"The fever is severe." Lu Yufang said while wiping the child's palms, soles, and chest of the vest. "Doctor Zhang just checked it. The fever was too severe, so he asked me to get water to wipe it. Wait until the body temperature does not drop. Come down, I'm afraid I'll have to give you acupuncture."
"Has the medicine been prescribed?"
"It's already been opened, and it's cooking in the kitchen."
Chu Yue nodded and stepped forward to feel the temperature on the child's forehead.
"The body temperature seems to be on the decline. Wipe it again and observe more. If the fever doesn't come back, take medicine and go home."
Lu Yufang had seen so many people with Chu Yue in the past two days, so she knew what was going on and nodded hurriedly.
In the evening, Lu Dagui and Lu Shoucheng came back in a mule cart, and all the patients at home also left.
"Daughter-in-law Xinghe, I see that many people are sick in the county seat. Boss Xu from Zhuangji Medicine Store started to tell me that the medicinal materials cannot be sold at yesterday's price. I soaked them for a long time, but he saw that I bought a lot. It was Shopkeeper Chen who introduced me so I let go. If I go there tomorrow, I’m afraid I’ll have to double the amount of medicinal materials to buy them.”
"How much did you buy today?"
"I bought all the two hundred taels of silver you gave me."
Chu Yue nodded. A total of eight taels of silver were spent on repairing the shop. Originally, she only had one hundred and twenty taels of silver left. She had to find Yun Cuihe to collect the two hundred taels of silver. To buy these medicinal materials, it was considered as her family's expense. There are less than ten taels left.
"Have all the Zi people in the shop gone back?"
"I've all returned. I was thinking, there are so many medicinal materials in the shop, should I go look at them?" Lu Dagui frowned, always thinking about the two hundred and twenty taels of medicinal materials.
These medicinal materials are related to the fate of Lu Xinghe's family. The fate of their family is also his fate.
Lu Dagui knew that he had no ability, and the better Lu Xinghe's family was, the better off he and Tiedan would be.
While the two were chatting, Lu Xinghe walked into the main room and asked, "When the medicinal materials were brought back today, was there a lot of movement?"
Lu Dagui thought for a while.
"It's a very cold day, but I didn't see many people outside. Besides, our shop is on a side street, so not many people noticed it. Even if others noticed it, they probably wouldn't think it was medicinal materials."
Lu Xinghe nodded, "Tomorrow you can go to the shop in town and have a look at it. We can also order a signboard for the opening. It will open on the 20th of the twelfth lunar month."
Lu Dagui looked surprised.
"So soon! Didn't you say it would open after the new year?"
"Everything is ready now, all we need is the east wind. Taking advantage of the current shortage of medical treatment, we can just make the reputation of the shop known." Lu Xinghe said, looking at Chu Yue, "What do you think of Yue Yue?"
Chu Yue smiled and said, "What I originally thought was that while the epidemic was raging, I would organize the medical center and go to the shop to treat the victims first. That's why I asked Brother Dagui to buy medicinal materials. I didn't think so long ago. It actually coincides with my husband’s idea.”
Lu Xinghe touched her head.
“It’s just that it’s almost the Chinese New Year, and it’s going to be very hard for families in town to travel back and forth.”
Chu Yue raised her eyebrows slightly, "You can't be idle after all. Only by treating more patients can you accumulate more experience."
What she lacks now is experience.
The master could see the fault at a glance, but she had to think it over in her mind before she could come to a conclusion. This was the difference.
Lu Xinghe smiled, "Then do what you want to do."
…
The next day, Lu Dagui went to the shop in the town to look at the medicinal materials and customized a sign. Chu Yue named his shop Xingyue Medical Center.
There are still people in the village who are sick, but the symptoms and number have eased. However, what makes everyone's backs shiver is that three or four people have died in the neighboring village due to the epidemic in recent days. Just because of hearing this news, the people in the village became even more worried. I am so grateful for Chu Yue's kindness that I don't even dare to leave a bowl of preventive medicine every day.
After Chu Yue treated the two patients in the main room, she went to the kitchen to help make medicine.
"Mom, let me help you."
After Yun Cuihe and Lu Xingan were busy, they didn't ask Jiang Xiuqin to come over to help. After all, she had her own things to do, and it was not good to bother others all the time.
"You come and divide the medicine. I'll pour out the dregs from the other pot and boil it again."
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Chu Yue took the big spoon and started distributing medicine to people bowl by bowl.
Lu Xingan was responsible for collecting money and watching the fires in the two stoves.
As soon as half of the pot of medicine was taken out, an anxious voice came from outside, "Xinghe Wife, Doctor Chu, are you at home?"
In the kitchen, Yun Cuihe looked at Chu Yue.
"It sounds like Dazhu's voice." She took the spoon from Chu Yue's hand, "Next, I'll divide the medicine. You go outside and take a look. Don't delay the patient's condition."
Chu Yue nodded, took off her waistband, and went out.
Sun Dazhu happened to come in from outside the courtyard. Perhaps he was walking too hastily and staggered and almost fell to his knees.
Seeing this, Chu Yue hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
"Uncle Dazhu, what's wrong?"
There was a trace of anxiety on Sun Dazhu's face, "Can you come with me to see my mother? She is too sick to get up."
Chu Yue raised her eyebrows, "Why is she so sick?"
Sun Dazhu sighed, frowned and said, "I also just know that she is reluctant to spend money. She has not come to your house to drink any medicine in the past few days. It was okay to deliver food to her the day before yesterday. Today, the neighbors over at the old house I found her lying at home unable to get up, so she came to call me.”
After hearing this, Chu Yue hurriedly took the acupuncture kit from the house and asked as she walked, "What are the symptoms of this?"
Although Mrs. Li is not lovable, as a doctor, she cannot say that she will not treat anyone she doesn't like. After all, everyone will pay for the consultation and medicine, so everyone should be treated equally.
"I'm so sick that I can't even wake up."
After Sun Dazhu finished speaking, he led Chu Yue into a trot, as if he was afraid that his mother would die if she arrived too late.
"Burn or not?"
"It's burning. The temperature on my forehead is frighteningly high."
Chu Yue followed Sun Dazhu to Granny Li's residence. The house here was renovated by Sun Dazhu and Sun Erzhu this year and was quite solid.
Sun Dazhu led Chu Yue in, and Granny Li lay on the kang in the room. Sun Erzhu looked after her clumsily, and the kang was warmed by him.
"Doctor Chu is here."
Seeing Chu Yue enter the door, Sun Erzhu hurriedly stood up and stood aside.
After Chu Yue nodded slightly towards him, she sat down on the chair beside the bed and reached out to feel Mrs. Li's pulse. After a while, she probed the temperature of her forehead and felt it was hot.
I wonder if there is anything wrong with the fever?
"Uncles, please put out the kang quickly, get a basin of water to wipe her body and cool her down, and give her some water by the way."
Sun Erzhu was shocked.
"Can't you burn the kang?"
Chu Yue unfolded her bag of silver needles and said while giving Mrs. Li acupuncture needles, "The patient has a serious fever. Burning the kang is not conducive to heat dissipation. I will give her a few needles first and then give you a prescription. I have all the medicine you need at home." Yes, go catch it and fry it first."
