26 Save the mother or the baby? (1/2)
Early in the morning, Ren Xiaosu opened the clinic's door and observed the surroundings. This was probably the first time in many years that he found the morning air in town refreshing.
After The Cataclysm, the sky was covered with a strange haze most of the time. The schoolteacher, Mr. Zhang Jinglin, said that a huge amount of dust particles were blasted into the sky during The Cataclysm. It not only blocked sunlight for photosynthesis, but the climate also became extremely cold, and acid rains were a frequent phenomenon as well.
The situation had gradually improved in recent decades, with the sun being visible for most of the year now.
Ren Xiaosu's clinic was across from the grocery store. The moment he opened his door, he saw Wang Fugui coming out of his store with two freshly baked sweet potatoes in his hands. ”Xiaosu, come, have some sweet potatoes!”
Ren Xiaosu couldn't help but sigh. Before this, he found it difficult to even ask for a free needle to sew his clothes with from Old Wang. Even free thread for sewing clothes was impossible to get, let alone a needle.
But now this scrooge took the initiative to offer him sweet potatoes…
Ren Xiaosu looked at how cheerful Wang Fugui was. Since someone gave him a gift, he should probably give something back to reciprocate, right? He smacked his lips and said, ”I don't have much to give in return, but I've got plenty of anesthetics to go around. Why don't I give you a free shot of it?”
”How can you offer to give me a shot of something like that?” Wang Fugui's expression darkened. He asked, ”Say, you haven't been out to gather any medicinal herbs for the past few days. Would you happen to still have any of that medicine left?”
”Yes, I've got anti-inflammatory pills, anesthetics, and cough and mucus medicine,” Ren Xiaosu said with a smile.
”I mean, do you still have that black medicine available?” Wang Fugui was slightly embarrassed.
”Didn't you just buy some not long ago?” Ren Xiaosu asked knowingly.
”That was for the big shots in the stronghold, so stop acting dumb. If I didn't send the medicine in, do you think you would have taken over this clinic so easily?” Wang Fugui complained. ”To tell you the truth, I was only planning to give it to Chen Haidong at the beginning. I don't understand how it made its way into Boss Luo's hands in the end….”
Wang Fugui did not really understand how the black medicine made its way up the ranks. He wondered how many more dosages were left by the time it got delivered into Boss Luo's hands.
”Here.” Ren Xiaosu took out two small porcelain vials. Yesterday, he bought a small vial of black medicine to treat Yan Liuyuan's fever. There were still two dosages left, so he separated them into different packaging a while ago. ”1200 yuan, and not a single yuan less.” Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
”I'll be sending one of these vials into the stronghold.” Wang Fugui stared. ”Don't you feel embarrassed about how much you're charging me?”
”Take it or leave it.” Ren Xiaosu prepared to put the black medicine back into his pocket.
In the end, Wang Fugui did not hesitate. He decisively held Ren Xiaosu's arm and completed the transaction with cash. After that, Wang Fugui even thanked him!
”Gratitude received from Wang Fugui, +1!”
Eh? Ren Xiaosu felt that Wang Fugui was quite an interesting person. His two ”thank yous” so far had earned Ren Xiaosu two gratitude tokens!
However, Ren Xiaosu found it a little pitiful to give away the medicine just like that. Also, why were his gratitude tokens dwindling? He only had four tokens left.
But he weighed the pros and cons. As he wanted Yan Liuyuan and Big Sister Xiaoyu to have a better life in town, it was essential to foster ties with people in the stronghold.
Besides, the black medicine was not exactly given away for nothing, so why not?
Thinking this, Ren Xiaosu sighed. He would have to see if he could gain more gratitude from the people now that he had been appointed as the clinic's doctor.