Chapter 360: True Healer

She methodically inserted the needles and then again performed a detailed examination.

It took a long time just to solve the man’s tracheal problem and the cystic fluid in his lungs.

In order not to delay the work, Liu Yusheng said to Hong Changfeng, “I can’t leave here for the time being. There are other patients with injuries in the village, so help me call them to gather here, then I will see them together. It can save a lot of time.”

After a pause, she turned her head and looked toward the door of the room. “I’ll disturb the owner of the house, please excuse me.”

The villagers at the door fell silent for a while before they suddenly reacted and then waved their hands. “No, no, Little Divine Doctor. You’re healing our villagers and saving people. You can stay as long as you want!”

Did they hear it right?

The Little Divine Doctor actually politely excused herself to them. 

How could such a noble lady be so easygoing to them, the poor?

Amidst their excitement, they also spontaneously followed Hong Changfeng when he went out to help go and gather the injured patients.

There were many injured and sick villagers, scattered in various households in the village. Hong Changfeng had to walk a big circle to go back and forth the entire village and call everyone.

With their help, they could spread the word to the villagers, which was the most efficient way to save time.

After all, the Little Divine Doctor came this time, but she couldn’t always stay in their village. She’d have to leave sometime.

By then, if patients failed to receive treatment, they would have missed their chances in vain.

Meanwhile, Wei Hong saw that Liu Yusheng was focused on treating, so she also quietly walked away from the room, and let people help to move a table and chairs set in the hall.

The light was more abundant here, so once people arrived later, it would be more convenient for Nannan to perform medical treatment.

The face of the middle-aged man who was suffering internal injuries in the room temporarily eased under Liu Yusheng’s round of acupuncture. the eyes of the house slowly opened up. His vision of the room also gradually cleared up.

“Thank you…Little Divine Doctor…” His voice was still very weak, but the airy sound in his trachea had disappeared. His speech was no longer so laborious.

Liu Yusheng looked at him and said, “You were hurt so badly. Why didn’t you seek medical attention and only endured it? You almost lasted only past this year’s Lantern Festival.”

Internal injury, swollen lungs, pulmonary edema, and damaged five organs; she couldn’t even imagine how he’d have to hold it together to endure the pain.

“Xinghua Village is not far from here. You can reach the village in an ox cart in an hour. Don’t you cherish your life?”

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and said nothing.

On the contrary, a person who was still watching at the door could not resist defending him, “Little Divine Doctor, it’s not that he doesn’t want to go to see you. The consultation fee of 180 Wen is indeed very low compared to the town, but he can’t afford such a small amount. His family’s children are going to private schools, and they have to pay fees every month. This alone has hollowed out their family coffers. It’s just for the sake of their children that he has rendered himself into this state.”

Liu Yusheng didn’t sympathize, but frowned more tightly. “For the sake of children, shouldn’t you protect your body and life? In order to save the children’s fees, you endure and exchange your life. If you die, your children can still go to school this month. But what about next month, or next year? Who will take care of them and protect them in the future? Who will earn the money for their schooling?”

Silence reigned both inside and outside the room.

The middle-aged man was speechless.

After a while, she heard him whisper, “I actually know all the consequences. If I can endure, I can survive. If not, I’d be dead. How can I not understand? I understand. I understand everything…”

The man’s last very soft sigh entered Liu Yusheng’s ears, and also moved her heart.

Frankly speaking, she also understood.

When rural households were poverty-stricken, people wished they could break a cent into two pieces. When they got sick, they would be unwilling to be treated. They would hold onto that tiny bit of trust in luck, wishing that they could save some money to the end.

In a nutshell, that mere poor word caused trouble.

This was the reality of helplessness. 

Sometimes you knew what was best for you, but you were forced to make another choice.

After treating the man, Liu Yusheng immediately wrote a list and gave it to Wei Hong, asking her to go back and bring the herbs she needed.

On this trip, she only brought internal fire herbs refined into potions in her medical kit, as well as some common wound medicine. But she needed something more special to treat the man, so another trip was necessary. 

Before coming, she did not expect anyone to be smashed out so badly with internal injuries.

Her space has a full range of herbs, but there were many people around, and she couldn’t take them out arbitrarily.

Wei Hong took the list and rushed to the village chief’s house. She borrowed the government to rush back to Xinghua Village. That could take an hour for a round trip.

Over on the other side, Hong Changfeng and the others have gathered people over, assembling increasingly in the house.

Liu Yusheng sat in the hall. With a simple wooden table and a wooden stool, she opened the table to administer treatment.

Except for the most seriously injured man in the room, most of the other people gathered in the main room were suffering from moderate to mild injuries.

People who were suffering from the chill were easier for her to heal, plus she has her internal fire herbs.

The internal fire herb seeds that Qian Wanjin brought back from the capital happened to be the best medicine to treat the chill.

She planted some in her space, and every time they matured, she would pick them and refine them into potions. They came in handy at this time.

And the portion was sufficient.

These villagers who came to seek medical treatment sat quietly on the side before it was their turn. No one spoke at random or made noise to disturb.

The young girl in front of the wooden table was extremely focused on diagnosing people. Her brows were serene and calm. She spoke gently and never treated any patient perfunctorily. 

She diagnosed forty or so patients, determined their pulse, and prescribed medicine.

She’d been sitting there over an hour, but the girl showed no impatience from beginning to end. The villagers could only see how utterly exhausted she was from the occasional times she quietly massaged her wrists.

As doctors, they should have the dedication to relieve patients, and they clearly felt it from the girl.

She was a true healer.

Liu Yusheng was focused on the consultation and paid no attention to the eyes around her.

She also did not notice that Kang Shiming took the village chief and others and stood at the gate of the yard for a long time. In the end, he waved his hand and walked out quietly.

Unwilling to enter and disturb.

“Xi Jinglin, issue a decree once we return to the government office and ask the city’s various medical schools and pharmacies to solicit drugs. However, all the herbs used to cure wind chill and typhoid must be levied to the government at the purchase price. The people in Xiangshan County should help each other in this time of snow disaster.”

“Yes, Your Excellency. After returning, I will immediately write a decree.”

Kang Ziyu smiled and took another look at the courtyard at the back.

Before coming, her father never thought of soliciting medicinal materials with the city’s medical schools and pharmacies. It was Liu Yusheng who made him make this decision on the fly.

Although her father was a parental official, that did not mean he was the law in Xiangshan County. This move was tantamount to harming the interests of many people in the city. By then, her father’s career would certainly become more difficult.

He was well aware of it, yet still decided to do so. It was Liu Yusheng who influenced him.