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Chapter 360: Dragons Give Birth to Dragons and Phoenixes Give Birth to Phoenixes Street Health Center

It wasn't that Hu Zhibin was negligent on purpose, but Da Laba rarely came to his house. If there was something, he would go to the village headquarters to find Lao Hu. Besides, Lan Guodong and Lao Han had already gone home, so Hu Zhibin thought that Da Laba was also going home. Of course, there were other practical reasons...

Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang smiled at each other. The reason was even simpler. As long as Hu Zhibin personally greeted the loud speaker, it meant that he would remember the favor. Of course, he would also remember the favors from Lao Han and Lan Guodong. However, favors can be important or minor, and relationships can be close or distant...

Hu Zhibin hurried to the gate of the courtyard, grabbed Da Laba's arm and dragged him into the courtyard. Old Hu stuck his head out of the back of the car and waved his hand for Da Laba to go in and have a meal.

After Da La Ba was dragged into the house, Liu Shu'e brought him a bowl of rice and said with a smile, "Brother Guoxing, hurry up and get on the kang to eat something. It's a good thing you saw Erning halfway, otherwise my Zhiyong would be in danger."

Hu Zhibin said with a smile: "Brother Guoxing, can I get you some wine? It will help you relieve your fatigue..."

"No need, I'll just sit next to you and serve as a cushion."

Da Laba didn't say anything polite. He sat down next to Xu Ning and started eating from his bowl.

Xu Ning swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "Brother Bin, you have to go to work tomorrow, right?"

"Well, I can take a leave in the morning, but I have a meeting in the afternoon and can't get away."

Xu Ning pointed at the loud speaker and said, "Then let my brother stay in the hospital with Uncle Hu."

"That……"

Da Loudspeaker nodded neatly: "Okay! Anyway, I have nothing to do at home. Zhibin, let's not be polite. I think Zhiyong will be well in two days at most. I will come back then."

Hu Zhibin said, "Okay, Brother Guoxing, I won't be polite. There are many children at home, and your brother and sister-in-law can't leave without him."

At this time, Liu Shu'e and Hu Zhiyong's wife had already packed their luggage and miscellaneous items. Hu Zhibin went to the outer room, picked up bedding, washbasins and other things in both hands, and threw them into the car.

After he finished talking to Lao Hu, Lao Hu asked, "Er Ning, is there anything going on tomorrow?"

Hu Zhibin said: "He should be fine, but this car belongs to Yongsheng Lao Lin. He and Qiangzi have to return the car tomorrow, otherwise Lao Lin won't be able to work tomorrow."

Old Hu nodded and said, "Ah, that's right, don't delay your work. You can go on your motorcycle first, and I'll wait for your Uncle Deng."

"Okay, then I have to go to the village headquarters and call the health center. I wonder if there is anyone on duty..."

"Hurry up! Go inside and tell Er Ning first."

"Eh."

Hu Zhibin responded and hurried into the house. After saying something to Xu Ning, he picked up his thick cotton-padded jacket, leather leggings, cotton hat, cotton gloves and other things from the end of the kang, dressed himself up in the house, said goodbye to the three people and left.

He took the motorcycle key and went out, started the motorcycle in the yard, and rode to the village.

Da Loudspeaker put down his bowl and said, "This leather leggings looks good. Are they sheepskin?"

"Probably." Xu Ning nodded.

Sheepskin leggings are very warm. The winter in Northeast China is bitterly cold, and it is even more painful if you ride a motorcycle. Leggings can be much more resilient. Although you can still feel the biting cold wind, it is much better than wearing nothing.

Li Fuqiang whispered, "The Hu family may look average, but they are quite powerful."

"Of course, otherwise how can anyone afford a motorcycle?"

As I said, there will always be some gap between the rich and the poor at any time and in any place. For example, most of the people who interact with the Xu family have some money from their families. They either have a car or a ginseng factory. In short, they all have a business project and make a lot of money every year.

In other words, these families spend more each year than an average family of three earns!
The reason why Hu Zhibin unconsciously ignored Da Laba is very realistic. It is because Da Laba's family conditions are average, which is very different from Lao Hu's family, while Lao Xu's family is similar to Lao Hu's family.

There is a saying that goes, "A dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse's son will dig holes." This has four meanings: one is heredity, the second is environment, the third is education, and the fourth is social class and fate.

This thing is said too bluntly, which makes people feel powerless and helpless, but isn't that the truth?

Xu Ning understood this principle a long time ago, so he tried every possible means and used some harmless tricks to encourage Xu Long to go to the provincial capital to drive for Yang Yusheng. Of course, there were many coincidences, which Xu Ning could not predict. He had never talked to Li Fuqiang before, and even if he had, Li Fuqiang would not know what his third uncle did.

Xu Ning only knew that Li Jinyu and Li Mantang worked at the Municipal Forestry Bureau in their previous lives. After seeing how Yang Yusheng spoke and acted with his own eyes, he could barely guess some of the answers.

Although the Xu family had no worries about food and drink in Qing'an and lived well, much better than most families in the village, Xu Ning believed that people tend to go to higher places and water flows to lower places, and that one should work hard when it is time to work hard. If one misses this opportunity, how long will it take to wait for the next one? No one knows.

At this time, Liu Shu'e and Hu Zhiyong's wife walked into the room and said with a smile: "Erning, have you finished your meal?"

"Okay, let's withdraw."

Liu Shu'e nodded and said sideways: "She is Zhiyong's wife, Zhao Yuefang, you can just call her Sister Fang."

"Hey, Sister Fang... this name seems to be quite similar to my sister-in-law."

Zhao Yuefang's eyes were red. After hearing what Xu Ning said, she said, "Du Manzhi is my cousin's husband. My cousin's name is Zhao Yue'e. She is my uncle's daughter."

"Hey, look! No, did you go to my brother Manzhi's wedding? Why haven't I seen him before?"

Zhao Yuefang said, "I saw you when I was sending my bride off. You were still young at that time. I remember you took away a plate of boiled meat, and then your father beat you up..."

Xu Ning had a smile on his face, but his face froze when he heard this. Li Fuqiang and Da Laba covered their mouths to stifle laughter, and they laughed so hard that they fell backwards. They didn't dare to laugh out loud because the child was sleeping in the west room.

Liu Shu'e patted her sister-in-law's arm and said, "Fang, why are you talking about this? Er Ning has learned it well now."

Zhao Yuefang touched her face and said, "I was wrong..."

Xu Ning waved his hand: "It's okay. How old was I the other day? Only eleven or twelve years old. What does a child know?"

Li Fuqiang said: "Not at all! My brother was still young at that time."

After saying this, the two sisters-in-law and Xu Ning in the room all laughed.

Zhao Yuefang looked at Xu Ning and said, "Erning, thank you. If it weren't for you, my Zhiyong wouldn't be able to come back."

"Don't say that. Even if I didn't go, my brothers can still find it for Brother Yong."

Xu Ning thought to himself, no wonder when Old Hu went to Qing'an, he went straight to Old Du's house. It turned out that the two families were related. Xu Ning didn't know this at all because he was not familiar with Old Hu's family in his previous life. Although he was familiar with Du Manzhi, Du Manzhi had moved to the street at that time...

"This is our brother Guoxing."

Zhao Yuefang nodded into the loud speaker: "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Guoxing."

"It's okay, I'm just helping out."

Xu Ning waved his hand: "Sister Fang, this is my eldest brother Li Fuqiang, he is two years older than my brother Yong."

"Brother Qiang, thank you."

"Small things."

Xu Ning turned around and saw a figure moving outside the yard, and said, "Shall we go now? I think Uncle Deng is back."

"Let's go! Erning, I won't go with you. I have to stay at home to take care of the children. Let your sister-in-law Fang go with you."

Liu Shu'e is worthy of being the team leader of the village. She is much better at chatting and doing things than ordinary old women.

Xu Ning and the other two walked in front, while Liu Shu'e followed behind and gave instructions to Zhao Yuefang.

In the carriage outside the courtyard gate, Li Ye was half-kneeling next to Hu Zhiyong and crying loudly. Lao Deng and Lao Hu stood by and watched, but did not stop him.

Xu Ning went out and stood at the back of the car. Old Hu saw him and said with a smile: "These two brothers have a deep relationship."

"Well, Uncle Hu, let's go now."

At this time, Lao Deng patted Li Ye on the shoulder and pointed at Xu Ning. Li Ye stood up and jumped out of the car, stretched out his uninjured hand and shook hands with Xu Ning.

"Brother Xu, thank you!"

"It's not a big deal, Brother Li, this is my eldest brother Li Fuqiang, and my elder brother Huang Guoxing."

"Ah, Brother Qiang! I know Brother Guoxing, and we have a pretty good relationship."

Da Laba smiled and said, "Well, it's OK. But before they called me Da Laba, now they call me Brother Guoxing."

"Hey, Brother Guoxing, why are you still nitpicking? Wasn't it because of Dayong before..."

"I understand! What happened in the past is in the past. Don't mention it in the future."

Li Ye was not a pretentious person, he nodded and said: "Yeah!"

Lao Hu said, "Er Ning, let's go now." Xu Ning nodded and said, "Okay! Brother, you drive... Sister Fang, you get in the car, I'll sit in the back."

Zhao Yuefang shook her head and waved her hands: "No need! I'll stay in the back with Zhiyong, you can get in the car quickly."

Lao Hu said, "Well, Fang, you and Er Ning get on the train, and the four of us will stay in the back. We have blankets in the carriage so we won't get cold anyway."

Zhao Yuefang was a little hesitant, and Lao Hu pointed at her and urged her, "Hurry up, don't waste time."

"Eh."

Then Li Fuqiang got into the driver's seat, Xu Ning sat in the passenger seat, and Zhao Yuefang leaned against the car door.

In the carriage, Lao Hu and Lao Deng were sitting on top of Hu Zhiyong with mattresses under their buttocks. Da Laba and Li Ye were sitting beside and under Hu Zhiyong. Hu Zhiyong was sitting on a mattress under his body. The sled had been removed long ago.

The car drove towards the street. Since Li Fuqiang drove frequently, his driving skills were much better than Wang Hu's. The long dirt road was not very bumpy and the speed was not slow.

Zhao Yuefang made small talk: "Erning, please come to our house more often in the future."

"That's for sure. Isn't this recognition?"

"Well, I won't thank you anymore. Actually, this is my fault..."

Zhao Yuefang had no other problems except that she was very greedy. Sometimes when she wanted to eat wood ear mushrooms in the autumn, Hu Zhiyong would go all over the mountains and fields to pick them for her. When she wanted to eat fish in the summer, Hu Zhiyong would take a scoop net or a fishing rod to go fishing.

After hearing this, Xu Ning said, "Sister Fang, there is nothing right or wrong about this matter. Don't blame yourself too much. Brother Yong has survived and the family will still rely on you in the future."

"I know, I saw his hand..." Zhao Yuefang nodded, with tears on her face.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Yuefang asked, "I heard that you and the daughter of the old Meng family are getting married?"

"Yes, we will definitely get married this autumn, and Sister Fang will come to the wedding banquet then."

Zhao Yuefang nodded: "Yes, I must go."

Inside the car, Lao Hu looked at the loud speaker and said, "Guoxing, have you told your wife?"

"My brother will stop by on his way home tomorrow to tell her that everything is fine!"

Lao Hu nodded and said, "You can help out at the clinic these two days."

"Of course I have to help, Uncle Hu, don't worry, I don't have anything to do normally."

It will only take two or three days to help, it won’t take too long.

While sitting idle in the carriage, Da La Ba told the story of several people looking for Hu Zhiyong in the mountains. After hearing this, Lao Hu and Li Ye felt a little scared. If Li Ye had not woken up, he might have been bitten by the brown bear.

Lao Hu said: "Fortunately, Ye Zi didn't go to look for Zhiyong. If he had, he might have run into a brown bear!"

"Not good."

"How does Yezi's arm feel?"

Li Ye shook his head: "I'm fine..."

"..."

At around 12:30, the car drove into the intersection, turned right and walked another sixty or seventy meters to the street health center.

This is a three-story building with two rooms running north and south and a corridor in the middle. On the left side of the first floor are the dressing room, bone-setting room, and medicine window, and on the right side are the ENT department, cardiovascular department, etc.

The second and third floors are mainly inpatient wards, which are divided into various departments, but trauma wards are basically on the second floor, and the third floor is the internal medicine ward.

This clinic was built in the early 60s, and it is more than 20 years old now. However, the construction quality is very good, and it will be fine for another ten or eight years. Xu Ning remembered that this clinic was relocated and rebuilt eight years later, in 92, and was renamed County People's Hospital.

The health center has very few medical equipment. The most basic ones are a stethoscope, an air bag ventilator, an operating table, a shadowless lamp, medical alcohol, a scalpel, etc. There are only two large equipment, one is a B-type ultrasound diagnostic instrument and the other is an electrocardiogram monitor.

These two large devices are also treasures of the director, doctors and nurses of the health center! They are usually reluctant to use them. Even if they are used, they are asked to use them by experienced people. Newbies dare not use them casually, for fear of breaking them...

However, the health center is similar to the Qing'an Forest Farm. There is heating indoors and the temperature is not high, about 15 or 16 degrees. But in the Northeast, this temperature can undoubtedly save lives.

This is also the reason why in the Northeast, the heating temperature is set at 18 degrees. It is enough to ensure that you will not freeze to death. If you want a constant temperature of 24 degrees? Then you can turn on the air conditioner.

Xu Ning smiled self-deprecatingly at the thought, then looked up and saw Hu Zhibin and several doctors and nurses in white coats standing at the door. They were standing inside the door, and when they saw a car driving in, Hu Zhibin took the lead in pushing the door open, and asked the nurse to push the stretcher out, with several doctors following behind.

Li Fuqiang braked and stopped at the door, opened the door and listened to Hu Zhibin say, "Qiangzi, thank you for your hard work."

"Why are you so tired? Go check the whole house for Zhiyong."

Xu Ning and Zhao Yuefang jumped out of the car one after another and hurried to the rear of the car. The doctor had already actively entered the car. Lao Hu and others stood at the back. A nurse illuminated the room with a flashlight, and the older doctor used two fingers to pry open Hu Zhiyong's eyes for a quick observation.

"He's in shock. Let's go to the dressing room right away. Zhao, go prepare disinfectants and test his blood type. If he can't be cured, he'll need a blood transfusion..."

Several male doctors and nurses slowly carried Hu Zhiyong out of the car. At the same time, Xu Ning frowned at the older doctor, for no other reason than that he looked familiar.

Hu Zhiyong introduced Lao Hu and Lao Deng: "This is Director Zhou He of our health center. He is mainly responsible for trauma. Director Zhou is my father, my uncle..."

"Ah, Brother Hu!"

"Hello, how is my nephew?"

Zhou He said, "He is in shock now. We need to go inside to check. Master Deng, is this your nephew?"

"Well, they were scratched by a black bear yesterday. My nephew ran back by himself and was unconscious for a long time..."

"I heard about this from Secretary Hu."

At the side, a doctor in a white coat pushed the stretcher away, then turned back to look at Lao Deng and said, "Master, can I check on you? Take a look at my technique."

Old Deng looked at him and nodded: "He didn't break any bones. Please take a look at the wound."

"Eh."

Why did the doctor call Lao Deng his master? The reason was simple. Lao Deng would come to the health center every month to learn and buy medicine. He would also communicate with the doctors in the health center. Lao Deng was a good bone-setting expert in the army, so the orthopedic doctors had learned a few tricks from him, and two of them even recognized him as their master.

Everyone walked into the clinic one after another. The lights in the lobby were very bright. When Zhou He turned around to talk to Lao Hu, he suddenly saw a person and was so scared that he stepped back.

"Oh my god! Why are you here?"

Zhou He is a cultured man. He must have been terrified to utter such foul language.

Hu Zhibin, Lao Deng, Lao Hu and others stared at him in a daze, feeling a little puzzled, and looked at Zhou He in confusion.

But Xu Ning grinned and said, "Old Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time. How come the deputy director was promoted to director?"

Zhou He put away his surprised expression, looked at him with a stern face, and said, "How come you are still alive?"

"What are you talking about... It's really not nice to hear."

Hu Zhibin was stunned and asked, "Director Zhou, are you acquainted with my brother Erning?"

"How could I not know him? You know how famous he is in the street? Last year, several gangsters in our street were beaten up. I thought he ran away to the south."

Zhou He looked at Xu Ning and said, "Why didn't you run away?"

"Why should I run? I didn't make any mistakes."

"You are such a shrewd kid, you are nothing. When are you going to pay me the twelve dollars I owe you two years ago?"

Xu Ning felt his pocket and turned to look at Li Fuqiang. Li Fuqiang turned around and took out a wad of change from his pocket and handed it to him.

"Give it now. Hey, has the old dean retired?"

"What are you going to do next year when you retire?"

"I thought I owed him twenty dollars, so I'll give it to him when I have a chance..."

Zhou He took the money from Xu Ning and put it in his pocket without counting it. "Forget it. He is so stingy that only one person can lend you money? It's only me... Come on, I'll go take a look first. You guys stay outside for a while."

(End of this chapter)