If you cut in, you will get hit. Do you call this a driving school instructor?

Sunny days always inexplicably lift one's spirits. But lately, as we enter May and June, the temperature in the mountains has been fluctuating wildly. A few days ago, it inexplicably soared to a monstrous 37 or 38 degrees Celsius, and then suddenly, it plummeted back down to around 20 degrees Celsius…

The nearly 20-degree temperature difference directly caused countless local residents to catch colds, and Gu Yin was one of the "victims." Damn it, he forgot to close the window that night when the temperature dropped, and because it was still hot, he was covered with a summer blanket. The next morning, his throat felt like he had swallowed a razor blade...

I took medicine in the morning, and before noon I had a fever.

It was this fever that made Gu Yin experience the "coldness of human relationships"...

Gu's mother raised a flag and shouted "Don't let your family suffer the same fate," telling Gu Yin that no matter what, he couldn't infect his family with his cold, and directly "isolated" him in his room.

We brought his food to the door and told him to open it and get it himself. As soon as he got it, he grabbed the alcohol bottle and started spraying it nonstop...

"...Am I your biological son?" Gu Yin was exasperated and couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so wary of me?"

"Is that to keep you out of trouble?" Gu's mother rolled her eyes and said bluntly, "Yueyue has less than a month until the college entrance examination. You know how hard she works every day. At this time, she can't afford to get sick, no matter who else you are. You can't infect her!"

Gu Yin: "I..."

I was speechless for a moment.

Yes, nothing in this world is more important than college entrance exam takers.

Gu Yin had a deep understanding of this. You see, their neighborhood was one of those resettlement communities, full of old thieves and scoundrels. At night, there were all sorts of people dancing in the square, or carrying outdoor karaoke machines and shouting and yelling endlessly. These people were generally hard to deal with. Some young people playing basketball had to swallow their anger when their courts were taken over...

But Gu Yin remembered that last year or the year before, around the time of the college entrance examination, these old bastards kept shouting and yelling, which led to the parents of the college entrance examination candidates in the vicinity calling the police. The police officers from the town police station responded at lightning speed, and Gu Yin had peace and quiet for almost half a month afterward.

A bunch of bastards, half-buried in the ground... ugh, basically buried up to their necks... ugh! Basically buried up to their eyes, they're affecting the flowers that represent the future of our motherland, how can this be allowed?!
No one can tolerate this!

that……

Even the old bastards were brought to their knees, let alone Gu Yin?

Back home, Gu's mother was the most important person, Gu Yin was the second oldest, and Gu Yue was only good at serving tea and water...

Things are different lately. Recently, Gu Yue has become the most important person in the family. Both Gu's mother and Gu Yin have to pamper her. Gu Yin even personally picks her up and drops her off after evening self-study.

There's nothing I can do, she's my own sister~
"..."

Speechless, Gu Yin could only roll her eyes, finish her meal, put on her coat, and prepare to go out.

"Where are you going?" Aunt Gu asked.

"The hospital!" Gu Yin rolled her eyes...

"Why are you going to the hospital?" Gu's mother asked casually, lost in thought.

"...Go eat at the hospital cafeteria, the oil-splashed noodles in the cafeteria on the basement floor are delicious!" Gu Yin rolled her eyes.

"What a jerk!" Gu's mother was so angry that she almost threw the rag next to her at him.

As Gu Yin was getting dressed and leaving, seeing that he had taken the car keys, Gu's mother casually remarked to him, "A quick IV drip at the town hospital would have sufficed. Why go all the way here? It's all the same, and it's cheaper to stay close by..."

Gu Yin's home is quite close to the town hospital; it only takes about ten minutes by electric bike. However, if he wants to go to the county hospital, it takes twenty to thirty minutes by car.

Gu Yin said he was going to the hospital for an IV drip. You could tell where he was going by whether he had an electric scooter key or a car key.

"...That's to save money, but it still has to work!" Gu Yin couldn't help but roll her eyes.

When she's sick, whether it's getting medicine or an IV drip, Gu Yin rarely goes to the town hospital...

The town hospital is actually quite good. Gu Yin's family doesn't have any particularly regular jobs, so they don't currently have social security, but rather the rural cooperative medical care.

That type of medical insurance basically only reimburses a certain percentage of outpatient medication costs at specific town-level hospitals, which are essentially the places where farmers go for medical treatment, similar to town clinics.

For Gu Yin's common cold, even with a fever, an IV drip would only cost 20 or 30 yuan at most after reimbursement, which is actually quite reasonable.

Then some people might ask, if it's such a good fit, why doesn't Gu Yin go?
Ah……

When you're sick, what's the purpose of taking medicine or getting an IV drip?
It's for the purpose of curing the disease!
The town hospital reimburses for sparrow food expenses, and the doctors prescribe the right medicine for the symptoms. These days, many common ailments like colds, fevers, and stomach problems are treated with the same medications…

The problem is, even though the drug names are the same, different brands have different effects!
The medicine I got from the town hospital has the same name as the medicine I got from the county hospital, but the packaging is different, the brand is different, and the effects are completely different!

Gu Yin had experienced the difference between getting medicine for a cold at the town hospital and at the county hospital. Let's not even talk about anything else, just take the one I often take for colds... Compound Amantadine Tablets!

Everyone knows that medicine makes you sleepy, right?
Gu Yin remembered that taking this medicine when he was a child always made him sleepy, but during the period when he was wearing a mask, he wanted to take it every day but didn't feel that way at all. At that time, he thought the medicine had been improved, until one time when he had a cold, he bought an expensive one at the pharmacy and took one tablet...

Good guy!
I couldn't keep my eyes open all morning!

That was the first time Gu Yin had ever realized that medicine was also about "you get what you pay for," damn it!
The same applies to intravenous infusions. Last year, Gu Yin got sick and had a cough. He received intravenous infusions at the town hospital for five or six days, but it didn't help at all. He even coughed up blood and developed pneumonia. He went to the county hospital and received the same medication for only one day. His cough improved the next day!
Exaggeration?
Those who haven't tried it shouldn't say it's an exaggeration!

This is the current situation for people at the bottom of society!

Some people are really just fooling the lower classes, treating them like dirt, even cheating them out of their meager cooperative medical insurance contributions!
The funniest thing was that once when Gu Yin went out of town, a friend of his had a cold and fever and needed an IV drip. They went to a local clinic near his house, and before the doctor started the IV, he asked the person if they wanted to use the cooperative medical insurance that was reimbursable or not…

The person asked what the difference was, and the doctor smiled and said frankly that those not covered by insurance would arrive faster.

I understand!

They all know it perfectly well!

Therefore, Gu Yin generally avoids going to the town hospital if possible. Why bother getting stabbed for no reason?

"...It's just psychological!" Gu's mother rolled her eyes, indicating, "I think it works pretty well..."

“Go if you want, I’m not going.” Gu Yin waved his hand and said, “After I recover from my cold, I’ll do some research and try to get flexible employment medical insurance for our whole family, so we can avoid going to the town hospital if we can.”

Some things can't be changed, so let's take care of ourselves first... "Then why won't the county hospital give you a blood test?" Gu's mother said helplessly, "Isn't that just a waste of money?"

When you have a cold and fever, the first thing the doctor will usually do at the hospital is give you two injections for blood tests. The doctor says it's to find out the cause of the illness, whether it's viral or something else, and then prescribe the right medicine...

But actually, they can tell what kind of cold you have just from some symptoms. After the tests, they'll prescribe the same medication as before. It's just a way for the hospital to make some money from the tests. As everyone knows, hospitals make their money from tests. A registration fee is 6 yuan, an IV drip and nursing care fee is 50 or 60 yuan, and a blood test can cost over 100 yuan, enough for two days of IV drips. Isn't that outrageous?

Who doesn't catch a cold once or twice a year? Every time you get a blood test, you have to blame it on some kind of ailment!
"He wants me to get a blood test, so I'll get one?" Gu Yin rolled her eyes, pushing the door open as she said, "Just leave it at that, stay home and take good care of your daughter!"

Having gone to the hospital for IV drips so many times, Gu Yin has actually become more shrewd. For example, if you have a fever and go to the hospital, what should you say if the doctor wants you to have an IV drip? You should say that you feel unwell, that you are about to become delirious with fever, that your temperature is almost 40 degrees Celsius, and that you should bring down your fever first. After your fever goes down, you should go get your blood tested immediately after the IV drip is finished. But everything else has to wait until the IV drip is finished!

Whether or not you need to get a blood test after the IV drip is entirely up to you.
What do you suggest we do the next day?
Ha, I've been losing blood all day. If I feel better after losing blood all day, why don't you just give me another dose the same as yesterday? Why would I need to do a blood test?

Isn't the blood test for money?
You're giving it to me?

These are all life experiences; they've got plenty of tricks up their sleeves. They'll find another way to deal with someone, and it's a battle of wits...

Especially for someone like Gu Yin who likes to go to the emergency room, there are many people waiting behind him. If you don't get a blood test, he won't prescribe any medicine. If he doesn't prescribe medicine and you don't leave, and if things really get heated, the people behind you will come in and make a scene, which will make him even more upset.

Everyone hates trouble, and Gu Yin understood this all too well. He was just reasonably "annoying" others within the rules.

Gu's mother always said he was too "shameless". Well, Gu Yin could only say that men and women are fundamentally different. Men should be like this, they should never give in to others, even if they play the bad cop, it will make their families feel more secure.

This is what a man is!
Thump! Gu Yin closed the door and went downstairs. To be honest, she didn't feel well. She felt feverish, chills, and was in a daze...

Just now at home, his mother asked if he wanted to go with her, but he said no, because it pained him to see his own mother walking with a limp...

However, the feeling of going for an IV drip alone is not pleasant at all.

Coach Gu, who suffers from social anxiety, felt a little embarrassed calling for a nurse while receiving an IV drip in the lobby.

As luck would have it, when Gu Yin went downstairs, he passed by Yu Jie's house downstairs, and with a click, Yu Jie's door opened...

Yu Jie, dressed in a light blue, airy tracksuit, seemed to be heading out. She was carrying two trash bags. When she saw Gu Yin, she was a little surprised and asked, as if in politeness, "Going out?"

"Ah..." Gu Yin nodded and casually said, "To the hospital."

"What's wrong?" Yu Jie frowned. "Are you feeling unwell?"

"Fever..." Gu Yin helplessly took out an N95 mask that was left over from the mask era from her pocket and put it on her face, saying, "Stay away from me, don't infect me."

Yu Jie was amused by his appearance and smiled, saying, "I exercise regularly and am in good health, it's okay."

"...You're talking like someone's unwell?" Gu Yin's lips twitched.

"I didn't say that." Yu Jie covered her mouth and chuckled. "You're going by yourself?"

"Then why don't you come with me?" Gu Yin said casually.

"Hmm..." Yu Jie looked at the trash bag in her hand, thought for a moment, and said, "That's fine, anyway, I haven't repaid you for giving me a ride back to get the documents last time..."

"Hey," Gu Yinren said, though she had a fever, her mind was still working quickly. She waved her hand and said, "Officer Yu Jie, you can't say that. You should say that serving the people is what you should do!"

"puff……"

Yu Jie was amused by him and giggled, saying, "You, your fever is still low!"

After saying that, she closed the door and walked ahead.

Gu Yin's car was just repaired a couple of days ago and he just drove it back. It looked pretty new when parked downstairs. After throwing out the trash, Yu Jie asked, "Will you drive or should I drive?"

“…You drive.” After a moment of silence, Gu Yin tossed out the car keys.

Eating sparrows is uncomfortable, and Gu Yin just wants to lie down and not think about anything.

"Okay." Yu Jie nodded: "Get in the car quickly, rest for a while, I'll call you when we arrive."

"Put on a mask first..." Gu Yin took out an N95 mask and gave it to her when she got in the car. Afraid that she would refuse, he added, "There are a lot of germs in the hospital. Don't get infected."

"Okay." This time, Yu Jie did not refuse.

It was hot, and the car was stuffy. As soon as Yu Jie got in, she rolled down all the windows. She didn't seem to care at all whether the neighbors would see and gossip about her driving Gu Yin's car with him. Her open and generous manner made people feel very comfortable.

The bright sunlight refracted through the window onto Yu Jie's blue tracksuit and also onto her fair skin. With her delicate features and high ponytail, she inexplicably exuded a girlish charm, even though she was no longer a child.

"Aren't you going to sleep for a while?" Seeing that he looked very sleepy but still wouldn't sleep and was staring at her, Yu Jie couldn't help but laugh.

"If I go to sleep now, wouldn't that be a waste of time...?" Gu Yin scratched his head.

His behavior was inexplicably funny, but Yu Jie didn't mind and silently drove her car.

At the hospital, the IV drip went quite smoothly. The doctor only mentioned the blood test briefly and didn't make things difficult for Gu Yin. After Gu Yin said he would have the IV drip to reduce the fever first and then have the blood test, the doctor prescribed the medicine.

Yu Jie was very knowledgeable about medicine, fetching medicine for him and pouring water for him. She took excellent care of the patient, which made the other guys who came to get IV drips on their own quite envious!

Although she wasn't feeling well today, for some reason, Gu Yin didn't feel like it was an unlucky day...

On the contrary, I feel very lucky.

But perhaps Gu Yin was just unlucky, because every time he felt lucky, an "accident" would soon follow.

On the way back, when I was crossing an intersection, I was disgusted by a car that was blocking the road ahead and "forced" to change lanes in the right lane.

...(End of chapter)