The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 982 - 961: Inserting the Needle

Chapter 982: Chapter 961: Inserting the Needle

Manbao was treating a patient while asking, "What did the officers want with me?"

"You don’t know yet, do you? The Yin Family are people from the Yamen, and the bailiffs all listen to them."

It seemed that the Yin Family’s bullying had deeply affected the people. Among the five patients who came in, four had warned Manbao to be cautious of the people from the Yamen. The fifth was still rambling and hadn’t had the chance to warn her.

Regardless of who warned her, Manbao listened obediently to them all, then took their pulses, prescribed medicine, and sent the patients away.

After sending off the last patient who needed a follow-up visit, Manbao sighed heavily, feeling that her patients were all quite agitated today, as their pulses were very lively.

Manbao put away her needle bag and was about to call it a day and go home when someone lifted the curtain and walked in. Manbao looked up, saw that his complexion was normal and he didn’t seem severely ill, so she said, "I’m about to close up. Please, go to the other examination room."

The man sat down directly opposite her, slapped his hand down on the pulse pillow, and said, "The other room is too crowded. There’s no one here, so I want to be seen here. What, can’t I be seen here?"

Before Manbao could speak, he snapped fiercely, "Why have a clinic if you don’t treat illnesses? Are you trying to deceive people?"

Manbao glanced at him, noted his strong vitality, and placed her hand on his pulse, saying, "Alright, I’ll have a look. Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

"I feel uncomfortable everywhere," he said, swinging his legs. "You tell me what exactly is wrong with me."

Manbao held his pulse with one hand and reopened the just-put-away needle bag with the other, asking, "Can you specify where it hurts? Do you have a headache?"

"Yes!"

"And your hands and feet?"

"They hurt too. I’ve told you everything hurts. Why are you asking so much? Can’t you understand?"

Manbao smiled at him and said, "Just to confirm, do your chest and back hurt?"

"They hurt! If you ask again, I’ll smash the table. The pain makes my mind restless, and I feel especially irritable."

Manbao looked at him with sympathy and said, "Your pulse is indeed a bit strange. I’m not quite sure what it is, so I need to diagnose it again."

Having said that, she quickly pricked a needle into an acupoint on his arm. The man, caught off guard by her swift movement, jumped up and shouted, "Ouch, that hurts! Murder! Murder! The doctor is murdering..."

Manbao grabbed his hand with her left and quickly pricked another needle in with her right. Just then, Daji and Young Manager Zheng dashed in, and the patients in the hall peered inside.

Seeing the curtain pushed aside, the man simply lay down on the ground, kicking his legs and shouting, "Murder! Murder! The unscrupulous doctor is murdering..."

Daji, seeing that Manbao was alright, let out a sigh of relief. However, Young Manager Zheng moved to help the patient. Manbao quickly shouted to stop him, saying, "Don’t touch him! I’ve put needles in his arm. If they’re accidentally moved, his entire arm will be ruined!"

Young Manager Zheng’s hand stiffened, and he straightened up, looking at Manbao skeptically. Although his medical skills weren’t great, he knew enough to not be fooled—those three acupoints could at most cause numbness and weakness in the arm.

But Young Manager Zheng knew what the man lying on the ground did not. Initially kicking wildly, the man couldn’t help but tighten his right hand slightly upon hearing Manbao’s words, discovering that indeed he couldn’t exert strength in his right hand. Moreover, when he exerted force, the area where the needles were inserted would bulge slightly, causing the needles to tremble as if puffing air.

The man was stunned and calmed down, trembling as he turned to look at Manbao.

Manbao turned away from the table, looked down at him, and said, "You’re right, your illness is severe. But don’t worry, it can be treated. However, it’ll be a bit difficult. Make sure you don’t move around and listen to the doctor’s orders, okay?"

The man, still lying on the ground, snapped back to his senses and shouted angrily, "You’re lying, I’m not sick at all!"

Manbao looked at him with a sympathetic face, "You see, you’re very ill."

After speaking, she opened her right hand to reveal a row of needles. She approached him step by step, softly coaxing him, "Don’t be afraid, just lie still. I’m going to treat you now, don’t be scared."

The man became even more terrified, kicked his legs a couple of times, and scooted backwards, then shouted loudly, "Someone come help, come help! Brothers, I need help..."

Three young men from Jishi Hall dashed in and pushed Young Manager Zheng aside, helping the man lying on the ground up, and asked Manbao fiercely, "What are you doing? What’s going on here?"

Manbao replied, "I’m treating him."

"What are you treating? I think you’re just trying to swindle money, look at what you did to my brother!"

"So young, and already an attending doctor before you could even read properly. What’s going on, Jishi Hall? If you couldn’t afford an attending doctor, you should have said something instead of letting a child be in charge here."

"You’re trying to swindle money. Where’s your shopkeeper, come out!"

Young Manager Zheng said, "I am the shopkeeper here. If you have any issues, come to me."

"Oh, so you’re the shopkeeper? Just a kid without experience, look at the kind of doctor you hired!"

Shopkeeper Zheng, who had been in the pharmacy, heard the commotion and rushed over, quickly intercepting the young man whose finger was almost poking into Manbao’s face. He greeted them with a smile and a bow, "I am the shopkeeper of Jishi Hall. If there’s any issue, please talk to me."

"Is talking to you going to be any help?"

"Yes, yes, I still have authority over this pharmacy."

"What’s the matter with hiring such a quack doctor? Look what you’ve done to our brother!"

Shopkeeper Zheng continued to apologize profusely. When their anger had somewhat subsided, he asked, "Could you please tell me what’s wrong with the patient? If you explain, I could help resolve the issue."

"Can’t you see with your own eyes? Look what she has done to our brother with those needles!"

Manbao, still smiling, stood to the side. With Daji and Shopkeeper Zheng’s arrival, she felt even more confident.

Manbao leaned out from behind Daji, smiled, and asked, "Are you feeling numb in your arm, like you can’t use any strength from your arm up to one side of your neck?"

"What nonsense are you talking? My brother’s foot hurts, and you treated his hand..."

"Big brother, I really can’t move now..."

Only then did Manbao step out from behind Daji, nodding repeatedly, "Exactly, exactly, I know. He not only has a foot pain but also hand and head pain. He told me just before, and that’s why I said his illness is severe. He couldn’t accept it, and that’s why he started shouting."

Manbao, appearing very caring, reassured them, "But don’t worry, our pharmacy has seen many patients like this. Many people on the verge of death find it hard to accept their fate. Luckily, although your brother’s condition is severe, it’s still treatable. So, you must comfort him and make sure he doesn’t get too agitated. Otherwise, in a little while, he really won’t be able to move his neck either."

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