"Woof woof woof -" Meng Baobao circled around her and rubbed her legs flatteringly, with a cute and innocent expression.

That man looked so fierce, how could his little puppy fight against him?

"Huh, you're such a heartless guy." Meng Jiali snarled dissatisfiedly, but she looked at her pet dog with doting eyes.Alas, it was all her fault, no one can blame her."Let's go home. Don't look for "toys" next time." She put away the first-aid items that she had just handled for the man and waved her hand.

"Woof woof!" Meng Baobao responded hurriedly, jumping up and rushing back.

Seeing its golden body running happily in the forest, Meng Jiali couldn't help but grinned her lips, her mood became more relaxed, she followed up, and decided to put the short episode behind her.

However, the man seemed to have said something when he left just now...see you soon or something like that?

No, she must have heard wrongly. After all, the noise was so loud just now. Anyone who could hear clearly what he was talking about would be an incomprehensible man.

Forget it, don’t worry about him, we won’t see each other again anyway.

Meng Jiali tugged at her backpack and shouted to the dog, which was running away without knowing where it was: "Baby Meng, stop running around again!"

"Hey, the old man at the end of the town was kicked out by his wife yesterday, saying that he secretly hid a woman outside and even gave birth to a son."

"The eldest son of the Chen family next door to me, I heard that he got divorced because his wife never gave birth."

"Well, the chickens have laid a lot less eggs recently. It must be too noisy and scared my chickens."

"There are a lot of outsiders coming to town these days, wandering around here and there. I don't know what they are here for?"

"My son..."

In the nurse room, when the wooden door is opened and closed, you can see that the small waiting room outside is full of people, chatting leisurely in twos and threes.

This was the scene when she was seeing a doctor every day. Instead of the compact and heavy rhythm of the teaching hospital, there was a slow and relaxed pace. After all, most of the people who stayed in the town were the old, weak, women and children, and the young people had gone out to work hard. The clinic in the small town had become a good place for these neighbors who knew each other well to spend time.

"Aunt Liu, what's wrong with you?" Meng Jiali looked away from the outside of the clinic and focused on the old woman who had just walked in, with a gentle smile on her delicate features.

"Oh, it's not an old problem. There's just something wrong with my whole body, and I can't sleep well at night." Aunt Liu walked to the clinic table and sat down. As she spoke, she thumped her body with her hands.

"Have you listened to me and gone hiking and taking a walk every day?" Meng Jiali put down the pen in her hand and looked at Aunt Liu with a smile.

"My old bones are already feeling uncomfortable. There is no way I can climb the mountain." A guilty conscience flashed across Aunt Liu's round and chubby face, but she quickly found an excuse for her laziness.

"Aunt Liu, you are still very young, and moving is good for your body. Otherwise, please be obedient first, and then we will see how to adjust the medicine." In fact, Aunt Liu is very healthy, but she is too lonely, so she makes excuses to go to the clinic every day to see a doctor and find someone to chat with.

"Okay, okay, by the way, you know -" Aunt Liu nodded, and then, as usual, she immediately changed the topic to trivial matters that had nothing to do with illness. After talking about everything from water leakage at home to cloudy weather, there was no sign of stopping.

Meng Jiali patiently smiled and nodded.

When she first came to this small clinic for treatment, she was still a little uncomfortable with this kind of doctor-patient relationship. After all, in the past, in big hospitals, every minute was a must for consultation, and she had no time to listen to patients talk about irrelevant things. Therefore, she was always business-like, solving problems quickly, and then inviting the patients out of the clinic.

However, she didn't expect that such an efficient medical treatment method would cause a backlash. Instead, no one wanted to see her in the clinic. As a result, Yang Ziqian, the senior who returned to her hometown to practice medicine, was full of consultations every day and complained that he couldn't bear it. After explaining the "medical style" here to her in private, she realized why she was so idle, but Yang Ziqian was so tired every day.

After that, she gradually regained the rhythm of living in a small town when she was a child. She also discovered that the biggest function of this small clinic was to heal people, so she followed suit and integrated into the original lazy but warm atmosphere of the small clinic. From then on, she became the favorite "beautiful doctor" of the elderly. Even if they were not sick, they would always find an excuse to come and chat with her, as if this was a complete day.

"Hey, doctor, did you know that a lot of outsiders have come to this town recently?" Aunt Liu suddenly lowered her voice and leaned forward slightly, as if she was telling a big secret.

Meng Jiali was stunned for a few seconds, and the gloomy and handsome man's face suddenly flashed in her mind, and her heart skipped a beat for some reason.

"You don't know, right? I heard from my son that those people were senior cadres sent by their company to investigate." Aunt Liu looked at Meng Jiali's confused expression with satisfaction.

"Inspection?" If she remembered correctly, the son Aunt Liu was always proud of worked for a well-known group in Taipei, including leisure hotels and other tourism businesses.

"Shh, I'm only telling you this, doctor. My son said that their company wants to build a resort here." Aunt Liu lowered her voice.

Meng Jiali's eyebrows slightly furrowed, then relaxed, "I know." Previously, other consortiums had taken a fancy to the quiet and beautiful scenery and undeveloped natural simplicity here, and tried to build a tourist resort here, but they were severely rejected by the older generation of townspeople, and it seemed that this time would be no exception.

They have deep feelings for their hometown. If they approve the tourism development, it means that they will usher in a future that will destroy soil and water conservation, change the natural ecological environment, be noisy, crowded, and littered with garbage.

People who truly love their hometown will not be willing to destroy this paradise like a paradise on earth just to make money.

Chapter 1(2)

"Aunt Liu, please remember to walk around more when you go back. If you have any questions, come back for a consultation." She said gently that the consultation was over.

Aunt Liu hadn't finished her fun yet. When she opened her mouth and wanted to continue talking, the nurse Dong Wenfang stepped forward to help her up and took her out with a smile while talking.

"Hey, I haven't—"

"Uncle Zhao, it's your turn." Regardless of Aunt Liu's separation, Dong Wenfang turned around and called out.

"Here you go." The man's old and dry voice rose up. No matter how unwilling Aunt Liu was, she could only touch her nose and exit the clinic.

"Uncle Zhao, how do you feel today?" Meng Jiali looked at the old man with warmer eyes. In the past, her father was busy making money to treat her mother's illness, so she spent a large part of her childhood being cared for by her two neighbors, Aunt Liu and Uncle Zhao.

"It's just a small cough, cough, nothing serious." Uncle Zhao's attitude was gentle and gentle, and he had the temperament of a scholar between his brows. It could be seen that he must have been a handsome intellectual when he was young.

Meng Jiali stood up, picked up the stethoscope and put it on the old man's chest and listened for a long time. Then she went around behind him and checked again with the same steps. "Besides the cough, do you feel any discomfort?"

Uncle Zhao thought for a while and put his hand on his waist, "Recently, my back has been a little sore when I was sleeping, cough, cough, cough... it comes in waves, and it feels much better during the day."

Meng Jiali nodded, sat back and said, "Uncle Zhao, I'll arrange for you to take a chest X-ray first. Let's see why your cough hasn't improved for so long."

"No, it's just a little cold, cough, cough, cough." He waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"Just treat it as a health check, it'll be quick." Meng Jiali advised in a soft voice.

"It's really not necessary. Anyway, my wife has been away for so long. If she really needs anything, she just wants me to accompany her." Uncle Zhao tugged his lips, looking open-minded.

"Uncle Zhao—"

"Jia Li, your mother Zhao said before that you are beautiful and smart, and you will definitely achieve great things when you grow up." Uncle Zhao suddenly changed the topic and looked past Meng Jia Li, as if looking into the distance. "If she could see you become a great doctor with her own eyes and be willing to stay in the town to practice medicine, she would be very comforted, but it's a pity..."

Thinking of that blessed face that always had a kind smile, memories of the past flooded into her mind like a wave, and Meng Jiali's heart became sour.