The Martial Doctor-Chapter 54: Emergency Rescue at the Restaurant

Chapter 54: Chapter 54: Emergency Rescue at the Restaurant

"Yuanheng" is the Dongshan Branch.

Mr. Xiao Yuanlang’s exclusive tea room.

"Master, have some tea!" At this moment, Mr. Xie, who always put on a sour face in Baihe County, was humbly offering a cup of tea to an elderly man dressed in luxurious clothing.

The posture was still a half-squat, very cautious.

"Xie."

"Yes, Master, please speak, I’m listening." Mr. Xie said respectfully.

"About what you mentioned, I’ve asked on your behalf, but it’s difficult to manage." Xiao Yuanlang nodded slightly and said, "Although I am an elder of the ’Yuanheng’ Branch, the operations of the pawnshop are ultimately decided by the head appraiser. He took that medical decree without violating any rule, and besides, is it truly worth such trouble for just a single medical decree?"

"Master, let me explain, this medical decree isn’t a dead pawn..." Mr. Xie had no choice but to speak the truth.

"Are you crazy? If it’s not a dead pawn, why did you report it and send it to the branch?"

"I was delivering it to you, not knowing it would be intercepted and given to the head appraiser..." Mr. Xie defended himself.

He knew his master, Xiao Yuanlang, liked to collect medical decrees. These things aren’t rare but aren’t easy for ordinary people to obtain; as long as a person is alive, no one would pawn a medical decree unless it’s a temporary loan, to be returned afterward.

Even if the owner passes away, in the eyes of some families, it becomes a family heirloom, so those willing to sell are either financially troubled or dealing in stolen goods.

Moreover, the Medical Bureau reclaims them for the casting of new medical decrees.

However, each medical decree is unique, so it’s extremely collectible, especially those from the deceased.

"Xie, your thoughtfulness is commendable, but don’t make such foolish mistakes again." Xiao Yuanlang sighed, considering that he was his disciple and pondering if he might hope for future assistance.

"Master, I’ve really troubled you this time." Mr. Xie said sincerely.

"I can’t guarantee I can get it back for you. You might need to think of a way with that guest." Xiao Yuanlang said.

"But, Master..."

"No more words. I will do my best to help. But if the head appraiser doesn’t give me face, there’s nothing I can do." Xiao Yuanlang raised his hand to interrupt Mr. Xie.

Mr. Xie’s face froze slightly, feeling somewhat unnatural. He distinctly sensed a distance between him and Xiao Yuanlang.

"Then I leave it to you, Master."

"Once this matter is settled, you should return."

Return?

How could he return? The Huang Family will surely come looking for him, and he originally meant to ask Xiao Yuanlang to help transfer him out of Dongshan City.

But now, judging by the tone, he seems unwilling to help.

"Mr. Xiao, the head appraiser requests your presence."

"Alright, I’ll go right away." Xiao Yuanlang replied with a smile and promptly got up, passing by Mr. Xie.

Mr. Xie stood on the steps of the ’Yuanheng’ Branch in Dongshan City, looking back with a complicated expression at the towering building behind him.

This place, once his ideal pursuit, was now completely abandoning him.

His expression appeared slightly lonely.

Isn’t that Lin boy attending the medical examination in Dongshan City? Today is the day the rankings are released, should I take a look? After all, there’s nothing to do...

...

Inside a private room at Cuiyun Pavilion.

The cups were exchanged; the atmosphere was quite harmonious. Su Chen was a talkative and interesting person, knowledgeable and quite talented.

Lin Miao, with over forty years of experiences and life’s ups and downs from a previous life, handled the situation smoothly and naturally, and he was approaching it from a civilized perspective – a perspective that was overwhelming for Su Chen.

Lin Miao held back, not wanting to scare away this first friend he made in this world.

"Sanshui, are you prepared for the face consultation test?" Su Chen finally asked regarding the "face consultation."

"I haven’t prepared much."

"No preparation? Don’t you know the face consultation test is the hardest? Even if you meet the required standards, you may still not pass the final hurdle. The rankings in the end are most crucial." Su Chen said.

"Rankings, aren’t they based on grades?"

"They are based on grades, but if multiple people have the same scores, then what?" Su Chen asked back.

"Mr. Su, I’m attending the medical exam for the first time, and many things are unclear to me. Please enlighten me." Lin Miao humbly sought advice.

In every exam, there are usually unknown secrets. Even his previous life’s college entrance exam was based on strength, but filling in application forms required skills. Information was particularly important.

The information he could access was superficial, and what lay beneath was what truly mattered.

"Brother, the face consultation test is straightforward. Among the top forty contenders, you draw lots to choose three of ten patients prepared for us. Each person has fifteen minutes of face consultation time to diagnose the patient’s condition and propose a treatment plan. Accurate diagnosis scores five points, and a matching treatment plan also scores five points."

"Thinking of it that way, it doesn’t seem too difficult."

"If it’s just some common ailments, then it would certainly not be difficult. But each time, there will be one or two cases that are not ordinary, and those drawn for these cases suffer," Su Chen explained.

"Hmm."

"Moreover, the condition for entering the ranking after the medical examination is that you must have a total score of at least twenty points or more," Su Chen said.

After listening, Lin Miao slowly nodded. If the diagnosis is wrong, then everything following it cannot be correct; this is common sense, otherwise, it’s just nonsense.

And if the diagnosis is wrong, then there is no score, and the prescription naturally couldn’t match the symptoms. Even if it partially matches, at most, one or two points can be given discretionarily. It’s difficult to get more than twenty points.

Of course, if the cases for examination are relatively simple, then the situation of many people entering the ranking would occur. In that case, it follows a descending order based on scores, selecting the top five. If anyone ties for fifth, then the final ranking would be determined based on the examination ranking.

Therefore, the examination ranking not only contends for the qualification for the medical examination but also may decide the final ranking.

This way, the rules are fairly just.

Ties in both written and practical exams are extremely rare, and statistically speaking, the probability is very small.

Even if one is lucky enough to encounter this, those two people would be lucky, as this has happened in the history of the medical officer exam, where both were exceptionally selected.

Even with such a fair examination system, cheating is still possible. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

For instance, ten case presenters could tell the disease symptoms of their patients to their apprentices, and if their apprentice participates in the medical officer exam and draws their case, it’s akin to leaking the exam questions.

The probability is small, but if someone manages to navigate through all stages, it’s not impossible, although the cost would be significant.

The ten patients are selected from the cases sent up, and it’s only the night before the exam that one knows who the ten people are and their numbers...

Drawing lots are done in groups of three, drawing together.

After drawing, the medical examination is conducted according to the examination ranking, allowing three people at once, supervised by personnel appointed by the Medical Bureau.

Those who violate the rules will have their scores directly canceled, and severe cases might lead to a ban from the next medical officer exam or even a lifetime ban on taking exams.

There are many rules, some are explicitly stated while others are customary conventions, not directly spoken of, and this information is crucial for Lin Miao.

If not for Su Chen’s information, Lin Miao would have tried every means to find out.

"Thank you, Mr. Su, for telling me everything..."

"No need to be so polite, Sanshui. Even if I didn’t tell you, you would find out," Su Chen’s eyes were slightly hazy, but he was happy today, rare to meet someone who could converse well and understand his thoughts, feeling like he met late in life.

At this moment, a piercing cry from a woman next door and the sound of tables and chairs being knocked over suddenly came through.

"Save my child, hurry, save my child..." Despite being somewhat tipsy, Su Chen was the first to spring up and rushed out.

Lin Miao and Sun Youwei naturally followed quickly.

In the room next door, it seemed to be a family gathering and eating happily when suddenly a little boy swallowed something unknown, clutching his throat unable to breathe, scaring the others at the table into a flurry. Especially the boy’s mother, who was pleading incoherently with those eating together, while the child’s father held onto his son, using his hand to pat his chest frantically, sweating profusely from anxiety...

Su Chen rushed into the elegant room and, upon seeing the father’s actions, immediately shouted to stop him, "Don’t move, you’ll kill him if you continue like this."

"Young man..."

Without saying anything, Su Chen rushed over, snatched the child from the father’s hands, flipped the child face down, and delivered a heavy slap on the back.

The crowd was shocked, thinking Su Chen was about to harm the boy and wanted to charge forward and grab him.

"Don’t move, Mr. Su is saving this child. This is the emergency rescue method for choking on foreign objects in the throat. He’s not trying to hurt him!" Lin Miao quickly extended his hand to stop them, speaking to explain.

Su Chen smacked three times in succession, and the little boy’s mouth opened wide, expelling a piece of chicken bone.

"It’s out! It was indeed chicken bone stuck in his throat..."

But the little boy didn’t wake up immediately, his lips still cyanotic, indicating prolonged suffocation, possibly stopping his heart from beating.

That chicken bone was entirely expelled from the throat due to Su Chen’s external force.

Su Chen checked his breathing, his expression slightly changed, and shook his head slightly at Lin Miao.

Lin Miao naturally saw too; encountering such a situation, as a physician, saving lives is a duty.

The fact that Su Chen could act without considering the consequences showed he was a kind person, making Lin Miao feel this person was worth befriending.

The little boy shouldn’t have been suffocated for long, and the heart stopping was brief, so if CPR was administered in time, the probability of saving him was high.

Regardless, it’s still a child, and having encountered this, whether helping Su Chen or aiding the parents who felt their world was collapsing, Lin Miao felt he couldn’t shirk the responsibility.

"Mr. Su, quickly lay the child flat, leave him to me." Lin Miao instructed.

"Sanshui, this child is already..."

"I might be able to save him, hurry, do it quickly, any later and it will be too late." Lin Miao urged, prompting Su Chen to lay the child directly flat on the ground and then knelt down to perform CPR on the child.

This emergency method is almost known to everyone in his era, but for a child, the force needs to be controlled subtly.

After performing three rounds of CPR, the little boy’s heart began to beat weakly, and after more breaths were given,

He started to look rosy, the cyanosis of his lips slowly faded away, and the heartbeat and breathing returned.