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Chapter 128 Gejia Village

She smiled at the little boy and said, "We are not beggars. We are doctors who come to the countryside to provide free medical services. You see, we are carrying food and medicinal herbs in our car. Which beggar would smuggle medicinal herbs and food to deceive children?"

The boy blinked and thought she made sense. But the doctor knew what a free clinic was.

"The two brick houses over there are the village chief's home," he said.

Jian Yue gave him the candy and said, "Share it with the other kids, you can eat it together."

The little boy happily held the candy in both hands and ran back to the group of children, jumping and skipping.

Several people got off the carriage and continued walking towards the village.

The village seemed very deserted, and Jian Yue frowned.

Country people have many chores, such as collecting firewood and digging wild vegetables, or weeding the fields. That's not right, except for her farm where winter wheat was planted, no other place planted it, including this poor little village.

But they should also be picking up manure everywhere to prepare fertilizer for next spring. Isn't it right to be so quiet?

A family opened the door, stuck their head out, saw the carriage, and suddenly shrank back, looking frightened.

Jian Yue had sharp eyes and saw the big bulge on the man’s neck.

The carriage stopped in front of the village chief's house, and Yuan Shi went forward and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and a skinny boy looked at Yuan Shi warily: "Who are you? What are you doing in my house?"

Jian Yue was standing behind Yuan Shi, and she found that this boy also had a big neck.

Yuan Shi smiled and said: "Hello, little brother, we are doctors from the city who come to the countryside to provide free medical services. We want to see the village chief." As he said that, he took out a tael of silver and stuffed it into the young man's hand.

The young man looked at the silver in his hand, with surprise and astonishment in his eyes.

The country folks here work very hard for half a year to save one tael of silver, but this guy spent one tael of silver at once, which shows that he is rich. But the secret of the village...

"I don't want it. I have to ask my grandfather whether I want to see you or not." The young man threw the silver to Yuan Shi and turned and ran back into the house.

After a while, an old man with white hair and wrinkles on his face appeared at the door. His clothes were patched up, and he was holding a pipe in his hand. He looked at the people outside the door with a wary look on his face: "Are you really doctors from the capital? Why did you think of coming to our village?"

Jian Yue pushed Yuan Shi away and said with a smile: "Don't worry, old man, we are not bad people. We are doctors from the city who come to the countryside for free medical treatment. Since it is a free medical treatment, we naturally have to find poor villages that cannot afford medical treatment. Do you know Doctor Mao? This is my master, Doctor Mao."

Jian Yue pulled Doctor Mao to her side.

The village chief's cloudy eyes fell on Doctor Mao. He had never heard of Doctor Mao's name, but seeing that Doctor Mao was arrogant and had the demeanor of a master, he didn't dare to offend him.

It doesn't matter whether you see a doctor or not, but you must not offend the nobles. They are poor people who can't afford to offend the rich.

Jian Yue lifted the tarpaulin on the carriage again: "Look, father-in-law, we have a cart of medicinal herbs. We are really here for a free consultation. To be honest with you, I have been studying medicine with my father, a genius doctor, but I have never had the opportunity to practice. I came to the countryside for a free consultation just to get in touch with more patients and practice taking their pulses."

By saying this, she actually won the trust of Village Chief Ge.

Based on the experience he had gained from living for half his life, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. If there is, it must be a conspiracy to harm people. Otherwise, who would be so bored as to spend money?

Village Chief Ge still had no intention of inviting everyone in. He said sadly, "You can go! No one in our village is sick. Everyone is healthy."

Doctor Mao said: "There are people in your village who have goiter, and there are more than one person. How can you say that no one is sick?"

Village Chief Ge’s face changed drastically: “You, you guys…” How did you know?

Jian Yue said: "Father, this is not a terminal illness, why are you hiding it? Wouldn't it be better to see a doctor as soon as possible and recover soon?"

Village Chief Ge's eyes widened immediately, and he asked in disbelief: "You mean this disease can be cured?"

Jian Yue said nonchalantly, "Isn't it just goiter? Long-term iodine deficiency in the diet can lead to this disease. Eating more seafood, such as kelp, fish, shrimp, shellfish, seaweed, or eggs, milk, and soy products can prevent the occurrence of this disease."

Village Chief Ge stared at Jian Yue in a daze, and muttered to himself after a long while: "So, the people in our village are not cursed by evil spirits, but are sick?"

Jian Yue nodded: "This disease is very common in poor areas because people eat less salt, which contains iodine."

Village Chief Ge was very excited, with tears in his eyes, and hurriedly let the person in: "Please come in, sir. I am sorry for the rudeness, sorry for the rudeness."

In the yard, the wife of the village elder Ge, his two sons, three grandsons, and two granddaughters all looked curiously at the people coming in. Among the eight people, five had goiter.

It turns out that this village is called Gejia Village, and nine out of ten households in the village are surnamed Ge. Since when, more and more people in the village have goiter. They have also consulted doctors, but there is no effect.

Later, two villagers with goiter died. The villagers were panicked, and a Taoist priest passing by said that the village was cursed by an evil spirit. The villagers were even more frightened. They didn't dare to see a doctor even though they were sick, and they hid their illnesses, fearing that the government would find out and burn the village.

In this way, all the people with goiter in Gejia Village hid in their homes and would not come out until night. As a result, rumors spread from other villages that Gejia Village had ghost lights at night and was an unlucky ghost village.

Jian Yue and others knew the whole story and were speechless.

People in the world are superstitious and fear ghosts and gods, which is sometimes a good thing, but sometimes it has the opposite effect and does great harm to people.

No more words, let’s get started!

The free clinic was held at the village chief's home. Fortunately, the village chief's yard was big enough. The village chief's two sons went to inform the villagers, and the village chief's wife and daughter-in-law helped to boil the medicine.

Jian Yue sent Fu Wu back on horseback to buy salt.

In the middle of the yard stood a broken wooden table, on which were placed a pulse chart and a charcoal pencil. The charcoal pencil was made by Jian Yue herself, as she found it convenient to write with.

Doctor Mao sat next to Jian Yue. After Jian Yue took her pulse, she wrote a prescription for her condition. Doctor Mao took her pulse again and found that the prescription Jian Yue had written was correct. After doing this several times, he stopped checking again.

By the time the villagers arrived, all the sick people in the village chief's family had been treated and the medicine had already been prepared.

When the villagers saw that the village chief's family had all been treated, they no longer hesitated and rushed to see the doctor.

Fuyun and Fuliu had to come out to maintain order and let them line up. They also told them that they could get a pound of salt for free after seeing the doctor.

The villagers were very happy. They didn't expect such a good thing. Salt was controlled by the government and the wealthy families. The price was high. People in Gejia Village couldn't afford it. So they usually just took a little salt and the intake was very small. The villagers had to...