After the divorce, I returned to my village and became a legendary healer.

"Don't keep anything from your auntie." The woman was still a little worried.

"You just like to scare yourself. If something really happened, I wouldn't dare to hide it from you, would I?" Chen Shi'an laughed.

At this moment, I vaguely remembered this woman, the wife of Chen Sixi from the east end of the village. She was related to Chen Shi'an by blood, but they were already beyond the fifth degree of kinship and rarely visited each other.

They're just from the same village, they see each other all the time.

"Auntie, I'll prescribe some medicine for you. Take it for two days."

Chen Shi'an glanced at the middle-aged woman. "Name."

"Li Ying!"

"age?"

"48".

After entering the basic information, Chen Shi'an accurately recorded the woman's symptoms.

Abdominal pain, weak pulse, yellow tongue coating, and bad taste in the mouth.

His complexion was sallow.

There is a hard lump in my abdomen.

Then write down the prescription.

It wasn't really necessary, but writing a medical case record wouldn't be bad, as this was the first seriously ill patient he had ever encountered.

Perhaps many years from now, his medical case might become what traditional Chinese medicine calls a "secret manual"!

Chen Shi'an thought to himself with a smug satisfaction.

Of course, Chen Shi'an dared not be negligent. He suspected that Li Ying's illness was cancer.

Although traditional Chinese medicine does not have the concept of cancer, it now combines traditional Chinese and Western medicine.

This can be seen from the perspective of Qi and blood.

Of course, Chen Shi'an wouldn't be foolish enough to tell Li Ying that sometimes people don't die from illness.

He scared himself to death.

Cancer doesn't necessarily kill you, but some people who walk in healthy but then visibly wither and die after hearing the bad news.

There are many such cases in hospitals; they scare themselves to death.

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the essence, energy, and spirit, which are the most important things.

I don't know if Chen Sixi is home or not, but I'll at least let his family know.

To avoid causing trouble later.

What if I blame him for the delay?

Having spent six years in the hospital, I can say I've witnessed the full spectrum of human nature. Ah, the true nature of people is revealed most between life and death.

I've seen all sorts of things—bad, good, bizarre, and so on.

I called my dad and asked him to come over. It wouldn't be right for me to go to his house to find him.

We'll have Chen Sixi come over later.

He brewed himself a pot of tea, tidied up his desk, and scrolled through his phone; this was how he spent most of his day.

That's just his nature; he prefers quiet to activity.

That's how it was when I was a child.

With a pack of cigarettes and my phone in hand, I could spend the whole day without getting bored.

In recent years, such days seem to have become a luxury in order to make a living.

"It's all Lin Qingxue's fault."

Chen Shi'an muttered to himself.

Soon after, Chen Jianjun arrived. "Shi'an, what's wrong?" Chen Jianjun asked Chen Shi'an.

"I have something to tell you. Please tell Chen Sixi quietly to come here."

Chen Shi'an then explained the whole story.

Chen Jianjun nodded, then sighed, "He's not even fifty yet, so young."

"It's not that serious; in my opinion, it should be benign."

For people in rural areas, cancer is basically a death sentence.

After all, the symptoms are not obvious in the early stages, and it is impossible to have regular check-ups. Occasionally, there may be a little pain, which can be relieved by taking some painkillers.

They are usually discovered in the middle or late stages of their development.

However, to be fair, Li Ying was indeed destined to survive.

She did catch a cold, which caused her abdominal pain, and it just so happened that she ran into Chen Shi'an.

After all, you can't expect a doctor who runs a small clinic to be highly skilled; Chen Shi'an is clearly an exception.

"Okay, I'll call your Uncle Sixi over right away." Chen Jianjun nodded, then hurriedly left.

Chen Shi'an smiled as he watched the old man hurriedly leave. His father was a kind-hearted person.

In my younger years, I used to stand up for what's right, but after being disciplined by my mother a few times, I've become increasingly silent these days.

Humans! All the rough edges of life will be smoothed out by the years and by life itself.

"Four now, six more to go."

Chen Shi'an did the math, starting with that guy with kidney deficiency, and then moving on to Li Ying.

He wasn't in a hurry; his reputation needed to spread gradually.

Life is pretty good now, it's just that the mornings are a bit tough.

For some reason, I thought of Sister Hui's huge snowflakes. In essence, Chen Shi'an is just an ordinary person without any ambition.

They were equally lustful and greedy.

While I was sitting there, an old man walked in. His hair was neatly combed, and he was wearing leather shoes and trousers. In this weather, his attire suggested that he was someone of some status.

Of course, there are also scammers.

The old man's hair was a little gray. "Young man, may I rest my feet here?"

"Please have a seat," Chen Shi'an said with a smile.

I got a stool for the old man, then poured him a cup of tea. "Have some water. This tea is coarse, please don't mind it."

"Thank you, thank you." The old man accepted the tea very politely.

Looking around Chen Shi'an's small clinic, the old man said with a smile, "This clinic is nice, and the decor is quite stylish."

Chen Shi'an smiled and said, "Is it a matter of being carried in a sedan chair? Just take the polite words with a grain of salt."

However, this clinic was actually renovated by Chen Shi'an based on an old clinic, so it's a replica. Of course, the items aren't as valuable.

When I was in school, I worked odd jobs at a traditional Chinese medicine clinic, working for an old man. Unfortunately, the old man got old and closed the clinic.

That was one of the few highly skilled people Chen Shi'an knew, who taught him some things. He learned most of his acupuncture skills from the old man, but unfortunately, the old man was taken away by his family and passed away peacefully.

The only chance in life to change one's destiny was so spectacularly missed.

"You look unfamiliar, are you visiting relatives in the village?" Chen Shi'an asked with a smile.

However, his eyes were scanning the old man up and down.

Out of a doctor's professional habit, I use the four diagnostic methods of observation, listening, questioning, and palpation. Although the system crammed all my medical skills into me at once, I still need to hone them gradually.

The ancients valued a round and smooth shape.

You become more proficient at many things the more you practice them.

Although the old man was smiling, a sense of melancholy lingered between his brows.

There is a bluish-black color under the eyes.

"I came to town to take care of some business, and I'll also catch a couple of free-range chickens to take back with me."

"My family loves this. Most of what you buy outside is a scam!" the old man said cheerfully.

"That's true. The chickens in this village are truly free-range; most of them are raised to catch insects and eat them," Chen Shi'an said with a smile.

"But judging from your health, you should probably get a check-up when you get to the county," Chen Shi'an said with a smile.

"What did you figure out?" the old man asked, looking at Chen Shi'an.

"It's a professional habit, but I can't guarantee anything. Just checking it won't be a problem," Chen Shi'an said with a smile.

Since the person wasn't there for medical treatment, Chen Shi'an couldn't very well try to force them.