Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âI will visit you in Beijing when I have time,â Wang Yao said.
âOK,â Su Xiaoxue said.
âOh?â Chu Lian was surprised to hear their conversation.
What does he mean? She thought about a number of possibilities. She glanced at Miss Su and then Wang Yao. It canât be!
Guo Zhenghe heard their conversation, too. He just smiled the same big, shiny smile.
âI have to go, too. See you next time,â Guo Zhenghe said to Wang Yao.
âSee you later,â Wang Yao said.
Guo Zhenghe left by car. There was no point for him to continue to stay since Su Xiaoxue had left.
After he got into his car, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared like sunny weather suddenly becoming gloomy.
âStupid!â Guo Zhenghe clenched his teeth. A moment later, the smile returned to his face. It was still the same shiny smile.
...
In the afternoon, Li Shiyu delivered a truck of trees. âDid you contract the whole hill?â
âYes,â Wang Yao said.
âThese trees arenât worth a lot of money until after they are full grown,â Li Shiyu said.
âI know. I just want to make the environment on the hill better and the air fresher,â Wang Yao said.
âWhat?â Li Shiyu was surprised at his answer.
âI donât care about money. The bottom line is Iâm happy. Am I right?â Wang Yao asked. He was very happy today.
âYeah, you are right,â said Li Shiyu, who thought Wang Yao was a wonderful person. âGrrr!â
âThank you,â Wang Yao said.
âYou are welcome,â Li Shiyu said. âGrrr!â
âYou are burping?â Wang Yao asked.
âYeah. I donât know why I keep burping,â Li Shiyu said.
Wang Yao smiled and rapidly patted on Li Shiyuâs chest and belly.
âHmm?â Li Shiyu was surprised. He didnât know what Wang Yao was doing.
âHow do you feel now?â Wang Yao asked.
âWhat do you mean? Wow! I stopped burping,â Li Shiyu said with surprise. He waited for a while and found that he really had stopped burping. âThat is amazing!â
Wang Yao smiled.
Li Shiyu left in a good mood.
âThat Dr. Wang is wonderful,â he said to his colleague.
âReally?â his colleague asked.
âI had been burping on my way here. Now, after he patted on my chest, Iâm fine,â Li Shiyu said.
âMaybe it was just coincidence,â his colleague said.
âNo way. Heâs really a fantastic doctor,â Li Shiyu said.
Wang Yao quickly transferred all the trees onto Nanshan Hill. It was like he was just carrying cotton.
âHey, is that Dr. Wang?â Chen Zhou asked.
He and Chen Ying saw Wang Yao from distance hopping on the hill.
âYes,â Chen Ying said.
âWow, amazing,â Chen Zhou said.
Wang Yao was hopping between the foot and the top of the hill. One second he was at the foot of the hill, and the next second he was at the middle of the hill. A moment later, he disappeared into the woods. It looked like Wang Yao was jumping on stairs and not a hill. It was unbelievable.
âIs that leaping with Qi?â Chen Zhou asked.
âIâm not sure but probably,â Chen Ying said.
âShall we go and help Dr. Wang transfer the trees?â Chen Zhou asked.
âWait!â Chen Ying stopped her brother. âMaybe Dr. Wang doesnât need our help. Letâs just stay here and watch.â
They continued to watch Wang Yao hopping between the foot and the top of the hill with astonishing speed. He soon finished transferring all the trees onto the hill.
âWhat is Dr. Wang going to turn Nanshan Hill into?â Chen Zhou asked.
âWell, Iâm not sure. Maybe he wants to turn the hill into a so-called place of fortune,â Chen Ying said. She was just speculating.
...
In a different village of Lianshan, a man was taking a walk on the street. One of his legs was normal, but the other one was impaired. He could stretch it out normally, but he could only move it in circles.
âHello, Feng, are you exercising?â a villager asked.
âYes, just a bit,â Feng said.
âYour speech is much better,â the villager said with surprise.
The village was not big. Everyone knew everything that happened in each house in the village. Most villagers knew Feng had a stroke and felt sorry for him. They thought he would be wasted.
âYes, much better,â Feng said.
âWhere did you get treatment?â the villager asked.
âI went to see a traditional Chinese medical practitioner,â Feng said. He subconsciously thought was what Wang Yao was.
âYou need to exercise a lot,â the villager said.
âYes,â Feng said.
He slowly walked back and forth twice following the footpath. He finally found a place to sit down to watch his fellow villagers play poker.
âFeng, you look better,â another villager said.
Feng had good reputation in the village since he was nice and honest. The villagers liked interacting with him. They always greeted him when they bumped into him on the street.
âYes,â Feng said.
After sitting for a moment, he drank some water from his water bottle.
âYouâve got everything with you?â a villager asked.
âYeah, itâs getting hot.â Feng didnât say much, but his speech was now quite very clear.
After sitting for a while, he stood up and was about to go home.
âAre you leaving? You donât wanna stay here a bit longer?â the villager asked.
âNo, I gotta go back to feed the animals,â Feng said with a smile.
He slowly began walking back home. After he had gone far enough, the villagers started to talk about him.
âLook at him! Heâs such as good man. What a shame he had a stroke,â a villager said.
âYou are right. More and more people have stroke nowadays,â another villager said.
âWe should eat less meat and more vegetables, and exercise more. We also should try to stay in a good mood,â a middle-aged villager said while playing poker.
âSeriously? I didnât see you do any of those things,â another villager said.
âOne of my relatives had stroke. He is only 52 years old. His lifestyle is terrible. He never cared about what he ate. He had too much meat and fish. Plus, he already had diabetes and hypertension. Then, he suddenly had a stroke. Heâs in wheelchair now,â the middle-aged villager said.
âI think Feng is much better now. His speech is quite clear,â a female villager said.
âYes, his speech was still quite slurred the last time I went to visit him. It was like he had a bun in his mouthâ the middle-aged villager said.
âWell, as long as he can look after himself,â the female villager said.
âI think he had a stroke because he was too tired. His son hasnât got married. He has to save to buy an apartment,â the middle-aged villager said.
âYou are right. A person had better not get ill or be too poor,â the female villager said.
Meanwhile, Feng had arrived at home.
âDarling, how are you feeling?â his wife loudly asked as soon as he stepped into the house. She was cooking.
âIâm well. Youâve asked me the same question a thousand times. Donât you get bored?â Feng asked with a smile. He was a bit louder when talking to his wife.
âNo, I just want you to get better. Nothing is more important than your recovery,â his wife said.
Her mood had improved a lot lately. When her husband was still in the hospital, she was really unhappy. It was a torture for her to see her husband suffer. She couldnât work or tend to house or farm chores. She spent all her time looking after her husband.
One had to experience the difficulty to know how hard it would be when the man of the house got sick. She had to take everything on her shoulders. Her son was still single and seeking a wife. They were not rich family. No girl would marry her son if she knew there was a sick man in the household. She wanted her son to marry a decent girl who was not necessarily from a rich family but from a similar background.
âDonât forget to take your pill,â Fengâs wife said.
âI wonât,â Feng said.
âWe are so lucky to come across a good doctor,â his wife said.
Her husbandâs recovery made her much happier. Her life was full of hope again. She had regained the strength to work again.
...
Meanwhile, in Lianshan Peopleâs Hospital, He Shili was seeing a doctor.
âWhere did you get treatment?â a doctor asked. He found it unbelievable that He Shili had fully recovered from his stroke.
âDoctor, is my husband alright now?â He Shiliâs wife asked.
âHeâs fine now. How did he get better?â the doctor asked.
He Shili had come to the hospital for review. The result was satisfactory. The thrombosis was gone. He had fully recovered. He Shili actually knew he was fine, he just needed reassurance from the hospital.
âI have been receiving acupuncture and massage therapy,â He Shili said.
âAcupuncture and massage in this hospital?â the doctor asked.
He was very clear about the expertise of his colleagues in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department. It was rare that a stroke patient could restore function purely by acupuncture and massage.
He Shili was his patient, so he was very familiar with the manâs condition. He Shiliâs notes were still saved in the computer, so the doctor was really surprised that He Shili was fine now.
âNo, somewhere else,â He Shili said.
âIn the provincial hospital?â the doctor asked.
âNo, in a clinic in our county,â He Shili said.
âClinic?â the doctor asked.
âSort of,â He Shili said.
âReally? Thatâs strange!â The doctor was bewildered.