The next morning, Yu Zhiming got up at six o'clock as usual.
In order to save time, he ran to the kitchen first and asked Aunt Qiu Lan, who had just gotten up and was busy, to heat up some leftovers from last night for him and Qing Ning, and then cook two bowls of dumplings.
After Yu Zhiming and Qing Ning simply washed up, they went to the restaurant downstairs, just in time to eat hot dumplings and folding baskets.
The two of them finished breakfast before half past six.
When they were about to set off, they suddenly heard Song Qiao's voice shouting, "Uncle, wait for me, wait for me..."
Yu Zhiming waited for a moment and saw a little crazy girl wearing floral pajamas, messy hair, and bare feet running closer.
"What's the matter with you?"
Song Qiao hugged his legs, raised his little face and said, "Uncle, we are going back today, I will miss you."
Yu Zhiming nodded her forehead in disgust and said, "I'll be back next week, what's there to think about?"
Song Qiao said seriously with a small face: "When I go home, I won't be able to see my uncle every day. I will definitely miss him."
Yu Zhiming couldn't help but said happily: "You are not big, but you have a sweet mouth. Study hard when you get home. As long as you do well in the final exam, your mother will take you to play during the summer vacation."
Song Qiao asked with bright eyes: "It's settled, no changes allowed, pull Gou Gou?"
"Okay, pull Gou Gou!"
Yu Zhiming smiled and hooked his little fingers with Song Qiao twice, said hello to the third sister who came over, and then left the house with Qing Ning...
At this time, and it was Saturday again, the number of vehicles on the road was much thinner.
Qing Ning drove the bed truck at a high speed and actually arrived at Ning'an Hospital before eight o'clock in the morning.
Although Qing Ning was very aggressive last night and dared to call Gu Qingran by name, when I saw the big brother who greeted me this morning, I gave up and hid behind Yu Zhiming, pretending that you couldn't see me.
Gu Qingran really turned a blind eye to her and said to Yu Zhiming: "Last night, when Meng Fan came through, several cancer patients who were in health care were a little excited."
"They came to me and said that no matter how much money they spent, they would make a bet."
Yu Zhiming said slowly: "It's gambling with the hope of success. To put it bluntly, they are seeking death."
Gu Qingran sighed softly and said: "Originally, everyone was in the same situation, struggling for life in the abyss."
"But suddenly one person was rescued, and it was understandable that the others were emotionally disturbed."
Yu Zhiming corrected him: "It's hard to say what Meng Fan's situation will be in the future."
"You can't be blindly optimistic."
After a pause, he asked again: "Are the patients and the operating room ready?"
Gu Qingran hummed and said, "Ready."
"We have been making preparations since six o'clock, and we are making tight work arrangements with you as the core..."
In addition to Zhong Chunxiao's surgery, surgeries to remove cancerous tissue from two other patients with advanced cancer are also scheduled for today.
Throughout the morning, Yu Zhiming left one operating room, then disinfected his hands, put on a surgical gown, and entered the second operating room...
By the time he came out of the third operating room, it was already nearly 12:30 noon.
Later, Yu Zhiming came to Gu Qingran's office and had lunch with the Gu brothers and sisters.
The meal is a table of Huaiyang dishes sent by Tingfengge Restaurant.
Yu Zhiming, who was hungry and tired, ate for a while before he had the energy to talk to Gu Qingran.
"How is the purchase of wild ginseng going?"
Gu Qingran smiled bitterly and said: "It's very bad. There are very few wild ginsengs that are over fifty years old, and the collectors are either rich or expensive, so they don't even care about the price we offer."
"We have sent people to the peninsula and Da'er, hoping to gain something."
Gu Qingran added: "Now, we have released the news that due to lack of medicine, patients will no longer accept it unless they can bring wild ginseng that is over fifty years old."
"The patients or family members who come to consult for treatment information during this period all have certain social or economic status and have a lot of energy. In addition, they are in urgent need of it. They may have more ways and means to find wild ginseng than we do."
Yu Zhiming pondered: "In this way, wild ginseng that is more than fifty years old will become a rare commodity, and the price will soar again."
Gu Qingran nodded and said, "That's for sure."
He added: "Ning'an Medicine is also actively researching possible alternatives, such as nutritional solutions that can greatly improve immunity and organ function."
Yu Zhiming drank up a small bowl of duck soup in two gulps, and then asked: "Didn't you say that other medical families also have medicines with similar effects to the ginseng and life-saving pills?"
Gu Qingran replied: "Yes indeed."
"But, we know a few, and wild ginseng is also an indispensable main medicine."
Yu Zhiming took the duck soup filled with lime and sighed: "It seems that I can't cross this wild ginseng."
"Doctor Wang said that yesterday's ginseng pill could be used to prepare at most eight ginseng life-sustaining pills."
"With this consumption rate, it won't last long."
Qing Ning said optimistically: "There must be a road to the mountain, and there will be patients who will keep sending ginseng."
"Well, in order to avoid any eventuality, we also need to try how to let the patient survive?"
Yu Zhiming glanced at her and said: "Without the blessing of Ginseng Xuanming Pills, of course these patients who are undergoing treatment, and the one at Huashan Hospital, would have a chance of resisting."
"The others are definitely out of luck."
Qing Ning questioned: "Isn't it said that people have unlimited potential and that as long as they have strong willpower, they can create miracles?"
Gu Qingran on the side stretched out his hand and gave Qing Ning an extremely crisp forehead crack.
"Are you stupid?"
"Can you believe this kind of idealistic deception?"
"If a strong will can overcome everything, would there still be so many cancer patients dying every year?"
Qing Ning rubbed her forehead and glared at Gu Qingran.
"We have agreed that what happened last night is over. You are obviously taking the opportunity to retaliate by using such force."
Gu Qingran looked innocent and said: "No way? I'm just angry at your childish remarks just now."
Qing Ning angrily accused: "You are so old, but you still care about everything. You are not mature at all."
Yu Zhiming stretched out his hand to rub Qing Ning's forehead and comforted: "It won't hurt anymore if you rub it. Eat well."
Qing Ning responded obediently, glared at Gu Qingran again, and started eating...
After lunch, it was already past noon.
Yu Zhiming couldn't afford to rest, so he had to rush to the confinement center to adjust the fetal position for several pregnant women in labor.
But on the way there, he and Qing Ning were stopped by a patient on crutches.
Yu Zhiming knew him. One of the terminal cancer patients in Ning'an Kangyang was named Ni. He was fifty-three years old this year.
He is a big boss worth hundreds of millions. He has advanced lymphoma and has metastasized cancer in many parts of his body.
Because of the tight schedule today and the fact that Yu Zhiming had already given them a physical examination last week, there are no arrangements for them to have a physical examination today.
"Mr. Ni, what's the matter?"
Boss Ni got straight to the point: "Dr. Yu, I also want to take a gamble on your cancer treatment plan."
Yu Zhiming frowned and said, "Mr. Ni, you have metastasized cancer in five places in your body, especially the cancer in both kidneys, which has led to kidney failure. You are now dependent on dialysis."
"Your physical condition is no longer suitable for surgery."
Boss Ni insisted: "My physical condition is better than Meng Fan's. If he can survive it, I can definitely do it too."
"As long as I survive, I can have a kidney transplant."
Yu Zhiming patiently persuaded: "Mr. Ni, whether this is suitable for surgery requires a comprehensive judgment..."
Boss Ni interrupted domineeringly: "Doctor Yu, you don't need to persuade me. I have made up my mind. You just need to do your best to perform the surgery on me."
"Even if I really can't survive it and die, it's still my choice and I won't blame you."
After Yu Zhiming heard what he said, he lost the patience to persuade and said bluntly: "Mr. Ni, it's not that you think you can't make it through, but you 100% can't make it through."
"I am a doctor. If there is really a chance for treatment, I will not give it up."
These words made Boss Ni shake his body, and it was obviously a shock to him.
But the next moment, he stood firm.
After taking a breath, Boss Ni asked slowly: "Doctor Yu, do you know how much money I have now?"
He didn't wait for Yu Zhiming's response and replied: "Seven hundred million. I still have at least a net worth of seven hundred million, not including the many antiques, calligraphy and paintings I have collected."
"As a sketch said, the saddest thing in life is that people die but the money is still there."
"Doctor Yu, if you do everything you can to save me, I can give you 500 million, and I can give it to you now."
Yu Zhiming shook his head and said: "Mr. Ni, this is not about money, it is about my inability."
"Sometimes, we have to accept our fate!"
"Accept fate?!"
Boss Ni said coldly: "If I had accepted my fate, I wouldn't be what I am now."
"I never accept fate!"
He suddenly turned around and said: "Dr. Yu, I know you are looking for wild ginseng that is more than fifty years old. Do you know how many wild ginseng trees I have on hand now?"
Boss Ni stretched out his four fingers and gestured, and said: "There are four trees. Two are in their 60s and 70s, one is over 80 years old, and one is over 100 years old."
"I got these ginseng trees in exchange for a high price or some of my collection of calligraphy and paintings."
"I'm about to die. What's the point of having more money for me? So I decided to buy wild ginseng that is more than fifty years old at a high price. As long as there are clues, I will get it at all costs."
"There shouldn't be much of this thing in stock, right?"
Boss Ni glanced at Yu Zhiming and said slowly: "In the days when I was about to die, I had these ginseng stewed and I ate one ginseng a day."
"If you can't finish it, pour it on my grave."
Yu Zhiming knew that this guy's desire for life made him hysterical and went to extremes.
"Mr. Ni, there is no point in doing this. You have to think about your family."
Boss Ni chuckled and said, "How could it be meaningless?"
"If you don't have ginseng, you won't be able to treat people, and many people will die with me."
"As for my family, they are what they are today because of me, and they have lost everything because of me, so there is nothing to complain about..."
