Chapter 106 - 106 A Famous Doctor
106 A Famous Doctor
Lady Zhao received Lu Jiao’s message loud and clear. She was right! What if her next daughter-in-law was a troublemaker?
Lin Chunyan had always complied with her requests and was keen on spending the rest of her life in this family peacefully. To have such a daughter-in-law was a blessing.
Finally, Lady Zhao dismissed her thought of kicking Lin Chunyan out of the family. She asked Lu Jiao, “Are you sure she can bear children once she’s cured?”
“Yes.”
This one word was the saving grace for Lin Chunyan. With much appreciation, she stared at Lu Jiao. If Lady Zhao wasn’t around, she would’ve knelt for Lu Jiao.
“I’m going to write her a prescription. You need to brew the medicine for her daily. This medicine isn’t too costly. Also, she needs to eat better.”
“Okay, okay, thank you, Yunjin’s wife.”
Lady Zhao was over the moon to hear that the medicine was cheap.
The reality was that Lu Jiao could’ve given her a more expensive prescription that would be more effective. She was afraid, however, that Lady Zhao would give Lin Chunyan a hard time if the medicine was too expensive.
Therefore, Lu Jiao decided to go with medicine that was more of average quality. She needed to find a way to feed Lin Chunyan some spiritual stream water so she could heal faster.
After she was done, she got up to leave with the four little ones.
Before she could leave, the Second Grandma came over with her youngest daughter-in-law, Changmei.
“Jiaojiao, can you take a look at Changmei next?”
The Second Grandma felt bad for asking but Lu Jiao agreed right away.
“Sure.”
It made no difference to Lu Jiao at this point, especially since the Second Grandma asked.
Lu Jiao went back to sit in the living room and asked Changmei to rest her arm on the table.
Changmei’s face was extremely pale and she was extremely skinny. She looked as if a gust of wind could blow her away.
It was obvious that she was sick – she almost looked like a terminally ill patient.
While Lu Jiao diagnosed her pulse, the Second Grandma went to her room to find some white sugar, so she could give the three children some sugar water.
“Good boys, have some water.”
The three little ones glanced Lu Jiao, who indicated to them that they could accept the water.
The children grinned ear to ear and drank the water while they thanked the Second Grandma.
“Thank you, Second Grandma.”
The cuteness of those three made the Second Grandma’s heart explode. She looked for her granddaughter-in-law and her daughter-in-law and sighed.
Her granddaughter-in-law couldn’t have children while her daughter-in-law gave birth to three girls. She hasn’t even gotten a boy yet and had already fallen ill. At this rate, she was going to lose her life before she had more children.
After diagnosing Changmei’s pulse, Lu Jiao asked her some sensitive questions. In the end, she suspected that Changmei was suffering from a gynecological disease.
In this era, there were no female doctors. Women were far too embarrassed to tell male doctors about their symptoms. Most of the time, they don’t get the right treatment and never get better.
As Lu Jiao pondered, she asked the Second Grandma, “Grandma, can you give me a private room?”
Everyone gawked at her, not knowing why she would need a room.
The Second Grandma stood up immediately, “you can use my room.”
Lu Jiao nodded and said to Changmei, “Come with me. I’m going to do a physical examination.”
She then said to her children, “I’m going to bring your aunty inside so I can examine her. You boys stay here and wait. I won’t be long.”
The three little ones nodded, “We know, mommy.”
These cute boys made Lady Zhao greedy for grandchildren. Honestly, how did these boys come to be? They were born cute and respectful. They were nothing like her children. Her youngest son, for example, made it a mission to piss her off every day.
The more Lady Zhao looked at the three kids, the more she liked them. She pulled on their hands and wished they were her own.
In the next room, the Second Grandma and Changmei waited. Lu Jiao didn’t ask the Second Grandma to leave. She asked Changmei to take off her clothes, so she could examine her.
Changmei’s face turned white and she rejected.
The Second Grandma glared at her and then asked Lu Jiao, “Jiaojiao, why do you need her to take off her clothes?”
Lu Jiao explained, “I suspect she has vaginitis.”
Knowing that they have no idea what that is, she extrapolated, “It means her lower body is infected with bacteria. Normally, she gets itchy and wants to scratch. There’s also a smell to it. There are many different types of infection. I need to check it out to see which one she has.”
The Second Grandma turned to Changmei, who was so embarrassed she wanted to bury her head under the ground.
At once, the Second Grandma knew that Lu Jiao was right. Her face dropped and she ordered, “Enough, take off your clothes and let Jiaojiao take a look. You need to treat your illness.”
Changmei hesitantly asked, “Is this curable?”
Lu Jiao nodded, “Yes. It may take a while but it’s curable.”
At once, Changmei started to take off her pants. That area of hers was extremely itchy and it made her so uncomfortable. Plus, her man refused to touch her these days, saying that she stank.
All these factors put her in a really bad mood and her body got worse as a result.
Lu Jiao took out a vaginal dilator and examined Changmei. Afterwards, she concluded that she had fungal vaginitis.
“You have a yeast infection. This means you get very itchy down there with lots of discharge that may look like little pieces of tofu. You likely feel pain when you pee.”
Lu Jiao wanted to say that she likely felt pain during intercourse, but she was too afraid to be honest in front of these two women. They might go into shock.
Lu Jiao took off her gloves and put away the vaginal dilator. She said to the Second Grandma, “Throw this out later.”
The Second Grandma nodded, “Okay.”
She then nervously looked to Lu Jiao, “Jiaojiao, is this disease really curable? She’s had three daughters and hasn’t gotten pregnant since. Is it related to the disease?”
Lu Jiao nodded, “It may affect it.”
She then said to Changmei, “While you are symptomatic, you shouldn’t have relations with your husband. Plus, once you are healed, you need to ask your man to be sanitary.”
The Second Grandma and Changmei both looked stunned. Growing up, they never talked about this topic. What Lu Jiao was saying was difficult to understand.
Lu Jiao didn’t say more in case it would scare them.
“I will write you a prescription and you can get medicine from Baohe Tang.”
Though she had some medicine at home, it was best for her to get it from Baohe Tang.
“Okay.”
Lu Jiao washed her hands and then took the three little ones to the Village Leader’s home.
On the way there, many people blocked Lu Jiao’s way and asked her to offer medical advice.
Lu Jiao was speechless. So it appeared that after she saved Xia Lian, the villagers were now convinced that she was a good doctor. Everyone who had some level of discomfort now wanted a consultation.
She didn’t have the time to do a home visit for all these villagers.