Living on the seventh floor, I haven't talked to him, but I have seen him many times and I am familiar with him. I know everyone calls him Lao Wang.
For several days, the familiar figure in red in the yard suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a busy figure of a middle-aged woman. Where did Lao Wang go? I don't know why, without Lao Wang, people in the community feel that life seems to be missing something. One morning, when the residents of the community pushed the door, they suddenly saw Lao Wang collecting garbage from house to house as usual. I habitually nodded to Lao Wang that day. I was just about to pass by him, but I couldn't help asking him, "Lao Wang, why didn't I see you the other day?" This is the first time I've talked to him in years.
"I want to go back to my hometown to work. Today is the last time to clean up the garbage. " He raised his head, and there was infinite joy in the words with a slight dialect. "Go back to work?" I froze. "What are you doing back?" I'm very interested and want to find out.
"Be a barefoot doctor! The branch secretary in my village called me and said that my hometown was engaged in new rural cooperative medical care. The village decided to expand my former clinic into a standard village clinic and add some equipment. Now villagers can go there to see a doctor again. Like hospitals, they can also submit medical books for reimbursement. This is a good thing that I never dreamed of! " When he said this, Lao Wang's eyes lit up and his beard moved.
"Received a phone call, my wife and I didn't sleep a wink all night! I ran home to watch it a while ago. It is really exciting! My wife swept all the rubbish in those days. " Oh! That middle-aged woman is his wife, now I understand.
"My daughter-in-law is nursing the old lady in a family. The old lady's daughter is a doctor in the hospital. She is usually busy at work and has no time to take care of her mother. Teaching her some nursing work will come in handy after returning to China. "
Lao Wang poured the beans out of the bamboo tube and answered without asking. The black and yellow face turned into a chrysanthemum with laughter. Now I know the ins and outs of Lao Wang: it turns out that Lao Wang is from Gansu and is over 50 years old this year. When he was a child, his father died because he had no money to treat the disease. Since then, becoming a doctor has become his dream. Many years ago, Lao Wang graduated from Health School and chose to go back to his hometown to practice medicine. Because he didn't want to see his father's tragedy repeat itself in the villagers.
Back to his hometown, Lao Wang plunged into the countryside and became a "barefoot doctor". He has a good medical skill and a good mind. The villagers have a headache, and he will treat them regardless of whether they have money or not. The patient can't come, no matter day or night, it's a long way. He will go by bike. His hometown is poor, and the villagers have no money to treat the disease, so they take eggs to pay for the medicine. Some people, who can't even get eggs, buy medicine on credit, and Lao Wang never mentions a word "money". After a long time, Lao Wang unconsciously put money into practicing medicine, and finally there was no money to buy drugs.
Suddenly one day, Lao Wang announced in the village that he would go to a big city to make money, and he would leave in another month. The villagers are sick, no matter whether they have money or not, just treat them. In those days, his clinic was crowded with people every day. A month later, the 50-year-old Lao Wang and his wife left their hometown and came to Beijing all the way to join the ranks of migrant workers.
After working for five years, Lao Wang and his wife have accumulated a sum of money, so he can go back to his hometown to open a clinic to treat the villagers. Fortunately, with the new rural cooperative medical system as a guarantee, Lao Wang is no longer afraid that capital will be padded in. He wants to open up a new world. His hometown needs them, and so does the west.
Lao Wang's story touched me. On the day he said goodbye to the community, many residents enthusiastically sent him away. The moment Mr. and Mrs. Lao Wang were sent out of the community, everyone suddenly felt something was missing and the yard was empty. ...