Chapter 715: Visit (Thanks to the tip from book friend "Gail")
Manbao and Baishan took the gifts to Jishidiang together. Doctor Ji happened to be in the clinic and there were no patients yet.
Seeing Da Manbao, he waved and said, "I didn't come yesterday. Is your fourth brother okay?"
"He's fine now. He's not dizzy anymore. He was kicked several times in the lower back, and it's bruised. He feels pain, so he's lying in bed." Manbao invited Doctor Ji. "Doctor Ji, my fourth brother's arm is broken. I want to reattach it tomorrow. Can you help me?"
"Okay."
"Would it be convenient for you to come to my house? Or should I have someone carry him over?"
Doctor Ji was happy and said, "I'll go over there. It's not far."
When he looked up and saw Gao timidly coming in, he pointed to the inner room and said with a smile: "You guys go in."
He didn't mind Manbao privately treating patients in Jishidiang, because he knew that this patient had no benefit to bring to her and it was purely an act of kindness on her part.
Moreover, he was very curious about Gao's illness and wanted to know to what extent Manbao could cure it.
Leucorrhea has always been a difficult disease to treat. Firstly, many people are unwilling to see a doctor; secondly, there is limited information and the relevant medical skills they can learn are limited.
Manbao smiled sweetly at Gao and took her into the inner room for acupuncture. He then wrote a prescription and went to the counter to get five sets of medicine. He handed them to Gao along with the gifts they had brought, saying with a smile, "My fourth brother is much better today and feels much more awake. He said that this was all thanks to Second Brother Chen, so he asked us to bring some rice and flour to visit Second Brother Chen and the others. I thought that what you are most in need of right now is medicinal herbs, so I bought you five sets of medicine. You can take them first, and we can see if you want to change the prescription later."
Gao immediately waved her hands when she heard this, "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it. They just helped me. The doctor already gave me some cakes yesterday, and you've been giving me free injections. How dare I ask for anything else from you?"
"Take it," Manbao pushed it to her. Gao just waved her hands to avoid it. Manbao thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. You are weak and you can't take so much. Why don't we go with you?"
Manbao and Baishan exchanged glances, and the two moved the things back to the car, and then invited Gao to get in.
Gao refused to agree. Manbao smiled and said, "It wasn't just Brother Chen who saved my fourth brother that day. We have to thank them too. I originally wanted to wait until my fourth brother was better before letting him go, but a broken bone takes a hundred days to heal, and he doesn't know when it will heal, so I'm going to go check on him first. I also ask Sister Chen to help lead the way."
Gao hesitated for a moment, but still got on the carriage.
The car drove out of the city, and then went further and further away. Manbao didn't expect them to live so far away. He was stunned for a moment before asking, "Do you have to walk such a long way to go into the city every day?"
Gao responded and said, "The house that County Magistrate Tang built for us can be moved into after fumigating it. We lived in a thatched hut before, but the elders said it was too damp and difficult to recuperate in, so we moved in as soon as the house was built."
Manbao nodded.
The "wasteland" discovered by County Magistrate Tang was divided into several pieces. Some places were very far away and required half a day's walk to reach. In order to facilitate farming, he built houses near the "wasteland".
The Gao family was lucky. The land they drew was not far from Yizhou City, so the newly built village was not far from Yizhou City either.
Gao felt that it was not very far, but it would take a long time to walk there, and it was very remote. There was not even a good road to walk on, only bumpy paths.
Daji used his superb chariot-driving skills to cover this distance, but Manbao and the others were still shaken badly. Bai Shan lifted the curtain and looked out and said, "It would be better to get off the car and walk."
Manbao nodded in agreement.
The village had just been built, and County Magistrate Tang had intentionally dispersed these refugees who were related to each other. Basically, there were only five or six families in the village that everyone knew, and definitely no more than ten, so the village was very quiet.
Some people have already started working on the land they were allocated, spreading some straw or wheat straw on the fields where winter wheat was planted to cope with the coming cold.
Or you can hoe the weeds in the open space and loosen the soil.
Even if you know that you should loosen the soil and weed now, when the spring breeze blows next year, it will still grow tall and hard as usual.
But they still couldn't help it.
After three years of wandering, they finally got their land back. Although it wasn't much, they still cherished the feeling of regaining what they had lost.
So when I look at my own land, I can't help but touch it, step on it, and hoe it.
Chen Erlang had three brothers, and the houses they built were all next to each other, so they were neighbors on both sides.
According to Gao, there are actually five brothers and two sisters-in-law in their family. However, due to the flood three years ago, the elderly people and one brother in the family were unable to escape, and the rest also died on the way to escape.
Although there are few people in the village, a carriage here still attracted a lot of attention. Everyone looked at it curiously.
After getting off the car, Manbao noticed their gazes and smiled slightly. She was used to it. When she was a child, she would run over to join in the fun when she saw a carriage entering the village.
Gao was afraid they wouldn't be used to it, so she explained, "The village has just been built, and no carriage has ever come here. County Magistrate Tang has been here a few times, but he always came on horseback."
Gao invited them in, then went next door to call her sisters-in-law. All three Chen brothers played a role in saving Zhou Silang that day.
Their houses are all the same. Unlike the houses in Qili Village, which are surrounded by courtyards in the front, their houses have a lobby right at the entrance, with rooms on both sides. They are all made of mud bricks and thatched roofs, but the foundations are made of stone and look quite solid.
But it was a little dim sitting in the room, and the light from outside could only come in through the door.
Manbao only stood in the room for a while before she took the stool and put it outside the door. She was still used to sitting in a bright place. It would be great to have a big yard like their home.
Bai Shan follows her.
Gao's two sisters-in-law quickly rushed over. Knowing that Manbao was an honored guest, they hurriedly bowed and explained, "The men in the family have gone out to collect firewood. Doctor Zhou, please wait a moment. I have asked the children to go and call him."
Manbao smiled and nodded, then simply sat on the stool and talked to them.
Gao brought a child out from the next room.
Manbao looked over and asked, "Is this your son?"
Gao responded and said, "He came at the wrong time. Our family is in a difficult situation. I had no milk before and he almost starved to death."
In fact, his condition is not very good now. It has been more than a month, but he is still a thin little ball.
Manbao reached out and felt his pulse, but she couldn't feel anything. She was not very good at diagnosing such a young child.
By the way, she seems to have never studied pediatrics.
The most common diseases she sees are leucorrhea and daily common illnesses. Her specialty is acupuncture because she has an anthropomorphic model that she can use to practice freely.
Gao looked at Manbao eagerly, full of anticipation.
Manbao withdrew his hand, thinking of what his mother often said, and said: "It is still necessary to eat well and sleep well. As long as the child eats well and sleeps well, he will grow up well."
Gao was a little disappointed and said, "But I don't have much milk..."
Manbao said, "Let's buy a sheep. I have a nephew who also grew up drinking goat's milk. He is in much better health now."
Manbao tilted his head and looked at Baishan, hoping to get his approval. "Is Sanshou doing well now?"
Bai Shan nodded, "I went back to see him last time during the Mid-Autumn Festival. He had gained a lot of weight."
Manbao looked at Gao encouragingly and said, "Buy a sheep that can produce milk."
Good night
(End of this chapter)
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