Healing Doctor

Chapter 281 Price Increase? Price Decrease?

The patient was sent to the ICU, and Deng Chaohong from the orthopedics department and Sui, the head of fractures, were also called in to treat the fracture of the radius and ulna in the left forearm.

Ji Xiang and the others saw Deng Chaohong hurriedly change his clothes and enter the ICU without even having time to greet him.

"Let's go out for a bite to eat and a couple of beers to calm our nerves." Director Liu saw that the patient no longer had the previous congestion and broken arm after receiving the tetanus antitoxin. He already knew what was going on.

Ji Xiang's diagnosis was correct.

My knowledge of tetanus has gradually faded; I've long forgotten it all. Director Liu secretly used his phone to "see a doctor" online, researching tetanus-related theories and comparing them one by one with the patient's symptoms.

The various strange occurrences were supported by theory.

Thinking back to how he was so scared he almost peed his pants, he felt a little ashamed and invited Ji Xiang to eat.

Meng Qingfei was on duty and couldn't leave, so Director Liu asked a second-tier professor to take his place, and then they staggered away from the Second Affiliated Hospital with General Manager Wu.

"Xiao Ji, what would you like to eat?" Director Liu asked.

It's this late, so when asked what he wanted to eat, Ji Xiang thought for a moment, and his first thought was Yiyang Barbecue.

Last time I ate at Qiyang Barbecue, I met a little guy playing with fish, and Ji Xiang also opened the system store.

In the blink of an eye, many days have passed.

"Let's go get some barbecue. It's getting late, and the other places probably won't be open yet. Last time, Teacher Wang and Teacher Mo took me..."

"Yang, let's go." Director Liu already knew where Ji Xiang was going and said directly.

"Director, do you go there often?"

"Of course," Director Liu said. "That shop has been open for over 20 years, and it's different from ordinary shops for us."

"Oh? How is it different?"

Ji Xiang noticed that Director Liu's legs were still a bit stiff and he was walking with a limp, so he started chatting with Director Liu to ease his tension.

"Have you ever seen a store that's doing really well but still has to close on weekends?"

"His family is still closed?"

"Of course, the owner of Qiyang says it's called a work-life balance. We believed that old geezer!" Director Liu cursed angrily. "Every weekend, if we want to grab a bite to eat, we have to call him first to ask if he's open. Is that how he runs a business?"

"Not only that, I heard that his business is doing well, and some people suggested that he expand his store, but the owner of Qiyang refused."

"Uh...why?" Ji Xiang couldn't understand at all.

"It's said that his shop is only that big, and the owner can manage it all by himself. If the shop were bigger, the quality would drop, but I don't believe it. I think his owner has been lying low for a long time."

"Making enough money to get by is fine; it seems the boss of Qiyang thinks having more money is meaningless."

"I wouldn't say I'm lying down. I know the staff at that restaurant; I've consulted with them," said Director Liu.

There's more to this story, and Ji Xiang perked up his ears.

"That child was a homeless orphan who fell from a height a few years ago, landing on the back of his head on the left side. At that time, the child was bleeding from all seven orifices, his pupils were dilated, and he no longer reacted to light."

Later, after receiving an IV drip of mannitol at the township health center, I went to the county hospital. The director of the county hospital immediately referred me, and I eventually ended up at our Second Affiliated Hospital.

"At that time, Director Bai was still in clinical practice. He performed surgery on the child, and it is said that about 30ml of brain tissue was lost."

"Is this true?" Mr. Wu asked curiously.

"Of course, Director Bai even asked me to consult back then." Director Liu changed his clothes, took Ji Xiang and General Manager Wu away, and went to Yiyang Barbecue. "Ji, Wu, let me ask you a question. What happens to a person who loses 30ml of brain tissue?"

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Neither Ji Xiang nor General Manager Wu knew about it.

"Director Bai said that people are different. Anyway, the shop assistant in Yiyang was unconscious for three days. After waking up, he became agitated. There was an air bag in his urinary catheter, and he pulled the catheter out with the air bag in it."

"!!!"

"Putting that aside, a month later, the patient finally got better, but Director Bai noticed that when he was facing the doctors, he spoke standard Mandarin, not our Northeastern dialect. But when he chatted with other patients and their families, he spoke Hokkien, a jumbled mess that no one could understand."

"Wow, is that really true?" Ji Xiang exclaimed in surprise.

"What is it?"

"It's the memory that's triggered after a brain injury."

"It doesn't seem so. Anyway, Director Bai never explained what happened. The patient was recovering and needed to be discharged, but had nowhere to go. We went to Qiyang for some skewers, and the owner said he was short a waiter and could hire us if we could handle the job."

"The boss of Yiyang is really good," said General Manager Wu.

"He's a strange guy," Director Liu said. "He usually stares at female customers with a lecherous look in his eyes."

"Hahaha, men are all the same." Mr. Wu laughed loudly, but there was no real joy in his laughter.

The bizarre scene he just experienced dealt a deep blow to Mr. Wu, and he has not yet recovered.

Even when he's laughing or having a normal conversation, it's still different from his usual self.

The three of them chatted as they arrived at Yiyang Barbecue.

A huge sign stands outside the store, bright red, with a line of text written on it.

Due to rising prices, the price of lamb skewers has increased from 10 yuan for 12 skewers to 12 yuan for 14 skewers.

Ji Xiang was stunned when he saw it. Was the owner of Yiyang out of his mind? If he hadn't seen the dark and thin man with his own eyes, Ji Xiang would definitely have thought that.

"Look, see." Director Liu glanced at the notice on the sign and laughed. "Although he rests on weekends and doesn't stay up too late during the week, he's willing to earn a little more money during the off-season."

"Director, this is a loss!" General Manager Wu exclaimed in surprise.

"Losing money? Your first impression is that the price has dropped instead of gone up. Is the boss out of his mind?" Director Liu laughed.

"yes."

"Xiao Ji, what do you think?"

Ji Xiang quickly realized the problem and replied with a wry smile, "It used to be 83 cents a skewer, now it's 85 cents, the price has indeed gone up."

"Anyone who uses elementary school math can tell that prices have gone up, but this guy gives off the impression that the boss isn't very bright and that there's a consumer impulse to take advantage of any bargains," Director Liu laughed.

Mr. Wu pondered for a long time before realizing that the price had indeed increased. Although the increase was pitifully small, the effect of "GG" and his impulse to buy after seeing "GG" was simply too great.

"The owner of Qiyang is very interesting. This store has been open for many years. When I was a chief resident in the beginning, I often ordered takeout. At that time, there were no delivery drivers, so they hired their own delivery driver to sell to doctors, nurses and patients in the hospital."

"And then?"

"It seems like I used food delivery apps for a while, then they canceled it. I guess I'll just keep someone else around to run errands to the hospital. Anyway, we're all familiar with each other, so it doesn't matter whose food I order from."

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Note: I recommend this book, "Leisurely Cultivation in the City," a story about urban cultivation and a relaxed, easygoing lifestyle.

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