In the store of Guangming Eye Hospital.

"Hello, our doctor has done a thorough examination of your child and can determine that it is congenital hypoplasia of the eyeball." The nurse at the guidance desk held the newly released report and said, "Has your son been unable to see since he was a child?" ”

"Yes." The young father replied, "Congenital? Is it genetic? However, both I and the child's mother have normal vision. ”

"It doesn't have to be genetic." The nurse shook her head and looked at the mother of the child, who was the smallest of the three, especially the fingertips of the latter's fingernails that were soaked in color, "Can you take the liberty of asking, what kind of work does the child's mother do?" ”

"I'm in a balloon factory...... "Working as a dyer......," my mother stumbled—she didn't seem used to talking to strangers," said my mother, "that is, the raw material worker would pour the white rubber into the raw material pool, and I would pour the colorful rubber into the raw material pool and mix it well...... Then, the child's father would dip the mold into a pool of colored rubber to make colorful balloons. ”

"How long have you been doing this?"

"It's been more than ten years. I've been working there since I was 8 years old. ”

"Do you work there when you're pregnant? Are there any precautions in place? ”

"Yes, I worked until the week before I went into labor...... Protection? The boss gave us masks, but it was too hot in the factory, so I rarely brought them. ”

The nurse showed a look of surprise: "According to our judgment, your son's illness is likely to be due to environmental factors - because the mother stayed in a polluted environment for a long time during pregnancy, which affected the growth and development of the embryo. ”

Mother's eyes widened: "Me? Is it my fault? I don't know, no one ever told me, we're all like this over there......"

The young father, as if anticipating this, grabbed her hand and stopped her from blaming herself: "Don't talk about this. We can change the child's normal eyes here. ”

As if grasping the last hope, he stared into the nurse's eyes: "Really? ”

"Yes." The nurse smiled, "We can give your child a pair of healthy, bright, normal-vision eyes." ”

"Then the price ......"

"9998 gold." The nurse said.

The young mother and father looked at each other, and there was a hint of surprise and surprise in their eyes.

Obviously, the price is not high for them, but low - a little lower than their budget.

"Unlike corneal transplantation, an eye transplant is a very difficult operation that can only be performed by a handful of major hospitals in the world." Bai Lu said silently, "In Tianzhou, the operation of a double eye transplant generally costs 800,000 yuan...... Converted into the currency of the Mauryan Dynasty, it is about 100,000 gold, which is ten times the price quoted by the hospital here. ”

"So cheap?" The young father apparently knew a thing or two about this type of surgery, "and it was much cheaper than I knew about it in other countries, so cheap that I couldn't believe it."

"Hmm...... I mean, can you guarantee that the surgery will be successful? ”

"Absolutely." The nurse at the front desk had a professional smile on her face, "The Mauryan Dynasty's organ transplant surgery has always been much cheaper than in other countries. I'm sure you've heard about it, and you're here for it.

"The main reason is that it is cheaper to perform this surgery in our country.

"Because of the existence of the personified AI 'peacock', we can replace part of the human work with high-precision medical robots, and a skilled doctor can even command four robots at the same time and complete four transplant surgeries at the same time. This results in a lot of cost savings. ”

Technology is productivity – it doesn't sound like much to blame.

Cornerstone Technology Group also has similar medical robotics technology, but it has not been introduced to the market for various reasons, and only is used internally by the Blackstone Research Institute.

The young mother nodded again and again, although she did not understand it, but she had accepted the explanation, and at the same time secretly squeezed the hand of the child's father, her eyes full of hope.

However, the father, who knew a little more, did not place an order immediately, but asked again: "So can you guarantee that healthy eyes?"

"I've heard that organ transplants require ...... Matching ......"

"Matching?"

"Yes, that's the word. I've heard that healthy organs are not so easy to get. If you have surgery elsewhere, you will have to wait in line for a long time...... Many people can't get in line for many years. ”

"You don't have to worry about that." Miss Nurse smiled, "Our country has an abundant source of donors. If you place an order now, you will be matched with a suitable donor within three hours.

"That means you can have a transplant for your child tonight."

"So fast?!"

"Efficiency is our number one pursuit."

"And one last question." The young father asked, "We were introduced by a friend on a tourist visa, and we can only stay in this country for seven days. ”

"And we are traveling with a group, and the tour guide doesn't seem to be very talkative......"

"Don't worry, there are a lot of tourists like you, and our hospital will take care of the coordination." The front desk nurse said, "With the new technology of our hospital, most of the patients with binocular transplants can obtain a certain amount of light sensitivity on the second day, and their vision can be restored to more than 1.0 on the third and fourth days. If you are in good condition, you will be discharged from the hospital on the fifth day.

"You can even spend the last two days taking your kids on a real trip."

The last sentence completely touched the young father.

"I ...... Bought! The father said, taking out a small package wrapped in several layers of oilcloth from his bosom, and handed over a bank card that seemed to be rarely used, "This is the money that I and my children's grandparents have saved for half a lifetime...... You have to make sure that the operation goes well. ”

"There are risks associated with any surgery, but rest assured, we are a regular hospital......"

In just about ten minutes, this family of three from a small backward country has completed a large amount of consumption that will satisfy the tour guide in this place that looks like an ordinary shopping mall.

They bought a pair of eyes.

The mother hugged the blind child tightly, touched his head, and wept with joy.

Although my father had spent all his savings, there was a smile on his lips.

Even the child, who was particularly introverted because he couldn't see, danced happily.

They are all looking forward to that beautiful future, looking forward to the light and colors that will emerge in front of them in the dark vision after tonight.

They have seen so little that they have been imprisoned in their own country's balloon factories for the rest of their lives, so that they don't seem to realize how strange and incredible this cheerful decision, these smiling nurses, and this bustling shopping city are to others.

And looking up, this family of three is not the only one who is shopping crazy in this mall.

A young man with a ventilator and lung cancer who bought a fresh lung for himself couldn't help but laugh.

A woman who lost the ability to conceive due to an accident buys herself a healthy uterus and happily snuggles up in her lover's arms.

A middle-aged man lying in a cryogenic life support chamber, covered in blood, and unknown of life and death, was ordered by his family to order nine human organs for him, and was about to refill his body with these energetic internal organs.

They came in lifeless, but when they left, they seemed to be alive, as if they had been reborn.

They bought a life here.

(End of chapter)