Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âYou donât think there would be good doctors in small villages?â Li Shengrong coldly asked.
âOh, I donât mean that,â Hou Shidaâs mother said.
âLook, you have to have the right attitude,â Li Shengrong said. âYou are asking someone a big favor. The young doctor in the village has a lot of rules.â
âSo, is he the person who treated Mr. Guo and Xiaoxue?â Hou Shidaâs mother just realized who Li Shengrong was talking about.
Beijing was a big place, but some social circles were really small. There were only a handful of prestigious families like the Su and Guo families. Those prestigious families in Beijing knew about Wang Yao. Some of them really wanted to be introduced to the young and amazing doctor. However, it wasnât that easy. After all, they had to go through the Su and Guo families, who were both extremely powerful.
âYes,â Li Shengrong said. âIt will be up to him to decide whether he is happy to treat your son or not.â
After Li Shengrong returned home from the hospital, he took out a small pack of tea leaves. He left to visit Chen Zhouchuan with the pack of tea leaves.
Chen Zhouchuan was listening to Peking Opera in his courtyard.
âYo, you are not playing chess,â Li Shengrong said.
âWhat brings you here?â Chen Zhouchuan coldly asked.
âNothing big. I just want to thank you for treating Hou Shida,â Li Shengrong said as he set the pack of tea leaves on the table.
âHumph.â Chen Zhouchuan didnât say much.
âHave some tea.â His wife came out with a pot of tea.
âThank you,â Li Shengrong said. The tea smelled nice. âStop being upset. I know that kid is naughty, but he is a member of my family. I canât watch him dying.â
âHeâs not your grandson,â Chen Zhouchuan replied.
âI know, but heâs still family,â Li Shengrong said.
âI canât help him anyway, so find someone else,â Chen Zhouchuan said.
âI know you canât cure him, and neither can I,â Li Shengrong said. âIâve asked his mother to take him somewhere else. You donât need to worry about him anymore. Iâve showed him a way, but I donât know what will happen to him.â
âDid you ask his mother to take him to Wang Yao?â Chen Zhouchuan sat up.
âYou are right,â Li Shengrong replied. âThat young doctor is more capable than us. People we canât do anything for might be able to get cured by him.â
âYou are just more and more shameless!â Chen Zhouchuan complained.
âHey, why am I shameless?â Li Shengrong unpleasantly asked. âI came here to give you some nice tea. But, look at you. I donât owe you anything.â
âItâs OK for you to ask me to see Hou Shida, but why would you bother Dr. Wang? Do you remember what he said before he left?â Chen Zhouchuan asked.
Li Shengrong didnât know what to say.
âYou know Hou Shida is a nasty piece of work. Go ask around how many girls have been destroyed by him. If he wasnât the heir of a prestigious family, he would have ended up in jail long time ago or beaten to death.â Chen Zhouchuan was growing increasingly angry. âGo away, I donât want to see you.â
âWhat happened between you two?â Chen Zhouchuanâs wife stepped in. She patted her husbandâs shoulder gently. âWhat upset you?â
âNothing, go back to your room,â Chen Zhouchuan said.
âIs your wife not well?â Li Shengrong asked after Chen Zhouchuanâs wife had gone back into the house.
âYeah, she hasnât been sleeping well,â Chen Zhouchuan said.
âDid you prescribe her any herbal formula?â Li Shengrong asked.
âI did, but it didnât seem to work.â Chen Zhouchuanâs voice became softer when mentioning his wife.
âWould you like me to take a look at her?â Li Shengrong asked.
âNo, thanks,â Chen Zhouchuan said. âI plan to travel around with her when it becomes cooler.â
âWhere are you going?â Li Shengrong asked.
âActually, I want to take her to see Dr. Wang,â Chen Zhouchuan said.
âThatâs a good idea,â Li Shengrong replied.
Chen Zhouchuan was no longer angry after chatting with Li Shengrong for a while. After all, they had known each other for more than 30 years. Plus, they were both Traditional Chinese Medical Practitioners. They knew each other well and talked about almost everything. Of course, they also argued with each other quite often. As they got older, their tempers became more weird. Sometimes they were like little children.
âDo you wanna have a drink at my place tonight?â Li Shengrong asked.
âNo, thanks. We can go to the place we always go,â Chen Zhouchuan replied.
âOK, letâs go,â Li Shengrong said.
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Wang Yao had a visitor in his clinic. It was Zhen Weijun.
The location of Nanshan Pharmaceutical Company had been decided, and the building had been designed. They had also picked a date to start construction.
Since the Zhen and Sun families were in charge of the construction, they were building the factory quickly. Zhen Weijun came to visit Wang Yao because he was on a business trip in Qi province.
âDr. Wang, the construction of the main building of the factory will be completed by the end of the year,â Zhen Weijun said. âWe anticipate the production line will start at about May 1 of next year.â
âThat sounds great,â Wang Yao said.
When they started the company, different people were allocated with different tasks. The Zhen family was in charge of the legal requirements for establishing a pharmaceutical company, staff management, and future sales. Wang Yao was only in charge of the medication production and technique support.
âRight, Iâve got this for you.â Wang Yao took out a small wooden board, which was the pharmacistâs order, and gave it to Zhen Weijun.
âWhat is this?â Zhen Weijun asked.
âItâs the pharmacistâs order,â Wang Yao replied. âIt means Iâll try my best to treat a person for you.â
âThank you!â Zhen Weijun put the wooden board away with great care since it was very precious.
A moment later, Wang Yao had a patient, so Zhen Weijun left the clinic.
âThe pharmacistâs order!â Zhen Weijun took out the wooden board and had a close look at it after he returned to his car. âThis is going to be very useful.â
He thought maybe Wang Yao didnât even realize himself how meaningful and important his wooden boards to those who had them. Given his capability, he should be able to cure someone with cancer!
In late afternoon, two more vehicles came to the village. Both vehicles carried a lot of trees.
âHello, Dr. Wang,â Li Shiyu said.
âHello, thank you,â Wang Yao said.
âYou are welcome. Actually, I should thank you,â Li Shiyu replied with a smile.
Wang Yao had purchased a lot of trees in the last few months. It had provided significant income for him.
âAre you going to sell the trees after a few years?â Li Shiyu asked.
âNo, I wonât see them that way,â Wang Yao replied.
âOK, itâs none of my business anyway,â Li Shiyu said. âBy the way, are you available tomorrow?â
âYeah, why?â Wang Yao asked.
âMy mom has been bad headaches the past few days,â Li Shiyu said. âThe doctors from the hospital couldnât tell what is wrong with her. I want to bring her to your clinic.â
âNo problem, bring her in the morning,â Wang Yao said.
âSure, thanks,â Li Shiyu said.
After Li Shiyu left, Wang Yao traveled between the top and foot of Nanshan Hill, carrying all the trees. It didnât take him long to do it.
Gotta plant some trees again, Wang Yao thought.
San Xian jumped around the trees excitedly and wagged his tail. He seemed to be keen about the trees. Or, perhaps it was because of Wang Yao or Nanshan Hill.
Wang Yao started to plant trees early the next morning before it was light. He dug holes in the ground, planted trees, and watered trees. San Xian and Da Xia helped him.
He didnât go to his clinic in the morning. He notified his patients of this on Weibo. However, he still had visitors in the morning. It was a man in his 30s.
âWhatâs going on? No one is here?â The man was from Beijing. Hou Shidaâs mother had asked him to come to the clinic. âHmm!â
He didnât know Wang Yao put notices on Weibo, so he just waited outside the clinic. Although it was cooler in the village than in the town center, it was still quite hot at that time of the day. He stood under the two trees outside the clinic waiting, checking his watch from time to time.
âHow come the doctor is still not here now?â the man murmured.
It took him a while to grab someone from the village to ask what was going on.
âAre you looking for Wang Yao?â the villager asked âHe wonât be coming to the clinic today. You can follow him on Weibo. He notifies people of his absence on Weibo.â
âWhat? A village doctor has Weibo?â The man logged into his Weibo and found Wang Yaoâs account. He discovered that Wang Yao wouldnât be in the clinic in the morning. âWhat should I do?â
He had traveled all the way from Beijing to Lianshan. Hou Shidaâs mother told him that he had to convince Dr. Wang to treat her son. He could wait, but Hou Shida couldnât wait.
Maybe I should visit his home, the man thought.
He asked another villager where Wang Yao lived. The villager told him Wang Yao lived in the village, but he didnât like people bothering his parents. He wouldnât see anyone who went to his house.
âSeriously? What a weird person!â The man was speechless. Even the best doctors in Beijing didnât have such strange rules.