Chapter 1057 Idle disease
The crowd rushed towards the carriage, and Daji immediately jumped off the carriage and held the horse.
Manbao stood on the shaft of the cart, frowning, and yelled at the person rushing over, "Don't move! If you move again, I'll leave!"
No one paid any attention to her. Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng rushed out with his men, clearing a path. He shouted at Manbao, "What are you doing here at this time?"
Manbao jumped out of the car and walked inside while saying, "It's no use letting them block the way like this. They want to see a doctor, right? Then come on. By the way, how much is my consultation fee?"
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng: "...before, it was five cents per time."
It's really little. Manbao asked, "How much is Doctor Ding's?"
"It's more than ten cents per session, depending on the situation. If some illnesses are too difficult and take a long time, and the family is not short of money, Doctor Ding will charge different fees."
Manbao waved his hand. It was not appropriate to say too much about this matter in front of everyone, so he lowered his voice and said, "Let them line up. I also want ten cents each time. Humph, I see that they have rosy complexions and don't look sick at all."
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng nodded in agreement.
The clerk in the drugstore pushed through the crowd and brought Manbao into the drugstore, which was also packed with people.
She didn't go to the backyard either. She directly opened the curtain and went into her own clinic. She put down her backpack, took out the pulse pillow and other things from it, waved her hand, and said loudly: "Come in if you want to see a doctor."
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng was afraid that something might happen, so he stayed in the clinic without moving and didn't leave.
Two guys were left outside to maintain order and only let one person in at a time.
The people outside obviously didn't expect that Manbao would actually sit in the clinic to see patients, so they rushed in excitedly.
Manbao took out a basket of miscellaneous items from a nearby shelf, emptied the contents, and placed the basket on the table. The first person came in with a smile, and Manbao pointed at the basket and said, "Ten cents for the consultation fee. Pay."
The visitor was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously reached into his wallet to pay. Halfway through, he felt something was wrong and asked, "Isn't this the payment for the prescription?"
"That's right, but there are too many patients today. In order to avoid confusion, please pay the consultation fee first and then consult."
The visitor didn't understand why everything went wrong when he paid the consultation fee, but when he saw Manbao looking at him with sharp eyes, he began to lose his momentum.
He counted out ten coins and put them in. Manbao nodded with satisfaction, motioned him to sit down at the table, placed his hand on the pulse pillow, and asked, "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
Where does he feel uncomfortable?
He really didn't feel unwell anywhere.
The visitor paused for a long moment and then asked, "Little doctor, did you really cut open the young master's stomach? What's inside?"
Manbao carefully looked at his face, and while taking his pulse, he replied, "Zang Fu, what do you do for a living?"
"Me? I look after the shop for my family and occasionally go out to collect rent or something. What's the difference between this young master's internal organs and those of an ordinary person? Are they similar to those of a pig or a sheep?"
Manbao withdrew his hand, pulled the paper over and gave him a prescription, saying, "It's similar to yours."
Manbao wrote out a prescription, handed it to him and said, "Okay, your illness is cured."
The visitor looked down and said, "Carrying ten loads of water, chopping five bundles of firewood, turning the mill fifty times... No, what kind of disease is this?"
Manbao looked at him and said, "Idle disease!"
She waved her hand and said, "Get out."
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng suppressed his laughter and immediately grasped the visitor's shoulders, pushing him out. "Alright, alright, Doctor Xiao Zhou is going to see the next patient. Now that you're done, you can go back."
Most of the people who come here to block the way are not sick. Some are bored and come here to join in the fun. Some are sent by other pharmacies to inquire about the situation. Some have no idea what their purpose is, but they just want to squeeze in to see Manbao.
Man Baoquan let them look at the table openly. He would prescribe medicine for those who were found to be ill. For those who were not found to be ill but were determined to be full and had nothing to do, he would prescribe some simple medicine and send them away without even asking them to get medicine.
But there are also those who are really sick, and because they heard that Manbao is a little miracle doctor, they come to seek medical treatment.
Some came in person, while others were asked by their children, parents and other family members first. I gradually recorded all of them one by one, agreed on a time with them, and then sent the patients in.
In this way, Manbao basically saw three patients every quarter of an hour, and some of the people waiting in line outside dispersed on their own, so by noon, most of the people outside had been sent away, and the only ones left were those who really came to see a doctor.
Seeing that there were not many people left in the lobby, Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng returned to his post with peace of mind.
When Zheng Da, the shopkeeper who was filling medicine for him behind the counter, saw his son return, he immediately gave him his seat and asked with a smile, "How is it, Doctor Zhou, is he capable?"
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng nodded silently. He was indeed very capable and unexpected.
Before, he didn't quite understand why his father valued Zhou Man so much, but when he saw her act so decisively this time, he understood.
Manager Zheng nodded and said with a smile, "There's still a long way to go."
But for Manbao, these days seemed a little short, because so many things happened in the past few days that she had no time to sort them out.
She had just finished dealing with the patients waiting in line to see her and was about to pack up and rush back to class. However, just as she got off the car at the doorstep of her home, a steward from the Duke of Pi's Mansion came with a message, asking her to come to the mansion the next day to help check on the young master's injuries.
Manbao had stayed at the Su family for a few days, and the steward who posted the invitation had also come into contact with Manbao, so he reminded him, "Several old ladies and wives from other dukes' houses are very interested in Doctor Zhou. They will come to visit the young master tomorrow and would like to take this opportunity to meet Doctor Zhou."
Manbao received the post and asked, "Do they need to see a doctor?"
The steward choked and paused before saying, "Well, it should be to meet Doctor Xiao Zhou and have a chat with him."
Even if you want to see a doctor, you should invite him to your home. If you go to their home, it will be somewhat inconvenient, and those old ladies and wives may not feel at ease.
Manbao understood and nodded in agreement, saying that she would go tomorrow.
Mr. Zhuang said, "I won't be giving you any new lessons during this period. Just read some books and practice your calligraphy. You can arrange your time as you like."
Manbao agreed.
"It's inconvenient for Daji to go in and out of the inner house with you. Do you want to bring Lijun with you?"
Manbao thought about it and shook his head: "No, the shop also needs Lijun to take care of the accounts. I'm just going to check for Su Jian. I can do it myself."
Mr. Zhuang advised: "Talk less and listen more."
"Don't worry, sir. I will."
Mr. Zhuang looked at his lively disciple and expressed that he was not at all worried.
She is good in every way except that she talks too much.
Manbao felt that she had grown up a lot and had become very restrained. In addition, she had been to the Duke of Pi's Mansion several times, so she was not timid at all. After getting off work at Jishidiang at noon the next day, she took a carriage to the Duke of Pi's Mansion.
The next update will be around 10 o'clock
(End of this chapter)
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