Chapter 58: Recouping Losses By 30,000!
Jishuitan Hospital, Ward 7018, Oncology Department.
Wang Lianming looked at his haggard wife on the hospital bed, and a sense of powerlessness surged within him again.
“Old Wang, if it’s not possible, let’s go back to Shi City.”
“For my surgery, we don’t necessarily have to do it in such a big hospital.”
“It can also be done back in Shi City, and there probably won’t be any difference.”
He Fang forced a smile on her pale and gaunt face.
Of course, she knew that she was deceiving herself.
If there really was no difference, why were patients from all over the country flocking to the Capital City?
Jishuitan Hospital has first-class medical equipment and technology in the country and can perform various complex cervical cancer surgeries.
Such as minimally invasive surgery, robot-assisted surgery, and other cutting-edge technologies.
The experts also have rich surgical experience and can skillfully master various surgical techniques, keeping up with the latest international technological development trends.
Post-operative rehabilitation treatment is also more professional.
The hospitals in their hometown Shi City are far behind in terms of medical equipment and technology.
Therefore, if it can be done at Jishuitan Hospital, it’s naturally best to do it here.
Transferring back to their hometown Shi City would only be a last resort if there was absolutely no other option.
Wang Lianming advised, “Let’s wait a bit longer, my dear. Jiang Tao called earlier and asked me to give him Director Tang’s number, saying he would help think of a solution.”
“Jiang Tao…”
He Fang softly uttered Jiang Tao’s name.
In her heart, her good impression of this fellow villager, whom she had always treated like a younger brother, increased.
As the saying goes, true feelings are seen in times of hardship.
When He Fang was hospitalized urgently, she had no preparations whatsoever.
Jiang Tao was the first to proactively purchase various daily necessities and supplies and deliver them to the hospital.
He came twice more afterward, never empty-handed.
He even proactively offered to lend her and her husband money for medical expenses.
He Fang and Wang Lianming would remember Jiang Tao’s kindness for a lifetime.
However…
Gratitude aside, He Fang did not believe that Jiang Tao could help her with the surgery.
Suddenly, a noisy sound of footsteps echoed from outside the door.
The next second, the ward door was pushed open, and a large group of doctors and nurses in white coats entered in a stream.
Leading them was the director who had led the chief physicians to inspect the ward that morning, Tang Yonghua.
“Family of patient in bed 3, please have the patient undergo a comprehensive pre-operative examination later.”
“If there are no problems, your surgery will be scheduled for tomorrow morning.”
“Also…”
After entering the room, Tang Yonghua directed his subordinates, a group of doctors, to perform various examinations on He Fang.
While explaining his surgical arrangements to Wang Lianming and He Fang.
“Okay, okay! Okay!”
“Okay!”
“No problem, no problem! We will cooperate fully! We’ll listen to you!”
“Thank you, Director Tang, thank you, Director Tang!”
Wang Lianming and He Fang were truly surprised by the surgical arrangements that Tang Yonghua had just announced, and tears of excitement welled up in their eyes.
Wang Lianming kept nodding in agreement, fully cooperating with Tang Yonghua’s various arrangements.
“It must be Jiang Tao’s connection that worked!”
After respectfully seeing Tang Yonghua off, Wang Lianming immediately thought of his good brother Jiang Tao.
“It definitely is. Otherwise, the surgery would never have been scheduled so quickly. We owe Jiang Tao a huge favor this time.”
He Fang reached out and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, her gratitude towards Jiang Tao deepening.
Afterwards, Wang Lianming took out his mobile phone and dialed Jiang Tao’s number.
The couple expressed their gratitude to him profusely over the phone.
…
On the subway Line 10.
After hanging up Wang Lianming’s call, Jiang Tao also felt relieved.
Although the method used to arrange He Fang’s surgery this time was not very glorious.
Jiang Tao believed that Tang Yonghua would go all out to complete this surgery.
For Tang Yonghua, this was also the best option.
Although he was a bit greedy, he at least had a bottom line of professional ethics.
He would not joke with a patient’s life.
In fact, he now wished for the surgery to be completed smoothly even more than Wang Lianming and Jiang Tao.
It would be better for everyone.
After standing for more than a dozen stops, Jiang Tao got off at Panjiayuan Station.
He exited the subway station from Exit B4 and directly arrived at the Antique Street.
Jiang Tao had two purposes for coming to Panjiayuan today.
Firstly, he wanted to find someone to buy the tea that Sun Xiao Bao had given him last night to recoup some losses.
Secondly, Jiang Tao also wanted to see if he could trigger some valuable intelligence at the Panjiayuan Antique Market.
If he could find a bargain worth hundreds of thousands of yuan like in web novels, he would become rich overnight!
At the end of the year, many companies were probably taking early vacations.
The Antique Street was livelier than usual.
Jiang Tao walked through the antique street like he was a tourist, his gaze quickly sweeping across various shops.
He knew nothing about antiques and had no intention of buying anything.
He was just walking around to increase the probability of triggering relevant intelligence.
After walking for a while, Jiang Tao entered a shop that advertised the recycling of aged liquor and tea.
Such shops were niche on the Antique Street, much fewer than those selling various antiques.
Upon entering, Jiang Tao didn’t waste words with the shop assistant.
He directly took out the box of tea from his shopping bag and inquired about the price.
This box of tea contained several Pu-erh tea cakes from Dayi Tea.
Jiang Tao had checked online and the original price was around 36,000 yuan.
System Brother estimated it at 30,000, so Jiang Tao was set on this selling price.
He would not sell it for less and would move on to the next shop.
Dayi Tea had a decent value retention rate among teas.
It was not unusual for the recycling price of some scarce teas in the market to reach 80-90% of the original price.
Jiang Tao was quite lucky today; the first shop offered his desired price.
He wasn’t greedy and sold it directly, recouping 30,000 yuan.
This exactly compensated for the 30,000 yuan that Xu Li had lost yesterday.
After selling the tea, Jiang Tao wandered around the antique street for the entire morning, only looking and not buying.
At noon, he ate a bowl of authentic Old Beijing Zhajiangmian at a noodle restaurant nearby for 28 yuan.
Full and satisfied, and tired from wandering, he then took the subway back.
The return journey was quite fortunate; Jiang Tao managed to get a seat as soon as he boarded the subway. However, his luck didn’t last long.
He had only traveled one stop when a visibly pregnant woman with a large belly boarded the train.
The moment the pregnant woman got on, it was as if a hidden round had been triggered.
The passengers already seated immediately adopted a pose of resting with their eyes closed.
The hidden round ended only after Jiang Tao stood up and gave his seat to the pregnant woman.
Everyone then resumed happily scrolling through their mobile phones.
After transferring to several subway lines, and then a bus.
When Jiang Tao got off at Xiao Shahe Village, it was already past 4 PM.
As soon as he alighted, he received a phone call from his landlord, Lu Qian.
Lu Qian invited him to have seafood together that evening at Brother Pang’s Seafood Restaurant in the urban village.
Of course, Jiang Tao didn’t have that much influence.
He was benefiting from Ma Dongmei and He Jing.
He Jing was coming to see Ma Dongmei’s new home tonight.
Jiang Tao and He Jing were fellow villagers and acquaintances.
He was also the “matchmaker” who had brought Lu Qian and Ma Dongmei together.
Lu Qian’s invitation to dinner was both a gesture of gratitude and a way to have him liven up the atmosphere.
