"What's wrong with our mother? She was fine when I came out?" The boy turned his head and asked worriedly.
Song Zijie followed the boy's gaze and saw a little girl of about eleven or twelve stumbling towards the New Year picture stall.
She ran up to the boy breathlessly, and when she saw the pile of New Year pictures in front of him, she couldn't help but frown.
"Brother, why haven't you sold any of your New Year pictures? What are we going to do if we run out of rice?"
Xili looked at the worried-looking boy and the little girl who looked like she was about to cry. Unable to bear it, she stepped forward and asked, "How much are you selling these New Year paintings for?"
The boy and his sister looked up at the beautiful sister coming towards them. The little girl said eagerly, "One dime a ticket."
"Count how many there are in total. We want them all." Song Zijie squatted down and asked the boy while looking at him straight in the eye.
"There are a total of 145 tickets. If you want them all, it will be 13 yuan." The young man said with a relaxed brow.
He looked at the older brother in front of him. He was very handsome, well-dressed, and had a sunny smile, just like the star in the sky.
The young boy tugged at the patch on his cotton-padded jacket, spoke in a low voice, his face flushed, and looked a little embarrassed.
"One hundred and forty-five bills, ten cents a piece, that's fourteen dollars and fifty cents. I'll give you fifteen cents, so take good care of it."
The little girl looked at Xili with envy. This sister was dressed so well!
She had a pretty face, curved eyebrows, red lips, white teeth, and a beautiful smile. She exuded the aura of a wealthy person, which made her envious.
"Sister, this isn't a good idea! If we buy everything, it should be cheaper." The young man scratched his head and chuckled.
"That's fine. Just consider it your good fortune to have met a distinguished person today. I'm just looking for some special New Year pictures to give as gifts!"
Seeing that his fiancée was so kind, Song Zijie would not do anything to hold her back.
"Noble lady..." When the little girl heard the word "noble lady", her eyes suddenly lit up.
She stretched out her hands and swiftly helped her brother put away the New Year pictures: "Can we meet again tomorrow?"
She thought that they still had some New Year pictures at home, and it would be great if the older brother could buy some more, so that they would have money to buy medicine for their mother.
Song Zijie shook his head: "I don't know either. We will be very busy tomorrow and may not have time to go shopping."
Looking at the little girl's eager eyes, Song Zijie decisively rejected her.
There are so many poor children in the world, and he is not a savior, he just helps when he sees them.
"Big brother, you are so handsome, even more handsome than my father!" The little girl looked at Song Zijie with shining eyes.
Her voice was sweet and crisp. Although her clothes were worn out, they were washed very cleanly, making people feel sorry for her.
So Xili teased her with a smile, "Is your dad handsome?"
"Yeah! My dad is good-looking. He's the most handsome dad in the world."
As Xili finished speaking, the girl who was about eleven years old spoke first.
"My dad is not only good-looking, but also very talented. He is the one who painted these New Year paintings."
The young boy nodded vigorously as he spoke, with a proud expression on his face.
Xili couldn't help but reach out and pinch the little girl's pink face, and said with a smile: "Then tell me how handsome your dad is?"
"Dad must have been more handsome than this older brother when he was young." The little girl tilted her head and thought for a while before speaking.
Xili couldn't help laughing out loud. This little girl was so cute. Judging from the looks of this brother and sister, their parents shouldn't be ugly.
When Song Zijie heard this, he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips, and a strong smile appeared in his slightly curved eyebrows.
He raised his eyes to look at Xili, only to find that she was also looking at him. Their eyes met, and they were both stunned for a moment, and then they smiled at each other.
The two of them thought at the same time, if their children grow up, they will be as cute as this brother and sister!
Song Zijie kindly suggested, "If you have a sick person at home, you can go to the First People's Hospital and queue up. There is a miracle doctor there to help everyone today."
After he said that, he held Xili in one hand and continued shopping with a New Year picture in the other.
The brother and sister bowed to their backs and ran home hand in hand.
As soon as it got dark, Su Shuoci drove to the hospital entrance to pick up Gu Jiaojiao, but there were still a lot of people queuing, so Gu Jiaojiao had to speed up.
"Wife, eat something to fill your stomach first." Su Shuoci walked up to Gu Jiaojiao and asked with concern.
"No, I'll hurry up and finish seeing them before going home for dinner." Gu Jiaojiao said as she took the patient's pulse.
She spent the whole day taking patients' pulses and prescribing medicine, and all the departments in the hospital were busy.
The last patient was seen at ten o'clock in the evening, or to be exact, two patients.
The young boy selling New Year pictures and his sister were pushing a cart with a pale middle-aged woman lying on it and a handsome middle-aged man with half of his body paralyzed sitting on it.
Middle-aged women suffer from a decline in physical function due to overwork and malnutrition. Although they look like they are about to die, this condition is actually very easy to treat.
All it takes is a tonic pill mixed with spiritual spring water.
On the contrary, the handsome middle-aged man who looks in good health is difficult to treat because he has been suffering from polio since childhood.
He must have had difficulty walking since childhood. With Gu Jiaojiao's ability, she can restore the ability of someone who has not walked normally for more than 30 years.
However, a series of rehabilitation training such as massage, hot compress, acupuncture, and massage are also needed to restore the motor function of the limbs.
Later generations also developed a Western medicine that has the effect of nourishing nerves and promoting the repair of damaged nerves.
At the same time, taking some Chinese medicines that have the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, softening and dispersing nodules, dredging meridians, and strengthening the brain and improving intelligence can also play a good role in improving the condition.
Both of them require time, so Gu Jiaojiao can only teach Dr. Jiang step by step and let him follow up and treat the patient.
This operation took another half an hour. Su Shuoci looked at Gu Jiaojiao's tired face and couldn't help frowning, "Hey! There's still another day tomorrow."
Hearing this, Gu Jiaojiao's eyes sparkled as she asked, "Chinese New Year is the day after tomorrow, right?"
As she spoke, she pulled Su Shuoci out, "It's okay, tomorrow is just another day. We can rest well tonight and sleep until we wake up naturally."
"That's also..." Su Shuoci wanted to say something, but Gu Jiaojiao interrupted him, "Hubby, let's just do something good~"
"Okay." Su Shuoci said helplessly and dotingly.
After a busy day for Gu Jiaojiao and a tormenting day for Su Shuoci, it was finally the night before New Year's Eve.
"Wife, we can finally sleep until we wake up naturally tomorrow." Su Shuoci said happily.
He helped her blow dry her hair with a burning look in his eyes.