Enough to Complete Their Apprenticeship
“Miss Gu, how about … letting him stay for a few days for observation?” Doctor Si cautiously proposed. In the past, the wounded soldiers who came down from the battlefield were not so seriously injured, but because their wounds were too large, their healing took a long time, which increased the chances of infection. Some even died.
And yet the little girl in front of them, who was only around ten years old, was able to treat the wound properly and so skillfully. She even declared that the stitches could be removed in seven days. If she was someone else, he would have firmly believed that she was bragging. At this juncture, there was still a sprinkle of doubt in a corner of his heart. Therefore, when he proposed to have the patient stay. What could be more convincing than witnessing the healing of his wound?
”Okay, then free up the west wing and use it as a ward for the patient!” Gu Ye put away her precious tools and said to several military doctors, “Do you all remember the suturing technique just now? In the next few days, you have taken turns to sew on pork skin until you can master it proficiently.”
In the beginning, when Gu Ye picked up the surgical needle, the military doctors were still a little skeptical, but after seeing her skillful stitches, they were completely convinced. They no longer dared to refuse to obey the tasks she assigned.
As soon as Gu Ye left the room, the patient’s relatives and friends who were waiting anxiously gathered around one after the other and inquired about the condition of the patient.
The patient was carried out by two military doctors, with snow-white bandages wrapped around his leg, without a trace of blood on them. Looking at the mental state of the patient, they visibly breathed a sigh of relief. The patient’s wife cried with joy.
When she learned her man needed to stay for a few days for observation, she hesitated. Next, she mutedly asked Gu Ye for the cost of the diagnosis. From the family’s patched clothes and their wan and thin faces, it was obvious that their family was not well-off.
”All the fees this time are free, and you won’t be charged a penny!” Gu Ye searched for an injured purposely to have a subject for her teaching. The patient was sent in time, allowing today’s teaching task to be successfully completed. Thus, she must give some benefits in return.
When the woman heard this, her tense nerves relaxed. She pulled her two children who were less than five years old beside her, knelt down towards Gu Ye and the military doctors, and said in choked sobs, “Thank you… Thank you all living Bodhisattvas for saving my man’s life. Mao, Ya, hurry up and kowtow to our benefactors…”
Doctor Si hurried forward to help the two children up and said to the woman, “It’s your man’s luck to have met the divine doctor and his apprentice. They are kind-hearted and willing to treat you for free…”
”Stop such nonsense,” Gu Ye interrupted Doctor Si’s speech and addressed the woman, “Auntie, if there are people you know who are seriously wounded, you can send them here in the next few days, and they will be treated for free.”
One of the neighbors who helped the woman carry her husband to the residence suddenly spoke up, “Little Doctor, I have a relative in my mother-in-law’s family. Her hand was cut by a kitchen knife and it remained unhealed. It is infected and keeps festering pus. Her medicine cost several taels of silver, but none worked either. I heard that her high fever has persisted in the past few days, and she seems to be dying… I wonder if you can cure her?”
”Bring him here first, and then after diagnosing him, we’ll know if it’s possible to save him,” Gu Ye humble responded to the man.
”Okay!” The man immediately sprinted away as soon as he heard her response. That relative of his wife’s family was originally helping out in the back kitchen of a restaurant. Her wound was not serious at the time of the injury, so she didn’t take it seriously, and she only used plant ash to stop the bleeding.
She was a helper in the kitchen and often washed and washed. The wound was exposed to dirty water, so not only did it fail to heal, but it also festered and got infected. Later, almost half of her palm was rotten, and she was fired from the restaurant. Only then did her family send her to the hospital, but the doctor said there was nothing he could do!
Taking advantage of the time for the next patient to be delivered, Gu Ye summarized the main points of the operation just now. The military doctors realized how powerful she was, and the little bit of contempt left in their hearts had long since disappeared. Like elementary school students, they obediently listened to her lectures and took notes.
Shortly after, the patient was sent over. Gu Ye cleaned and disinfected her hands again, then pointed to Doctor Si. She said, “You will be my assistant later.”
”Wh-What?” Doctor Si was momentarily stunned. He…he only had a half-day class. Could he handle such a difficult task?
”Have you memorized all the surgical equipment?” Seeing Doctor Si nodding in a daze, Gu Ye said again, “Don’t you want to? What are you still dawdling about?”
”But,” Doctor Si swallowed with difficulty and reasoned weakly, “I’m afraid that when the time comes, I will get nervous and my mind will be in disarray. What am I going to do if I make a mistake?”