On weekends, the city hospital's Traditional Chinese Medicine outpatient department is particularly crowded with patients, especially old patients who rush there after hearing the news.
This is different from Western medicine which only treats the symptoms but not the root cause.
Although traditional Chinese medicine has been discontinued for a few years, it is still the traditional Chinese medicine favored by the older generation, especially the old doctor with white hair and a youthful face and his young apprentice who seemed to have walked out of a painting.
——That acupuncture, combined with a few Chinese medicine patches, really cured the disease.
The only pity is that the master and apprentice only see patients one day a week, and occasionally they will hang a sign at the door saying there is an emergency and they will pause for half a day.
According to inside sources, there was a patient who needed urgent surgery and needed the assistance of the master and apprentice. Others said that an official in the inpatient department asked them to come over.
In short, everyone has their own story, so the old patients who were able to make an appointment were all very grateful, but they couldn't help but ask if this master and apprentice couple could open for one more day a week.
If the old doctor is not here, the young doctor will do. Shouldn't young people work hard? Why are they so lazy?
Similar problems often arise over time as patients recover, and this is especially a headache for Zhou Jiao's second senior brother, Dong Zhichao, the dean of the hospital.
His junior sister had adopted the pseudonym Zhou Qiao, but that didn't change the fact that they were the same person. He couldn't possibly ask her to give up her high position and join his team.
If it works, she would be willing to take over as the dean.
Although he thought so, it didn't stop him from complaining.
At noon, when it was almost time to get off work, Dong Zhichao ran to the outpatient clinic. He waited for a long time until the master and apprentice had sent away the last patient, and then he sighed.
"Junior sister, you have no idea how difficult it is for your senior brother. Someone asked me today if I'm paying you too little. The medical school also asked me to persuade my uncle to stay home. As his only, personally taught, and last disciple, shouldn't you lend a hand?"
"That old man Dong is so scary. He comes to me every few days, saying that he is my uncle and that I am an unfilial son of the Dong family. He scolds me so much that I can't even lift my head."
"Junior Sister, how about I find a few young doctors to help you..."
Zhou Jiao looked at him with a half-smile and interrupted decisively: "Brother, are you shivering at me? Don't think I don't know that there are several old doctors with unique skills in this hospital."
Dong Zhichao spread his hands helplessly, "What can I do? Those patients only favor you and my uncle. They say that your acupuncture can cure any disease instantly."
Zhou Jiao glanced at him sideways, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and then said righteously, "That's just a psychological effect."
At the side, Master Hu stroked his snow-white beard, looked at his proud apprentice with a smile, and interrupted his nephew who was about to speak, "Alright, if you say anything more, be careful or she will be so scared that she won't dare to go to the hospital."
Dong Zhichao burst into laughter upon hearing this. Compared to the senior brother, the junior sister still trusted him. Didn't she see that the junior sister didn't choose the senior brother's military hospital this time?
"I've asked your master to transfer two of his disciples to help. As for Old Man Dong, just ignore him. He wants to get everything he wants when he sees something good.
Don't you think about the fact that I've never taught a class in my life? What am I supposed to do? Let those brats memorize hundreds of books for me like your junior sister?
Jiaojiao definitely can't go, so if you can't hide it, just tell him the truth. When the weather gets colder, I don't plan to have her come here often."
Dong Zhichao nodded in agreement. He didn't need him to tell him that his uncle was so old and still came to see patients in the middle of winter. If he fell, it would be a disaster.
"Jiao girl, hurry up and get out. I think that brat is coming over too."
Zhou Jiao pursed her lips and smiled, "Master, let's go to the street together."
Doctor Hu waved his hand unhappily, "No! I've already made an appointment with some stinky old guys for tea this afternoon."
"Little Junior Sister, go quickly. Xiaowu should be here soon." Dong Zhichao said, and smiled flatteringly at Doctor Hu. "Uncle Master, can you take me with you?"
"What are you going to do? Your father is here too."
"As long as you are here, I am not afraid of him."
"Get lost! You're trying to use me again."
Zhou Jiao picked up her bag, waved at them amusedly, and left.
As expected, not far from the gate, Zhang Guoqing was leaning against the car door, chatting with his mother-in-law from time to time while staring at the door.
Zhou Jiao's eyes lit up when she saw this, and she trotted over there quickly.
"Mom, Jiaojiao is here." Zhang Guoqing just finished speaking and stepped forward to greet her, his tone full of complaints, "Why are you in such a hurry? I've been waiting here."
"I'm afraid you'll be waiting too long."
"Silly wife! Get in the car quickly. I'll take you and mom out for a good meal."
Miao Lishan walked into the car with them and listened to her son-in-law's words without exposing him. She looked at her daughter with a smile on her face and said, "Are you hungry? I brought you some snacks. Fill your stomach first."
Seeing her about to open the box of pastries, Zhou Jiao shook her head and said, "I'm not hungry yet. Let's eat together later. Mom, my master gave me some overseas remittance coupons. You can buy as much as you want this afternoon."
Miao Lishan laughed out loud immediately, opened her shoulder bag, revealing a thick stack of overseas remittance vouchers, and casually grabbed one and put it in her hand.
Zhou Jiao took a look - there were many types of coupons inside, including grain coupons, cloth coupons, rice coupons, meat coupons, oil coupons, sugar coupons, and various industrial product coupons, etc.
Except for some small denominations, all others are in denominations of one hundred or two hundred yuan, with a validity period of one year.
"Why don't you ask where it came from? There's fifteen thousand here."
Zhou Jiao smiled noncommittally, "Did my cousin ask Heizi to deliver a message?"
Miao Lishan glanced at her in frustration. "You're so smart! I should have listened to Xiaowu and given you a few to coax you first. I'll read the letter when I get it back."
Zhou Jiao was not in a hurry to read the letter. Looking at her mother's smile, she knew that Miao Tianming was living well abroad.
"Xiao Lei wired 10,000 US dollars. After secretly calculating the exchange rate, Heizi withdrew over 15,700 in cash and remittance vouchers. I wanted to give him the change, but he refused to take it.
The child was honest and said Xiao Lei had also sent him 1,000 yuan. Later, Xiao Wu said that his child was about to be born and he didn't want to let the child suffer, so he stuffed over 700 yuan in remittance vouchers into his pocket.
Zhou Jiao nodded after hearing this.
"Xiao Lei said in the letter that your uncles asked if it would be convenient for Fang to send me pocket money every month. He felt that it was not appropriate and that it would be better to give him the money and invest it together.
The child has grown up and has become more thoughtful."
Seeing her expression of emotion, Zhou Jiao said yes with a smile.
Ten thousand dollars in pocket money every month? The Miao family was indeed wealthy. Her mother must have been touched again. Fortunately, the other party had no ill intentions, otherwise she would have had another headache.
"But I still have to write back to him and tell him that he absolutely cannot accept any pocket money. I'm not a child, and my grandson is already that old, how can I ask for pocket money?"
"I'm not short of money, but these overseas remittance vouchers are really good. By the way, where did your master get these overseas remittance vouchers?"
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