NOVPUBChapter 166 -166 How greedy this girl must be.
Chapter 166 -166 How greedy this girl must be.
“Little girl, your acupuncture skills are already quite impressive. I ask you, if someone suffers from joint pain or rheumatic pain, could a single needle from you alleviate their pain?” Li Dongliang naturally did not believe in those so-called miracles of bringing the dead back to life.
Modern medicine can’t always achieve such results with surgery, let alone a single acupuncture needle, right?
However, it cannot be denied that many traditional Chinese doctors in ancient times possessed extraordinary ‘medicine that matched the disease’ techniques. Since her skills are said to be family-taught, and given that this young girl has already reached such a level at her age, who’s to say that in the future, she couldn’t indeed remove illnesses with just one needle? It’s not impossible.
An old expert at their traditional Chinese medicine hospital had passed away. Although not an acupuncturist, it was said that his prescriptions worked immediately. There was a person with lung cancer who had taken ten doses of his medicine and had greatly improved. The hospital had diagnosed him with a maximum of three years to live, yet he had already survived eight. That was enough to be the talk of the town.
That’s the miraculous aspect of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China; no one can know what magical effects a seemingly insignificant herb or a single silver needle can achieve.
Bai Xiao nodded, “If it’s just the pain, then a needle can definitely relieve it. That is no problem.” These things were not flashy or showy — sometimes just applying a plaster could reduce the pain, so how couldn’t her needle do the trick for such a trivial ache?
Otherwise, it would make her look utterly incompetent. A high-ranking chief wouldn’t transfer you elsewhere just to be a decoration!
Therefore, being effective was necessary. Everyone has their value. Although she didn’t want to be subjected to scientific dissection, she couldn’t fade into obscurity to the extent that nobody would bother with her. Since she had chosen to go to the hospital, she had to have some skills, right?
Since she couldn’t prescribe medication, acupuncture was her only lifesaving treasure.
Li Dongliang, excited, aggravated his wound and winced in pain.
“That’s… good… that’s really good…”
Bai Xiao looked at Li Dongliang, silently took out a silver needle — this pack of needles had been bought by her brother-in-law He Wang, and had indeed been a great value for money, providing a big help. Otherwise, she’d be going empty-handed to treat someone, and then she might really end up as a specimen for dissection.
Seeing the needle, Li Dongliang nodded, “Right, right, give me one. It really hurts like hell.”
The doctor nearby almost jumped up, thinking to himself that he should take a look at the injury. How many people could survive a steel rod piercing through their chest like this? After inspecting the injury, the doctors felt it was a miracle that he could hold on until the ambulance arrived. The steel rod had pierced through the liver, and after its extraction, there should have been unstoppable bleeding. Yet here he was, talking and joking — if this wasn’t a miracle, what was?
The girl was about to perform acupuncture with a silver needle. Although he was a Western medicine doctor, he was aware that the pain relief effect of many Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture doctors was quite good; the needle would indeed relieve pain when hitting the right acupoints.
Despite the bumpy ride, Bai Xiao precisely inserted the needle and gently twisted the silver needle. Immediately, Li Dongliang felt a stream of energy flowing from below to above, along the direction of the needle, directly towards his wound. A warm flow enveloped the wound, and the pain seemed to vanish in an instant. The wound, which had been causing biting pain just moments ago, now felt only warmth and nothing else.
He couldn’t help but close his eyes and hum in comfort.
Bai Xiao glanced at Bai Song. Bai Song blinked his eyes, unsure of what his sister was up to.
Spotting the lollipop in Bai Song’s pocket, he quickly understood. He hastily took out a lollipop, removed the plastic wrapper, and stuffed it into his sister’s mouth.
Watching from the side, the doctor and the nurse looked on, almost scoffing.
Is this the passing down of a family medical skill?
She was purely a little girl who hadn’t grown up yet. Look how greedy she was: holding a needle in one hand and still wanting a lollipop in the other. Where was the appearance of a doctor?
They looked at the chief with a touch of sympathy. The chief really didn’t have great discernment.
The problem is that they wouldn’t dare say it.
Even if the Chief’s discernment isn’t the best, it’s still better than theirs when it comes to recognizing talent.
Li Dongliang heard the sound of unwrapping candy, opened his eyes, and saw Bai Song stuffing a lollipop into Bai Xiao’s mouth.
He couldn’t help but laugh, “Girl, eating candy like that is bad for your teeth. You’ll get cavities later.”
Bai Xiao nodded, “Chief, actually I still haven’t finished telling you. If you really want me to go and work at the hospital, I have one condition. If you agree to this condition, then there will be no problem with me going to work.”
Her very serious attitude made Li Dongliang frown.
Could this little girl have some ulterior motives?
She thought that since the Chief valued her medical skills, she could act spoiled and make some unreasonable demands.
If that was the case, he had misjudged this girl.
He could recruit her to work at the hospital, but it certainly wasn’t a case of her being irreplaceable.
“What condition do you have in mind?”
“Well, the acupuncture skills passed down in our family require the support of a set of Qigong that I have to learn from my father. So, as I told you, our acupuncture skills are not only not to be passed on to outsiders, but even if someone watched me insert each and every silver needle, they couldn’t learn it,” Bai Xiao said, making her own explanation sound quite mystical. However, if she didn’t stick to the Qigong story, she couldn’t explain her state every time.
Li Dongliang was startled; no wonder he had felt a warm current at the location of the silver needles. Perhaps that was the girl’s Qigong at work.
“Tell me!”
“My only condition is that I require a special examination and treatment room. This room must have a heating device available at all times, 24-hour access to hot water, and the essentials: chocolate and lollipops. Furthermore, I demand that my work meals be different from others, with each meal having sufficient protein and calories. Meat needs to include beef and lamb, and eggs are essential.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the doctors and nurses beside them burst into laughter. Due to Li Dongliang’s scrutinizing gaze, they quickly covered their mouths to hold back.
Ah, this girl sure knows how to make demands.
Such conditions were enough to make anyone laugh to death. A hospital doctor treating patients while chewing on lollipops? What kind of rule was that?
Most importantly, the meals in the hospital cafeteria are the same for everyone. Of course, it’s different for the Dean and Directors; the quality of food is not the same as the others. But just for the sake of food, you turn beef, lamb, and eggs into essential requirements? Even the Dean of their hospital probably doesn’t have such treatment.
This girl must really fuss over her food.
Li Dongliang looked at Bai Xiao and realized that the girl didn’t seem to be joking.
“Leader, don’t think I’m greedy for food. If you don’t believe me, shake hands with me and you’ll understand why I’m making these requests,” Bai Xiao offered her hand to Li Dongliang in a friendly gesture.
Li Dongliang didn’t hesitate any further and took Bai Xiao’s hand.
