Farm Girl's Manor

The clinic had already warmed up with a brazier, and Mo Yan lifted the thick cotton curtain to enter, where a surge of warm air greeted her, causing a few itches to arise on her frozen face.

The room was quite warm, and at this moment, there were already seven or eight people waiting in the clinic, mostly the elderly and children with weak immune systems, either coughing or feverish, all conditions caused by the cold.

Upon seeing Mo Yan walk in, their eyes brightened and everyone, regardless of age, stood up and called out "Little Divine Doctor."

Mo Yan quickly told them to sit down, and seeing that two people were coughing severely, she had Yuan Yue serve them recently boiled hot tea.

In the order of their arrival, Mo Yan checked the pulse of the child who came first; after a moment, she withdrew her hand, and while she wrote out a prescription, she said to the child’s mother, "The child is not seriously ill, just that his spleen and stomach are weak, resulting in poor absorption of nutrition, which leads to his frail constitution and susceptibility to illness. I will prescribe two sets of medicine for you—one to treat his fever and cough immediately, and another for after he recovers, which should be simmered with his porridge or soup daily. Bring him back for a follow-up in three months."

"Thank you, Little Divine Doctor, thank you so much!" the child’s mother quickly expressed her gratitude, with the worry on her face visibly dissipating.

The child was a long-awaited blessing, born after seven or eight years of the mother’s marriage. Unfortunately, times were tough during her pregnancy, and she never had a full meal until the birth of her child. Born small like a kitten, the child barely survived but always had poor health, falling sick each winter and spring, with illnesses lasting for months.

Year after year they consulted doctors, and though medications were taken aplenty, the illnesses never fully resolved. The child, now eight or nine years old, was still the same height as peers aged six or seven, which turned the hair of both parents white with concern. Only when they heard about the skilled medicine of Mo Yan in North City Willow Village, did they decide to seek her out, despite the distance.

Mo Yan patiently listened to the woman’s rambling, and when Yuan Yue returned with the medicine, she also retrieved a jar of honey from the storeroom, instructing the woman to take it for the child to consume.

Honey also helps with regulating the spleen and stomach, but since the child’s frail constitution was congenital, relying on honey alone wouldn’t suffice—a medicinal treatment was required for a period.