Chapter 703 Free Clinic (VI)
Manbao shook his head, glanced at the new patient's medical records, observed her complexion, felt her pulse, and asked her a few questions. After confirming her condition, he prescribed a prescription and then answered the old woman's question, "It's not family training, but long-term illness that makes a doctor."
The old woman looked at Manbao, who had a ruddy complexion and was young, and said doubtfully, "You don't look like someone who has been ill for a long time."
Zhou Lijun was finally able to sit down and rest his feet. Hearing this, he said, "That's because our family raised her well. My aunt was very weak when she was young. Before she was even a year old, she had to hold the medicine jar and take medicine every day. At that time, she couldn't eat, so my aunt took the medicine first and then fed my aunt."
"When it grew a little bigger, I had to make an egg and drink soup every day. It took many years of careful care to raise it well."
The old woman enviously said, "You are a wealthy family. How can a small family afford to feed you only one egg every day?"
Manbao: "...Just raise two hens and eat the eggs yourself."
Manbao handed the prescription to the patient and sighed, "My family used to be quite wealthy, but then my fourth brother squandered all our wealth, and we became poor. But no matter how poor we are, an egg a day is not too little for me."
Zhou Lijun: ...Aunt, do you have any misunderstanding about our family’s financial situation?
Although she was only two years older than her aunt and her memory of that time was not very clear, she still remembered what she ate every day as a child.
There is no comparison between Fourth Uncle’s current state and his state before he lost the bet.
Not only the old woman, but even the patient who had just received the prescription pricked up his ears with interest, but Manbao did not continue talking about this topic, but called the next patient in.
The old woman felt a little regretful and asked, "Then, young doctor, your master is very powerful. You are so young and you can become an apprentice."
Man Bao nodded modestly and said, "The teacher is very capable. The main reason is that I am also very smart. Basically, I can remember everything in the book after reading it two or three times."
Old woman: ...
The old woman stayed in the medical tent until evening, and only got up and left when Manbao and the others were about to finish work.
With her help, Zhou Lijun felt much more relaxed. In the afternoon, there were three patients who needed medicine and observation. She only needed to take the prescription and run to get the medicine, and the task of boiling the medicine was left to the old woman.
Manbao gave her the snacks in his purse that he had prepared for her when she was hungry.
The old woman declined for a while before accepting it.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Manbao wrote a prescription to Zhou Lijun and said, "Go and get some medicine for me."
Zhou Lijun looked at the dosage and was shocked. "Aunt, why do you need so much medicine?"
"Making ointments. Haven't you seen that several of the patients who came to see me today had skin diseases? They don't know how to make ointments themselves, and the pharmacy doesn't have any. Basically, they can only prescribe internal medicine, not external application. I decided to make a pot myself when I get home tonight."
Doctor Ji, who had just finished work and was visiting, happened to hear this and couldn't help but pause in his stretching. He coughed lightly outside the curtain and, ignoring the female patients who were staring at him, said loudly, "Manbao, come out for a moment."
Manbao immediately wrote a prescription for the patient in front of him, handed it to her and went out, "Doctor Ji, why are you here?"
"Didn't you hear the bell just rung?"
Manbao really didn't hear it.
Doctor Ji waved his hand, not caring at all, and asked, "You want to make your own ointment?"
Manbao nodded.
"Do you know how to make the ointment?"
Manbao nodded and said confidently, "I've memorized it. I know the steps backwards."
Doctor Ji sighed, patted her head and said, "It's still too young. Okay, don't go get some medicine and think about making ointment. I'll bring some for you from home tomorrow. If you want to make it yourself, you can try it yourself after a few days when you have some free time."
After saying that, Doctor Ji turned and left.
You are such a silly child, still thinking about making ointment all night long, you will be exhausted to death.
Doctor Ji walked away leisurely. There were not many patients left today. Those who were still in line looked behind them and slowly dispersed, deciding to come back tomorrow to find some more.
The doctor has seen quite a few patients these past two days. Basically, those who have seen the doctor for the first time will wait until they have finished taking the first dose of medicine before coming back for a follow-up visit.
That's why everyone is scrambling for spots on the first and second days, because they can see the doctor twice with their books.
And on the third day, I went to see the doctor...
Alas, it’s all tears if I say too much.
As soon as Manbao's sign was hung up, the people who were still queuing in front of the medical tent had to disperse in disappointment and also decided to queue up again tomorrow.
The pharmacy was still the busiest and the last to finish work. Manbao went over to take a look curiously, carrying a basket on his back.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were each holding a prescription and a large plate with multiple compartments in their hands. They were following a medicine boy and reciting the prescription. The medicine boy then held a scale and weighed the medicine according to what they recited and put it into the compartments.
After the prescription was read out and the medicine was weighed, Bai Shan and Bai Erlang put the prescription on a plate and handed it to the front counter. Then another person was responsible for packing the medicine, one box for each compartment. After packing, he would call out the name on the prescription and someone would come up to take it away.
Mr. Zhuang and the two old men sat at the front, looked at the people queuing up, checked the prescriptions and medical records, and after confirming that they were all correct, they stamped a document and let them go to get the medicine.
It is also because of the presence of these three people that anyone who wants to take advantage of the situation and come here to cheat on medicine in the past two days will not be able to pass this hurdle.
Manbao came forward with a basket on his back. Seeing that they were busy, he didn't bother them and squatted aside waiting.
After being busy for about three quarters of an hour, the people queuing for medicine had finally cleared out. Bai Shan and the others then unbuttoned their sleeves and came out. When they saw Manbao, they had no desire to speak at all.
Manbao finally understood why they didn't like to talk last night, because it seemed like they said more in the afternoon than she said in the whole day.
So she was obedient and didn't make a noise. The four masters and apprentices returned to the car in silence. Zhou Lijun fell asleep leaning against the car and only woke up when he heard the noise.
Mr. Zhuang was afraid of provoking Manbao's chatterbox nature, so he nodded calmly without saying a word.
Manbao looked around and could only say to Daji outside the car: "Daji, we are all seated, let's go home."
Daji responded and rode his horse back.
Tonight is a quiet night. No one talks to Manbao. Manbao can only talk to Keke in his heart. When he climbs into bed to sleep, he goes to talk to Teacher Mo.
Of course, talking to Teacher Mo is not called talking, it’s just chatting anyway, the meaning is the same.
Manbao asked about the needles, and Teacher Mo then remembered something, "Your birthday is coming soon, right? How about I give you a box of needles?"
Manbao was startled and asked uncertainly, "How much is a box of this? One pair?"
How small is that box? Can it still be called a box?
(End of this chapter)
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