The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 713 - 702: Charitable Clinic (Six)

Chapter 713: Chapter 702: Charitable Clinic (Six)

Manbao shook her head, glanced at the new patient’s medical records, looked at her complexion, and while taking her pulse asked her a few questions. After confirming the diagnosis, she prescribed a treatment and then answered the old woman’s question, "It’s not from family learning but from being a patient for a long time."

The old woman looked at Manbao, who had a rosy complexion and seemed quite young, and voiced her skepticism, "You don’t look like someone who has been sick for a long time."

Zhou Lijun was finally able to sit down and rest her feet. When she heard this, she said, "That’s because our family took good care of her. When my cousin was little, she was very frail. Before she was even a year old, she had to be fed medicine constantly. If she couldn’t take it in, then my aunt would take the medicine first and then breastfeed my cousin."

"When she got a bit older, she had to drink an egg a day in her soup. It took many years of careful nurturing before she was fully recovered."

The old woman then said with envy, "That sounds like something a wealthy family can afford to do. Ordinary families can’t manage to feed an egg a day like that."

Manbao: "...Raising two hens is enough, just eat the eggs they lay."

Handing over the prescription to the patient, Manbao sighed, "My family used to be quite rich, but then my fourth brother squandered all our wealth. After that we became poor, yet even in poverty, having an egg a day wasn’t too little for me."

Zhou Lijun: ...Cousin, do you have some misunderstanding about our family’s finances?

Although she was only two years older than her cousin and her memories of that time were not very clear, she still remembered what they used to eat when they were children.

Before Fourth Uncle lost everything in gambling, our situation was incomparable to the present.

Not only the old woman but also the patient who had just received the prescription pricked up their ears with interest. Manbao, however, did not continue on this topic and instead called in the next patient.

Feeling a sense of regret, the old woman asked, "The doctor who taught you must be very skilled for you to be qualified at such a young age."

Manbao nodded modestly, "Teacher is indeed very skilled. The main thing is that I’m also quite intelligent. Generally, I remember everything after reading it two or three times."

The old woman: ...

The old woman stayed in the medical tent until evening, not leaving until Manbao and the others were almost done for the day.

With her help, Zhou Lijun was much more relaxed. In the afternoon, there were three patients who needed to take their medicine and be observed, and all she needed to do was get the prescriptions and run to fetch the medicine, leaving the preparation to the old woman.

For this reason, Manbao gave the snacks she had packed in her purse in case she got hungry to the old woman.

After some polite refusals, the old woman accepted them.

Seeing that time was running short, Manbao wrote out a prescription for Zhou Lijun, "Go get some medicine for me."

Zhou Lijun looked at the amount on the prescription and was startled, "Cousin, what do you need so much medicine for?"

"To make a medicinal ointment. Didn’t you notice? Among the patients who came to see the doctor today, several have skin diseases. They don’t know how to prepare the ointment themselves, and the pharmacy isn’t equipped, so we can only prescribe oral medications, not external applications. Tonight, I’ve decided to make a batch on my own."

Doctor Ji, who had finished for the day and came over, happened to hear this. He paused mid-stretch, cleared his throat lightly from outside the curtain, ignoring the female patients staring at him, and called out loudly, "Manbao, come out for a moment."

Manbao promptly gave the patient in front of her a prescription and handed it over before stepping out, "Doctor Ji, what brings you here?"

"Didn’t you hear the bell just now?"

Manbao indeed hadn’t.

Doctor Ji waved his hand dismissively, not minding, and asked, "You’re planning on making the ointment yourself?"

Manbao nodded.

"Do you know how to make it?"

Manbao nodded, confidently saying, "I’ve memorized the procedure; I have it down pat."

Doctor Ji sighed and patted her head, "You’re still too young. Don’t bother with making the ointment. I’ll bring some from home for you tomorrow. If you want to try making it yourself, wait until these next few days when you have some free time to experiment."

With that, Doctor Ji turned and left.

Such a silly child, thinking about making ointment all night long, you’ll exhaust yourself.

Doctor Ji ambled away, and with today’s remaining patients few in number, those still queuing up saw the line behind them thinning and slowly dispersed, deciding to return the next day.

The doctors had seen quite a few patients in these two days, and most who came for the first consultation would wait until they finished their first round of medication before returning for a follow-up.

That’s why everyone was vying for a spot on the first and second day because they could see the doctor twice with their medical records.

And those who sought consultation on the third day...

Ah, there’s too much to say, and it’s all so sorrowful.

Once Manbao’s sign went up, the people still queued in front of the medical tent could only disperse in disappointment, similarly resolving to come back early the next day.

The pharmacy was still the busiest, and the last to close. Curious, Manbao, carrying her basket, went over to take a look.

She saw Bai Shan and Bai Erlang each holding a prescription and a large tray with multiple compartments, following behind an apprentice who chanted the ingredients, while the apprentice used a scale to weigh the medicine accordingly and place it into the compartments.

After the prescription was recited and the medicine weighed, Bai Shan and Bai Erlang would place the prescription on the tray and pass it to the counter in front, then someone else took over wrapping the medicine. As each compartment represented a set of medicine, after wrapping, they would call out the name on the prescription for patients to claim theirs.

Mr. Zhuang and the two elders sat at the front, sizing up the people coming in line, then checking their prescriptions and medical records. Once everything was confirmed correct, they would stamp the documents, allowing the patients to proceed to get their medicine.

It was due to their presence that those who had thoughts of freeloading drugs in the confusion in the last two days couldn’t get past this checkpoint.

Manbao approached with her basket, and seeing them busy, she didn’t disturb them and just squatted to the side to wait.

After about three-quarters of an hour, with all the queued patients finally served, Bai Shan and the others untied their sleeves and came out, seeing Manbao but having no desire to speak.

Manbao finally understood why they were so silent the night before; it seemed like they had spoken more in the afternoon than she spoke in an entire day.

So she quietly didn’t bother them. The mentor and apprentices silently made their way back to the cart, where Zhou Lijun had already dozed off, waking only at the sound of movement.

Mr. Zhuang, not wanting to provoke Manbao’s chatty nature, nodded solemnly without saying a word.

Manbao looked around and could only say to Daji waiting outside the cart, "Daji, we’re all settled in, let’s go home."

Daji responded and drove the cart away.

It was a peaceful night. Nobody spoke to Manbao, so she had to converse with Keke in her mind and later, when she climbed into bed, she went to Teacher Mo for a chat.

Of course, talking to Teacher Mo wasn’t really talking. In the end, it was all chatting, so it meant the same thing.

Manbao inquired about something related to needles, which reminded Teacher Mo of something, "Isn’t your birthday coming up soon? How about I gift you a box of needles?"

Manbao was startled and asked uncertainly, "How much is in ’one box’? Are you talking about a set?"

How small must that box be? Can it even be called a box?

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