Chapter 364

Outside the county hostel, it was already in an uproar.

Hundreds of people were blocking the door, shouting and demanding to see the Divine Doctor Du, pushing and shoving, each of them sharpening their heads to stand in front, fearing they wouldn't be able to get a number.

"Hey, what are you squeezing for? I came first; do you understand the principle of first come, first served?"

"What first come, first served? I don't recognize it; I only recognize money! If you have more money than me, you stand in front; if you have no money, what are you seeing a doctor for? Get to the back!"

"Is having money amazing? Can you be unreasonable just because you have money? Today I just won't let you; what are you going to do?"

"Hey hey hey, you two gentlemen, don't argue first; let's talk nicely. If you really can't decide, how about... let me go first? My mother has been paralyzed in bed for several years, and she needs someone to take care of her eating, drinking, and pooping; if she can't be cured, my wife is going to run away with someone, wuwuwu."

The two big men turned their heads at the same time and spat on his face fiercely: "Get lost!"

Still want to pretend to be pitiful to grab a spot?

In your dreams.

Even if the Emperor himself came today, they wouldn't let him!

For a time, they were arguing endlessly.

Some said they were critical cases and couldn't wait.

Some said they were emergency cases and couldn't be delayed.

Others directly held bright silver ingots and shouted that they gave the highest consultation fee and must be seen first.

As more and more people came, the scene became out of control. No one knew who started it first, but like a fuse, it quickly triggered a group fight among many people.

The men were twisting together, swinging fists, pulling hair, pinching, spitting—the level of excitement was not inferior to the old women at all.

Curses, cries of pain, and farts were endless.

This scene stunned the scholars inside the county hostel, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.

"Oh my, don't fight anymore; if you fight anymore, someone will die!" The old manager stomped his feet in a hurry.

If someone really died, their county hostel would definitely be implicated.

Business wouldn't be easy to do in the future.

Unfortunately, no matter how he shouted, those men turned a deaf ear, completely acting as if he didn't exist, and continued to fight to the death.

The old manager hurriedly pulled a waiter over. "Quick, go upstairs and invite Madam Du down."

As things stood, only Madam Du could stop this group fight.

When Du Ruo came down, she was also stunned by the scene in front of her.

This... what is the situation?

"Madam Du, these people are all here for you; they all want you to see them. Look, in order to grab a front-row spot, they started fighting without agreeing."

The old manager wiped the sweat from his forehead and explained, "You should hurry up and make them all stop; if it's too late, I'm afraid something big will happen."

Du Ruo's mouth twitched.

No wonder so many people traveled thousands of miles to participate in the Apricot Forest Assembly; so this was the treatment for first place—everyone would come to chase after you, respect you, and beg you to see them.

Sure enough, once you have fame, profit naturally follows.

But this was also too crazy; as the saying goes, things will develop in the opposite direction when they become extreme. Anything that goes too far is not a good sign.

Du Ruo immediately stepped forward a few steps and said loudly: "Everyone, please listen to me!"

"Beat you to death, beat you to death!"

"Hey, you bastard, you still dare to bite me? Poke your nostrils!"

"Wah wah wah, why are you touching my butt? You indecent old pervert, I'll gouge you!"

Du Ruo: "..."

No one was listening to her.

She cleared her throat awkwardly, then put her hands to her mouth, made a megaphone shape, and let out a Foshan lion's roar.

"FIRE!"

Whoosh, the men who were twisting together separated instantly, each of them jumping up from the ground in a panic.

Looking around, they realized they had been deceived; there wasn't even a spark.

Only the pretty little wife standing at the door was standing with her hands on her hips, puffing out her cheeks, her two eyes spitting fire.

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they rushed forward again, scrambling to be first.

"Divine Doctor Du!"

"Divine Doctor Du, you finally came out; see me first, okay?"

"Me me me, I have more money!"

Du Ruo simply moved a chair over, stood on it, and waved her arms. "Everyone, don't be anxious; listen to me. First of all, thank you for your love and trust, and for being willing to entrust your lives and the lives of your families to me, but I have no plans to see patients at the moment."

Hearing this, everyone's faces fell.

Everyone had an expression of disappointment, and also astonishment.

Someone asked: "Why, Divine Doctor Du? You finally won first place in the competition, but you refuse to see patients; what kind of logic is this?"

"That's right." Others echoed, "Is it just to gain the title of Divine Doctor?"

Some with dark thoughts had already begun to sneer, saying sarcastically: "I'm afraid it's not that you refuse to see patients, but that you are afraid we can't afford the expensive consultation fee, and you are playing hard to get, right?"

Playing hard to get your sister...

Du Ruo frowned imperceptibly and glanced at the foul-mouthed young man.

The young man's eyes flickered, and he turned his face away uncomfortably.

Du Ruo moved her gaze away and explained to everyone with a smile: "Actually, it's like this: in order to participate in this Apricot Forest Assembly, I have been away from home for more than a month. To avoid worrying my family, I must set off to return home as soon as possible, so I temporarily have no way to see patients..."

Oh, so that was it.

Everyone understood, but they didn't accept it.

"Then what should we do? Does that mean we will never be able to see a doctor?"

"That's right, my wife hasn't laid an egg, and she hasn't had any effect after taking medicine for many years; I was counting on Divine Doctor Du to send us a child."

"Where is Divine Doctor Du's hometown? I can go there in person, right?"

"Don't be anxious, I haven't finished speaking yet." Du Ruo pressed her hands down, signaling everyone to calm down. "Although I have no way to see patients now, as a healer, curing diseases and saving people is my faith, and Fengyang Prefecture is my blessed land. I have already decided to stay here for a long time."

She smiled. "After the Lantern Festival next year, I will open a medical clinic, and at that time, everyone is welcome to come and support me. I will definitely do my best and do everything I can to solve problems for everyone."

Buzz, the scene suddenly boiled over.

Everyone turned from sorrow to joy, cheering and jumping.

Only the foul-mouthed young man just now had an ugly expression, lowering his head and not knowing what he was thinking.

However, this was not the end.

Du Ruo continued to distribute the second wave of benefits. "Since everyone is my first batch of patients, naturally there will be preferential treatment."

"Because of time and energy, I can only see at most ten patients a day at that time, so you may have to wait a long time to be in line."

"In order to let you see a doctor as soon as possible, you can come to me now to register, and I will give you a voucher. With this voucher, you will have priority and will be in line before others."

"And, the consultation fee will be 20% off!"

Priority?

Discount?

Then what are you waiting for? Of course, you have to register!

The crowd became restless once again, each of them looking at Du Ruo with eager eyes, as if looking up at a god.

Du Ruo jumped off the chair and turned to enter the room.

The students all gathered around, asking one after another if they needed help.

"I'll trouble everyone." With nearly two hundred people at the scene, if everyone registered, Du Ruo alone would definitely not be able to handle it.

With Master Yan and the others assisting, it would be much faster.

Under Du Ruo's arrangement, everyone quickly got busy.

Two hundred people were divided into ten lines, and each student was responsible for registering one line; the efficiency was still very high.

It wouldn't take half an hour to finish registering everyone.

But the most critical thing was the voucher.

How could it be simple and not be forged by others? This was a problem...

Du Ruo touched her chin and thought for a while, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Got it!

"Little System, help me exchange for a seal!" Du Ruo laughed. "The pattern of the seal should use the most complex QR code, with my logo in the middle, which is the character 'Du'."

System: "..." Host, you are truly cunning."

Du Ruo rolled her eyes. "What do you mean by cunning? Can you praise people? You should say wise."

With this anti-counterfeiting mark, let's see who still has the ability to copy an identical one, so as to avoid thousands of fake vouchers appearing at that time, which would be a big headache.

A quarter of an hour later, there was something extra in Du Ruo's palm.

It was exactly that seal.

The finished product was even more perfect than Du Ruo imagined; the ghost-drawing-like QR code, with a dog-crawling-style 'Du' character embedded in the middle, matched together, funny and weird.

In short, it was very much to Du Ruo's liking.

Then she asked the old manager for a dozen sheets of white paper, cut them into two hundred palm-sized slips, and asked Master Yan, Master Jiang, and the old manager to write numbers on them, from one to two hundred.

Of course, they were all traditional characters.

Then she took out the seal and stamped it a few times, ensuring that every number had an anti-counterfeiting mark on it.

Looking at that thick stack of "registration slips," Du Ruo nodded with satisfaction.

Perfect!

In order to ensure absolute fairness and justice, Du Ruo shuffled those registration slips and placed them on the table face down, and everyone took one in turn; whatever number they drew was their number.

It all depended on luck.

Now there was finally no need to argue; if your luck was bad, who could you blame?

Fortunately, everyone had a share; it was just a matter of seeing the doctor sooner or later, and everyone was very happy.

Near noon, this farce finally came to an end.

The crowd also gradually dispersed.

The front of the county hostel finally returned to peace.

Du Ruo was also a bit tired, and after expressing her gratitude to Master Yan and the others, she prepared to go upstairs to rest.

But at this moment, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy walked into the county hostel, looked at Du Ruo, and smiled: "Madam Jiang, my master invites you to go over for a chat."

The boy's master was none other than Wen Shiyuan.

Wen Shiyuan was looking for her, so Du Ruo definitely had to give him face; it just so happened that she also had something to say to Wen Shiyuan.

The first was the medical practice qualification certificate.

The reason why Du Ruo didn't plan to see patients now was indeed partly because she didn't have time, but in fact, the biggest problem was...

No certificate.

Practicing medicine was not like other things; one must hold a certificate to be on the job.

Otherwise, it would be fine if cured, but if treated to death, that would be a lawsuit, and it might even mean sitting in jail until the bottom of the prison was worn through.

So Du Ruo wanted to ask Wen Shiyuan how to get the medical practice qualification certificate as quickly as possible, preferably before the Lantern Festival next year.

That was before the medical clinic opened.

Wen Shiyuan was the head of the Apricot Forest Assembly, and these things were all under his management.

Besides this, there was one more thing.

That was Lou Shi.

She didn't know if Lou Shi had recovered her memory, and Du Ruo planned to go and see.

It would be best to ask for some useful information.

The carriage swayed all the way, and it took about two quarters of an hour to arrive, which was not far.

After entering the Wen residence, the boy led Du Ruo directly to the back garden.

Beside the stone table in the middle of the garden, Wen Shiyuan and Mu Shanyue were sitting face to face playing chess. Seeing Du Ruo arrive, the two immediately stopped the chess game, ordered the servants to remove the chessboard, and replaced it with fruits, snacks, and tea.

Du Ruo had been hungry for a long time, so she didn't stand on ceremony with them and ate with relish.

Wen Shiyuan and Mu Shanyue looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

"Eat slowly, no one is grabbing it from you." Fearing that Du Ruo would choke, Mu Shanyue pushed the tea toward her.

Du Ruo was a bit embarrassed. "Sorry, I came too hurriedly and didn't have time to eat lunch."

Wen Shiyuan laughed out loud. "I should be the one saying sorry; I didn't consider things well, asking someone to invite you at this time."

After a few pleasantries, Wen Shiyuan got to the point.

"Do you know why I asked you to come?"

Du Ruo shook her head.

She didn't have mind-reading skills, so how could she know.

"There is something to give you." Wen Shiyuan took a small wooden box out of his sleeve and placed it in front of Du Ruo. "Open it and see."

Du Ruo said 'oh' suspiciously and reached out to twist the lock.

Just as she lifted the lid, a golden light shot out from inside, nearly blinding her titanium alloy dog eyes!

What the hell?

Du Ruo looked closely.

Hey, it really was gold, square and upright, and the shape was quite unique.

Du Ruo held it in her palm and looked at it for a long time, but couldn't see any clues, so she turned it to the back.

She saw three golden characters engraved on it.

"Divine Doctor Order"!