Chapter 96: A Shameless Match

Zhang Laosi didn't have much money on him, so he certainly didn't want to be hospitalized. After discussing it with a few people, they went to a guesthouse and booked a room together.

Anyway, when they went out, the brigade gave them a certificate and a letter of introduction, so there was no problem for them to stay in the provincial capital for a short time.

Today they went to the hospital together again. In addition to consulting Zhang Laosi's physical diagnosis results, they also had to contact people from the hospital's purchasing department.

Over there, Zhang Laosi had already started treatment and needed intravenous drip, while Qi Bin was having a good chat with a doctor in the hospital. Seeing that it was almost noon, Gu Zhiqiang took the initiative to suggest going to the state-owned restaurant to buy food and bring it back for them.

To be honest, it was also Gu Zhiqiang's first time to the provincial capital, and as a country boy, he was quite nervous about going to the city for the first time.

No matter what, he didn't want to lose face in front of Qi Bin. No matter what kind of relationship would be between his daughter and him in the future, Gu Zhiqiang felt that he must not lose in momentum first.

After waiting in line for a long time, it was almost his turn when Gu Zhiqiang was suddenly stopped by someone, and this young man -

Unlike Qi Yuanhang who just felt that he looked familiar, Gu Zhiqiang recognized him immediately. After all, this man was the one who accompanied Gu Xiaoman back to his hometown to find trouble.

Qi Yuanhang didn't notice this, he just smiled dryly and said:
"Uncle, it's like this. I have something very urgent to deal with. I really can't wait in line, so can you let me buy the food first?"

Fearing that the other party would not agree, Qi Yuanhang added a sentence in a very gracious manner: "How about this, uncle? I will buy you a dish separately later as compensation."

This guy is really thick-skinned. Gu Zhiqiang was so angry that he almost laughed. It turned out that he and Gu Xiaoman were a perfect match.

Without waiting for Gu Zhiqiang to speak, Qi Bin, who had already finished dealing with things at the hospital and was worried that Uncle Gu would get into trouble if he went to the state-owned restaurant alone, also came over and happened to see this scene.

"What happened, Uncle San?"

Coincidentally, Qi Bin had also met Qi Yuanhang when he was in the Red Flag Squadron.

After Gu Zhiqiang briefly explained what happened, Qi Bin directly refused: "Comrade, my third uncle also waited in line for a long time, and he was going to bring meals to the patients in the hospital.

You still have the nerve to ask for our seat? If you have something urgent to deal with, go back first, and come back later if you want to eat."

If it were someone else, they might have agreed and would not have asked the other party to compensate them with a dish.

But it was this Qi Yuanhang, whom both Gu Zhiqiang and Qi Bin disliked very much.

When Qi Yuanhang heard this, he immediately became anxious. If his mother lost face, she would definitely hate Xiaoman.

This was not acceptable, so he gritted his teeth and said generously: "How about this, if you give me your seat, I will order two separate dishes for you."

After hearing this, Qi Bin actually laughed, "Do I look like someone who is short of two dishes?"

Qi Yuanhang froze and couldn't answer for a moment.

The main reason why he went to Gu Zhiqiang just now was because he thought the man was honest and easy to bully, but the young man in front of him did not look like an ordinary person.

Qi Yuanhang is not a fool either. What's worse, he is the one who bullies the weak and fears the strong.

The result was just looking at them. After all, Qi Bin came from an extraordinary background, and as a military man, his temperament was not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Just by looking at it, Qi Yuanhang was frightened and turned around and ran away.

Gu Zhiqiang and Qi Bin looked at each other and said nothing tacitly. It was their turn in the queue so they went to buy food directly.

On this side, after Qi Yuanhang ran out angrily, he still felt that it would be difficult to report back.

The main thing was that his father personally invited Xiaoman and Uncle Qin to come over for dinner this time. If there was nothing for lunch, he would definitely be angry with him and his mother, so they could only turn around and go to another state-owned restaurant.

The provincial capital is so big that there is certainly more than one state-owned restaurant, but this one is closer to the compound and the dishes are richer.

As he walked, Qi Yuanhang suddenly remembered why he felt that the middle-aged man looked familiar.

And the young man just now, he had also seen him when he accompanied Qin Shiman to the Red Flag Brigade.

That's not right. Didn't Xiaoman say that the Gu family were born and raised in the country? They had never been to the provincial capital and had no relatives or acquaintances here.

What about those two people we just met? How could they actually go to the state-owned restaurant to eat?

Qi Yuanhang felt vaguely uneasy, as if many things had changed since Qin Wan went to the countryside.

After Gu Zhiqiang and Qi Bin prepared the meal, they went to the hospital together, where Zhang Laosi was still receiving an IV drip.

Because he was reluctant to spend money and refused to be hospitalized, Qi Bin asked the head nurse to help him sit on a bench in the corridor to receive an infusion.

After all, this is the provincial capital, and the cost of treating the disease must be high. The cost of seeing a doctor, getting medicine, and receiving intravenous drips alone is not small.

Even if Zhang Laosi was willing to save money and put himself in a difficult position, the fifty yuan that Gu Wan had advanced to her wife, plus the money collected from his better relatives, friends and neighbors, was simply not enough.

The rest was supplemented by Gu Zhiqiang, and he stopped Zhang Laosi from refusing.

"If you cure my illness and work with me in the future, can't you return the money to me?"

Yes, once his illness is cured and he recovers, he can go out to work and earn money.

These words moved Zhang Laosi, and he accepted the kindness with peace of mind.

Then, in her heart, she silently wrote down how much money he spent on this visit to the hospital, so that she would have an idea of ​​how much she should pay back in the future.

Although he is illiterate, rural people have their own way of calculating.

Then Gu Zhiqiang's work also went smoothly, thanks to Qi Bin's matchmaking and the high quality of the medicinal materials he brought.

Gu Zhiqiang was very satisfied with the price offered by the purchasing staff of the pharmaceutical department of the large hospital. It was several times more than what he had inquired about in the county hospital.

Originally, Gu Zhiqiang hadn’t thought too much about it and was only thinking about selling the medicinal materials first.

But Qi Bin stopped him and found another more authoritative old Chinese doctor: "Old comrade, in fact, there are still many such herbs in our mountains. Maybe we can find more."

The old Chinese doctor's eyes lit up, and he felt that the comrade's words touched his heart.

Due to various reasons, traditional Chinese medicine has not been taken seriously in recent years, and as a result, the number of people collecting herbs has decreased a lot.

Although hospitals now know that blindly pursuing Western medicine may not necessarily produce good results, traditional Chinese medicine must have its excellence after being passed down for so many years.

It’s a pity, the old Chinese doctor lamented, that there are fewer and fewer good medicinal herbs in the hospital in recent years.

In the past, the medicinal materials for their hospital were generally purchased from nearby rural areas. However, because the mountainous areas in the nearby villages have been reclaimed for a long time and have been abandoned in recent years, the best medicinal materials are basically no longer available.

(End of this chapter)