Chapter 89

"Doctor Xu, I, I..." Mrs. Lin opened her mouth and looked at her mother-in-law next to her without hesitation. Her mother-in-law knew nothing and she really couldn't say these words.

Mrs. Wang looked at her eldest daughter-in-law and asked with concern: "Tao Niang, do you usually have irregular menstruation? Why haven't I heard you mention it?"

Ms. Lin bit her lip and whispered: "Mom, I will follow you when I get back. Please elaborate."

Wang paused, then looked at Dr. Xu who was right in front of her, patted her hand and said softly, "It's okay, just tell me if you have anything, I believe you'll be fine. "

Ms. Lin is usually diligent and virtuous at home, and takes care of her children with all her heart. How can a mother-in-law like Mrs. Wang be dissatisfied with such a daughter-in-law?" Besides, it is not easy to marry a wife nowadays. As long as she is not a bad person, she will not rub each other off.

Mrs. Wang persuaded Ms. Lin a few more words, and every word of her advice touched Ms. Lin's heart.

Mrs. Lin's eyes were slightly red, she said "hmm" and whispered, "I have never been to Kuishui before."

"Never been here?!" Mrs. Wang covered her mouth and exclaimed in a low voice.

"This... why have you never told us about this?"

Mrs. Lin said guiltily: "It's hard to tell others about this, and I didn't find a chance, so I never said it. Mom, I didn't hide it from you on purpose, it's just... ..."

It's just that this matter is too difficult to talk about.

Mrs. Lin covered her face with her hands and cried softly.

Although it is unusual to miss menstruation, for Ms. Wang, she has never seen many women who have not had menstruation. It can be seen that the daughter-in-law has given birth to three children. There is no way that this child is fake.

In other words, even if there is no menstruation, this woman can still give birth.

When Mrs. Wang came back to her senses, she understood why Dr. Xu wanted to invite his wife and sons out of the hall. It's always hard to tell them this.

"Doctor Xu, will it be bad for your health if you don't have your period?" Now, Ms. Wang is even more worried about the consequences of this matter.

Xu Yi said: "The moon and water are blocked and the strength is weak. Is it easy for Mrs. Lin to become lazy when doing work on weekdays?"

After a few seconds, Mrs. Lin wiped the corners of her eyes and said in a low voice: "This is the case. Isn't she often busy? After an hour or two, I feel very sleepy. "

But there is a lot of work at home, and I can't rest when I'm tired, so I can only continue to weave.

Xu Yi asked again: "Is there any back pain?"

"Not much..." Lin met Xu Yi's clear eyes and was no longer so embarrassed to say it. She unconsciously relaxed and said what she had hidden for many years. come out.

She didn't feel any discomfort in her body on weekdays. She only occasionally felt a sudden swelling in her chest, or a sudden pain in her limbs for a few days and she had no strength.

After Xu Yi heard this, he asked her: "Do I still have cold and hot hands and feet?"

Mrs. Lin touched the sleeping child in her arms, nodded, and asked hesitantly: "Doctor Xu, is it true that I am like this? Are you sick?"

Xu Yi said to her calmly: "Irregular menstruation is a syndrome of amenorrhea. Strictly speaking, it is indeed a disease."

Judging from Lin's pulse, her pulse was stringy and astringent.

This is enough to show that Lin suffered from irregular menstruation, stagnation of liver qi, and poor qi and blood.

"I'll make a prescription first. Each dose of this prescription should be taken three times. If you have any questions, I'll write them down in the prescription. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me." Xu Yi said to them.

Wang heard that he could cure it, and her worries disappeared.

On the other hand, Mrs. Lin, after she knew it was an illness, she didn't say anything more, only a trace of sadness appeared on her face.

Xu Yi thought for a while and asked her: "Ms. Lin, do you have any other questions?"

Mrs. Lin just came back to her senses and asked hesitantly: "Will it cost a lot of money to cure this disease?"

Xu Yi was silent.

The next moment, he said: "Most of them are ordinary medicines, and now there is a free clinic. All the prescriptions I prescribe can be obtained at the free clinic. As for the rest..." He paused and continued, "I still rent it. Uncle Liu's bullock cart, if you still want to get medicine from me, it is feasible to pay for it with rent money."

Mrs. Lin breathed slightly, how could the money that her father-in-law had worked so hard to drive be used to treat her.

From the side, Mrs. Wang suddenly said: "Doctor Xu, just prescribe medicine. Since this is a disease, it should be treated. Our family has received many benefits from Dr. Xu, and we cannot let Dr. Xu continue to suffer like this no matter what." She then said to Mrs. Lin, "

Although our family is poor, we are not unreasonable. Tao Niang, you have never enjoyed happiness since you married into our family. Now that you are sick, it is our fault that we do not treat you." "

Wang has never read and cannot read, but Uncle Liu has been working as a driver outside all year round and has seen many young talents and interesting things, and he will tell them when he comes back.

Over time, Mrs. Wang has learned some truth. If she wants her family and everything to be prosperous, she should not be too harsh.

There is a family in their village. The mother-in-law treats her two daughters-in-law badly. She doesn't even give them enough to eat and makes them work in the fields. Within a few years, one died of illness and the other ran away, no one knows where he went.

Seeing them finish speaking, Xu Yi said, "I'm going to make a Glauber's Salt Decoction. The medicinal materials in this recipe need to be ground into powder, boil three liters of it with nine liters of water, and after grinding, add cinnabar and Glauber's Salt, and take it three times." [Note 1]

This Glauber's Salt Decoction is mainly used to treat irregular menstruation. It contains peony, angelica root, rhubarb, peach kernel, cinnabar powder and other eight herbs. But among them was leeches, which were not included in the medicine prepared at the free clinic. I had to go to the medical center to buy some.

When Wang heard it was leeches, she immediately said, "There are a lot of these in the fields. It's not difficult to catch them in the fields and dry them."

"Okay." Xu Yi nodded.

After Xu Yi finished writing, he called A Xu in and asked him to invite Uncle Liu and the others.

Soon Uncle Liu and his two sons came into the main room. They looked at Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Liu and saw that they looked wrong, so they knew something had happened.

Sure enough, Xu Yi said that he had prepared a prescription and asked them who could read.

The family looked at each other.

Xu Yi: "..." Very good, but I can't even read.

Unable to do so, he gave the prescription to A Xu and said: "Tomorrow, Uncle Liu, send someone to the free clinic to get the medicine. I have clearly written down the medicines in these prescriptions. I will tell A Xu how to boil them and take them." If you still don't know, come and ask me. "

A Xu is now Xu Yi's little helper. He can't do the troublesome things well, but he can still do it according to the prescription.

He kept reciting Fang Li's precautions, which made Uncle Liu's family stunned for a while.

Especially why his eldest son and his well-behaved wife suddenly became ill, he still didn't know.

He is also stupid. The two of them have been sleeping in the same bed for more than ten years, but he does not know that his wife has never had her period.

After A Xu finished reading the last sentence, Xu Yi said: "Ms. Lin, there is no need to be shy about this matter. You have to say it when it's time to say it."

Lin bit her lip, she now understood.

She stood up and blessed Xu Yi: "Thank you, Doctor Xu."

...

The next day, the Xing family's donkey cart arrived outside the Xu family courtyard on time.

When Xu Yi came out with A Xu and A Jin, several neighbors came over to greet him.

They already knew that Xu Yi was the doctor at the free clinic. When they came to talk politely, they asked them if they could also go to the free clinic to see a doctor.

When the Xing family opened a free clinic this time, they did not say that only poor people could come to see a doctor. Xu Yi nodded and said yes, saying that they would treat anyone who queued up.

When Xu Yi arrived outside the Chenghuang Temple, he saw a crowd of people outside. There were even more people coming to receive porridge than yesterday.

They walked through the crowd and entered the shed. Wu Guanshan had just arrived. He was taking off his cloak and saluted Xu Yi.

"Doctor Xu, how well did you rest yesterday?" he asked.

Xu Yi replied: "I had no dreams all night, and I slept very soundly."

"To each other." After saying that, Wu Guanshan smiled cheerfully, took the hot tea handed to him by the schoolboy, skimmed off the tea foam and drank it, and the two of them started talking. Need to open a clinic.

This time, there were more people lining up at Xu Yi's side.

Those who went back to see a doctor and decoction the medicine and took it found that their symptoms improved a lot after drinking the medicine, so they told people they knew how powerful Xu Yi was.

Many of the people who came here and queued up today came here because of its reputation.

After Xu Yi looked at several people who were not sick, his eyes darkened and he frowned.

He turned sideways and said a few words to A Xu.

A Xu was stunned and immediately ran to find Xing Yuesen.

"Mr. Xing, my husband has something important to ask for." A Xu bowed and said to Xing Yuesen.

Xing Yuesen said nothing and strode away.

When he arrived at the free clinic, he saw that Xu Yi was not at the free clinic, but looking for something in the firewood behind.

Xing Yuesen came to him and learned that he was looking for a wooden board that could be written on, so he ordered the boy to find a wooden board that could be written on.

Soon the boy ran back holding a wooden board.

Xu Yi didn't care how many people came to see the doctor. This was all accumulated clinical experience, but he couldn't see anyone using the free clinic to amuse others.

These people who came to see the doctor were not frightened when Xu Yi revealed that they were not sick on the spot. Instead, they looked at him with an expression that said, "The rumors are true, there really is such a young and powerful doctor."

Xing Yuesen frowned for a long time and said, "Brother Wei was negligent. I didn't expect that someone would take advantage of such a loophole. It's really irritating to let Brother Yi be dismissed like this."

"Brother Xing, don't be angry. I have a way." Xu Yi said with a slight smile.

This method is nothing other than hanging a warning sign outside the free clinic with the words "No sick people allowed to enter" written above, otherwise you will have to pay for the consultation.

When Xing Yuesen heard this, he felt that this method was reliable, and immediately said that he would do it himself.

"Since this matter has just begun, there will always be people criticizing me behind my back. This is the free clinic set up by my Xing family, so I can't let Brother Yi suffer any more in this matter."

After he finished speaking, he wrote a wooden sign himself and asked the boy to hang out. .

He then struck the gong to remind those waiting in line that the free clinic was an act of charity and not a place for recreation, and asked those who were not sick to leave quickly.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion in the crowd.

"What does this mean?"

"I wonder, is it possible that some people are really so immoral?"

"..."

Everyone was a little confused. After a while, when they saw someone leaving the team, they suddenly realized it and returned. There really are such unscrupulous people!

Not only that, there were a few well-dressed people over there in the porridge shed, covering their faces in shame and running away.

Others: "..."

Those who just wanted to fish in troubled waters and join in the fun, when they saw the warning sign, backed away hesitantly.

Being exposed is a small thing, but being criticized by everyone would be a huge loss of face.

Besides, it’s not like I’m really sick, I just came to see if the doctor at the free clinic can treat me.

A few days later, until the porridge meal at the Xing family's cloth tent was about to end, Xin Shengyuan and Tao Qinghao arrived.

Two high-spirited young men in brocade robes suddenly appeared in the dusty crowd, standing out like chickens, quite eye-catching.

Xu Yi raised his head and saw two people dressed like peacocks.

"Xu Yi!"

"Xu Yi!"

Tao Qinghao and Xin Shengyuan came to him. The former raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Xu Yi, have you lost weight?"

"Me?" Xu Yi said.

Tao Qinghao said: "It has only been a few days. Maybe you are too tired to be a doctor at the free clinic, and you have lost weight."

Xu Yi: "..."

That's not the case.

He slightly twitched his lips and said, "It's your illusion."

"I don't think Xu Yi has lost weight." After Xin Shengyuan finished speaking, he asked him, "Xu Yi, my Xin family also wants to open a free clinic. Do you want to come? Become a doctor in my free clinic?"

Xu Yi narrowed his eyes and said, "You can make the decision?"

Hearing this, Xin Shengyuan sighed in frustration and said, "If you agree, I will ask my mother. Ask her to agree to invite you to be the doctor."

Xu Yi smiled: "There are many good doctors in the county, and I am not the only one."

Xin Shengyuan curled his lips and said dullly: "Xing Wu can even hire you. "

That's because I can make the decision, and it's Aweng's idea to ask Brother Yi to help." Suddenly, Xing Yuesen appeared behind them.

The two of them were startled by his sudden voice, and Xin Shengyuan glared back angrily.

He snorted dissatisfiedly: "You are just a few years older than me. When I reach your age, I can make the decision."

Xing Yuesen sneered.

Xu Yi and Tao Qinghao looked at each other, shrugged, and ignored them.

Before Xinshengyuan's anger subsided, Tao Qinghao took the opportunity to tell Xu Yi that his family had not made any preparations, so there was no free clinic this time.

"Nowadays, the price of medicinal materials is getting more expensive day by day. I heard that there have been snowstorms in many places in the north. In the next few months, the price of medicines that can treat wind, cold and typhoid fever will probably increase even more." Tao Qinghao handed over what he got. The news was revealed to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi was silent for a while.

Later, he asked Uncle Tang to inquire about the news, and the answer he got was not much different from what Tao Qinghao revealed to him.

Not to mention that the price of medicinal materials in Yanting County Medical Clinic is much higher, it is not cheap to go to Zitong County to collect medicinal materials. Compared with the last time, the price is more than 10% more expensive.

Those who went there as businessmen told Xu Yi and the others that those who wanted to earn the price difference by buying and selling medicinal materials could no longer earn back the money they needed to pay for escorts.

Day after day passed, Xu Yi did not get any more bad news, and similarly, there was no good news either.

He first waited for the young man who had come to see the doctor last time.

After the young man took Ten Days Sanmiao Powder, the beads on his neck had shrunk and other symptoms no longer became severe.

He happily brought a grass carp weighing more than two kilograms to the door, wanting to take the fish as a thank you gift.

Xu Yi saw that he could still catch live fish in such a cold weather, and he had a new sense of the young man: "How did you catch it?"

"Fish hibernate in the river grass. They are easy to catch. You can use a basket to cover them. " Stay." The young man said with a grin.

In fact, he caught two and sold one to a passing maid, who bought him the fish for twenty coins.

Xu Yi didn't expect it to be this crop. The fish was fresh and didn't smell earthy, so he kept it for making braised fish at night.

He asked the young man to go into the hall and give him a pulse check again.

This time, Xu Yi kept the original prescription and asked the young man to continue drinking it for ten days. He also prescribed a muscle-promoting plaster for treating scrofula after enucleation.

This muscle-sheng cream is not the other muscle-sheng cream, and the medicinal materials used in it are completely different.

Xu Yi told the young man: "When you go back and buy a piece of pork, keep the cooked pork soup."

This pork soup is useful.