The doctor put on a troubled look and said, "Sister, you don't know, my brother has such a bad stomachache that he can't even get out of bed. I really can't take care of him by myself."
Moreover, he has a problem: he has been afraid of doctors since he was a child. As soon as someone takes his pulse, he convulses and rolls his eyes back. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been delayed for so long.
I'm worried that if they ask me to bring the person over, that would be troublesome.
The woman nodded repeatedly. "Then tell me, how do you want me to help you?"
Relieved, Physician Miao smiled and said, "I just wanted you to help me get a copy of the medicine that Jishetang prescribed for you, so I can take it back to my poor brother."
"No, no, I probably can't help you with this. What if you get sick from eating it? I can't take that responsibility." The woman shook her head and waved her hands repeatedly.
"Don't worry, I won't implicate you." Knowing that money makes things easier, Doctor Miao took out two hundred coins from his pocket and handed them to the woman. "Sister, this money is for the children to buy candy. Please help me."
The woman's eyes lit up when she saw the money handed to her, but she still hesitated. "This...it's not that I don't want to help, it's just that I can't say it!"
“That’s easy. Just say you have another child with the same problem, and you can get double the medication.”
"Yes, yes, I didn't expect you to be so quick-witted. I'll give it a try. It would be great if you could prescribe double the dose. If you can't, I'll still be helping you. But if I prescribe an extra dose for you, don't come looking for trouble if something goes wrong."
"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm grateful to you, how could I repay kindness with enmity?" Doctor Miao patted his chest and assured him.
The woman reached out and took the money, overjoyed. What incredible luck she'd had today, running into such a dim-witted fool! This money was enough for medical treatment and medicine.
It's true what they say, there are all sorts of birds in a big forest, and there's even such a good thing.
"Wait here, I'll come out to find you in a bit."
The doctor was a little excited at the thought that he would soon have the medicine. He was convinced that he could cure the disease once he got the medicine.
He quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, sister. If you can help me prescribe some medicine, I'll double the price."
"Alright, you wait here!" The woman was overjoyed. She had scraped together fifty coins from various sources to come to Jishetang to treat her child.
She was already worried about how to pay back the money, but she never expected to run into such a shrewd and foolish idiot.
It seems that when you're lucky, you can even find a gold ingot when you stumble and fall!
Before long, it was her turn.
"Hello, young lady, are you the legendary Dr. Chen who specializes in treating difficult and complicated diseases?" The woman sat down and asked Chen Qingqing.
Chen Qingqing nodded and smiled, tacitly agreeing, "Auntie, what's wrong with your child? Is he feeling unwell?"
"Oh my, I've finally met the real Buddha today! My son's illness can finally be cured!" The woman smiled and handed the child in her arms to Chen Qingqing. "Dr. Chen, my child hasn't been able to eat anything lately, and he's restless at night, often clutching his stomach and crying out in pain. What's wrong with him?"
"Auntie, don't worry, let me check the child first." Chen Qingqing reached out and touched the child's stomach, then took the pulse, examined the child's fingernails, and asked some related questions.
"He has worms in his stomach."
"Oh my goodness, Doctor Chen truly lives up to his reputation! Just by rubbing and pinching, he knows what's wrong with the child. He's a miracle doctor!" The woman was astonished and casually asked, "Doctor Chen, how did the child get this illness? Why are there worms in his stomach?"
"This is all due to the child's lack of attention to personal hygiene."
"Huh, what is personal hygiene?" the woman asked, taken aback.
Chen Qingqing shook her head and smiled, "To put it simply, the child doesn't wash his hands often, so he eats unclean things, which leads to worms in his stomach."
"You mean they don't know how to be clean and tidy, and they eat anything and everything, is that what you mean?"
"That's one way to think about it. In the future, pay more attention to your child's personal hygiene. Wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating them, and don't let your child drink unboiled water..." Chen Qingqing advised.
"I see. Then, not to mention the child, I'll have to wash my hands more often from now on." The woman smiled embarrassedly. "To be honest, Dr. Chen, when I'm doing farm work, I don't wash my hands for three to five days at a time. It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I simply don't have the time."
Chen Qingqing thought this person was incredibly outgoing, able to chat even while she was just having a medical checkup. However, she didn't have time to chat with her, so she casually took out the deworming pills she had prepared beforehand from her backpack.
"Auntie, if you take this pill on an empty stomach in the morning, the child will be fine."
Upon seeing the two pills handed to her, the woman's eyes widened in surprise. "Doctor Chen, you're not going to prescribe any decoctions? These little white pills will do?"
"Yes, this is a special deworming medicine. Take two tablets together, and your child will be fine after one dose."
"Oh my goodness, you truly are a miracle doctor! The medicine you prescribe is so different from everyone else's. I thought I would have to drink several doses of herbal medicine, but I didn't expect that just taking such a small amount of pills would be enough. Thank you so much, Doctor Chen! How much does this medicine cost?"
Five coins.
"What? Only five coins!" The woman was surprised again. She thought it would cost dozens of coins, but she didn't expect to only spend five coins. What a kind doctor!
Chen Qingqing was both amused and exasperated by her dramatic behavior. "Alright, Auntie, you can go now that you've paid."
"Okay, okay, I'll go pay right away." The woman had just sat up when she suddenly remembered what Doctor Miao had told her, so she quickly sat down again. "Doctor Chen, I want to discuss something with you. Could you prescribe another dose of this medicine for me?"
"Auntie, these two deworming pills are enough to cure your son's roundworms. You don't need to prescribe so many."
"Dr. Chen, to be honest, I have a child at home who also has this ailment. But because we don't have the money, we didn't bring him with us. Could you please take a little effort and let me take some medicine back with me so I don't have to come back again?"
“That won’t do.” Chen Qingqing shook her head without hesitation and refused. “You should bring the child here. I’ll help you take a look at what’s wrong with him, and then we can start medication.”
"There's really no need to look at it. The two children definitely have the same symptoms. Please do me the trouble of prescribing another one."
The woman feigned a pitiful appearance to gain sympathy.
“My home is in Huangtugangzi Village, which is forty or fifty miles away. It’s not easy for them to come here. People in the countryside are busy and it’s hard to say when they can come. If the child is delayed, the child will suffer. Please, just do me a favor and prescribe an extra dose of deworming medicine, okay?”
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