In Yang County, there was a heavy snowfall last night, and the accumulated snow was half an adult's calf high.
Yun Huaying and the others got busy early in the morning. Lin Shan prepared breakfast in the kitchen, Jiang Yuan was responsible for clearing the snow in the yard in front of the door, and Yun Huaying carried a bucket to the well to fetch water.
Just as she was carrying water home, Li Xiami came to her, hunched over, "Yun Zhiqing, can I borrow Han Zheng's bike?"
"Okay, go get it at home."
Yun Huaying knew he was taking Sister Qu to the commune clinic, so she warned him, "Brother Xiami, it snowed quite heavily last night, and the ground is slippery. Don't ride your bike. Push Sister Qu there for safety."
"Well, I pushed her over there. The road was bumpy and it would have easily bumped her over on the bike."
Breakfast was ready at home. They had steamed the buns they had made last night. Lin Shan generously gave him two meat buns and said, "Brother Xiami, take them back to Sister Qu. They're our own pickled cabbage and meat buns."
"How embarrassing."
Lin Shan stuffed it into his hand and said with a smile, "We often eat Sister Qu's sour jujube cakes and peanuts while we're working. I heard her say yesterday that she was craving something sour to satisfy her craving. These buns are made with sour cabbage and meat, and they're still hot from the pot. You should take them back for her. They won't taste good if they get cold."
"Oh, okay, thank you."
Li Xiami thanked him, stuffed the bun into his pocket, pushed his bicycle and walked away quickly.
When he pushed his bicycle home, Qu Dan had already packed everything, and her mother-in-law was there, planning to accompany them to the clinic to see a doctor.
"Mom, Qu Dan, and Lin Zhiqing gave us two pickled cabbage and pork buns. Take one each for each of you. Eat them before you leave." Li Xiami took out the buns and saw that they were a little cold. He urged, "Eat them quickly. They're still warm."
Mother Li gave one to her daughter-in-law and broke the other in half, giving half to her son: "Sandong, you eat half too. Eat it and leave quickly. If you're late, you'll have to stand in the cold queue again."
"Mom, you eat it. I just drank some porridge." Li Xiami refused.
"I'll just eat half."
Qu Dan wanted something sour, and the pickled cabbage and pork buns were exactly what she wanted. She ate them with great satisfaction: "These buns are really delicious. There's a lot of meat in them, and they're so juicy."
"Lin Zhiqing and the other three are quite generous."
Mother Li ate the buns in two or three bites. Thinking that her daughter-in-law wanted something sour, she was very happy. "There's an old saying that says sour food makes a boy, spicy food makes a girl. I think the baby in Qu Dan's belly is most likely a boy."
"If only it were a boy."
Qu Dan had a special physical condition and it was difficult for her to get pregnant. She really wanted a boy.
In fact, she is not biased towards boys, she would also like girls. It's just that in the countryside, if you don't have a son to inherit the incense, it is equivalent to the family being extinct, and people will look down on you. When the couple walks outside, people will look down on them.
"It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl, as long as it's born safely."
Li Xiami is open-minded in this regard. He didn't care when his wife was diagnosed with infertility and was willing to adopt someone else's child. Now that he has his own child, no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, he will cherish it as a treasure.
After they finished eating the buns, they hurried to the clinic. However, the doctor who was going to see them did not live in the clinic, the door was not open, and there was no place to avoid the cold, so the three of them had to stand outside and wait.
After waiting for nearly an hour, the doctor still hadn't arrived. Li Xiami got angry and asked, "Why haven't you come to work yet?"
"Yeah, it's already half past eight, why haven't you come yet?"
Not only were they queuing here, but nearly ten more people had just arrived, all elderly people and women, all shivering from the cold.
"The previous doctor, surnamed Zhang, wasn't very skilled, but he was dedicated to his work. He lived in the clinic every day and opened the door promptly at 7 a.m. He would also open the door to receive visitors in the evening. This new doctor is really arrogant. It's already 8:30 and she hasn't come to work yet. This is considered absenteeism."
"This new female doctor is beautiful, but she has a terrible attitude and a terrible temper. Yesterday, the deaf woman from Old Peng's family came to see me. I couldn't hear her clearly, and I couldn't understand her Mandarin, so she scolded me profusely."
"The deaf woman wasn't deliberately deaf. She really couldn't hear. She came to see me specifically for her ears. In the end, she prescribed some Western medicine and sent me away."
"Although this doctor offers free clinics, the medicine she prescribes is actually very expensive. Previously, a child caught a cold and had a fever, and she prescribed a bunch of medicine. The bill came to seven or eight yuan. The child's parents said they didn't want that much, and the doctor was very unhappy."
"A simple fever for seven or eight yuan worth of medicine? Really?"
"Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you? He's the cousin of Lao Wang from the Nanwan Brigade. I often run into him on the road. I don't know his name."
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Li Xiami and the others were listening to everyone's conversation. Qu Dan frowned and discussed with her husband and mother-in-law, "Mom, Sandong, we don't know when the doctor will come. Why don't we just go to the county hospital instead of waiting?"
Li Xiami was about to agree when he saw a woman in a red cotton-padded jacket riding a bicycle from the direction of the county town. She pointed and asked the others, "Is that the doctor?"
"Yes, it's her."
Those who had seen this doctor nodded repeatedly.
Liu Yu rode over on a bicycle, without even giving the group of people a condescending look, locked the bicycle under the eaves next to him, came over to open the door with a stern face, and exuded a sense of dissatisfaction and resentment from his whole body.
Li Xiami and the others all followed him into the house. There were a few benches in the room. He asked his mother and wife to sit down while he stood aside and waited.
This wait lasted another half an hour.
Liu Yu was taking her time getting dressed in the pharmacy next door. When she came out wearing a white coat, Li Xiami almost wanted to curse, but Qu Dan held him back.
"Come here."
Liu Yu didn't even look at them, as if these people in front of her were not worth her wasting a glance at all.
Qu Dan was the first one to line up. She walked over and sat down at the table, saying, "Doctor Liu, I'm pregnant. I'm four months pregnant now. I'd like to ask..."
Before she finished speaking, Liu Yu interrupted, "Stop talking nonsense and get to the point."
"Check if the tire is stable."
Qu Dan didn't dare to say a word.
Doctor Liu was young and indeed quite pretty, but she had a very angry look on her face and looked to be in a very bad mood, so she didn't dare to say anything more and offend her.
Liu Yu didn't take her pulse or do any other examinations. He just glanced at her face and directly grabbed some Chinese medicine from the cabinet at the back. He then took out a box from the drawer, opened the lid, and wrapped a piece of black medicine in white paper.
Seeing that she didn't take the patient's pulse or examine him, but just prescribed medicine, Li Xiami frowned: "Doctor Liu, you're prescribing medicine without even checking?"
"Am I a doctor, or are you a doctor?"
Liu Yu stared at him with her beautiful eyes. Seeing that the cotton-padded jacket he was wearing was patched and had turned a little white from washing, and there was dirt on the sleeves, she gave him a look of disgust.
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