“I will visit you in Beijing when I have time,” Wang Yao said .
“OK,” Su Xiaoxue said .
“Oh?” Chu Lian was surprised to hear their conversation .
What does he mean? She thought about a number of possibilities . She glanced at Miss Su and then Wang Yao . It can’t be!
Guo Zhenghe heard their conversation, too . He just smiled the same big, shiny smile .
“I have to go, too . See you next time,” Guo Zhenghe said to Wang Yao .
“See you later,” Wang Yao said .
Guo Zhenghe left by car . There was no point for him to continue to stay since Su Xiaoxue had left .
After he got into his car, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared like sunny weather suddenly becoming gloomy .
“Stupid!” Guo Zhenghe clenched his teeth . A moment later, the smile returned to his face . It was still the same shiny smile .
In the afternoon, Li Shiyu delivered a truck of trees . “Did you contract the whole hill?”
“Yes,” Wang Yao said .
“These trees aren’t worth a lot of money until after they are full grown,” Li Shiyu said .
“I know . I just want to make the environment on the hill better and the air fresher,” Wang Yao said .
“What?” Li Shiyu was surprised at his answer .
“I don’t care about money . The bottom line is I’m happy . Am I right?” Wang Yao asked . He was very happy today .
“Yeah, you are right,” said Li Shiyu, who thought Wang Yao was a wonderful person . “Grrr!”
“Thank you,” Wang Yao said .
“You are welcome,” Li Shiyu said . “Grrr!”
“You are burping?” Wang Yao asked .
“Yeah . I don’t know why I keep burping,” Li Shiyu said .
Wang Yao smiled and rapidly patted on Li Shiyu’s chest and belly .
“Hmm?” Li Shiyu was surprised . He didn’t know what Wang Yao was doing .
“How do you feel now?” Wang Yao asked .
“What do you mean? Wow! I stopped burping,” Li Shiyu said with surprise . He waited for a while and found that he really had stopped burping . “That is amazing!”
Wang Yao smiled .
Li Shiyu left in a good mood .
“That Dr . Wang is wonderful,” he said to his colleague .
“Really?” his colleague asked .
“I had been burping on my way here . Now, after he patted on my chest, I’m fine,” Li Shiyu said .
“Maybe it was just coincidence,” his colleague said .
“No way . He’s really a fantastic doctor,” Li Shiyu said .
Wang Yao quickly transferred all the trees onto Nanshan Hill . It was like he was just carrying cotton .
“Hey, is that Dr . Wang?” Chen Zhou asked .
He and Chen Ying saw Wang Yao from distance hopping on the hill .
“Yes,” Chen Ying said .
“Wow, amazing,” Chen Zhou said .
Wang Yao was hopping between the foot and the top of the hill . One second he was at the foot of the hill, and the next second he was at the middle of the hill . A moment later, he disappeared into the woods . It looked like Wang Yao was jumping on stairs and not a hill . It was unbelievable .
“Is that leaping with Qi?” Chen Zhou asked .
“I’m not sure but probably,” Chen Ying said .
“Shall we go and help Dr . Wang transfer the trees?” Chen Zhou asked .
“Wait!” Chen Ying stopped her brother . “Maybe Dr . Wang doesn’t need our help . Let’s just stay here and watch . ”
They continued to watch Wang Yao hopping between the foot and the top of the hill with astonishing speed . He soon finished transferring all the trees onto the hill .
“What is Dr . Wang going to turn Nanshan Hill into?” Chen Zhou asked .
“Well, I’m not sure . Maybe he wants to turn the hill into a so-called place of fortune,” Chen Ying said . She was just speculating .
In a different village of Lianshan, a man was taking a walk on the street . One of his legs was normal, but the other one was impaired . He could stretch it out normally, but he could only move it in circles .
“Hello, Feng, are you exercising?” a villager asked .
“Yes, just a bit,” Feng said .
“Your speech is much better,” the villager said with surprise .
The village was not big . Everyone knew everything that happened in each house in the village . Most villagers knew Feng had a stroke and felt sorry for him . They thought he would be wasted .
“Yes, much better,” Feng said .
“Where did you get treatment?” the villager asked .
“I went to see a traditional Chinese medical practitioner,” Feng said . He subconsciously thought was what Wang Yao was .
“You need to exercise a lot,” the villager said .
“Yes,” Feng said .
He slowly walked back and forth twice following the footpath . He finally found a place to sit down to watch his fellow villagers play poker .
“Feng, you look better,” another villager said .
Feng had good reputation in the village since he was nice and honest . The villagers liked interacting with him . They always greeted him when they bumped into him on the street .
“Yes,” Feng said .
After sitting for a moment, he drank some water from his water bottle .
“You’ve got everything with you?” a villager asked .
“Yeah, it’s getting hot . ” Feng didn’t say much, but his speech was now quite very clear .
After sitting for a while, he stood up and was about to go home .
“Are you leaving? You don’t wanna stay here a bit longer?” the villager asked .
“No, I gotta go back to feed the animals,” Feng said with a smile .
He slowly began walking back home . After he had gone far enough, the villagers started to talk about him .
“Look at him! He’s such as good man . What a shame he had a stroke,” a villager said .
“You are right . More and more people have stroke nowadays,” another villager said .
“We should eat less meat and more vegetables, and exercise more . We also should try to stay in a good mood,” a middle-aged villager said while playing poker .
“Seriously? I didn’t see you do any of those things,” another villager said .
“One of my relatives had stroke . He is only 52 years old . His lifestyle is terrible . He never cared about what he ate . He had too much meat and fish . Plus, he already had diabetes and hypertension . Then, he suddenly had a stroke . He’s in wheelchair now,” the middle-aged villager said .
“I think Feng is much better now . His speech is quite clear,” a female villager said .
“Yes, his speech was still quite slurred the last time I went to visit him . It was like he had a bun in his mouth” the middle-aged villager said .
“Well, as long as he can look after himself,” the female villager said .
“I think he had a stroke because he was too tired . His son hasn’t got married . He has to save to buy an apartment,” the middle-aged villager said .
“You are right . A person had better not get ill or be too poor,” the female villager said .
Meanwhile, Feng had arrived at home .
“Darling, how are you feeling?” his wife loudly asked as soon as he stepped into the house . She was cooking .
“I’m well . You’ve asked me the same question a thousand times . Don’t you get bored?” Feng asked with a smile . He was a bit louder when talking to his wife .
“No, I just want you to get better . Nothing is more important than your recovery,” his wife said .
Her mood had improved a lot lately . When her husband was still in the hospital, she was really unhappy . It was a torture for her to see her husband suffer . She couldn’t work or tend to house or farm chores . She spent all her time looking after her husband .
One had to experience the difficulty to know how hard it would be when the man of the house got sick . She had to take everything on her shoulders . Her son was still single and seeking a wife . They were not rich family . No girl would marry her son if she knew there was a sick man in the household . She wanted her son to marry a decent girl who was not necessarily from a rich family but from a similar background .
“Don’t forget to take your pill,” Feng’s wife said .
“I won’t,” Feng said .
“We are so lucky to come across a good doctor,” his wife said .
Her husband’s recovery made her much happier . Her life was full of hope again . She had regained the strength to work again .
Meanwhile, in Lianshan People’s Hospital, He Shili was seeing a doctor .
“Where did you get treatment?” a doctor asked . He found it unbelievable that He Shili had fully recovered from his stroke .
“Doctor, is my husband alright now?” He Shili’s wife asked .
“He’s fine now . How did he get better?” the doctor asked .
He Shili had come to the hospital for review . The result was satisfactory . The thrombosis was gone . He had fully recovered . He Shili actually knew he was fine, he just needed reassurance from the hospital .
“I have been receiving acupuncture and massage therapy,” He Shili said .
“Acupuncture and massage in this hospital?” the doctor asked .
He was very clear about the expertise of his colleagues in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department . It was rare that a stroke patient could restore function purely by acupuncture and massage .
He Shili was his patient, so he was very familiar with the man’s condition . He Shili’s notes were still saved in the computer, so the doctor was really surprised that He Shili was fine now .
“No, somewhere else,” He Shili said .
“In the provincial hospital?” the doctor asked .
“No, in a clinic in our county,” He Shili said .
“Clinic?” the doctor asked .
“Sort of,” He Shili said .
“Really? That’s strange!” The doctor was bewildered .