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Chapter 86: A Woman Practicing Medicine?

Upon hearing the sound, everyone turned their gazes and automatically made way for them.

A woman approached gracefully. She was simply dressed, with nothing but plain clothes and a simple hairpin, yet she possessed a bright and captivating face. Beneath her long eyelashes, her pupils seemed capable of stealing one's heart.

Upon seeing that it was a young woman who spoke, the expressions on everyone's faces were quite varied.

Some were curious, some questioned, some were disdainful, some were indifferent, and some were delighted.

"This girl says she can save them, is that true?"

"It's unheard of for a woman to study medicine. Instead of staying home to take care of her husband and children, she's out in public. Tsk tsk tsk."

"Pah! Didn't your mother tell you not to underestimate us women?"

"The doctors at Baochuntang all said the child was beyond saving. Isn't her running away just slapping them in the face?"

"It's still unknown whether she can be saved or not; maybe she just wants to show off."

"If you ask me, it would be a great blessing for us women if our town really had a female doctor."

"..."

Ye Xiaoxiao had already noticed from outside the crowd that the child's limbs were stiff and he was unconscious, but he was not beyond cure.

She hurried over to the poor couple and took the pulse of the three-year-old child.

"Put him on the ground. Let me take a look."

The woman hesitated for a moment, then hugged the child even tighter.

She had never seen a woman who knew medicine, let alone such a young doctor.

"I remember now, this young lady once set the bones of a little beggar!"

"Yes, yes, I was there too. She just picked it up and put it down so easily, and the little beggar's hand was healed."

"It seems this girl does have some skill."

Upon hearing the conversation, the couple exchanged a glance and then laid the child flat on the ground.

"Girl, don't worry about treatment... If it can't be cured... we won't blame you... This is the fate of my poor child!"

As the woman spoke, she raised her hand to wipe away her tears, feeling as if her heart was being torn apart.

In her view, if even the doctors at Baochuntang had given up, what chance did her child have?

The young woman in front of me said she had a solution, so let's give it a shot; maybe there's still a glimmer of hope.

Ye Xiaoxiao ignored the murmurs of the crowd.

She examined the man lying stiffly on the ground, his limbs as cold as ice. The lines on his hands were gone.

Then, she pinched the child's philtrum with her thumb, but he remained lying still without any reaction.

Upon witnessing this scene, the woman burst into tears.

Ye Xiaoxiao remained calm and gently pinched the Hegu acupoint on the back of the child's hand, but there was still no reaction.

As she carefully examined the child, she asked the woman beside her, "Sister, when did the child fall ill? What symptoms did the child have?"

However, the woman was so heartbroken that she almost fainted, her mind was in a complete fog, and she had no energy left to answer Ye Xiaoxiao's question.

The man was more composed, but he still replied with a heavy heart:

"Yesterday, my baby started vomiting and having diarrhea. At first, the family didn't pay much attention, as he had similar symptoms before, and they would usually resolve on their own after a day. However, this morning his condition suddenly worsened. Not only did the vomiting and diarrhea become more severe, but he also experienced convulsions in his hands and feet, and eventually became unconscious, breathing more and more than he was taking in. We had no choice but to bring him to the hospital..."

Upon hearing this, the woman was overwhelmed with grief and guilt. If only she had taken him to the doctor yesterday, wouldn't everything have been alright?

The child on the steps watched this scene with disdain and scoffed, "Don't block the entrance to our clinic and delay other patients. If this child dies right here at the clinic entrance, it will damage our clinic's reputation. Can you bear that responsibility?"

"Listen to what this kid is saying. With such a foul mouth, will anyone still want to come to Baochuntang for treatment in the future?"

"How could there not be? They're the only clinic in this town."

"That's right. When we poor people get sick, we just grit our teeth and bear it. But what about the rich people who have to rush to the clinic?"

"This guy's weird and sarcastic attitude is quite annoying."

"..."

The woman collapsed to her knees, her left hand hanging heavily over her chest, tears streaming from her empty eyes.

Her child! Why is he so unlucky! Waaaaaahh ...

Ye Xiaoxiao lowered her body and knelt down beside the child, her expression showing unprecedented focus and seriousness, with a trace of composure between her brows.

She pressed her ear against the child's thin chest, straining to listen. The child's breathing was barely audible, and there was a slight warmth in his heart.

After straightening up, she used a skillful touch to press hard on the child's abdomen.

Suddenly, the child lying on the ground opened his eyes and then closed them again.