TCM in New York

Chapter 1 I Ask for More Than Money to See a Doctor

The United States, New York, Manhattan neighborhoods, Mo Street, the central street of Chinatown.

Wu Street is one of the earliest blocks in Chinatown. In the middle of the street, there is a century-old Chinese medicine hall: Changshengtang.

The layout of the Hall of Eternal Life follows the layout of a traditional medical center.

A desk, behind the desk is a grand chair, in front is a round stool, and behind the desk is a row of hundred cabinets.

The Changshengtang is very deserted, and there is only one young and somewhat over-the-top Chinese medicine practitioner and herbalist inside.

At this moment, the Chinese medicine practitioner and pharmacist was giving the pulse of an old man in Tang suit.

"Your insomnia is mainly due to lack of qi and blood, weak viscera, and disharmony between nutrition and health, which leads to a lack of nourishment of the mind. This is a type of geriatric disease, and many elderly people suffer from it.

However, we must pay attention to it. Prolonged insomnia will deplete the mind, aggravate the depletion of Qi and blood, and then affect the life span of the person.

I will prescribe some Guipi Decoction and Guizhi Decoction for nourishing qi, promoting blood and harmonizing Yingwei. After eating three pairs, you are guaranteed to sleep till dawn. "Ding Changsheng said with a smile after taking the pulse of an old man.

"Longevity! Your medical skills are getting better and better, and your old Ding's family can be regarded as successors!" The old man stroked his beard and smiled.

"Mr. Yang, you have won the award. Thanks to the support from your neighbors, my medical clinic would not have been able to open long ago.

One dose of medicine a day, divided into two doses. "Ding Changsheng said as he turned around to grab the old man's medicine.

Ding Changsheng casually opened a medicine cabinet, grabbed a handful of medicines from it, and put them directly on the yellow straw paper without weighing them, and divided the medicines into three.

Then he opened another medicine cabinet and took out a handful of medicine again, which was still divided into three parts.

The old man was not surprised or questioned at such a random way of grabbing the medicine.

As if, that's how it should be.

"Chenghui, thirty dollars." Ding Changsheng handed three packs of Chinese medicine to Mr. Yang, and smiled shyly.

"Okay!" Mr. Yang happily took out thirty dollars and handed it to Ding Changsheng.

As Mr. Yang paid the money and left, a mechanical sound sounded.

"Ding!

Experience +10. "

Facing the system prompt, Ding Changsheng remained calm and rubbed his hands, ready to open the blind box.

A ball of clear air suddenly appeared in front of Ding Changsheng's eyes, and immediately exploded in front of his eyes, turning into four balls of light.

There are two words floating on each of these four light clusters: Treasure, Lifespan, Luck, and Chance.

This is the blind box in Ding Changsheng's mouth, and it is also his golden finger, an ordinary system.

Others ask for money to see a doctor, but he asks for more than money.

You can also randomly choose one of the four light clusters as a reward.

For example, if Ding Changsheng chooses a treasure, he will randomly get a treasure.

This treasure is only the treasure that the patient thinks.

Maybe it's just an ordinary, worthless thing that is very precious to patients.

For another example, if Ding Changsheng chooses lifespan, he will randomly get a lifespan within one year.

This lifespan is deducted from the lifespan of the patient and added to Ding Changsheng.

In another example, if Ding Changsheng chooses luck, he will randomly get a certain amount of luck from the patient.

It's just that this bad luck is a little tricky. If the patient is suffering from bad luck, then Ding Changsheng will get bad luck.

Another example is that Ding Changsheng chooses a chance and can randomly get a chance within the next year for the patient.

It's just that this choice is often just a loneliness.

Because most patients have no chance, so if Ding Changsheng chooses chance, he may choose loneliness.

The most powerful thing about the system is that it can cut off cause and effect.

For example, when Ding Changsheng chooses a treasure, when he obtains the treasure, he will cut off the karma between the treasure and its original owner.

Even if Ding Changsheng turned around and took this treasure to the original owner, the original owner would not remember that he once owned this treasure.

Another example...
At first, Ding Changsheng couldn't accept such an evil system.

To treat someone with a disease has to kill the person's lifespan. Isn't this the deadly doctor in martial arts novels?

Save a life, kill another.

After some research, I found out.

The patient's contribution is not without return. After Ding Changsheng chooses one of the four, the effect of his treatment will be expanded.

Ensure curative effect.

In addition, the theoretical lifespan of human beings is not equal to the actual lifespan.

Humans have three disasters and six disasters, nine prosperity and one tragedy.

Therefore, theoretically, one can live to be a hundred years old, but in reality, many people can only live to be four to fifty years old due to various disasters, such as diseases or accidents.

Theoretically, we can live to be 80 years old, but with the help of medicine and technology, we may be able to live to 90 years old.

The system extracts the theoretical life span, which has no effect on patients.

On the contrary, it resolved the disaster of the patient and allowed the patient to live longer.

However, it still makes people feel uncomfortable.

Ding Changsheng chose Zhenbao at random.

The light cluster exploded and turned into a scroll, which appeared in Ding Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness space.

Sea of ​​Consciousness Space is a portable space presented by Ding Changsheng's system.

Ding Changsheng took out the scroll casually, opened it and had a look, good guy!
It turned out to be a picture of Tang Yin's lady.

Although, Ding Changsheng's superficial knowledge of antiques can't tell whether it is genuine or imitation.

However, considering Mr. Yang's family business, he should not be able to collect a copy.

It is impossible to imitate it and become one of Mr. Yang's treasures.

Even if it is an imitation, it is very likely to be an imitation of Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi.

Not bad, if it was Tang Yin's portrait of a lady, this painting would be worth tens of thousands.

If it is Zhang Daqian's imitation, it will be even better, and the small goal will be achieved directly.

Just by seeing a patient, you can practice a small goal. Such a day is really promising.

After enjoying it for a while, Ding Changsheng put away Tang Yin's pictures of ladies.

Then, take out the medical book and start studying.

Although there is a system, you can add points to improve your medical skills, but you can also get skill points if you concentrate on studying.

The medical hall was very quiet, there were no patients, and no other shop assistants.

Ding Changsheng is not only the boss, but also a sitting doctor, and a Chinese herbalist who dispenses medicine.

Such a quiet environment is not bad. Make a cup of tea and read medical books slowly.

After an unknown amount of time, the doorbell rang, and another old man in Tang suit came in outside.

I don't know if it's because they are in a foreign land, but these elderly Chinese like to wear Tang suits.

Ding Changsheng is not qualified to judge whether the heart inside the Tang suit is yellow or white.

After all, he is also a foreigner now.

"Changsheng! I feel sick to my stomach recently, please show me." The old man in Tang suit walked to the desk and said slowly.

"Mr. Wu, sit down first!" Ding Changsheng hurriedly stood up and greeted him with a smile.

No way, his current clients are these old people living in Chinatown.

"Longsheng! I have been suffering from burning stomach pain recently, and sometimes my ribs and wishbones also hurt." Mr. Wu sat on the stool and told Ding Changsheng about his condition.

"Mr. Wu, the younger generation has to say a few words about you. There is a saying, you know your destiny at fifty, and your ears are good at sixty. You are at this age, what else can you not see?
You see, now that you are sick from anger, isn't it just you who suffer? "Ding Changsheng did not give Mr. Wu his pulse, but said with a smile.

"You said I was angry because of my stomach pain?" Mr. Wu asked in surprise.

"That's right! You're causing liver-stomach disharmony caused by liver depression and Qi stagnation, rebellion against the stomach.

It's an old saying that we often say, you make my stomach hurt when you are so angry, that's the reason. "Ding Changsheng continued to explain gently.

"Hey! I don't want to be angry, but if my children and grandchildren don't live up to it, what can I do?" Mr. Wu said with a sigh.

"Hehe, Mr. Wu, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so why bother with that? Everyone has their own fate.

It’s not like there’s another saying that the east side is not bright and the west side is bright. "Ding Changsheng explained with a smile.

A doctor should not only heal the disease, but also the heart.

Mr. Wu's illness was caused by disharmony in the family and anger. Although the decoction can cure the illness, the source of the anger is not resolved. Even if he recovers at this time, it will recur later.

"It's easier said than done! I don't want to worry about those unworthy descendants.

However, as a parent, who can not worry about their children? "Mr. Wu shook his head and said.

Ding Changsheng shook his head when he heard this.

This is the allusion to worrying about getting old.

In fact, Mr. Wu's descendants are not unfilial, they just don't want to inherit Mr. Wu's tailoring skills.

Mr. Wu's tailor shop is not an ordinary tailor shop. In the entire Chinatown, 70.00% of the Tang suits come from Mr. Wu's tailor shop.

Mr. Wu naturally hopes that the family business he has worked so hard for will be passed on to his descendants.

However, Mr. Wu's children and grandchildren didn't appreciate it very much.

I always feel that there is no future in guarding the tailor shop.

This is the generation gap, the ideological difference between the two generations.

There is really no way to persuade, any language is pale.

Ding Changsheng could only persuade a few words, and then prepared to prescribe a prescription for Mr. Wu.

At this moment, the doorbell of Changshengtang rang, and a young man walked in from the outside.

"Grandpa, why did you come here? Didn't I tell you that I already made an appointment with a doctor today.

It's not that grandson said you, if you are sick, go to the hospital, what are you doing here?
Those dirty dead grass roots, don't eat up your body. "As soon as the young man came in, he said to Mr. Wu with a look of disgust.

"What nonsense? What are dirty withered grass roots? Do you know that when you were a child, you were born prematurely and your body was weak, and you almost couldn't support yourself. The dirty withered grass roots in your mouth cured you." Mr. Wu scolded angrily.

Ding Changsheng just shrugged his shoulders for the young man's doubts, and did not speak.

Such doubts are quite normal.

Even in China, many people question the scientific nature of Chinese medicine, let alone the United States.

Since he took over Changshengtang, he has relied entirely on the old people in Chinatown to take care of the business.

Speaking of which, he was originally a graduate student of a Chinese medicine college in his motherland, and he had just obtained a Chinese medicine practice certificate.

Suddenly one day, a lawyer contacted him, saying that his second grandfather passed away in the United States, leaving behind an old pharmacy called Changshengtang, specifying that he should inherit it.

Ding Changsheng rummaged through his memory, but couldn't find the memory about the second grandfather.

However, the other party named him as his second grandfather and asked him to inherit the family business.

If it weren't for the fact that this society is a society with advanced information, Ding Changsheng would have thought that he had encountered a liar.

First, through a relatively large international law firm in BJ, the authenticity of the will was confirmed.

Then, when I went home and asked my parents, I finally confirmed that there seemed to be such a second grandfather in the United States.

But this second grandfather and his grandfather are not brothers, but uncles and brothers.

No one knew why, after such a long relationship, he still chose to let him inherit the inheritance.

Could it be that just because his name is Changsheng, let him inherit the Changsheng Hall?

In a daze, Ding Changsheng followed Lawyer Smith to the United States and inherited the old pharmacy.

　New book seeking support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)