Wang Yao and his father didn’t stay for long.

Wang Yao’s first thought was that it would be operated well. Firs, the location was not good. People who wanted to start a business should find a good place. Some even ask a fortune teller to find a so-called lucky store or a lucky place, which was really quite strange given that some places brought fortune while some actually took money away from the business. The place his youngest uncle chose was a little far and unlucky. Wang Yao knew Feng Shui. Being able to communicate with the sky and the ground, and also sensitive to Qi around him, he felt the Qi here was not circulated fluently and was uncomfortable.

Second, character was important. He knew who his uncle was. His enthusiasm never lasted long. He could not stick to any work more than three years in the factory, which might be the reason why he had resigned. He was unsteady and lacked persistence and carefulness. It would be better if he could make some money at the start. If only a few customer came in, he would close it down within three months.

His uncle asked to them stay for a meal, but his father refused.

“It is absurd,” Wang Fenghua said as they were getting into the car.

“I think so. too,” Wang Yao replied.

They returned home. Wang Yao saw someone was parking their car beside the clinic. There was actually more than one person.

“Someone’s to see you?” his father asked.

“Yes, it must be,” Wang Yao said.

“Alright, you’d better go,” his father said.

The patients were all there for reexamination. One was a middle-aged woman suffering from headaches, which at least half of them also suffered from. It was difficult to treat and check via Western medicine in the hospital. But, it was comparatively easy for Wang Yao. Some of them only needed a massage of neixi without any prescription.

“Your disease is not serious,” Wang Yao said. “You just need to keep both your head and feet warm when it’s cold.”

“Alright, I will,” the woman said with a smile.

She was happy that she only spent $400 to cure a headache that had tortured her for years.

The second patient was the boy who come in several days ago with parasites in his abdomen. He looked much better. He had a ruddy and lustrous face, and his eyes were brilliant.

“How do you feel?” Wang Yao asked.

“He took the medicine you gave,” the boy’s mother said. “He defecated three or four times a day in the first two days, passing out a lot of parasites. On the third day, I didn’t see any parasites in the stool. And, he loved eating the past few days. His stomach does not hurt anymore. Could you see him again?”

Wang Yao reached out and felt his pulse.

“There are still some parasites left,’ he said. “I’ll prescribe one dose of medicine for you to take the next two days.”

“Thanks.”

The woman took the medicine and left with her son happily.

…

In the emergency department in Lianshan.

“Ouch, doctor, be careful!”

“My god!” Pan Jun was shocked.

The patient in front of him gave off a foul-smelling all over his body. He raised up his clothes and saw innumerable malignant sores covering the upper part of his body. He even had purulency and ulcers, as well as psoriasis like the snake scales on his arms. This was the first time for him to see such symptoms in the emergency department.

“Why didn’t you came to hospital earlier before it is so serious?” Pan Jun asked.

“We went to other hospitals, but there was no treatment,” the man with him said. “Last night, he felt like he was burned all over his body, which he couldn’t endure.”

The patient has been to various hospitals in Wei, Dao, and the provincial capital for his strange disease. Some famous doctor prescribed some medicine, which was effective, but it suddenly relapsed.

They had to come to Lianshan’s People’s Hospital because it was so hard to endure the suffering. In fact, he almost fainted on his way to the hospital.

“Ouch, please be gentle!” the man exclaimed.

“Go to the dermatology department,” Pan Jun said.

After they got the transfer referral, Pan Jun watched the yelling patient as he left. The disease might be contagious.

“We can’t cure that,” the dermatology doctor said. “You’d better go to a bigger hospital. ”

The doctor refused to treat him after seeing his condition. He knew it was serious, but what could he do?

“Ah, can you help me relieve my pain if you can’t cure it?” The patient felt like he was lying in boiling water.

“You were infused with painkiller in the emergency department,” the doctor said.

“No? How can you refuse patients?” the man asked.

“We are limited to what we can do here. You’d better go to a bigger hospital before it’s too late,” the doctor said. “Go to Wei.”

“OK, I will,” the man said.

He was sent to the People’s Hospital in Wei by car.

“Ah, you have been here before, haven’t you?” the Wei doctor asked.

“Yes, I have,” the man said.

“I have given you medicine,” the doctor said.

“Yes, but it’s almost no use,” the man said. “What about hospitalization? ”

He was admitted into the Wei hospital.

…

In the village clinic.

“Doctor Wang, I felt better since I took your medicine.” Lv Xian especially came here from Jing. This time, he decided to stay for 10 or so days to cure his disease completely. He told Wang Yao his plan.

“Alright, I’ll be in the clinic,” Wang Yao said. “Your treatment will also be more effective if you come here frequently.”

Lv Xian agreed.

Wang Yao prescribed a bug removal soup for him, including sedge, glossy ganoderma and licorice.

Lv Xian drank a cup of it.

“Come on to lay down,” Wang Yao said.

He then gave him a massage to dredge the blood and accelerate the medicine’s absorption throughout the body. Lv Xian felt warm all over his body and a dull pain in his abdomen.

“How do you feel?” Wang Yao asked.

“I feel pain in my abdomen,” he said.

“Can you put up with it for a while?” Wang Yao asked.

This was one of the side-effects of the sedge, and the most obvious symptom. This licorice root was very strong, which was why it could kill many poisonous insects.

“Hiss!” Lv Xian lying felt prickling pain in his abdomen. It then became cramping pain.

“No, I can’t tolerate it,” he said. “I need to go to the toilet.”

“It is outside and then turn right,” Wang Yao said.

He ran out and felt the pain going up and down his abdomen with Qi and blood going up. He threw up all his breakfast. There was also dark-red blood in his vomit that gave off a unique stench.

He gasped heavily. It was painful to expel the toxin this way. He threw up for a while, and then cleaned up a bit and toddled back into his room.

Wang Yao again reached out to feel his pulse.

“It’s due to the detox,” he said. “The pain should not last long.”

“I see. I can put up with that,” Lv Xian said.

He rested in the clinic for a while and then left. The disease made him have the same feeling as Wei Hai. Health was much more important than anything.

He drove back to Lianshan and rented a house to live in for a while for the treatment. It was Nov. 6 on the lunar calendar, which brought luck and fortune.

Wang Yao drove to Haiqu for the opening ceremony of the Nanshan charity foundation. As a sheer charity institution, it was rare and valued in Haiqu.

Many people showed up, and many of them were friends. Sun Zhengrong also came here, though nobody invited him.

“Congratulations!” he said.

“Thanks!”

“Let’s squib firecrackers to celebrate on such a lucky day,” Sun Zhengrong said.

They also made further plans by the table.

The first donation came in. Some of it would be used to purchase some winter clothes and stationery for the children studying in the mountainous regions. The rest would go to financial services.

“I will go to Jia County in person,” Wang Mingbao said.

“Do you miss Teacher Wang?” Wang Yao asked.

Wang Mingbao laughed.

When Wang Yao returned home, it was already after 4 p.m. There was a car waiting outside the medical center. After Wang Yao parked his car, a man rushed over him.

“Are you Doctor Wang?” the man asked.

“Yes. Didn’t you see the closed sign hanging on the door?” Wang Yao asked. “Did you plan to wait until I turned up?”

“Ah, I have come from Zhu,” the man said. “It is a difficult journey, so I planned on waiting until you showed up.”

“Alright. Come on in,” Wang Yao said.