Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Seven

The village chief left Xu Zhixia and Chen Dong to eat at home, and by the way, he finalized the details of the bridge construction with Xu Zhixia.

The village chief knows that Xu Zhixia’s words are basically determined, and he can’t wait to use all the delicious food in his home to entertain Xu Zhixia.

“Once this matter is implemented, Mr. Xu, you will be the benefactor of our village!”

The village head bent his waist to Xu Zhixia excitedly and bowed deeply, but Xu Zhixia held him back.

“The village chief, don’t be too polite. The money for building the bridge is not entirely from our Xu family. There are also great people from many mountain cities.”

“I have a small proposal. When our bridge is completed, we can build a merit monument next to the bridge and engrave the names of those people.”

Xu Zhixia’s proposal was not for herself but for other people who donated money.

Those rich men donating money to charity is a reputation, they don’t care about such a small amount of money, and Xu Zhixia’s proposal is to satisfy their vanity.

No matter what their purpose is, the donated money is indeed used by the villagers.

So Xu Zhixia is also very grateful to them.

Of course, the village chief would not have any opinions. He felt that Xu Zhixia’s proposal was very good.

“The old lady has already gone to cook, Mr. Xu, don’t dislike it.”

The village head was always a little unwilling to let go in front of Xu Zhixia and Chen Dong, probably because his family was too tight.

The village chief has always worried that there is nothing to entertain Xu Zhixia and the others.

In fact, for them, everyday food is enough.

The village chief quickly brought two jars of rice wine that he had been cherishing and reluctant to drink. Obviously, his posture was to treat Xu Zhixia and others as distinguished guests.

Chen Dong, who had been silent for a long time, frowned, “Village Chief, do you often feel backache and weakness?”

From the first glance he saw the village chief, he found that the village chief would hold his waist from time to time, showing pain on his face.

Perhaps the village chief was used to it, so he didn’t take this matter to heart.

But as a doctor, Chen Dong soon discovered something wrong.

It is precisely because of Chen Dong’s occupation that Xu Zhixia asked worriedly: “What’s wrong? What do you see?”

Just now Xu Zhixia had been discussing bridge building with the village head, so he forgot to introduce it to the village head: “This is my boyfriend Chen Dong, he is a doctor.”

Murakami suddenly realized: “Good doctor! Rescue and heal the wounded is a very sacred profession.”

There is no flattering element in this. For these simple villagers, whether it is a doctor or a teacher, they are very sacred in their eyes.

In a small mountain village like them, no teacher is willing to come to teach.

Later, after the Xu family paid attention to their village, they hired a girl with a lot of money.

I have to say that this girl is also very courageous and has persisted in this remote mountain village for two or three years without leaving.

The Xu family also attaches great importance to education, and successively hired several teachers for the village.

Let the children in this village go from elementary school to junior high school.

But high school has to go to a town a hundred miles away to study.

However, in response to this, Xu Zhixia also made a deliberate policy, but for anyone who can be admitted to high school, she will give a certain degree of bursary on behalf of Xu Shi.

Let children not worry about tuition.

Facing the village chief’s praise, Chen Dong smiled: “Village chief, do you feel any discomfort in your body?”

The village head didn’t react to the meaning in Chen Dong’s dialect for a while, and said with hindsight: “No, I usually have a good body and bones. My family’s three acres of sweet potato land basically relies on me and The old woman supported it with two people.”

When he said this, the village chief smiled and did not complain because of fatigue.

In other words, simple villagers like them are used to working day after day.



Just then the wife of the village chief had already cooked the food, and she smiled and said, “My old man has always been very strong, and I haven’t seen him get sick for so many years after marrying him.”

“Usually I have a cold and a fever, just drink some water soaked in orange peels.”

Hearing what they said, Chen Dong didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but his heart was full of sadness. It was not just the village chief, but many people in the village managed to survive this way.

Not only because there is no money to see a doctor, but also because you have to go to a town a hundred miles away, where there are doctors.

But if the illness comes too fast and too violently, it won’t last that long.

Therefore, the villagers usually have a headache, and they usually drink a little water soaked in orange peels and carry them by themselves.

As for the things that can’t be carried…everything is fate for them, and they can’t help themselves at all.

It is precisely because of this that the Xu family will focus on poverty alleviation here in the past few years.

Fortunately, with the help of the Xu family, many young people have gone out of this small village.

This is also a blessing in misfortune.

The wife of the village chief is a very simple woman. She is about the same age as the village chief. Because of the long-term wind and sun, her face is full of folds. However, she has a kind face and smiles with a warm heart. a feeling of.

Chen Dong took out his cell phone and wanted to call Zhang Xue and asked him to bring his medical kit.

The result was unexpectedly that the mobile phone had no signal at all.

Upon seeing this, the village chief quickly explained: “We have a bad signal at night. If you want to make a call, you may get outside.”

“It’s okay, it’s not a matter of great importance.” Chen Dong smiled, and he will have a run by himself later.

“That’s good, otherwise we will eat first, otherwise the food will be cold.”

There are six dishes and one soup. I’m afraid this meal is better than what they eat during the Chinese New Year.

Seeing the four meat dishes on the table, Chen Dong suddenly felt that there was nowhere to start.

Braised fish, bacon, rabbit meat, hen soup…

These are probably things they will eat only during the New Year.

“Dr. Chen, why don’t you drink soup? This is our own old hen, but if you are nourished, drink more.”

“Mr. Xu is here, I will serve you a bowl, don’t be polite, there is nothing to entertain you here, and there is anything wrong with the hospitality, please don’t blame it.”

The village chief greeted them very warmly.

After dinner, Chen Dong found the opportunity to ask questions in his heart.

“The village chief, can I ask you a few questions?”

The village chief thought it was about things in the village: “Just ask Dr. Chen if you have anything.”

“Do you feel fatigued every time you go to work on the ground? There is a feeling that you can’t lift up your energy all over?”

Although the village chief was a little surprised at the question Chen Dong asked, he still answered truthfully: “I do feel that way.”

However, the village chief did not take this matter to heart, because he thought it might be the reason why he was tired from work.

When Chen Dong heard these words, his brows were locked tightly.

Isn’t it what he thinks it is?

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