Qin Changlin arranged Doctor Zhou’s consultation table for Gu Youyou and suddenly asked, "By the way, Miss, how should we address you?"
"My surname is Gu!" Gu Youyou, fearing to cause trouble, did not reveal her full name and simply mentioned her surname.
Qin Changlin understood Gu Youyou’s intention and hastily called her Miss Gu with a smile.
Then, he turned his head to the neighbors who hadn’t left yet and said, "Neighbors, this Miss Gu is the physician we have invited to Jisheng Hall today. Please form a queue, and Miss Gu will diagnose you one by one."
The crowd, seeing Gu Youyou’s youthful appearance and her seemingly frail disposition, hesitated to step forward.
Her medical skills were absolutely in question!
"Will this work, such a young girl?"
"Right, she looks ill herself, with her pale complexion and her frailness..."
Facing everyone’s skepticism, Gu Youyou could understand. Seeking medical advice was no trivial matter; she would have doubted too!
Gu Youyou lifted her head, looking helplessly at Qin Changlin.
"This is not my fault; they don’t trust me. You sort it out."
Qin Changlin nodded lightly and said to the crowd, "Neighbors, though young, Miss Gu has studied under a renowned doctor and has been practicing medicine for many years. Even if you don’t trust her, you should trust Jisheng Hall. We would never take your lives lightly by employing an unreliable doctor, would we? That would be detrimental to our own reputation!"
Gu Youyou looked at Qin Changlin in surprise as he fabricated the story with a calm face. How did he deduce that she had studied under a famous doctor and had practiced medicine for many years?
Was it really okay to deceive the good people using Jisheng Hall’s reputation?
Regardless of whether it was okay or not, Qin Changlin managed to reassure the masses using Jisheng Hall’s name.
Even though the neighbors still distrusted Gu Youyou, they felt compelled to let her examine them after Qin Changlin had persuaded them.
After all, she was the only doctor in this town for now!
The first was a woman in her thirties with a little boy, about five or six years old. The child looked lively but was coughing severely.
In March, bigger children like him are prone to catch colds. Listening to the cough, it seemed like a common respiratory infection. Gu Youyou glanced at him and asked, "How long has your child been coughing?"
The woman, anxious, replied, "For five or six days now. It wasn’t this bad at the start, just these past two days it’s gotten worse."
"Has the child not been given any medicine at all?"
The woman nodded and said, "Right, with Doctor Zhou away, we have just been waiting."
Gu Youyou understood the situation, had the boy open his mouth to look at his throat, checked his pulse, and began to write a prescription.
After writing the prescription, she handed it to the attendant to fetch the medicine, and then instructed the woman, "Drink plenty of water, avoid sweets, and give him some radish to eat!"
"Okay, okay!" the woman hurriedly agreed.
Gu Youyou smiled at the child and added, "Go on, wait over there for the medicine. Xiaoqin will tell you how to prepare and take it!"
The second patient was an elderly man who walked with difficulty, and it appeared that his problem was with his legs.
As soon as the old man sat down, he pointed to his leg in pain and said, "Doctor, my leg hurts. It aches whenever it’s windy or rainy. Look, it might rain tonight, and my leg has started hurting again!"
Gu Youyou looked at the sky, which was indeed less sunny than the previous few days.