Chapter 167 Gynecological Inflammation
The carriage that Li San Niang was riding in this time was the one Qiu Xiang had mentioned yesterday. It was specially modified to take her to the shop run by the scoundrels.
From the outside, it looks like Song Dalang has carefully washed it, but it's not that simple; there's more to it than meets the eye.
If you knock on the carriage inside, you'll hear a dull sound. This is because the entire carriage, including the roof, is covered with a layer of not-so-thin sheet metal, which can withstand a barrage of arrows for a while.
Furthermore, Li San Niang is now fully armed.
The hairpin she wore was specially chosen to have a long handle, her waist belt contained three kinds of poison, her purse contained lime powder, and her calf was tied with a short dagger that Brother Li had specially given her, which was smeared with poison.
With Qiu Xiang by her side, who could take on ten men single-handedly, Li San Niang was very confident in her safety. If even this couldn't stop the mastermind's scheme, then she would have no choice but to take a desperate gamble.
The donkey cart stopped, and Song Dalang, sitting on the shaft, called out loudly to the carriage, "Third Sister, we've arrived."
Arriving at the Third Pharmacy in Yongpingfang a quarter of an hour early, Li Sanniang got off the donkey cart, looked at the pharmacy's sign, and realized that she really had to work; only work could bring her happiness.
After watching Li Sanniang enter the clinic, Song Dalang turned his carriage around and headed back to the Li family home.
Since Li Sanniang felt that she would only need the cart in the morning and evening and not during the day, she asked Song Dalang to drive back to the Li family to see who needed the cart. Otherwise, it wouldn't be worthwhile for her to wait there, since she would have to pay to find a place to park the donkey cart.
This morning, Sister-in-law Li said she wanted to go to the market to buy some things, but it was difficult to carry them, so Song Dalang returned to the Li family.
Upon entering the clinic, Li Sanniang took Qiuxiang to see Doctor Gao to explain the situation. "She is a distant relative of mine who has come to seek refuge. I want to take her with me. If she becomes enlightened, she wants to become a female doctor specializing in treating women, just like me. She will stay with me and I promise it won't interfere with her practice."
Dr. Gao did not refuse. Although Li San Niang had obtained the assessment opportunity through her skills within the alliance, after Li San Niang passed the assessment, he also agreed to let her practice under the alliance.
However, being a woman, she was most afraid of getting involved in romantic affairs as a doctor.
Although the clinic is open during the day, with only a partitioned consultation area, a single woman like herself is still somewhat afraid of gossip.
Not to mention the dirty rumors circulating in the market about Li San Niang encountering villains on the road. The doctors in the alliance naturally understood that these were just rumors and could not be true.
However, we still have to consider that Li San Niang is a woman.
Now that Li San Niang has brought a young apprentice with her, it's a good indication that she's a legitimate female doctor. Having more people around provides more perspectives and further proves that she's a genuine female physician.
Therefore, Dr. Gao readily agreed.
Soon after, Tang Mingyue, Dr. Li, and Dr. Cui arrived. They greeted each other and sat down at the consultation tables.
At this moment, Qiu Xiang found a stool and sat down behind Li San Niang.
Li Sanniang thought that because of the rumors about her, no patients would be coming to her for treatment anytime soon.
So he took out a medicine book, wanting to read it and have a better understanding so he could teach his apprentices in the future.
Unexpectedly, the first person to come to the clinic specifically asked for Li San Niang.
Judging from her clothes, a woman who seemed to be from a well-off family asked, accompanied by a girl of about ten years old, "I heard there's a female doctor here, is that true?"
The voice wasn't quiet, so Li San Niang heard it. She peeked out from the cubicle of the consultation booth, looked at the woman at the front desk, and said with a smile, "It's true. I'm the new female doctor."
The woman looked toward the source of the voice and saw Li San Niang peeking out. She smiled at Li San Niang, then turned to the young apprentice and said, "In that case, I'll hang up this sign for female doctor."
The young apprentice gave the woman a wooden sign, which served as proof of payment for hanging the sign and for going to see a doctor.
Of course, these wooden plaques are to be given to the doctors. Before finishing their shifts each day, the doctors would count how many plaques they had seen that day, which also served as proof for settling their salaries at the end of the month.
The woman led the young girl to sit down in front of Li San Niang's consultation table. The woman was a sociable person. After sitting down, she glanced at Li San Niang and then saw Qiu Xiang sitting behind her.
Li San Niang explained, "Qiu Xiang is my disciple, and she comes along to learn. If you mind, Madam, I can ask her to leave."
"It's alright, it's alright, there's no need to call them out. They're all women, and disciples of the female physician, so it's fine, it's fine."
Li San Niang looked at the woman and then at the young girl, unsure who had come to treat her. Judging from their complexions, neither of them seemed to be unwell.
The woman noticed Li San Niang's question, smoothed the clothes of the young woman beside her, and then leaned closer to Li San Niang and whispered, "This is my daughter. She's been sick in ** for a while now. She described her symptoms before, found a doctor who prescribed medicine, and took it home, but it's only gotten worse. Hui Niang is suffering terribly at home, and has lost a lot of weight in the last two weeks."
Upon hearing her mother mention her name, Yingniang, the young girl sitting beside her, blushed immediately. When she heard about her illness, the blush turned white, and her eyes became red and swollen, as if tears were about to fall.
The woman continued, "I was planning to just take the plunge and take Hui Niang to see a doctor. At worst, I could find an older one. But Hui Niang just wouldn't agree, she was too embarrassed. So we had to keep using that useless medicine at home. It was only when Ying Niangzi, who came to deliver vegetables, told me that there was a female doctor at this clinic that I found out there was one."
The woman raised her hand to touch Hui Niang's hair, straightened her hairpin, and then continued, "I'd like to trouble the female physician to examine Hui Niang."
Li San Niang took out her medical record and asked Hui Niang to come to her side. She asked her questions in a low voice, while the woman beside her provided supplementary information.
It turned out that half a month ago, Hui Niang felt itchy. At first, she thought it was because she needed to take a bath, but after taking a bath, the itching was still unbearable.
A few days later, the skin in that area even turned red, and she panicked. After telling the woman, the woman thought it was time to take a bath, so she took Hui Niang to the house and thoroughly washed her several times with boiling water.
However, the itching persisted the next day, the redness remained unchanged, and some strange-smelling substance was secreted.
The woman realized that this shouldn't be a bathing issue, but how could a young girl of about ten years old, who would be ready to go on a marriage proposal in two years, go to see a male doctor?
The woman had no choice but to see a doctor herself. She described her symptoms and took the prescription to get the medicine and some medicated wash. However, her condition did not improve. She couldn't sleep at night because she couldn't stop scratching to relieve the itching.
Li San Niang also asked Hui Niang if she had menstrual blood and about her usual hygiene habits.
"Come in, Hui Niang, draw the curtain, let me take a look."
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