novelraw Chapter 120 Do you need me to keep an eye on them? What's in it for me?
Chapter 120 Do you need me to keep an eye on them? What's in it for me?
Chen Erniu was so excited that he wanted to kowtow to the old man, but Tong Yuyao, who had come to join in the fun, pulled him up. What if someone said her grandfather was engaging in personality cult? She had to stop him!
She was initially worried that her grandfather might not have been able to save the person, and that he might be blamed by the family. Unexpectedly, her grandfather's acupuncture method for stopping bleeding was so effective; he saved the person with just a few needle pricks.
Tong Anfu: I can't really say whether it's the silver needle hemostasis method or that mysterious medicine that stops the bleeding! Anyway, it was all the method provided by my eldest granddaughter. Who knows where she found such a powerful thing?
This time, everyone witnessed Dr. Tong's medical skills. First, the elderly who were not working went over to have their chronic back and leg pains, stomach problems, and so on checked, and the clinic gradually became more popular.
While chatting with them, Mr. Tong would give them a 20-minute stone massage or acupuncture, and each person's symptoms were relieved to some extent.
These treatments don't require medication, and Old Master Tong doesn't charge any money. The elderly people feel the effects, and whenever they feel unwell, they come here for acupuncture. As if they're getting a good deal, even middle-aged people who aren't that old come, thinking that since it's free, they'll come for backaches or other aches and pains.
The old man's medical skills were undoubtedly excellent, so people kept coming to the clinic for treatment, and even people from other villages came from far and wide, sometimes forming queues.
The brigade leader felt that it was too tiring for Old Tong to receive acupuncture and massage for free, and that Old Tong would eventually be unable to endure it. So he stipulated that villagers could receive massage and acupuncture twice a month for free, but the third and subsequent treatments would be charged at one cent each time.
People from other villages pay two cents each time; there are no two free treatments. No matter who you are, you have to pay for the medicine provided by the government. Villagers can keep a record and have it deducted from their work points, but people from other villages can't.
This finally brought the number of patients under control, preventing Old Tong from becoming too overworked. In his spare time, he created files for the villagers over sixty years old, examining their pulses once a month and recording their conditions.
At the monthly ideological education conference, he no longer had to read out his self-criticisms. Instead, he would educate the villagers on basic hygiene knowledge and the principles of food compatibility, truly serving the people earnestly.
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Zheng Yunqing received a message from Tong Yuheng reminding his subordinates to quickly sell off any available stock. He himself didn't rush to sell the pills, instead hiding in his workplace or the government compound.
Fan Yaqing hadn't given up on getting close to him, and this time she even found an excuse: to ask Zhang Minghai why he had left without saying goodbye. Unfortunately, Zheng Yunqing was avoiding trouble and didn't show up at all, so Fan Yaqing had been wandering around the government compound for several days in vain.
She is now an orphan with no parents, a status that better suits her innocent and pitiful persona. This makes Wang Li's protective instincts surge, and he cares for her meticulously, treating her like a precious gem.
But Fan Yaqing secretly despised him for being a lowly policeman with little power. What could a monthly salary of just over forty yuan possibly provide? He was even worse off than Zhang Minghai, who at least had plenty of money and had spent a lot on her.
Graduation exams are now over, and the neighborhood committee is starting to mobilize young people to go to the countryside. Her household registration is still at home, together with her brother and sister-in-law's, so according to policy, she should go to the countryside.
Before the neighborhood committee even came to find her, her sister-in-law had already started persuading her: if one child in the family had to go to the countryside, her brother couldn't possibly give up his job to her and go to the countryside himself.
Fan Yaqing was driven to desperation and thought about marrying Wang Li, but she was unwilling to spend her whole life in the mundane routines of daily life with this lowly policeman.
She wanted to live in a small house, wear the most fashionable clothes, eat and drink the best food, and most importantly, she wanted the feeling of others envying and being jealous of her!
Suddenly, she thought of Chen Liying's boyfriend, Xu He. After some investigation, she discovered that Xu He was actually the son of a cadre, and he was the only son in his family. He was also better looking than Wang Li.
Xu He became Fan Yaqing's new target. These past few days, she'd been acting like a madwoman, constantly harassing Xu He. But most of the time, she encountered Xu He with Chen Liying. When she went to the factory pretending to be a friend to see Xu He, he wouldn't come out to see her, or he'd simply have Chen Liying greet him instead!
It must be said that Tong Yuheng's preventative measures were very timely. She and her sisters used gossip to give Xu He a lesson on avoiding being seduced. They explained all the ways that scheming women steal men and cause trouble, and he could eliminate them one by one.
Feeling contemptuous and mocking from Chen Liying, who kept subtly insulting her as shameless, Fan Yaqing couldn't take it anymore and fled the cotton mill where they worked.
But she wasn't one to give up easily. She went to Zhang Shaojie, her father's superior. Fan Yaqing kept coaxing Zhang Shaojie for days, calling him "Uncle" this and "Uncle" that, and even let him take advantage of her a little. The man agreed to take care of her under the guise of being her father's friend and gave her five hundred yuan for spending money.
Zhang Shaojie asked her if she knew about the Tong family's hidden valuables. Of course, Fan Dayong had told her this, as they were preparing to target the Tong family mother and daughter who had already gone to the countryside!
But before things even started, the Fan family was plagued by misfortune, making him feel that the Tong family was a bit eerie. He got a little scared and temporarily stopped.
Later, there was an investigation by higher authorities into the affairs of the Tong and Guo families back then, and they even arrested two of his colleagues and even his superiors, which made him glad that he hadn't taken any action yet.
He could sense the girl's resentment towards the Tong family, and he thought of sending her to the countryside to keep an eye on them for him. Recently, that old man Tong Anfu even had his official hat removed—he's really got some skills! He wasn't hiding anything; no matter how much you explain it, he wouldn't believe it.
"Yaqing, what do you think about going to the countryside? There aren't many good jobs in the city these days, and you only make about twenty yuan a month working there..."
"Didn't you say you saw the eldest daughter of the Tong family? She wasn't tanned and was dressed well. Why do you think she's doing so well even after going to the countryside?" Zhang Shaojie began to tempt her.
"Uncle Zhang, do you need me to keep an eye on them? What's in it for me?" Fan Yaqing seized the opportunity and sat on his lap to negotiate with him.
"You greedy little girl, didn't I already give you five hundred?"
"If I were to go to the countryside, I'd need to prepare a lot of things, and that money wouldn't last long. Besides, the work in the countryside is tough; how could I possibly endure it?"
"Alright, I'll send you thirty yuan and some tickets every month. I'll send you more if there's any important news."
"Then let Fan Jianli come with me to the countryside. Maybe I can use him!" Thinking that her good-for-nothing cousin might still be of some use, and since he was going to the countryside anyway, she might as well let her take him along to be a troublemaker.