Lin Shuyue had already walked several steps out, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
Ma Yanmin suffers from liver cancer, not diabetes, so why does she like drinking water so much? Lin Shuyue glanced at her watch. It has only been forty minutes since she entered the ward, but Ma Yanmin has already drunk two or three cups of water. The cups were plastic cups used for brushing teeth.
A cup should weigh at least half a pound. In just a short while, a pound of water was drunk.
Lin Shuyue thought about it again and again, and turned to the doctor's office. When she heard that she was a reporter and was interested in Ma Yanmin's condition, her doctor Zhao Junliang put down what he was doing and told Lin Shuyue about Ma Yanmin's condition.
"Ma Yanmin came to the hospital for a checkup three years ago. She was diagnosed with early-stage liver cancer and had received interventional treatment. Her prognosis was good after the treatment. But one year after she was discharged from the hospital, when they came back for a follow-up checkup, her condition had changed. She was now in the late stage of liver cancer, and her condition was deteriorating very quickly."
"We estimate that she only has about two months to live. In this case, it is no longer necessary to continue treatment. Not only will it increase the burden on the family, but the patient's body will also suffer." Doctor Zhao said: "So we recommend conservative treatment for them."
Conservative treatment means only taking medicine to control the disease without any other intervention treatment.
In front of the media, Dr. Zhao was very precise in every word he said. In order to show his professionalism and the hospital's humanity in front of the media, he said: "As soon as she came back to the hospital for a follow-up examination, we contacted an expert in this field for a consultation. The hospital also reduced part of her treatment costs."
But no matter how the treatment is given, at this point, the patient's family is still unwilling to give up treatment, and the cost is not small.
The hospital has no way to deal with this.
After learning about this, Lin Shuyue wrote down the details in her notebook. Then, she asked, "Doctor Zhao, do liver cancer patients need to drink a lot of water?"
Doctor Zhao said: "Under normal circumstances, liver cancer patients definitely need to drink more water, but it still depends on the physical condition, and it is best to drink in moderation."
Lin Shuyue frowned: "But Dr. Zhao, when I was interviewing Ma Yanmin just now, in just 40 minutes, she drank three or four cups of water, the kind used for brushing teeth."
Doctor Zhao was visibly stunned: "Drinking so much?"
Doctor Zhao was obviously unaware of the situation. He didn't care that Lin Shuyue was right in front of him and stood up and walked outside.
Lin Shuyue pressed the recorder, picked up her notebook and followed.
Lin Shuyue turned on the good and evil radar and after entering the ward, she first scanned another person in the ward, Ma Yanmin's sister Ma Yanzhi, but was surprised to find that her good and evil value was not high, less than 10%, far from the level of committing a crime.
Not to mention Dr. Zhao. So the question is, is she really suspicious?
Just when Lin Shuyue was suspecting that she had seen too many major cases recently and had become increasingly suspicious, Dr. Zhao had already asked Ma Yanmin about drinking too much water.
Xu Zhenbo said, "Our Yanmin drinks a lot of water when she's at home. After we opened the store and the weather got hot, she drank even more. We've also been drinking since she got sick. Is there any problem with that?"
Xu Zhenbo was completely confused. Ma Yanmin's sister Ma Yanzhi also testified, saying, "Since we were young, my sister always drank the most water when we went to the mountains to work."
Ma Yanmin nodded on the side, proving that what the two said was correct.
After asking more detailed questions, Dr. Zhao was relieved: "Some people like to drink water, and it's normal to drink more water in hot weather. It's okay."
Whether it was Lin Shuyue, Xu Zhenbo or Ma Yanmin, they all felt relieved after hearing this.
After Doctor Zhao left, Lin Shuyue said to them very embarrassedly: "I went to ask Doctor Zhao about Yan Min's condition, and mentioned that Yan Min drank a lot of water."
Ma Yanmin smiled and shook her head: "It's okay, it's okay. When reporter Huang said he wanted to interview us, he already told us the interview process."
So Ma Yanmin already knew about the interview with her attending physician, and she didn't think Lin Shuyue's behavior was inappropriate: "I just didn't expect Dr. Zhao to be so nervous about me drinking water."
In Ma Yanmin's opinion, drinking water is not a big deal, she has been drinking water since she was a child. However, Dr. Zhao came over to ask about Lin Shuyue's casual words, which still touched Ma Yanmin.
Lin Shuyue didn't even remember leaving. Ma Yanzhi wasn't used to meeting strangers, so she left under the pretext of cleaning Ma Yanmin's urinal.
But before going out, Ma Yan subconsciously glanced at Xu Zhenbo, but Xu Zhenbo didn't look at her.
After she went out, Xu Zhenbo also went out. Ma Yanmin was going to be discharged from the hospital today, but her discharge procedures had not been completed yet.
Ma Yanmin and Lin Shuyue were the only ones left in the ward.
Ma Yanmin looked at the closed door of the ward: "You figured it out too, didn't you?"
Lin Shuyue looked at Ma Yanmin puzzledly.
Ma Yanmin smiled and said, "It's about my sister and Zhenbo."
After Ma Yanmin said this, Lin Shuyue understood what she meant.
Indeed, there is something a little unusual between Ma Yanzhi and Xu Zhenbo.
Just now she bumped into Ma Yanzhi, and before anything happened between them, Xu Zhenbo stood up and explained to her.
Ma Yanzhi was the same. When she was about to go out, she did not look at her sister Ma Yanmin first, but at her brother-in-law Xu Zhenbo.
Seeing that Lin Shuyue understood, Ma Yanmin said calmly, "After I die, my sister will marry Xu Zhenbo."
Lin Shuyue exclaimed: "Don't you care?"
"What's the use if I care about it?" Ma Yanmin shook her head. "Zhenbo is the most promising young man in our village. My sister is also gentle and capable. I feel relieved when the two of them are together."
Lin Shuyue looked at Ma Yanmin carefully, and Ma Yanmin was indeed very sincere when she said this.
Lin Shuyue, on the other hand, found it hard to accept. How should I put it? The fact that her sister-in-law and brother-in-law were talking about marriage before her sister passed away was a bit beyond her acceptance.
Ma Yanmin looked at Lin Shuyue's expression and smiled: "My sister is a poor person."
"She had been married before, but the family she married into was not a good one. Her mother-in-law liked to watch the couple fighting, and she would instigate her son to beat my sister whenever she had nothing to do. My sister had a miscarriage once, and later her leg was broken. When my parents found out, they went to take her back."
"Where we are, the customs are conservative, and divorced women will be gossiped about in the village. My sister was a sensitive person and couldn't stand it, so she jumped into the river. After she was rescued, I brought her to Pengcheng."
"During the year I was in the hospital, she was the one who looked after the store. All the money she earned was used to pay for my medical treatment."
"And when an elder sister dies, the younger sister will marry the younger one. Or when the husband dies, the wife will marry his younger brother or older brother. It is not uncommon in our place." Ma Yanmin accepted the fact that her husband would marry her younger sister Ma Yanzhi after her death.
"My Zhenbo and my mother-in-law's family are all good people. I feel relieved that my sister is marrying him."
But even though she felt relieved, she still felt a little sad. Her husband was such a good man. If she wasn't dying, why would she give him up?
After hearing what Ma Yanmin said, Lin Shuyue understood that such things were indeed not uncommon in some ethnic minority areas.
Perhaps because she had talked so much with Lin Shuyue, Ma Yanmin became more interested in talking. She told Lin Shuyue a lot about herself, including the mountains, water, and people there.
Ma Yanzhi came back. She put down the urinal and washed her hands with water. Then she rocked Ma Yanmin's bed and immediately went to pour water: "Sister, do you want some water?"
Ma Yanmin had been thirsty for a long time, so she nodded. Ma Yanzhi handed the water to Ma Yanmin, and Ma Yanmin gulped down several gulps.
Lin Shuyue noticed that Ma Yanzhi used a purple plastic thermos to pour water for Ma Yanmin. This kind of thermos was sold in the store outside the hospital. Almost every hospitalized person had one, which was not common.
After drinking the water, Ma Yanzhi moved the bed down, then rolled up her sleeves and began to massage Ma Yanmin's feet.
Ma Yanzhi saw Lin Shuyue looking at her, raised her head and smiled shyly: "The doctor said that my sister has been lying in bed for a long time, and her muscles will atrophy. Massaging her frequently will make her feel better."
Ma Yanzhi speaks in a very low voice, her Mandarin spoken with a strong rural accent.
Ma Yanmin said, "Take a break. Didn't you just close the stall? Aren't you tired?"
Ma Yanzhi shook her head: "Not tired." After that, she ignored Ma Yanmin and massaged her feet seriously.
Ma Yanmin pursed her lips, tears flashing in her eyes. She looked at Lin Shuyue as if to change the subject. She said, "We have sold our shop. Xiaozhi has been setting up stalls at the vegetable market and in front of the school these days."
Setting up a stall is different from having a fixed shop. In a shop, you just have to wait in the shop and wait for customers to come. Setting up a stall is different. You have to move the things you need for the stall onto a car, and then ride the car to move the things to the stall location.
Those things were very heavy and tiring. Ma Yanmin had experienced that kind of hardship and knew what it felt like. She had advised Ma Yanzhi not to be so tired, but Ma Yanzhi didn't listen.
Ma Yanmin knew that the reason why she worked so hard was because she wanted to get her medical treatment.
"It's really hard."
Upon hearing this, Ma Yanzhi said, "If I can save my sister's life, it will be worth it no matter how hard or tiring it is."
The moment she lowered her head after saying this, Ma Yanzhi's eyes turned red.
At this time, Xu Zhenbo also came back. He gave Ma Yanmin the settlement form issued by the hospital and went to pack Ma Yanmin's hospital belongings. He was busy and busy, and Ma Yanzhi did not make any eye contact or language communication with him during this time.
Seeing that they were about to leave, Lin Shuyue was no longer in a hurry to go back.
When Xu Zhenbo packed up his things and Ma Yanmin asked him to go downstairs and take a taxi, she took the initiative to say: "I drove here, let me take you there."
Ma Yanmin was a little tempted, but still refused: "Forget it, you are also very busy, I can't delay you."
"You're not bothering me. You live not far from my home. I can take you back and go home. We journalists don't have to work in the office, so it's okay if we don't go to work."
Just now when they were chatting, Ma Yanmin had already told Lin Shuyue her home address.
Ma Yanmin was still a little hesitant, but after looking at her luggage and the tired Ma Yanzhi, she agreed.
"Thank you for your help, reporter Lin."
"It's not a problem. It's just a piece of cake." Ma Yanmin had difficulty walking, so Xu Zhenbo bought a wheelchair in advance. He carried Ma Yanmin onto the wheelchair and went to get the luggage.
Lin Shuyue also carried a bag. Ma Yanzhi looked at it and wanted to grab it.
"Reporter Lin, you don't have to carry them. These things are heavy. I'll take them."
"It's not heavy, not heavy. Let me take it." Lin Shuyue took the lead and walked in front. Ma Yanzhi could only hurry to catch up. Xu Zhenbo pushed Ma Yanmin to follow behind them.
Lin Shuyue's car was parked in the parking lot in front of the hospital. She just had to walk a few steps from the elevator to the hospital.
Lin Shuyue opened the trunk and put their things into the car. After Xu Zhenbo carried Ma Yanmin to the back seat of the car, he moved the wheelchair into the trunk.
In order to facilitate travel, the wheelchair Xu Zhenbo bought is a relatively expensive folding luggage.
Lin Shuyue sat in the driver's seat and Ma Yanzhi sat next to her. After Xu Zhenbo got in the car, Lin Shuyue drove out of the hospital.
Ma Yanmin's family lives in a community called Jinshengyuan not far from Pingsha Village.
This community has been built for more than 20 years and is one of the earliest commercial buildings in Shenzhen.
There are not many buildings, only five, and Ma Yanmin's family lives in Building 3. The roads in the community are narrow, and the green space is slightly smaller than in other communities, but the atmosphere of life is very strong. There are several shops at the entrance, including a clothing store, a fresh food supermarket, and a small shop and mahjong hall.
Several children were buying ice cream in front of the store.
Ma Yanmin looked at all this and felt very sad: "After Zhenbo and I had money, we immediately bought a second-hand house here. We took out a loan for this house. It took us two years to pay it off. After that, we bought a shop. As soon as we paid off the loan for the shop, I got sick. Tell me, why doesn't God make life easier for us?"
Ma Yanmin has been in Pengcheng for nine years. For the sake of this house and this shop, she lived frugally and used any money she had to repay the mortgage. She paid off the loan many years in advance. Just when good days were coming, she was diagnosed with this incurable disease.
Ma Yanmin was really unwilling to accept this.
"How much did you pay for this house?"
Ma Yanmin said: "When we bought it, it was 120,000 yuan, and we took out a loan of 30,000 yuan, which we paid off in one year. The shop we bought was a little more expensive, and we used our house as collateral for 200,000 yuan, which we just paid off last year."
Ma Yanmin also pointed to the shop she bought: "The shop is at the intersection over there. There are factories and schools next to it. There are a lot of people at night."
Lin Shuyue glanced in the direction she pointed and nodded.
When they arrived at Building 3, Lin Shuyue parked the car and followed them to move their things into the house.
Ma Yanmin and her family live in Room 103 on the first floor. The house is about 120 to 130 square meters. Although it is on the first floor, it is not dark at all. The lighting is quite good, the house is open from north to south, and the layout is also reasonable.
It is nothing like the old neighborhood of 20 years ago.
It can be seen that they take good care of this house. There is not a single stain on the snow-white walls, and the floor tiles are polished to a very bright shine.
Lin Shuyue's eyes fell on the buckets of water in the corner of the living room.
"Why did you buy so much water?"
Ma Yanmin, who was held on the sofa by Xu Zhenbo, took a look and said, "I really don't like the water here. I think the water here has a weird taste. It's not sweet at all after boiling. It tastes very bland. Mineral water is expensive and I can't afford it, so I buy this kind of mountain spring water."
Ma Yanzhi came in with her luggage and took over the conversation: "I heard that this mineral water was brought from Huicheng next door. It's from the mountains. We've drunk it and it's really sweet. It's delicious whether you use it to cook porridge or rice."
However, since Ma Yanmin fell ill three years ago, only Ma Yanmin drank this water. She and Xu Zhenbo drank water from the tap.
Because the store's mortgage has not been paid off and Ma Yanmin's illness requires money, every penny saved counts.
Lin Shuyue knew that in their village, there were often water vendors selling water. The water tanks were made of iron sheets or white plastic barrels, and whoever wanted to drink water could take a bucket to get it.
A 10-liter bucket of water costs one yuan, which is cheaper than drinking mineral water and tastes better than drinking water from the tap.
Quite a few people bought it.
"Okay, I'll leave after I send you home." It was already past one in the afternoon, and Lin Shuyue was preparing to go home and then return to the newspaper office in the afternoon.
Ma Yanmin immediately asked the guest to stay: "Reporter Lin, Zhenbo is out buying groceries, why don't you stay home for dinner? My Zhenbo is a good cook, and he cooks authentic southwestern dishes."
When Lin Shuyue heard this, she immediately refused: "I won't stay to eat. My mother is waiting for me to eat at home. If I don't go back to eat, she will scold me."
Ma Yanmin's family had spent all their savings on her illness, so she couldn't stay for dinner. A meal with meat and vegetables would cost dozens of yuan even if she cooked it herself.
This is a huge expense for Ma Yanmin's family.
Ma Yanmin continued to stay, and Lin Shuyue continued to refuse. After a while of back and forth, Ma Yanmin finally gave up.
She asked Ma Yanzhi to send Lin Shuyue out, and Lin Shuyue chatted with her: "When are you moving out?"
Ma Yanzhi said: "The people who bought my sister's house are acquaintances. They know my sister's situation and have been telling us not to rush. My brother-in-law has already called a fellow villager who lives by the sea. If he finds a suitable house there, we will move there."
Ma Yanzhi continued, "We borrowed a lot of money for my sister's medical treatment. When we move out, the money will be in our account. We will pay back the money and go back to our hometown."
"After my sister passes away, she has to be buried in the Xu family's ancestral tomb, otherwise she won't be reborn into a good family in the next life." Ma Yanzhi didn't show any reluctance on her face when she talked about selling the house, but when she talked about her sister's passing, her voice choked and her eyes turned red.
Lin Shuyue patted her shoulder and got in the car. When she turned around, Ma Yanzhi was still standing at the door wiping her tears. Lin Shuyue drove the car to her side and said, "When you want to live by the sea, give me a call and I'll take you there."
Ma Yanzhi wanted to say no, but she swallowed the words back. After all, whether to call Lin Shuyue or not was their business, and they appreciated the kindness.
"Thank you, reporter Lin. Take care, reporter Lin."
Lin Shuyue drove out of the community and saw Ma Yanzhi standing at the door from a distance. After her car turned the corner, Ma Yanzhi wiped her tears and went home.
On the way back to Lin Shuyue's home, one has to pass by Ma Yanmin's former shop. This shop has been sold. At this time, workers are removing the sign of "Southwest Wolf Tooth Potatoes" from Ma Yanmin's house and replacing it with the sign of "Luohu Mountain Spring Water".
Lin Shuyue pressed the brakes, got out of the car, and asked the driver who was changing the sign: "Master, are they going to open a store selling spring water here?"
The busy master looked at Lin Shuyue and said, "Oh, yes, Luohu spring water is famous throughout Guangdong Province! Pretty girl, do you live nearby? Then it will be convenient for you to get water in the future."
"That's right. Master, you are busy. I will leave first. I will come back after the business opens in a few days."
Lin Shuyue returned to the car.
When the car was almost home, there was a water truck in front of Lin Shuyue. The traffic light turned red, and Lin Shuyue thought of Bai Wenwu and Qian Shouyun, whom she had put into the reincarnation realm last night.
She turned on the good and evil system to check, and when she saw no movement, she turned it off. But when she clicked to turn it off, she touched the good and evil radar. Just ten meters in front of her, there was a person with a good and evil value of 80%.
Lin Shuyue looked forward and saw the person she was dealing with was a water truck carrying a water tank.
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