Chapter 1054: The Skill of Eating
"There are so many places like that. This kid runs around all day, sometimes in this neighborhood, sometimes in that neighborhood, and occasionally he even runs to the outer city. If you want to find him, you can only wait here. If he's not here today, he will come tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or one day or another."
Bai Erlang couldn't help but ask: "What if he never comes?"
"He must have run away with the money, or had his legs broken and can't move. There's no need for you to wait."
Three people: ...
Manbao coughed lightly and asked, "Uncle, have you heard of the little miracle doctor?"
"Oh, you're here to hear stories? You should have told me earlier, I know this story," he said with a smile. "That guy always tells us any news first. But, I think he's been paid to spread these stories, so most of them are made up. Don't believe them. If you need medical treatment, you should go to the old doctor. The old doctor is very experienced."
Three people: ...
"It's said that the young master of the Duke of Pi's mansion was killed and seriously injured. None of the doctors in the Imperial Hospital could cure him. Then, a young genius doctor appeared out of nowhere, cut open the young master's stomach, and drew blood from several people to replenish his wounds. He finally saved the dying young master." The uncle sneered, "I've never heard of someone cutting open a person's stomach and drawing blood to replenish his wounds. And I heard that the young genius doctor was only about ten years old. There are so many doctors in the Imperial Hospital, but they are useless. How can you rely on a little girl?"
Manbao couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Uncle, you are really amazing. You don't just follow the crowd."
"That's right. That guy spends all day outside these gardens and restaurants. Whenever there's a poetry or literary gathering, he rushes to the front. As long as someone is willing to pay, he'll praise the poems written by others to the sky. I saw through him a long time ago."
Bai Shan asked, "Where does he usually send or receive messages?"
"There are several restaurants nearby. If they don't have it, then go to another place."
The three of them thanked him and ate while walking around looking for big restaurants.
Manbao was very curious whether people on the street believed the rumor, so he asked a lot of people.
"Little Miracle Doctor, I know you, but I wonder if her treatment is expensive. If it's not, I'd like to take my wife to see her."
"I believe it. It's all over the place. Doctor Ji was stabbed by the Crown Prince because he couldn't cure the young master. But that little miracle doctor cured him."
"I heard she can perform a blood transfusion, which involves taking another person's blood and giving it to a patient. I'm curious, won't that person die?"
"How did this blood get from one person's body to another's?"
The others were also very curious, so they squeezed aside Manbao and the other two and started a heated discussion among themselves.
Manbao was squeezed out of the crowd. He looked at Baishan in confusion, shrugged his shoulders, and turned away.
Bai Erlang went to buy another bag of cakes and ate them while catching up with them. He asked, "Where should we go to find it?"
Bai Shan pointed forward with his chin and said, "Here, in front."
Bai Erlang looked forward and saw Dashan sitting on a rock, talking about something vividly, with many people surrounding him.
Manbao pinched a piece of pastry from Bai Erlang's paper bag and ate it while saying, "Sure enough, you can always find it if you look for it in crowded places."
The three of them didn't call him, but curiously came over to listen to how he spread the rumor to her.
"Those rumors about the little miracle doctor performing a cesarean section are all fake. Don't listen to them. They're just rumors, okay?"
Three people: ...
Manbao and Bai Erlang turned to look at Bai Shan.
Under the gaze of the two people, Bai Shan silently looked at Dashan who was squatting on a chair and talking happily.
Dashan took a sip of water and continued, "What I have here is the truth. I have a friend who is a servant to a young master in the Imperial College. He happens to be in the same class as the young doctor's junior fellow. Do you know where this young doctor is from?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"He's from Mianzhou, which is very close to Yizhou. Before coming to Beijing, this young doctor learned his medical skills from the doctors at Jishitang and the Imperial Hospital, Doctor Fan. Do you know Doctor Fan?"
"I know, I know. Dr. Fan is occasionally mentioned in storytelling at teahouses. It's said he can open people's stomachs."
"That's right. This young doctor learned her medical skills from them. Isn't there a saying that goes, 'The younger generation is better than the older generation?' This young doctor is even better than Imperial Physician Fan. I heard that she treated the grandson of Lord Ji Xiang when she was in Yizhou City, so the Imperial Hospital in the capital also knows her."
Everyone nodded.
Dashan said, "This young master fell off his horse. Imperial Physician Ji said he couldn't cure him, and Imperial Physician Zheng also said he wasn't sure. That's why they had no choice but to ask the young genius doctor to come. Coincidentally, the young genius doctor also worked at Jishiditang after arriving in Beijing."
"Is this little miracle doctor really that amazing?"
"Child prodigy, think about it, the young masters of the Imperial Academy are amazing, right?"
"Of course they are awesome, our ancestors are awesome, hahahaha..."
"But this young genius doctor's junior fellow apprentice, his father isn't even a third-rank official, yet he was able to enter the Imperial College. Don't you think that's amazing?"
When everyone heard this, they thought Bai Shan had been selected from thousands of people. After a moment of surprise, they nodded repeatedly and said, "Great, great."
"But he's the junior brother, and this little genius doctor is the senior sister. Isn't the senior sister more powerful than the junior brother?"
Everyone thought the same thing, "So she really drew blood from someone to supply the young master? Then the person who was drawn..."
Dashan lowered his voice and asked, "Do you know whose blood she drew?"
Everyone lowered their voices and whispered, "Whose is it?"
"It's the Duke of Du and the young master who knocked him off his horse while playing polo. There's another one," Dashan said mysteriously, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Manbao and the others had squatted outside the crowd and were listening with great interest. Bai Erlang even whispered to Bai Shan, "He speaks much better than you do."
Bai Shandu had to admit it.
"The rumors out there now, about draining people's blood to replenish the young master's blood, are all false. The servant of the classmate of the young genius doctor's junior brother told me that there are several types of blood. Everyone's blood is slightly different, and can be roughly divided into four types. You have to find the blood that suits you before you can draw blood."
"There are some rules for drawing blood. You can't draw blood from people who are too weak or sick. You can't draw too much blood at a time. If you really lose too much blood, you can rotate the blood and draw blood from more people."
Everyone trembled and asked, "How can we draw out the blood?"
"Just wipe it with a knife and it'll be done. I'm curious how the blood got into another person's body. Did they let him drink it? What if he's unconscious and can't drink it?"
Dashan was a little dumbfounded. Bai Shan didn't tell him how to feed it. He was stunned for a moment and then waved his hand and said, "This is the doctor's skill in eating. Can she tell us?"
"No, no."
“That’s why I don’t know either.”
(End of this chapter)
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