640 The Fantastic Doctor Watching Qi (1/2)
”Keep up with the treatment and you will be fine,” Wang Yao said.
”OK,” Wen Wan said.
The previously dark sky was now full of sunshine. As long as life was full of hope, everything would look bright.
Wang Yao had many patients throughout the day. It was after 3 p.m. when he saw the last one. An hour later, Li Shiyu arrived with another truck of trees. He unloaded them at the foot of the mountain. Wang Yao transported them all to the mountains until it was dark.
It had taken about a week or so, but he tree wall between Nanshan and Dongshan was built.
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In a village near the suburb in Lianshan County, a middle-aged man was happily strolling on the street. He was a little bit lame, but it wasn't too noticeable unless you watched closely.
”Mr. Feng, how are you doing?” a villager asked.
”Oh, I'll be good as new soon,” he said with a smile.
”Where are you going?” the villager asked.
”I'm going to buy some cake for some guests coming over,” Feng said. He continued on his way.
”He looks better only after a few days,” the villager said.
”Seeing his walk, he must be better,” another villager said. ”Where did he get treatment?”
”I heard that it was in a mountain village in Songbai. He was treated with acupuncture,” the first villager said.
”Hey, Mao Shun has the same problem, doesn't he?” the other villager asked. ”I heard he is also looking for someone for acupuncture and that he even tried electrotherapy!”
”Electrotherapy, what is that?” the first villager asked.
”I don't know, but look at him. He seems to be worse and worse. It might be better to ask where Mr. Feng got the treatment. He looks so good,” the other villager said.
Along the way to buy a cake, Feng met a lot of villagers on the road. They all nodded and said hello. Most of them knew about his illness. Now, if one did not know his situation before, one might think that he had just wrenched his ankle and was lame while walking.
He was very happy. His family was also very happy, perhaps even happier than him. His wife made 12 dishes at noon, even though there were not many guests. It was only Feng's two young brothers.
”Brother, let's have a drink,” a brother said.
”Have a drink. You won't drive back anyway,” Feng said happily.
”Dr. Wang said you can't drink,” his wife said.
”Just drink a little since we are so happy today,” Feng said. ”I'll add some water into the wine.”
He poured about a half of a cup of water into the wine.
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In the mountain village a man came to the clinic in the morning.
”Dr. Wang, I have taken the medicine you gave me, but it didn't work,” he said.
With his deep eye bags and pale face, it was not just as simple as not sleeping well the night before.
This person impressed Wang Yao. He was a taxi driver. He had first come to the clinic a few days ago. He said he always had a nightmare after carrying a passenger in the middle of the night. He repeatedly dreamed of a person with no face.
”Do you still dream of him?” Wang Yao asked.
”Yes, I do. This time, he was not sitting quietly but talking to me. Can you imagine a person without a face talking to you? What a terrible thing.” The man couldn't help quiver with cold. It seemed that the faceless person was by his side.
”I can't go driving my car at night. I even turn on the desk lamp when I sleep at night,” the man said.
The problem was more serious than Wang Yao imagined. He had thought the man's condition would be alleviated after taking the medicine to help calm his nerves and sleep. But, it turned out to be more serious. The drugs had not mitigated the problem at all.
”Is it really because of some evil?” Wang Yao asked.
One might say it was superstitious, but it could not be explained by science sometimes.
”Doctor, can you help me?” the man begged.
”Well, I am thinking of a way,” Wang Yao said.
As for being scared, he saw a case in the Treatise on Miscellaneous Diseases in which a child walking on the road by a river in the evening was scared by the sound of an owl. That night, the child had a fever and talked in his sleep. The case had some similarities with this man's illness.
The medicine prescribed by Wang Yao originated from that medical case, but the effect was not particularly obvious.
”Doctor.” The man suddenly quivered.
”Hmm?” Wang Yao was suddenly stunned. ”What happened?”