Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55: Chapter 55: Recognizing a Big Brother on the Cheap

The fruit basket contains strawberries, cherries, grapes, and other fruits. It’s a rich variety, ample in quantity, and surely not cheap.

This person clearly distinguishes right from wrong.

He deliberately picked an expensive fruit basket to show his sincerity.

"You’re too kind! It’s just a misunderstanding, sorted now with no issue. You’ve gone through the trouble of buying such an expensive basket of fruit, I’m so embarrassed! Don’t just stand there, please have a seat!"

Li Jingsheng received the fruit basket, repeatedly expressing his gratitude, warmly welcoming the man named Xie Guiqiu.

If this scene were seen by that female journalist and photographer, they might scold him for being snobbish.

"Mr. Xie, please have some water!"

Tang Ping, being perceptive, brought over a cup of boiled water from the water dispenser.

"Thank you!"

Xie Guiqiu nodded to her.

"I’m really sorry about yesterday. Frankly, I don’t have the best impression of small clinics. My mother is old and stubborn; she insists on living alone in the old textile factory’s dormitory. No matter how much we urged her to move in with us, she refused, so we just complied. When I was just over three, my father died in an accident, leaving my mom with me and my sister, the three of us relying on each other. For our sake, she never remarried..."

Xie Guiqiu voluntarily sharing these personal matters with Li Jingsheng was a gesture to gain his trust.

Don’t think that exchanging secrets to gain trust and deepen friendship is exclusive to kids.

Adults do it too.

But the adult world is too cruel; people prefer to keep secrets as a form of self-protection.

"A woman trying to raise two children decades ago must have been really tough!"

Li Jingsheng remarked.

No wonder the elderly lady is both stubborn and strong-willed.

Though women are inherently gentle, motherhood makes them strong.

With her husband gone and children so young, if she weren’t strong, she would surely be bullied.

Children without fathers can easily be bullied at school or when they first enter society.

They tend to feel inferior and timid.

Knowing they have no father to back them up, they lack the courage to resist when facing bullying from other kids.

"It wasn’t just difficult; it was extremely hard. I remember during the worst times, the family’s daily ration was just two steamed buns. My mom wouldn’t eat them, giving one to me and one to my sister, secretly picking up rotten vegetable leaves to eat for herself. When I got into the best high school but couldn’t afford the tuition, she secretly sold her blood four times to gather the money for my fees. It was only after she collapsed on the road and was rescued that I found out what she had done..."

Speaking of these tragic childhood memories, Xie Guiqiu’s eyes became slightly moist.

"I’m telling you this so you understand how important my mother is to me."

What does kinship mean?

This is kinship.

It’s blood bonds combined with the nurturing grace experienced over time.

"Thank you for trusting me, willing to share these childhood stories with me. Anyone would cherish and protect such a selfless and great mother with their life."

Li Jingsheng sincerely said.

This seemed to resonate with Xie Guiqiu, making him feel understood and affirmed, making him like Li Jingsheng even more.

"Director Zhang from the Cardiac Surgery Department of the Second Hospital told me that because my mother has a special condition, a rare dextrocardia, added with symptoms similar to a cold, even big hospital doctors can easily misdiagnose it. Luckily, you didn’t give my mom an IV at the time. After the incident, being able to quickly determine my mother had a ventricular fibrillation was crucial.

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