The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 719 - 708: The End

Chapter 719: Chapter 708: The End

Doctor Ji, who was next to them, felt a bit jealous, "My throat is hoarse too, why don’t I see you showing me any respect?"

Manbao blinked, Wanting to say, aren’t you a doctor yourself?

But seeing that he was not very happy, Manbao quickly turned her eyes and said, "I was planning to cook it before bringing it to you, but since you want the tea bag, I’ll have my niece send you one later."

Upon hearing this, Doctor Ji cheered up, touched his beard with restraint, and smiled, "Alright, then. Send it over once you’ve cooked it."

County Magistrate Tang looked at him, then smiled and went with Manbao to her medical tent to drink tea.

Speaking of herbal tea, it really was herbal tea. County Magistrate Tang glanced at the somewhat brownish tea, swallowed, and waited for the temperature to be right before gulping it down.

He frowned with disapproval at the temperature, "Is this herbal tea really effective?"

"I happened upon a recipe once, it should be," she said. After all, she wasn’t going to drink it herself—bitter medicine is good for your health.

County Magistrate Tang noticed too, and when he saw her pouring tea into two bamboo tubes to give to Zhou Lijun to deliver to Mr. Zhuang and Doctor Ji, he asked, "Why aren’t you drinking?"

Manbao said, "My throat isn’t sore."

County Magistrate Tang stared at her for a moment, then picked up the pot used to make the tea and poured her a bowl, advising, "You should still drink some. It’s autumn, the weather is dry, and drinking tea can moisten your throat."

Manbao refused. The tea didn’t look appealing to drink at all, and she certainly didn’t want any.

But if she really had to drink it...

Manbao looked around, then lifted her backpack over, rummaged through it, and pulled out a small jar.

When she opened the jar, County Magistrate Tang caught the scent of honey.

County Magistrate Tang: ...

He watched as Manbao scooped a spoonful of honey into her own tea, stirred it well, and then drank it.

He rubbed his forehead and asked, "Are you really that stingy?"

Manbao confidently responded, "I didn’t think of it at first. If you hadn’t insisted on me drinking, I wouldn’t even have remembered I was carrying honey."

County Magistrate Tang was curious, "Why would you bring honey to see patients?"

Manbao lightly coughed and said, "It’s for coaxing children. Some kids cry when getting an acupuncture needle or taking medicine. Just as my elder brother came back from the countryside with some honey, I brought it along."

The main reason was that with the autumn dryness, honey has many benefits, and it’s also useful for coaxing children, so Manbao brought it with her.

However, over the past three days, not a single child had come to see her for treatment; most went to see doctors who looked much older.

Like Doctor Ji.

Occasionally, some children who did end up at her tent would be taken to another tent by their parents once they saw how young she was.

County Magistrate Tang couldn’t help laughing out loud as he looked at Manbao and said, "When your name is known throughout Yizhou, or after another two or three decades, by then, there will be plenty of people seeking you out to treat their children’s illnesses."

"However," he paused, looked at her face, and smiled, "your shortcoming lies in your age, but your strength is also in your age. Being so young, you have countless possibilities waiting for you."

Manbao looked at County Magistrate Tang curiously and asked, "Lord Tang, why are you suddenly getting sentimental?"

County Magistrate Tang just sighed and said, "Just suddenly felt that I’m getting older and became somewhat reflective, that’s all."

Manbao examined County Magistrate Tang carefully and then realized that he looked quite worn out, possibly because he hadn’t shaved in the past few days, making his face appear weary and aged.

Manbao also sighed deeply, then wrote down a prescription and said, "Lord Tang, now that you recognize you’re not young anymore, you should take good care of yourself. This is a rejuvenating prescription I know of. It’s quite good—you should try it."

County Magistrate Tang looked at the prescription thrust into his hands, silent for a while before saying, "Thank you?"

Manbao smiled and narrowed her eyes, "No need to thank me."

In the afternoon, the unconscious patient woke up, complaining of a headache, dizziness, and blurred vision, yet was able to move his limbs. After examination, the doctors concluded that he was no longer in any great danger, but probably had a blood clot in his brain that needed to be dispersed and the swelling reduced.

But these are medicines Doctor Xu and Doctor Ji could prescribe quite fittingly.

County Magistrate Tang waited outside the medical tent all this time, and after confirming the man was out of danger, he instructed the patient’s family to take him home.

Since the man had fallen while constructing a building, the cost of medicine used would be covered by the County Governmental Office, including future consultations. County Magistrate Tang also specified that Jishi Hall was in charge of the case.

Moreover, County Magistrate Tang would provide an additional relief ration to ensure that he would not starve while recovering.

Having been promised this, the patient’s family joyfully carried the patient home.

Today was the fourth day, and fewer patients came in, so Manbao and the others finished early and sounded the bell to head home. By the fifth day, there were even fewer patients, and in the pharmacy, only some leftovers remained—most of the medicine was gone.

And that was the fundamental reason for the lack of patients.

After seeing the doctor, there was no free medicine left.

Better not to see the doctor at all.

Manbao and the others saw a few patients scattered about, prescribed medication, and then watched as they left the pharmacy dejectedly, either going home to tough it out or taking their prescriptions into town to buy medicine at the pharmacies.

Of course, more likely chose the former.

Manbao moved her table to the outside of the medical tent and sat in a chair, chin propped on her hands, gazing at the now empty field that had been crowded with people just two days before.

Gao Clan and a few women who still wanted acupuncture came looking for Manbao for follow-up treatments. After giving them their treatments, she had time to spare again.

Seeing that Gao Clan’s symptoms had improved a lot before but seemed to be worsening again today, Manbao said, "You should still take your prescription to the pharmacy and buy some medicine. Otherwise, the medicine you took before is almost for nothing."

Gao Clan looked down and asked, "Doctor Zhou, how much longer do I need to take medicine?"

"Another ten days."

Gao Clan then kept her head down, silent.

Seeing this, Manbao sighed, thought for a bit, and then wrote another prescription, saying, "I’ll change your medicine for you. It’s not as effective as the previous one, but it’s much cheaper. You can get it from Jishi Hall for around ten coins per dose."

Gao Clan hesitated, but eventually reached out and took it.

Manbao felt that she was very much like her own mother, who also struggled to support the family, so much so that as she aged, her health completely collapsed.

She didn’t want Gao Clan to end up the same way, so she said, "Whether you change the medicine or not, you must go to Jishi Hall for acupuncture tomorrow. It won’t cost you anything."

Without medication, acupuncture could still be slightly effective.

Gao Clan didn’t seem to have listened, but at any rate, she took the prescription and left.

Manbao looked around, saw that no patients had come at this hour, and observed that some doctors were already telling people to clean up the medical tents, so she decided to go home.

Thinking for a moment, Manbao stood up and looked in the direction of the pharmacy. Just then, Bai Shan came along with his book basket. Seeing her still there, he asked, "The pharmacy’s out of medicine, aren’t you going to pack up and go home?"

Manbao glanced at Doctor Ji’s medical tent, seeing that he too was starting to pack up, she nodded and said, "Alright then."

Bai Shan helped her put away the needles that had been cooked and dried back into their case and asked, "Do you want to go out for dinner?"

Manbao didn’t even think before nodding, "Yes, I do."

Bai Shan then smiled and said, "Let’s go out for dinner tonight then. Having worked hard for four or five days, should treat ourselves."

Manbao said, "You’re paying."

Bai Shan nodded, "Alright then, next time Bai Er can pay."

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