"Mr. Qin is not only skilled in medicine, but his skills are also exceptionally remarkable!" Huang Shi said with admiration.
Yu Xianhui's gaze at Qin Yi became even more astonished.
However, besides surprise, there was also a hint of disbelief.
Qin Yi appeared to be only in his early twenties, younger than him. Even if he studied medicine, he couldn't have graduated many years ago, right?
If Huang Shi hadn't said it, Yu Xianhui wouldn't have believed it at all.
"Doctor Yu, Doctor Yu, quick, save me..."
Just then, a middle-aged woman wearing a straw hat suddenly ran towards them, interrupting their conversation.
Yu Xianhui stepped forward. "Auntie Zhou, what's wrong?"
Qin Yi and Huang Shi both looked at her, not understanding.
"Doctor Yu, Old Mrs. Wang is dying. Hurry and go see her!"
"What? Let's go..."
Hearing this, Yu Xianhui rushed back towards the village with the woman.
Qin Yi and Huang Shi quickly followed.
Before long, they arrived at a household in the village.
This family had built a three-story house, but Yu Xianhui and the middle-aged woman entered the courtyard and didn't go into the main house. Instead, they headed towards the low tiled building next to it.
Qin Yi and Huang Shi followed and discovered that the low tiled building was a pigsty for raising pigs.
What was most unexpected for the two of them was that in one of the pigsties, amidst the dry grass on the ground, lay an old woman with white hair and a skeletal frame.
The pigsty was filled with stench and swarming with mosquitoes.
The old woman lay there with her eyes tightly shut on the pile of dry grass, motionless. Even when mosquitoes landed on her face, she showed no reaction, as if she were a corpse.
"Doctor Yu, I came to check on her just now, but no matter how I called, she wouldn't wake up. Please hurry and examine her..." the middle-aged woman said anxiously.
"Auntie Zhou, don't worry, I'll examine her right away!"
Yu Xianhui, disregarding the harsh environment of the pigsty, entered and knelt beside the old woman, taking her dark, grimy hand to feel her pulse.
Immediately, his brow furrowed. The longer he took her pulse, the deeper his frown became.
Half a minute later, he released her hand, then lifted the old woman's eyelids to look. With a dejected expression, he said, "Old Mrs. Wang is beyond help..."
"She can still be saved!"
However, before Yu Xianhui could finish speaking, Qin Yi leaped into the pigsty. Disregarding the foul odor within, he prepared to administer treatment to the old woman.
"You can treat her if you want, but I don't have any money to give you!"
Just then, a very discordant voice rang out.
Qin Yi paused his actions and looked back. He saw a plump woman emerge from the main house.
She was holding a handful of sunflower seeds, cracking them and spitting out the shells as she spoke. "And if you cure her, you'll have to support her afterwards! You wouldn't find that troublesome, would you?"
Hearing her words, the middle-aged woman couldn't hold back any longer. She rushed out of the pigsty and yelled at her, "Bai Lijuan, do you have any conscience at all! This is your mother, and you treat her like this. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
"Zhou Qiong, why are you everywhere? You really love to stick your nose into other people's business!" Bai Lijuan said, rolling her eyes. "This is our family matter, none of your business!"
"You, you're abusing your mother like this, it's against the law!"
"Against the law? Then sue me! Have them arrest me. Then, when this old woman dies, I won't even have to bother collecting the body!"
"..."
The two began to argue fiercely.
Qin Yi listened for a moment, then, without paying them much mind, squatted beside the old woman. He first pressed several acupuncture points on her body with his fingers, then began to channel his true qi into her.
Qin Yi could see that the reason the old woman was unconscious was not due to any illness, but entirely from severe malnutrition and extreme weakness.
However, her condition was indeed very serious. Even administering nutritional fluids now would be too late. This was the fundamental reason why Yu Xianhui had said she was beyond help.
But Qin Yi was no ordinary person. As a cultivator, the true qi he cultivated could be called the purest energy in the world.
This energy could kill, and it could also save...
Normal methods of treatment would be too late for the old woman, but his true qi entering her body could rapidly nourish her body and replenish her energy and vitality!
"Cough..."
As expected, after Qin Yi had channeled true qi for about two to three minutes, the old woman coughed softly and opened her eyes.
"!!!"
Yu Xianhui watched from the side, utterly shocked.
Huang Shi, seeing this scene from outside the pigsty, looked completely as if it were expected, without the slightest surprise.
Seeing that the old woman had woken up, Zhou Qiong immediately stopped arguing with Bai Lijuan and turned back, asking with surprise, "Old Mrs. Wang, you're awake..."
"Hungry, I'm hungry..."
The old woman's lips moved, and she spoke with difficulty.
Hearing this, Zhou Qiong immediately said, "I'll go get you some food right away!"
She quickly left the pigsty and ran into an adjacent house. Soon, she returned with a large bowl of rice.
But what Qin Yi and Huang Shi did not expect was that before she could get close to the pigsty, Bai Lijuan rushed over and knocked the bowl from her hand.
Crash.
A large bowl of food spilled onto the ground.
Zhou Qiong looked at the food on the ground, stunned, and roared, "What are you doing?"
"She's not allowed to eat!"
Bai Lijuan walked to the entrance of the pigsty and then pointed at Qin Yi and Yu Xianhui, shouting, "You guys get out! You're not allowed to treat her anymore! Even if you cure her today, I still won't give her food later, and she'll still starve to death!"
Yu Xianhui trembled with anger and wanted to curse at her, but then he seemed to recall something and ultimately refrained from speaking.
His face only showed boundless anger and helplessness.
When Qin Yi was treating the old woman earlier, through the argument between Zhou Qiong and Bai Lijuan, he had already understood what was happening.
The old woman's name was Wang Zhenzhu. She was eighty years old and Bai Lijuan's biological mother.
The reason Wang Zhenzhu was living in the poorly maintained pigsty was that Bai Lijuan refused to let her live in the house, even though their family had built a three-story building with plenty of empty rooms.
Wang Zhenzhu had fainted from hunger, and was even close to starving to death, because Bai Lijuan did not give her food!
According to Qin Yi's previous examination, Wang Zhenzhu had likely not eaten for two to three days.
At her age, her body was already frail. Coupled with not eating for two to three days, how could she possibly endure?
And Bai Lijuan treated Wang Zhenzhu this way, driving her into the pigsty and not giving her food, had only one reason: she considered Wang Zhenzhu a burden.
She wished Wang Zhenzhu would die sooner!
Huang Shi knew what was going on and also trembled with anger. He yelled at Bai Lijuan, "Unfilial, unfilial! She's your own mother, and you treat her like this. Is your heart made of stone?"