Remittance slips didn't come with messages, so naturally, there was no explanation for why there was extra money; one could only find out through a letter from home.
Lin Lan pressed her fingerprint, divided the money into two parts, and tucked it into her inner pockets, repeatedly thanking the several staff members.
"Hurry to the hospital and get the child treated early."
After Lin Lan left, the female staff members gathered together to gossip. "260 yuan, what does her man do to have so much money?"
"That remittance address is from the army."
"Then he must be a military officer, that's really amazing. A rural conscript actually became an officer."
"How does she know how to marry so well!"
Lin Lan, who was envied for knowing how to marry well, was exhausted from carrying a child. Although the body belonged to the original owner, for some reason, the sense of pain, fatigue, and the degree of wanting to enjoy life were brought by her soul.
So she couldn't endure hardship, couldn't suffer grievances, and couldn't bear being tired; there was truly no one else like her.
She absolutely must have a bicycle, and she absolutely must eat white flour and meat!
Leaving the post office, she wondered if she should first go to the school to find Dawang and Maisui, but looking at the time, she decided to go to the hospital first.
Anyway, it wasn't the first time those siblings went to the county town together to deliver things to their xiaoshu and xiaogu; they knew how to get home themselves.
She took Xiaowang and sat on a stone at the hospital entrance to rest, truly unable to walk anymore.
Earlier, she had mustered all her strength to withdraw the money, but now that she had it, she didn't want to move. She wanted to find a restaurant to have a good meal and then go to a guesthouse to sleep.
Unfortunately, she didn't have grain coupons, so even with money, she couldn't get anything to eat. It was truly infuriating.
Xiaowang shrank beside her, pushing hard against her body to draw a sense of security.
Lin Lan patted him, signaling him not to be afraid.
After resting for a while, Lin Lan stood up. Who knew that her movement was too sudden, and her vision instantly went black, causing her whole body to sway.
"Careful—" Someone supported her in time, preventing her from falling to the ground.
Lin Lan knew this was probably caused by low blood sugar or low blood pressure. Golden stars danced in her pitch-black vision, lasting for almost a minute before she gradually saw clearly.
"This... fellow villager, are you alright?" It was a very gentle voice that made one involuntarily relax upon hearing it.
Lin Lan rubbed her eyes. "Thank you, I'm fine now, just a bit dizzy."
She thanked the person and saw it was a male doctor wearing a white coat, about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. He looked gentle and handsome, carrying a unique scholarly air.
He was looking at her with a slight smile, his gaze a bit strange.
Lin Lan quickly distanced herself a bit from the male doctor and held Xiaowang's hand, while Xiaowang tightly hugged her thigh without letting go.
The doctor smiled and said, "You're here to get your child treated, right? My name is Yang Han..." He paused, and seeing Lin Lan had no reaction to the name, continued, "I'm a surgeon here, let me walk you in."
Lin Lan quickly declined politely. "I won't trouble you, we can go over ourselves."
Because it was on the way, Yang Han still accompanied them inside. On the way, he learned about Xiaowang's situation and introduced Lin Lan to an old doctor surnamed Liu, who could see both ophthalmology and pediatrics.
At this time, the hospital didn't have specialists for autism; at most, they could see a pediatrician.
Lin Lan thanked him and was about to leave with Xiaowang.
Yang Han: "Don't you think I look a bit familiar?"
Lin Lan glanced at him, thinking this person was quite interesting. If he was interested in her and trying to get close, he would usually say "You look familiar to me," where did "Don't you think I look familiar" come from?
This thought flashed through her mind, and she found it amusing. After all, she was now a rural woman with a child, so as for romantic luck... she felt she should just forget about it.
Then what else could it be?
She walked to the door of the old doctor's department, looked back, and met Yang Han's smiling eyes.
She couldn't help but shiver and quickly pushed the door open and went in with Xiaowang.
Receiving them was an old doctor with completely white hair and beard, wearing reading glasses on the bridge of his nose. The legs of the glasses were broken and tied with string, hanging on his ears.
He first observed, listened, asked, and felt the pulse, then asked many questions and said a bunch of professional terms. Lin Lan couldn't understand, nor did she ask what caused it.
Anyway, it was because when the original owner was pregnant, she insisted on participating in the village's criticism meeting to fight a vixen. As a result, she had a physical conflict with someone, causing trauma to her belly and premature birth, which was why Xiaowang's eyes were injured.
It was probably due to blood stasis pressing on the optic nerve, though it wasn't certain.
The old doctor said he could prescribe glasses to wear and also prescribe some eye drops.
Lin Lan, however, wondered if a surgery could be done to fix it directly. "Doctor, could you take a CT scan for him?"
The old doctor looked at her over his reading glasses. "I say, dasao, you even know about taking CT scans? We don't have this thing yet." He only knew about such a thing from hearing the younger generation say they had it in foreign countries. A rural dasao could actually name it.
Lin Lan immediately played dumb and smiled foolishly. "Aiya, you don't have it? I heard the doctor in our village say something about taking this kind of scan."
The old doctor smiled and said, "We can't even take X-rays in our small county town, you have to go to the province. But I also know about that; it's fine to take a scan if a bone is broken, but for this child's eye problem, that scan can't capture it."
Lin Lan wasn't a doctor and didn't understand this either. Since he said so, they would just try the eye drops and glasses first.
The old doctor called a young doctor to help and took Xiaowang to check his eyes.
Xiaowang was scared the whole time, hugging Lin Lan tightly and refusing to let go. Helplessly, Lin Lan had to go in and hold him.
After a long time of checking, they finally filled out the form and chose glasses.
The old doctor suggested she choose the cheapest kind, as long as it worked. Being rural people, they didn't have money, and being willing to prescribe glasses was already amazing.
As a result, he watched the rural woman pick and choose, and finally actually chose the best pair, with crystal lenses and a copper frame, costing over seven yuan.
He couldn't help but take a few more glances at Lin Lan. It was rare to see a rural woman with such courage to spend money.
Lin Lan buying good things was a habit. She firmly believed that you get what you pay for. Ever since she became financially independent, she adhered to the principle of only buying good things and not cheap ones.
It was just that when paying, she found it was really expensive. With odds and ends, it cost over eight yuan in total. Seeing a doctor and getting medicine in the countryside only cost a dime or two, so in comparison, it was truly very expensive.
Lin Lan only felt a pang of heartache for a second before paying readily.
After all, it was for the child's medical treatment, and no matter how much money it was, it had to be spent. The glasses she chose were naturally the best and most expensive, with a silver frame, crystal lenses, and copper legs, specially made.
Anyway, the glasses looked quite nice. When Xiaowang stopped wearing them, they would still be an antique, so it wasn't a waste.
The glasses couldn't be picked up in one day; she had to wait three days.
Lin Lan was stunned. So after choosing for a long time just now, it was just to look at the style. She really didn't want to make another trip.
She tried to build a rapport with the old doctor. "Doctor Liu, our mother and son walked step by step from Shanzucun, fifty or sixty li away. We walked from before dawn until high noon. If we go back and have to come again, it's really not easy. We can't afford to stay in a guesthouse, and we don't have grain coupons. Could you let us take it today? It doesn't matter if it's a bit late..."
The old doctor smiled and said, "Dasao ah, this matter can't be rushed. Three days is already fast; those special lenses have to be sent here from the district hospital."
Seeing this, Lin Lan had no choice but to drop it.
Pondering over it, it was truly difficult for peasants to enter the city.
Not to mention needing a letter of introduction to go out, eating was also a problem. The food she brought was only enough for two meals, and it would go sour if kept too long. Eating in the city required grain coupons, which rural people didn't have.
If rural people wanted grain coupons, they had to exchange grain at the grain management office. When exchanging, they only received grain coupons but no money, yet when eating out, they had to pay money in addition to giving grain coupons. Going back and forth like this, the old peasants suffered a loss. Where did families have so much grain? Their own grain rations weren't even enough to fill their stomachs.
But if she had to make another trip, she was truly worried. Her legs and feet were still hurting now.
She didn't know why the same body became so delicate after changing souls!
Sigh, she really wanted a bicycle.
She took Xiaowang, and right now the two of them were both tired and hungry. Unfortunately, the flatbread was finished, and without grain coupons, even with money, they couldn't eat at a restaurant.
She hesitated for a moment, wondering if she should go to the hospital cafeteria to play the class revolution sentiment card and buy a steamed bun with money without using grain coupons.
As a result, at this time in the afternoon, lunch was over and dinner hadn't started, so they weren't selling. Besides, there were no steamed buns that didn't require grain coupons; they were all fixed quotas.
"Hungry." Xiaowang called out unconsciously.
Lin Lan thought for a moment. "Let's go walk around nearby and see if we can spend money to buy a flatbread from a resident."
She didn't hold out much hope. At this time, grain coupons were more important than money. Without grain coupons, you couldn't buy food even with money.
Many rural people brought eggs to the city to secretly exchange for city people's grain coupons, not even wanting money, only grain coupons.
After all, grain coupons were the qualification to buy grain. Without this qualification, you couldn't buy it even with money.
When she carried Xiaowang out the door, she actually ran into Yang Han again.
Lin Lan subconsciously pressed the money in her pocket. Why was he so enthusiastic? Could he really be interested in her?
She saw that Yang Han had delicate features and a gentle, clear gaze, not looking like a bad person, so she only muttered to herself and wasn't afraid.
Yang Han asked, "The child doesn't have any major problems, right?"
A very familiar tone.
Lin Lan looked at him doubtfully. They had clearly just met, alright? She still smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, Doctor Yang. Doctor Liu prescribed glasses and told us to come pick them up in three days."
Seeing how she and the child looked, Yang Han knew they were hungry. "I have extra steamed buns I bought at noon, bring the child to the cafeteria to eat."
Now Lin Lan couldn't help but have some thoughts.
Why be so good to her for no reason?
Even if he was kind-hearted, with people coming and going in front of this hospital, there were so many pitiful people. Could he possibly help every single one of them?
After all, at this time, no one had extra grain coupons. The extra ones he bought were probably for dinner, so why give them to her to eat?
Could he really be interested in her?
Actually, the original owner's appearance was quite pretty. Although she had given birth to five children, her figure was still slender and graceful. Her daily shrewish behavior just covered up her beauty.
Look, just being slightly more normal could attract the attention of the opposite sex, even a gentle and handsome doctor noticed her.
What a pity, she already had a laogong.
"Thank you, Doctor Yang, but there's no need."
Seeing her so polite, Yang Han's gaze became even more curious, with a half-smile. "I say, Lin Lan, don't you recognize me?"
Stop flirting, I'm married!
Lin Lan smiled. "Should I recognize you?"
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