Chapter 10 The First Patient...
Wu Dongmei's eyes were filled with tears as she clutched the red cloth tightly in her hand and shouted to the crowd that had gathered around her:
"Today, our Huimin Hall is open again!"
"From now on, if you have any headaches or fevers, you can come to our Huimin Hall for consultation."
"Good!" Wu Qiufeng shouted excitedly and looked up to applaud.
“Pah pah pah!”
The next second, applause broke out like thunder.
Chen Yin smiled and nodded in response to the curious looks from everyone who looked at her. From now on, she would be the doctor in charge of Huimin Hall.
But the people who came following the sound didn't understand what was going on and just watched with interest the waist drum band beating drums and gongs at the door.
After looking for a while, I remembered to ask about the real matter.
"What's going on here?"
"What new store is opening? Are there any discounts?"
Unfortunately, the person standing next to them happened to be Yang Guangyao, who had a grudge against Huimin Hall. How could he let go of such an opportunity to discredit Huimin Hall?
"It's a clinic run by a young girl who hasn't even seen a doctor yet. Even if there's a discount, I wouldn't dare go in."
"A Chinese medicine clinic? Seeing a doctor here is really unlucky!"
"Did the little girl drive it?"
"That's right. The girl standing by the door is the doctor in charge of the clinic. She dared to open a clinic right after graduating from school. She really doesn't take the lives of ordinary people like us seriously. If you are sick, you still have to go to the health center."
Taking advantage of the opportunity to smear, Yang Guangyao did not forget to promote his elder brother.
Sure enough, when the onlookers heard the news revealed by Yang Guangyao, they all looked at Chen Yin with critical eyes.
Young! Beautiful!
This is everyone’s first impression of Chen Yin, and it just so happens that these two labels are not conducive to trusting a person’s professional skills, especially traditional Chinese medicine.
Many people shook their heads at Chen Yin and left silently.
When Yang Guangyao saw that his words had taken effect, he began to spread rumors among the crowd.
After a while, the people who had gathered out of curiosity gradually dispersed and continued to go to the market.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yang Guangyao left with the crowd without anyone noticing his little trick.
Due to the special nature of the clinic, everyone was too embarrassed to invite people in and could only watch the people passing by the door in disappointment.
After standing there for a long time and not seeing anyone who wanted to come in, Wu Dongmei's face was inevitably filled with anxiety.
Just as she was pacing back and forth anxiously, Chen Yin suddenly moved.
"Mom, don't worry, let's go in and wait."
Wu Dongmei glanced at the tourists passing by on the street, then looked at her daughter and the plaque above her head, and could only force herself to suppress her inner anxiety.
She glanced again at the person who was about to pass by the clinic, turned around helplessly and walked into the clinic.
Chen Yin knew that her mother was worried about her, so she held her mother with one hand and her uncle with the other, and walked back together.
After entering the house, she didn't want her mother to continue to be immersed in restless emotions, so she said:
"It's understandable that outsiders don't know my medical skills and don't dare to come in casually. So, I want to ask Mom, Uncle, Grandpa and Grandma to be my patients. I'll diagnose your pulses and prescribe medicine. Once outsiders can see that your health has improved, I'll spread the word and people will definitely come to me on their own initiative."
When Wu Dongmei heard this, her eyes lit up, and she was obviously bewitched by her daughter's words.
She immediately patted her waist and said excitedly:
"Yes! I used to have trouble sleeping at night if I bent my waist for even a little while. But ever since Yinyin gave me a massage and applied some plaster, it's all gone now. I'm going to talk to the neighbors right away."
After saying that, without waiting for others to react, he turned around and wanted to run out.
But she forgot that her arm was still in Chen Yin's arms.
Chen Yin grabbed her mother and said, "Mom, there's no rush. You have to help me while I treat grandpa and grandma."
"Pa!" Wu Dongmei slapped herself on the forehead in annoyance and looked at her parents embarrassedly.
When Grandma Wu saw her daughter like this, she smiled and shook her head helplessly, thinking: My daughter has always been impetuous since she was a child, and she hasn't changed at this age.
Then, under Chen Yin's guidance, grandma took her seat safely.
It was at this moment that everyone's worried eyes were fixed on grandma.
In fact, grandma's condition did not look good. In the past when we lived together, she was not as carefully observed as she is now sitting in front of the doctor.
I saw her with white hair, hunched back, and her hands full of scars pressed on her knees which hurt when it rained.
And this feeling of worry continued to grow after Chen Yin asked the question.
Chen Yin's expression was gentle, unaffected by the surrounding gazes, and she slowly spoke:
"Grandma, do you feel unwell? Tell me everything so I can prescribe the right medicine. If everyone in my family is sick, who would trust my medical skills?"
Hearing her granddaughter say this, Grandma Wu, who was about to lie as usual, said with trembling lips that she felt uncomfortable.
As she spoke, the atmosphere around them gradually became gloomy.
After asking clearly, Chen Yin began to take the patient's pulse.
The result was pretty much as she expected. People always have a lot of illnesses in their old age, especially someone like her grandmother who has no conditions to take care of herself.
"Grandma, your most pressing concern right now is the arthritis in your legs, also known as rheumatism. I'll give you acupuncture later, and with some blood-activating, blood-stasis-removing, cold-dispelling, and dampness-dispelling medicine, you won't have it again."
Upon hearing this, all the Wu family members looked at Chen Yin in ecstasy, as if they had already seen Grandma Wu recovering.
But Chen Yin didn't finish her words and continued to add:
"As for the other illnesses, most of them are caused by past deficiencies, and they need to be replenished through food. I happen to have some medicinal herbs here, so I can make some pills for grandma when I have time."
Hearing these words, my grandfather looked at my grandmother a little embarrassedly, thinking that it was all because of his incompetence that his wife had not lived a good life.
Wu Qiufeng's children had the same idea and immediately decided to cut more meat to nourish their mother in the future.
Chen Yin didn't give everyone time to indulge in sadness. She took her grandmother's hand and walked into the acupuncture room.
It is called an acupuncture room, but it is actually just a separate room for examinations and treatments that require privacy.
After entering the room, Chen Yin arranged for grandma to sit on the single bed.
Then she took out the silver needle left by her father and opened it.
For some reason, at this moment, when grandma saw the glowing silver needle wrapped in white cloth, she suddenly felt a little afraid to look at the silver needle's light.
She subconsciously looked away and was seen by Wu Dongmei.
Wu Dongmei immediately understood her mother's fear, sat down beside her, put her arms around her body, and said half-jokingly:
"Yinyin, hurry up! I won't give your grandma a chance to escape."
"Hehehe!" Upon hearing this, everyone in the room couldn't help but laugh.
The grandmother glared at her daughter angrily, and the timidity in her heart was immediately swept away.
Chen Yin looked up at the people who were almost filling the room and said, "Everyone else should wait outside for a while. Mother's help is enough."
Several people looked at each other, not knowing what was going on, but seeing Chen Yin's serious look, they silently stepped back.
Wu Dongmei had the same idea until she heard her daughter asking her mother to take off her clothes. Then she suddenly realized that acupuncture on certain parts of the body requires taking off clothes and pants.
After a while, grandma lay on the bed anxiously, waiting for the tingling sensation to come from her body.
But as time passed, she didn't feel any movement and wanted to turn her head to look behind her in confusion.
However, Wu Dongmei mistakenly thought that her mother wanted to retreat, so she quickly comforted her:
"Mom, it's almost there, just wait a moment."
"What! The acupuncture has begun."
Grandma Wu moved more violently in shock and became more curious about her granddaughter's medical skills.
Chen Yin's movements were not affected at all. She held the silver needle tightly with two fingers. After observing that the muscles were stable, she slowly inserted the needle, twisting it during the process, until it reached the required depth.
After a while, shining silver needles were inserted into grandma's Dazhui, Yangchi, Sanjiaoshu... Heding, Ququan and Weizhong points.
After the acupuncture, Chen Yin immediately comforted her, "Grandma, wait for another incense stick of time, and then you can get up."
"Oh? Okay." Grandma said with a dull look.
Because she vaguely felt a tingling sensation in certain parts of her body, especially her knees, which had been extremely painful in previous years, and now began to feel a different sensation.
As time went on, she could even feel a warmth spreading around her knees.
After getting up, grandma quickly told everyone about this magical feeling.
For a moment, everyone looked at Chen Yin as if she were a goddess, even her mother Wu Dongmei.
The next second, she shouted excitedly, "Yinyin! As long as your grandma steps out, people will definitely come chasing her. There are many people suffering from rheumatism in this town."
Wu Dongmei's vision was wonderful, but reality did not develop as she expected.
The clinic spent its first day of opening with Chen Yin treating family members at home.
On the second day of opening, it was still empty.
On the third day, Wu Dongmei could no longer contain her restlessness and ran outside to use herself as an example for publicity.
Seeing her friend so anxious, Li Chunli immediately went to her house to act as a babysitter.
Wu Dongmei was delighted, but she also knew that it would be too obvious, so she could only refuse in disappointment.
"Why don't you tell other people about the changes in my waist, as well as my mom and dad. After Yin Yin's treatment, our family's health is much better than before."
"Okay, okay, okay! Whenever I get the chance, I'll promote the clinic."
"Thank you! Come to our house for dinner when you have time."
The two smiled at each other, and everything was said without words.
After giving the instructions, Wu Dongmei could only suppress her inner frustration and go home to cook dinner.
Seeing her daughter making pills in the clinic, she didn't dare say anything, for fear that Chen Yin's mood would be affected by the bleak current situation of the clinic.
Little did people know that Chen Yin was actually thinking about the medical clinic business at this time.
Although she opened the clinic to cure diseases and save lives, she must first keep the clinic alive before she can continue to fulfill Huimin Hall's mission.
So, Chen Yin set her sights on Xu Ting.
Because Xu Ting is the richest person she knows, and the people who value their lives the most are those who are powerful, wealthy and influential.
In the backyard, the sound of her mother cooking could be heard, and Chen Yin was about to stop cooking, close the door and eat.
But just as she raised her hand to close the door, a stealthy figure suddenly approached from a distance. The other person looked around with a veil on his face, obviously not wanting to be recognized.
If the other person didn't look like a girl, Chen Yin would definitely close the last door panel immediately.
Only when they were face to face did she whisper, "Miss, are you here to see a doctor?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Please let me in."
As soon as Chen Yin turned her body to the side, a black figure immediately entered the space under her hands and entered the clinic.
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