Chapter 041 Healing the heart is the best medicine
Chapter 041: Healing the heart is the best medicine
There are rugged mountain roads along the way. It is more like going for an outing than going to a free clinic.
After driving along the rugged mountain road for almost an hour, we saw the small mountain village surrounded by mountains - Xiaojiazhai. The gurgling stream flowed around the village, and we could clearly see the fish in the stream.
Swimming happily. Butterflies dance in the air, and the breeze blows, and you can smell the fragrance from time to time.
This is the pure breath of nature, without any pollution, refreshing.
Xiaojiazhai is only more than fifty miles away from Huahai City. There is only a rugged mountain road leading to the outside. It is quite remote. Most of the villages are thatched houses. As for the transportation vehicles, except for a walk-behind tractor in the village
Otherwise, the only option is to rely on motorcycles.
There is not much land for farming, and the villagers' income mainly depends on the apples that grow all over the mountains and plains. Every year in early October, Xiaojiazhai is the busiest time. Every household goes to the apple orchard to pick apples and wait for second-hand dealers to collect them.
However, Xiaojiazhai this year is relatively deserted. Occasionally, I encounter a few villagers, and they are all listless and full of sorrow.
Zhi Xuan asked: "How could this be? There are so many apples, they should be happy."
Xiao Feng said with a wry smile: "In previous years, the sales of apples were pretty good. However, the weather this year is not very good. The temperature has been relatively cold in the past few months, which has delayed the launch of those early-ripening apples. This
Next time, all the apples have been gathered together, and the price has dropped again and again, to more than 50 cents per pound, and those second-hand dealers don’t want them anymore.”
This phenomenon is a disaster for any kind of fruit.
Hainan's bananas are unsaleable due to several reasons. First, due to climate influence, Hainan's "spring bananas" and "winter bananas" are on the market at the same time, which significantly increases market pressure. Second, Guangdong, Guangxi and imported bananas are on the market at the same time, plus the mainland
A large number of various fruits are on the market, which has had an impact on banana sales. Third, affected by the "ethephon ripening incident", consumer confidence has been hit. In addition, Hainan's banana industry also has insufficient transportation capacity, and banana picking and packaging technicians are in short supply.
Increases in transportation and labor costs.
Xiao Feng only mentioned one reason, and Liang Hao has already investigated it secretly. There is another direct reason for the poor sales of apples in Huahai City this year, which is the impact of the financial crisis. The juice industry in Europe and other countries has been seriously affected, making
Huaxia's exports have fallen sharply... Solving the problem of unsalable apples in Xiaojiazhai is not a small problem.
Zhi Xuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, with Brother Hao here, there will definitely be no problem."
Liang Hao smiled bitterly. He is a human being, not a god. He still needs to investigate on the spot.
After receiving the news, the old village chief Wang Fugui, his son Wang Ergouzi, and some villagers had been waiting at the entrance of the village early. When they saw the bus parked, they gathered around it.
Under the command of Xiao Feng, the bus was driven to the grassland of the village primary school. There was only one primary school in the surrounding villages, but with fewer and fewer students, it gradually became idle. The villagers came to show movies, or
Every meeting in the village is held on the playground.
Liang Hao jumped out of the car and said loudly: "We are doctors from the First People's Hospital of Huahai City. We are here to provide you with free medical consultation. Here are some rice noodles, cooking oil, etc. we have brought. Please line up.
, Village Chief Wang and Xiao Feng will be responsible for distributing them, so there should be no crowding."
Wang Ergouzi is a stout young man with a crew cut and is an out-and-out farmer.
His father is the village chief, his family is relatively well-off, and he is very smart. It's no wonder why Han Dongmei and the other little girls regard Wang Ergouzi as Prince Charming.
While Wang Fugui and Xiao Feng were distributing daily necessities, Wang Ergouzi had already called some young people to move tables and stools into the classroom, forming a long queue. Liang Hao, the doctors, and
Zhi Xuan, Xiaoyu and other nurses became busy.
Xiaojiazhai is too remote, and the transportation is not very developed. If someone has a headache and a fever, he can take some painkillers, or go up the mountain to collect some herbs, and take some folk remedies and carry it. If he really can't carry it, he will be sent to the health center in the village.
, there is nothing they can do if it can’t be cured. They wanted to send it to the city, but they didn’t have the money at all.
This time, Liang Hao and others came to the free clinic for free, which was a relief to them in times of need. They continued to diagnose and treat people until dusk. The number of villagers queuing up for medical treatment not only did not decrease, but more and more people gathered together. After asking,
Only then did Wang Ergouzi find out that people from several surrounding villages came over when they heard that doctors were coming to treat patients for free.
If the diagnosis and treatment continues like this, it won't be resolved even if it takes a few days?
Liang Hao and the doctors were very tired, and their foreheads were covered with sweat, but their spirits were quite high. It was undoubtedly the greatest comfort to see that the conditions of each villager had improved under their diagnosis and treatment.
Wang Fugui came over and said with some embarrassment: "Dr. Liang, can we stop here today? You are all quite tired. You will go to my house for dinner later. We have the annual bonfire festival in the evening.
Time was too tight, and I definitely couldn’t go back today. I originally wanted to go to the mountains to see the condition of the fruit trees, but Liang Hao discussed with several doctors such as Zixuan and decided to stay in the village that night and drive back tomorrow afternoon.
city.
Upon hearing the news, the villagers were very happy, and the group quickly arrived at Wang Fugui's house.
There are three thatched houses and fences. There are a few plane trees next to the courtyard, and there is a windlass well. A few chickens are lying in the soil basking in the sun. There are a few rabbit skins hanging on the beams. It is a very ordinary farmyard.
, exuding peace and tranquility from inside to outside.
There are more than a dozen stools and a large round table under the sycamore tree.
Wang Fugui asked Liang Hao and others to sit down and said with a smile: "There is nothing delicious to entertain guests in the village. They are all game meat. Come and try it."
Xiao Nier and several little girls from the village brought the washbasins. After Liang Hao and others washed their faces, the air was filled with the smell of meat, and more than a dozen plates of steaming dishes were placed on the table.
, braised rabbit, pheasant, shredded pepper potatoes, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, fried fish, spicy tofu, etc. Every dish is topped with red pepper. Even if you don’t eat it, you can smell the spiciness.
Wang Fugui greeted: "This is our home-brewed rice wine. It tastes pretty good. You can try it."
Xiao Nier poured a bowl of rice wine for everyone and said with a smile: "Brother Hao, sister Ye Zi, you all have a try, I can drink rice wine too, it's so sweet."
In fact, without her asking, Zhi Xuan could not wait to pick up a piece of rabbit meat and put it into her mouth. The heat was mixed with spicy taste, and the spicy taste also had the aroma of oily but not greasy meat. The more she chewed, the more flavorful it became, and she kept saying
Praise: "Delicious, delicious!"
After eating a few more pieces of meat, her little face turned red and her forehead was covered with sweat.
Southern rice wine has a light sweetness in the mouth, which is different from the strong sorghum wine in Northeast China. It is a bit like a lover's hand, full of tenderness. Drinking rice wine, eating home-cooked food, and being accompanied by green mountains and green waters,
This is definitely a rare enjoyment for urbanites.
After finishing a bowl of rice wine, Liang Hao asked: "Village Chief Wang, how much does a pound of your apples cost to distribute to those small traders?"
Wang Fugui put the wine bowl on the table and sighed: "This year is not good. No one wants more than fifty cents per pound."
"Have you ever thought of any other way?"
"I've thought about it, but it doesn't work... everyone just relies on selling apples to make some money. If this continues, we will lose everything in a year. There is really no way out."
Wang Ergouzi was a little nervous and tentatively said: "Dr. Liang, you...you have many connections, can you help us think of a solution?"
Xiao Nier and Xiao Feng were both very excited and looked at Liang Hao. In their eyes, Liang Hao was simply a god-like existence. As long as Liang Hao nodded, nothing was impossible.
Zhi Xuan patted her small chest and said loudly: "Village Chief Wang, Brother Ergou, don't worry, there will definitely be no problem in leaving this matter to Brother Hao."
Who are you to me, speaking for me? Even if you are my wife, I have to be the master of my own affairs.
Liang Hao was completely speechless to Zixuan. He hesitated for a moment and said solemnly: "I don't know if this kind of apple is easy to sell or not. After all, I don't plan to do business in this area. Since Xuanxuan has said it, I will
Let’s try it. It’s 60 cents per catty, and I’ll buy 50,000 catties first. If it’s feasible, I plan to sign a contract with you, and I will consider purchasing all these apples.”
"Ah?" After being stunned for a moment, Wang Fugui shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, no, it's not that easy to sell. Fifty thousand pounds is a lot of money."
Liang Hao smiled and said: "No one does loss-making business. What I do is to make money. I naturally have my own way of doing this."
Wang Fugui said excitedly: "Is it really possible? Are you comforting me?"
Liang Hao smiled mysteriously and said calmly: "Cars have lanes and horses have paths. Since I agreed, I naturally have my own path."
"Understood, I understand." Wang Fugui nodded repeatedly, picked up the wine glass, and said excitedly: "Dr. Liang, you are the great Bodhisattva who saves the suffering in our Xiaojiazhai. I propose a toast to you on behalf of our Xiaojiazhai."
Seeing a doctor is to save people and cure their physical diseases. Now, by agreeing to Wang Fugui, you are also saving people and healing their hearts. This is how the big doctor and the little doctor cured his disease.
If a person cannot heal his heart, then that is inferior medicine. Healing the heart is superior medicine.
After drinking down the glass of wine, Liang Hao smiled and said: "Fifty thousand catties of apples cost thirty thousand yuan, I will pay you right now..."
Wang Ergouzi said loudly: "Doctor Liang, you came to our Xiaojiazhai to help the villagers see doctors and give us a way to make a living. How can we still accept your money? These fifty thousand kilograms of apples are considered as our Xiaojiazhai villagers
It’s given to you. If you find a way to buy apples from our Xiaojiazhai in the future, we will take your money.”