Merchant and doctor

Chapter 1913 Horned Protrusion

The next morning, as soon as Bian Mu arrived at work, he called Nurse Ye aside to discuss something.

“I talked to a friend at Lianchi last night about some things, and I found that the place is quite nice. Isn’t the day after tomorrow Sunday? Let’s have a team building event! Families can bring along. When you have some free time, you can count the exact number of people so I can transfer the money from the studio!” Bian Mu said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Nurse Ye was overjoyed, and her beautiful eyes became noticeably brighter.

"Did the studio make a fortune?!" Nurse Ye asked with a smile.

"It's not about getting rich. Compared to other clinics, everyone is more dedicated, which has increased the workload. Adding bonuses won't make much difference. Besides, once some habits are formed, it will be difficult to deal with a decline in profits in the future. It's better to treat colleagues to a trip to relax."

"Does that mean the new drug is selling well?!" Nurse Ye pressed.

Lately, Bian Mu has become noticeably more mature, and she hardly mentions anything about the studio. Nurse Ye naturally doesn't ask too many questions, but as one of the founding members of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic, she still feels somewhat uneasy.

Nurse Ye was completely out of the loop in the pharmaceutical industry! However, Bian Mu was indeed talented. According to Uncle Huang, Bian Mu would definitely make a fortune in traditional Chinese medicine in the future, far exceeding the profits of the National Medical Center, perhaps even by a huge margin. Seeing that she and Uncle Huang wouldn't be able to share in the profits, even a small portion, Nurse Ye felt a little resentful and somewhat alienated.

I'm not feeling too good about it.

"It'll do! I shouldn't lose money! It's my first time! Let's test the waters and see if it works!" Bian Mu gave a vague and perfunctory reply.

“Then why…” Nurse Ye, always driven by self-interest, naturally responded from Bian Mu’s perspective.

"There's still a surplus, and the clinic doesn't have to pay for it anyway, so as long as everyone's happy."

"Then...how exactly do you define 'bringing family members'?!"

"For married couples, all three generations of direct relatives are included. For unmarried couples, parents are considered family members, as are boyfriends and girlfriends. You can decide the specifics! The more people, the more lively and festive it will be!" Bian Mu replied casually.

"Wow! There are quite a few people there! It's not cheap at Lotus Pond! If your parents can't make it, how about bringing a friend along?"

"Sure! But two at most!"

"Okay! Then we still need to charter a bus, right?"

"I've already spoken with General Manager Bi. Their branch company will provide the vehicles, and we'll take care of the drivers. Each driver will also receive a pack of good cigarettes and two bottles of good wine. The third floor! I've already chosen everything. You can arrange for Dr. Luo and Dr. Gong to distribute them later."

"That's it?"

"Okay! Before we leave, remind me of anything that comes to mind so I can make up for it!"

"Shouldn't we negotiate the price with Lianchi beforehand?"

"A friend of Elder Cen has helped negotiate a 30% discount, which is a great deal. Swimming, horseback riding, water park, movie cosplay... it's all included. We finally get to go out, so we must make sure everyone has a great time! Oh, and I'll send you the list from the studio later!" "Okay!" With that, Nurse Ye excitedly went to register ahead of time.

Sanqiangzi, "Knife-faced," herbalist Lao Pei, forest ranger Lao Liangtou... these are all considered to be people from this studio. The Yu family father and daughter are also included in the list. Duan Hongyi and her father, as well as the female nanny, are considered to be non-staff members of the studio and also need to be included.

……

Around lunchtime, Dr. Ning accompanied an elegant elderly lady to discuss some matters. Bian Mu first asked the two of them to wait for tea while he continued to prescribe medicine for the last female patient.

The female patient was only in her thirties. She had a small bald patch on her head after giving birth, and nothing she did could cure it. She had traveled a long way to see the doctor, but couldn't get an appointment online or offline. Nurse Ye felt sorry for her and specially gave her a special appointment.

"It's nothing serious! This condition isn't really hair loss. Some schools of traditional Chinese medicine call it 'horn protrusion,' a folk legend about a dragon without horns. It's not that dragons don't have horns, but rather that their horns can be extended and retracted at will. A dragon only reveals its horns for a short time on special occasions. Look at the location of this condition, doesn't it resemble the area where horns would grow on a head?! Haha… Many folk tales actually have some basis in reality; they're not entirely baseless or fabricated! Let's work backward along this metaphysical logic, and some medical principles will gradually become clear. When you were pregnant, your maternal and paternal families didn't take good care of you, and you, on the other hand, endured years of hardship..." "Work already makes your blood and energy insufficient, and you two have high expectations for your offspring, so you suddenly took a lot of supplements. However, you are not strong enough to handle the supplements, and some things have accumulated in your body and have not been able to be expelled. The good things have turned into hidden dangers for health. Fortunately, you had a natural birth and everything went smoothly. It was a boy. With your energy depleted, your internal yang is somewhat insufficient. What's more troublesome is that your family and your husband's family will soon not be as protective of you as before..." At this point, Bian Mu felt that she had said a bit too much, so she stopped talking in time, picked up her water glass and took a couple of sips. Some things also needed to be digested by the older sister in front of her.

"Dr. Bian means... psychogenic hair loss?!" the female patient asked hurriedly.

"Partly, yes, but the main reason is that nutrition and psychological care haven't kept up. When the internal yang is insufficient, the body's qi system will randomly borrow from other places. Over time, the deficient yang qi wanders around everywhere, going wherever it's weak. The reason the qi is weak in that affected area is because you suffered an injury when you were a child. Although the injury wasn't serious, the hospital didn't treat it properly, leaving a lingering problem, which is an outlet for the yang deficiency. In the end, that area doesn't grow much hair. To be precise, it's a kind of inhibition, just the hair growth system self-inhibiting. To give an analogy, that area is locked by some force. If it's not treated in time, symmetrically, the other side will soon go bald as well." Bian Mu explained patiently for a long time.

"I understand! It's easy to cure, right?"

"I'll prepare some medicine for you and write a prescription for you. A prescription for you only has two ingredients. Try it first and see how it goes! So... are you staying at an inn in Lijin or going to stay with relatives?"

"Staying in a budget hotel means I'll have to stay in Lijin for a while?"

"No need for that. Getting the medicine locally is just as good. However... after six weeks, I'll have to trouble you to come to the clinic again so I can check on you. If I'm not sure what I'm doing, the prescription for the decoction or herbal medicine will have to be changed."

"Understood! I'll stay here for a few days, get the medicine, and then go back."

"I'll prepare your medicine tonight. Come over tomorrow morning. I'll leave the medicine with Dr. Zhang. You can pick it up and go home. Dr. Zhang will give you a receipt with the price of the medicine on it."

"Thank you, Dr. Bian!"

"It's nothing, don't mention it!" With that, Bian Mu stood up and politely saw the female patient out.

……

Dr. Ning explained that the elderly woman was her patient, someone she trusted most. The reason the woman had come to her today was that she planned to entrust the clinic with an important matter.

“My husband passed away early, and I only have one son left. He got his master’s and doctoral degrees abroad, but he has hardly ever returned to China since he got married. In the last year or two, he has claimed to be very busy and doesn’t even call during the Spring Festival. You two tell me, in the future… can we rely on him to support us in our old age?! Is that even possible?!” The more she spoke, the angrier she became, and her eyes even reddened.

Hearing this, Bian Mu roughly guessed what had happened.