The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

"We're all one family, so it's not troublesome." Qiao Mingshan's face was tanned and rough due to working abroad all year round, and when he smiled, he showed his big white teeth, looking a bit simple and honest.

The young man's personality is just like his name, he is a mellow and kind person.

"I bought you porridge outside." Qiao Mingshan took off the lid of the cup. There were a few big steamed buns on it, and a bowl of porridge in the cup.The breakfast was bought in a small shop outside the health center. The porridge was a bit watery and there were not a few grains of rice in it. He felt that drinking a bowl of porridge would be better than eating a steamed bun to keep him full.

But because the little cousin was still ill, the doctor said it was best to eat some porridge for digestion, so he bought a bowl of porridge for the little cousin.

Seeing his little cousin looking sick and weak, Qiao Mingshan paused when he handed the spoon over, and asked, "Can I eat it by myself? Do you want me to feed you?"

"No, I can do it myself." Qiao Minglang shook his head and replied.

"Oh, good. Then you take it and eat it. It's a little hot. Be careful not to burn it." Qiao Mingshan handed the cup and spoon to the hands of the little cousin, picked up the kettle on the table, and poured some water into the lid. , Pulled a chair and sat down, ate steamed buns with plain water, and ate deliciously.

A big cup was stuffed into his hand, smelling the aroma of rice inside, Qiao Minglang's eyes were a little hot, looking at the boiled water that the big hall brother himself drank, he held the porridge in his hand and did not move.

Seeing that the little cousin refused to eat the porridge, Qiao Mingshan smiled and said, "Eat it, I have steamed buns here, I can just eat two steamed buns." It costs money to buy anything outside here, and earn money these days. It's not easy for a penny.The young man bought a bowl of porridge for his little cousin, but he was reluctant to spend a few cents more to buy himself a bowl of porridge and water.

He thinks it's okay to drink boiled water and get steamed buns anyway, and don't need to spend that money.

"Eat it, what are you doing watching me?" Qiao Mingshan ate half of the steamed bun in two bites, seeing the little cousin holding the porridge and refusing to eat it, the porridge would be cold later.

"No." Qiao Minglang shook his head, then sipped the porridge in his cup.

Qiao Mingshan ate one steamed bun, then went to get another one, and by the way, he also took a steamed bun and stuffed it into his little cousin's hand, saying, "Eat, eat more, your illness will heal quickly." In Chinese medicine, if people eat enough and sleep well, there will be no problems at all.

The sun shines into the ward from the window, and the two brothers are eating their breakfast for the day in this small ward.

"Lie on the bed and don't get down. I'll wash a cup and I'll be back."

After eating, Qiao Mingshan got up, cleaned up the table with his hands and feet, and went out to wash with the cup and spoon.This cup was still sent to the hospital for the little cousin. Seeing that the little cousin had nothing to drink, he went to a small shop outside to buy this cup. When the time comes, he can take it back home and continue to use it. He must not throw it away.

After seeing the eldest brother busy, Qiao Minglang was ordered by the eldest brother to lie on the bed and he was not allowed to get down.He had no choice but to sit on the bed, watching the eldest brother go out and come in, come in and go out after a while, and finally put a kettle on the table.

His eyes fell on the kettle next to the bed, and he knew that this thing was used to hold water. The water in it could keep the temperature, and it would still be warm tomorrow.

Many things here are beyond his imagination, everything in front of him seems very incredible, just like in a dream, but it is so novel and vivid, let him know that he is not in a dream .

Everything in front of him is real, he is real and alive, living in a completely different place from what he used to be.

***

At eight o'clock in the morning, the doctor went to work on time and took the nurse to make rounds.

A man in a white coat brought a young woman to their ward and saw the man reaching out to touch him.Qiao Minglang was not used to being touched by others, so he subconsciously backed away, but he seemed to have forgotten that the back was the head of the bed, and there was nowhere to retreat.

"This kid, what are you hiding? I'll check to see if he still has a fever." The doctor held him down, couldn't help laughing, and turned to the nurse behind him, "I think he still has a low-grade fever." , You use a thermometer to measure it for him."

"Ok."

The nurse took out a thermometer from her pocket, glanced at it, shook it twice, and said to the boy, "Raise your hand, and put the thermometer under your arm."

"Hey, why does this kid want to run all the time? Just clip the thermometer and it won't hurt."

Qiao Minglang was held down by the nurse again, put a small stick into his armpit, and told him: "Clamp it tight, don't fall."

His face suddenly became hot. Since he was sensible, he had never been so close to a woman.

Qiao Minglang knew that this man in a white coat was a doctor, a doctor who treated people.The young woman next to the doctor is a nurse whose job it is to assist the doctor and take care of the patients.

The world he woke up in was called the Great Hua Country, a new country re-established after decades of turmoil and war.In this era, women, like men, can go to school to study and work outside to earn money to support their families.

This made him feel a little unimaginable, but he also took it for granted.

In the past, he traveled all over the world, visited many places, and met all kinds of people.He has seen some women, they are better at doing business than men, they are sitting at the wine table with men, drinking a big bowl of wine, their personalities are bold and capable, and they are courageous, many men may not be able to compare with them.

Women are not inherently inferior to men, but they lack an opportunity to express and show themselves.

"Okay, give me the thermometer."

After a while, the nurse asked him for a thermometer. Qiao Minglang knew that the nurse wanted the stick he had under his arm, so he took it out and gave it to the nurse.

The nurse took the thermometer back and handed it to the doctor.

The doctor took a look at the thermometer handed over by the nurse, hummed, and said, "38°2, and still has a low-grade fever. Xiao Zhang will measure it later."

Xiao Zhang is the nurse, and the nurse said hello.

"Today, you finish these three bottles of water first, and you will be fine in a while. You can go back to the hospital today." The doctor held a notebook in his hand, recorded it in it, and said to the boy on the hospital bed: "You In the next few days, remember to take a good rest, drink plenty of water, sweat, and you will be fine soon."

"Thank you, doctor." Qiao Mingshan sent the doctor to the door, and asked his little cousin if there was anything else he needed to pay attention to.

After checking the ward, the doctor went out to do other things.

Being a doctor is not an easy job. There is only one health center in the whole town, and many people come to the health center to see a doctor every day.When encountering a large number of patients, doctors are busy from morning till night, without even a break in between.

"It's time for an injection." The nurse went out and brought a few bottles of injection, and hung each bottle on the iron rod beside the bed.

It just so happens that there is a curved hook on the iron rod, which is used to hang the potion.

Seeing Bai Sensen's needle in the nurse's hand, Qiao Minglang subconsciously wanted to hide.

As soon as the nurse grabbed the boy's hand, she couldn't help laughing, and said, "Don't hide, it won't hurt if you stick it in." Yes, it's not too much to see the injection and still look scared.

"Oh, you child, the back of your hand is blue, no wonder you want to run away. You can change your hand. You still have to finish the bottles of water today, and the needles are all opened. If you don't use it, you still have to pay It's right." Looking at the back of the boy's bruised hand, even the blood vessels could not be found, the nurse asked the boy to use the other hand to beat.

Seeing that the little cousin refused to reach out, Qiao Mingshan grabbed the little cousin's hand and handed it to the nurse. Knowing that the little cousin was afraid of the injection, he comforted the little cousin and said, "Don't be afraid, it doesn't hurt very much. Just bite it like a mosquito. It will be all right soon."

Qiao Minglang looked away, not daring to look at his hands.

"When you get an IV drip, it hurts a bit, and it doesn't hurt when you get it in."

The nurse tied the young man's wrist with a rubber band, patted the back of the young man's hand, found a blood vessel, inserted the needle into the blood vessel skillfully, then stuck the needle with some adhesive tape, and told the young man when he left: "Don't move the injecting hand. If the needle sticks up, you have to do it again. Then you have to pierce it again."

"After you go back, apply a hot towel to the back of your hand, and it will be fine in a few days."

Only then did Qiao Minglang dare to turn around, looking at the needle stuck in the back of his hand in a daze, followed the tube to see the bottle hanging on the bedside, the tube is transparent, you can see the medicine inside is dripping drop by drop. Dripping down, the medicine went down the tube and entered his body.

The back of the hand is cool, but it doesn't hurt very much, but it is very uncomfortable.The potion just went into his body like this, so it can cure his illness?

In the end, Qiao Minglang still remembered what the nurse said before he left, so he didn't dare to move, his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he fell asleep leaning against the head of the bed.

Qiao Mingshan accompanied his little cousin in the ward for injections. Seeing his little cousin fell asleep, after one bottle was finished, he went to call the nurse to come over for another bottle of injection.

***

By the time the three bottles of potions were finished, it was almost noon.

"I'll go and discharge you from the hospital. You wait here, and I'll be back in a while." Qiao Mingshan asked his little cousin to wait here in the ward. He went to pay the money and discharged his little cousin. Pharmacy to get medicine.

Knowing that he could go back, Qiao Minglang sat in the ward and waited for his cousin to come back. He wished he could leave this place immediately.

"Let's go, we can go back. This is your medicine, you take it yourself, take it three times a day, once every four hours, after meals." Qiao Mingshan returned to the ward, and saw that the little cousin had already Sitting here waiting for him, he gave the medicine he got to his little cousin and told him how to take the medicine.

"If you feel uncomfortable when you go back, just tell us. If it's not good, I'll bring you to see it later." This little cousin has no adults at home, and his sixth uncle and sixth aunt are gone. Qiao Mingshan's I feel a little sympathetic and pitiful for this little cousin.

This cousin is only fifteen or sixteen years old this year, right?He is still so young, and there are a group of younger brothers and sisters under him, how can he support a family.

Qiao Mingshan recalled that at his younger cousin's age, even though the family's life was poor, there were still parents on top, so he would always feel more at ease in his heart.Everyone's life is not very good these years, each family has its own difficulties, even if they want to help others, their ability is very limited.

"Thank you, Brother Tang." Qiao Minglang took his medicine and said, "I have nothing to do, so I don't need to come here." He knows that seeing a doctor means spending money, and now their family has no money, so he sees a doctor The money may still be borrowed from other people's family.

"Let's go. I won't be sick or in pain in the future, so I don't need to come here."

Qiao Mingshan came over with a plastic bag and took away their own things. In fact, they didn't have much. They just bought a cup and a towel, as well as medicine for their little cousin.

He reached out and patted his little cousin on the shoulder, led his little cousin out of the ward, and walked outside.

At this time, many patients in the hospital were queuing up to see a doctor. There were noisy sounds in the hospital, with adults talking and children crying.

All the way out, Qiao Minglang looked at the waiting patients, there were adults, children, old and young.The child was crying loudly, and the woman was coaxing the child in her arms, waiting anxiously.

Soon, they walked out to the gate of the hospital.

Looking at the wide road outside, this world is a completely strange place to him.There are some two-wheeled vehicles running on the road. Qiao Minglang knows that they are called bicycles, and they can run without being pulled by animals, and rely on people stepping on two wheels.

"Xiao Lang, wait here for a while, I'll push the bike over."

Qiao Mingshan asked his little cousin to wait for him here, and pushed his bicycle over.This bicycle was bought by their family the year before last. The daughter-in-law felt sorry for him when he went to work in the town, and he had to walk so far every day. The family spent a long time saving money to buy this bicycle.

The car has been well maintained by him, and it is still [-]% new after a year of use.

"Sit up, I'll take you back." Qiao Mingshan rode up and asked his little cousin to sit in the back.

"What are you still standing there looking at, sit up quickly."

A bicycle happened to pass by in front of me, and I saw a woman sitting behind that bicycle.

Qiao Minglang hesitated for a moment, imitating the woman's appearance, and sat sideways on it.

Seeing his little cousin sitting up, Qiao Mingshan said, "Sit still, I'm leaving." As he spoke, he kicked hard, and the bicycle went a long way.

After shaking his body for a while, Qiao Minglang hastily reached out and grabbed the big brother's clothes to stabilize his body.

After the car walked for a short distance, he found that he didn't fall off. The fear in his heart gradually disappeared, and turned into a kind of curiosity. How did this car move on two wheels? ,