Three-day free clinic in Huangjia Village
Liu Duoer's illness was cured by Shi Yanqing, which caused heated discussions in Yunshui County.
However, when the clinic was busiest, Shi Yanqing was not in the county, but followed Zhou Hanzhang to a village outside to provide free medical treatment.
The sound of a rooster crowing outside woke the two people in the bedroom from their sleep.
On the bed, Zhou Hanzhang was sleeping with Shi Yanqing in his arms. When he heard the rooster crowing, his eyelids moved and he slowly woke up.
"It's time to get up."
Shi Yanqing rubbed her head against Zhou Hanzhang's chest. She murmured something incomprehensible, and only the last few words were heard clearly.
"Still want to sleep."
You still want to sleep, but you can’t.
Shi Yanqing was busy until very late yesterday. She brought a lot of medicinal herbs with her this time. If she met anyone who needed medicine, she would give it to them for free.
They are all common medicinal herbs. They cannot cure any serious illnesses, but they can cure minor illnesses.
After waking up, Shi Yanqing sat up, put on her shoes and got out of bed. She pushed open the door and was greeted by the fresh scent of the mountains and forests, as well as the coolness of the morning mist.
"Are you and Shi'an going into the mountains today?" She saw Zhou Hanzhang standing by the well in the yard, remembered what they said last night, and walked over to ask him.
Zhou Hanzhang was wiping his face. He nodded after hearing what Shi Yanqing said. "Yes, I have to go to the mountains to look for something. I may not be back until very late. I told Qingping to keep watch."
"The well water is cold, but there's hot water in the kitchen. I'll get you some to wash up."
After saying that, he turned and walked towards the kitchen. After a while, he came out with a wooden basin in his hand, and white steam rose above the basin.
Shi Yanqing looked at the well he walked to, put the wooden basin on the stone table, and scooped up the well water from the wooden barrel and poured it into the basin.
"The temperature is just right." Zhou Hanzhang tested the water temperature and found it was just right. He turned around and looked at Shi Yanqing.
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After breakfast, Shi Yanqing took Dan Ye and Qing Ping to the house that the village chief had organized people to clean up.
When she arrived, there were several women in their forties and fifties standing outside the door, all sitting in a circle chatting in low voices. They were carrying bamboo baskets covered with coarse cloth, and it was impossible to see what was inside.
Seeing her coming, several women immediately stopped chatting and smiled at her.
"Doctor Shi is here. Have you had breakfast? I just happened to bring some scallion pancakes that I made this morning. They are delicious when they are hot." A plump aunt with a kind face said with a smile.
Shi Yanqing also smiled and said, "Thank you, Auntie. I have already had breakfast."
"My husband and I will stay in the village for three more days. We will provide free medical services to the villagers during these three days. You don't have to come so early tomorrow."
While the others were talking, Danye and Qingping entered a house made of earthen bricks. The ground was relatively flat and there were no weeds or mosses growing on it.
The two of them took some cleaning tools and did a quick cleanup, then prepared the things needed for medical treatment, and then invited Shi Yanqing in.
It is now mid-November, and the rice in the fields has long been harvested and threshed.
The frost was still quite heavy in the early morning. Shi Yanqing stood outside the door for a while and felt a little chilly. When the breeze blew, he felt cold.
"Come in first, it's cold outside." Shi Yanqing invited everyone outside to come in. The house was not big, about thirty or forty square meters.
But it is enough for more than ten people to stand.
After Shi Yanqing sat down, he moved the pulse pillow to a convenient position, looked at the women standing over there and smiled, "Which auntie will come first?"
"I'll go first." The aunt who first spoke to Shi Yanqing was named Huang Qin.
This is Huangjia Village, where almost everyone has the surname Huang. Huang Qin's name was given to her by her father because her grandmother liked to eat celery.
Although the origin of the name is not very beautiful, the name Huang Qin sounds nice, better than her brother Huang Mi.
Shi Yanqing saw that the others had no objections, so he didn't say much. He nodded and motioned Huang Qin to sit on the bench and stretched out his hand to take his pulse.
Perhaps Huang Qin has a good physical condition, and she has not had any serious illnesses after working hard over the years. They are all minor illnesses that do not affect her life.
"You don't need to take any medicine. Just get more rest and don't overwork yourself."
Shi Yanqing reminded her.
Huang Qin nodded with a smile, indicating that she had listened.
She stood up and walked aside, but before the next person sat on the bench, everyone heard a noisy sound coming from outside the house.
Words like "I have a stomachache" and "there's no cure" could be heard faintly in the room.
"It seems to be Aunt Mai's voice outside. I'll go out and see what's going on." Huang Qin's face was full of curiosity and excitement. After she finished speaking hurriedly, she pushed open the door and walked out.
When she left, the other women could no longer stand there and followed her out to watch the fun.
In less than a few seconds, only Shi Yanqing and the other two were left in the room.
"Let's go and see what's happening outside." Shi Yanqing stood up and said.
Danye and Qingping immediately followed. To be honest, they also wanted to watch the fun. Fortunately, the lady had spoken.
Outside the door, a dozen people formed a semicircle, each with an expression of surprise and fear on their face, which was very complicated.
When Shi Yanqing walked to a deserted place, he saw a man wailing on the ground with his hands on his stomach. This was not strange, except that the man's belly was as big as that of a five-month pregnant woman.
It's like she's pregnant too, scary and magical.
This is bloating.
Shi Yanqing came to this conclusion the first time she saw the man's belly.
She took out a pair of gloves from her sleeve and put them on, then lifted the clothes on the man's abdomen and reached in to check.
"What is Doctor Shi doing?"
"I think he's trying to figure out what's wrong with He Xiaozi."
"Is it possible? He's parents took him to the capital to see a doctor, but the doctors there said there was no cure."
"We'll have to wait and see if it works. Maybe the doctor's skills are better than those in the capital."
The abdomen is bloated and soft to the touch, with no blue veins exposed on the surface of the skin and no bloody capillaries. Is it gas swelling?
Shi Yanqing touched it a few times and thought silently in his heart.
She turned her head to look at the man and wanted to ask for specific details, but he had already fainted, with his hands on his ribs, as if that was the place that had caused unbearable pain just now.
"It's cold outside and he's not wearing thick clothes. Please help move him into the house to prevent him from catching a cold and getting sick." Shi Yanqing said to several men who were standing in the crowd watching the excitement.
"It's what I should do."
"I don't need Doctor Shi to be so polite when it comes to helping out."
Several men came out, grabbed the man's hands and feet, carried him into the house, took a quick look around, and then put him on a wooden bed without bedding.
"What happened to my Erhe? What happened? Where is he?" At this time, an anxious female voice came from outside the door. It was Huang Erhe's mother, who was called by the villagers who were watching the excitement.
"Miao Niang, your Erhe is here. Nothing happened to him. He just fainted from the pain." Huang Qin kindly leaned out of the door and shouted loudly.
The next second, a thin woman with a yellow face and sunken cheeks ran in. The first thing she saw was Huang Erhe lying on the wooden bed with his eyes closed.
And Qingping feeding medicine to his son.
"What did you feed my son?" Miao Niang was shocked and ran over, reaching out to stop Qingping's actions.
"Don't be afraid, Auntie. The medicine I gave him is for medical treatment and it will not harm his body." Shi Yanqing grabbed Miao Niang's arm and soothed her nervousness in a gentle voice.
Perhaps it was because she smelled the herbal fragrance on Shi Yanqing's body, Miao Niang stopped struggling and grabbed Shi Yanqing's hand, holding on tightly like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw.
Shi Yanqing's hand was hurt by her grip, but he didn't show it on his face. He just looked at Dan Ye and signaled her to ask the others to leave.
Soon, all the women and men who were watching the fun in the house were asked to leave.
They wanted to stay, but they also knew that this was not a fun thing to watch, as it would damage their luck.
Shi Yanqing: "Aunt Miao, don't worry, your son will wake up soon."
Miao Niang nodded with tears in her eyes. She let go of Shi Yanqing's hand, sat next to Huang Erhe, and cried silently.
It has been half a month since her son fell ill.
At first, his belly wasn't as big as it is now, and he wasn't feeling well, but his family didn't take it seriously. After all, every villager has their own little ailments, so just bear with it, and everyone gets through it that way.
But who knew that as time went on, his belly became bigger and bigger.
At first, the villagers thought he had gained weight, but his belly was ridiculously big, even bigger than Huang Jinzhong's belly, a rich man in the village.
At this time, everyone felt that something was wrong and took him to the provincial capital for treatment. However, the doctor said that he could not be cured and this was the only way.
Since then, almost all the family's money has been used to treat Huang Erhe and buy medicine, but with little effect, and several daughters-in-law have also complained.
A quarter of an hour later, Huang Erhe, who was lying on the wooden bed, opened his eyes.
"Mom, why did you come in?"
Huang Erhe was still not fully conscious and didn't remember what had just happened. He just thought this was his room and he hadn't gotten up yet.
"You just fainted from the pain. This is the free clinic in the village." Shi Yanqing saw that his eyes were blurry and knew that he had not yet woken up, so he reminded him.
"Doctor Shi just fed you a pill. Erhe, how do you feel now? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?" Miao Niang wiped the tears from her face and the tears in her eyes stopped.
She reached out to help her son up, but she was afraid that he was not feeling well, so she hesitated and simply did not move.
Huang Erhe's words reminded him of his previous memories. He supported his waist with one hand and supported himself on the bed with the other.
"Thank you, Doctor Shi. I feel fine now and my body isn't in as much pain as before."
Hearing her son say that he was not in pain, Miao Niang felt relieved and her expression showed a bit of happiness.
Shi Yanqing had only performed palpation and had not yet conducted any medical examinations.
She asked as she looked at Huang Erhe, whose face was pale and yellow and whose limbs were swollen.
"I heard from the villagers that you became ill half a month ago. Did you eat anything unusual at that time, or were you feeling unwell?"
Huang Erhe shook his head. "I eat the same meals as my family every day. There's nothing strange about them. But at the beginning, I felt chest pain from time to time and had no strength."
"At the time, I thought it was because I hadn't eaten or slept well, so I didn't take it seriously. But a few days later, my belly started to grow bigger, changing every day."
"Doctor Shi, is there any hope for my stomach?"
Huang Erhe asked cautiously, looking at Shi Yanqing with hope in his eyes, trying to find a life-saving straw.
Hearing this, Miao Niang also looked at her expectantly.
Shi Yanqing could certainly be saved. She nodded slightly and opened her mouth, but before she could say a word, the wooden door was pushed open from the outside and hit the wall with a bang.
The loud noise attracted the attention of the five people in the room.
An old lady with gray hair, wrinkles all over her face and a cane walked in. She looked at Huang Erhe sitting on the bed with an expressionless face.
"Erhe, didn't the doctor tell you to stay indoors and not go out? Why didn't you obey and ran out again?"
A trace of fear flashed in Huang Erhe's eyes. He clenched his fingers, and the pain of his nails digging into his flesh made him feel that the moment was real.
"Grandma." He called out and then stopped talking.
Grandma Huang slammed the hand holding the crutch to the ground fiercely, and looked at Miao Niang with displeasure, "What are you sitting here for? Hurry up and take Erhe back."
After she finished speaking, Miao Niang immediately stood up, reached out and grabbed Huang Erhe's arm to help him up.
Shi Yanqing hasn't spoken since Grandma Huang came in. She stood quietly by and watched Miao Niang take Huang Erhe away.
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