Jiang Zhiyuan rubbed his face to make himself look more refreshed, then stood up: "I know what I'm doing! You go ahead and do your thing, I'm going to keep Yan Yan company—"
He got up and went straight to the ward.
Sun Zhou shook his head. "Sigh, people whose old houses are on fire won't listen to advice!"
After Jiang Zhiyuan and his men arrived in Jingshan County, everything proceeded smoothly.
The old doctor who gave Xu Ningyan acupuncture has been brought over, and Jiang Zhiyuan has met with him. He first sincerely thanked him, and then asked the old doctor to accompany him to the capital in case anything happened on the way.
Of course, he also promised the conditions that the old doctor's youngest son, who had been sent down to the countryside, would be transferred to the Hongqi Commune Health Center to work in the pharmacy.
The old doctor had been somewhat hesitant, but after hearing the conditions, he immediately nodded in agreement.
He's already halfway buried in the earth, and it looks like he only has a few years left to live.
After he passes away, his youngest son's family will likely have an even harder time living in the countryside.
Now that there's such an opportunity to help his youngest son's family escape their misery, he'd be willing to give up his life for it.
With the senior doctor accompanying him, Jiang Zhiyuan felt a little more at ease.
Meanwhile, the Northwest Military Region personnel had already sent all the suspicious medical books from the Xiong family to the county hospital.
Let the senior doctor and Zhang Tong screen the patients together.
On Xiong Mingxia's side, Sun Zhou and his colleagues got involved. They were more experienced in this area and had a direction for questioning. Soon, they had new leads.
According to Xiong Mingxia's account, Aunt Xie fell seriously ill about a month ago.
Judging by the time, it must have been not long after Xu Changfeng left. At first, Aunt Xie was just in a bad mood and always seemed preoccupied.
Later, his mental state deteriorated, and he often spaced out.
Then she gradually became thinner, could not eat much, and had no strength. She could only lie in bed, and her sleep time became longer and longer. When she woke up, she was still in a daze.
When he was occasionally lucid, he would only talk about Xu Changfeng and his son, Uncle Xu.
Seeing her like this, Xiong Mingxia felt uneasy and asked a barefoot doctor to come and take a look. The barefoot doctor couldn't figure it out either, only saying that she was probably of advanced age and should prepare for her funeral. He also said that if she had any unfulfilled wishes or people she wanted to see, she should let them see them as soon as possible, otherwise it might be too late.
Xiong Mingxia didn't believe it at first, but later, the elderly people of the Xu family who were of the same generation as Aunt Xie also came to visit. They all said that Aunt Xie's condition was probably due for her to die, and it was time to prepare.
He urged Xiong Mingxia to send a telegram to Xu Changfeng as soon as possible, since Xu Changfeng was his son and his own mother was about to die, so shouldn't he come back to see her off?
Xiong Mingxia was indecisive, and besides, this Tuanjie Brigade was Xu family land, and Aunt Xie was a member of the Xu family. It was indeed inappropriate for her, a daughter who had married out of the family, to be involved.
So he obediently went to the commune and sent a telegram to Xu Changfeng.
Telegrams are charged by the word count, which she didn't understand. She asked the post office staff, who told her to send five words: "Mother is critically ill, return home immediately!"
After leaving the post office, Xiong Mingxia was distracted and accidentally bumped into someone, knocking them down.
The man was young and looked refined, but after being bumped like that, his face turned pale, and he collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
This startled Xiong Mingxia and everyone around her, who thought someone had died.
Xiong Mingxia, in particular, was so frightened that her legs went weak and she couldn't even speak.
Fortunately, an older man with a kind face stepped forward from the crowd and said it was nothing serious; the person who was hit had just stopped breathing temporarily.
Then, he made his move, pressing and pinching here and there on the unconscious person, and the unconscious person slowly woke up.
After the man woke up, he was told what had happened by the people around him, and he quickly thanked the person who had saved him.
By the time Xiong Mingxia had fully regained her senses and calmed down, everyone around her had already dispersed.
Only the man who had saved her remained, watching her with concern.
Seeing that she was alright, he felt relieved and prepared to leave.
Xiong Mingxia hurriedly followed, thanked the man who had saved the person, and inquired about his name. She learned that the man's surname was Du, and he was not a local. He was a doctor from Beijing who had been sent down to the Hongqi Commune, and he was from another brigade called Qingshan Brigade.
Dr. Du was very kind and told Xiong Mingxia not to worry about it. He also told her to stay away from him so that people wouldn't see her and say that it wasn't good for her to be with people who had been sent down to the countryside.
Xiong Mingxia was grateful to Dr. Du, feeling that he was truly a good person.
The two production brigades were returning from the commune and would be traveling the same distance.
One after the other, Xiong Mingxia also learned that although Dr. Du had been sent down to the countryside, he was doing quite well in Qingshan Brigade because of his good medical skills.
People would go to him whenever they had a headache or fever. They didn't have to pay, just some food and eggs. Moreover, the herbs were collected by Dr. Du himself from the mountains, so they were even less valuable.
Over time, the Qingshan Brigade began to treat him as one of their own, even making him the brigade's barefoot doctor and giving him work points so he could support himself.
This time it was a stroke of luck. Dr. Du had come to the commune to collect the quarterly medications that the Qingshan Brigade Health Clinic was supposed to provide when he saw what happened and stepped in to save the person.
Although Xiong Mingxia wasn't very bright, she was a filial daughter.
Moreover, she knew in her heart that in this world, Aunt Xie, her own mother, was the one who loved her the most.
To be more realistic, since Aunt Xie is still alive, most of the gifts that Xu Changfeng, the younger brother, gave to his mother, Aunt Xie, were used by her for her own family.
If something were to happen to Aunt Xie, her younger brother Xu Changfeng would probably never come back, and their family would lose their biggest source of income.
If we were to say who in this world most wished for Aunt Xie to live a few more days, the longer the better, it would be Xiong Mingxia.
Therefore, after hearing what Dr. Du said, she had an idea in her mind.
After much deliberation, just as Dr. Du was about to walk down the fork in the road back to Qingshan Brigade, Xiong Mingxia finally spoke up. She knelt down before Dr. Du and begged him to take a look at Aunt Xie.
In an attempt to persuade Dr. Du to agree, Xiong Mingxia, unusually clever, mentioned that her mother was a military dependent and that her younger brother was a deputy regimental commander, so she would definitely not let Dr. Du treat her for free.
In Xiong Mingxia's opinion, Dr. Du was a really good person. After hearing what she said, although she was a little embarrassed, she finally agreed.
They agreed that Xiong Mingxia would pick him up at the crossroads the next day to take him to see Aunt Xie.
As expected, Dr. Du was a highly skilled physician. After taking Aunt Xie's pulse, he said there was still hope for her.
After taking the medicine prescribed, Aunt Xie's health visibly improved; she regained her complexion and was able to eat again.
However, Dr. Du said that Aunt Xie is getting old, and this serious illness has damaged her health. Even if she recovers, she will be confused at times and confused at others. Her family needs to take good care of her.
Anyone else would be worried, but Xiong Mingxia felt that this was already very good!
As long as my biological mother is alive, it doesn't matter whether she's lucid or confused, as long as she's taking care of me!
Therefore, Xiong Mingxia regarded Dr. Du as a great benefactor.
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