44: Oh shit, farmer!

"Ah? It costs thirty-one thousand just for this one treatment?"

"Little Doctor, I don't see you doing much, isn't this price too high?"

Hearing the Old lady say that, a group of professional doctors in the live stream couldn't help but speak up.

"Even if our dean were to perform this kind of open surgery, he wouldn't dare to do it. Is thirty-one thousand still expensive?"

"Elderly people are like this; thriftiness has become their habit. In fact, many illnesses in the elderly are due to saving money."

"This Old lady reminds me of my grandmother. She refused to get a cavity filled before, and as a result, all her teeth rotted, and she later had to wear dentures."

Qin Jiang also knew that thirty thousand yuan was a considerable sum for an Old man and an Old lady.

So Qin Jiang patiently explained, "Old lady, I'm not just messing around. Any procedure involving an incision is a very dangerous operation."

"And as I said, only I can treat this Old man's Iron Leg."

"You can choose for yourself, do you want this thirty thousand yuan, or do you want the Old man's Iron Leg?"

When communicating with people like the Old lady, emphasizing the difficulty of the treatment is meaningless. Just tell them the result and let them make a choice.

Although the Old lady felt bad about the money, she wasn't an unreasonable person.

After a moment of thought, she sighed heavily.

"Forget it, thirty-one thousand it is. It's fine if we can get a leg back for thirty thousand."

At this moment, the Old lady looked at the Old man, no longer with the same pride as before.

What Jin City's Iron Leg? It was simply a rotten leg that cost money!

Ding.

[Host detected speaking frankly to the patient, revealing the patient's hidden illness, greatly assisting the patient. Mission complete]

[Congratulations to Host for receiving reward: Pica Correction Pill]

Looking at the reward issued by the system, Qin Jiang was stunned.

What in the world is a Pica Correction Pill?

It didn't sound like a proper medicine.

Just as Qin Jiang was wondering, the Old lady, who had already paid, said somewhat awkwardly, "Little Doctor, I see you seem to have some skill. How about you help me take a look too?"

"It's just, can you not charge so much for the medical fees?"

Qin Jiang looked puzzled.

"Old lady, are you also sick?"

It was no wonder Qin Jiang asked this, because from a mere visual diagnosis, the Old lady in front of him seemed very healthy, with no major problems at all.

The Old lady nodded, a bit embarrassed.

"Actually, I don't know if it's a sickness, it's just... I like to eat some strange things, and if I don't eat them for a day, I feel uncomfortable all over and have no energy all day long."

Hearing the Old lady say this, Qin Jiang's eyes suddenly widened.

Holy crap!

Could it be drug addiction?

Qin Jiang quickly pulled over a stool and had the Old lady sit down.

"Old lady, what exactly is going on? Tell me in detail."

The Old lady stared at Qin Jiang for a while before speaking, "I like to drink gasoline."

"It doesn't matter if it's 92 or 95, diesel or gasoline, I know what's in the cup and which gas station it's from just by drinking it."

What?

That amazing?

This time, even Qin Jiang was dumbfounded.

The audience in the live stream discussed even more animatedly.

"Hahaha, this old couple is interesting! One is Jin City's Iron Leg, and the other likes to drink gasoline. They're both extraordinary people!"

"It really confirms the old saying, 'Birds of a feather flock together.'"

"I've heard of drinking alcohol, drinks, and tea, but drinking gasoline is truly a first for me."

"It's not rare to force yourself to drink gasoline, what's rare is that she can even tell which gas station it's from. That's just ridiculous."

Seeing the Old lady's rosy complexion, Qin Jiang even doubted whether his visual diagnosis technique had failed.

It shouldn't be.

If the Old lady really liked to drink gasoline as she claimed, how could she be perfectly fine?

"Old lady, put your hand here. I'll take your pulse."

The Old lady placed her hand on the pulse diagnosis pillow.

As soon as Qin Jiang took her pulse, his brows furrowed.

It was just as he had seen with his visual diagnosis.

The Old lady's body had no major problems; in fact, she could be considered healthy.

"Old lady, how many liters of gasoline did you usually drink per day before?"

The Old lady thought carefully for a moment and then said, "I didn't drink it every day. That stuff is expensive, who can drink it every day?"

"About once every two or three days, half a bowl at a time."

"Later, after drinking it for half a year, I really couldn't afford it anymore, so I finally quit."

Hearing the Old lady say this, Qin Jiang nodded, indicating that made sense.

Whether it's gasoline or diesel, it's definitely harmful to the human body.

But as long as not too much is consumed, the human body can slowly metabolize these toxic substances.

The Old lady hadn't drunk it for long, and she later quit, which is why she now looks no different from a normal person.

"Isn't quitting good? Just don't touch it again in the future. I see your body is very good now; you don't have any problems."

"No, it's not."

The Old lady waved her hand repeatedly at Qin Jiang.

"You don't know how uncomfortable I was when I first quit drinking gasoline. My whole body was itchy and very uncomfortable. I felt like I had no energy all day long, and life was worse than death."

The more Qin Jiang listened, the more he felt something was wrong.

Are you quitting gasoline?

You're probably quitting drugs!

Qin Jiang quickly interrupted the Old lady.

"No matter how uncomfortable you were when you first quit, at least you're not drinking gasoline now, right?"

The Old lady nodded.

"That's true. I don't drink gasoline now, Little Doctor. Do you know why?"

Qin Jiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry; this Old lady was playing coy.

But she's an elder, so you have to cooperate when necessary.

So Qin Jiang feigned great interest and asked, "Why?"

The Old lady said mysteriously, "Because I found a substitute, and it's this thing."

The Old lady mysteriously pulled out a small plastic tube from her pocket.

This small plastic tube looked like a test tube used in chemistry experiments, with a red cap, a transparent plastic tube, and a label on the outside.

Inside the plastic tube was about half a tube of brownish-yellow powder.

Although Qin Jiang didn't know what it was, he had a feeling it wasn't anything good.

Before Qin Jiang could react, the Old lady opened the test tube, grabbed a small handful, and put it into her mouth, a look of extreme enjoyment on her face.

Qin Jiang was instantly startled, even picking up his phone and almost calling the police directly.

The Old lady's expression while eating that powder was too wrong!

Wasn't that the look of someone high?

Well, you Old lady, you came to my clinic to do drugs, huh!

It took the Old lady a while to recover. She pointed to the powder in her hand and said with a smile, "I used this stuff to replace gasoline. This stuff is cheap!"

Qin Jiang couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"

The Old lady said very calmly, "Oh, this is pesticide. The kind I usually use for farming."

Holy crap, pesticide!

Qin Jiang quickly snatched the plastic tube from the Old lady's hand and found that the label indeed read '666 Pesticide'!