Chapter 8： Use food to pay for medical expenses

Chapter 8 Use food to pay for medical expenses

On the way, Bai Daliang woke up and vomited several times along the way. The blood that had stopped from the wound oozed out again. Bai Xue knew that he had a concussion, and asked An Quanzi to drive the ox cart more slowly, with as little bumping as possible. .

"Xiaoxue... Dad is fine! You don't need to go to the hospital!" Bai Daliang said with difficulty while lying on the bullock cart.

The pain from the back of his head made him short of breath several times.

"Okay Dad! Don't move! The wound on the back of your head is bleeding again!" Bai Xue comforted Bai Daliang who was about to get up.

"How could your third uncle be so... so cruel..." Bai Daliang said in pain, the face that Bai Xue couldn't see was full of pain and disappointment.

"Dad, don't think too much about it! Did you know that the second uncle gave Zhang Luo ten yuan to send it to you! You have a good younger brother! We don't miss the third uncle, just treat him as a passer-by in the future!" No Such words should be said to stimulate him, but Bai Xue couldn't hold back and said it out.

"Xiaoxue, Dad has two dollars in his pocket!" When Bai Daliang heard that his second brother sent ten dollars, he knew where he must have borrowed it, so he told Bai Xue, "Just go to the hospital for disinfection, don't spend it on you." Second Uncle’s money! He may not know where he borrowed it from! He still has to pay it back!”

"Okay!" Bai Xue was terribly cold, and she didn't dare to show it to worry Bai Daliang, so she could only suppress her trembling jaw and said, now she agrees to whatever he says, and he can't let him wait until he arrives at the hospital.

"Daliang, stop talking, just go to the town health center and take the medicine!" An Quanzi, who was leading the ox cart, turned around and said.

Bai Xue and the others sent people to the Pingyang Town Health Center. The health center has a sense of age, with red brick and wooden windows, and the lower half of the wall is painted with blue paint. They parked the ox cart at the entrance of the health center. The back of Bai Daliang's head was covered in blood, so he ran in and called the doctor.

A woman in her early forties came out, and there were two nurses. There were only a few people in the hospital. As long as they can survive in this era, no one wants to come to the hospital to see a doctor, mainly because they have no money.

An Quanzi helped carry the man in, brought him to the operating room and started treating Bai Daliang's wound.

Bai Xue and An Quanzi couldn't control their frozen hands and feet, and they stood outside the operating room and waited.

"Xiaoxue, there is hot water in the hospital, I'll get you some to warm your body!" An Quanzi couldn't bear to look at Bai Xue, whose face was pale and trembling all over.

"But Uncle Quanzi, we didn't bring cups or anything!" Bai Xue knew that in this day and age, she had to bring her own things when she went out. When she went out, she had to ask the captain to ask for a letter of introduction, dry food, water bottles, and so on. Without food stamps, she couldn't eat in a state-run restaurant. Supplies are very scarce.

"It's okay, there is a canteen in the health center, uncle, go and have a look!" Then he turned and went to find hot water.

Taking advantage of no one passing by, Bai Xue sneakily took out a piece of bread from the supermarket space, swallowed it whole, and choked on it. The main reason was that she couldn't eat coarse grains like corn buns, and her throat was pulled.

There is also a cooked food area in the supermarket. There are all kinds of cooked food, such as roast chicken, roast duck, pork head, meat, etc., but she can only look at it and drool. , she took out the grilled chicken to eat, and she would definitely be surrounded by onlookers.

Only bread can be eaten secretly, the taste will not be too strong, and there will be no oil on the mouth.

Just as she finished eating a piece of bread and felt better in her stomach, the door of the operating room opened.

"Little girl, who is the injured comrade?" Bai Xue heard the sound and looked over. It turned out to be the female doctor just now, and the nurse seemed to call her Doctor Zhao.

"Doctor, the one inside is my dad. Is my dad okay?" Bai Xue wiped her mouth and face vigorously with her sleeve, and asked in an immature tone that a fifteen-year-old should have.

"Although the wound on the back of your dad's head is not deep, he still needs a few stitches! He still has a concussion, he should not move, and he needs to be hospitalized! How did he get injured?" The nurse inside was treating Bai Daliang's wound, and Dr. Zhao came out to find out about the situation .

"Yes... it was accidentally dropped!" Bai Xue hesitated for a while, but did not tell the truth.

Dr. Zhao looked at Bai Xue, did not expose her lies, and said, "Have you brought enough money? Go and pay 20 yuan first! More refunds and less compensation!" After finishing speaking, he turned and went into the operating room.

"That...doctor, I only brought ten yuan with me when I came out, can I pay ten yuan first?" Bai Xue called to Dr. Zhao who was about to go in, touched his head and asked in embarrassment. It’s just burning money, one centimeter is only five cents, and twenty yuan is more than one or two months’ worth of centimeters. If a family loses so many centimeters, the rations at the end of the year will definitely not be enough to eat, and they will have to become the team’s upside down household.

It was the first time in her two lives that she was in such distress. She had never owed anyone money, to be precise, she had never been short of money.

Dr. Zhao turned around and looked Bai Xue up and down, and thought of the clothes of the injured person inside, and knew that their family must not be rich, but she was just a doctor, and she could cure the sick, but not the poor, so she said:

"Ten yuan is definitely not enough, you should pay it first! If it is not enough, hurry up and collect it, your father will be hospitalized, it will cost at least 20 yuan!"

After speaking, he entered the operating room.

Bai Xue had no choice but to take the ten yuan that her second uncle gave her to the cashier and hand it over. Looking around, her eyes were darkened now. Although she had supplies in her hands, she didn't know how to behave.

So he walked back to the cashier. There was a girl in her early twenties at the cashier of the health center.

"Sister, can I ask you something?" Bai Xue lay on the glass window and looked in, talking to the little nurse at the cashier.

"Ask! What's the matter?" The little nurse replied lukewarmly, but Bai Xue didn't care.

"It's like this. My father was injured and was hospitalized, but the family is in a bit of a difficult situation. I can't afford much money to pay for medical expenses. Can I use food to pay for it?" Bai Xue said her thoughts.

She really has no other choice now. When her father told her about this era, she always mentioned the black market and the like, but this day is freezing cold and covered with heavy snow. Where can she find the black market.

"Little sister, wait there and don't move!" As soon as Bai Xue said that the medical expenses would be paid for with food, the little nurse's eyes lit up immediately, she stood up and went out, not forgetting to tell Bai Xue to stand where she was and wait for her.

Seeing the expression on her face, Bai Xue understood how important food is to people of this age. The little nurse probably wants to use her own money to buy her food from her.

I don't even know what grain wine she is so excited about.

Soon, the little nurse came out and eagerly walked over to hold Bai Xue's hand, "Tell my sister over there!" She deliberately lowered her voice and dragged Bai Xue to a place where no one was around.

Bai Xue followed without saying a word, just waiting for the little nurse to speak.

"Little sister, you said just now that you want to use food to pay for medical expenses? How much food do you have in your hand? It's the same for my sister to buy from you! My sister will give you the money!" The little nurse asked Bai Xue to a corner where no one was around. .

"Sister, I have ten...ten catties of cornmeal and ten catties of sorghum rice. This is also the ration of our family. But my father was injured. He is the pillar of the family. If the family has no money for medical treatment, they can only use the grain to pay for it. It's gone!" Bai Xue said with her head down, looking very sad.

(end of this chapter)