Chapter 17 I Want to Become an Apprentice!

Shang Wende frowned and asked, "Where is she? Why were you so careless? Didn't you take good care of the old lady?"

"She's behind. My elder brother is carrying my mother here. I came to inform you first."

The young man said and immediately turned around and ran out of the medical clinic to pick up his mother.

Shang Wende also followed with big strides and walked out of the medical clinic. Lu Feng and Liu Huan hurriedly followed.

Outside the clinic, Lu Feng saw a middle-aged man in the distance carrying an old lady on his back and running towards them. There was also a middle-aged woman beside them, supporting the old lady to prevent her from slipping off the middle-aged man's back.

What a filial family!

Lu Feng thought to himself. At the same time, he saw the pain on the old lady's face and was full of anticipation for Shang Wende's treatment.

"Don't move her arm and ankle!"

Shang Wende shouted as he greeted them.

He knew this young man, as well as his elder brother and mother. They often met in this alley.

In fact, Shang Wende quite liked this young man and his elder brother. Their mother had raised them. Now that the old woman was getting old, the two brothers were very filial.

Lu Feng quickly ran over and helped support the old lady together with the young man.

After arriving at the medical clinic, Lu Feng assisted the young man in slowly taking the old lady off the middle-aged man's back and gently placing her on the flat hospital bed.

Shang Wende saw Lu Feng's actions clearly and secretly nodded in his heart.

After washing his hands, Shang Wende quickly came to the bedside and started examining the old lady's injuries. A few seconds later, he immediately got the result.

"The elbow is fractured. It may be a bit troublesome to treat. And the ankle is dislocated, which is relatively easy to set back in place. However, after setting it, it's better not to walk too much within a week."

Shang Wende said with a serious expression. Fortunately, they had brought her here in time. Otherwise, this fracture, which might not be a big deal for a young person, could be a fatal injury to the old lady!

"Can it be cured?"

Hearing that there was trouble with his mother's fracture, the young man asked anxiously.

"Yes."

Shang Wende didn't even raise his head and directly answered affirmatively, making the young man feel a strong sense of confidence emanating from this simple word.

"You guys step aside first to ensure the air circulation."

Upon hearing this, the two brothers were overjoyed and quickly made way.

Rolling up the sleeves of his white coat, Shang Wende started setting the old lady's bones.

Standing behind Shang Wende, Lu Feng's eyes were shining with excitement. He was extremely shocked that Shang Wende had determined the injury in just a few seconds.

He had come into contact with several books on bone setting before. At that time, he was still young. An old Chinese doctor wanted to take him as an apprentice and asked him to memorize medical books on bone setting. He was easily deceived when he was a child. With just a piece of candy, he memorized the whole book. Unfortunately, that old Chinese doctor passed away early. Otherwise, maybe he would be a doctor now. But he hadn't forgotten the knowledge in the medical books. And he remembered that it took that old Chinese doctor a long time to diagnose the injury, definitely not as quickly as Shang Wende!

Amazing!

Lu Feng sighed in his heart. At the same time, he saw Shang Wende first grasp the old lady's ankle, his eyes slowly narrowing. He immediately recalled the knowledge in his mind.

There are four major treatment methods for bone injuries in traditional Chinese medicine: reduction, fixation, medication, and functional exercise.

That reduction is ranked first shows how important it is. Shang Wende was now going to reduce the old lady's dislocation. Only after the ankle was treated could he deal with the injury on her arm.

Shang Wende held the old lady's ankle and started to gently stroke it with an appropriate amount of force. Then he asked, "Old lady Tian, how did you get injured?"

"I wanted to get something..."

As soon as the old lady opened her mouth to speak, Shang Wende immediately seized the opportunity. His expression suddenly became solemn, and he concentrated highly. He quickly exerted force on the sole of her foot, and while grasping and kneading, he slightly rotated and flexed. With a "crack" sound, before the old lady even knew what was going on, he had already set the dislocated bone in her ankle back in place.

"What a skillful technique."

Lu Feng secretly praised in his heart and completely felt at ease with Shang Wende's traditional Chinese medicine skills.

This bone-setting technique is not something that an ordinary person can master!

The bone-setting techniques are divided into bone-setting manipulation and tendon-regulating manipulation. And bone-setting is further divided into eight methods: touching, connecting, lifting, pulling, pushing, grasping, pressing, and massaging.

As the names suggest, these eight methods are also called "feeling with the hand and understanding in the heart", "drawing the spirit and pulling", "rotating and flexing", "lifting, pressing, lifting and squeezing", "shaking and touching", "pinching and separating the bones", "folding and turning", and "massaging and pushing".

The techniques that Shang Wende had just used were exactly "feeling with the hand and understanding in the heart", "drawing the spirit and pulling", and "rotating and flexing". Just by using these three techniques, he was able to successfully help the old lady set the dislocated bone. This bone-setting technique can be said to be extremely powerful!

Moreover, the strength, precision, speed, and the distraction of attention were perfectly combined!

With just this simple technique, Lu Feng already had the urge to become Shang Wende's apprentice.

The dislocated bone in the ankle was set back in place, and immediately, the old lady's moans of pain became much quieter.

Then, with a serious expression, Shang Wende shifted his position, bent over and sat by the bedside, and gently grasped the old lady's fractured arm. Compared with before, the strength was much softer.

"Liu Huan, prepare the plaster and bandage. By the way, bring me my set of silver needles." Shang Wende quickly ordered.

Liu Huan hurriedly agreed and ran into the inner room.

Seeing that Shang Wende was going to use acupuncture, a trace of excitement flashed in Lu Feng's eyes. Whether to become an apprentice or not depends on the following treatment method!

Staring fixedly at Shang Wende's hands, Lu Feng knew that this was the best time to learn.

Shang Wende had just used three of the eight bone-setting methods. And the old lady's arm was obviously more seriously injured. The fracture might cause internal bleeding. There was no X-ray machine here, but with the methods of observing, listening, inquiring, and feeling the pulse, Shang Wende could still clearly diagnose this injury.

"Her arm bone is fractured. So after quickly setting it back in place, use the silver needles to stimulate the acupoints to unblock the blood circulation."

After saying this to the worried two brothers, Shang Wende's withered hands instantly clamped the painless points of the old lady's arm like iron pincers. He immediately used six of the eight bone-setting methods: "feeling with the hand and understanding in the heart", "drawing the spirit and pulling", "rotating and flexing", "lifting, pressing, lifting and squeezing", "shaking and touching", and "pinching and separating the bones". The speed was much faster than imagined.

Amazing!

Lu Feng admired Shang Wende immensely. If the previous technique made him have the urge to become an apprentice, now he felt that he must become an apprentice. Not to mention acupuncture, if he could master this bone-setting technique, he could fully support himself.

He saw clearly that after using the six bone-setting methods, Shang Wende didn't continue to use the sixth method "folding and turning". But all the muscles in his body were still tense, and his hand firmly grasped the old lady's arm. He directly used the eighth method "massaging and pushing", and the strength was just right for every inch of the skin.

Just now, the old lady let out a scream, but after the massaging and pushing, her screams suddenly stopped. As time passed, she even moaned a little bit. At this moment, it was hard to tell whether she was in pain or comfortable.

I want to become an apprentice! I must become an apprentice!

Lu Feng shouted excitedly in his heart, his eyes full of eagerness.

Liu Huan beside him saw Lu Feng's expression and was startled. Lu Feng's interest in medical skills was very disadvantageous to him! He felt even more threatened.

After massaging and pushing for three minutes, Shang Wende stopped. He quickly took the towel prepared by Liu Huan and wiped the sweat off his forehead. Then he picked up the row of silver needles. His technique was steady and the speed was extremely fast, as if it was an action honed through countless trials. Thirteen silver needles were quickly inserted into the acupoints around the fracture.

"Okay. Wait for twenty minutes, and I'll personally remove the silver needles for her. Liu Huan, keep an eye on her. First, put plaster on her ankle and wrap it with a bandage. Be more careful next time and don't let the old lady get bumped again. I'm going in to take a rest."

After saying this, amidst the thanks and agreements of the two brothers, Shang Wende slowly walked towards the inner room.

Lu Feng's body was stiff. Even though Shang Wende had left, his eyes were still fixed on the thirteen silver needles on the old lady's fractured arm. From the beginning of setting the bone to the insertion of the thirteenth silver needle into the acupoint, all these scenes flashed through Lu Feng's mind like a movie.

"Whoosh..."

I don't know how long it took, but Lu Feng let out a long breath. The light in his eyes slowly dimmed and turned into shock.

He had clearly remembered Shang Wende's bone-setting technique. Although Shang Wende hadn't taught him personally, Lu Feng had remembered every action, the steps of setting the bone, and the strength and trajectory during the treatment.

A sense of joy welled up in his heart. Lu Feng secretly sighed that he really hadn't come to this medical clinic in vain. Leaving other things aside, just the bone-setting technique he had learned today was of great benefit to him. Of course, he knew that he couldn't achieve great things overnight. But although he had remembered it, it would still take some time for him to be able to use it as skillfully as Shang Wende. However, he had already benefited a lot from it.

No longer hesitating, Lu Feng strode into the inner room.

Liu Huan saw Lu Feng's determined back and was curious. He wanted to follow and have a look, but then he remembered that his master had asked him to stay here and keep an eye on things, so he had to give up this idea and started thinking about how to get information from Lu Feng later.

Shang Wende was sitting on the chair writing a prescription. When he saw Lu Feng come in, his eyes were full of doubt.

"Doctor Shang, I want to become your apprentice!"

Lu Feng said sincerely and firmly.

"Become my apprentice?"

A smile appeared on the corner of Shang Wende's mouth, and he asked, "Did you want to learn after seeing my bone-setting just now?"

Lu Feng nodded truthfully.

Seeing this, Shang Wende's face immediately darkened. He snorted angrily and said, "So do you want to learn everything you see? With such an attitude, you're destined to learn nothing!"

"I..."

Lu Feng was very anxious upon hearing this and wanted to explain, but Shang Wende didn't give him a chance and interrupted him, asking, "No need to explain! Tell me why you want to become an apprentice. Why do you want to learn traditional Chinese medicine?"