673 Kind People Always Have Good Luck (1/2)
”Hello Uncle Chen, you are here.” The woman had a weak voice.
”You look so tired,” Chen Zhouchuan said with a sigh.
The smell of herbs became stronger after the woman opened the door. It even became unpleasant.
”Please come in,” the woman said.
”This is Dr. Wang. I've mentioned him to you before. He is here to take a look at your son,” Chen Zhouchuan said as he pointed at Wang Yao.
”Oh, that's great. Thank you,” the woman said.
”Let me take a look at the patient first,” Wang Yao said.
They all went inside. Wang Yao found the house only had a few pieces of simple and old furniture.
”The couple have sold everything they could in the past few years for their son,” Chen Zhouchuan said in a low voice.
Wang Yao saw the patient in the bedroom. It was an extremely skinny man. Half of his hair was gone. His face had turned yellow, and his eyes were sunken. He looked like a creepy skeleton. Wang Yao couldn't even tell how old the patient was by looking at him.
The patient's body stank with a strong odor of herbs. He was beyond cure.
”What happened to him?” Wang Yao asked.
”He's got ulcers,” Chen Zhouchuan said.
He indicated to the woman to remove the cover off the patient for Wang Yao to see the body. The ulcers were located around his belly. The patient's waist was surrounded by ulcers. His muscles had gone rotten. His body stank. Wang Yao could even see the bones.
”How long has he been like this?” Wang Yao asked.
”Over three months,” the woman said.
”Take a look here, Dr. Wang,” Chen Zhouchuan said.
”Yeah, I can see that.” Wang Yao didn't say much. He went to check the patient's pulse. ”Fortunately, the bacteria hasn't gone into his bones.”
”Can you save him?” the patient's mother asked.
”I can certainly try,” Wang Yao said.
”That's great,” the patient's mother said.
”But, my herbal decoctions cost a lot,” Wang Yao said.
”Well...” Chen Zhouchuan said after thinking for a moment.
”I'm happy to pay,” the patient's mother said.
”Look, I'll pay the fee,” Chen Zhouchuan said.
”No way,” the patient's mother said. ”Uncle Chen, you've helped us a lot.”
”That's fine. No more arguing. I'll pay for Maoqi,” Chen Zhouchuan said. ”Can I have a word, Dr. Wang?”
”Don't worry about the herbal decoctions for now. Let me treat him with acupuncture first,” Wang Yao said.
He took out some silver needles and inserted them into the patient's muscles with Qi to consolidate the patient's fundamental health.
This was the first time for Chen Zhouchuan to observe Wang Yao treating a patient with acupuncture. He observed closely and paid extra attention to how Wang Yao manipulated the needles and the sequence of inserting the needles.
”Hmm, good job,” Chen Zhouchuan said.
Wang Yao's acupuncture treatment was almost perfect. Chen Zhouchuan couldn't guarantee that he could do any better than Wang Yao, and he didn't understand why Wang Yao chose two particular acupoints.
”I'll go back to prepare the herbal decoction,” Wang Yao said after he had finished treating the patient with acupuncture.
”When will the decoction be ready?” Chen Zhouchuan asked.
”Tomorrow,” Wang Yao said.
”Thank you very much,” the patient's mother said.
She walked Wang Yao, Su Xiaoxue, and Chen Zhouchuan downstairs.
”When will Maoqi come back?” Chen Zhouchuan asked.
”About 8 p.m.,” the woman said.
”Tell him not to make himself too tired,” Chen Zhouchuan said.
”OK,” the woman said.
”Go home, you need to look after yourself, too,” Chen Zhouchuan said.
The woman didn't leave until she couldn't see the three of them anymore.
”Are they your relatives?” Su Xiaoxue asked in the car.
”No, I just happen to know them,” Chen Zhouchuan said.
”Happen to know them?” Wang Yao asked with surprise.
Since Chen Zhouchuan seemed to care a lot about the patient and was going to pay treatment fees for them, Wang Yao thought they were his relatives. In fact, they were just acquaintances, not even friends.
”I know the patient's father, who I really admire,” Chen Zhouchuan said.
”Why do you admire him?” Su Xiaoxue asked.
”Because of the things he did. Even though I haven't had the heart to do it,” Chen Zhouchuan said as he began to tell them about the man.