Li Dalang stood in front of Doctor Zhou's house, knocked on the door, and waited for the Zhou family's response with a tired face. As he walked, flying snowflakes piled up on his body, and from a distance he looked like a breathing snowman!
Hearing the knock on the door, Zhou Xun hurriedly opened the gate and was surprised to see Li Dalang covered in snow! Zhou Xun quickly greeted him: "Uncle Li, why are you here? Come in and have a cup of hot water to warm yourself up."
Li Dalang took a deep breath and said anxiously, "I'd like to ask Doctor Zhou to come to my house. My brother fell off a donkey cart last night and must have broken his leg. His ankle is swollen!"
Doctor Zhou heard the noise at the door and asked, "Xun'er, who is it?"
Zhou Xun responded, "Sir, this is Miss Li's uncle. He's here to ask you to come to his house for a consultation!"
Zhou Xun said to Li Dalang who was standing outside the door, "Uncle, please come inside first. We still need to pack up. It's snowing and it's hard to travel. Let me hitch the sled to the donkey cart before we set off!"
After listening to Zhou Xun's words, Li Dalang thought that this was a good idea. It was difficult to walk on snowy and slippery grounds. If he had a sled, it would be much more convenient!
Li Dalang walked into the Zhou family's courtyard. The Zhou family's courtyard was not big. At this time, the snow piled up in the courtyard had already been cleared by Zhou Xun to create a path out! To prevent the two elderly people from slipping in the snow!
Li Dalang stood under the porch and patted the snow that had fallen on his body.
Zhou Xun poured a cup of hot water for Li Dalang: "Uncle, drink some hot water first, I'll go get the sled!"
Since the Zhou family settled here, villagers often come to ask Dr. Zhou to visit them for medical treatment. In order to facilitate travel on snowy days, the Zhou family prepared a sled early on!
After Zhou Xun drove the sled, the three of them set off immediately!
The whole countryside was covered with pure white snow, as if the world was surrounded by ice and snow!
The return trip was much faster. Sitting on the sled, Li Dalang thought to himself, "Now that I have enough livestock at home, I'll have to prepare a sled for my family when I get back. Traveling in heavy snow is really too difficult!"
With the sled, they quickly arrived at the Li family. Mr. Li didn't bother to greet Doctor Zhou, and hurriedly took people to his son's room, followed by Zhou Xun who was carrying a medicine box.
When Doctor Zhou entered the room, he saw Li Erlang leaning against the headboard. Doctor Zhou walked to the bedside and asked, "I heard from your elder brother that you fell off the donkey cart last night and sprained your ankle. Let me take a look first!"
Li Erlang hurriedly lifted the quilt beside his feet, and the swollen and purple ankle immediately appeared in front of Doctor Zhou.
Doctor Zhou carefully touched the bone with his hand, and Li Erlang shuddered in pain.
"Fortunately, the bones are fine, but there's a lot of blood clots accumulated inside! I'll use silver needles to clear your meridians and restore the smooth flow of qi and blood!"
After saying that, he took the medicine box from Zhou Xun's hand behind him, took out the silver needles and skillfully inserted them into various acupuncture points of Li Erlang.
After about a cup of tea, Doctor Zhou took out the silver needles, and Li Erlang's swollen ankle seemed to have subsided a lot!
Doctor Zhou stood up, walked to the table, and took out a bottle of medicine for treating injuries from his medicine box. He handed it to Lin: "Rub this medicine on him every morning and night. When using, rub your palms to warm them first, then pour the medicine into your palms and rub the affected area. This will dissolve the blood stasis as soon as possible!"
Lin wrote down Doctor Zhou's instructions in detail, then stepped forward to take the medicine bottle. "Thank you so much, Doctor Zhou, for taking the trouble to come here in this heavy snow!"
Doctor Zhou waved his hand nonchalantly: "Since I'm a doctor, I don't care if it's sunny or snowy. If the patient needs me, I'll go no matter how difficult it is!"
At this time, Li Yan brought two bowls of tea from outside and handed them to Dr. Zhou: "Dr. Zhou, you have worked hard. Have a cup of tea to warm yourself up first. I will stay for a simple meal before leaving!"
Doctor Zhou took the tea from Li Yan's hand and politely declined, saying, "There are quite a few patients in the city these past two days. I'll be leaving after I finish treating your father!"
Upon hearing this, Li Yan hurriedly took out her purse and asked, "Doctor Zhou, you haven't told me how much you'll pay for today's consultation! Don't just charge me for the medicine. I can't let you go in vain in this heavy snow."
Doctor Zhou was amused by Li Yan: "Okay, then you can pay 150 copper coins!"
Li Yan deftly counted out the copper coins from her purse and handed them to Doctor Zhou: "Thank you so much for today!"
Doctor Zhou accepted the copper coins and waved his hand: "It's my duty, it can't be said to be hard!"
After Doctor Zhou finished his hot tea, he told Zhou Xun to drive the sleigh: "It's getting late, I'll take my leave now!"
Li Yan saw them off to the door and only returned home after the two of them drove away on the sled!
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