Uncle Guo hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to give it a try after asking about the price of a dose of medicine.
After taking the medicine for a while, a neighbor ran back and called Uncle Guo’s family over.
As soon as Aunt Guo saw that she was dressed up like a neat woman, she ran straight into the house, pinched Uncle Guo's ears and cursed: "I have told you so many times, don't believe the words of those messy people outside, you have eaten Isn’t the amount of wasted money still small due to the loss?”
After she finished speaking, she turned to Shen Tianshu and said, "Don't be offended, madam. I'm not calling you a liar. It's just that my man's disease has cost a lot of money inside and out. The family has long been unable to get rid of the problem. Please just leave our family alone!"
Before Shen Tianshu spoke, the official on the side could no longer listen. He came over and said to Aunt Guo: "You can eat randomly, but you can't talk nonsense. This Lady Tong cured the illness of Master Zhao Qu and Zhao's mother before. , I donated all the two hundred taels of silver I earned to the Yangji Hall. I came here today for a free clinic. I saw that your man was ill, and I just wanted to help him see a doctor. They didn’t take any money from you. You just paid for the medicine. You talk like this. But it doesn’t sound good.”
Aunt Guo rolled her eyes when she heard this and said: "You can't force a cow to drink water. Even if it's a free clinic, you can't force others to come to see a doctor, right? Even if you are official officials, you can't sit with your buttocks too crooked, right?"
Shen Tianshu sighed slightly and said: "This uncle has been like this for more than two years. You should know better than anyone else the many inconveniences this uncle has brought to your life. It's just a matter of a dose of medicine. The medicine boy has already gone to get the medicine. Come back later and brew the medicine on site. If it doesn’t work, I’ll pay for the medicine.”
When Aunt Guo heard this, her eyes rolled a few times, and she was still a little doubtful: "Can the medicine be taken blindly? What if it hurts someone? I have such a strong worker in my family, and the whole family points out that You’re just making money for him to eat!”
Hearing this, Minghui said angrily: "You are such a rude mother-in-law. We ladies are kind enough to help your man see a doctor. Not only are you not grateful, why are you doing so many things?"
Aunt Guo was still about to say something, but Uncle Guo stopped her and said, "Okay, just stop saying a few words. Have you taken too many messy medicines over the years? Not bad like this."
To others, it may seem that Uncle Guo is just getting hotter and colder, adding or removing clothes, but he knows in his heart that in the past two years, his body has become more and more frail, and he has become more and more unable to work. If he continues like this, let alone If you are supporting your family, you might collapse first.
Although he didn't know much about Mrs. Tong, he saw that the other party was not only escorted by official officials, but also the doctor Gong Lihua was busy with her.
The most important thing is that she dared to ask him to take the medicine in public, and it would be effective in one dose.
If you didn't really have confidence in yourself, you wouldn't dare to say such big words.
After all, who suffers from the disease, so Uncle Guo thought about it again and decided that he still wanted to give it a try.
Aunt Guo was very angry when she heard this, but she couldn't talk to him. She wanted to turn around and leave, but she was still worried in her heart. After the persuasion of several neighbors, she walked down the steps and said, "I tell you, this is the end." This time, the family has no food to eat, but if you don’t have the spare money, you will lose everything again!"
Not long after, the medicine boy from Hua'antang came back with the medicine, borrowed a medicine bottle from Yangji Hall, and started brewing the medicine in public.
While waiting for the medicine to be boiled, Shen Tianshu treated several more patients at Yangji Hall.
After the soup was boiled, the medicine boy brought it up. When the soup cooled down a little, Uncle Guo drank the medicine in one gulp.
After drinking the medicine, everyone's eyes were focused on Uncle Guo, waiting to see how effective this dose would be.
After drinking a large bowl of hot medicine, Uncle Guo started to sweat a little on his forehead. After a while, he hugged his arms and said, "Oh, why do you suddenly feel a little cold?"
Someone next to me laughed and said, "It's the twelfth lunar month of winter. How can you not be cold if you just wear a single coat?"
Uncle Guo's upper body felt increasingly cold, but his legs gradually began to feel hot and sweating.
You know, ever since he got this strange disease two years ago, his legs have never felt so hot, even in the dog days of summer.
Uncle Guo took off the roe deer skin from his legs and wrapped it around his upper body to keep out the cold.
After he finished, he looked up and saw everyone looking at him with surprised eyes.
Aunt Guo looked even more unbelievable and asked tentatively: "Master, you, how do you feel now?"
"It's just that it's cold up top, and I'm a little hot underneath because I'm wearing too much..." Uncle Guo suddenly came back to his senses after saying this, "I, am I okay?"
The onlookers were in an uproar. How could such a strange disease be cured with just one dose?
If many people around him hadn't been Uncle Guo's neighbors and knew his family well, they would have simply thought that he was a sitter hired by Madam Tong.
Uncle Guo and Aunt Guo didn't know what to say for a moment.
Aunt Guo was so ashamed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. She apologized to Shen Tianshu repeatedly: "Ms. Tong, it's me who can't see Taishan. I have offended many people before. Please don't blame me. Thank you for giving me The head of the house cures the disease, and from now on, you will be the great benefactor of our family."
Uncle Guo also thanked him profusely and said: "It's all my fault that I always believed in the words of some wandering doctors before. I spent a lot of money and made the family suffer, but it never got better. The old lady was so angry with me that she did this." Madam Tong is disrespectful, I am here to apologize to you."
Shen Tianshu said: "It's not all Aunt Guo's fault. It's all quack doctors who harm people, and that's why you are like this. Now that the medicine has taken effect, Uncle Guo should go home and change clothes quickly, so as not to get sick again and get infected again." It's cold, please remember to pay Hua'antang for the medicine before you leave."
The Guo family did not expect Shen Tianshu to be so generous, and they were even more ashamed. They quickly took out the money to pay for the medicine, thanked them repeatedly, and then left together.
After such an episode, more and more people came to watch the fun after hearing the news.
Gong Lihua looked at all this, with a look of unknown meaning flashing in his eyes. He pulled his young apprentice aside and whispered a few words into his ear.
The young apprentice nodded repeatedly, and while others were not paying attention, he blended into the crowd and left.
Shen Tianshu saw this scene and thought to himself, Gong Lihua took the initiative to come to help today, and he really had other thoughts.
She pretended not to know and continued the free clinic.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer patients in Yangji Hall, Gong Lihua's expression became visibly anxious.
Shen Tianshu treated the last patient in Yangji Hall, wrote down the prescription, stood up and was about to leave when he heard a commotion outside.
The people who were watching at the entrance of Yangji Hall quickly separated. A young man ran in quickly with a six or seven-year-old girl in his arms. He knelt down in front of Shen Tianshu and shouted: "Miracle doctor, help!"
Gong Lihua stood in the corner and breathed a sigh of relief that was not easily noticed by others. He put his hands into his sleeves and waited leisurely to see Shen Tianshu make a fool of himself in public.