The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 705 - 694: Preparations for Free Clinic

Chapter 705: Chapter 694: Preparations for Free Clinic

The Ji Family’s invitation asked them to attend a banquet on the 20th of September. Bai Shan went to the prefectural school the next day to inquire and found that many schoolmates had received the Ji Family’s invitation, including but not limited to those who had helped Ji Hao behind Qixia Mountain that day.

"All who get along well with Ji Hao were invited," Wei Ting said. "Even though he has a broken leg now and won’t return to school until after the New Year, he still wants to stay in touch with his classmates. Plus, the banquet can be considered a celebration as well."

Bai Shan asked, "A celebration of Ji Hao’s survival?"

Knowing that Bai Shan didn’t get along very well with Ji Hao, Wei Ting gave an awkward smile and asked, "Are you going to go?"

"We’ve accepted the invitation, so how could we not go? It would be too rude not to," Bai Shan said. "The host is the Ji Family, not Ji Hao."

Wei Ting sighed, "Actually, Ji Hao is a good person, it’s just that his mouth is a bit mean."

Bai Shan just grunted and said nothing.

Wei Ting changed the subject, "By the way, are Zhou Man and the others coming today, and do we need to cover for you?"

Bai Shan was almost beside himself with irritation, clenched his fists, and said through gritted teeth, "No need! And in the future, you won’t need to cover for us either!!!"

Wei Ting chuckled and lowered his voice, "The students know what they know already, and nobody will go snitching, as long as the teacher doesn’t find out."

Bai Shan: ... I’d be a fool to trust you!

Wei Ting bumped his shoulder and asked, "So, are they coming or not?"

"They’re not coming," Bai Shan said sternly. "They won’t be coming for a while these days."

"Why?"

Bai Shan glanced at him and said, "They’re busy with something. Why, are you offering to help?"

Wei Ting foolishly nodded his head, so right after school, Bai Shan took him to the outskirts of the city. Bai Erlang had just arrived, and Manbao had gotten there a little earlier. She had been seeing patients at Jishi Hall in the morning and came over in the afternoon.

She was currently holding a notebook, counting, and directing people to deliver the trimmed wood planks for building tents.

Bai Shan walked up to her and asked, "How many more do we need?"

"Two more," Manbao pointed to another side and said, "You go and make sure they clean up the tents properly—the floor, walls, and the curtains that are hung up all need to be checked."

Bai Shan then dragged Wei Ting to help.

Wei Ting was confused and asked, "What are we doing here?"

Bai Shan: "Voluntary medical service."

Wei Ting exclaimed in surprise, "No way, Jishi Hall is that wealthy? They’re putting on such a grand voluntary service?"

"It’s not Jishi Hall; it’s the County Governmental Office," Bai Shan replied as he dragged him to find a secretary, showed his own school’s wooden plaque, and was assigned a task.

The secretary looked at Wei Ting and asked, "And him?"

Bai Shan said, "He has no experience, he’ll follow me and help for now."

The secretary nodded.

There were so many displaced people that needed to be settled, and those who hadn’t been settled yet would surely come for medical treatment once they heard the news, after having wandered for so long, they were bound to have various ailments and injuries.

Since County Magistrate Tang had already set up the arrangements, he certainly wanted to do as well as possible. So, early today, someone was sent to their place to deliver a letter, inviting Mr. Zhuang to help out when he was free.

Today, Mr. Zhuang wasn’t teaching at Dazhi Academy, and Bai Erlang had been sent back to the academy to study, so after giving Manbao her morning lesson, he came over.

Besides Mr. Zhuang, some friends of County Magistrate Tang also came to help, and with their directions, the medical tents were quickly set up.

Then the helpers and apprentices from various pharmacies arrived, staking out tents for their doctors and beginning to lead people in cleaning up.

During this process, various items and people were needed, and these were all coordinated by Mr. Zhuang and the secretaries.

Manbao and the others had previous experience in doing similar work under County Magistrate Fu and County Magistrate Yang. They got the hang of it quickly after arriving and began to organize people and resources.

For example, if a wooden tent needed several stools, of course, they couldn’t just buy them; they had to carve the wood right on the spot, make simple ones, and set them up.

Or, if a wooden bed was needed for people to lie on, it was also mainly carved and constructed on the spot.

Knowing that she needed an independent medical tent, Manbao specially reserved a wooden tent next to Doctor Ji’s tent early and personally oversaw people making her a wooden bed, three stools...

Xiao Yuan came to secure a spot, Jishi Hall took up three wooden tents altogether, and specially chose a more secluded location to take care of Manbao.

After checking his own two medical tents and making sure there were no problems, he went to find Manbao. Seeing her standing on a table to hang curtains, he asked, "Why are you hanging two sets of curtains here?"

Manbao said, "I’m preparing in case one person needs an acupuncture treatment and there’s a place to examine the next person."

Xiao Yuan thought about it and agreed. According to the secretary, her place was going to receive female clients, certainly not like the other medical tents where one could freely expose chest and belly.

After finishing hanging the curtains, Manbao jumped down from the stool and said, "Could you check for me and see if anything is missing?"

Xiao Yuan walked around inside and out and said, "It would be best to have two more wooden basins for carrying water, and it would be even better if we had two wooden buckets so it would be convenient to carry hot water back and forth."

Manbao thought about it too and said, "We can’t make these on short notice; we’ll have to buy them. I’ll file a request with the secretary in a while."

Xiao Yuan said, "I’ll go talk about it. Given that you’re also part of Jishi Hall, let’s include your items with those of Doctor Ji and the others, so they won’t look down on you and bully you for being young."

Manbao smiled and said, "Okay."

Xiao Yuan then scratched his head in embarrassment, smiled, and asked, "Miss Man, when you have time, could you teach me your methods of acupuncture and hemostasis?"

"No problem," Manbao thought for a moment and said, "I have written down some acupuncture techniques for Doctor Ji. If you want to learn acupuncture, you must memorize all the acupoints first. Have you memorized them yet?"

Xiao Yuan’s spirits lifted, and he immediately said, "Almost, I’m about to memorize them all. Once I do, I will come to learn from you."

Bai Shan came over with people carrying a wooden bed. Glancing at Xiao Yuan then turning to Manbao, he said, "They made an extra bed over there. Thinking that you had one more curtain here, I thought we’d bring this bed over as well."

"Yes, yes," Manbao immediately moved aside to let them bring it in, muttering, "I was actually hoping for two wooden beds, but the other medical tents only wanted one. I was afraid they’d find me troublesome, so I didn’t speak up."

"Have you named your medical tent yet?"

Manbao shook her head. "The other doctors have simply marked theirs with the name of the pharmacy and their own name. I’ll do the same."

Bai Shan then said, "I’ll write it for you; my writing is nicer looking than yours."

Wanting her own medical tent to look nice too, Manbao immediately ran to find the wooden board she had decided to use as a sign.

Wei Ting followed behind, hovering around, then stopped and asked, "Are you going to write directly on the board? Aren’t you getting someone to carve the lettering into it?"

Manbao and Bai Shan both gave him a sideways glance and said, "Are you paying for it?"

Wei Ting choked for a moment then said, "Well, it’s not like I couldn’t..."

After all, a signboard wouldn’t cost too much money, would it?

Manbao looked for white paper in her basket, carefully cut it to size, and affixed it to the wooden board, saying, "This is a voluntary service. If you have extra money, you might as well donate it to the County Governmental Office to buy more medicine."

Bai Shan added, "Exactly, it’s just a sign. We can write it nicely ourselves, so why waste money on making one?"

When it came to thriftiness, both Bai Shan and Manbao had plenty of practical experience.

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