BHBF Chapter 81.2

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 4) Chapter 81.2: Playful Son (46)

Several members of the Divine Stone clan immediately surrounded him, intending to force Shao Yu to leave.

“That’s a disease I’ve seen before,” Shao Yu said.

The old patriarch paused, turned around and looked at Shao Yu intently.

“I know a little about medicine, and I also know the cause of this disease.” Shao Yu said.

The old patriarch looked at Shao Yu and said, “That’s not a disease, that’s a curse, a punishment from heaven.”

Shao Yu frowned and said, “That’s a disease.”

“If I say it’s not a disease, then it’s not a disease!” said the old patriarch viciously.

Shao Yu stopped refutation and said, “If you don’t find a solution, this disease will only increase, and eventually it may lead to the destruction of all your people.”

“What nonsense!” A group of Divine stone tribe members raised their forks and pointed at Shao Yu.

“You are the patriarch. Can you really bear to watch your people endure such pain?” Shao Yu asked.

The old patriarch looked at Shao Yu steadily and said, “We are the Divine Stone Clan. As long as the Divine Stone is here, we are immune to all diseases.”

Shao Yu heard the words and immediately asked, “Now, where is your divine stone?”

The old patriarch said nothing.

Someone on the side advised: “Chief, since this Han official has come, why not let him have a try? His life is in our hands now, so we don’t have to worry about him turning over something.”

After hesitating for a moment, the old patriarch nodded slowly.

The man who was trying to persuade him was named Ah Hei. His mother was suffering from this. He urged Shao Yu to go see his mother first.

Many people in the tribe still believe the tribe leader’s words, and think that Big Neck is a punishment from God for losing the sacred stone.

Therefore, when the tribesmen saw Ah Hei rushing to ask Shao Yu to come and check it out, they all breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they didn’t believe at all that Shao Yu, a Han Chinese from another place, could lift the punishment of their Divine Stone clan.

Shao Jialiang approached Shao Yu and asked in a low voice, “Dad, do you really know medical skills?”

Shao Yu nodded.

Shao Jiashan said, “Dad, they all said that this is a curse, not a disease.”

Shao Yu couldn’t help but find it funny when he saw that Shao Jiashan seemed to be more certain than the people of the Divine stone clan that this was a disease.

“It is difficult to confirm whether ghosts and gods exist in the world, but if you encounter such a thing, you should first treat it as a disease. If you cannot cure it after exhausting all means, then treat it as a curse.” Shao Yu said.

Shao Jialiang looked thoughtful after hearing this, but Shao Jiashan seemed to understand and only said, “Dad, it’s like you didn’t say anything.”

Shao Yu chuckled and did not continue explaining to his son.

The three followed Ah Hei into his home. Ah Hei and his old mother depended on each other. Since his mother fell ill, Ah Hei had found many herbs in an attempt to cure his mother, but all of them had little effect.

Different from other people in the tribe who just leave everything to fate after getting sick, Ah Hei cares too much about his mother’s life and death. He will try every method he knows to try to cure his mother.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he was still an ordinary person with no medical skills. The more he tried, the worse his mother became. He was about to give up, but Shao Yu’s arrival gave him a glimmer of hope.

Shao Yu entered the dim room of Ah Hei’s house and saw a person huddled in the corner.

Ah Hei’s mother seemed very resistant to Shao Yu’s arrival.

“It’s dark here, and it’s inconvenient to observe your mother’s expression. Can we move outside?” Shao Yu asked.

Ah Hei nodded and asked, “Is this what you Han doctors call ‘looking, smelling, asking and palpating’?”

Shao Yu nodded: “Are you also curious about the Chinese medical skills?”

“I really want to learn, but no one is willing to teach.” Ah Hei said helplessly.

Whenever he had time, he would sneak down the mountain and want to learn medical skills from the doctors living down the mountain. However, the doctors knew he was a mountain dweller and kept their distance from him.

Shao Yu said: “When doctors down the mountain take in apprentices, it’s like having a son. Apprentices have to be with the doctors all the time, serving them tea and water, and then the doctors are willing to teach them the skills to make a living. If they only go once or twice occasionally, they will naturally not teach them.”

Hearing this, Ah Hei shook off his previous dejection and said, “So that’s how it is. No wonder they don’t want to teach me.”

Although Ah Hei’s mother was unwilling to contact Shao Yu and others, she could not bear her own son’s pleading and had to leave the house.

The sun was shining outside, and Ah Hei’s mother couldn’t remember for a moment how long it had been since she had basked in the sun like this.

Ever since she got the disease, she always felt ashamed, thinking that she had done something wrong and thus had incurred such divine punishment, so she had been unwilling to go out and see people.

She had only stood in the yard for a moment when one of her tribesmen whispered, “With such a big neck, who knows what she did wrong to attract such a severe curse.”

“What could a widow do wrong? Did she have an affair with another man behind her dead husband’s back?” a tribesman replied.

Shao Yu had amazing hearing. When he heard this, he wondered why the people of the Divine Stone clan were the same as those people down the mountain. He thought that these ethnic minorities did not have such serious ethical concerns, but he did not expect that both on the mountain and down the mountain had the same stench.

The voices of these people talking were getting louder and louder, and Ah Hei’s mother naturally heard it. She was already embarrassed about the curse, and now she felt even more uncomfortable staying here.

“Ah Hei, help me in, I don’t want to watch anymore.” said Ah Hei’s mother.

Shao Yu didn’t even have time to take the patient’s pulse, he just took a quick look and unexpectedly the patient was about to run away.

Ah Hei also persuaded his mother to continue treatment.

But Ah Hei’s mother was hurt by the looks from the people around her. She was determined and said, “I don’t want treatment anymore. I want to go in.”

After Ah Hei’s mother finished speaking, she stood up and prepared to run back into the house.

“No hurry.” Shao Yu said slowly.

Ah Hei’s mother paused.

Shao Yu looked at the person who talked the most in the crowd and said, “Come out for a moment.”

The man walked out of the crowd under the shoving of the people around him.

Shao Yu looked straight at him and said, “There’s something wrong with you.”

“Me? What’s wrong with me? I’m fine.” Ade said proudly. He just felt that his mental state was very good recently and he seemed to be always in an excited state.

Shao Yu asked: “Don’t you feel something is wrong with your neck?”

Ade was stunned when he heard this.

The people around him also looked towards his neck at this time.

“Ade, your neck seems to have really grown bigger.”

“Ade, your neck is much thicker than last year.”

After all, the thickening of the neck is a slow process. These people are usually together, and without reminder, the patient will not deliberately pay attention to one’s neck.

Now, with Shao Yu’s reminder, with so many people watching together, everyone became extremely vigilant and talked at once, making Ade more and more panicked.

“Have you felt your heart beating fast recently?”

Ade nodded. His heartbeat had indeed been getting faster and faster recently.

“Do you have heart pain every now and then?”

Ade nodded again, and he was even more panicked this time.

Shao Yu continued to ask: “Do you have a big appetite?”

Ade nodded and continued, “I eat a lot, but I never gain weight. My wife always says that I waste food.”

Shao Yu called the man to his side again and asked in a low voice: “Are you and your wife getting along well recently?”

Ade’s face immediately turned red and he said, “We are fine.”

Shao Yu said unhappily: “Just tell the truth, the others didn’t hear what I asked.”

Ade looked around and finally shook his head slowly.

Shao Yu said: “I told you this is a disease, not a curse. You already have early symptoms. If you don’t treat it, your neck will slowly get bigger, and eventually you won’t have the face to laugh at others.”

Shao Yu had described all the symptoms correctly, and Ade was already skeptical. When he heard that Shao Yu could treat it, he immediately asked, “Can it really be cured?”

Shao Yu nodded.

Ade kept saying it was a curse, but now that there was an opportunity for treatment in front of him, he asked for it faster than anyone else.

After Shao Yu showed him a prescription, he looked at Ah Hei’s mother standing beside him.

When Ah Hei’s mother saw that Ade had surrendered, she was no longer so resistant.

After the diagnosis, Shao Yu said to Ah Hei: “Your mother’s illness needs to be treated slowly. I will prescribe her a medicine that can relieve her pain.”

Ah Hei nodded quickly.

But perhaps because Shao Yu’s treatment was just prescribing medicine, they did not see any immediate results. Even with Ade in front, there were still people who did not believe it.

Seeing the appearance of this group of people, Shao Jiashan said indignantly: “Dad, don’t treat them, it’s useless.”

Shao Yu laughed when he heard this and said, “In the past, none of them believed it. Now, only a few people don’t say it anymore.”

Shao Jiashan looked around carefully and found that although the people who said they didn’t believe were louder, there were indeed not as many as before.

“Uncle Ah is sick again!” Someone in the crowd shouted.

Someone immediately called Ah Hei over.

There was no doctor in the village, and in the past, whenever they had a headache or a fever, they all turned to Ah Hei, the half-baked doctor.

Ah Hei pulled Shao Yu and rushed over. When they arrived, they saw this uncle, who looked like a madman, chasing and biting people everywhere.

Someone urged Ah Hei to act quickly.

But Ah Hei looked at Shao Yu beside him and said, “Master Shao, you come and try it.”

Shao Yu knew that Ah Hei still had doubts about him, so he didn’t refuse. He walked forward and asked someone nearby to hold Uncle Ah down.

Although Uncle Ah looked crazy, the members of the Divine Stone clan made a living by hunting in the forest every day, so they were all strong and sturdy. Soon four young members of the clan came together to hold Uncle Ah down.

Shao Jiashan just watched Shao Yu grab a handful of needles from somewhere and insert them into several places on Uncle Ah’s body. Then Uncle Ah’s expression slowly calmed down and he actually woke up.

“I… what happened to me?” Uncle Ah looked at the clansmen beside him in surprise.