Early in the morning, Ren Xiaosu opened the clinic's door and looked around at his surroundings. This was probably the first time he felt that the morning air in town was quite fresh after living there for so many years.
After The Cataclysm, the sky was shrouded in a strange haze most of the time. According to the schoolteacher, Zhang Jinglin, this was because a large number of dust particles were swept into the sky during The Cataclysm. Not only did it block the photosynthesis of the sun, but the climate was also extremely cold and acid rain often fell.
It was only in recent decades that the situation gradually improved. The sun could now be seen most of the year.
Ren Xiaosu's clinic was right across from the grocery store. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Wang Fugui walking out with two freshly roasted sweet potatoes in his hands. "Xiaosu, have some sweet potatoes!"
Ren Xiaosu could not help but sigh. Before this, it was already difficult for him to get Old Wang to give him a needle for sewing clothes. Not to mention a needle, it was impossible for him to even give him a thread for sewing clothes.
But now, this stingy fellow had even taken the initiative to give him sweet potatoes.
Ren Xiaosu looked at Wang Fugui's beaming face and felt that it was only right to return the favor after receiving gifts from others. He smacked his lips and said, "I don't have anything to give you in return. It's just that I have a lot of anesthetics. Why don't I give you an injection of anesthetics?"
"Is it appropriate to give me an injection of anesthetics?" Wang Fugui's expression darkened. He asked, "Speaking of which, you haven't gone out to gather medicinal herbs for the past few days. Do you still have any more of that medicine?"
"Yes, I have anti-inflammatory medicine, anesthetics, cough and phlegm medicine," Ren Xiaosu said with a smile.
"I mean, do you still have any more of that black medicine?" Wang Fugui looked a little embarrassed.
"Didn't you just buy it?" Ren Xiaosu asked, even though he already knew the answer.
"I bought it for the big shots in the stronghold. Don't play dumb. If I didn't send the medicine, would you have gotten a clinic like this for nothing?" Wang Fugui complained, "To be honest, I only wanted to give it to Chen Haidong. I don't know how it ended up in Boss Luo's hands …"
At this moment, Wang Fugui himself didn't understand how the black medicine was delivered layer by layer. He also didn't know how many times it could be used when it was delivered to Boss Luo …
"Here," Ren Xiaosu took out two small porcelain bottles. Yesterday, he had exchanged for a small bottle of black medicine to treat Yan Liuyuan's fever. Now, there was only enough left for two treatments, so he had already packed them separately. "1,200 yuan, not a penny less."
"I have a bottle here that I'm going to send in." Wang Fugui glared at him. "You still have the nerve to charge me so much?"
"Take it or leave it," Ren Xiaosu said as he prepared to put the black medicine back into his pocket.
However, Wang Fugui did not hesitate. He decisively grabbed Ren Xiaosu's arm and handed over the money with one hand. In the end, Wang Fugui even thanked him!
"Gratitude received from Wang Fugui, + 1!"
Eh, Ren Xiaosu thought to himself that Wang Fugui was quite an interesting person. After saying thank you twice, he actually gave him two gratitude tokens in a row!
However, Ren Xiaosu felt it was a pity that his gratitude tokens were getting lesser and lesser. He still only had four of them left.
However, he weighed the pros and cons. If he wanted Yan Liuyuan and his Sister Xiaoyu to have a better life in town, it was necessary to build a closer relationship with the stronghold.
Moreover, he was not giving away the black medicine for free, so why not?
Thinking of this, Ren Xiaosu sighed. He could only wait and see if he could get more gratitude from the stronghold now that he had the clinic's doctor status.
Ren Xiaosu's top priority now was to go out and gather herbs. He was a cautious person, so he had to put on a good show. Otherwise, it would be bad if he aroused suspicion.
At that time, when people mentioned him, they would say, "So-and-so's superpower is to conjure an iceberg out of thin air and destroy a city, or that so-and-so's superpower is to cut down mountains, or that Ren Xiaosu's superpower … is to create that drug.
After Ren Xiaosu walked into the wilderness, he could not help but go to the spot where he buried his pistol. He only felt relieved after making sure no one had touched it. This was his greatest reliance now, so he could not afford to make any mistakes.
Even though he had a 4.5 Strength and 4.1 Dexterity, a person was still not as fast as a gun.
When Ren Xiaosu returned to the clinic with the bamboo basket on his back, he saw his Sister Xiaoyu looking at a couple who had come for a consultation with a troubled expression.
When Sister Xiaoyu saw Ren Xiaosu returning, she immediately looked at him for help. "Xiaosu, hurry up and treat them."
Ren Xiaosu threw the bamboo basket on the ground and asked, "What kind of injuries do you two have? Let me tell you, we were right to come here …. "
"That's great." The man said, "We're not injured. It's just that my wife is four months pregnant and suddenly felt a little pain in her stomach this morning. We were afraid that something might happen, so we came here to see if you could treat it."
Ren Xiaosu was petrified. Although he was running a clinic now, he did not know how to treat such illnesses!
These days, there was no distinction between andrology and gynecology. In the minds of the town's refugees, they should just come to the clinic if they were sick.
Ren Xiaosu was the one who was put in a difficult position. He had already boasted earlier, and now that he was facing the expectant gazes of the couple, Ren Xiaosu couldn't possibly slap himself in the face on the spot, could he?
Ren Xiaosu tried hard to recall the lessons Mr. Zhang had taught in school, as well as the books he had read at Mr. Zhang's place. He tried to think of a way to deal with this situation. What would a typical doctor say to a pregnant woman and her family members?
Ren Xiaosu pondered it for a moment. "Do you want to save the mother or the child?"
The couple: "???"
The man flew into a rage. "You're a fake doctor, right? My wife only has a stomachache, yet you're asking whether I want to save the mother or the child? The problem is that my child is only four months pregnant. Where am I supposed to put him if I want to save the child?! "
Ren Xiaosu thought that seemed to be the case.
This time, he sighed and said, "I'm really sorry, both of you. I was in the wrong just now. Let me put it this way: I really don't know how to treat gynecological illnesses. It would be outrageous of me to continue fooling you. That doctor from before didn't know how to treat either. He was actually just a swindler. "
He could kill someone who deserved to die without batting an eyelid, but Ren Xiaosu really could not do something like going against his conscience and deceiving a pregnant woman.
Ren Xiaosu continued, "My suggestion is that you go to school and borrow some books on this subject from Mr. Zhang so that Big Sis can eat and drink well. Whether she can successfully give birth will depend on God's will, so I won't swindle the two of you out of your money. Also, the two of you shouldn't buy medicine from anyone else. I know that you can't take medicine when you're pregnant. There's a high chance that it will cause the child to develop abnormally. If you don't believe me, you can go and ask Mr. Zhang. "
The couple looked at each other. They had not expected Ren Xiaosu to say that. The man thought for a moment and said, "I feel that you're a little better than that doctor from before. The last time I was sick, he was afraid that I wouldn't buy medicine. In the end, I didn't get better even after taking his medicine. I got through it all on my own."
The pregnant lady stood up and said with a smile, "Thank you, doctor."
"Gratitude received from Qin Jiajia, + 1!"
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. He had not done anything this time, but he had received a gratitude for nothing.
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