TFWYH – Chapter 323 Treating Patients

Doctor Li smiled and waved his hand, interrupting everyone’s excited chatter. “Thank you all for your trust in this old man. No matter what the medical hall is called in the future, there will never again be random overcharging or callous treatment that costs people their lives. Now, I ask all the elders and villagers who paid ten taels for consultations to come over here and collect the excess silver. If anyone is unable to be present today, that’s fine as well—this old man will hand the remaining silver over to the yamen. You may go directly to the yamen later to claim it.”

“Doctor Li really is a good man!”

“Exactly! Doctor Li, thank you so much.”

“And thanks to your proprietor too—sob… that dead fat man fleeced me plenty!”

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The villagers expressed their gratitude to Doctor Li once again. Those who had spent money unjustly also lined up on their own to receive their silver back.

There were also people who wanted to falsely claim refunds.

But the ones handing out the money were yamen runners, and there were the medical hall records as well, so those people immediately gave up the idea.

For a time, the front of the medical hall was extremely lively. Those who weren’t present would hear about today’s events from fellow villagers anyway, and later they would only need to go to the yamen, sign their names, and collect their money.

Just then, a man ran over carrying a woman whose face was deathly pale and who was unconscious.

Seeing the scene at the entrance of Jimin Medical Hall, he froze on the spot.

Everyone else, seeing his posture, was also taken aback.

“Shen lad, what’s wrong with your wife?” Someone recognized the man and immediately asked.

As soon as Shen lad heard this, he burst into tears and glared angrily at Jimin Medical Hall, shouting, “This place is heartless and inhuman! They prescribed random medicine to my wife—she’s almost dying! I’ve come to demand an explanation!”

When everyone heard this, they thought, oh dear, you really picked the wrong time to come.

“Don’t shout nonsense. The one who prescribed random medicine, Tu Qiang, has already been driven out. There’s just been a change of proprietors…” Someone immediately explained everything to Shen lad from beginning to end.

Upon hearing this, Shen lad cried even harder. “Then what am I supposed to do? These past few months, I’ve nearly spent my entire family savings treating my wife, and now she’s been treated into this state!”

Everyone shook their heads.

This lad really was unlucky.

If he’d come just a little earlier, he could have blocked Tu Qiang, but now the man was already gone—where could he go to find him?

At this moment, Doctor Li hurried over. “Quick, carry her inside!”

“B-but… but I don’t have any money left, wuwu…” A pitiful one-meter-eighty man crying like Meng Jiangnü.

Doctor Li was utterly speechless. “At a time like this, who cares about money? Hurry and carry your wife inside. Our proprietor is here—her medical skills are excellent. If you’re late, it’ll be too late.”

“Thank you, really, thank you so much!” Shen lad quickly carried his wife into the medical hall, with Tang Wan and Doctor Li following closely behind.

Tang Wan took just one look at the patient and immediately instructed Doctor Li, “Have the apprentices boil hot water!”

“I’ll go right away!” Doctor Li didn’t question it and hurried to do so.

At this moment, Shen lad also noticed Tang Wan. “It’s you? You’re the new proprietor of this medical hall?”

Tang Wan nodded. “Long time no see.”

“… ” For a moment, Shen lad didn’t know what to say. His heart was filled with endless regret.

Back when Tang Wan had come to his home to deliver things, she had already warned him, but he had thought she was a swindler and didn’t believe her at all.

If he had believed her back then, how could his wife have ended up like this?

Filled with remorse, Shen lad carried his wife into the room and laid her on the bed.

Tang Wan quickly sat down to take the woman’s pulse, then pressed on her abdomen.

Shen lad spoke from the side as well. “She always complained of stomach pain. When it was severe, she’d roll around on the ground in agony, and she’d run a fever from time to time. Later, after taking the medicine that beast prescribed, it would ease a bit, but after a while, the pain would come back again.”