When the patient heard Ren Xiaosu lamenting why he did not run faster, he felt quite aggrieved. "I was already running as fast as I could, alright? You're the one who's crazy!"
Ren Xiaosu smacked his lips and said, "Everyone else has left after paying up. You can decide what to do about this. We're a clinic, not a charity organization!"
"Then what do you think we should do?" The man was close to tears. He could not win against Ren Xiaosu, and he did not have enough money. He might even have to donate his money here today …
"Look, it's like this." Ren Xiaosu said amiably, "Think about it carefully. Do you still have money hidden at home?"
"No, who would dare to hide money at home these days? They can't even trust their own wives." The man was close to despair.
Ren Xiaosu was getting a little impatient too. "You're a man, don't be so aggrieved. Just tell me how much money you have left, alright?"
"There's only four or five days left until we get our payday. It's the end of the month now, and we can't save any money while we're working …"
"I'm asking you how much money you have left!" Ren Xiaosu roared angrily.
"432." The man cried.
He definitely could not let the other party write an IOU. These days, if he asked someone to write an IOU today, the person might just be gone tomorrow …
Ren Xiaosu wondered if this man had anything valuable on him.
Suddenly, Ren Xiaosu thought of something. His eyes lit up and he said, "I see. You don't have it easy either. Why don't we waive the rest and just give me the money in your pocket? I'll leave you 32 yuan for your meal … Forget it, I'll leave you 2 yuan for your meal."
When the man heard that, he was almost moved to tears. "Thank you, thank you so much!"
"Gratitude received from Dong Mingshuai, + 1!"
Ren Xiaosu was ecstatic. He had finally found a way to get gratitude!
First of all, the price had to be reasonable. If the clinic charged 600 yuan, he would charge 600 yuan too. This way, people would not think that he was ripping them off. Second, he had to act. Even if he earned less money, he had to earn enough!
Earning money was not important. Gratitude was. Gratitude meant money! In just one day, Ren Xiaosu had already earned 2,230 yuan. This was much faster than when he went hunting for sparrows, and it wasn't dangerous at all.
Now, Ren Xiaosu's gratitude tokens had once again returned to four. It did not seem like it had increased by much, but the important thing was that he had found a solution while exploring!
At this time, Ren Xiaosu was already thinking about buying a set of long johns for Yan Liuyuan. He turned around and glanced at his Sister Xiaoyu. Hmm, Sister Xiaoyu could also buy a cotton-padded jacket for winter!
Sister Xiaoyu had now become a nurse. Ren Xiaosu couldn't let her work for free, right?
However, there was no hurry. He wanted to see how much he could earn in a month first before deciding how much he should pay his Sister Xiaoyu.
…
The news of the boiler explosion at the factory had spread to town. Many of the women were very anxious, afraid that something might have happened to their men.
Ren Xiaosu had been sitting in the shack all afternoon, waiting for the patients to return. However, he did not see a single one.
The scammer at the clinic in town was probably the most upset. After hearing about the boiler explosion, he had been excitedly waiting for patients to come to his clinic. But in the end, not a single person came to see him at night!
The young doctor went out to ask around. He had clearly heard that three people had run back in the afternoon and were all injured. Why was it that not a single person came to his clinic to bandage their wounds?
However, when he asked around, he felt a pain in the ass. Someone had stolen his business!
He wondered who was so awesome as to dare steal his business? But when he asked around again, it was Ren Xiaosu!
The young doctor hesitated for a long time before finally clenching his teeth. What was wrong with Ren Xiaosu? Did Ren Xiaosu think he could steal someone else's job?
But the young doctor felt that something was amiss. How did Ren Xiaosu suddenly learn how to treat injuries and save lives? When he first heard about the black medicine, he thought it was just some random herbal medicine that Ren Xiaosu had concocted. He did not believe it at first, but now he had no choice but to believe it.
He angrily went to look for Ren Xiaosu to reason with him. When he arrived at the door of Ren Xiaosu's shack, Ren Xiaosu was peeling a potato with a bone knife. He saw Ren Xiaosu plunge the bone knife into the potato and pierce right through it.
Ren Xiaosu asked nonchalantly, "Were you looking for me?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to ask if you've eaten." The young doctor laughed dryly.
Ren Xiaosu glanced at him. "Yu Tong, you're not young anymore. You've almost used up the old doctor's influence. I advise you to go back and read through the old doctor's medical books so that you won't die too tragically in the future."
"What are you talking about?" Yu Tong said guiltily, "I've been reading medical books every day."
"That's good." Ren Xiaosu lowered his head and ignored him. He continued peeling the potatoes.
To be honest, Ren Xiaosu and the others used to eat the potatoes without peeling them. That was because peeling the potatoes would cut off a lot of the potatoes. But it was different now. Ren Xiaosu was rich, so his ego was inflated!
Suddenly, several dozen people ran into town and shouted, "This is bad, this is bad!"
Ren Xiaosu frowned. He pulled one of them aside and asked, "What happened?"
"The smell of blood from the explosion of the factory's boiler has attracted the wolves." The man said in a panic, "I don't know where these wolves came from, but there's a lot of them!"
"How much is a lot?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
"I'm afraid there's more than a hundred of them!"
This was indeed a serious matter. The workers who stayed in the factory were probably in trouble.
The wolves had not appeared for more than a year. During this time, everyone had almost forgotten about the threat of the wolves. No one knew where they had gone during this time, but when they returned, their numbers had increased by several times.
However, the wolves did not dare to loot the town because there were high walls and there were firearms on top of the walls.
This was the reason why the refugees had gathered outside the walls and formed a town.
"What are you looking at? Let's eat," Ren Xiaosu said to Yan Liuyuan.
He then sat down and continued eating. Meanwhile, Yan Liuyuan looked outside curiously as he ate. "Bro, you've never told me how you managed to survive back then."
Ren Xiaosu glanced at him but did not answer the question. Next to him, his Sister Xiaoyu also glanced at Ren Xiaosu, but she did not ask anything.
After Yan Liuyuan finished eating a potato, Ren Xiaosu handed him another one. "Eat more to grow your body. That way, your chances of survival will be higher than others."
"Bro, are you worried that the wolves will come to town?" Yan Liuyuan looked at Ren Xiaosu with a frown.
"No." Ren Xiaosu shook his head and said, "They're smarter than you think. They won't risk coming here. If not for the explosion of the boiler in that factory, they wouldn't have gone there either. They weren't attracted by the smell of blood at all. They were attracted by death. "
"Then what are you worried about, Bro?" Yan Liuyuan was curious.
Ren Xiaosu thought for a long time. "What if this wall collapses one day?"
Sister Xiaoyu was taken aback. "Will this wall collapse?"
"I don't know." Ren Xiaosu shook his head again. "But nothing stays the same in this world. I've actually seen the wolves twice. I ran away the first time I saw them when I was very far away. I wasn't so lucky the second time, but I keep feeling that … they seem to be getting stronger!"
In fact, Ren Xiaosu was also wondering what the world would become if this stronghold collapsed one day.
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