Chapter 68: Your medical skills must be superb
The next morning, the family still went their separate ways. Sang Yu took Sang Xingjia to the city for treatment, while Sang Yongjing and Xie Qiujin went to the canyon to check the progress of material preparation.
As for Sang Xinghao, he insisted on going into the city with Sang Yu and the others, but was ruthlessly rejected by Sang Yu.
This time he went to the city not to play. Most of the people coming and going in the pharmacy were patients. He was a child with weak resistance and might be infected with some disease.
Leaving behind Sang Xinghao with red eyes crying, Sang Yu and Sang Xingjia, who was leaning on a crutch, headed towards Lingnan City.
Since arriving in Lingnan, Sang Xingjia has only gone into the mountains once and visited a canyon once, but other than that he has stayed in the shed.
When he heard that he was going into the city today, even if it was just for medical treatment, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep and was full of anticipation for Lingnan City.
What will Lingnan City look like? Will it be as prosperous as the capital, or will it have the solemn atmosphere unique to the frontier, or some other completely different style?
This expectation was replaced by shock when he saw the city walls of Lingnan City.
It took so many people carrying and moving so many huge stones bit by bit, and it took so much hard work to build such a magnificent city.
After entering the city, he became less interested. No matter how prosperous a frontier city was, it could not be as prosperous as the poorest area in the capital.
Sang Yu had a good memory and recognized the pharmacy where he bought medicine yesterday, so he took Sang Xingjia there.
The doctor who was sitting in the clinic was the same one from yesterday. When he saw Sang Yu and the young man with crutches behind her, he immediately understood.
"Is this the injured person? Come here, young man, and let me take a look to see if there are any broken bones."
Although Sang Yu's description yesterday was very accurate, Dr. Zhang still prefers to touch the patient himself so that he can judge the condition and prescribe medicine more accurately.
Sang Xingjia obediently walked over with his crutches and sat down on the chair next to the medical case.
Doctor Zhang first pinched his ankle twice, then took his pulse, his brows gradually furrowed, and Sang Xingjia and Sang Yu's hearts also tightened as his brows furrowed.
Sang Yu asked cautiously, "Doctor, is my brother's leg injury serious?"
Why is her brow furrowing more and more? Could it be that she made a wrong estimate and actually hurt her bones?
Doctor Zhang sighed softly, and the two of them held their breath for a moment, afraid of missing any information.
"Hey, why did you wait until now? Your leg has been injured for more than ten days, right?"
Sang Xingjia felt as if an invisible hand was clutching his heart. He took a deep breath and asked, "Doctor, tell me the truth. Is my leg useless?"
Doctor Zhang was stunned, his face full of confusion. "No, didn't I prescribe medicine for you? Take the medicine on time and supplement it with acupuncture, and you will be able to get out of bed and walk within ten days."
"Then you sighed just now?" Sang Xingjia still didn't quite believe it, thinking that what he said were just words to comfort himself.
Doctor Zhang then realized that his behavior was ambiguous and quickly explained, "Oh, I was just feeling a little emotional. If you had come earlier, you would have been cured a long time ago."
Sang Xingjia: ...
Sang Yu: ...
Your sigh almost scared them to death.
Sang Xingjia had already prepared himself mentally to have to carry a limp for the rest of his life, but after hearing his explanation, he felt like a death row inmate who had been pardoned, and a layer of fine white sweat broke out on his back.
Sang Yu even gave him a thumbs up and said, "Old doctor, your medical skills must be superb." Otherwise, if he had kept talking so heavily, he would have been beaten to death by the patients and their families.
Doctor Zhang couldn't tell the subtle difference in her words and thought she was praising him, so he stroked his long beard with pride.
The acupuncture lasted for quite a while. Doctor Zhang led them both into the inner hall and asked Sang Xingjia to take off his shoes and socks so that it would be more convenient for him to perform the acupuncture.
He looked at Sang Yu a little embarrassedly, and seeing that she didn't notice anything, he could only grit his teeth and take off the shoes and socks on his left foot.
Sang Yu sat aside, holding her chin with her hands and staring curiously. She had never seen acupuncture treatment with her own eyes, and this time she could observe it up close.
After washing his hands, Doctor Zhang opened his usual needle bag and asked the apprentice in the pharmacy to bring a candle. He then roasted the thin silver needles over the flame to disinfect them.
Then he was seen inserting several-inch-long silver needles into Sang Xingjia's ankles without blinking. After some of the needles were inserted, he would twist the needle tails a few times or poke it a few times, which made Sang Yu tremble all over.
She couldn't help but ask Sang Xingjia: "Brother, does it hurt?"
He had to drink some anesthetic powder to get rid of the pain. She felt so sorry for him just by looking at him.
Sang Xingjia shook his head gently: "It doesn't hurt, just a little itchy."
His words made Sang Yu even more curious. How could it not hurt when such a long needle was inserted into the flesh?
After inserting acupuncture needles into Sang Xingjia's ankle and several surrounding acupoints and instructing him not to move, Dr. Zhang looked up and saw Sang Yu's curious gaze.
He smiled and picked up a silver needle that was more than ten centimeters long. He asked kindly, "Little kid, let me give you a try? It's free."
Sang Yu instantly shook her head like a rattle. She would not try it without money. Such a long needle would surely pierce through the bones.
Looking at Sang Xingjia's ankle, which had been pierced like a cactus, she asked again, "How long will this take?"
"It will take half an hour. Just sit and wait. I'll come back and remove the needle when the time is up."
She refused to try, and Doctor Zhang did not force her. He washed his hands again and went out to continue seeing patients.
Half an hour, that's almost an hour, we have to wait that long.
Sang Yu's eyes rolled. She had always wanted to go to the market to look for new business opportunities, but she never had the chance. Today was a perfect opportunity.
She smiled at Sang Xingjia a little embarrassedly. She had originally said that she would accompany him, but now she changed her mind at the last minute. It was really not nice of her.
"Hey, big brother..."
Before she finished speaking, Sang Xingjia interrupted, "Little sister, we still have to wait for a long time. You should go to the city first."
"Oh... okay." These words hit Sang Yu's heart, and she immediately nodded in agreement.
Then he felt that he had agreed too quickly, so he quickly added: "I will bring some delicious food for Big Brother to nourish his body when I come back."
When Sang Yu left the inner hall, Sang Xingjia breathed a sigh of relief. The tips of his ears, which were covered by his hair, had already turned red.
My younger sister is not young anymore, it’s time for mother to teach her some rules.
How, how could you keep staring at his feet? Even blood-related siblings would have to avoid it.
Sang Yu, who was completely unaware of this, walked down the street humming a little tune and unknowingly arrived at Yonghefang.
She looked at the market sign and raised an eyebrow. It turned out the pharmacy was very close to the market. Yonghe and Yongxing, with similar names, could they also be located near each other?
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