The next morning, Lin Min cooked some porridge for Gu Jingchuan and bought two steamed buns from outside to prevent Gu Jingchuan from being hungry when she came back late.
She told him, "After dinner, stay at home. Your body may have some reaction to the acupuncture. You should rest more. I will go to the county town to get some medicine for you."
Gu Jingchuan raised his head and looked at her, surprised, "Go to the county town to get medicine?"
She nodded. "Yes, the Chinese medicine shop in town doesn't have several kinds of medicine. In your case, you need black snake and centipede as medicine. I asked the medicine shop, but they don't have them."
"Are insect-based Chinese medicines expensive?" Gu Jingchuan asked after hearing this.
"Well, it's quite expensive, but for the sake of treatment, don't consider anything else."
Insect medicines are much more expensive than herbal medicines.
Even some animals like pangolins are hard to buy even if you have money in small places.
Gu Jingchuan thought that they only had so little money, if they spent it all on his medical treatment, how would he live in the future?
Gu Jingchuan suddenly remembered that when he was in the army, a comrade-in-arms retired and wanted to start a business. Gu Jingchuan gave him his own money and proposed a business plan.
It's considered as his investment, and I will give him dividends in the future.
But now, the other party has not contacted him.
In addition, if he really retires from the army, he will also receive a retirement benefit.
This home can still hold out for a while.
However, these are not long-term solutions, and he still has to find a way to support himself.
At this time, Lin Min was going to get him some medicine, and he reminded her, "Xiao Min, we don't have much money."
When they moved out, Lin Min said those words in front of her family and that she didn't plan to come to them for help in the future.
Gu Jingchuan began to think in his mind that he had to find a way to do some work and not just rely on others to support him.
"It's not a lot of money, but I can make it. Anyway, taking medicine is a must, and that's the top priority right now."
Lin Min spoke in a relaxed tone, with a bright smile on her pretty face, "Don't worry, I have medical skills, so it's no problem for me to earn some living expenses."
She patted his shoulder and said, "Don't think about anything. Just take good care of yourself."
Gu Jingchuan looked at her and felt very uncomfortable.
I didn't know what to say for a moment.
He felt a little regretful and moved out with her.
It added to her burden.
After Lin Min finished her meal, she looked at the time and found that the bus from the town to the county town would leave at eight in the morning. If she missed it, she would have to wait until ten o'clock for the next one.
And there are only two trains a day.
She was afraid that she would miss it, so she took the dishes to the kitchen and planned to wash them when she came back.
"I'll go first. I've put the steamed buns and water on the table for you. Eat them if you're hungry. I'll come back and cook for you."
"Here's the money."
Gu Jingchuan gave her a hundred yuan.
"Is that enough?" he asked.
She didn't answer. "Actually, you don't have to pay. I'll find a way to get the money for the medicine when I get there."
"Here, come back after you get the medicine. Don't try to be stubborn. Your family doesn't need you to go out and earn money for the time being."
Gu Jingchuan was worried that she, as a woman, would suffer losses outside.
"Oh, I see." Lin Min had no choice but to obediently take the hundred-yuan bill from Gu Jingchuan.
He carefully put his money in his pocket and went out.
The bus jolted for more than half an hour before arriving at the county town.
The old city area, the plainly dressed pedestrians, and the bicycles coming and going on the streets all exude a sense of age.
Her memory of the county town has become very vague.
She asked an uncle who was exercising and finally found the largest traditional Chinese medicine clinic in the county, Zhong'antang.
When Lin Min went in, there were several patients queuing up in the pharmacy to get their medicine.
There were only two young men who looked like apprentices, holding small scales in their hands, and dispensing medicine according to the prescription on the counter.
Lin Min sat on a long wooden chair nearby and waited.
When there was only one person left in front of her, Lin Min stood up and took out the prescription she had written last night from her pocket.
I plan to give it to the guy who gets the medicine.
At this moment, the door curtain of the pharmacy was forcefully opened from the outside, followed by a hurried voice, "Doctor Liu, Doctor Liu..."
The medicine dispenser heard the noise at the door, put down the small scale tray in his hand, and asked, "Mr. Xiao, what's wrong?"
"My father suddenly became facially and eye-deviant, and asked Doctor Liu to give him acupuncture." The middle-aged man said anxiously.
The pharmacy boy replied apologetically, "I'm sorry, Doctor Liu is not here. He went to the city to see his grandson."
"No one's here?"
The drugstore boy nodded and said, "Yes, they were there this morning. They are all on the train now."
The middle-aged man helped the old man sit down on a bench, looked at the pharmacy, and confirmed again, "Is Doctor Liu really not here?"
"What should I do? My father is in this state, when can he come back?" The man had a bad temper and a fierce look on his face. Because of his anxiety, his brows were furrowed and his voice was very loud. It was scary.
The pharmacy boy patiently advised, "Zhi, I'm really sorry, I've already told you that Doctor Liu went on a long trip this morning and he may not be back for a while. You see, I'll just
"I can't read it either, why don't you take me somewhere else to have a look."
"Why go somewhere else? We just came back from the county hospital. We took a few days of infusions but it didn't get better. I've asked around, and your doctor Liu is the only one in our county who can use acupuncture to treat this disease. This is the key.
Why is he traveling so far at this time?"
"Zhi, our doctor Liu has gone to his son's house. He has important matters to attend to and cannot wait any longer. Please bear with me." The boy in the pharmacy was very considerate.
On weekdays, there were all kinds of customers in the pharmacy, but these two people today were obviously not good people, so no matter how annoyed he was, he had to put on a smile.
The person sitting on the chair is an old man about ten years old. His clothes and temperament do not look like a farmer.
He looked at the middle-aged man who was blaming the apprentice relentlessly and wanted to say something, but he could only mumble for a long time and couldn't utter a single word.
The middle-aged man was so anxious that his face was full of anger. He looked at the boy in the medicine shop and complained, "Are you the apprentice of Doctor Liu? Don't you have any real teachings from him? You can't even give a needle?"
The pharmacy boy felt a little uncomfortable with the middle-aged man's disdainful look, and explained sullenly, "I just dispense medicine."
Lin Min stood in front of the counter of the drugstore, looked at the old man inside a few more times, and already had an idea of his situation.
She stepped in and looked at the old man's face again, then asked the middle-aged man, "Excuse me, how long has this old man's mouth and eyes been crooked?"
The middle-aged man looked sideways when he heard the voice, frowning unhappily, "What are you asking about, little girl?"
"Uncle, does Lao Zhi have a cerebral infarction? That's what everyone calls a stroke."
"Huh? How did you know?"
Lin Min observed the old man's face and continued, "The symptoms of Mr. Zhi's crooked mouth and eyes are caused by a stroke, which is central facial paralysis. If it is not treated in time, it may be more than just facial paralysis.
It's that simple, but it's very likely to cause hemiplegia or even endanger life."
The middle-aged man listened to Lin Min's words, and a look of surprise flashed across his face, and then his face became even gloomier, "What's the point of you saying this?"
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