Chapter 365 Liver Disease
The old man was in great health, with an upright posture, and he walked with great vigor, not at all slower than Xu Fu.
The two of them walked into the tea room one after the other. As soon as they entered, everyone who was drinking tea and chatting in the room stood up and greeted them.
"So polite?"
Xu Fu was still worried about whether he had exposed his cultivation level when he saw the old man raise his hand and signal to everyone.
Xu Fu then realized that these people were not greeting him, and he didn't want to walk to the front, so he smiled awkwardly to himself.
"Master Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time. I wonder if you have gone to train your disciples?"
"As expected of Master Wang, the disciples he taught are truly outstanding!"
"With you and your disciple taking action, my whole journey would have been in vain!"
After greeting the old man, everyone saw Xu Fu behind him and immediately started to compliment him.
Although Xu Fu did not recognize the old man in front of him, he could see that he was quite prestigious. However, he felt awkward to be mistaken for this man's disciple. He did not learn anything from him, and was even mocked by him. It was a pity for him to be a "disciple".
"I, Wang Shixing, cannot teach such a 'disciple'!" the old man said with dissatisfaction, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing why the old man was angry.
"Mr. Wang, the knowledge of medicine is extensive and profound. After all, your disciple is still young. If there are some mistakes, there is no need to be angry..." The middle-aged man closest to Wang Shixing spoke to comfort him. This made everyone suddenly realize that the disciple's previous words were just angry words said because he made a mistake.
"I'm not his disciple." Xu Fu said before Wang Shixing could speak again. After that, he also found an empty seat and sat down. Without paying any attention to the astonished crowd, he picked up the tea bowl on the table and took a big sip.
Everyone looked at Wang Shixing, and saw that he was just drinking tea with a cold face. Then they realized that there was a misunderstanding. For a moment, the tea room became extremely quiet, with only the sound of Xu Fu drinking tea.
After traveling for half a day, Xu Fu was already thirsty. No matter how hot the tea was, he just picked it up and drank it all in one gulp.
"Hey, give me another bowl."
Xu Fu held up the empty tea bowl and greeted the servants who were serving him.
"How rude!"
"Where did this wild boy come from?"
"..."
Seeing that Wang Shixing disliked this young man and that his behavior was so "vulgar", everyone started talking about it. It seemed that all their praises just now were forgotten in an instant, and some even began to criticize him out loud.
"I'm drinking my tea, not yours, why are you making so much noise?"
After saying this, Xu Fu drank it all in one gulp and then asked for another bowl.
"How dare you! Who are you and what are you doing here? How dare you be so presumptuous?" A man slammed the table and stood up, scolding angrily.
"The notice posted in Qingshan City said that the Bai family was recruiting doctors. I happened to know some medical skills, so I came here." Xu Fu yawned and said as a matter of course. He really didn't understand why the man in front of him was so angry. He just drank a few bowls of tea, why did he become so presumptuous?
"He drank too, why don't you say he was insolent?" Xu Fu pointed at Wang Shixing who was still drinking tea and asked casually.
Wang Shixing had just taken a sip of tea in his mouth when he was choked by Xu Fu's words. His face turned red instantly, but he still forced himself not to cough.
"How dare you compare yourself with Master Wang?"
"Why not? I'm here to get treatment, too."
"Nonsense! How can a rural doctor like you cure this stubborn disease? Look at everyone here, who is not famous? If you don't have money to eat, these..."
The man who was speaking took out a string of copper coins from his sleeve, broke the string of the coins without leaving any trace, and threw it in front of Xu Fu.
"Wow..."
The copper coins were scattered all over the floor.
“These are given to you!”
After that, the man snorted coldly and sat back in his chair.
When everyone saw Xu Fu being humiliated, they burst into laughter. Some people even joked that the doctor named Pan Yanqing was "generous".
Xu Fu didn't want to pay any more attention to Pan Yanqing until a copper coin hit his foot, then he slowly raised his head.
"You are quite rich." Xu Fu said.
"A doctor is just kind-hearted." Pan Yanqing responded with a sneer.
"You are so rich, why don't you cure your illness?" Xu Fu asked in pretended surprise.
"What nonsense! What's wrong with me?" Pan Yanqing stood up suddenly and pointed at Xu Fu and cursed. He thought Xu Fu was cursing him and immediately became furious. If there weren't so many people watching, he would have wanted to slap Xu Fu twice.
"You're so hot-tempered, no wonder your liver is in trouble." Xu Fu shook his head and sighed, then asked for another bowl of tea.
"You dare to curse me? I..."
"There are so many doctors here, why don't you find someone who knows and see him?"
After Xu Fu finished speaking, he ignored Pan Yanqing and closed his eyes to rest.
As the saying goes, "Every profession has its specialties." There are yin and yang and five elements in medical techniques. Medical skills are even more complicated if they are subdivided. Just talking about the internal organs in the abdomen, there are heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, stomach, intestines, etc. Each organ has several branches. If you can understand one or two organs thoroughly, you can be called a "famous doctor." For ordinary people, it is absolutely impossible to learn all the diseases of the human body, even if they spend their entire lives.
Pan Yanqing was left there by Xu Fu, and was in a dilemma, but soon someone stood up and took Pan Yanqing's pulse.
The man looked at Pan Yanqing's tongue again, asked him a few detailed questions, and finally diagnosed that Pan Yanqing had liver disease.
Everyone was shocked, and Wang Shixing frowned slightly. The liver disease that he couldn't even see was casually pointed out by the young man in front of him. This made Wang Shixing start to re-examine Xu Fulai.
Seeing Xu Fu sitting like this, Wang Shixing could conclude that this young man must not be from the two most famous medical families. As far as he knew, the rules of those two families were very strict, and no one would behave like this.
Wang Shixing has seen countless people, and he knows very well that for wealthy families, rules are ingrained in their bones. Even if they pretend to be nonchalant, traces of them can be seen in the details.
It was obvious that the young man in front of him lacked discipline in his childhood, and his words and actions were no different from those of a country bumpkin. But why was he so proficient in medicine? Wang Shixing was puzzled.
"Master, please save me!"
The doctor who diagnosed Pan Yanqing with liver disease obviously had no good treatment plan, so Pan Yanqing hurried to Wang Shixing for help.
"Liver disease is not my forte." Wang Shixing said calmly.
These words made Pan Yanqing's face turn pale. As a doctor, he naturally knew that liver and gallbladder diseases were always extremely difficult to cure, especially the suspected "gas accumulation" disease that he had just been diagnosed with.
Pan Yanqing hesitated for a moment, and finally turned and walked towards Xu Fu.