Liu frowned. What this old lady said was really unpleasant.
I wanted to have a few words with her, but then I thought better of it.
It’s better not to offend Liu Po if you can, otherwise you don’t know what she will plot against you behind your back!
A woman cannot survive without her reputation, and a man loses his future without his reputation. Alas!
Liu Po was not embarrassed when she didn't get a response. She was old and had a thick skin.
She looked around at the house of the only scholar in the village, her eyes rolling around, and finally her gaze fell on the legendary "doctor".
Lin Shiyu was very disgusted by this kind of self-righteous behavior without the owner's consent. The feeling of having her privacy invaded was like being peeped at while naked.
Even if the house is empty, there is nothing worth remembering.
The sixth wife had no idea whether the little kid in front of her had any privacy or not. She was using her thick skin to get the information she wanted to know:
"Are you Lin Shiyu?"
"Yes, I am."
"Are you really a doctor? Can you take a pulse? Do you know all the herbs?"
Grandma Liu looked at the little baby in front of her suspiciously. The person was only as tall as her waist, and the way she looked at it was unbelievable.
The little girls in the village who were her age were still confused.
Every day, apart from trying to get more food, I just think about playing. Even when I work, I only do it because I am "threatened" by my family to have a meal.
"Of course. Do you want me to take your pulse? It's free."
Lin Shiyu looked at her seriously and painfully.
It's free, what a loss.
"No, no."
Liu Po shook her head and refused.
The people in the village have lived for so many years, but few of them are willing to see a doctor. If they are sick, they just endure the pain and it will go away.
Nine out of ten people who have seen a doctor have died.
Especially for someone of her age, it was originally just a common pain, but not long after seeing the doctor, she died one after another.
Although her life is worthless, she hasn't lived enough!
Lin Shiyu shrugged. She didn't even charge any fees, but he still refused.
You have to know that in modern times, as long as it is a free medical consultation, the honest neighbors will line up to the end of the alley.
"If you miss this village, you will miss this store."
Liu Po still refused.
"It's a pity for you, old man."
Liu Po's face twitched and she rolled her eyes in an ungraceful manner.
"What's so regretful? Leave this kind of thing to those unlucky souls. I'm fine, Aunt Liu."
She glanced at the medicine on the table, said something suggestive, and then quickly returned to the topic:
"Girl, tell me what these worms are. Why are there worms growing in my stomach for no reason?"
Liu Po doesn't like seeing doctors, and she dislikes fortune-tellers even more.
Not only is his constant chatter annoying, but whenever something happens he always says that others have angered the gods or provoked some unclean thing.
You spend a lot of money to get a piece of talisman, which will only give you a handful of ashes when you burn it, and you don't know if it will work if you drink it. Although the doctor is not happy about it, at least you get a bunch of medicine in return for the money.
Lin Shiyu straightened her body before explaining to Liu Po:
"This is ascariasis. Ascariasis is usually caused by playing in soil contaminated with ascarid eggs, sucking your fingers, eating raw, unwashed vegetables and fruits, or drinking contaminated water..."
"How can there be these things in the soil?"
"When infected people defecate outdoors, or when infected people's feces is used as fertilizer, Ascaris eggs can be deposited on the soil and develop into infective eggs under suitable conditions."
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Lin Shiyu explained the cause, symptoms, treatment, prognosis and prevention in detail.
Liu Po also listened carefully and occasionally raised questions that she did not understand.
Liu Po: If you want others to listen to your gossip, you must first know more than others! ╭∩╮
From a distance, people who don't know the situation might think that an old man is teaching a younger generation, but in fact it is the other way around.
"If you say that, doesn't that mean everyone in our village is infected?"
Our dynasty has been vigorously promoting the use of human feces as fertilizer, which greatly increases crop yields, but now it has become a means of transmission.
And the villagers of Yamada Village are almost all accustomed to drinking raw water, and the water source is still the same...
If what this girl said is true, then things will get serious!
Oh no, a whole village of unlucky people!!!
Frightened by her own thoughts, Grandma Liu looked down at the little kid in front of her and felt that she had lived in vain at her age. Tsk! How much could she believe a child's words?
After repeating to herself several times that these were all bluffs, Liu Po immediately regained her composure.
“Gurgle gurgle!”
The next moment, Liu Po, who had just finished adjusting herself mentally, saw Lin Boyu come into the room and go straight to the bowl of medicine on the table.
Seeing that Lin Boyu drank the bowl of black medicine in just a few gulps, Liu Po began to doubt what she had just determined.
As far as she knew, everyone in the Lin family loved their children deeply, especially the third child. Liu had injured her foundation when she gave birth to the second child, and she would never have children again. They should not let their children take medicine casually to put on a show.
Liu Po's expression kept changing, and her mind kept switching between belief and disbelief.
She didn't want to believe it in her heart. After all, she didn't want to be one of the unlucky ones.
But the more I don't want to believe it, the more likely it feels like it's going to happen.
The joy of gossip is because others are the protagonists. When you become the protagonist, you will not be happy at all.
Lin Shiyu held up her face, watched Liu Po's expression change, and curled the corners of her mouth in pleasure.
She is not a person with a good temper. If she didn't have to rely on her mouth to help her promote her products, she would have lost her temper long ago.
Anyway, reputation is not as important to her as momentary psychological satisfaction.
While Liu Po was still immersed in her own thoughts, Mr. Li came to the third room again.
He did not come alone. He was followed by a boy of eight or nine years old and a woman who was about the same age as Mr. Li Erye.
Mrs. Liu knew that her daughter had just returned home and didn't know the people in the village, so she quickly stood up and said to Lin Shiyu, "This is Grandma Liu. You can also call her Second Grandma."
Lin Shiyu said hello obediently.
Second Grandma touched her head with a smile. She and her husband had similar temperaments and both loved to smile.
"This is my grandson. Doctor, please help me take a look at what's going on."
This is Lin Boyu’s sister. Just as he said, she is different from the girls in the village.
Lin Shiyu raised her hand to feel her pulse: "It's not serious. I'll prescribe some medicine and cook it back."
After saying that, he turned back to get his medicine bag: "It will take about two days after taking the medicine for the worms to be excreted with the feces. Come back for a follow-up visit in seven days..."
Lin Shiyu explained everything clearly, from how to cook the medicine to how long it would take for the medicine to take effect, and also told them how to prevent the infection.
After hearing this, Mr. Li and Mrs. Li felt much relieved.
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