Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 1912 - 1705: The Big Pill

Seeing this familiar reaction, Zhang Yanping felt helpless.

He simply stood there and stopped talking.

But even his silence didn’t lessen the intimidation one bit; in fact, because he stopped moving, it seemed like he was holding in some sort of anger.

The three of them were trembling, and although Wu Guo was pushed to the front like an old mother hen, he was quite scared inside until Doctor Guo came out from inside—

"Yanping!"

She exclaimed, then looked at the newly hired employees who were trembling, thinking her boyfriend really knew himself well. He didn’t show up during the interview yesterday, otherwise, whether they would have come or not would have been another matter.

But look at that intimidating face of his—it would be quite useful to bring him back to the hometown.

But now...

She smiled, "It’s fine, this is my boyfriend, he’s a good guy, he won’t hit people."

Doctor Wu looked at her accusingly: Whether it’s a patient or a doctor, you can’t trust a love-struck brain.

If he really is a good person, why emphasize this? And specially mention he won’t hit people... then he surely hits people!

Is this the price of starting a business in the countryside?

To yield to evil forces?

Doctor Xiaoguo saw they didn’t need to speak, and felt helpless at the moment, so she simply stopped explaining:

"You’ll know in the future."

Then she turned to Zhang Yanping and asked, "What’s up?"

There were other patients in the yard, and Zhang Yanping didn’t keep explaining either, at this point he said matter-of-factly, "Came to check on your recruitment situation..."

Seeing that this young doctor wasn’t as tall, as strong, or as dark as him, he felt somewhat satisfied inside.

Doctor Xiaoguo liked him because he was safe, he knew that. Such a gentle and refined doctor, if he were her boyfriend, wouldn’t the relatives tear him apart when going back home!

Seeing that he was scared but still blocking Xiaoxiao with the male nurse, he felt more satisfied, and then returned to the main topic:

"Tantan said she was going to pick water chestnuts in the river this afternoon, are you going?"

"Water chestnuts..." Doctor Xiaoguo instinctively said, "Tell the kids not to eat them raw, if there’s any ginger rootworm parasite, we don’t have many anthelmintic drugs prepared."

Zhang Yanping felt helpless.

"Wouldn’t it be a waste not to eat the fresh water chestnuts at this time of year?"

It’s similar to eating raw young chestnuts and water caltrops, the young ones are sweet and tender when raw, but cooking completely changes the taste.

Doctor Xiaoguo thought about it and realized she craved it too, so she couldn’t continue to be serious and just suggested, "Then tell them not to eat on the spot, wash and peel them before eating."

This is fine!

Adults can let them go, these kids are from the city and probably have good hygiene habits, so they should listen.

So Zhang Yanping continued to ask her, "Are you going? They won’t go to the river until around five or six o’clock. If you go, I’ll talk to Xin Jun to accompany you."

The clinic rests at 5 o’clock, and Doctor Xiaoguo didn’t hesitate, "I’m going!"

But it felt a bit unfair to Teacher Xin, who had long day shifts and many tasks, doing all the tiring work.

Zhang Yanping nodded, "Don’t worry about us..."

To balance out this hardship, he kept the clinic meticulously clean during the day! Once a big underworld boss, he now uses a magic broom to scrub the floors, scrubbing vigorously.

The so-called window-cleaning gadget even pinched his arm sore.

After all, business is good now, and with housekeeping and laundry being so busy, if they don’t plan to hire anyone for the time being, he still has to lend a hand.

After saying all this, the "big underworld boss" walked away, and Guo Dong turned around to look at the three newly relieved employees, feeling a bit regretful:

"It’s a pity, the water chestnuts are from Lao Song’s family, not cheap at all, can’t take you all there."

Everyone quickly shook their heads, "Not going, not going!"

Going with the boss makes any nice rural project feel like a team-building event, which doesn’t sound fun at all, and feels full of KPIs.

...

It’s unclear if it was because of the three helpers or because getting off work early to pick water chestnuts was hanging in front of them, but Doctor Xiaoguo’s efficiency was particularly high today.

The guy with sunglasses who brought a banner came, and ended up queuing for over two hours here again.

Because there was someone helping to call numbers, he even had time to buy some tofu products and various vegetables.

Overall, it’s all about "since I’m here!"

And the three of Wu Guo quickly adapted to this rural work.

Although the lunch break was a bit short, and they couldn’t go back to town, wasn’t there a therapy bed? Just spread a disposable sheet, and the three of them could sleep soundly on it.

Other than the prices at this rural clinic being excessively high, there were no other concerns.

Even those big hawthorn pills cost 20 each, often sold out... maybe try looking at the digestion tablets? 20 can buy a box!

As for Chinese medicine, Doctor Wu didn’t know herbs, but they looked nice, being expensive was normal, but not outrageous.

But that big pill, called a hawthorn pill, brought by the sunglasses guy with a flag and the hesitant patients outside, how dare they sell it at 359 each! (Yes, the price went up!)

Still seven per course, sold at sky-high prices! And the visitors still insist on buying them... is outrageous! Too outrageous!

How much is that "Yanzong" or "Shenbao" in the pharmacy? If those don’t work, there’s always that little blue pill... right?

He quietly busied himself on the side, watching these middle-aged men desperately trying to buy more medicine only to be refused, he genuinely felt they’d be easily deceived in their old age.

But should we blame the boss for this?

Not entirely.

While two Doctor Guos were checking pulses, they said it wasn’t due to that reason, and they just needed some traditional Chinese medicine to regulate things - but the men absolutely wouldn’t have it!

Just one course of pills wasn’t enough, they wanted three or five courses!

Finally, the boss refused, saying they were out of stock.

This is just too much!

In such situations, his sense of justice feels useless!

Overall, absurd! Completely absurd!

More absurd was, patients adding Doctor Wu on WeChat, and the boss didn’t oppose, so he agreed.

Little did he know the other party, after saying hello, took him aside and mysteriously said, "Doctor Wu, I see you’re quite young and healthy, right?"

Doctor Wu, a bit shy, thought to himself, not that fit, with recurring neck pain, frozen shoulder, tendinitis, and sometimes diarrhea after eating barbecue.

But the other person sincerely said, "Young man, then you probably don’t need these pills. If you have extra, I’m willing to pay a premium."

And then secretively raised an index finger:

"Add 100."

Paused and added: "Add 100 for each pill."

Doctor Wu: ...

Does this pill have a special insider price? Otherwise, might as well stop working and become a reseller.

Then looked at the other person, what business are they in? How can they spend money so extravagantly?

The other person patted him on the shoulder nostalgically, "You don’t understand, at our age, we don’t ask for much, just a bit of manly vigor... not too much to ask, right?"

Nurse Xiaoxiao, cooking medicine behind them, rolled her eyes:

Manly vigor?

Like Doctor Wu and Sun Wenwu, standing in front of her when faced with a gang leader, now that’s manly vigor!

What you’re thinking about, and you still have the nerve to call it manly vigor?

She looked at Doctor Guo again, feeling like he was glowing radiantly: 359 per pill, so what? The price should be set this way! Sell! Keep selling! The best outcome is to empty these city folks’ wallets!

In any case, this complicated first workday finally came to an end.

After work, seeing Doctor Guo leaving without locking the door, quickly changing into casual clothes and hurrying out of the clinic, the three of them exchanged a silent glance, noticing nothing much needed tidying up in the clinic, just closed the door, suddenly wondering:

"Are we still waiting here for the bus?"

A villager going to work carrying a hoe, upon hearing, chimed in, "Yeah, just wait here. Doctor Guo surely spoke to the bus; he’ll definitely come to pick you up."

If that’s the case, stepping out of the door is like stepping onto a platform, and that’s quite satisfying!

...

The three got on the bus still chatting:

"Are we really sure about working here?"

"Of course!" Xiaoxiao was the first to be content: "The meals are good, the accommodation isn’t bad, there’s transportation, meals and lodging included, what more could I ask for? If no overtime every day is guaranteed, this place is simply heavenly."

She could find jobs in city clinics too, but having worked at two places before, one was too far to commute, no meals or lodging included, a monthly salary of 4000, and barely anything left at the end of the month.

Another place hired two nurses, related to the doctor, always under a big boss and a second boss - if there was only one boss, they’d know what you were doing, at least wouldn’t push you too hard.

But with these unclear two bosses, second boss’s work also fell on her, and no pay raise, getting scolded as well.

Overall, this place is good!

She didn’t have big ambitions, while Doctor Wu wanted to progress, she just wished for a stable lifetime, very content with that.

Sun Wenwu also confirmed: "So far, it looks good. After all, the internship lasts a month, might as well work, elsewhere I can’t eat such nice food."

Saying this, he gestured again: "I picked a 5-tier deluxe lunch box from Dongdong with two large thermos cups, it’ll be delivered tomorrow! Just for this tea and white fungus soup, I can’t bear to leave."

Really delicious!

Really delicious!

Come eating and taking later, can’t imagine how enjoyable it’ll be!

Wu Guo pondered: "Then should I buy a second-hand car or not? Seeing this asphalt road, shouldn’t an electric tricycle with a canopy suffice?"

That costs five or six thousand, more economical and simpler than a second-hand car.

But at this moment, the bus driver interrupted: "That won’t do, while our area’s slopes aren’t steep, they’re long and gentle. Riding an e-bike alone is fine, but for two people on an uphill, you’ll have to get off. You three riding together, won’t work."

Everyone: !!!

Forgot about the village connections, did they really speak like this in front of the driver?

But the driver continued, "If you’re thinking about buying a second-hand car, you might want to ask Tie Lian and Old Chen in town; they work at Riverside Beach. After Old Chen becomes permanent, the Song Family doesn’t want him riding a motorcycle, says it’s unsafe, and prefers taking the bus. Tie Lian sometimes wants to get around too... both are considering buying a car!"