacher meetings every year. Later, he stopped going to school and the village was far away, so they didn't have much contact. He only remembered that the wife he married was from Balizhuang, with the surname Wang, and they went to have a drink together on the year of their marriage.
"He's a miracle doctor now, you know? Everyone says he's a good healer."
Shen Wanshan disagreed: "Well, I heard about it. What, what if he becomes enlightened later in life? It's never too late to study medicine."
Shen Wanshan was not as curious as Shen Miao, he just heard others mention him a few times, saying that he had great medical skills and was good at treating patients.
He didn't ask him where his teacher was or which school of medicine he learned, because in Shen Wanshan's opinion, as long as he could cure the villagers' diseases and have a good reputation among the villagers, it was enough. There was no need to find out how he learned medicine.
Shen Miao curled her lips and waved the medicine in the bamboo slip in front of him again, "If he really wants to open his mind, can he prescribe such medicine?"
"What is this for?" Shen Wanshan asked back.
Shen Miao imitated the ups and downs of the skit actors on TV and said, "It can cure any disease. Aunt Zhou, who pretended to be sick, woke up immediately after drinking it. Wang Qin had milk the same day after drinking it. No matter what disease you have, there is no disease that cannot be cured by this medicine~"
"So amazing? How much is a bowl?"
Shen Miao: “It’s about ten yuan a bottle. Don’t look at the high price of this medicine. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it. You have to wait for the right time and place for Doctor Ma to boil out even this little bit.”
Seeing that Shen Miao didn’t speak properly, the ruler in Shen Wanshan’s hand fell on her calf with a “snap”.
Without any warning or precaution, he just gave her a cold warning with his eyes.
"hiss!"
Shen Miao rubbed her burning calf and quickly regained her normal tone: "Master, aren't you confused? There is no medicine here to cure any disease, how can it cure diseases? And it's so expensive."
If Shen Miao hadn’t taken the initiative to say it today, Shen Wanshan really didn’t know that the way Ma Qiudong treated people was this “magic medicine”.
If he really had a sudden enlightenment, it would be good if he learned medical skills from a doctor, but selling medicine under the gimmick of "curing all diseases" is just a scam, isn't it?!
Seeing that Shen Wanshan didn't say anything, Shen Miao said again: "Master, why don't we go to his house and find out what's going on? If he is really a liar, we can expose him in time to prevent him from continuing to cheat money."
"Why are you worrying about this?" Shen Wanshan said with a slight frown after coming to his senses. "What happens to others is their business. We just need to take care of ourselves and cure our own patients. How can we go and destroy other people's places?"
"It's not like we're ruining the party. We're just telling the truth."
Shen Wanshan continued to refute, "What truth? How do you know what you say people want to hear? Just don't bother with it, don't get involved in other people's affairs." After changing the subject, Shen Wanshan looked at her with a sharp look, "You Ni'er, I think you want to run over to see other people's jokes!"
Shen Miao: ???
I swear to God, she really cares about the patients! Of course, there is also a little reason that she wants to eat the melon clearly~
Seeing that Shen Wanshan's ruler was about to hit her again, Shen Miao hurriedly dodged: "Okay, okay! I won't ask anymore, I won't go, I won't win!"
Seeing her retreat, Shen Wanshan slowly stood up and prepared to go back to the house. He glanced at the "medicine" on the bamboo slip and poured it on the ground without thinking, and threw the bamboo slip into the trash can.
No matter whether it is real medicine or fake, he would never try it because the taste is so weird!
*
Shen Miao agreed on the surface, saying that she would no longer interfere with Ma Qiudong's sale of high-priced miracle medicine. In fact, she was looking for opportunities to go to Liulihe Village to find out for herself every day.
Qinghe Village is located in the east of Yu City, while Liulihe Village is located in the south of Yu City, a distance of nearly twenty miles. Even if one rides a bicycle, a round trip will take at least half a day, so she has to find a grandfather to go there when he is out seeing patients.
Coincidentally, a few days later, my grandfather was ready to go out for medical consultations again. He rode his beloved tricycle slowly towards the north early in the morning.
Not long after Shen Wanshan left, Shen Miao also hurried to the clinic to hang up a sign, then went home to change into light clothes, took the bicycle key at home and followed him out.
In order to gain a deeper understanding of the "enemy situation", she deliberately made herself look haggard and pretended to be a patient.
What's the point of just listening to what others say? Only when he takes your pulse can you know how strong he is!
It was already noon when we arrived at Liulihe Village. The sun was scorching, but not only were there quite a few people sitting outside the door with the Ma family sign, but more people continued to line up.
Probably because they felt the temperature outside was too hot, many people used benches, fans or bricks to reserve a spot. So, excluding those who queued up honestly, there were at least twice as many people waiting in the shade.
There are more things used to reserve space than just fans and benches. Some people also lean their bicycles against the wall to be more conspicuous and avoid being cut in line.
etc.
Hiss...why does that tricycle in front look familiar?
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