Chapter 445 A Passerby in a Time-Travel Novel (25)

2027.

It has been three years since Jiang Xin last went home. A lot has happened in these three years, the most important of which is the release of a cure for terminal illness.

For example, if the news about cancer, leukemia, and ALS hadn't been broadcast on CCTV News, probably very few people would have believed it. Even three years after the news was released, people abroad still didn't believe it, and national policy still didn't allow the import of these special drugs.

The reason given is the ridiculous claim of endangering national security, which is even more outrageous than when the United States claimed in 2024 that garlic affected its security. Capitalists completely disregard the lives of ordinary people.

However, their common people are not stupid. Some people now make a living by smuggling special drugs. Smuggling special drugs is more profitable than drug trafficking now, and those rich people who are about to die will not be stingy.

Not all countries are like this. Most countries are very welcoming to companies that produce effective drugs to build new pharmaceutical factories in their countries. The conditions they offer are incredibly good, such as free factories, fifty years of tax exemption, and so on. The benefits are extremely generous.

While effective drugs are good, they also have drawbacks. For example, late-stage cancer is incurable; medication can only prevent the condition from worsening. Therefore, the government introduced medical warehouses three years later.

After the medical pods were released, critically ill patients were saved, and all major hospitals were filled with patients waiting in line for treatment. Some Western countries have started to spread propaganda and smear us, claiming that we are using our own people for experiments and that the medical pods are tools used by aliens to brainwash the people. Don't be fooled by the fact that the Chinese people seem to laugh at us; they actually believe this, and quite a few people do.

Our country is also bad; it equipped some large hospitals' international departments with medical wards. Now, there are more foreigners queuing up than Chinese people. People see news on Douyin (TikTok) about foreigners queuing up and secretly share the news abroad. Now everyone is dumbfounded.

Some people argued that the hospital should prioritize its own citizens and not give it to foreigners, but after the hospital released its pricing for foreigners, the opposition diminished considerably.

When people see the prices that can easily reach hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, and then look at the few thousand dollars they would have to pay after their own health insurance reimburses them, and finally learn that the hospital will help those who can't even afford a few thousand dollars to get treatment, all the opponents have turned into supporters, and some have even suggested providing more medical pods for foreigners.

About six months later, all the seriously ill patients in the country were cured, and those who couldn't afford medical treatment were able to go to the hospital with subsidies. Speaking of which, when the medical wards first came out, some doctors were quite worried about their careers, fearing what would happen if they lost their jobs.

Actually, they're overthinking it. Medical pods are still very expensive. For diseases like late-stage cancer, ordinary doctors are simply unable to treat them. Replacing doctors is impossible for a considerable period of time; doctors will still exist in the interstellar era.

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"Sigh, the country is developing so fast, it's changing every day. I'm getting old and can't keep up with the times."

"Dad, you're still young, and so is Mom. I think you're just bored. If you can't manage, go back to your hometown and help Grandma till a few acres of land. If you're busy, you won't have any more worries."

"Hahaha."

Jiang's father glared at Jiang Yue speechlessly without saying a word, and his melancholy instantly disappeared: "Look at the news, the spaceship that went to explore Mars has returned. The times are changing too fast."

"Everyone online is saying that our country has discovered a spaceship. Maybe it's true. Look at the advancements in medical modules and rocket technology—aren't these things that spaceships have?"

"Ah, yes, yes, you're right."

"That makes no sense. Why are you so concerned about national affairs? You should use that time to think about your second daughter's wedding and whether there's anything else you've forgotten."

"We've been preparing for this for over a year, what problems could there be? We've already discussed everything, we'll just wait for the two kids to get time off work before they get married."

"It'll be soon. Didn't you say you could find the time this month when we last contacted each other?"

"Sigh, I should have done it for her a few years ago. Who would have thought we'd have to wait three years? By then, Nezha would have already been born."

"Giggle, giggle." Jiang Yue was amused by her mother, who glared at her and said, "You're such a worry! You said you weren't going to get married, but you never even go on blind dates. I wonder what you'll do when you're old!"

"Let's just make it cold!"

"I'll teach you to make do! I'll teach you to make do!"

Seeing that her mother was behaving rudely and hitting people, Jiang Yue ran behind her father and used him as a shield. After circling around him several times, she couldn't hit anyone, which infuriated her mother.

"Alright, alright, if you don't want to look for her, then don't. She'll look for her when she wants to."

As it was time to eat, Jiang's mother glared at Jiang Yue, pointed at her, and went to cook. Usually, Jiang Yue would go over to help, but today she didn't rush over for fear of getting beaten.

After dinner, Jiang Yue and her mother went to look at the wedding dress they had prepared for her younger sister. She was so busy that she didn't even have time to try it on. Luckily, the two sisters had similar figures, so they could try it on beforehand.

People just can't resist nagging. During the day, we were talking about when Jiang Xin would have her vacation, and then she called home that night to say she'd be home next week and could only stay for a week, so she planned to use that time to get married.

It's really something else, who would rush to get married like that? After hanging up the phone, I waited a while and then Zhao Zhijun's father called. I guess they had also received a call from Zhao Zhijun.

Over the course of three years, both families had become quite familiar with each other and reached a consensus on the two children's marriage. After assigning tasks, they got busy preparing for quite some time. Although the time was a bit tight, everything was ready before they returned.

The two were taken to try on clothes the day they returned. The sizes had been sent a month ago, so hopefully they hadn't changed too much. If they had, there wouldn't have been time to alter them.

They rested for a day in the middle, the wedding started on the third day, the couple spent the fourth day alone, the fifth and sixth days spent with their families, and on the seventh day they had to go back.

"When will this end? Will we always be this busy?"

"It should be soon. This year hasn't been as busy as in previous years. In a few more years, we should be able to have normal holidays again."

"Oh, that's good."

Jiang Yue knew that was impossible, even though the package of benefits was too much to digest in a few years or even a decade. With more and more news about education reform recently, Jiang Yue guessed that it should be coming soon. However, if reform was to be implemented, the gene serum had to be developed first. She didn't know if the raw materials had been successfully developed yet.

"Mom, Dad, and Sister, I'm leaving now. Sister, I'm entrusting Mom and Dad to your care."

Don't worry.

After a farewell hug, they left. Now, Jiang Yue doesn't need to see them off anymore; a private car comes to pick them up.