Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 1844 - 1670: Insisting on Pretending to Be Strong (3)
In Song Tan’s place, there are vast fields of ginger growing, and slices of ginger are also in demand. There’s plenty of honey available for her too...
These ordinary rural herbs, since the land is idle, she doesn’t even need to dig them herself. For a few dozen yuan, there are plenty of old folks willing to do it.
They can’t handle the farming work at Old Song’s place, nor can they always find light work, but just digging up dandelions and wild vegetables can bring in some income. Isn’t that wonderful!
Gradually, although many Chinese medicines maintain their original quality, these added remedies, after testing their efficacy and making slight adjustments, offer patients a noticeably different feeling.
As for men, it’s a different story.
Men are fascinating creatures; you tell them smoking damages their lungs and drinking harms their liver, and they don’t take it seriously.
But if something can boost their vigor, it becomes more important than life itself, and they’ll come from far and wide.
Women are different. Despite technological advances, some menstrual pains simply can’t be treated.
Many people get checked at hospitals, everything seems normal, but it still hurts.
Coming to Doctor Xiaoguo for treatment, those with severe symptoms take several doses of medicine, and mild cases use motherwort, brown sugar, ginger slices — different people with different mixtures, just go home and brew it!
It’s inexpensive and effective.
Eventually, it’s spread by word of mouth.
Nowadays, a dozen or more people lined up daily is proof.
Wu Lan is still pondering: "Do you think it’s easy to recruit nurses for this clinic?"
Song Tan thought for a moment: "It should be quite easy."
Education and knowledge in the village are extremely limited.
Many girls, when applying to schools, may choose nursing majors due to their grades.
In the minds of the older generation, studying this profession means you’ll always have a steady job. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
The problem is, getting into a formal hospital is very difficult now — many people end up changing careers or working in pharmacies or small clinics.
Though this is a rural clinic, being in the countryside means people from the nearby ten miles and eight villages might prefer to stay close to home.
Song Tan said: "Mom, you don’t need to worry. Just with Doctor Xiaoguo’s reputation, once they let the patients know they’re recruiting an assistant, word will spread among the ten miles and eight villages."
Those Aunties who come for treatments have extensive networks!
Wu Lan gave her a knowing look: "Of course I know recruitment is easy! You have a distant cousin whose daughter studied this. The thing is, getting into a hospital as a nurse requires over ten or twenty thousand... he couldn’t bear to spend that, so the child works at a clinic."
Quite a few rural children study this.
But the issue is:
"I’m afraid some recommended people aren’t dependable, clinging on or trying to steal her skills... isn’t it troublesome?"
Supervision isn’t as strict in rural areas as in cities; for such simple therapy, many people can do it at home without a certificate.
The hygiene and technique don’t matter much.
But if the reputation gets tarnished, and people claim they learned it at the clinic, isn’t it like a toad squatting on your foot, not biting but annoying?
This is indeed worth considering, but—
"My Brother Yanping is there!"
Song Tan laughed: No matter if people dare to work here or cause trouble, it’s a different story altogether.
Exactly!
Master Chai and Xiaozhou sat there, looking at the group of sighing people who dared not complain. Glancing at the powerful Door God standing in the yard...
Really impressive! Even rural clinics hire such imposing security guards!
Then, turning back, they hear people around quietly discussing: "Doesn’t he look impressive? How come he’s guarding this clinic? Might he have broken the law outside?"
"Shh! Don’t say that!"
"Is he the type you get a reward for capturing?"
"He doesn’t look like it; see how he walks around boldly... maybe he’s someone who uses force, and people don’t dare to report him..."
The crowd murmured, furtive and sneaky, originally intending to ask when it’s their turn, but now they don’t dare to move.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yanping frowned and swiped through his phone, wondering when the assistant would arrive.
Every day he stands in the yard and isn’t allowed inside to scare the patients. Constantly browsing his phone isn’t a solution!
All because of that previous patient!
They’ve been here more than once. He looks intimidating but doesn’t hit anyone. Pain is pain, no pain is no pain, why must they pretend to be tough?
Now he can’t even help inside.
His girlfriend is worn out all day!
