Chapter 2: Penniless

“Find the secretary?”

“Is it still possible now?”

Li Xinyue didn’t look back, she held the child and rushed to the clinic in one breath…

“How did you take care of the child?”

“The child is burning like this and you just brought him here now, do you want him to die?”

“Burning like this, I’m not sure I can do anything!”

Lin Yuzhe was the barefoot doctor of the brigade, a demobilized educated youth.

He had studied medicine for two years in medical school, although he didn’t graduate, he was still a medical student.

Although his medical skills were average, his medical ethics were definitely not bad.

After taking his temperature, he didn’t hesitate to scold them.

Li Xinyue couldn’t argue, she wasn’t Li Xinyue, but she was Li Xinyue.

The original owner was a coward, clearly, she wasn’t that bad.

But she let herself live so poorly!

If she hadn’t scolded her while reading, she wouldn’t have crossed over!

Dr. Lin would scold her, that was also out of concern for

After the skin test, Dr. Lin quickly hooked up the IV for the boy.

There was a wooden examination bed in the clinic, and no one was using it at the moment. Dr. Lin asked Li Xinyue to lay the boy down on it.

As soon as the boy was laid down, Chen Yuzhe spoke up: “Comrade Li Xinyue, come settle the bill.”

“He has such a high fever, he needs at least two days of IV fluids to bring it down. The total is two yuan and seventy-eight cents.”

Settle the bill…

She had no money on her!

Li Xinyue’s face flushed: “Dr. Lin, I came in a hurry and forgot to bring money. Can I put it on account?”

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Yuzhe looked at her with a troubled expression: “Account? Put it under your name, will I be able to collect the money?”

“Comrade Li Xinyue, putting it under your name is fine, but can you guarantee I’ll be able to collect the money?”

Hearing this, Li Xinyue felt really uncomfortable.

It’s only two yuan and seventy-eight cents! Will I owe you for life?

If Mrs. Chen dares not pay, she’ll have to face the entire brigade!

She’s a military wife!

If the brigade secretary doesn’t care, she’ll go to the People’s Armed Forces Department of the commune!

She’s not the original owner!

Just as Li Xinyue was about to speak, a voice came from the doorway.

“Dr. Lin, don’t say two yuan and seventy-eight cents, even two cents and eight cents,Li Benlu  wouldn’t be able to pay. Don’t use collective property as a favor!”

A woman stood at the doorway.

Li Xinyue recognized her.

The woman was called Zhao Guihua, and her daughter Zhang Caifeng had a crush on the original owner’s husband!

There were two major surnames in Mingguang Village: Zhang and Chen.

The rest were small families with few households.

The original owner’s husband was a soldier named Chen Mingchuan.

He was twenty-eight years old this year and was still serving in the army.

The book described him as handsome, capable, and a god in the eyes of all the unmarried girls in the village.

Li Xinyue had snatched him away, and all the Zhang girls in the entire brigade hated her, so Zhang Caifeng had to marry someone else.

But her luck was terrible, and the man Zhang Caifeng married was a wife-beater.

Because of this, she often cried and went back to her mother’s house to complain.

It was also because of this that Zhao Guihua hated the original owner and often bullied her!

Of course, this wasn’t the main reason!

As soon as she spoke, Dr. Lin’s face turned sour.

“Aunt Zhao, don’t put a wrong label on me, this is a crime that will lead to a struggle session!”

“I believe that as a military wife, Comrade Li Xinyue won’t default on her debt!”

“Won’t she?”

Zhao Guihua looked at Li Xinyue with disdain and said: “Dr. Lin, don’t you know what kind of life Li Benlu has in the Chen family?”

“Will her mother-in-law give her two yuan and seventy-eight cents?”

“You’re dreaming! See if you can even get two cents and eight cents!”

“This stupid and clumsy donkey, besides doing chores, what else does she have in the Chen family?”

“I’m telling you: Mrs. Chen will never pay, don’t believe me!”

“As for her military wife status? Haha, that depends on whether her husband wants her!”

“I’m just giving you a friendly reminder, don’t lose collective property and get criticized, and then regret it!”

Looking at Li Xinyue, who was wearing patched clothes and looked thin, Dr. Lin was speechless: “…”

Everyone knows about Chen Anniu’s family situation.

Everyone knows about this third daughter-in-law of the Chen family.

She’s too honest, she’s just an old ox for the Chen family!

But, if she can’t pay, will he not treat the child? It’s impossible!

What a bad day!