Chapter 140 The First Patient
Li San Niang readily accepted Doctor Gao's arrangement, sat down in her seat, and took out a medical book to read.
Earlier, Li San Niang had already thought about the situations she might encounter in her future work life.
Now, the disdain from the older male doctor has been received.
Then, it was placed last and has been received.
No one is interested; it's currently being accepted.
By midday, when the sun was high in the sky, Li Sanniang still had no patients. For most of the morning, she could hear the whispers and inquiries coming from the next door, the next next door, and the next next next door.
Moreover, even without deliberately listening, Li San Niang still discovered that among the three doctors in the three halls, before she arrived, the youngest one, Tang Mingyue, had the highest reputation. The number of people who came to him for consultations and follow-ups was equal to the combined number of Li and Cui doctors.
Looking at the time, Li San Niang got up from the small cubicle. She had been sitting there for half the morning, so she got up to stretch her legs.
Just then, an old woman led in a shy-faced girl wearing a blue floral headscarf and a thin, hunched-over man.
Li San Niang didn't go to look on purpose; she just happened to glance over and saw the woman right in front of her.
Li San Niang smiled at her, and the woman was taken aback, probably because it was the first time she had seen a woman in the medical hall, but she still returned the smile.
So Li San Niang turned her face away and saw that Tang Mingyue was also looking at medical books, so she started to chat with him in a low voice.
The two were having a pleasant conversation and even made plans to have lunch together when a sharp male voice shouted from two neighbors: "No way! That's my wife! How can you let me see her?"
Li San Niang and Tang Mingyue exchanged a glance, both understanding that the question was probably about having offspring. This was one of the inconveniences of male doctors—when dealing with narrow-minded men, this was the situation.
However, since they weren't their patients, neither Li San Niang nor Tang Ming Yue said anything.
"What? What are you asking? How can I tell you this? Come on, I'm not watching anymore. I'm not watching anymore, okay?"
Then they heard the old woman's exasperated scolding, which everyone nearby overheard.
It turned out that the man and the woman had been married for five years but had no children. The man's mother was anxious because the continuation of the family line was a major issue, so she dragged the two of them to see a doctor. The main problem was that the man was unwilling to come.
Just then, the man, with a long face and looking unwilling, pulled the woman away. The old woman looked helpless. Then, she turned around and saw Li San Niang standing there chatting with Tang Mingyue. Suddenly, her face lit up with surprise and joy. Her eyes widened and her eyebrows rose.
The old woman pointed at Li San Niang with one hand and grabbed the young woman's sleeve with the other, saying with delight, "Shunzi, wait a minute! Look, isn't there a female doctor here? Are you the doctor in this clinic?"
At first, Li San Niang didn't react. But when the old woman asked again, Li San Niang hurriedly said, "I am, I am the doctor of this clinic."
The man named Shunzi probably never expected that there would actually be a female doctor in the medical hall of Chang'an City. He muttered something to himself as the old woman pulled him to sit down in front of Li San Niang's small cubicle.
Before coming over, the old woman said to the young apprentice in the front hall, "The money we just paid didn't get us any treatment. If we have this female doctor take a look, we won't need to pay any more money, right?"
The apprentice was also encountering such a situation for the first time, and it was really difficult to decide whether to collect the consultation fee again, or to take the money from Dr. Li's account and give it to Li San Niang.
I was so anxious I kept scratching my head, not knowing what to do.
Dr. Li couldn't bear the embarrassment, so he said directly, "No need to pay anymore, I didn't even take your pulse."
Then, when Li San Niang sat back down at her consultation table, she was faced with three faces: a blushing young woman's face, an anxious old woman's face, and a reluctant man's face.
Who is seeking medical attention?
"Doctor, it's my Shunzi. My Shunzi and his wife can't have a baby. Can you take a look?"
"Mother!"
Seeing the man's embarrassed expression, Li Sanniang calmly comforted him, "Young man Shunzi, there's no need to hide your illness from medical treatment. Since you've come to the clinic, you're obviously here to see a doctor. Shall we ask you questions and you answer them?"
"Okay, okay, okay, doctor, please ask away."
Li San Niang first went to see Nv Niang, who blushed but still nodded. Then she went to see Shun Zi, whose face turned red and dark, but he also nodded.
It seems that Shunzi really cares about having her own children, otherwise she wouldn't have been dragged to the doctor by her mother today.
"How old are you and your spouse?"
"I'm 21, and my wife is a year younger than me."
How many years have you been married?
"It's been five years."
Li San Niang thought it was normal; nowadays, it was common for women to get married as soon as they reached marriageable age.
The next question was rather private, so Li Sanniang lowered her voice and asked, "When does your period start, madam? Is it regular?"
Although the woman blushed, she was more outgoing than Shunzi. She raised her head and whispered to Li Sanniang, "My name is Yingniang. You can call me Yingniang, female doctor. I started menstruating when I was thirteen. It's not very regular, about once every thirty days."
Li San Niang nodded, jotting down these points on a piece of paper.
Next, Li San Niang wanted to ask some more private questions, so she said to the old woman, "Auntie, please wait somewhere else. I have some private things I want to ask Shunzi and Yingniang."
The old woman was stunned for a moment, "Ah, I'm Shunzi's biological mother, why can't I listen?"
Li San Niang smiled and pointed at Shunzi, saying, "With your aunt here, Shunzi won't tell the truth. What do you think?"
The old woman glanced at her son's state, then left with a helpless and frustrated expression, going outside.
"Alright, now it's just the three of us. I promise you, I will not reveal a single word you two say to anyone other than the three of us without your consent. Even if Shunzi's own mother asks me, I will definitely not tell."
At this moment, Shunzi pointed to Li Sanniang's pen, which had been constantly moving from the beginning, indicating that she had written everything down.
"Oh, this is the medical record I wrote for you. If you want to see a doctor or have a follow-up appointment, this record is essential. But don't worry, I've hidden all your names on it. Only I will see this record, so don't worry."
Shunzi calmed down and realized that this female doctor was quite meticulous.
Li San Niang then launched into a barrage of questions: "How often do you two have sex? When was the last time you had sex? When was Ying Niang's last period?"
Shunzi's face turned red when he heard the words "share a room." He felt like he was about to get a fever. Why was this female doctor asking such questions right off the bat?
Yingniang nudged Shunzi, whose mouth was agape but he couldn't speak. Yingniang, in her anxiety, spoke up herself.
While taking notes, Li Sanniang continued to ask, "What positions were used during intercourse each time? How long did intercourse last? Was it permissible to wash oneself after intercourse?"
As soon as these questions were asked, Shunzi's face turned from red to white. This time, Yingniang stopped bothering Shunzi and directly addressed Li Sanniang one by one.
After listening to Yingniang's words and Shunzi's behavior, Li Sanniang had some thoughts in mind, and then she first took Yingniang's pulse.
Judging from Yingniang's pulse, she is in relatively good health, at most experiencing some menstrual irregularities, which are probably caused by exposure to cold when she is working.
"Shunzi, come here, extend your hand, let me take your pulse."
Shunzi looked embarrassed, but still obediently extended his wrist. Li Sanniang examined his left hand, then his right.
With that, she understood the situation.
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