The Wisdom Master nodded. "You hold your free clinic during the day. At night, come to my place. I have a task for you."
Zhu Yanyi raised an eyebrow slightly, then nodded. The Wisdom Master’s words suggested a special patient. This was easy to guess. As the "Medical Buddha Girl," people only sought her out for difficult, incurable illnesses, hoping for a sliver of hope. There was little else that required a six-year-old girl’s intervention.
News of Zhu Yanyi’s free clinic spread quickly, and many people came to queue up. A Guang had already asked the local police station for help to maintain order, preventing any troublemakers from causing issues. Zhu Yanyi set up her clinic under a large, shady Bodhi tree that offered good ventilation.
This Bodhi tree was quite old, nearly two hundred years. It was said to have existed since the original Guanyin Temple. After the temple was destroyed, some tried to cut down the tree, but strange things happened—anyone who attempted to harm it fell ill. Since then, no one dared to touch it. Now that the Guanyin Temple had been rebuilt on the same site, the tree had become a special landmark. It was perfect for cooling off in the summer, and Zhu Yanyi made good use of it.
The first patient was a woman in her fifties. After feeling her pulse, Zhu Yanyi said, "You haven’t had much appetite lately. Your lower abdomen hurts sometimes, and you always need to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, right?"
"Yes! Little Divine Doctor, you are amazing! You got it all right." The woman had only come to save money on hospital fees, but she hadn’t expected the Medical Buddha Girl to be so famous for a reason. Just by feeling her pulse, the girl knew her problems.
Zhu Yanyi smiled gently. "It’s not serious. Did you eat water caltrops and pig stomach together?"
"Yes! Little Divine Doctor, how did you know I ate that?" The woman was amazed. The doctor knew before she even said a word.
Zhu Yanyi’s smile was warm and inviting. "Those foods clash. You shouldn’t eat water caltrops with pig stomach. Luckily, you didn’t eat much, and your body is strong. If you had eaten more, the pain could have killed you." She handed the woman a prescription. "Go to the pharmacy to get the medicine. You only need one day’s dose. Boil the herbs twice: once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Use three bowls of water to boil down to one bowl in the morning, and one and a half bowls to boil down to half a bowl in the afternoon. You’ll be fine after that. Don’t eat those two things together again. Food clashes can be deadly."
"Thank you, Little Divine Doctor. I’ll remember." The woman took the prescription and left to get her medicine. It was only one dose, costing less than ten cents. It was affordable, so she left with a grateful heart.
Seeing how the first patient was treated, the people waiting in line gained confidence in Zhu Yanyi’s skills. And she did not disappoint them. Her pulse-taking was fast, and she could describe their symptoms without them saying a word. Through this, Zhu Yanyi truly earned everyone’s respect as the Medical Buddha Girl.
By the end of the day, Zhu Yanyi counted her records. There were thirty-one cases in total. Most were minor illnesses, cured with just one or two doses of medicine. The most difficult case was an elderly man with severe rheumatism. Zhu Yanyi treated her with acupuncture on the spot, and her pain was immediately relieved.