"Ah," Qiao Wanli, Qiao Yannian, and Liu Liying looked at Zhou Hong in disbelief. If the director of the finance bureau hadn't personally visited, they wouldn't have known Zhou Hong also knew medicine.
"Xiao Yu, come down quickly. Grandpa has something to ask you," Qiao Wanli shouted upstairs.
"Heard you, Grandpa."
At this moment, Qiao Xiaoyu was still chatting with her girlfriends in her room. Upon hearing her grandfather's call, she hurried downstairs.
"Hey, Liang Yumin, why are you here?" Qiao Xiaoyu saw Liang Yumin at her house and walked over in confusion.
"Xiao Yu, was Zhou Hong in class this afternoon and cured a classmate's illness?" Qiao Wanli asked urgently.
"Yes, Zhou Hong somehow got lucky and happened to know a few folk remedies," Qiao Xiaoyu said quickly.
"Hahaha, classmate Xiao Yu, Zhou Hong doesn't just happen to know a few folk remedies. He's a divine doctor," the director of the finance bureau said with a laugh. Only a fool would think Zhou Hong just happened to know a few folk remedies.
"Divine doctor?" Qiao Xiaoyu frowned, looking at Zhou Hong skeptically.
"Haha, Director Liang, you flatter me. I only know a little about medicine and can't be called a divine doctor," Zhou Hong said humbly with a smile.
"Divine Doctor Zhou, please don't be modest. Only children would truly believe you happened to know two folk remedies for treating illnesses," the director of the finance bureau said fawningly. He had brought his daughter to visit not only to thank Zhou Hong but also to try and befriend this divine doctor.
"Zhou Hong, you don't actually know medicine, do you?" Qiao Wanli asked in shock.
"Heh, I won't hide it from you, Grandpa. I do know a little," Zhou Hong said with a smile.
"My heavens." Qiao Wanli couldn't describe his inner feelings. Zhou Hong's achievements in calligraphy and painting had yet to fully sink in, and now he learned that he also knew medicine, and was even called a divine doctor by the director of the finance bureau.
"Zhou Hong, since the director of the finance bureau says you're a divine doctor, can you treat my mother's high blood pressure?" Qiao Yannian asked, seeming to want to test if Zhou Hong truly had some skill.
"High blood pressure?" Zhou Hong didn't seem to understand the illness, but he could tell it was related to blood.
"Yes, my mother has had high blood pressure for decades and has to take medication every day."
"No problem. High blood pressure, to put it simply, means the blood is too thick, blood lipids are too high, blood vessel walls have poor elasticity, and blood flow is slow. This is too easy. I'll just clear the impurities in Grandma's entire vascular system, and everything will naturally flow smoothly. Then, with a few doses of medicine to strengthen the elasticity of her blood vessels, it will be cured."
Everyone heard Zhou Hong say it so easily and suspected he was boasting. High blood pressure was notoriously incurable, only manageable with medication. Yet, in Zhou Hong's words, it sounded as simple as a cold.
"Grandma, please sit here. I'll treat your high blood pressure. It will only take half an hour, and I guarantee you won't have any problems afterward," Zhou Hong called out to Qiao Xiaoyu's grandmother.
"Grandson-in-law, you're not joking with me, are you? I've been taking medicine for decades," Qiao Xiaoyu's grandmother said with a doubtful expression.
"Heh, you'll know if I'm joking in half an hour."
Zhou Hong immediately began treating Xiao Yu's grandmother for high blood pressure. The treatment method was simple for him: cleansing the meridians and clearing impurities from the blood vessels.
Zhou Hong saw a box of toothpicks on the coffee table and immediately picked them up to use as a tool for his treatment. On the Zi Xiao Continent, there was something called silver needles, and Zhou Hong didn't know if they existed in this world, so he had to use toothpicks as a substitute.
About ten minutes later, Xiao Yu's grandmother suddenly began to sweat all over her body. The sweat that dripped from her was oily and black.
At this point, Zhou Hong made an incision on certain blood vessels, and then thick blood impurities began to flow out.
Qiao Wanli, Qiao Xiaoyu, the director of the finance bureau and his daughter, and Qiao Yannian and his wife all gathered around to watch. They were completely bewildered by Zhou Hong's treatment method, not understanding any of his techniques.
Half an hour later.
"Hoo!" Zhou Hong exhaled, having finally cleared all the impurities from Grandma's blood vessels. The previously blocked vessels immediately became smooth. After taking some medicine, the high blood pressure would disappear.
"Alright, Grandma, I'll prescribe some more medicine for you. Take it for a few days, and your high blood pressure will be gone."
Zhou Hong wrote a prescription, unsure if these medicines existed in this world.
"Grandpa, please take a look and see where I can buy these medicines," Zhou Hong handed the prescription to Qiao Wanli.
Qiao Wanli glanced at it. The medicines Zhou Hong prescribed were all identifiable, although they were rather obscure.
"Butler, go and get the medicine immediately."
"Yes, master." The Qiao family's butler immediately took the prescription and left.
"Grandma, how are you feeling now?" Qiao Xiaoyu quickly went to support her grandmother.
"Haha, no need to support me. I can still chop wood on the mountain and plow the fields," Qiao Xiaoyu's grandmother said, waving her arms. She felt her limbs had become more flexible.
After Zhou Hong cleansed her meridians, her stiff body had become more agile, making her seem at least a dozen years younger.
"No way, Grandma? Is it that effective?" Qiao Xiaoyu was stunned. Her grandmother used to move slowly, but now she claimed she could chop wood on the mountain and plow fields.
Qiao Wanli and Qiao Yannian and the others were completely astonished.
"Hahaha, Old Qiao, didn't I tell you? Your grandson-in-law is a divine doctor, isn't he?" the director of the finance bureau said, laughing heartily.
Qiao Wanli said happily, "Zhou Hong, it seems our Qiao family has struck gold."
"Yes, I never expected my son-in-law to be such a young divine doctor," Xiao Yu's mother, Liu Liying, said, also very pleased.
"Xiao Yu, do you see? Zhou Hong is such an excellent young man. How much good fortune did you accumulate in your past life to be paired with him in this one?" Qiao Yannian quickly instructed Qiao Xiaoyu.
"Hmph!" Qiao Xiaoyu pouted slightly, but in her heart, she was so shocked she didn't know what to say. Zhou Hong had completely overturned her understanding.
At this moment, Liang Yumin looked at Zhou Hong with a sense of unwillingness.
"Zhou Hong, I don't even have your WeChat. Can I add you?" Liang Yumin proactively said to Zhou Hong.
Qiao Xiaoyu glanced at Liang Yumin and suddenly felt that the way Liang Yumin looked at Zhou Hong was not quite right. She suspected Liang Yumin's intention in adding Zhou Hong on WeChat was not so pure.
"Sure," Zhou Hong naturally had no objections. After all, they were classmates, and adding each other on WeChat was normal.
Thus, right under Qiao Xiaoyu's nose, Zhou Hong and Liang Yumin became WeChat friends.
"Divine Doctor Zhou, I have another dinner engagement later. I'll definitely have my daughter treat you to a meal another day," the director of the finance bureau said.
"No need to be so polite, Director Liang. Please proceed."
"Farewell."
The director of the finance bureau, along with his daughter, finally left the Qiao family.