Ye Qingcheng listened for a while longer, and looking at the wealthy merchant and the shopkeeper, they didn't seem like bad people.
Until the wealthy merchant said he would report it to the authorities.
She stepped forward and said, "Gentlemen, may I have a word to say?"
Upon hearing this, both the wealthy merchant and the shopkeeper looked at Ye Qingcheng simultaneously, and both of them were stunned for a moment.
Then the shopkeeper asked, "And who is this young lady?"
Ye Qingcheng smiled and said, "I was just passing by when I heard you arguing. So I came in to listen to your conversation and have something to say."
"Hmm? What brilliant idea does that young lady have?"
"I dare not presume to offer such insightful advice. It is as follows: I have been studying medicine since childhood and have considerable knowledge of some rare and difficult diseases. As this gentleman just mentioned, even if the baby is in an abnormal position, as long as the mother is healthy, there is no guarantee that there will be a difficult delivery."
"Oh! So, young lady, is there any way?" the wealthy merchant asked hastily upon hearing this.
Ye Qingcheng smiled and said, "Uncle, if you trust me, may I come to your residence so I can take a look at your wife first?"
As the saying goes, "the right medicine is the right treatment," but without knowing your wife's condition, I dare not make any pronouncements here.
"this…"
Upon hearing this, the wealthy businessman frowned slightly and looked Ye Qingcheng up and down with some suspicion.
Ye Qingcheng noticed the businessman's doubts and said with a smile, "Uncle, do you often feel a dull, throbbing pain in your chest? Sometimes, when the pain comes, it's accompanied by difficulty breathing?"
"How... young lady, did you know?"
When the wealthy merchant saw that Ye Qingcheng was carrying a child, he addressed her as "little lady".
Ye Qingcheng smiled and said, "The simplest way to practice traditional Chinese medicine is through observation, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation."
“This… young lady was able to see through my illness at a glance, so you must have inquired about me before.”
"Inquire?" Ye Qingcheng shook her head: "I am new to this place and unfamiliar with the people and the land, so how could I be inquiring?"
"Heh, I'm not afraid to tell you, young lady, that I, Cao, suffer from a heart ailment. Everyone in the capital knows this; you can find out with just a few inquiries."
Ye Qingcheng sighed and said, "Since you don't trust me, I'll cure one or two patients right now and let you see."
After saying that, he looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, I know you don't trust me and won't let me treat your patients here."
So, to prove I have medical skills, shopkeeper, you can test me.
“This… young lady, I don’t know what your purpose is, but since you’ve said so, I’ll test you.”
"Very well, please enlighten me, shopkeeper."
The shopkeeper nodded, then turned and went into the backyard.
After a while.
He took some medicinal herbs and returned to his consultation table.
"Young lady, there are thirty kinds of medicinal herbs here. If you can identify half of them, I will trust you. What do you think?"
"Okay, no need for half, I'll tell you everything."
"Young lady, don't be too confident. You should know that these medicinal herbs are not common medicines."
"Listen up, shopkeeper," Ye Qingcheng said with a smile, then looked at the medicinal herbs and began to read out their names one by one.
In just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Ye Qingcheng had identified all the medicinal herbs.
Not only that, she also explained the effects of various medicinal herbs and pointed out the herbs that could be combined with each other.
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper trembled with excitement, exclaiming, "This...this...this is truly miraculous!"
Seeing the shopkeeper's excited expression, Ye Qingcheng smiled and asked, "Well? Shopkeeper, have I made any mistakes in my judgment? Have I said anything wrong?"
"No, no, judging from the young girl's appearance, she's quite young, yet she actually knows medicine, and her medical skills are probably no less than mine, right?"
"You flatter me, shopkeeper. Now, may I treat one or two patients for you? Of course, if I fail in my care, I will take full responsibility and will never implicate you."
"Alright, alright, alright, then please make your move, young lady!"
Ye Qingcheng nodded, then turned to an elderly woman who had come to get medicine, walked up to her, and said with a smile, "Auntie, hello, do you often have headaches?"
The old woman nodded: "That's right. I don't know what's wrong with me, but I often have terrible headaches. I've taken a lot of medicine, but it hasn't helped."
Ye Qingcheng smiled and said, "Auntie, your headache is not a serious illness. It's just that you caught a cold once and didn't get it treated in time, which caused inflammation in your lungs. In addition, you are getting old, so the inflammation has been slow to subside, which is why you often have headaches."
"Inflammation?"
“That’s right. If you trust me, ma’am, I can give you acupuncture. You’ll be fully recovered in just fifteen minutes.”
"Is what the girl said true?"
"I never boast."
"Okay, okay, okay, then I'll have to trouble you, young lady."
After hearing this, Ye Qingcheng nodded, then turned to the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, may I borrow your silver needles?"
The shopkeeper nodded and then handed the silver needles to Ye Qingcheng.
After receiving the silver needles, Ye Qingcheng began to administer acupuncture to the old woman.
Fifteen minutes later.
Ye Qingcheng put away the silver needles that had been inserted into the old woman's head and lungs.
"Alright, ma'am, how are you feeling? Is your head not hurting anymore?"
The old woman felt it for a moment, then exclaimed excitedly, "Huh? It really doesn't hurt anymore! I feel much more relaxed than when I took the medicine before!"
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