was still there, she couldn't tell him to find a lawyer in front of her. 。"Feeling better" he still asked, in his usual flat tone, the question he always asked on every phone call. 。"Much better, no...Chapter 380: I Brought the Doctor Back
Night, on the outskirts of C City's coast.
An old, small fishing boat was moored at the edge of the water. Not far from the shore, on a hill, there was a small red brick house.
The old, red brick house was small and the furnishings inside were quite outdated. There wasn't even a television, the only electrical appliance seemed to be a rechargeable flashlight on the counter. It was clear that the owner of this house wasn't wealthy, one could even say they were very poor.
However, the house was clean and tidy, which showed that the owner of this house still took life seriously.
Inside the house
A kindly old man, looking almost seventy years old, pointed at the woman lying unconscious on the bed and discussed with his wife, "Wife, maybe... we should take this girl to the hospital"
He usually doesn't go out to sea, today is the weekend, and he plans to go out to sea to catch some fish and shrimp, and take them to the nearby seafood market to sell for a living.
To my surprise, this afternoon I drifted far away from shore without realizing it. Suddenly, I saw a ship on fire in the distance. The flames were reaching for the sky. Driven by curiosity, I steered my fishing boat closer. However, there was no sign of anyone on board. I figured that with such a massive fire, the people on board must have abandoned ship.
When he turned the fishing boat around, he saw a woman floating on the sea. After much effort, he pulled her aboard and found that she was still alive. He immediately took her to safety.
“Hospital You know those unscrupulous hospitals only care about money, not people. It’s so far from here, even an ambulance would cost hundreds of yuan. And then the treatment costs a fortune! Where are we going to get that kind of money to take this girl to the hospital” The old woman frowned, sounding both helpless and disapproving.
The elderly couple had no children and were now in their late sixties.
A few years ago, my spouse fell seriously ill. To afford the medical treatment, I sold our old fishing boat and everything else of value we owned.
Now the elderly couple lives in this small red brick house, relying on a little over a thousand yuan of monthly subsistence allowance. During the day, they go out to collect scrap for extra income, while their partner goes fishing at the weekends. Their diet mainly consists of seafood, and their life is fairly comfortable.
Because I don't have much money, I usually don't even dare to get sick. If I catch a cold or something, I just go to the drugstore and buy some over-the-counter medicine to take care of it. I never dare to go to the hospital.
Upon hearing his wife say this, the old man's face immediately turned grim.
After a moment of silence, he said with difficulty, "But there are wounds on this girl's arms and her neck..."
“Let’s…” The old woman pondered for a while, then thought of the little money she had saved over a year and gritted her teeth, “We can’t afford to go to the hospital. Why don’t you ask Doctor Tan from the clinic in the front village to come take a look This is all we can do now. Once this girl wakes up, she’ll definitely contact her family to take her back for treatment.”
The old woman had no time to think about how the marks on the girl's neck came to be. She simply thought that perhaps the girl had been in danger and had been attacked by some heartless person, but since she was still alive, the most serious injury should be her arm, so she probably wouldn't die.
"Alright, then I'll go to the village ahead and invite Dr. Tan." The old man replied, immediately turned around and left the house.
It's said to be the village ahead, but if you walk slowly it would take an hour, and if you walk fast it would also take three or four minutes.
In the red brick cottage, the old woman looked at the pale and unconscious girl lying in bed, her clothes still soaking wet. After a moment of thought, she turned and opened the wooden chest used to store clothes, rummaging through it until she found a set of lighter-colored clothes, though they didn't fit quite right. It took her a great deal of effort to change the girl into them.
After finishing, the old woman had also sweated all over and sat panting on a stool beside her to rest.
Looking at the set of clothes she had helped change, the old woman thought they were quite pretty. The only issue was that the sleeves were burnt, which was a shame. However, they should still be wearable.
When she was rested, the old woman took the wet clothes that had been changed and planned to wash them thoroughly. She felt the fabric carefully and found it to be particularly good. Then she turned her head and gazed intently at the pale face of the woman lying on the bed.
I thought to myself: This girl is really beautiful. Luckily, she only hurt her arm, not her face. Otherwise, it would have been ruined.
She looks like someone who has been pampered since childhood, her family must be well-off. Now that I've used up my last savings to save her, when her family comes to pick her up, I'll tell them exactly how much I spent saving her and ask for it back.
This thought instantly eased her mind.
After all, that was money she and her old man had saved up by pinching pennies. It was their retirement fund. She was happy to do good deeds, but she couldn't afford to jeopardize her own life either.
The old woman washed the clothes until they were clean and hung them up to dry before remembering she hadn't cooked dinner yet.
She went back to the room and checked on the woman lying unconscious in bed. After checking her pulse, which was normal, she went to the kitchen to cook.
In less than an hour, the old woman had cooked two dishes: a vegetable dish and a tofu fish soup. Her husband still hadn't brought the doctor back. She was starting to worry that something might have happened to him on his way home so late at night.
Keeping the dishes warm in the pot, the old woman brought a stool and sat by the door waiting.
After waiting anxiously for about half an hour, she heard the sound of a motorcycle. Her heart skipped a beat, knowing that her husband had brought the doctor home.
In less than a minute, the small three-wheeled motorcycle stopped in front of the red brick house.
"Honey, I brought Dr. Tan back." The old man said as he got off the tricycle.
The doctor surnamed Tan was about fifty years old. He calmly got off the tricycle, carrying his medicine box and followed to enter the house.
The old woman hurriedly led Doctor Tan the way, and she couldn't help but turn back with a feigning anger and ask, "How come it took you so long Did you go for a stroll around the village before coming to fetch Doctor Tan"
It wasn't really anger, just worry that my old partner might encounter something on the way.
"This is a matter of life and death, how dare I dawdle around When I got to the clinic, Dr. Tan was having dinner. It wouldn't be polite to drag someone in while he's eating, would it So I waited until Dr. Tan finished his meal, then I borrowed a tricycle from someone next door and rushed back." The old man quickly defended himself and explained.
Entering the room, the old woman hurriedly moved a stool to the bedside so the doctor could sit and examine her. “Doctor Tan, please help take a look at this girl's condition. Her arm is also injured.”
Dr. Tan, a seasoned traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, has been seeing patients for twenty or thirty years. He expertly palpates the patient's pulse and then skillfully examines the unconscious woman's physical condition.
Seeing the horrifying red and purple marks on her neck, it was immediately apparent that they were caused by strangulation. He frowned, his mind racing with a thousand thoughts.d very quickly, and the next second she was talking about something else. 。Every time Tang Moqing chatted with Xiaonuan, his mood would become tense countless times. Every time he hung up the phone,...