Chapter 198 - 194: Sitting in Clinic_1

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The next day, young Master Zhao finally left. After settling his prescription bill, he left a hundred taels of silver and a name card behind.

“So he is from the Zhao family in Prefecture City, no wonder.” Doctor Li put the name card into a drawer with many others.

The Zhao family of Prefecture City was relatives to the Commander’s Office, and it was said their family had produced a queen, thus they were quite prestigious locally.

However, this young master from the Zhao family seemed to be in a tight spot, could it be because of his illness?

It’s not easy being from a distinguished family. Even if you are part of the main lineage, if your health is poor or your brain is not sharp, you would still be abandoned by your family.

Perhaps it was his chronic illness that led him to be given up on.

From the behavior of his accompanying servant, one could tell that this young lord was not particularly well-regarded at home.

Doctor Li stepped out of the pharmacy with his hands behind his back, standing on the steps and looking at the market.

Tomorrow was the Double Ninth Festival, and vendors were already selling pressed flower cakes at the market.

Pressed flower cake was a three-layer rice cake with dates, candied fruits and others in between. It was soft and rich, and tasted quite good.

There were also villagers selling chrysanthemums and dogwood leaves, for just two or three coins each.

Doctor Li then saw his little granddaughter, Chen Tiantian and Chen Zhao, buying pressed flower cakes. Each took one, eating and strolling around the stalls, chatting and laughing. Their relationship seemed very good, but Yingbao was not with them.

Doctor Li frowned and turned his head to scan around, only to notice that the little girl, Yingbao, was studying the medical book.

“Yingbao, why didn’t you go out to play with Xihua and the others?” Doctor Li went back into the pharmacy.

During off peak times, only one person was needed to manage the pharmacy, and the others could go out for a walk or eat something. His own little granddaughter always ran out to play as soon as she was free.

Yingbao: “It’s a waste of time.”

Going out with Chen Tiantian and Chen Zhao would not only waste her time but also her energy.

Of course, she knew the petty tactics of the Chen sisters, isolating her and such. She had seen it all in her last life and didn’t bother to compete with them.

What she wanted was never what the Chen sisters thought it was.

As long as they didn’t bother her studying, they could mess around as much as they liked.

Doctor Li shook his head and picked up a prescription. “Okay then, let me ask you a few questions.”

Upon hearing this, Yingbao immediately closed the medical book and gazed at the old man eagerly, “Please go ahead.”

She was also eager to find out if she had really memorized everything she had learned.

Doctor Li: “A man in his forties who, for about two months, often feels numbness in his upper arm, from the arm to the hand sometimes he spasms, his fingertips are numb, his complexion pale, he is prone to sweating, but his appetite and bowel movements are normal. His tongue is light red with a white coating, and his pulse is thin and rough. How should the medication be prescribed?”

Yingbao thought for a moment and replied: “Use ten coins’ worth of raw Astragalus, two coins of cassia twig, two coins of raw white peony root, and two coins of raw ginger, and three pieces of jujube sliced as guide. Decoction to be taken for a week and a half.”

“Not bad.” Doctor Li asked her a few more questions about common symptoms and how to treat them, and she answered all of them correctly.

Doctor Li said with relief and a smile: “Yingbao, tomorrow you can start seeing patients. After you write the prescription, bring it to me to check.”

“Okay.” Yingbao was very happy to hear that she could start seeing patients and nodded repeatedly. “I can definitely cure them.”

The next day, Yingbao sat neatly behind the consultation desk, waiting for patients to come.

Li Xihua asked curiously: “Yingbao, what are you doing sitting there?”

That consultation table was usually occupied by her elder brother and grandfather. Occasionally, her second brother would sit there to see patients, but only when their grandfather was present.

“Grandfather Li asked me to see patients today.” Yingbao said seriously.

Li Xihua was stunned: “You are only a few years old, how can you start seeing patients?” And hadn’t Yingbao only been at the pharmacy for a few months? How could she already be seeing patients?

“Grandfather really asked Yingbao to see patients today.”

Li Lin said: “Xihua, you need to work harder. When you have memorized all the medical cases and prescriptions, you can also start seeing patients.”

Li Xihua’s face fell, she pursed her lips and went to look at the medical book.

It was such a thick book, when would she be able to memorize it all?

Chen Zhao and Chen Tiantian exchanged glances, both feeling uneasy.

They couldn’t even recognize all the herbs, yet Yingbao, who was only five, was going to see patients.

“Humph! Isn’t she just a few months ahead of us? What’s the big deal.”

Chen Zhao muttered under her breath and picked up a medical book, running to Li Lin, “Brother Li, could you teach me?”

Li Lin looked troubled, “You haven’t even read a medical book before, how can I teach you?”

He was not a tutor, not someone who could teach them to read each and every word.

“…” Chen Zhao hurriedly remedied, “There are many words in this medical book that I don’t recognize, Brother Li, can you tell me how to pronounce these words and what they mean?”

Li Lin furrowed his brow.

He still had many classical medical texts to read, he really didn’t have time to teach others how to read and write.

Noticing Li Lin’s impatient expression towards Chen Zhao, Chen Tiantian hurriedly picked up a medical book and pretended to examine it.

At this moment, two people walked in, supporting a man whose face was ashen and full of pain.

“Young man, we’ve come to see the doctor,” one of them said.

Li Lin pointed towards Yingbao’s table, “Sit over there, someone will take your pulse.”

The pale-faced middle-aged man sat down on the bench by the table. Looking around and noticing the absence of Doctor Li, he started to become restless.

Yingbao said, “Extend your hand.”

The man hesitated for a moment, then extended his hand.

Yingbao rolled up his sleeve to take his pulse, but the man suddenly pushed her away, angrily saying, “What do you mean? Why is a child taking my pulse?”

Standing aside, Li Lin says, “She’s about to graduate, she can see patients, don’t worry.”

“No way! I don’t want her to see me!” The man firmly refused, clutching his chest and groaning in pain.

Seeing this, Yingbao stood up and stepped aside.

With no choice, Li Lin had to sit down.

At this moment, a few more people came in, carrying an old man on a door.

One of them urgently called out, “Doctor Li! Please take a look at my father, he suddenly passed out today!”

Li Lin was about to stand up, but the man with the sallow complexion held him back, “Brother Li, my stomach hurts so much”

“I’ll go get grandfather!” said Li Xihua as he ran out of the pharmacy, heading towards the backyard.

Yingbao recognized the men and therefore came out from behind the counter to examine the man on the door.

Recognizing Yingbao, the men quickly moved aside, saying, “SoYingbao you are also here in the pharmacy. Take a look at my father.”

Yingbao squatted down to pull up the old man’s eyelid, then took his pulse. Turning back to her medicine box, she took out a packet of silver needles.

A few needles down, the old man slowly awakened, looking around in a daze, “How did I end up here?”

The men cried tears of joy, “Dad! You really scared us.”

“How did I scare you guys?” the old man replied.

Seeing that the elderly man was clear-minded and able to sit up, Yingbao ruled out the possibility of stroke.

“Do you remember how you fainted?” she asked.

The old man touched his stomach, “I just felt a sudden pain here, then I blacked out.”

Yingbao pressed down on his stomach area and asked, “Does it hurt here?”

“Yes.” the old man nodded.

Yingbao: “I guess you ate something bad. Do you feel like going to the restroom now?”

The elderly man became wide-eyed, then quickly cupped his stomach, “Oh my, now that you mention it, I really need to go. Help me!”

The men quickly helped the old man stand up, hurrying to the restroom.

Doctor Li walked into the pharmacy at this time, seeing no patients, he was quite confused, “Where are the people?”

“They’ve gone to the restroom.”

Yingbao put the silver needles away, suddenly realizing that someone seemed to have touched the things in her medicine box.

She looked around and landed her gaze on Chen Tiantian.