"Village Chief, something's wrong! Er Waizi suddenly has a fever!"
Just as Lin Feng was about to try and appease Er Zhu again, a middle-aged man supporting a young man rushed out of a makeshift room in the distance, shouting loudly.
"What?"
Lin Feng's face instantly turned pale. Before he could even say goodbye to Er Zhu, he bolted towards the man as if he had gone mad.
Er Waizi's constitution was already weak. The last time he had a fever, it nearly damaged his brain. If he had another fever this time, he might truly become an idiot!
The more Lin Feng thought about it, the more anxious he became, and the faster his footsteps quickened. By the time he arrived, quite a few villagers had already gathered, all of them Er Waizi's family members.
Seeing the villagers' anxious expressions, a hint of confusion flickered in Er Zhu's eyes. It was just a fever from getting wet, and he was an adult. Did he need to be this tense?
No, which meant things might not be that simple!
Er Zhu mused as he slowly walked towards the scene. Of course, his main purpose for coming was the commotion, and as for treating and saving people, that would depend on the villagers' attitudes.
"Village Chief, if Er Waizi burns up and becomes an idiot, how are we, his old parents, supposed to live!"
Gazing at the flushed young man, Er Waizi's father, Zhao Sanbao, was on the verge of tears. His wife beside him was already weeping.
Er Waizi was a premature baby and extremely frail. His survival to this age was entirely due to medicine. Now, he had a fever again, and such a high one!
"Old Liu Tou, where is Old Liu Tou? Hurry over here!"
Seeing Er Waizi convulsing from the fever, Lin Feng, while helping him onto the kang, shouted loudly to the outside.
Old Liu Tou was their village doctor. Although he was over seventy years old, as the only person in the village with medical knowledge, he insisted on staying in his post.
"I'm here, just a moment! This rain is too heavy!"
After countless calls, an old man leaning on a cane emerged from a nearby makeshift room. The old man was bone-thin, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.
Seeing Old Liu Tou walking with difficulty, the villagers rushed to help him. A young man and an older man even carried Old Liu Tou on their shoulders. By the time Old Liu Tou reached Er Waizi's side, Er Waizi was already foaming at the mouth.
"It's over, it's over! Er Waizi's brain has been burnt, he's become an idiot!"
Seeing this scene, Old Liu Tou's face darkened. He frowned and looked at Zhao Sanbao with a helpless expression.
"Oh, my heavens! How am I supposed to live!"
Hearing this, Zhao Sanbao and his wife were struck by lightning. They sat on the ground, weeping in despair. Although the villagers felt pity, they were also helpless, as they had no medical skills.
"Alas, good people have no good fortune."
Lin Feng sighed, wiping the foam from Er Waizi's mouth with a look of helplessness and heartache in his eyes.
Er Waizi was the only high school student in their village, and he had hoped that he would lead the villagers to prosperity. But unexpectedly, he had become foolish!
"He's not burnt foolish; it's a sudden fever caused by acute gastroenteritis."
Just as everyone was in despair, Er Zhu squeezed to the front and said, glancing at Er Waizi.
"Nonsense! Don't think you know everything just because you can predict the weather. This is medicine!"
Before anyone else could react, Old Liu Tou glared at Er Zhu, his expression full of pity as he looked at Er Waizi.
Others might have been intimidated by Er Zhu's status and abilities and dared not speak, but in his eyes, everything that had just happened was merely Er Zhu guessing correctly. As for getting rich, that was just Lin Feng's one-sided talk; he hadn't seen it himself.
"Er Zhu, Old Liu Tou has been practicing medicine for over fifty years and rarely misdiagnoses. Let's not argue with him."
Seeing the villagers' grim expressions, Lin Feng, having recovered, quickly came over to remind him.
"I've also studied medicine. This is truly just acute gastroenteritis."
Er Zhu ignored Lin Feng. As he spoke, he walked to Er Waizi's side and took out his silver needle kit.
"You think you're so great just because I say you are? Learned a bit of medicine and now you think you're a divine doctor? Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you're the village chief!"
Er Zhu's actions directly angered Old Liu Tou. He glared with bloodshot eyes, his lips trembling with rage!
"Young man, you can't always be that lucky. Don't always brag and show off."
"Tsk tsk, I'm seriously suspecting now that Shiliu Village isn't as good as they say, and it's all just the village chief bragging!"
"So what if you've studied medicine? At your age, you probably only know where the acupoints are on the body, right? Treating illness? You actually dare!"
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As soon as Old Liu Tou finished speaking, the villagers also crowded around, jeering sarcastically.
"Are you telling the truth?"
Just as Er Zhu was about to take out his silver needles, Zhao Sanbao, standing beside him, suddenly grasped his hand, looking at him with full anticipation.
"Old man, are you crazy? How can you believe his nonsense!"
Hearing Zhao Sanbao's question, his wife, wiping away tears, hit him with her little fists.
"Be quiet! If there's even a sliver of hope now, I won't give up!"
Before his wife could finish speaking, Zhao Sanbao suddenly turned his head, his voice filled with helplessness and sorrow, and shouted. Zhao Sanbao's wife froze. Seeing the determined look in her husband's eyes, she began to cry again.
The other villagers also had red eyes. As parents, they naturally understood Zhao Sanbao's feelings. Even if they knew Er Zhu was lying, they still wanted to try.
Old Liu Tou's heart also softened. He looked at Er Waizi, who was continuously foaming at the mouth, and reluctantly stepped aside.
"I'm telling you, if you kill Er Waizi, none of us will let you off!"
Although Old Liu Tou tacitly approved of Er Zhu's actions, seeing the silver needles in Er Zhu's hand, he couldn't help but remind him loudly.
To use acupuncture at such a young age, this boy was truly arrogant!
When he was his age, let alone acupuncture, he hadn't even fully memorized all the acupoints on the body!
Er Zhu said nothing. He directly inserted silver needles into the Zusanli and Zhongwan acupoints, which belong to the Foot Yangming meridian. Then, he continuously stimulated Er Waizi's ear acupoints with silver needles.
Wah wah wah...
It was better not to stimulate him, but the more he was stimulated, the worse it got. Er Waizi vomited loudly, and his complexion became even more unsightly!
"Wang Er Zhu, that's enough! Stop immediately!"
Seeing that Er Waizi not only hadn't improved but had worsened, Lin Feng couldn't bear it anymore. He shoved Er Zhu hard, but Er Zhu didn't budge.
A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Feng's eyes, but seeing Er Waizi continuously vomiting, he didn't have time to think about anything else.
"All done."
Just as Lin Feng was about to question Er Zhu, Er Zhu withdrew the silver needles from Er Waizi's ears. He then glanced at Er Waizi, who had stopped vomiting at some unknown time, and withdrew the other needles.