Jiang Yuping understood that Chen Youlan was a veteran underground party member who must have received training during the war. It was not surprising that she could tell from Liu Han's photo that the scar was from a grenade explosion, and it was also understandable that she judged Liu Han's identity to be extraordinary.
Just as Jiang Yuping was about to respond, a middle-aged man next to her looked at her and said:
"Young lady, I caught these eels myself, I'll sell them to you cheap, do you want them?"
Jiang Yuping asked casually:
"How much per pound?"
The middle-aged man grinned:
“Young lady, I didn’t bring a steelyard, I only have a few bars, you can give me whatever you think is fair. My child is sick in bed, and I’m in a hurry to get home.”
Seeing this, Chen Youlan, who was standing to the side, immediately said:
"Dr. Jiang, you go ahead and buy the eels. I'll wander around and buy some fresh vegetables too."
Jiang Yuping responded and squatted down.
The bamboo basket was still damp.
There were four or five eels coiled up in a pile.
One of them was as thick as a small cucumber, with a striking golden-yellow body and head, while the smallest one was about the thickness of a thumb.
"Fellow villager, you have a bit too many eels."
Although Jiang Yuping is a doctor, she always treats the nearby villagers with great respect when she goes grocery shopping, often addressing them as fellow villagers.
When the middle-aged man saw such a beautiful woman call him a fellow villager, a shy expression flashed across his manly face.
He scratched his head awkwardly and grinned.
“Young lady, it’s up to you. You can buy as many as you want, but there are only five available. The rest won’t sell well. If it weren’t for my child being sick, I could wait a little longer.”
The middle-aged man mentioned his child being sick twice.
As a doctor, Jiang Yuping couldn't help but pay attention, so she stared at the middle-aged man.
"What illness does your child have?"
"He has shivering and is feeling cold all over, so he is lying in bed covered with a blanket."
Jiang Yuping naturally knew that what ordinary people called "shivering disease" was actually malaria in medical terms.
This is a parasitic disease caused by human infection with Plasmodium. Clinically, it is characterized by recurrent episodes of intermittent chills, high fever, and sweating, and it is also a common disease in summer.
"How old is your child?"
Jiang Yuping looked at the man in front of her and asked.
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