Chapter 1: Childhood Chapter 1: Mischievous

  The time is 12:00 noon and the location is the village clinic.

  "Doctor, please take a look at my child quickly. He's been vomiting and having diarrhea, and I've even given him terramycin, but he's not getting any better!"

  A woman holding a three- or four-year-old boy in her arms ran while loudly shouting.

  "What's all the commotion about? It's time for lunch now. Wait until I finish eating and then we'll talk. This isn't your home, no loud noise is allowed."

  The speaker was the only doctor in the village, surnamed Wang, named Wang Xiangyang. He is 35 years old this year. He is tall and thin, not very old, with a bald spot on his head, a pointed mouth and sunken cheeks, and a face full of freckles.

  Relying on his wife's family background, he is arrogant and domineering in the village clinic. He usually has a bad attitude towards patients and their families, and is very arrogant. Moreover, he is not clean-handed, always likes to take advantage of others, and whenever a woman comes to see him, he is always touching her hands and feet.

  The villagers are both afraid of and resentful towards him, but no one dares to utter a single disrespectful word. Offend him, and it's unlikely you'll get medical attention afterwards.

  "Mr. Wang, you take a look at the child first, it's been a whole day and night. If time goes on, I'm afraid something will happen to the child."

  The woman looked anxious and stared at Wang Xiangyang, wishing she could kneel down for him.

  To know, a good man can't stand three bubbles of weak tea, let alone a child.

  At this time, Wang Xiangyang stood on the stairs and happened to see the woman's open neckline, staring at it without blinking.

  The woman also discovered Wang Xiangyang's strangeness and quickly pulled her collar.

  Wang Xiangyang didn't show a hint of embarrassment and lightly coughed once.

  "I can save your child, but the cost is higher than usual. Now it's my lunch break and you're delaying me from eating. The treatment fee is three blocks. If you want to cure him, pay first; if not, wait for me to come back."

  Wang Xiangyang was best at taking advantage of the situation. He knew that now they would have to agree, whether they wanted to or not. Otherwise, this back-and-forth trip would take at least an hour.

  The woman hesitated for a moment, quickly put down the child, took out five yuan from her bag and handed it to Wang Xiangyang.

  Wang Xiangyang didn't even look at it and put the money directly into his pocket.

  "Come with me!"

  "Doctor Wang, you must cure my child's illness. I'm troubling you with this."

  The woman kept saying good things to Wang Xiangyang in order for the child to get better as soon as possible.

  "Alright, alright, are you annoying or what? Go wait outside, I'm seeing a patient and need a quiet environment. You're chattering nonstop in front of me, if something goes wrong, is it my fault or yours?"

  King Xiangyang stood up and drove the woman out of the clinic, closing the door behind her.

  As for Wang Xiangyang's medical skills, there really aren't any. The whole half bottle of vinegar, I knew this kid was probably suffering from food poisoning, a common thing in the countryside, and didn't pay much attention to it.

  Put the child aside and didn't take care of it, went to find anti-inflammatory injection and physiological saline.

  "This bottle is expired, but it doesn't matter, it's just saline solution. It won't kill anyone."

  Wang Xiangyang found a bottle of expired saline and an anti-inflammatory injection.

  After everything was done, after being given an injection, Wang Xiangyang left directly. Without mentioning the extra two dollars that had been added.

  This is Wang Xiangyang, the infamous evil doctor in the village.

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  When Yuanhao and his family arrived at the broken temple, it was almost 9 pm. Everywhere was pitch black and very quiet. In that era, there were no entertainment activities, basically every household went to sleep after 8 pm.

  When I arrived at the broken temple, this broken temple was really a broken temple. The roof was almost gone, and there were broken walls everywhere. A few pillars plus the dilapidated wall, everywhere was dark and damp, emitting a musty smell, with weeds growing wildly all over the place. This was Da Shuai's 'home'.

  Hao's father pushed aside the weeds with his hands and led his wife and child into the broken temple. As they entered, they saw that Dashi was lying in a pile of grass at the base of the wall, where the only intact roof tile was. In three strides, Hao's father reached him, put down the umbrella he was holding, squatted down, and gently touched Dashi with his hand. He checked his breathing and let out a sigh of relief, saying: "He's still breathing, should be fine." After speaking, he touched Dashi's forehead with his hand, but it felt like he had touched a hot potato, and he quickly withdrew his hand.

  "My forehead is burning, this is a high fever. Oh no, you stay here and watch him, I'll go find Dr. Chi, I'll get Dr. Wang to come over." After saying that, he turned around and walked into the dark night without looking back.

  At this time, a loud crack was heard from the edge of the sky, and spring thunder arrived. Immediately afterwards, it started raining. As the saying goes, "Spring rain is as precious as oil."

  But at this time, it was pitch black everywhere, and the road was not easy to walk on, plus it was raining. Huo's father walked towards Dr. Wang's house, the only barefoot doctor in the village, with a deep breath, and arrived at the door of Dr. Wang's house, panting, knocked on the door, and heard the sound of dogs barking all around, probably not yet asleep.

  A man's voice came from inside the house, asking: "Who is this? Everyone has gone to bed. If there's something, let's talk about it tomorrow!" As soon as Dad heard this, he felt a little relieved in his heart and thought to himself, It's good that someone is here, otherwise where would I go to find a doctor?

  "It's me, Lao Yuan. Is Wang Daifu at home? Sorry to disturb you at this time, but my son is ill and I was wondering if you could help take a look."

  "Who did you say it was? It's so late, can't it wait till tomorrow? I'm exhausted after a whole day and just lay down. Come back tomorrow!" Dr. Wang replied.

  Hao's father was alarmed and hastily said, "No way, Doctor Wang, it's that Big Fool, the poor kid who lives in the broken temple at the back of the village with no parents."

  "This isn't right, my son Huan doesn't understand things, he was thrown into the dung pit and got a high fever, that's why I asked you to come over. Can you take a look? If you make a house call, I'll give you five yuan as your fee."

  Wang Dafu heard it and thought, "Five yuan is not a small amount. Usually, he only earns around ten yuan a day, and now he's being asked for half of that. He hastily agreed, saying: "Alright, Old Yuan, wait a moment, I'll put on my clothes and grab my medical kit, and then I'll be right there."

  Hao's dad heard this and suddenly felt relieved, letting out a big sigh of relief. He hastily replied: "Hey, slow down, I'm waiting for you."

  After waiting for about five or six minutes, Wang Daifu, wearing a white coat and carrying the medicine box, opened the door and followed Huo's father to the broken temple, walking for about twenty minutes.

  King Dahfu, in his heart, thought: "This old Yuan has a good heart, just for the sake of this orphan, he's troubling me at such a late hour. Humph, I'll get him back later."

  Entering the broken temple, a strong stench assailed the heavens, so much that it made Wang Daifu wave his hand and say

  "I won't treat this illness anymore, and I don't want your money either. You can go find someone else to treat you," he said, turning around and walking out.

  Hao's father took one look and was frightened. Everyone knows that there is only one doctor in this village, so who else can I go to?

  Hurry up and followed out of the broken temple, quickened his pace to catch up with Wang Daifu and said: "Wang Daifu, you've come this far, just take a look at the child, it's late at night, if you don't take a look, where can I find another doctor? Although, the child is a bit smelly, but doctors aren't picky about their patients, are they? Wang Daifu, your medical ethics are noble, just take a look at the child!"

  "Wang's husband heard this, still unwilling, shaking his head like a rattle drum. What stinks? This is just like a toilet! How can I look at it? If you want me to look, clean up the big fool and bring him home, then I'll take a look."

  Dad is in such a hurry, I thought to myself what can be done now. After I tidy up at home and finish cleaning, who knows how much time will have been wasted.

  I thought to myself, I reckon it's because the consultation fee is too low, but in the early 90s, five yuan was actually a lot. My heart hardened and I said: "Alright, Doctor Wang, you take a look at the kid and see what's going on, prescribe some medicine, and this consultation fee, I'll add two more yuan to it, how about that?"

  "Alright, that's what you said, I'll add two more, making it a total of seven dollars. Don't regret it later and don't tell others that I'm greedy for collecting seven dollars from you."

  Hao's father heard this and finally felt at ease, hastily saying: "Alright, Doctor Wang, quickly take a look at the child."

  Yuan Hua felt a pang in his heart as he listened outside the broken temple. Of course, he didn't do anything wrong, but he was distressed because his father had spent seven dollars to treat this big fool's illness. To think that normally Yuan Hua would have to rack his brains just to get fifty cents from him.

  He had long since hated that Wang Daifu, no, Wang Evil Doctor, without the slightest bit of remorse.

  It's been half an hour since you came over here.

  "Doctor Wang got up, then took out two packets of medicine wrapped in yellow paper from the medicine box and handed them to Haodaddy. He said, "This medicine is for reducing fever, plus some penicillin. Take one tablet once a day, and the child will be fine in two days." The consultation fee was 7 yuan, and the cost of the medicine was cheaper, so he just asked for 1 yuan."

  After finishing speaking, however, his hand didn't withdraw, and this was because he was waiting for Dad Huang to take out the money.

  Yuan Hua heard that there was another piece of money, and his heart itched with hatred. He thought to himself that he would definitely get everything back with interest, wait until the big fool is well, and then settle accounts with him.

  Hao's dad heard that it was eight yuan, and thought to himself, "Isn't this already including the consultation fee and medication?" Why are they still collecting money? Without thinking much about it, he hurriedly reached into his pants pocket to grab some cash. After rummaging around, all he found was a single 10-yuan bill, so he hastily handed it over to Doctor Wang.

  "Take a look, old Yuan. I'm in a hurry and didn't bring any change. How about this: I'll send it to you tomorrow, okay?"

  Hao's dad heard that and said, "If you didn't bring it, then just forget about it. We're all neighbors anyway, so let's do it tomorrow." He quickly added, "No big deal, I'll have Hao come pick it up tomorrow."

  The work "Life's Ups and Downs" has undergone significant additions and deletions due to plot requirements.

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