Chapter 337: The Wandering Doctor Must Have “Second” Skill

An hour later, the young girl who was dragged by Zhang Xingwang and could not go to work said helplessly with a sad face:

"Xingwang, this is the first time I find you so talkative. Listen to me. It's hard for a guy to find a partner if he's too talkative. Just let me go to work. I have to come back early to cook for you..."

"Auntie, are you not interested in the job in the city?"

Seeing she had no other options, the younger sister-in-law told the truth: farmers who don’t want to move to the city these days are not real farmers.

What Zhang Xingwang didn't expect was that after looking at his cousin's situation, his uncle-in-law had asked Zhang Xingwang for help a long time ago, saying that he would pay back the money after he could get a job.

But he didn't dare to tell Zhang Xingwang directly, so he encouraged his aunt to speak up, but his aunt didn't agree.

The aunt didn't go into detail about how the two talked about it, or what the uncle-in-law promised, but the result was this:

"Aunt, you know what's going on. I've made an agreement with your uncle that even if you're willing to help, it will only be once. Your brother is still young, and your uncle still has some family assets. When your brother is older, we'll save enough money and come find you to see if you can ask someone to find a job for your brother. I won't go anywhere, and I'll just stay in the village to look after your uncle."

After hearing this, Zhang Xingwang felt that he was being superficial. However, for his stubborn cousin, this decision was quite reasonable.

But I have to find time to persuade her again. Her thinking is too limited by history. It is completely possible to let my uncle guard the village by himself...

Seeing my aunt run away in embarrassment after she finished speaking, my little cousin was actually shocked.

After casually explaining that her mother was just about to be late and not because she was stung by a bee, she let her two younger sisters play at home while she went out.

When he arrived at Old Man Zhang's house, he found the door was locked. Old Man Zhang was not at home. Just as he was about to go back, Old Man Zhang came back with a basket of medicinal herbs on his back. When he saw Zhang Xingwang, he forced a smile on his slightly tired face.

After entering the house, I found blood on Old Man Zhang's sleeves. I thought he had gone hunting, but Old Man Zhang replied:

"I met some stupid people in the mountains. They didn't recognize me and I beat them up."

"You are being a bit overbearing, aren't you? Are you so famous here? Will it be helpful if I tell you my name when I go up the mountain next time?"

"Nonsense, they are all from nearby villages. He may not know the village chief next door, and he may not recognize the doctor. He took advantage of the fact that it was inconvenient for me to carry a backpack and threatened me to hand over the things I hunted!"

"Then you can't just do it, have you explained it to them?"

"I explained clearly that I was just a barefoot doctor, not a hunter, and that the things in my backpack were all medicinal herbs. But not only did they not believe me, they even asked me what the chicken feathers that leaked out of my backpack were and asked me to take them out for them to see!

Isn’t it obvious that I’m holding back bad intentions? You know I have a bad temper. I immediately put down the backpack and used my fist to prove that I’m a doctor…”

Zhang Xingwang thought about it and thought that Old Man Zhang said that he was a good fighter in the surrounding area when he was young. It was reasonable to use his fists to let everyone remember who he was. But looking at the blood on his body, he felt that those people were somewhat ungrateful:

"You look like you're not going to hold back. Can they not believe you?"

After recalling for a moment, Old Man Zhang replied nonchalantly:

"I forgot whether it was four or five people, but when I beat them for the first time, they shouted that they believed it. They were just treating me as a fool. I knew how to force a confession under torture, and I couldn't hold back once I got excited..."

"You are so stubborn! How did they believe it later?"

After hearing this, Old Man Zhang replied confidently:

"A young man climbed up to my backpack when I wasn't paying attention and identified a herb, proving that I was a doctor!"

As Old Man Zhang was talking, he took out a pheasant with a broken neck from under the herbs in his backpack, and cursed at those people for being stupid and wanting to see the doctor's backpack...

Hearing Zhang Xingwang's inability to complain, watching the old man carefully take out a handful of bloody change from his pocket, Zhang Xingwang couldn't help but ask:

"I didn't realize you had a side job in the mountains. Not only did you rob flowers and plants, it seems you even spared people!"

After hearing this, Old Man Zhang curled his lips in disdain and explained righteously:

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm a traveling doctor. When I see someone injured while traveling in the mountains, how can I not go and treat him? You don't understand the principle of a doctor being like a parent. These are all my medical expenses, the honest money I earned from my skills..."

Zhang Xingwang rolled his eyes when he heard this. It turned out that the traveling doctor had to be very skilled. While he was mourning for those people, the words "You are noble and you are amazing!" stuck in his throat...

Zhang Xingwang's arrival was very welcome to Old Man Zhang. As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, Old Man Zhang smelled a strong smell of money:

"I'm here today mainly to buy some supplies, that is, to buy some medicine to strengthen the body. The more the better. I'll come to get it tomorrow!"

The expression on Old Man Zhang's face was neither humble nor arrogant. He did not seem to be bribed by Zhang Xingwang's tone at all. He replied in a deep voice:

"Although I'm very happy that you're here, you'd better not take the medicine too often. It's not good for my wife.

But you are so kind as to ask for help after an old man stayed up till midnight for you!"

Zhang Xingwang looked at the old man with bulging muscles, silently took out three yuan, and replied casually:

"I'm the kind of person who just asks. This is overtime pay. I want it tomorrow!"

Old man Zhang didn't even look at the money on the table, and then said in a deep voice:

"What can you do with that little money? I plan to stay up all night!"

Zhang Xingwang helplessly watched Old Man Zhang counting the six dollars over and over again. Suddenly, he remembered what Third Auntie said and said to Old Man Zhang:

"The expert you mentioned earlier sent someone to tell me that if I feel unwell, I should go to her. What are the side effects of your medicine? Why don't you show me?"

"I've told you about the side effects more than ten times. If you feel uncomfortable, just go to her. It's no big deal!"

Zhang Xingwang looked at Old Man Zhang, who didn't even raise his head and was still smoothing out the money one by one. He reluctantly took out another dollar and said casually:

"You have to go thousands of kilometers to find her, so please take the trouble to go and have a look..."

Old man Zhang felt Zhang Xingwang's pulse, stared at him for a long time, and said insincerely:

"I don't think there's anything wrong with you, but it could be that I just didn't see it!"

After being persuaded by Zhang Xingwang with one yuan and fifty cents, Old Man Zhang checked him from head to toe again and said that except for some special talents, his physical functions were as good as they could be.

Zhang Xingwang was relieved for the time being and prepared to go back to the city to get checked at Xiehe Hospital. If there was nothing wrong, he could go to the bathhouse more often...