tkworld Chapter 157 Eating
Chapter 157 Eating
The village head left Xu Zhixia and Chen Dong to eat at home, and by the way, he and Xu Zhixia finalized the details of the bridge.
The village head knew that Xu Zhixia's words like this were basically confirmed, and he wished he could entertain Xu Zhixia with all the delicious food in his house.
"Once this matter is implemented, Mr. Xu, you will be the benefactor of our whole village!"
The village chief bowed his waist excitedly to Xu Zhixia, and bowed deeply, but was supported by Xu Zhixia Xu.
"Village Chief, don't be too polite. The money for the bridge building is not entirely from our Xu family. There are also great benevolent 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 on it."
Xu Zhixia's proposal was not for herself but for other people who donated money.
Those wealthy people who donate money to charity are for fame, they don't care about such a small amount of money, and Xu Zhixia's proposal is just to satisfy their vanity.
Regardless of their purpose, the donated money has indeed been used in the villagers.
So Xu Zhixia was also very grateful to them.
Of course, the village head would not have any objections. He thought Xu Zhixia's proposal was very good.
"The old lady has already gone to cook, Mr. Xu, don't dislike her."
The village head was always a little reluctant in front of Xu Zhixia and Chen Dong, probably because his family was too tight.
The village head has been worried that there is nothing good to entertain Xu Zhixia and the others.
In fact, for them, everyday meals are enough.
The village chief quickly brought two jars of rice wine that he had been cherishing and was reluctant to drink. It was obvious that his posture was treating Xu Zhixia and others as honored guests.
Chen Dong, who had been silent all this time, frowned: "Village Chief, do you often feel backache and weakness?"
From the first time he saw the village head, he found that the village head would hold his waist from time to time, showing pain on his face.
Maybe the village chief is used to it, so he didn't take this matter to heart.
But as a doctor, Chen Dong soon discovered something was wrong.
It was because of Chen Dong's occupation that Xu Zhixia asked worriedly: "What's wrong? What did you see?"
Just now Xu Zhixia has been discussing with the village chief about building a bridge, so he forgot to introduce to the village chief: "This is my boyfriend Chen Dong, he is a doctor."
Murakami suddenly realized: "Hello, doctor! Healing the wounded and saving lives is a very sacred profession."
There is no flattering element in it. 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 theirs, there are no teachers willing to come to teach.
It was only after the Xu family paid attention to their village that they hired a girl with a lot of money.
I have to say that this girl is also very courageous. She persisted in this remote mountain village for two or three years without leaving.
The Xu family also attached 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 hundreds of miles away.
But for this, Xu Zhixia also specially made a policy, but she will give a certain degree of bursary on behalf of Xu Shi to anyone who can be admitted to high school.
Let the children not have to worry about tuition fees.
Facing the praise from the village chief, Chen Dong smiled: "Village chief, do you usually feel uncomfortable in your body?"
The village chief didn't realize the meaning of Chen Dong's words for a moment, and said belatedly: "No, I'm usually in good health, and the sweet potato field of my family's three acres is basically dependent on me and me. The old woman supported it by two people."
When he said this, the village chief smiled and didn't complain because he was tired.
In other words, simple villagers like them are used to working day after day.
Just at this time, the wife of the village chief had already cooked the food. Hearing their conversation, she smiled and said, "My old man's body has always been quite strong. I have been married to him for so many years and I have never seen him get sick."
"I usually 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 wasn't just the village chief, many people in the village survived like this.
Not only because there is no money to see a doctor, but also because you have to go to a town hundreds of miles away to see a doctor, and only there are doctors.
But if the illness comes on too quickly and violently, it won't last that long at all.
So usually the villagers have a headache, and usually drink a little water soaked in orange peels, and carry it by themselves.
As for those who can't bear it... For them, everything is their fate, and they can't help themselves at all.
It is precisely because of this that the Xu family has focused on helping the poor here in recent years.
Fortunately, with the help of the Xu family, many young people have gone out of this small village.
This can be regarded as luck in misfortune.
The wife of the village head is a very simple woman. She is about the same age as the village head. Due to long-term exposure to the wind and sun, her face is full of wrinkles, but she has a kind face, and she has a kind of warmth in her heart when she smiles. a feeling of.
Chen Dong took out his mobile phone and wanted to call Zhang Xue, asking him to bring his medical kit over.
It turned out that the mobile phone had no signal at all.
Seeing this, the village chief quickly explained: "Our signal is not good here at night, if you want to make a call, you may have to go outside."
"It's okay, it's not something very important." Chen Dong smiled, and he will take a trip by himself later.
"That's good, or let's eat first, or the food will be cold."
Six dishes and one soup, this meal is probably better than what they ate during the Chinese New Year.
Seeing the four meat dishes on the table, Chen Dong suddenly felt that he had nowhere to start.
Braised fish, bacon, rabbit meat, hen soup...
These are probably what they will eat during the Chinese New Year.
"Doctor Chen, why don't you drink soup? This is our own old hen, but if it is nutritious, you should drink more."
"Mr. Xu, come here. I'll serve you a bowl. Don't be polite. We don't have anything to entertain you here. Don't blame us for any poor hospitality."
The village head greeted them very warmly.
After dinner, Chen Dong found an opportunity to ask his doubts.
"May I ask you a few questions, mayor?"
The village head thought it was something about the village: "Just ask Dr. Chen if you have anything."
"Every time you go to work in the field, do you feel weak all over your body? Feel like you can't lift your strength all over the body?"
Although the village chief was a little surprised by Chen Dong's question, he still answered truthfully: "It does feel like this."
However, the village chief didn't take this matter to heart, because he thought it might be because he was tired from work.
As a result, when Chen Dong heard these words, his brows were tightly locked together.
Wouldn't it be what he thought?