After arriving at the nearest village, Lin Dan asked the driver to wait at the entrance of the village, while he walked with a bell in his hand, calling out, "I'm here to see a doctor. If anyone has a patient, please call me. I'll come to treat them. If I can't cure them, I won't charge you."
The bell rang all the way and she shouted all the way. The villagers were a little hesitant when they saw that she was a woman and young. But when they heard that she would not charge for not curing the disease, they called her tentatively. She never refuses anyone who comes to her, and will go to whoever asks her to treat the disease. If she meets a scoundrel who is trying to tease others maliciously, she will slap him unconscious without any hesitation.
Seeing how tough she was, the villagers no longer looked down on her as they did before.
Lin Dan saw several patients in succession, all of whom had minor illnesses such as headaches and fevers, which were not difficult to treat. She wrote out a prescription and asked them to go to the pharmacy in the city to get the medicine if they had time and extra money. If they had neither time nor extra money, she would go to the mountains to collect the medicine herself, prepare it, and deliver it the next day.
It is very expensive to see a doctor and get medicine. A dose of medicine to treat a cold can cost half a tael of silver, which is simply unaffordable for ordinary people. But Lin Dan only charged a dozen copper coins, which was almost the same as giving it away for free. When the villagers saw that she charged so little, they all came to see her, whether they were sick or not. After all, she herself said that if she couldn't cure the disease, she wouldn't charge any money.
Lin Dan had already expected this situation to happen, but he didn't take it seriously. What she lacks most now is experience, and the accumulation of experience depends on continuous medical practice and treatment. The more people come, the happier she is, so how could she be disgusted? No matter whether you are sick or not, as long as you let her feel and check your pulse, she will have learned it.
The pulse of a healthy person is different from that of a patient; patients with the same symptoms may have different pulses; patients with different pulses may have the same symptoms... In the process of interacting with these people, she learned a lot of knowledge that she could not learn from books, and also deeply appreciated the joy of practicing medicine.
As evening approached, she wrote down the names and addresses of several families and then left with a sense of reluctance. Due to insufficient preparation, she did not bring any medicine with her. She would have to prepare the medicine and deliver it to the patient tomorrow. Fortunately, everyone had minor illnesses and pains and could wait. But from now on, she must learn to collect herbs and prepare them herself, and carry several commonly used medicines with her in case of emergency. Otherwise, it will be like today, where she knows how to treat the patient but has to delay for another day or two because there is no medicine available.
If you have learned the techniques of massage and acupuncture, you can perform medical skills on the spot even without medicine, without being limited to a certain time and place. Thinking of this, Lin Dan touched the silver needle hidden around his waist, and his heart felt hot.
At the hour of You, two guards were waiting at the west gate on time. When they saw the ox cart swaying towards them, they breathed a sigh of relief. They had been fooled by Lin Danyi and had forgotten everything. Only after she left did they realize that one of them could have stayed behind to protect the person while the other went to the city to look for someone, instead of both leaving at the same time. If anything happens to Lin Dan during this period, the general will not forgive them both!
"Miss Lin, tomorrow I will practice medicine with you while Yan Zhao goes to look for people. Is that okay?" said the leading guard after getting on the ox cart.
"Wouldn't it be faster for two people to find someone?" Lin Dan looked out through the car curtain, not caring about his own safety at all.
"If anything happens to the girl, we will have a hard time explaining to the general," the guard explained.
"That's fine, but you have to find the person out as soon as possible." Lin Dan patted the partition and shouted loudly: "Driver, stop for a moment, I want to buy something!"
"What do you want to buy? Two of us can help you." The guard immediately reached for the purse at his waist.
"Buy that!" Lin Dan jumped off the ox cart, his eyes shining.
The two followed her gaze and saw that Xuancaotang was just across the street. A patient with a wooden board tied to his left leg was sitting on a chair with wheels, being pushed forward by a petite woman. When she reached the door, the woman turned around and bowed to the doctor who brought her out, looking very grateful.
Lin Dan pointed at the Xuancao Hall and said, "That chair is very convenient! With it, I can push my brother for a walk in the yard, and maybe even take him out of the house for a walk."
"What a clever mind!" The two guards also showed surprised expressions and walked over immediately.
"Is this chair for sale? How much is it?" Lin Dan asked with an anxious look on his face.
"It's you?" The two doctors recognized Lin Dan and sneered, "We'll sell this chair to anyone except you. Get out of here!" Both of them were Wu Xuancao's apprentices. When the original owner smashed the shop, he also smashed their heads and made them bleed, so they had a grudge against each other.
"You really don't want to sell it?" The two guards put their hands on the hilts of their swords and stepped forward.
"What? You want to use your power to bully others again?" His master is already a well-known miracle doctor. Even the nobles in the palace have to come to him respectfully to ask for help. What is a mere general's mansion? Therefore, the two were not afraid at all, but instead started to ridicule.
Lin Dan didn't want to cause trouble for his elder brother, so he looked at the wheelchair carefully and waved his hand, "Let's go. We won't buy it."
"Miss, you really don't want to buy it?" The two guards were still a little unwilling.
"I won't buy it. It's just to install a bearing and two wheels on a chair. Any craftsman in the city can make it. It's not a rare thing. Let's go. My brother is still waiting at home. I don't know if he has eaten well." Lin Dan was worried about Xue Boyong and didn't want to waste time on these irrelevant people.
The two doctors wanted to deliberately provoke Lin Dan so that she would make a big deal out of it, and then ask the nobles in the palace to punish her. However, they didn't expect that she would just take a look and leave, and even said that she would find a craftsman to make a replica of the wheelchair. This was really like a punch on cotton, and she also fell forward into the pit of feces, which was so disgusting!
"How dare you copy our things at will? How shameless!" The younger doctor was so angry that his eyes turned red.
“How am I shameless? Your things are so simple that any craftsman with a little skill can make them after just one look. Since you are unwilling to sell them to me, can't I find someone to make one? I'm not selling them. I'm just using them for my own family. How does that bother you? Even if I don't copy them, chairs like yours will be all over the streets in a few days. Don't think too highly of yourself and underestimate the craftsmen in the capital.” Just as Lin Dan finished his words, a woman pushed a small chair with wheels by. The person sitting in it was not a patient, but a one-year-old child. There was a circular partition in the middle to prevent the child from falling out. Both the workmanship and appearance were countless times more refined than the wheelchair of Xuancao Hall.
Lin Dan's eyes lit up, and she immediately chased after him: "Sister, where did you buy this chair?"
The woman pointed to the west and said, "In the Fu Ji Carpenter Shop on West Street, there are seats for children and adults. The price is between one and five taels of silver. You can go and have a look, young lady."
"Thank you, sister!" Lin Dan turned around and left without even looking at the two doctors who were furious.
The two guards covered their mouths and laughed, then hurriedly followed. When it comes to the ability to look down on others, these two young boys are far behind Miss Lin! If she is too lazy to pay attention to you, then she would find it too much of an effort to even glance at you!
The two doctors originally wanted to slap Lin Dan in the face, but they didn't expect that she would hit them so hard that their faces were swollen. They were also laughed at by passers-by and almost fainted from anger. They rolled up their sleeves and wanted to go to the Fu Ji Carpentry Shop to settle the account, but were stopped by someone who knew the situation: "Forget it. Behind that shop stands the Prince Yu's Mansion. You can't do anything if you go there. You will also offend a powerful prince. Why bother? Your wheelchair is simple in workmanship. If it is copied, it is copied. You don't make a living from it."
The two doctors did not dare to offend the powerful, so they stood at the door for a long time before walking in dejectedly, causing everyone to laugh.
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At the same time, Wu Xuancao visited Xue Mansion again.
After studying Xue Boyong's pulse case, Zheng Zhe decided to treat the symptoms first and then slowly look for a cure for the root cause. He prescribed some blood-activating, blood-stasis-removing, and foundation-strengthening medicines for the patient to take slowly. Even if his legs could not be cured, his foundation could be preserved.
For some unknown reason, Wu Xuancao volunteered to deliver the medicine. After hearing this, Xue Jiming immediately rushed back from the military camp to meet her. Mrs. Xue stayed by her side, asking about her son's condition and saying compliments. Her attitude was completely different from two years ago.
Wu Xuancao dealt with the two of them absentmindedly until she entered Xiaofeng Pavilion, when she perked up.
"Brother, Xiaocao'er has brought you medicine personally. Xiaocao'er and Doctor Zheng are very skilled in medicine. You will get better soon after taking the medicine they prescribe." Xue Jiming began to take credit for his sweetheart as soon as he stepped into the yard.
Xue Boyong had eaten too much at noon and was lying in the corridor to digest his food. Upon hearing this, he opened his narrow and long eyes and glanced at Wu Xuancao. With just this one glance, Wu Xuancao's excited heart froze completely, and she didn't dare to look him in the eye.
"I've said it before, outsiders are not welcome in Xiaofeng Pavilion." He spoke word by word.
Xue Jiming blushed and said, "How can Xiaocao'er be considered an outsider? Sooner or later, she and we will become a family, mother, don't you think?" This was a disguised way of forcing his own family to express their stance, which showed that he was not completely heartless.
Madam Xue gritted her teeth and nodded: "That's right, we are all family sooner or later. Boyong, don't be stubborn, let Xuancao help you check your legs again." Before she finished speaking, she suddenly screamed: "Hey, why did you come out wearing only a single piece of clothing, aren't you cold? Where is that damn girl Lin Dan? I want to ask, is this how she takes care of you!"
Xue Boyong frowned and said coldly, "Mother, please don't call me a dead girl in my yard. This is the silk cotton gown she specially made for me. The inner jacket is made of silk, which is both light and warm. I am sitting in the cold wind but my face is still rosy and my hands are warm. You should be able to see this. She personally prepares my three meals a day, and she sews my inner and outer gowns by herself. She is a grown girl who is detained in the yard by a useless man like me and works hard all day long. Shouldn't she be allowed to relax occasionally?"
Seeing her son's big reaction, Mrs. Xue quickly apologized to him, saying that Lin Dan was a good child and that her mother was too impatient.
Xue Jiming retorted, "Brother, no matter how good Lin Dan is, she owes you something and she should pay you back. Compared to her, Xiao Cao'er really cares about you. In order to study your pulse case, she didn't sleep well for three consecutive nights. She and Doctor Zheng rushed to deliver the medicine as soon as they worked out the treatment plan, fearing that it would delay your condition. She has always been thinking about you and has made your treatment plan a top priority. Can you dispel your prejudice against her? No matter how wrong I am, it's all my fault, and it has nothing to do with her. She sympathizes with the poor and the elderly, and is kind-hearted and kind-hearted. She is a very good girl."
After hearing these words, Xue Boyong showed no expression, but Mrs. Xue was moved and looked at Wu Xuancao with gratitude.
Just at this moment, Lin Dan came in pushing a strange chair. He looked at no one but Xue Boyong with sparkling eyes: "Brother, look what I bought for you!"
Xue Boyong's gloomy expression immediately brightened up, and a faint smile involuntarily appeared on the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, softening his handsome yet cold facial features.
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