seal off the area now. You should leave!"When Zhang Dahan heard someone calling out and turned around to see Chu Guoqing standing there, he told him this.Chu Guoqing didn't respond; he knew that Zhang...Chapter 605: Free Clinic 4
This person was still wearing tattered clothes, and his body had not recovered. This indicated that he only resorted to selling his kidney when pushed to a desperate situation.
Xiao Yu felt helpless about this matter as well. Although lacking one kidney wouldn't affect daily life much, how could it be possible Even if he recuperated well, his health would still be poor, let alone someone whose kidney had just been removed without any rest for recovery
Upon hearing what Xiao Yu said, the man left immediately without stopping. He knew his own situation and thus left after being examined by Xiao Yu. If not for having to collect garbage to earn money, he wouldn't even stand up at all during normal times. But as a pillar of his family, he had no choice but to do so.
Erxi nodded upon hearing Xiao Yu's words and looked towards the man's departing figure. He knew this person although not very well; only knowing that this person existed since he came from his hometown with two children and two elders, who passed away in recent years, leaving him, his wife, and their two sons.
Recently, one of his sons was diagnosed with leukemia, and the people here had all contributed money for him. Although each contribution was only a hundred or two hundred dollars, it barely covered any medical expenses.
But recently, this man went out somewhere and stayed away for more than ten days to raise funds from home. After returning, he took his son to the hospital where they were admitted. The boy had just been discharged, apparently having undergone a successful surgery.
However, after coming back from the hospital, his health deteriorated day by day and looked like he aged several years overnight.
Xiao Hongyang found something wrong with him when taking his pulse earlier, which was why he called Xiao Yu over. Thus, seeing this man's departing figure, Xiao Hongyang sighed faintly.
Seeing this person's retreating figure, Xiao Hongyang gradually understood why Xiao Yu remained calm and left without anger under the skeptical gazes of these people. Their lives were even harder than he had imagined.
If a regular citizen were in such a situation, they'd probably still be bedridden at the hospital now. But here, not only did these people have to get out of bed, but also work and support their families. For instance, almost everyone Xiao Yu just saw was suffering from various ailments.
After saying this to Erxi, Xiao Yu stood up from Xiao Hongyang's chair and gave him his seat before sitting down himself.
Xiao Yu and his team continued to treat these people, who did not express any dissatisfaction even though Xiao Yu had left midway through their consultations.
Although they are poor!!
Although they are timid!!
Although they fiercely compete with each other when scavenging for trash and sometimes fight over a cart of garbage!
Although they live without dignity, or even their sense of self-worth at times!!
But when someone in this community faces real difficulties, no one minds such things. The person Xiao Yu just treated—the changes in his family situation and his appearance over the past period were all noticed by everyone. In just more than a month, he seemed to have aged twenty years.
Moreover, during this time, when people saw him looking like that, they all wondered why. After much speculation among themselves, they concluded it must be because he sold one of his kidneys—otherwise, how could anyone in their community afford hundreds of thousands
Hence, Xiao Yu’s decision to leave and treat another patient was not questioned.
"Doctor, what's wrong with Old Mi"
While Xiao Yu sat down at his station and was taking the pulse of a patient in front of him, this patient turned around to ask about the hunched-over figure who could barely walk away in the distance.
Xiao Yu didn't answer the question, only smiling gently. If he were to reveal the condition here, it would be too much for the person to bear.
After all, people like those here are more conservative; when such topics come up, no one wants to hear who sold their kidney—so these details wouldn't come from Xiao Yu’s mouth.
This patient saw Xiao Yu didn't speak and couldn't help but chuckle awkwardly, not continuing to追問.
After Xiao Yu finished taking this person's pulse, he stood up from his seat and walked to an empty space beside him. Facing the person, he said, "Come here, stand straight with your chest out!" Xiao Yu pointed at the empty spot in front of him as he spoke.
This person got up with a hint of confusion, walked to where Xiao Yu was standing, and stood straight.
Xiao Yu stood behind this person, observed carefully, then stepped forward, grabbed his shoulders, pressed his knees against the person's back, and applied slight force. Cracking sounds were heard from the person's body as their bones clicked into place: 'crack... crack...
After working on the person’s back, Xiao Yu moved to their side, grabbed their arm, tugged gently, causing another series of cracking sounds… After a while, only after thoroughly treating this person did Xiao Yu let go and said, "Take two days off at home. Otherwise, not only will your previous efforts be wasted, but the condition might worsen."
At this moment, cold sweat was still dripping from this person's forehead. Although Xiao Yu’s actions were painless just now, they had frightened him quite a bit. After hearing their bones crackle and feeling an odd sensation of soreness and itchiness afterwards, the person stood rooted to the spot out of fear.
Only after hearing what Xiao Yu said did he dare move again. When he moved, this person suddenly felt that there was no longer any soreness or stiffness in his body.
The smile only appeared on his face at this moment, moving his body freely and feeling a sense of relief all over.
"Thank you, Doctor Xiao! I will definitely follow your instructions!" Feeling the comfort from his body, he thanked Xiao Yu repeatedly.
Hearing his gratitude, Xiao Yu waved him off. This person actually didn't have any severe illness; it was just that years of hard work had caused their bones to become misaligned, especially with significant misalignment in their spine due to prolonged fatigue.
Xiao Yu and the others treated patients very slowly. Given their level of expertise, they should have been able to treat a lot more people quickly, but quite contrary, they only managed to see around twenty people in half a day.
After checking his watch, Xiao Yu saw that it was already noon twelve o'clock, yet the number of patients waiting had not decreased; instead, it kept increasing. Moreover, from time to time, new patients would come over and ask for information before joining the queue at the very end.
"Grandpa Dai, you and Erxi should go eat first~! I'll keep an eye on things here with Hongyang!" Xiao Yu turned to look at Grandpa Dai. At this moment, his face showed signs of fatigue, so Xiao Yu spoke up to him.
After considering it for a moment, Grandpa Dai did not refuse and stood up to leave with Erxi and Yuan Chao. After all, Grandpa Dai is no longer young; he was already feeling physically drained at this point. Although he had only seen a few patients that morning, most of these patients had chronic illnesses on top of their current conditions. Moreover, even if the patients’ issues weren’t severe enough to warrant medication, they still needed treatment via acupuncture.
Acupuncture may seem simple, but it is physically demanding. Thus, despite only seeing around twenty patients in the morning, Grandpa Dai was already quite exhausted.
Afther they left, Xiao Yu continued treating these people.
This free clinic lasted for three days before everyone had been seen.
When they finished seeing the last patient, Xiao Yu and his team all let out a long sigh of relief. For the past three days, they arrived at around six in the morning and left around seven or eight at night.
If it weren't for Grandpa Dai drinking water infused with several five-hundred-year-old ginseng roots that Xiao Yu had put in beforehand, he wouldn’t have been able to persist. With so many patients, most of whom were suffering from various ailments and particularly intestinal issues due to their diet, Grandpa Dai was pushed to his limits.
Upon returning, Xiao Yu’s team worked overtime to produce a batch of mass-produced Chinese medicine pills that could treat gastrointestinal diseases. Although they made quite a few, by the time everyone had been seen, there wasn’t much left.
Once they saw no more people coming for treatment, Xiao Yu and his team began packing up their things.
At this moment, all the residents of the landfill stood around them, just as they did when Xiao Yu’s group first arrived. However, at that time, suspicion was in their eyes, whereas now it was filled with gratitude.
Xiao Yu's team were the only ones with status who treated them like human beings. It should be noted that even those delivering garbage didn't treat them as such here; they were frequently beaten and verbally abused, and many young girls had been harassed by them.
Despite this, these people could only endure it. To survive, they had no choice but to suffer in silence.e old man to make a dish! These are guests from the Wang family!" After Xiao Yu and the others were seated in the private room, Wang Haiyang spoke to that middle-aged man."Mm... Alright, I'll go tell...