Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

Zhou's mother snorted, annoyed by her son's retort, and turned away, refusing to speak further. Inwardly, however, she was furious: this son was truly bewitched by a vixen! He'd called his niece over to support him, but now she was being treated like a servant. He'd called his elder brother over to assert his authority, but the moment he arrived, he almost "defected."

And what about her? In this family, her words carry less and less weight; she's practically a quail! This Su Wanqing is truly bizarre!

The family had just finished eating and were about to rest when there was a loud knocking on the gate.

Su Wanqing stood up: "It's probably Aunt Zhang's. I exchanged some grain with them this afternoon, and it should be delivered now. I'll also take Erzhuzi to see a doctor while I'm at it."

"I'll go with you." Zhou Yanshen immediately got up and accompanied Su Wanqing to the courtyard gate. When they opened the gate, they saw Erzhuzi carrying two loads of grain, with Tian Dahua following behind carrying a large basket on her back.

When Erzhuzi saw Su Wanqing, an embarrassed blush spread across his dark face. He scratched his head sheepishly and said, "Dr. Su, the grain has arrived, and I just happened to come and have you take my pulse."

"Okay, come in quickly." Su Wanqing stepped aside.

Zhou Yanshen took the carrying pole from Erzhuzi and easily carried the grain into the outer room, placing it on the shelf in the corner.

His gaze swept over the slightly cramped outer room, and he thought to himself: once his mother and cousin move to the new brick house, he could build two sturdy shelves and a small table in this outer room to turn it into a small clinic for his young wife. Otherwise, with winter coming, it would be inconvenient for patients with emergencies to come in, whether in the yard or squeeze into the inner room.

Lin Tingting scrubbed the greasy dishes vigorously at the sink while glancing sideways at the person who came in. "All you do every day is lose money, treating people for free, and the medicine you use isn't even bought with my cousin's hard-earned money? What kind of philanthropist are you pretending to be..."

Before she could finish her thought, Tian Dahua put the basket on the ground and said sincerely to Su Wanqing, "Dr. Su, this is something my mother-in-law asked me to bring. It's a smoked pork leg from our own farm, along with some eggs and dried mountain produce. My mother-in-law said she couldn't let you go to all that trouble to see the doctor and give her medicine for nothing. It's just a small token of her appreciation, please accept it. If you don't accept it, we'll feel bad and won't feel at ease about the treatment."

Just as Su Wanqing was about to decline, Erzhuzi nimbly took a ham from his basket and stuffed it into Zhou Yanshen's arms without saying a word: "Comrade Zhou, please accept this on behalf of Dr. Su! I heard from my mother that Dr. Su is like, like she saved my life... Anyway, you have to accept it! Otherwise, I'll be too ashamed to let Dr. Su treat me!"

Su Wanqing: "..." Although she doesn't seek these things in her medical practice, the patient's family is so sensible, polite, and grateful, which makes her breast milk flow smoothly.

If the other party dares to act as if it's their right, just watch whether she treats you and makes you suffer or not.

For that kind of patient, she usually has two options: either suffer unbearable pain or suffer unbearable pain indefinitely.

"Alright, since Aunt Zhang and Sister Da Hua are being so polite, I'll accept it without hesitation." Su Wanqing smiled. "The things have been delivered, let's go inside for the consultation." She led Er Zhuzi and Tian Da Hua into the inner room and closed the door behind them.

Lin Tingting craned her neck curiously and whispered to Zhou's mother, "Auntie, what kind of illness does my cousin-in-law treat? She's so secretive and keeps the door closed. Erzhuzi and Captain Tian seem so energetic; they don't seem sick at all."

"Who knows? Why do you care so much?" Zhou's mother was half-lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) to digest her food, but her gaze involuntarily drifted to the large ham that Zhou Yanshen had placed on the table, and her Adam's apple bobbed unconsciously.

Damn it, why is she drooling over a ham? She's getting more and more pathetic! It's all that vixen's fault for making such delicious food!

Zhou Yanshen seemed to be deep in thought. He recalled the unusually "long and intense" noises next door on the first night of his marriage, the subsequent quieting down, and the recent sounds of Captain Tian cursing loudly at night. He roughly understood what was going on.

The inner room.

Su Wanqing asked Erzhuzi to sit down and carefully took his pulse, just as she had expected.

"It's not a big problem, just kidney deficiency, restlessness, and liver qi stagnation. Starting today, come see me after work every day, or I'll come to your house when I have time, and I'll give you acupuncture once."

Erzhuzi's house is right next door, which is convenient.

Erzhuzi breathed a sigh of relief, but then asked hesitantly, "Then...do I still need to take some medicine or something?" He always felt that seeing a doctor without taking medicine was not quite right.

Given the conditions of this rural clinic, how could they possibly provide him with all the traditional Chinese medicine needed to tonify the kidneys, replenish qi, soothe the liver, and relieve depression? Drinking some ordinary spring water from the well in her backyard will suffice; that's enough.

But Su Wanqing knew that sometimes psychological factors played a significant role. If she said that no medication was needed at all, the patient might feel uneasy, which would affect the treatment effect.

So, she calmly took a small bottle from her medicine box and said seriously, "You don't need a specific prescription for oral medication, but in your case, you really need an intramuscular injection. This is a special nutritional injection I brought from the provincial capital; it will help your body recover faster. Get one injection before your acupuncture treatment every day, and remember to drink plenty of water afterward."

Young man, drinking more spiritual spring water is more effective than taking any medicine.

Upon hearing that it was a special medicine brought from the provincial capital, Erzhuzi immediately believed it without a doubt, his face lighting up with hope. "Yes! Yes! I'll do whatever Dr. Su says!"

His face flushed. "Then, how long will it take to get better? How long until I can, you know, do that?"

Su Wanqing estimated the healing speed of ordinary spiritual spring water, "If you persist with the treatment, it will take half a month if things go smoothly, and a month if things go slowly."

"That's wonderful! Thank you, Dr. Su! You're truly my benefactor!" Erzhuzi was so excited that he wanted to bow to Su Wanqing.

Erzhuzi suddenly felt a little regretful, regretting that he hadn't come to see a doctor sooner. Why did he waste so much time messing around at home?

Su Wanqing gestured for him to sit down, then mixed the spiritual spring water with saline solution and gave Erzhuzi an acupuncture needle. Next, she took out silver needles and inserted them into several acupoints that were used to tonify the kidneys, strengthen essence, soothe the liver, and calm the mind. That was it.

After a moment, the needles were removed, and Su Wanqing asked, "How do you feel?"

Erzhuzi stretched his arms, took a few deep breaths, and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow—I feel warm all over, like I have energy again? Dr. Su, you're amazing!"

Su Wanqing smiled and nodded. This psychological suggestion was truly amazing!

"Yes, just keep at it for a while and it will get better, don't worry."

If you had come a month or two later—you might have healed on your own!