Several people in the room were hesitant. The doctor was too young and they didn't know whether he could cure the disease.
But then I thought, to enter the black market, one must have something related to medical skills. Even if it is medicinal herbs, they have to determine their rarity. They don't think anyone can get a very rare medicinal herb and happen to know this black market...
So they decided to take a gamble.
"How confident are you, comrade?"
The man sitting next to Ming Leyao suddenly asked.
"The old man's body is like this. No matter how he is treated, it is impossible to make his body rejuvenated and last for too long. So... I can't respond to the question in your sentence."
Several people understood what Ming Leyao said.
To put it bluntly, it is a question of whether the elderly die early or late.
But whether it is from the perspective of family affection or the overall situation, they certainly hope that the old man can hold on for a few more years.
"Is there no other way? I'm not afraid of death, but...my children haven't grown up yet and still need my protection."
The old man suddenly broke the silence and looked at his sons around him, his tone inevitably filled with sadness.
He was worried about whether his descendants would be able to survive the difficult times safely after he was gone.
Ming Leyao raised her eyebrows and looked at the old man, then thought about it in her heart.
It seems that this old man's status is really high, and she feels a very positive aura from him, without any complicated thoughts. She believes that this person's thoughts and way of doing things should not have any bad intentions.
Thinking of the two grandfathers standing behind him, Ming Leyao wondered if he could take the risk?
"Please introduce your identities."
"this...."
"I must know who I am saving and whether I should save him or not. I have my concerns, and you have your concerns, but now, we must break through these concerns and be open and honest and show our cards."
The old man finally sighed and said, "I am the mayor of Shangcheng, Ning Puyuan, and this is my eldest son Ning Guo, my second son Ning Tao, and my third son Ning Jun. The one who brought you in is my secretary, Secretary Wang."
Ming Leyao was speechless.
She just wanted a house, but ended up becoming a mayor? Isn't that a bit exaggerated? But this mayor... why does she sound familiar? ?
"You...are you from Upper City?"
"No, we are from Beijing. Twenty years ago, I was transferred here and worked my way up from the bottom."
Hearing him say this, Ming Leyao understood. She finally knew where this sense of familiarity came from.
"Does the boss know that you are sick?"
"You....what do you mean?"
Mayor Ning didn't expect Ming Leyao to mention the big leader. He was a little wary in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.
"Twenty years ago, it was the senior leader who entrusted you to come to Shangcheng and take charge of everything in Shangcheng, right? So many years have passed, and you have fulfilled your original promise. Why don't you tell the senior leader about your current predicament?"
"Who...who are you?"
Ming Leyao pursed her lips. Thinking of what her grandfather had said before, she thought it would be better to call him.
"Can I make a phone call?"
There was some fatigue in the old man's eyes. The brief vigilance just now had exhausted all his strength. Now he really didn't even have the strength to stop it.
Is the Ning family going to stop here?
"You hit me,"
Seeing that their father agreed, the three sons of the Ning family naturally did not stop him.
Ming Leyao picked up the phone and connected directly to the boss's office.
The leader's warm and gentle voice went through the receiver and reached everyone's heart.
"grandfather."
"Hey, my dear granddaughter, how are you playing outside?"
When the leader heard Ming Leyao calling him grandpa sweetly, he immediately became happy and his tone became softer.
The current receiver is unable to pick up sound completely. The old man who was closest to Ming Leyao naturally heard the conversation between the two and his eyes widened in shock.
this...
This...I haven't heard that the big leader has a granddaughter?
"Grandpa, I remember you told me about the mayor of Upper City before. I happen to be in Upper City. Do you need me to help you visit him?"
"Okay, I haven't seen Lao Ning for a long time. I don't know how he is now. Is he still the same as before? He always thinks he is so handsome that no one can beat him. Alas, when people get old, they like to think about the past. I still remember when I first took this position, some things were still unstable, especially Shangcheng. It was Lao Ning who found me and said that he would protect Shangcheng for me and achieve stable development... He has been away from home for more than 20 years. Every year I want him to come back, but he just won't. I don't know how he is doing. Good granddaughter, can you help grandpa check on him?"
"Grandpa, Mayor Ning is right next to me."
Ming Leyao smiled and handed the phone to the old man, tears glistening in the corners of his eyes.
The old man held the receiver and called out "Big Leader" with sobs.
I don't know what the other party said, the old man desperately said yes, yes...
Knowing Ming Leyao's relationship with the big boss, the three sons of the Ning family treated her much better than before.
After the old man hung up the phone, his three sons came forward and tried to calm him down.
"Hey, I didn't expect you to be the granddaughter of a big boss. This big boss is much better than me. It's great to have such a great granddaughter, unlike the ones in my family who are useless and need my care. Once everything is stable, I won't have any regrets."
"Grandpa Ning, you still have regrets. For example, you haven't been able to go back to Beijing to see your old comrades there for more than 20 years. Don't you miss home?"
"Yes, especially in the beginning. At that time, I had just come to Shangcheng and was still a small clerk. I couldn't reveal my identity as a person from Beijing. I couldn't even go back to see my parents when they passed away. This is my regret..."
"Dad, I'm sorry. We are so useless."
The person who spoke was a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with his hair combed meticulously and a serious and sad look on his face. She remembered that the old man had just introduced that this man was his eldest son, named Ningguo.
"Grandpa Ning, Uncle Ning, since this has been brought up, I won't hide it. I do have a way to cure the old man's illness. Living a long life won't be a problem. But the medicine is very expensive... It uses thousand-year-old herbs. There are only a few of these in the world. They are considered my master's treasured collection."
As he spoke, he took out the thousand-year-old ginseng from his backpack and placed it on the table.
Of course, this ginseng had been replaced by Ming Leyao, and the one she got from the black market before was not this one.
"I got this ginseng from my master. I just wanted to check the black market."
"Is this... a thousand-year-old ginseng?"
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