After dealing with the matter of selling paintings, Tong Xiang and Chu Xiao went to the pharmacy to sell medicinal herbs, and went to the vegetable market to buy a lot of things, and returned with a full load.

On the way home, I passed a medical center, and there were many people around the door, all looking anxiously inside.

The guys from the hospital shouted at everyone, "Everyone, let's disperse today." Dr. Zhang was invited to the master's house to treat his aunt, and he may not be able to return at night. ”

When they heard this, they were all discouraged. Some people left in frustration, but most remained there.

There were many women and elderly people in the crowd, holding sick children in their arms, their eyes were blank, and they stared blankly at the plaque on the door of the medical hall.

Some children could not bear the pain and had already passed out.

Most of the people waiting here are countrymen, wearing coarse cloth short brown, and patches are layered on top of each other.

If they go back now and come back the next day, they will probably not be able to catch up.

The treatment of a favored aunt in an official's family is a hundred times better than that of ordinary people. The world was hot and cold, Tong Xiang looked at these people thoughtfully.

"Why don't we open a medical clinic in the village." After a long time, she looked at Chu Xiao and slowly spoke.

Hearing her say this, Chu Xiao quickly nodded in agreement.

"There are no good doctors in the village, and your medical skills are so superb that you will definitely attract a lot of villagers.

"The opening of the medical center can not only benefit the surrounding people, but also a good opportunity for your family to gain a foothold in Tongjia Village.

"In the future, when Tong Hua reaches the age of enlightenment, he will also be able to go to the village to study."

Tong Xiang listened to his explanation and felt that it was quite reasonable, so he went to purchase some medicine bottles and reed paper and other things, and prepared to open a medical hall.

Not only that, but the two also came to the printing hall and printed some promotional advertisements to be distributed to the villagers.

The next day, Tong Xiang got up early, packed his things and went out.

There is no extra space in the house to be used as a ward, so she plans to become a traveling doctor and go to other people's homes for consultation. It can not only save space, but also facilitate patients, killing two birds with one stone.

Carrying a homemade simple medicine box, Tong Xiang carried a water bladder on his body, and went out early. Chu Xiao on the side carried the signboard, held the propaganda paper printed yesterday, and when he met someone on the road, he came up to introduce it.

The two walked a few miles, but they didn't get any business. Most of them glanced at her, saw that she was a girl, and hurried away.

I walked straight to the neighboring village, and when I arrived at a thatched hut, a man stopped to ask a few more questions.

The man looked to be in his thirties, with a yellow face and thin muscles, and a pungent smell of sweat on his body, which made Chu Xiao look away.

The man looked at the propaganda paper, looked Tong Xiang up and down a few times, puffed up his mustache, and asked, "Can you really cure diseases?" ”

"Of course." In the face of men's doubts, Tong Xiang behaved calmly. In ancient times, there were very few women practicing medicine, and these prejudices were expected by her.

When the man heard this, he asked, "How much do you charge here?" ”

Tong Xiang observed the man's face and saw that he had a sour face, so he replied, "We don't charge any fees today, just for one day." ”

The man laughed when he heard it, as if he had heard some big joke.

"Don't charge money? You're not a liar, are you? ”

was ridiculed, but Tong Xiang laughed lightly and explained unhurriedly: "Today, on my father's birthday, I did this good deed to accumulate virtue for him." On weekdays, the house visit fee alone costs 100 yuan. ”

The miser man heard this and didn't say anything more.

He took off his straw sandals, lifted his feet, and said proudly, "I never wore shoes before, but I am terrible to wear them on my feet." If it weren't for the insect bite in the past few days, I wouldn't have gotten better, and I wouldn't have spent this unjust amount of money to buy shoes. ”

The smell on the feet was worse than that on the body, and more disgusting than rotten eggs that had been sitting for weeks.

Tong Xiang took the veil and put it on his face, and then leaned over to observe.

Seeing her wearing a veil, the miser man thought that she disliked her smelly feet, and was immediately unhappy.

"I've never seen a doctor who dislikes a patient, you're afraid you're not a quack!"

Tong Xiang condensed and said coldly: "Your wound can't be wet, if I spit on my words during the healing, I'm afraid it will deepen the condition." ”

The miser man obediently shut up when he heard this explanation, and looked at her with a hint of surprise and admiration.

His wound was not long ago when he went up the mountain and was bitten by some black-shelled bug. I thought it would get better soon, but I didn't expect to step on the wet mud by the pool, and it was red and swollen, and it was itchy so much, so he went to buy shoes to wear.

Because this wound was afraid of water, he didn't even dare to take a bath on this hot day.

Chu Xiao stood aside, carrying the medicine box for her, looking at her methodical appearance, a flash of light flashed in her deep eyes.

Tong Xiang carefully examined the wound and found that the wound was swollen as big as a pigeon's egg and as red as blood. She wrapped her hand in a handkerchief and pressed it gently.

The stingy man suddenly felt that there were thousands of ants crawling over the center of his feet, and hurriedly rolled on the ground with his feet in his hands.

He can be regarded as having perseverance, and he can still resist not scratching it.

Tong Xiang's eyes shone slightly, took the medicine box, and made a gesture to take something from it, but in fact, he took out the ointment from the space and squeezed some into the empty jar.

She took the ointment and walked over and ordered the miser's acupoint. The man suddenly couldn't move, and stared at her dryly.

"How do you feel? Isn't it itchy? Like ants biting? ”

"Yes!" The man was itching and almost fainting, and it took him half a day to choke out a word.

"It's an antworm, and there are a lot of small bugs growing on its mouth. After it bites, these small insects crawl into the body along the wound, making it difficult to cure. ”

She explained as she dipped a medical cotton ball in the ointment and applied it evenly to the red and swollen areas.

The itchy feeling disappeared, and a touch of coolness rushed from the soles of his feet to the man's heart. He lay on the ground, let out a long sigh of relief, and smacked his lips in satisfaction.

After applying the ointment, Tong Xiang wrapped gauze around the man's feet again. Then, she took out a box of pills from the space, put it in a small porcelain bottle, and handed it to the man lying on the ground.

"You can't cure this disease with ointment alone, you have to take medicine internally to clean up the insects in your body. This medicine is taken three times a day, one at a time, and water, avoid spicy and greasy, and avoid alcohol. ”

The man took the medicine bottle, wept with joy, and said gratefully, "Thank you, doctor." But when will I touch the water? ”

Knowing that he was asking about taking a bath, Tong Xiang packed up the medicine box and replied, "Not for the time being." Tomorrow, if the redness and swelling on your feet are gone, then you can touch the water, but you can't soak it for a long time. ”

"Do you still have this ointment? I'm willing to buy it for as much as I want. ”

"This ointment is both an antidote and a poison. It kills bugs on wounds and can also cause skin ulcers. The dose I'm giving you today is already at its limit. ”

When the man heard this, he did not dare to say any more, and returned to the house contentedly.

After treating this person, Tong Xiang and Chu Xiao did not stay long, and continued to rush towards the next house.

In summer, when the sun is in full bloom, the two walk side by side under the mulberry tree, looking for shade.

Then they walked through a few villages, but they didn't see any guests, so the two had to go home.

On the first day of opening, business was so bleak, but Tong Xiang was not discouraged.

Reputation and customers are accumulated little by little over time. The news in various villages is closed, and people are afraid of being deceived, so it seems that they have to rely on acquaintances to introduce this business.

In this case, she should first find those people who have a wide range of interpersonal relationships, break them one by one, and then pass ten with one to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Thinking like this, she picked herself up again.

In the afternoon, the two were about to go out, but they saw a middle-aged woman walking in, carrying a large bamboo basket on her back, in which a small doll of three or four months old was placed.

This little doll looked very uncomfortable, her head was flushed, and beads of sweat the size of beans covered her forehead.

Worried, the woman put the basket away and carefully took the child out.

"I'm the one who lives behind Li Dazhu, you should be the Tong girl who came to see the doctor this morning, right?"

Tong Xiang quickly glanced at the baby, came back to his senses, and replied, "Exactly." ”

"Miss Tong, please help us take a look at our family Ming'er. He didn't know what he had eaten, and he hadn't been right since noon today, and he didn't eat milk. He didn't cry, he didn't make a sound, he couldn't put him to sleep. ”

After listening to the woman's description, Tong Xiang roughly figured out the situation.

The child's lips were purple, possibly if he had ingested a foreign body. However, if parents find out in time, there should be no danger.

After picking up the child, Tong Xiang pushed open the door and walked into the house.

She had simply learned the Heimlich maneuver, but she had never tested it on a child, so she didn't know how hard it should be.

Place your child face down on his lap with one hand on either side of his cheekbones and his arm on his chest. Hold the back of your neck with your other hand and tap the back between your shoulder blades with the base of your palm.

This was repeated several times, but the child still did not say anything, and nothing came out of his mouth.

Tong Xiang frowned, isn't the strength right?

I slapped it a few more times, but I didn't see any reaction from the child.

In this way, Tong Xiang had no choice but to turn him over and change the chest pressure method.

This method requires accurate control of strength, Tong Xiang condensed slightly, and finally clarified his thoughts.

She followed the method and pressed on the boy's abdomen. After a while, the boy opened his mouth to spit out something.

Tong Xiang's eyes were quick, and he used tweezers to reach into the base of his tongue and took out the thing, which turned out to be a slimy copper coin.

The woman on the side was also surprised when she saw this result.

"This, how could it be? How could the copper money I gave him this morning be swallowed? ”

After confirming that the child was fine, Tong Xiang handed him back into the woman's hands.

"A kid of his age loves to devour toys. These little things, be sure to hide them in the future. ”

When the woman heard this, she felt that she was too unreliable to be a mother. finally got old and got a child, and she didn't dare to be careless in the future.

After all, she insisted on paying Tong Xiang for medical expenses, but Tong Xiang refused, as long as she helped to publicize more.

Seeing that she could not resist her, the woman repeatedly agreed and went home with the child.