The three-day free clinic ended with a total of 1,800 outpatient visits, which was still much lower than Chen Xia's expectations.
This is not to say that people in mountainous areas are all healthy. On the contrary, these descendants of the mountains all have some illnesses to varying degrees.
For example, Chen Xia discovered that among the patients seen in the surgical department, there were a particularly large number of arthritis patients, while only a small number of them came to see a doctor.
The problem still lies in "money". Even though the medicines brought for the free clinic are sold at cost price, the cost of a few dollars is not something that people in the mountains can afford.
But Chen Xia had no choice. Even if he was a "big spender", he couldn't just wave his hand and say that all the medical expenses for the people in the mountains would be free of charge and I would cover it.
He dared to do this, and his good reputation would indeed spread throughout Yuezhou immediately, but what would he do in the future?
From now on, anyone who has no money to see a doctor will go to Meiyuan to ask Chen Xia for help. Will Chen Xia give them money?
Give money, can you give it to the hundreds of thousands of poor people near Ke Town, the millions of poor people in the entire region, and the tens of millions of poor people in the entire province?
Don’t give money?
That would be a big deal, as someone would immediately jump out and accuse him of being hypocritical, seeking fame, and being cold-blooded. Otherwise, if someone comes to you begging for help, you would be fine even if you give them a few tens or hundreds of yuan.
A little bit of rice is a blessing, a big bit of rice is resentful. It's very tiring to be a saint.
It's 1981, if you have money, go to charity, help. People are too poor to eat meat, and you have the money to do charity?
"How much money does Chen Xia have" will quickly become a social hot topic, and then he will completely become the one who sticks out.
By then, it will be impossible to achieve any of the sneaky growth and silent wealth-making strategies. Don't forget Chen Xia's identity, he is still a section-level cadre.
The cadre's skin can provide him with protection, but it also restricts his every move.
You must not blindly help those who should not help, but of course you still have to help those who should help, such as enthusiastically purchasing local specialties and game from the mountain people and helping them "sell" them in the city. Chen Xia is still willing to do it and guarantees to give a reasonable to higher price.
Helping others is the basis of happiness.
Chen Xia had already spent over 7,000 yuan on this major acquisition, a sum that had the junior doctors stunned. They'd heard Section Chief Chen's family was well-off, but they hadn't expected him to be so well-off that he could spend like a millionaire.
Every time Chen Xia returned from a truckload of mountain produce, he'd always look miserable and complain about his massive losses. He'd complain about how the city's purchase price was too low, he couldn't sell it, and he was stuck with nothing.
This made the young doctors and nurses nervous for Section Chief Chen, thinking that he was too great, and that sacrificing him alone would bring happiness to the entire youth community.
Gu Lin tilted her head naively and asked, "Aren't you the one who keeps saying that you've lost a lot of money every day?"
"So that's what it is, hehe. Keep it a secret. I'm planning to use most of these roasted nuts and game for my wedding banquet, and a small portion will be enough to make back my investment if I sell it. If I don't say it in a more bleak way, I'm afraid someone will get jealous and report it."
The three-day free clinic ended and we had to return to Ke Town the next day.
At this time, the brothers who were bitten by the snake came with their parents and a large group of villagers. They also brought dozens of rabbits, pheasants, and even two sheep.
An old man knelt down as soon as he saw Chen Xia, "Thank you for saving my son, my benefactor. But we are poor people in the mountains, so I can only kneel down and kowtow to you."
Chen Xia quickly jumped to the side. Oh my god, an old man made him kneel and kowtow to him. Was this a way of repaying a favor or taking revenge?
"Hey, old man, there's no need to be like this. Your son is lucky to have met me and survived a great disaster. He will surely be extremely rich in the future. Just sit back and enjoy the good life."
The old man was still very excited. "Thanks to you, I will let my third son come and kowtow to you every year. Here, Doctor Chen, these pheasants and rabbits were caught by the villagers these past few days. We have no money, so this is the only way to thank you. I hope you don't mind."
Chen Xia, of course, refused to accept the game, but the villagers were adamant. The two sides kept trading gifts, and in the end, the game remained. He couldn't handle the mountain folks' hospitality, and if he didn't accept it, he was afraid his shoulders would be thrashed.
"Comrades, it looks like you'll have meat to eat again tonight."
"Ah, no, no, Chief Chen, we are tired of eating it." When everyone heard that there would be pheasant again in the evening, they quickly waved their hands to refuse.
You say this person is cheap or not. When there is no meat to eat, he craves meat every day, and his eyes turn green when he sees meat. But when you eat meat every day, you get fed up with it because it is too greasy.
Chen Xia asked tentatively, "How about we each get a pheasant? If you like rabbits, you can take a rabbit and take it back for your family to try?"
When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up: Yes, they are tired of eating it, but their family members have never tried it, so this is possible.
Xie Liping kept boasting to the people around him, "Well, I told you to bring Chief Chen along, and we'd have all the best food and drink, and we wouldn't have to worry about logistics. Those who didn't come will be so sorry. Haha."
Xu Qiuping said with a bitter face, "It's over. I feel like I've gained a lot of weight in the past few days. My partner is going to be unhappy."
Chen Xia looked disdainful and said, "It's better for girls to be a little fatter. They'll feel good to the touch. I guarantee your partner will like them more and more the more they touch you."
"Section Chief Chen, do you particularly like touching Gu Lin?"
"Nonsense, if I don't touch her, who will? My eyes are not wrong. Gu Lin is definitely the girl with the best figure in the whole hospital. Only the school beauty is worthy of a young and promising young man like me."
Chen Xia was bragging here, but he didn't know that Gu Lin had already reached out, pinched a little flesh on his waist, and then twisted it 90 degrees clockwise.
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