In a false alarm, the foreigner actually agreed to go to the doctor.

Inspector Xue felt that his underwear was soaked in cold sweat, this bold foreigner boy was really kind, he spoke at gunpoint, he didn't blink, he was going to change himself, and he knelt down and begged for mercy.

Baoqing Xiaoshun glanced at each other, and was also full of admiration, and Guo'er even burst into tears.

The two foreigners came out with a tweed coat and fur hat, and Sean briefly asked about the patient's condition and prepared a medical kit. Reginald took out his pocket watch and looked at it and said, "It's so late, it's too late to call a car, which of you is going to help us get a rickshaw in?" ”

Inspector Xue secretly complained, at this time and in this weather, even the driver who pulled the late child rested, where to go to find a foreign car, just when he had nothing to do, Sean said: "I have a chartered car here, but no one pulls it." ”

"I'm coming!" Baoqing finally found a chance to stand out and raised his hand high.

Pull the foreign car out of the upside-down room, invite the two foreign adults to get into the car, the group of people ran up along the empty road, Xiao Shunzi and Guo'er ran in front with the lantern, Baoqing pulled the foreign car to follow, Inspector Xue and Chen Zikun Palace, running the fog on the head, met two groups of patrol police on the road, saw that it was a foreign doctor to go to the clinic, where did he dare to stop, all the way unimpeded to the miscellaneous hospital.

Apparently underestimating the harsh environment of the compound and the living conditions of China's lower classes, the two foreigners hunched over their noses with sheepskin gloves and burrowed into the patient's room, driving out all the neighbors who were watching, "All go out, the patient needs fresh air!" ”

Seeing two high-nosed foreigners coming in, Xing'er burst into tears of excitement, and lay in the ear of her mother, who was already unconscious, and said, "Mother, brother, they invited the foreigner doctor, you are saved." ”

"There is salvation, there is salvation." The neighbors whispered with delight.

Sean was diagnosed with acute appendicitis. "The condition is very serious, and there is no delay for a moment, and immediate surgery is required." Sean opened the medicine box, which was full of surgical instruments and syringes, and he prepared scalpels, hemostats, anesthetics, iodine, and needles and threads, and a few neighbor aunts boiled hot water and brought it in.

Dr. Sean put on a mask, put on a rubber apron for surgery, and administered a Ge Luofang anesthetic to the patient, and when the person was dizzy, the doctor was ready to go under the knife.

"Reginald, I need two assistants." Sean said.

"Yes, Dr. Stanley." Reginald replied.

"And you, stay and help me." Sean pointed at Chan Zikun.

"Me?" Chen Zikun was a little panicked, climbed the wall of the house, rode a horse and shot a gun, and he had no experience as an assistant to a surgeon.

"I need someone who is bold and careful, who can face the muzzle of the gun and see that there is no bullet in the nest, and of course the most suitable person." Sean said, seeing that Chen Zikun hadn't moved, he said again: "Do you have a more suitable candidate to recommend?" ”

Chen Zikun woke up suddenly, there was really no one suitable except himself, not to mention the neighbors in the courtyard, Elder Xue Xun was dizzy, Baoqing was reckless, Xiao Shunzi was timid, and Xing'er and Guo'er sisters and brothers were even worse, how could there be any reason for children to watch the doctor disembowel their mother, it seems that only himself, an outsider, is the most suitable.

"Okay, I'll do it." He washed his hands in hot water and stood beside Sean with his surgical instruments in hand.

The surgery went well, Sean. Dr. Stanley was an excellent surgeon, wielding a scalpel far more than he could wield a revolver, especially for minor operations like appendicitis.

An hour later, Dr. Stanley came out of the room, his rubber apron stained with blood, holding a green clay pot in his hand, and handed it to Inspector Xue who was guarding the door: "No, this thing almost killed that lady." ”

There was a bloody swollen strip of flesh thrown in the green clay basin, Inspector Xue was startled and almost dropped the basin, Xing'er rushed up and pulled the doctor's apron and asked, "Doctor, is my mother okay?" ”

"It's okay for the time being, pay attention to cleaning and don't let the wound become infected, and after a week, the incision will be removed, and the patient will be overtired for a long time, and he needs nutrition and rest so that he can recover his health."

The neighbors gathered at the door exchanged heads and admired each other.

The Xing'er sisters and brothers entered the house and saw their mother lying on the kang, although their faces were paler than just now, but they had finally gone to the root of the disease, and their lives were saved.

"Thank you, doctor!" Xing'er led her younger brother to kneel down for the foreigner, but was stopped by Reginal: "No need to do this, it is the doctor's duty to treat the sick and save people." ”

"You come out for a moment." Sean. Stanley beckoned to Chan and called him to the outroom, where he took out a slip and wrote a few lines.

"Five dollars for the night emergency room, thirty dollars for surgery, and fifteen yuan for medicine, a total of fifty yuan, are you cash or check?"

Chen Zikun put the blanket bag directly on the table, and with a bang, there was a chaotic sound of silver inside, and he took out the current ocean and stacked it neatly into five stacks, a stack of ten, and the eyes of the silver glittering Yuan Datou flashed brightly, and the neighbors were stunned, and it cost fifty yuan to see a doctor, and the price was enough for a small family for a year!

"For a life, I think fifty dollars is a fair price." Sean. Stanley took off his gloves and packed Yinyang into his suitcase.

These fifty yuan are all Chen Zikun's belongings, and in addition, he only has a bayonet and a jade pendant left, but he feels that this money is worth it!

"Doctor, let's have a cup of tea and go." Inspector Xue greeted politely, these two cups of tea were made by Gao Mo'er from home, although they were not valuable, but they were a good idea.

"Thanks, no need." The doctor and his friend packed their things and prepared to leave, Sean. Stanley took out a business card and handed it to Chan and said, "If the patient has signs of infection, you can bring this to me." ”

"Baoqing, send two gentlemen." Inspector Xue greeted, Baoqing had been waiting outside the door for a long time, the brand-new rickshaw simply made him love it, shiny steel spokes, yellow thin neck copper horn, trembling bow slightly, new rain cloth curtains, double calcium carbide lamps, new mats, and authentic copper work for painters.

Hearing Inspector Xue's greeting, Baoqing hurriedly jumped up and waited for the two foreigners to get into the car, he pondered in his heart while pulling the car, thinking that Mao Sui recommended himself to go to the clinic as a coachman to pull a monthly package, but the two foreigners in the car muttered non-stop, and he didn't dare to intervene casually.

He didn't know that these two foreigners were talking about himself, Chen Zikun, and the poor neighbors in the courtyard, and the living conditions at the bottom of Chinese society gave them a deep feeling.

"Sean, your medical skills are still so superb that you can perform surgery under such harsh conditions." Reginald praised.

"Compared to the field hospital, the conditions here are quite superior, at least there is no interference from shells, and by the way, the boy has a bit of a Robin Hood flavor, and when he asked me whether to go or not, he saw the handle of the knife in his arms, and I guess if I said half a word, he would not hesitate to nail me to the wall of the clinic." Sean. Stanley said with gusto, seemingly excited about the thrilling experience.

"Oh? Looks like you admire him? Sean. ”

"Like you, I am very interested in this ancient and mysterious country, but when I came to Beijing from San Francisco, I found that the people here are all insensitive, cowardly and mean, and today the spirit of mutual help of these poor people makes me feel a little uplifted, and that boy makes me see a different Chinese." Reginald, or many people who know a little bit about the bottom, will be helpful in your research. ”

"Sean, thank you for your suggestion, I'll consider it seriously, but I'm not going to study a low-level person now, but an emperor."

"Oh, Reginald, you accepted their appointment?"

"Of course, why else did I come from Weihaiwei, the Presidential Office hired me as Emperor Xuantong's English teacher, and the Internal Affairs Office also gave me the title of Imperial Study Walker, I said to myself, Reginald, why don't you do it, maybe this work will make you unforgettable for the rest of your life."

Until the end, Baoqing didn't dare to speak, after arriving at the clinic, he diligently helped the two foreign adults get out of the car, and also helped put the car away, and finally the gentleman who looked more Sven handed him a five-cornered small ocean to show his gratitude, Baoqing was happy, you must know that even if you pull the late from Andingmen to Yongdingmen, you can't count it, he is busy bowing: "Thank you, Lord Yang." ”

"I'm not called Lord Yang, I'm Johnston, you can call me Mr. Zhuang." The man said this, but Baoqing didn't care, Lord Yang is Lord Yang, no matter what his surname is, he is a high Lord Yang.

On the way back, Baoqing was very excited, a new foreign car cost 100 yuan, and he already had five corners, which was one step closer to the dream of a foreign car.

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Early the next morning, Chen Zikun got up from the kang and was about to go to Dong'an Market with Xiaoshunzi to look for relatives.

"Sister! Eun Gong got up. Guo'er saw Chen Zikun come out and shouted at the door of her house.

Xing'er pushed the door out, stepped forward shyly and said, "Engong, I boiled porridge at home, let's eat it and leave." ”

Chen Zikun was not polite at all, and drank two large bowls of white porridge with Xiao Shunzi at Xing'er's house, stood up with a wipe of his mouth and said, "Is my aunt better?" ”

"Took the medicine and fell asleep." Xing'er said, her face flushed for no reason.

"Press, that's good, I'm leaving." Chen Zikun picked up the cover roll and went out, Xing'er chased to the door, leaned against the door frame and stopped, looking at the tall back gradually moving away.

Chen Zikun and Xiao Shunzi came to Dong'an Market A to pick up No. 3, but this is not a north-south goods store at all, but a shop selling pewterware, and the owner is not surnamed Chen, surnamed Zhang.

"You look for the shopkeeper Chen, he quit last year and gave me the shop." Boss Zhang said.

"Then do you know where Shopkeeper Chen is making his fortune now?" Xiao Shunzi asked for Chen Zikun.

Boss Zhang shook his head: "I'm afraid I won't be able to make a fortune, Shopkeeper Chen died of illness three months ago, and the coffin is still parked in Biyun Temple, I don't know when I will be sent back to my hometown in Guangdong, alas, the guest died in a foreign land......"