The Rise of a General's Daughter-in-Law Doctor

The three of them quickly got into work mode. Bai Qingshi and Shangguan Jingye also joined the free clinic today, which made the consultations much faster. Most of the patients had minor ailments, so the three of them didn't talk much throughout the morning, only exchanging a few words occasionally.

Time flew by, and the village head's wife soon prepared the meal and called everyone to eat. The village head looked at the line at the door and there were still seven or eight people in line. He immediately said, "Those who are queuing later can come back in the afternoon. Let's stop here in the morning and let the three doctors rest. Everyone, go back now."

Then they started to send everyone away. No one objected, knowing that Li Muxia and her two disciples were tired after watching all morning, so they all obediently went home.

The three of them packed their things and came to the dining table in the courtyard. Just as they were about to start eating, a little boy of seven or eight years old rushed in anxiously, tripping over the threshold and falling. Without stopping, he rushed to the dining table, crying and saying, "Grandpa Zhang, quick, something happened to my dad."

When Zhang Lizheng saw the person who came, he quickly helped him up and comforted him, saying, "Tiger, what happened? Tell me slowly, don't worry, what happened to your father?"

Tiger didn't have time to wipe the tears from his face. He grabbed Zhang Lizheng's arm and said anxiously, "Grandpa Zhang, it's too late! My dad is bleeding a lot. My older brother told me to come to your house to find a doctor. Please hurry, or my dad will... he'll..."

At this point, Tiger couldn't hold back any longer and started wailing. After all, he was only seven or eight years old, and he was probably terrified.

Upon hearing this, Li Muxia and the others quickly stood up. Li Muxia and Shangguan Jingye hurried to the medical tent to get their medicine kits, while Bai Qingshi stood up, pulled up the crying little boy, and said in a serious tone, "Tiger, stop crying. Take us to your father. We are doctors."

Upon hearing that the grandfather was a doctor, Hu Zi quickly stood up, wiped away his tears, grabbed Bai Qing Shi's hand, and said excitedly, "Grandpa Doctor, come on, I'll take you there right now. You must save my father!"

Seeing that Hu Zi had calmed down a bit, Bai Qing Shi said, "Alright, let's go. Tell me about your father's situation as we walk."

Li Muxia and Shangguan Jingye quickly followed. Seeing this, Zhang Lizheng called his two sons to go with Li Muxia and the others. Before leaving, he seemed to remember something, slapped his forehead, and said, "Second son, you go to the backyard and hitch up the oxcart. After you're done, hurry to the back mountain. Eldest son, let's go with Doctor Shi and the others first."

Tiger recounted the whole story as he walked.

It turns out that early this morning, Tiger's father, along with Tiger's older brothers, led Tiger up the mountain to collect firewood in preparation for the winter.

As a result, Tiger's dad saw a little rabbit and decided to catch it and take it home for everyone to have a treat.

While catching rabbits, I accidentally tripped over a vine, and coincidentally, I fell right on a large slope.

Although the slope is not very steep, you shouldn't get seriously injured if you roll down it; at most, you'll only suffer some minor scratches.

Unfortunately, when Tiger's father rolled to the bottom of the slope, he slid a distance due to inertia and was cut on the thigh by a sharp stone on the ground. The wound was quite deep and bled a lot, which scared Tiger into crying.

The eldest brother told Hu Zi to hurry to Zhang Lizheng's house to fetch a doctor, and then he and Hu Zi's second brother helped Hu Zi's father down the mountain, hoping to save some time.

Sure enough, when Li Muxia and the others had walked 500 meters from the south street entrance, they saw two young men supporting a man covered in blood. The group quickly went forward to check on him.

Tiger saw the person coming and quickly ran over.

Bai Qingshi and the others followed closely behind. As soon as they stopped, they had the two men put Tiger's father on the ground and began to examine him.

Seeing that the wound had been tightly bandaged with cloth strips, Bai Qingshi nodded in satisfaction. Fortunately, these people knew some first aid measures; otherwise, they would have bled to death after such a long time.

When Zhang Lizheng and his eldest son saw it, they were both shocked and gasped in horror; the injuries were far too severe.

Looking at Tiger's father's condition again, it was likely due to excessive blood loss. Tiger's father had fallen into a coma, and his face was deathly pale, which frightened Tiger so much that he started crying again.

Li Muxia and Shangguan Jingye were also observing Hu Zi's father's wounds and saw how serious they were.

Shangguan Jingye thought to himself: Such a serious wound might require branding with hot irons, but I wonder if Tiger's father can withstand it.

Li Muxia was thinking: This wound is so long, it might need more than a hundred stitches. That's a huge undertaking.

Bai Qingshi didn't rush to clean him up. Instead, he checked his pulse and found that he was only weak and unconscious due to excessive blood loss, and there were no other internal injuries.

Bai Qingshi called Li Muxia over and asked her to clean the wound on Hu Zi's father's leg. He then asked Shangguan Jingye to bring the medicine box and take out the silver needles. Li Muxia had done this many times in modern times, so she cleaned it quickly. After Bai Qingshi disinfected the silver needles, Li Muxia finished cleaning.

Looking at the wound that Li Muxia had cleaned, Bai Qingshi nodded in satisfaction. He then used silver needles to seal several major acupoints near Tiger's father's wound, and then had Li Muxia untie the bandages binding the wound. The bleeding stopped.

Seeing this, Li Muxia's eyes lit up with surprise. She looked up at her master, her bright eyes filled with admiration.

Bai Qingshi looked at Li Muxia's gaze, shook his head with amusement, and said nothing.

At this moment, Zhang Lizheng's second son also arrived in the oxcart. Bai Qingshi said to the young men who were still surrounding Hu Zi's father, "I have already used silver needles to stop your father's bleeding, but it is only temporary. Further treatment will be carried out when we return to Zhang Lizheng's house. Now, you should quickly lift your father onto the oxcart and be careful not to touch the silver needles on his leg. Let's hurry back."

After he finished speaking, the two men nodded repeatedly. One lifted his shoulder, and the other lifted his leg. Tiger dragged his father's buttocks in the middle. The two sons of the village headman saw this and quickly went to help. Together, they lifted Tiger's father onto the oxcart.

The village head's second son drove the oxcart. The oxcart wasn't going fast, but it wasn't slow either. Except for Tiger's father, who was lying on the oxcart, the others hurried behind it.

Li Muxia and her two disciples quickly followed. Li Muxia really wanted to ask her master about acupuncture, but knowing that now was not the best time, she held back.

Bai Qingshi knew what his little apprentice was thinking, but he felt that Li Muxia was not yet ready to learn new knowledge. He hoped that Li Muxia could consolidate the knowledge he had already learned.

There was still some distance to the village head's house. Bai Qingshi asked in a low voice, "Jingye, Muxia, do you have a treatment plan in mind for Tiger's father?"