Seeing that his sister had no other choice, Baoyu could only tearfully carry Li Xiuju on his back and walk somewhat bewildered outside to wait.
Zhou Chenyu thanked Doctor Zhou, picked up her things, walked outside, saw the carriage parked in the distance, and a rare anger ignited in her eyes. She said fiercely, "Where is the nearest clinic?"
Baoyu stood in front of the door, looked at the direction, and then turned his head to the east. "Sister, go through the alley across the street. There is a doctor who always sees patients on the right."
"Are you sure you can do it? If not, I'll carry you." Zhou Chenyu looked at Baoyu worriedly. Baoyu, no longer the usual frivolous boy, had a determined look in his eyes. "I can do it!"
Zhou Chenyu nodded. "Okay, let's go!"
She led the way with warm clothes, while Baoyu followed behind carrying Li Xiuju on his back. The two of them stopped, panting, in front of the newly found clinic.
Zhou Chenyu didn't have time to rest and rushed into the clinic, asking, "Excuse me, is there a doctor?"
The young doctor on duty at the clinic immediately stood up and blocked her way as soon as he saw her, waving her away without any mercy: "Go away, we can't treat your illness."
He didn't even see Li Xiuju, so how did he know he couldn't see her?
Zhou Chenyu frowned, instantly sensing something was wrong.
In a fit of rage, Baoyu burst into the room, disregarding everything else, and launched into a furious tirade: "You haven't even examined my mother's pulse yet, how do you know she can't be saved? Everyone says doctors have the heart of a parent, how can you be so cold-blooded! Aren't you afraid of divine retribution for letting her die like this?!"
The young man remained completely unfazed. He walked behind the door, found a broom, and lazily replied to Baoyu, "Let me make this clear first: if you don't leave now, I'm going to get serious!"
"You!" Baoyu's eyes turned red with anger. If Li Xiuju hadn't been carrying him on his back, he would have definitely rushed up and beaten her.
Zhou Chenyu pressed down on his hand, her face cold: "Baoyu, forget it, let's go!"
Baoyu left the clinic unwillingly and was about to rush to the next one. "Sister, there's another clinic under the stone arch bridge. Let's go check that out!"
“Baoyu, there’s no need to go, it’s useless.” Zhou Chenyu looked at him, extinguishing all his hopes.
Baoyu looked anxious. "Sister, why is this? They refuse to treat Mother, but I believe there must be a doctor willing to treat her. Let's go look for her again."
It's not that no one is willing to treat them, but that they dare not treat them.
Zhou Chenyu gripped her clothes tightly, the veins on the back of her hands bulging. "Have you forgotten? Just like last time when we were setting up our stall, Qian Rushan cut off our business opportunities with just a few casual words. There's no one else but Qian Rushan who interfered, making sure no doctor in the entire Qingshui Town would treat us!"
"No matter how many jobs you look for next, it will all be the same. They won't take us on."
Baoyu's brows furrowed deeply, tears welling in his eyes. "Sister, what about Mother? She's still unconscious. Without acupuncture and medicine, how can she wake up? If this continues, Mother..."
what to do?
Zhou Chenyu paced back and forth in the alley with a cold face. No matter how powerful Qian Rushan was, he couldn't possibly extend his reach to other places. If there was really no place to see a doctor in Qingshui Town, then they could only rent a carriage to go to the next town. If the next town didn't work, they would go to the provincial capital.
“We…” Zhou Chenyu walked back to Baoyu, intending to suggest renting a carriage to go to the next town, but suddenly some fragmented images flooded her mind, and she stopped abruptly, remembering someone.
"Baoyu, perhaps there is another place we can try."
"There's another place?" Baoyu stepped forward excitedly. "Sister, where is it? We'll go there right now."
"Follow me!" Zhou Chenyu gathered his things, wandered into the alley several times, but still couldn't find the place. Finally, he arrived at the desolate street where Old Zhang lived, then walked into the alley he had walked through before, and followed the vague route in his memory, finally arriving at the clinic he had visited before.
Zhou Chenyu walked into the room. "Is the doctor here?"
"I am the doctor, what's the matter?" Shen Yunzhi was smelling the herbs when he slowly looked up. The moment he caught sight of Zhou Chenyu, his tired and dull eyes instantly lit up, and he teased, "Oh, it's you."
Does he still remember her?
Zhou Chenyu seemed to see a glimmer of hope and helped Baoyu in. "Doctor, my mother has been unconscious for a day. Please save her."
Shen Yunzhi still remembered the last farce. He came out half-believing and half-doubting, but when he saw Li Xiuju's pale and bloodless face, his expression immediately became serious. "Put her down quickly."
"Thank you, doctor, thank you, doctor." Baoyu cried with joy and quickly laid Li Xiuju down.
Zhou Chenyu patted Baoyu on the shoulder, walked to the man's side, and recounted the story of Li Xiuju fainting.
As Shen Yunzhi listened, he checked Li Xiuju's pulse. Suddenly, he frowned slightly. "Did you already give her medicine when you saw a doctor elsewhere this morning?"
Baoyu opened his eyes and nodded, "My sister fed me once."
Seeing his expression, Zhou Chenyu hurriedly took out the medicine packet prescribed by Doctor Zhou and spread it out for him to see: "This is the medicine I brewed for my mother this morning. Is there anything wrong with it?"
Shen Yunzhi glanced at it casually, pursed his lips speechlessly, then examined Li Xiuju's wounds, pressing hard on several joints before shaking his head helplessly. What a pity.
"The old lady's leg injury wasn't serious to begin with. If it had been treated properly back then, there would have been a chance for it to heal completely. Now it's too late to say anything. Don't give her these medicines anymore."
Shen Yunzhi stood up, not forgetting to remind them, "And that doctor you saw, it's best to go there less often in the future."
this?
Zhou Chenyu recalled the medicine that Old Man Zhou had given her before. It seemed her intuition was right; could it be that Zhou Wenbin, who was seriously ill before, also had...?
When Zhou Wenbin fell seriously ill, the Zhou family was already destitute and struggling to even eat. They were lucky to have someone help with his medical treatment.
Although Dr. Zhou's medical skills are not very good, he has a truly kind heart.
Zhou Chenyu thought about it carefully, and it seemed like a dead end no matter what.
She glanced at Baoyu, then said nothing more.
Shen Yunzhi returned to his desk, wrote down a prescription, and ordered his apprentice to take it to the backyard to prepare it. He then took the acupuncture needles, located several key acupoints, and quickly inserted the needles.
Zhou Chenyu stared at his hand. After only a few needles, the effect was immediate. Li Xiuju's five fingers moved. "Doctor, my mother's hand moved."
A smile appeared on Baoyu's face as he looked at Shen Yunzhi with hope.
Shen Yunzhi, whose treatment was interrupted, glanced at the siblings with his eyelids, then lowered his head to continue administering acupuncture, murmuring calmly, "I'm not a miracle doctor. The needles were just inserted, how can they take effect so quickly? Don't be impatient."
"..." Zhou Chenyu looked at the man. Although he had grown a beard, he was still quite young. He was just pretending to be mature.
However, given his refined and experienced acupuncture techniques, and the fact that Yang Xi brought her here before, he should be a reliable person.
Her anxiety finally subsided.
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