Chapter 31 Chance Encounter
"Good morning, Comrade Zhao Xiaotao."

At the Steel Rolling Mill Workers’ Hospital, Wang Mengde had just changed his clothes and walked into the clinic when he met Zhao Xiaotao who helped him get some water.

"Doctor Wang, good morning to you too." Zhao Xiaotao's face turned slightly red. When she saw Wang Mengde greeting her, her eyes narrowed into slits with joy.

"Hey, Doctor Wang, why are your eyes red?"

"Ah, I stayed up too late reading last night." Wang Mengde made up an excuse.

In fact, he didn't read at all last night. He tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. It was not until dawn that he fell into a light sleep for half an hour.

Even though I slept so late, I was still woken up by my biological clock at the usual time in the morning.

"Doctor Wang, please take care of yourself!" Zhao Xiaotao said with a worried look on her face.

"Don't worry, I will pay attention."

"Yeah, that's fine." Seeing that Wang Mengde was still in high spirits, Zhao Xiaotao felt relieved. She estimated that the time was about up, so she said goodbye reluctantly and ran to the nurses' station.

When Zhang Hanhua arrived, before the patient's number was called, Wang Mengde said to him, "Doctor Zhang, I have something to ask you."

"Well, what's the matter?" Zhang Hanhua held the teacup close to his nose and sniffed it, then said casually.

Every morning, the first thing he did was to take a few sips of tea before starting to work.

"It's like this, Doctor Zhang. I have some family matters these weeks, so I want to apply for a shift shift."

The employees and their families in the steel rolling mill, except for some workers who live in the nearby tenements, include many who came from rural areas in the past two years and live in dormitories provided by the factory.

Therefore, on weekends, the workers' hospital also needs doctors and physicians to be on duty. The medical staff on duty will take a day off on weekdays.

"That's no problem," Zhang Hanhua agreed readily.

"By the way, don't worry about this matter. I'll arrange it. Just tell me the date you want to take off this week."

He doesn't mind showing some mercy for such a small matter.

"Thank you, Doctor Zhang." Wang Mengde said happily.

Whether he could take a day off would affect his opportunities in the next few days. He had thought about it last night and planned to go to the village near Qinghe to treat the villagers on Thursday.

Of course, his ultimate goal was to have an "accidental encounter" with He Shengnan, deepen the impression between the two, and lay a solid foundation for future actions.

The only hard part was that he had to work on Thursday.

Logically speaking, he is not a formal doctor yet, and usually works normal shifts, and is not scheduled to be on duty or take compensatory breaks.

With the mentality of giving it a try, he applied to Zhang Hanhua for shift work, but he didn't expect that Zhang agreed so readily. Not only that, he also took the initiative to help him communicate the matter with the hospital, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Thursday.

In the morning, after waking up Jia Zhang as usual, Wang Mengde finished his breakfast, put on his medicine box and water bottle, and set off with a small medicine hoe in his hand.

He plans to visit Anningzhuang in Qinghe today.

The day passed quickly with hectic schedule. During the day, he hardly rested except for casually eating three steamed buns made of two kinds of flour that he brought with him at noon.

Of course, there are also many gains.

In the afternoon, he encountered a very difficult case. If it were normal, he would definitely recommend the patient to go to a regular hospital for treatment. Now with the golden finger, he directly searched in the space and found a treatment method from the books of his previous life, and this method can be acupuncture.

Acupuncture is now his strong point. Since he was able to practice in the space, he has made visible progress in acupuncture, massage, bone setting and other techniques every day.

Looking up at the sun and estimating that it was almost five o'clock, Wang Mengde began to walk towards the Qinghe Woolen Factory.

After a while, he walked to the bus stop next to the woolen factory. At this time, there were already three or five people at the stop, standing or squatting waiting for the arrival of the bus.

He stood aside, looking up and around from time to time, and soon he found a group of people pouring out from the west.

This group of people are mostly young girls. They are wearing uniform work clothes and are full of youthful vitality. They gather in groups of three or five, chatting and laughing as they walk.

The workers of the woolen factory are getting off work.

Wang Mengde was cheered up. He didn't dare to stare at the group of girls directly. He could only look straight ahead and search for He Shengnan's figure out of the corner of his eye.

He didn't have to wait long. He Shengnan stood out from the crowd like a crane among chickens. She walked towards the bus stop with her sisters with an expressionless face. Behind her, several male employees from the woolen factory were following her from a distance, their heads huddled high.

When she got closer, Wang Mengde pretended to turn his head accidentally, then looked at her in surprise and said, "Comrade He Shengnan."

These days, He Shengnan felt that she couldn't muster the energy to do anything. Just now, when she was working in the workshop, she almost had an accident and was criticized by her leader, which made her even more depressed.

After work, I chatted with my good sister and neighbor Yang Xue for a while, and I felt better.

When she was almost at the bus stop, she suddenly heard someone calling her name. She looked up and was surprised to find that it was the person who helped her out a few nights ago who appeared in front of her.

Seeing Wang Mengde smiling, she instantly recovered and smiled: "Comrade Wang Mengde, why are you here?"

Seeing her smile, Wang Mengde felt as if he saw a peony blooming for the first time.

"I am treating villagers in a nearby village and am now preparing to take a bus back home."

"What a coincidence, we can ride together." He Shengnan said with a smile, then thought of the little sister next to her and quickly introduced her:
"This is my sister Yang Xue. She is not only my colleague, but we are also from the same alley."

"Yang Xue, this is Comrade Wang Mengde whom I told you about a few days ago."

To put it nicely, Yang Xue's personality is carefree. To put it bluntly, she is heartless.

Every beautiful girl has an ordinary-looking girl as her best friend, and Yang Xue is one of them.

After the three of them got to know each other, they stood there chatting while waiting for the bus.

"You actually treat the villagers for free. I admire you so much."

"This disease can be cured so easily. You are amazing."

"Did you really encounter a rooster weighing eight or nine pounds trying to peck you in the village? Where is the wound? Let me see it quickly."

When Wang Mengde talked about the interesting things he encountered in the countryside, Yang Xue was surprised and He Shengnan's beautiful eyes showed admiration.

Seeing the prettiest girl in the factory chatting and laughing with a man, the hearts of several male workers in the woolen factory who had been following behind her were almost broken.

Unfortunately, after seeing Wang Mengde's appearance clearly, they felt even more despair.

Why is there such a big difference in appearance between people?

(End of this chapter)