flstandardbreds Chapter 107 Doctor Li
Chapter 107 Doctor Li
Shen Nanzhi stood in the middle of the yard with a smile on her face. She had fair skin, bright eyes, and was dressed elegantly and cleanly. The simple yard seemed a little brighter, and Doctor Li almost didn't recognize her.
"Sit down and talk. Thank you for taking this trip, Doctor Li."
Shen Qingshan accompanied Doctor Li. After all, Shen Nanzhi was a girl, and if she lived in the same yard with a man, it would be easy for people to spread gossip if they saw her.
Doctor Li said, "Miss Shen, it seems that you are living well after leaving the Jiang family. I am very happy for you. You are a good girl and you deserve to live a good life."
Shen Nanzhi: "There are many good girls in the world, but not all of them have a good life. The world is difficult, and it is difficult for women to live a good life."
"Yes, what does Miss Shen want to see me about?"
Let’s not talk about this topic anymore. Doctor Li wasn’t here to reminisce about the past, so he asked her directly why she came.
"I'd like to introduce you to a business. Mr. Jin, the school official at the county government, has diarrhea from eating ice bowls. I recommend you. Do you dare to go?"
Doctor Li thought for a while, "The Jin family is a family of scholars, and those who can be school officials are also rich and powerful. They can afford to hire a doctor. It seems that the disease is very difficult. If I can't cure it, my reputation will be ruined."
Shen Nanzhi likes to speak the truth: "You don't have much reputation in the county, and people in the surrounding villages don't care about your reputation. It's good enough to have a doctor who can treat you. If you can't cure me, there's no loss, right?
If you can cure it, your reputation will be well known, which will bring you a lot of benefits. This business is worth doing."
Doctor Li was speechless. Can't you give people some face?
"Miss Shen, let's not hide it. Just tell me, what good will it do for you if you cure this old man?"
He didn't believe that Shen Nanzhi was just doing good deeds, he must have some ulterior motive.
Shen Nanzhi smiled, "Yes, Doctor Li is smart, and I have a magical medicine passed down from my ancestors that has a miraculous effect on the old man's illness, but I'm not a doctor, and I'm afraid people won't trust me.
As for me, I want to get close to the Jin family and let them owe me a favor. I want to ask you, Doctor Li, to help me. This is a win-win situation for both of us."
Doctor Li remained silent, doubting whether her medicine was effective. A doctor has to be responsible for his patients and cannot prescribe medicine randomly.
"I have no grudge against the Jin family and will not harm them. Doctor Li can see the doctor first. If you are not sure, you can try my medicine."
Doctor Li finally agreed, "Okay, I'll help you. Shall we go to the county town tomorrow morning?"
Shen Nanzhi said happily: "Yes, it's best to leave early in the morning. I'll prepare a carriage to take you."
Shen Qingshan said: "I'll drive the car for you."
He was worried and wanted to go and take a look.
Shen Nanzhi did not reject the care of the elders, "Okay, Uncle Niu always talks about your uncle, so it's a good time for you to get together."
After the matter was settled, Doctor Li was in no hurry to leave. He drank a sip of tea and asked, "How are you doing in the county?"
"It's not bad. Anywhere is better than the village. Shimo Village has scum like Jiang Chen. The whole village is rotten."
"That's true. Now the villagers want to target Widow Xu again."
"Ah, why? Don't we have Chen the Hunter? Why are they bullying me? Is it wrong for a widow to be guilty?"
Shen Nanzhi was so angry. Why did he just pick on someone and bully him?
Did Widow Xu dig up the Jiang family’s ancestral grave?
Doctor Li said, "It's still because of the matter of the twenty acres of land. I think the village chief is guilty and wants Widow Xu to shut up. As for Hunter Chen, he's just a hunter. It won't be difficult for the village chief to deal with him."
Shen Nanzhi was silent. What he said really made sense. She was able to divorce and leave the Jiang family because of the backup plan left by her father, her family members who truly loved her, and the connections she had accumulated before. County Magistrate Cao also helped, otherwise it would not have been so easy to leave the Jiang family.
This is not just the current situation in Shimo Village. Many villages are like this. The village chief is like a local tyrant, and the weak and powerless people live the worst.
Shen Nanzhi made up his mind secretly and said, "Doctor Li, tell Hunter Chen that if they are really forced to do so, they can come to Yushu Village. I will ask Uncle Shen to help them."
Doctor Li was waiting for her to say this. He had a good relationship with Hunter Chen and they often went to the back mountain together, one to collect herbs and the other to hunt. Hunter Chen had saved him several times.
No one in the village knows how close their friendship is. They are all men, so they should just keep some things to themselves. There is no need to go around spreading the word about who they are close to like that gossipy old woman.
The more well-known a relationship is, the less likely it is to be truly good.
Now, Doctor Li is doing his utmost to help Chen the Hunter, otherwise he would not have come to see Shen Nanzhi so readily. And what she said about going to the county town to help people see a doctor was also to leave a way out for herself.
Village Chief Jiang can do this to Widow Xu now, and he can do the same to him in the future. Doctor Li and Hunter Chen are all refugees from famine, and they don't have deep roots in the village. If he interferes with the interests of Village Chief Jiang in the future, he will be treated the same way.
Shen Nanzhi agreed and immediately took Doctor Li to the county town and went straight to Mr. Jin's house.
Mr. Jin was not feeling well at the moment. He had just gotten better last night and no longer had diarrhea. He ate some milk this morning, intending to replenish his nutrition. However, he was probably intolerant to milk and started having diarrhea again.
It was the same medicine, but it had no effect. Mr. Jin lost more than ten pounds in just a few days, and he was lying in bed breathing out more than breathing in.
"Who told you to feed him milk? Can't he just drink porridge? What should I do? I can't do anything. You guys... prepare for his funeral."
"What? Doctor, please save my father. It's just diarrhea, it shouldn't be this serious, right? He used to eat milk and cooked it, and he was fine. Why did he have such severe diarrhea this time?"
The doctor said unhappily, "He was in good health before and could withstand the coldness of milk. It's different now. He is already weak, and you don't pay attention to your diet. There is nothing I can do for him."
Shen Nanzhi and Doctor Li heard these words when they were brought in by the housekeeper.
Doctor Li breathed a sigh of relief. People in the same profession look down on each other. If this doctor was doing a good job of treating the patient, it would be against the rules of the profession if he interfered.
He had already given up, so he could give it a try. He immediately said, "I am also a doctor. Can I help the old man feel his pulse and give it a try?"
The doctor in the county town glanced at him and said, "Where did you come from? Are you trying to steal my patients?"
Shen Nanzhi laughed, "Didn't you say you can't do anything? Then the old man is not your patient, so it can't be considered as stealing him, right?
Master Jin, what do you say? This is the doctor Li I recommended. "
Mr. Jin was at a loss and was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the county doctor. You yourself are not a good doctor, but you blame the family for not taking good care of the patient. Isn't this shirking responsibility?
He immediately said, "Please ask this Doctor Li to help my father. Doctor Qin, since you can't do anything, please go back. The housekeeper will settle the medical fee for you."
Doctor Qin didn't want to leave and wanted to see Doctor Li make a fool of himself. He couldn't save the person, so he didn't want others to be able to save him. This is probably the bad nature of human beings.
Shen Nanzhi saw through his thoughts and said, "People in the same profession are enemies. Our doctor Li is treating you, so this doctor please avoid suspicion."
"Hmph, let's see how you can save him."
Shen Nanzhi: "A doctor has a kind heart. Are you hoping that the old man will die?"
Master Jin was also angry. "Doctor Qin, you are not good at your job, but you are hoping for my father's death. Your medical ethics are too poor. Someone, kick him out and don't even pay the consultation fee. How can you have the nerve to ask for the consultation fee if you can't cure the patient?"
Doctor Qin was furious: "I can't cure him, and it's hard for him to cure him either. It's not that my medical skills are bad, it's that the old man's illness is too serious. If you don't believe me, let's wait and see. I don't think he can do it either."
Doctor Li concentrated on taking the patient's pulse and felt a sinking feeling in his heart. Even though the old man was lying down, he couldn't stop having diarrhea and the whole room was filled with a foul smell. No wonder Doctor Qin asked him to prepare for his funeral.
If it were him, he wouldn't dare to say that the medicine could cure the disease.
Shen Nanzhi blinked at him, and Doctor Li said stiffly, "I don't want outsiders to be with me during my consultation. Please go out and wait."
Doctor Qin was asked to leave, and Master Jin had to appease his family members, so he left temporarily, leaving servants waiting outside the door ready to come in and serve at any time.
Shen Nanzhi stuffed two anti-diarrhea pills into the old man's mouth and fed him some water.
Doctor Li was a little nervous: "I have never seen this medicine before, will it work?"
"Let's give it a try. Doctor Qin has already issued a death warrant. It's his fault that we can't do it. Don't blame us."
Doctor Li: "That's a bit shameless. His medical skills are not that bad."
"What about you?"
"If I had been the one to treat him from the beginning, maybe it would have been okay, but now, I can only say that there is nothing I can do to save him."
Shen Nanzhi disagreed, "You have my magic medicine to help you, so you are definitely better than him. Don't belittle yourself. Just improve your medical skills in the future."
After a while, Doctor Li saw that the old man looked better and no longer shivered. He felt his pulse and was very surprised: "The pulse has improved, Miss Shen, your medicine is really effective. Do you have more? Give me two pills so I can study them."
"Not much. You can't figure it out. To be honest, this is not a medical skill, it's a mysterious skill. An old Taoist priest gave it to me. It's only effective for this disease, not for other diseases."
Doctor Li was a little disappointed. "What should we do now?"
"Just prescribe the medicine as you want. I'll give you three days' supply of medicine. Just add one pill each time, and the old man will probably be cured.
Also, give the old man some salt and sugar water to replenish his water so he can recover faster."
"Salt and sugar water?"
"Equal amounts of salt and sugar mixed into warm water. The human body is mostly water, so dehydration is hard to cure. Feeding a little more won't cause any harm.
If you only feed him bitter medicine soup, his stomach will feel uncomfortable. A little salt and sugar water will be better."
"Okay, if Miss Shen's method works, it will be valuable experience."
After Mr. Jin dealt with the outside affairs, he came to see his father. He found that his father's breathing was more even and his face was not as pale as before. "But is father feeling better?"
Doctor Li said: "After taking my secret medicine, the diarrhea has stopped a little, but you still need to continue treatment. Please prepare according to my instructions..."
Salt and sugar water was not difficult to find, so they fetched it immediately and fed it to the old man. Then they changed the bedding and clothes into new ones. Shen Nanzhi stopped looking and went out to get some fresh air. The smell in the room was really bad.
Grandma Jin was waiting outside, not daring to leave for fear of being accused of being unfilial. Seeing Shen Nanzhi, she was very curious and couldn't help asking, "Are you Miss Shen?"
"Hello, Grandma Jin, you know me too? It's my honor."
Grandma Jin asked her to sit down and asked, "How is my father-in-law?"
"I'm much better now, don't worry, grandma."
"Amitabha, may the Bodhisattva bless me, I hope everything is fine. I will go to the temple to fulfill my vows and give more money to the Bodhisattva."
Grandma Jin clasped her hands together devoutly and thanked the Bodhisattva.
Shen Nanzhi was speechless. If you have money, just give more medical expenses. What’s the point of thanking the Buddha?
She brought this medicine, we should thank her!
The ancients were superstitious. Shen Nanzhi felt that he could develop in the direction of a charlatan, and probably he would be able to do better.
"I'm sorry to have neglected Miss Shen. Thanks to the doctor you recommended, my father-in-law is getting better."
Shen Nanzhi felt very comfortable with these words, and said modestly: "It is also because the old man is lucky to have met a noble person, and his life should not end."
Grandma Jin liked what she heard and she liked Shen Nanzhi even more.
The more they talked, the more they got along. No one could resist Shen Nanzhi's desire to please someone. His ability to flatter and flatter people was acquired through years of experience.
When she first started her business, in order to get orders, she would pick up and drop off the client's children and deal with the mistress. As long as the money was in place, Shen Nanzhi would do anything.
It's just a piece of cake to coax a middle-aged woman who stays in the inner house all year round.
No one paid any attention to Doctor Qin who was waiting outside, but he still waited stubbornly, waiting for the Jin family to hang up the white cloth and waiting for Doctor Li to be kicked out.
After waiting for half a day, Shen Nanzhi said goodbye and left. Grandma Jin personally saw her out with a smile on her face, but she didn't see Doctor Li.
"Grandma Jin, how is your father?"
"My father has gotten better. Doctor Qin doesn't want to go back. What else do you want? My master is kind-hearted and didn't hold you accountable. Doctor Qin, don't be ungrateful."
Grandma Jin had a grim expression on her face. The old man was the pillar of the family. The eldest master did not pass the imperial examination, so the family relied on the old man working as a school official in the county government to support them. If the old man passed away, the Jin family would be in a difficult situation.
Therefore, they are even more grateful to Shen Nanzhi and Dr. Li. They not only saved the old man's life, but also saved their entire family.
Doctor Qin's face was burning with anger, and he said, "Grandma, calm down. I just want to have a discussion with Doctor Li. I have no other intentions."
Shen Nanzhi said, "Doctor Qin, right? Even if you want to spar with him, you have to wait until the old man recovers. You doctors can spar with each other slowly. Now is really not the right time. The old man is weak and his illness has been delayed for too long. It will not be easy to recover."
Grandma Jin was even angrier. It was because of him that her father-in-law had suffered so much and was about to lose half his life. "Miss Shen is right. Please go back. If you really want to ask for advice, please write to Doctor Li and show your sincerity."
Doctor Qin had nothing to say and left in shame.
"Miss Shen, I will tell the master about your matter. My master can handle these minor matters. Please come to our house often. Miss Shen and I really hit it off right away and we had a great time talking."