Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Your Grandfather = A Melon Field
It is said that family disgrace should not be made public. Now, Mrs. Chen and her people were making a lot of noise in the Shen family's clinic, and the whole Qinghe Village knew that the Chen family's son had a dirty disease and was cuckolded.
However, the biggest victim of this farce was not Chen Fugui, but the villagers who came to the yard to see a doctor.
After waiting for half a day, they didn't see the doctor, but they were fed with these melons one after another. When they left, everyone had a complicated expression of worry and annoyance on their faces.
What worries me is, what if they come to cause trouble again when I go to the doctor tomorrow?
The problem is, if they don't come, they won't know what will happen to this green hat in the future.
Alas, I am really afraid that they will come again, but I am also afraid that they will not come...
Not only were the onlookers curious, Shen Miao also wanted to know what would happen next.
“Master, you already knew about Chen Fugui’s affair a long time ago, didn’t you?” After collecting all the herbs drying in the yard, Shen Miao asked Shen Wanshan curiously.
Looking through the prescriptions and medical records that Shen Miao had written today, Shen Wanshan only said “hmm” in a calm voice.
Shen Miao curled her lips, “I haven’t seen you mention such a big thing.”
Shen Wanshan frowned and looked at her. Before he could speak, the ruler behind him was raised first: "You really deserve a beating, Ni'er."
Fortunately, Shen Miao dodged quickly and was not hit by the ruler.
"We are here to treat patients, why are you meddling in their family affairs?"
Shen Miao explained: “But Sister Xu Feng is a good person. If you had told her earlier, wouldn’t she have been able to get a divorce sooner?”
Closing the medical record book in his hand, Shen Wanshan just rolled his eyes: "You are a virgin girl, you know nothing."
It was this sentence again. Every time Shen Wanshan didn't want her to ask more, he would use this sentence to choke her, as if the things between men and women could only be known after she got married.
Shen Miao did not ask any more questions, but went back to continue collecting the herbs in the yard. After all the herbs were brought into the house and the windows of each room were closed, she locked the door and went home with Shen Wanshan.
The Shen family's clinic uses the two old houses inherited from their ancestors. A few years ago, the whole family moved into a newly built bungalow in the village. However, the two places are not far away from each other and can be reached in a few minutes' walk.
When Shen Wanshan and Shen Miao returned home, Wang Dongmei was setting the table. On the table was a dish of stir-fried loofah with meat, a dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and a bowl of smashed cucumbers. When the lid of the pot was opened, a rich aroma of rice instantly spread throughout the yard.
"You're back just in time, let's eat."
Since August, it has been very hot during the day, but the temperature will drop at night.
Move the TV in the house to the door and sit in the yard to watch and eat, which is much more comfortable than sitting in front of a fan.
"How did the Chen family deal with the incident?" Wang Dongmei asked casually as she picked up a piece of food for Chen Shansheng at the dinner table.
Chen Shansheng sighed, "Leave, what else can I do?"
As the village chief, he helped mediate the incident when the Chen family came to make trouble in the morning, and he was also the one who took Mrs. Chen and a group of people back home in the afternoon.
He said that as soon as Mrs. Chen returned home, she asked the village chief to issue a certificate, threw out all the things related to her and the child at home, and called the woman's parents' home to tell them that she wanted a divorce.
But the woman's family sounded like they were not good people either. They started arguing on the phone, and it was estimated that there would be follow-up issues in the future.
Evil deeds will be punished, and this is also Chen Fugui's own retribution.
"Oh, yes," Shen Shansheng took out two ten-dollar bills from his pocket and handed them to Shen Wanshan, "Dad, this is the compensation from the Chen family for the medicinal materials. Mrs. Chen gave me twenty. Do you think it's enough? If not, I'll go ask for more tomorrow."
Shen Wanshan didn't take the money. He just sucked his chopsticks, then picked up two slices of loofah and muttered in a low voice: "I can remember how much other people's baskets sell for, but I can't remember the price of my own medicine."
He still blames his son for not studying medicine with him.
Although he now has a bright future as the village chief and leads the villagers to live a better life, he almost let the ancestral medical skills be lost. Fortunately, he later gave birth to a daughter with extremely great talents, which made the old man reluctantly forgive him.
Seeing that his hand was still hanging, Shen Wanshan said, “Leave it to Miaomiao. She will have the final say on the major and minor matters of our clinic in the future. She will be twenty-four after the Chinese New Year, and it’s time for her to learn to take on responsibilities.”
"Why!"
Shen Miao responded happily and put the money into her pocket.
Most of the medicinal herbs drying in the yard were picked by her in the mountains. She doesn’t charge any money, and even if she sells them to a Chinese medicine store in the city, they are only worth about ten yuan.
Fortunately, Mrs. Chen didn't know the price of the medicine. I'll just consider the extra ten dollars as compensation for the mental damage I suffered from the humiliation from the Chen family today.
Putting a piece of meat into Shen Miao's bowl, Wang Dongmei's face flashed with some barely perceptible emotions: "Miao Miao, have you thought it through? Do you really want to run a clinic for life?"
“I’ve thought about it,” Shen Miao replied without hesitation after shoveling two mouthfuls of rice with the meat and vegetable juice, “As the old saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Opening a clinic is a good idea.”
After picking up a piece of meat and vegetables for each of his parents, Shen Miao continued, “Besides, I am not the material for going to school. It’s good enough that I can graduate from high school. Even if you let me repeat my studies, I won’t be able to get into college.”
Finally, he scooped a spoonful of eggs and meat for the grandfather next to him. "Now the times are different. In addition to studying, practicing medicine is also a way out. I want to be like my grandfather and have the ability to cure diseases and save lives." It would be even better if I could hear some gossip occasionally~
Of course, Shen Miao did not say the second half of the sentence, fearing being scolded.
Shen Wanshan was very satisfied with his granddaughter's answer. Although he didn't say it, he kept nodding.
A medical practitioner should have such awareness and take it as their responsibility to cure diseases and save lives. It would be better if she could be less curious.
Ding ding.
"Old Shen, is Old Shen home?"
While eating, there was a knock on the door.
The voice sounds familiar.
Shen Miao got up to open the door, and was greeted by a strong aroma of meat, "It's Miao Miao, have you eaten yet?"
“Hello, Uncle Xu,” Shen Miao made way and invited the man into the courtyard, “We just finished eating, sit down and eat together.”
The man was Xu Feng's father Xu Guobao.
He was holding a bowl of winter melon stewed with pork ribs. There was not much winter melon, and the soup was not even half a bowl. It was full of small ribs as long as fingers, and were about to overflow.
Xu Guobao: "Today, we have too many ribs stewed at home. It's so hot that we can't keep them. I thought of adding a dish for you."
Seeing that it was Xu Guobao who came, Wang Dongmei and Shen Shansheng also stood up and warmly entertained him.
"Hurry up and sit down."
"Oh, if there's too much stew, we can just eat two more meals. It's too much trouble to make a special trip. How about adding another bowl and eating together?"
The two families rarely interacted with each other, and only greeted each other when they met in the village. Although I guessed that this bowl of ribs might be related to Mrs. Chen's trouble today, I didn't know the specific reason.
Shen Wanshan knew.
Shen Wanshan ate quickly, and he had already finished eating when Shen Miao and the others still had half a bowl of rice in their bowls.
Xu Guobao: "Don't worry, I just finished eating at home, I'll bring it to you and then I'll go back."
Seeing Xu Guobao was about to leave, Shen Wanshan brought a chair and placed it next to him, shaking the tobacco while saying to him: “Don’t rush back, come and sit for a while, let’s chat.”
Xu Guobao understood what he meant, so he did not refuse and walked over to sit next to him.
At first, they talked about the past of Shen Wanshan's generation, recalling the glorious years of the older generation. After they had talked for a while, Shen Wanshan turned the topic to the children.
"Uncle, I have to thank you for what happened to Xiaofeng."
Stroking the water cup in his hand, Xu Guobao sighed: "If it weren't for you, Xiaofeng would have really been harmed by that bastard."
"Let's not talk about the past," Shen Wanshan admitted that he couldn't afford to thank him, "mainly because I'm an outsider, and there are some private matters that I can't talk about openly, so..."
Xu Guobao: "Yes, yes, we all understand. You helped Xiaofeng enough by reminding her at that time."
Medical practitioners are most reluctant to disclose patients' privacy, especially when it comes to diseases of this kind. It is even more unacceptable to tell others casually. This is called medical ethics.
Last year, Chen Fugui accompanied Xu Feng to see Shen Wanshan to see if she had also been infected with his dirty disease. He then hinted to her indirectly that her disease was different from Chen Fugui's. She became inflamed after touching something unclean, while Chen Fugui's disease was transmitted through "that thing".
Fortunately, Xu Feng understood his hint and not only took timely measures to avoid being infected, but also thought of the escape route of divorce.
Xu Feng was a smart person. She knew that if this matter got out, it would affect Shen Wanshan, so she didn't tell anyone a word until the divorce. Even when she had a falling out with Mrs. Chen, she just said that Chen Fugui couldn't have children.
If it weren't for Mrs. Chen's insistence on finding out the truth today, I'm afraid no one would know about Chen Fugui.
Mrs. Chen's behavior today was like exposing her own son's shortcomings.
"This bastard grandson of Chen Fugui is a real piece of shit. He knew clearly that he was not a man, but he still had to do 'that thing' and bit Xiaofeng, leaving several scars on her body." Speaking of Chen Fugui, Xu Guobao couldn't help but scold him again.
Maybe this is what eunuchs are like, incompetent and can only be furious.
"And I heard from Xiaofeng that that bastard was not well-behaved before he got married." Xu Guobao added.
Shen Wanshan nodded: “Indeed, there are some in Qingping Village, our village, Qingyao Village, and Chahe Village.”
The three people who were eating paused at the same time.
Hmm? Does this guy still have melons?
Wait...how did you know that?
Xu Guobao continued, "He didn't just bite me, he twisted me! He pinched me!"
Exhaling a puff of smoke quietly, Shen Wanshan nodded without showing any surprise, "He can also use a rolling pin and a broom handle. Oh, it's unbearable to say."
"Tell me, how could he be educated like this?"
"If the top beam is not straight, the bottom beam will be crooked," Shen Wanshan poured out the extinguished tobacco, and spoke like a spider spinning out silk about the secrets he had known for a long time, "He learned a lot from his parents when he was a child."
The content of these few short sentences shocked Shen Miao and the other three people again and again.
It’s not that Chen Fugui’s behavior was so despicable, but the old man’s know-it-all answer and nonchalant attitude... I can’t believe that he already knew all those things about Chen Fugui!
No wonder he had a lukewarm expression when the Chen family started quarreling today. He didn't react even when Xu Feng scolded him as a "caterpillar that only knows how to crawl on people and dig its way around". It turned out that the melons that everyone had been waiting for were all the ones he had left over!
My aunt, my grandfather, and my brain turned into slippers.
Grandpa! How could you know so many shocking secrets and yet not tell them?
It’s fine that I can’t tell outsiders, but even my family members who I spend every day with are so tight-lipped and don’t say a single word!
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