Chapter 187: The Student and the Doctor

Chapter 187: Students and Doctors

Two hours later, Sun Zhengyao asked Ye Xiaoxiao to try independent diagnosis on her own.

Ye Xiaoxiao was quite confident and took the seat Sun Zhengyao had vacated.

Sun Zhengyao drank water while watching Ye Xiaoxiao take the pulse of the elderly man in front of her.

Ye Xiaoxiao carefully considered and then prescribed a remedy for the elderly man.

The man had symptoms of shortness of breath and phlegmy cough. Ye Xiaoxiao prescribed a tonic and cough-suppressing pill made from Codonopsis, Atractylodes, Poria, and Angelica.

Sun Zhengyao nodded approvingly behind her, quite approving of the prescription Ye Xiaoxiao had written.

The young doctor sitting nearby was somewhat skeptical upon seeing Ye Xiaoxiao sitting there.

These were all Director Sun's students, still in school—could they really diagnose patients?

If something went wrong, it would be a serious matter.

But seeing that Director Sun didn't say anything, he could only keep his doubts to himself.

Ye Xiaoxiao, on the other hand, was getting into her stride, diagnosing and prescribing more quickly. Sun Zhengyao watched for a while and then went off to attend to other tasks with peace of mind.

"Yunxiao, go and assist Xiaoxiao with diagnoses. If you encounter anything uncertain, come and ask me."

"Okay, teacher."

Chu Yunxiao had also studied medicine since childhood and had no problem with common illnesses.

After sitting together, Ye Xiaoxiao also found that the class monitor's medical skills were quite advanced.

It wasn't until noon that the line of patients diminished.

It was also because the midday sun was quite intense, making it too hot to wait outside.

During the break, Ye Xiaoxiao shared the fruit she had brought with the others.

Chu Yunxiao: "Girls are indeed considerate; we didn't think to bring any fruit."

Ye Xiaoxiao: "It was prepared by my family members, and I woke up very late this morning."

As a college student from the 21st century, staying up late was her usual habit, and sleeping in was her regular routine.

After arriving in the 1980s, she had already kicked that bad habit.

Because there were no nighttime entertainment activities.

But compared to others, her waking time was still quite late.

"You didn't arrive at the hospital late, either."

Chu Yunxiao took the apple Ye Xiaoxiao handed over.

It was really refreshing to eat in the summer.

Ye Xiaoxiao then distributed the remaining apples and bananas to the others, while she herself munched on a cucumber.

The fresh aroma of the cucumber was quite pleasant.

Ye Xiaoxiao was happily munching away.

She also shared the mung bean soup from her bag with others.

It wasn't until someone came to arrange for them to go for lunch.

Sun Zhengyao let the students go first, while he and two young doctors from the hospital stayed on duty.

One of the young doctors said, "Director Sun, you go ahead, Xiao Li and I can handle it here."

Sun Zhengyao: "There aren't many people now, you two take a break, and we'll come back to relieve you after we eat."

The main reason for leaving someone here was to watch over the medicinal materials and medical equipment.

The remaining two had no objections.

Lunch was provided by the neighborhood committee, and after eating, they could rest at a nearby guesthouse.

"After you finish eating, go take a nap, just be back by 2:30 in the afternoon," Sun Zhengyao said.

Ye Xiaoxiao indeed had the habit of taking a nap, and she was very tired today.

After eating, she went to rest with a few classmates.

Chu Yunxiao and Zhang Lichuan insisted that Sun Zhengyao go rest, and they would relieve the two doctors.

Under the students' insistence, Sun Zhengyao had no choice but to agree.

Ye Xiaoxiao took a forty-minute nap and woke up feeling refreshed.

When she returned to the consultation site in the afternoon, she didn't know what had happened, but the young doctor was arguing with Zhang Lichuan.

"I remember there was a bag of Fritillaria cirrhosa here, how come it's gone now."

It's no wonder Dr. Li was anxious; Fritillaria cirrhosa is an expensive medicinal material, and although the missing amount was only two pounds, it's not something anyone could afford to compensate for.

"Was it used up?" Another Dr. Zhao said.

"Fritillaria cirrhosa is quite expensive, unless the patient is willing to use it, we usually substitute it with cheaper medicines of similar efficacy. It was still there when I left in the morning, now it's gone."

Dr. Li's words were quite strange, as if he suspected someone had stolen it.

Sun Zhengyao told him not to worry, "It's quite chaotic here, maybe it will turn up when we tidy up."

Dr. Li was still unconvinced, feeling that Director Sun was too protective of these kids.

Who knows if someone secretly took the medicinal materials to sell, if we don't investigate, wouldn't it encourage someone's arrogance.

Zhang Lichuan couldn't be bothered to deal with him, as he hadn't taken anything.

As for Chu Yunxiao, he had even less interest in those medicinal materials, having grown up surrounded by them, even a hundred-year-old ginseng wouldn't be a rarity to him.

Qu Miao had also come with Ye Xiaoxiao.

Hearing the argument, he stepped forward and said, "Fritillaria cirrhosa? I put it in this cabinet when I left."

Because it was quite valuable, he was worried about losing it, so he casually threw it into an unused cabinet here.

Xiao Li froze when he saw the items pulled from the cabinet, his face flushed instantly.

Sun Zhengyao didn’t have time to dwell on the feelings of these youngsters.

Once the items were found, he simply said, "I knew the things wouldn't be lost."

Xiao Li grew even more embarrassed but still didn’t apologize.

He just couldn’t save face.

The others didn't force him to apologize either. When the afternoon heat eased up, a long line had already formed again.

They worked nonstop until six, when Sun Zhengyao finally had the kids pack up the stall.

As they packed up, Dr. Xiao Li kept sneaking glances at Chu Yunxiao and Zhang Lichuan, but he never spoke up.

"Weird, did we do something to upset him?"

Even Qu Miao thought it was strange.

Zhang Lichuan was down-to-earth and dependable. He wasn’t much of a talker, but he was hands-down the hardest worker in the group.

He didn’t pay Dr. Li’s awkwardness any mind.

"Who knows? We’re here with Teacher Sun, so let’s just steer clear of him."

Qu Miao nodded.

He honestly thought someone so petty had no business being a doctor.

Once everything was packed, they ate dinner there, then the tractor drove them back to the city.

"Are we heading out again tomorrow?"

"We’re not coming back to this street tomorrow, but we’ll still be in the same county, just somewhere else."

"Everyone’s wiped out today, so get some rest early."

It was already eight by the time they got to the hospital gate.

Song Xiaoguang was there waiting to pick Ye Xiaoxiao up.

She carried her now-empty backpack after finishing her food and happily headed home.

"Did you have a tiring day?" Song Xiaoguang asked.

"Not too bad, just really hot out. It was crowded in the morning, but it wasn’t too exhausting."

Although Ye Xiaoxiao said this, she fell asleep halfway through the car ride.

Song Xiaoguang had to wake her when they got out of the car.

Ye Xiaoxiao sleepily waved goodbye and headed upstairs alone.

After taking a shower, she collapsed on the bed and didn’t wake up again.

Perhaps because she had slept enough, she woke up quite early the next day.

There was a big watermelon in the kitchen, and Song Guangjing said, "Take the watermelon with you."

Ye Xiaoxiao paused. "Master, this watermelon is way too huge."