boyutpedia Chapter 175 There are 2 choices
Chapter 175 There are 2 choices
Ning Cuizhi disagreed, "Why are you meddling in this, little kid? If you cure the disease, the patient may not be grateful to you, but if you fail, the patient will definitely blame you."
She also knew that her son's medical skills were better than her husband's, but her son was too old and the villagers didn't believe that Bai Jingzhou was more capable than his father.
Without a foundation of trust, the doctor would be lucky to be able to use only 70% of his abilities. Ning Cuizhi didn't want to hear the villagers making up stories about Bai Jingzhou, saying that he was using the villagers to practice his skills.
Bai Jingzhou smiled, "Mom, I'm already engaged, so don't call me a child. Besides, I have to go out and practice medicine."
Ning Cuizhi was about to object, but Bai Jingzhou hastily assured her, "Don't worry, if I'm not absolutely sure, I won't treat them."
Even if he lent some money to the two families at that time, he could not take the risk of bringing trouble to his own family.
Bai Chong spoke up for him, "Let the children try. If they work, we'll treat them. If not, let them go to the state capital for treatment. At worst, we can secretly lend them some money."
The father and son had said so much, what else could Ning Cuizhi say? She had no choice but to remind Bai Jingzhou again to do what he could.
Bai Jingzhou nodded obediently, then ate the food in the bowl in a few bites, and left the house with Bai Chong, carrying the medicine box.
The two first went to Baiyu's house, which was closer to theirs. When they arrived, Baiyu's family was sitting in the yard, eating sorghum rice porridge and wild vegetable dumplings cooked by Baiyu's mother.
The sorghum rice porridge was extremely watery. Except for the injured Bai Yu, who had half a bowl of rice in his bowl, everyone else's bowls only had clear soup.
Bai Chong and Bai Jingzhou walked into the yard one after another. Bai Yu's father, who was facing the gate, was the first to see them, "Third brother? Why are you here at this time?"
Bai Chong called out "Seventh Uncle", "My Jingzhou wanted to see his second cousin's injury, so I brought him here."
The Baiyu family had all heard that Bai Jingzhou had become a disciple of a great doctor. Although he was very young, no one thought he could learn much real skills, but it wouldn't hurt to take his pulse.
Thinking of this, Bai Yu smiled at Bai Jingzhou and said, "Do you want to take my pulse?"
Bai Jingzhou nodded. He sat down on the wooden stool that Bai Yi had given up, took Bai Yu's pulse, palpated his waist, and then asked him seriously, "Second cousin, can you tell me exactly how you got injured and what it felt like after you got injured?"
Bai Yu recalled, "It was really my bad luck. The work was almost finished, but I twisted my waist while moving stones."
"I didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking it was just a pain, but soon I found that I couldn't bend down and walking was difficult."
"The steward who was in charge of us was always very polite to us. He didn't make things difficult for me when I was injured and couldn't work. Bai Rong said he would get a doctor for me, and the steward agreed."
Of course, this was because the young steward had benefited a lot from them. Not only was Bai Lizheng giving him the silver and money, but Bai Rong also gave him most of it as a gift. Even the sheepskin coats that they could no longer wear after the weather got warmer, the young steward found excuses to "borrow" several of them.
"The doctor came to see me and said that I needed to find a good doctor who knows acupuncture. He couldn't cure me, so he could only prescribe some herbal medicine to stabilize my injury and prevent it from getting worse."
"It just so happened that we had finished our work and were out of money, so everyone decided to bring Dajiang and me back home, pool our money together, and send us to a good doctor to treat our injuries."
On the way back, because they had no money, they had to think about selling the remaining sheepskin coats.
Pawnshop owners were always very aggressive in lowering prices, and now it was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the warm season, and their sheepskin coats could not be sold at all. However, they needed food, shelter, to pay for the servants who sent them back, and to prepare medicine for the two injured people.
No matter how much everyone knew they had suffered a great loss and had sold good things at a low price, they could only grit their teeth and bear it.
Talking about this, Bai Yu's words were full of gratitude. He was grateful to those who went to serve with him for not abandoning him and Han Dajiang, the two burdens. He was grateful that they not only took care of themselves, but also pawned almost all of their sheepskin coats in order to get medicine for them.
Of course, he was also very grateful to the three families represented by Bai Jingzhou, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Lizheng, because if these three families had not generously donated money, food and clothing to them, they would definitely have died.
By taking Bai Yu's pulse, palpating the affected area and asking questions, Bai Jingzhou determined that Bai Yu did indeed only have an acute lumbar sprain, and it was not a very serious one.
As long as the other party follows the doctor's advice, he is 100% sure that he can cure the other party.
He looked around and said, "I can cure Second Uncle's injury. With a combination of herbal medicine and acupuncture, and some good food to nourish his body, he should be able to get better."
The Baiyu family was all shocked, while Bai Chong looked at his son, asking him with his eyes how sure he was.
Bai Jingzhou quietly made a ten sign, but what he said was, "Second cousin, I am 70% sure that I can cure your injury. Even if I can't, I can ensure that your injury will not worsen during the treatment period, so that you will have enough time to find another doctor later."
"I will charge you as little as possible for the medicine. I won't charge you for taking your pulse, acupuncture, etc. We are all relatives, so I won't charge you for that."
"Second cousin, do you want to try to let me treat you?"
Bai Yu was even more surprised. "You, you have even learned acupuncture?"
Bai Jingzhou nodded and told the story of his past life in a serious manner, "My master doesn't like idiots. If I didn't have some skills, he wouldn't have accepted me as his disciple."
Bai Yu was both amused and surprised. What amused him was that his nephew actually liked to brag, and what surprised him was that Bai Jingzhou was 70% sure that he could cure him.
Although his parents and brother were willing to sell everything they had to pay for his medical treatment, their family's financial situation meant that even if they really sold everything they had, the money they earned would most likely not be enough to pay for Bai Yu's medical treatment.
They may be able to afford the travel expenses, food expenses and medical fees, but where will they get the medical expenses required for long-term treatment and accommodation expenses for treatment in the state capital?
Bai Yu was not afraid that Bai Jingzhou was lying. He had some idea of the character of this child who he had watched grow up.
In addition, Bai Jingzhou did have a powerful master, who not only taught him medical skills, but also allowed him to pass on the medical skills to his father Bai Chong, and he also paid for their family to live a good life. It can be seen that he really liked his apprentice, so it was not surprising that the other party taught Bai Jingzhou some powerful medical skills.
The Baiyu family quickly exchanged glances, and then Baiyu was about to agree to let Bai Jingzhou help him treat his injuries.
But Bai Jingzhou said before he could open his mouth, "It doesn't matter if Second Uncle is unwilling. My father said that if you go to the state capital to treat your injuries, my family can lend you ten taels of silver for emergency."