Hearing his uncle's call, Yuan Man, who had been studying a medical book, finally looked up.
"Master, treating a patient requires their consent."
"Consent for what? She's planning to wait for death, and you're not going to check her? Don't you want to tackle a difficult case to prove your medical skills? She has ascites."
Ascites?
Yuan Man immediately stood up, "Master, you can hold her."
Zhang Fangcao "..."
Is it good for you two to talk to yourselves like this?
Soon, she was 'escorted' into the clinic by this master and disciple.
The female police officer quickly followed into the clinic, "Hey, hey, do you know who she is? She can't afford the medical fees."
"We'll treat her even if she's penniless."
Yuan Man waved his hand and busied himself taking Zhang Fangcao's pulse.
Doctor Yang held Zhang Fangcao's shoulder and stared at his disciple.
"How is it?"
Yuan Man shook his head, "Not good. Ascites and masses have accumulated, and her liver and spleen are congested. Fortunately, she hasn't undergone chemotherapy. With traditional Chinese medicine to support her, there's still hope of extending her lifespan."
Zhang Fangcao also shook her head, "I don't want it. Even if you extend my life by five years, I don't want it. I still have nine years of prison time. I don't want to be in prison with no hope..."
"Shut up."
Doctor Yang cut off Zhang Fangcao's words, "What do you know? When my disciple and junior apprentice speaks of extending life, it's definitely more than five years. Otherwise, he wouldn't even bother."
Stopping Zhang Fangcao, Doctor Yang asked his disciple obsequiously with a smile, "Am I right, disciple?"
Yuan Man nodded, "Uncle is right, at least ten years or more."
"Aman, when I call you disciple, you call me Master. Only when I call you junior apprentice do you call me Uncle."
Yuan Man ignored his uncle's digression and asked Zhang Fangcao, "Are you going to get treatment?"
Zhang Fangcao looked at the female police officer, "I can't be away for too long, nor can I receive medical treatment outside designated hospitals. Moreover, the period for my medical treatment is one year."
Doctor Yang released Zhang Fangcao's shoulder and turned to the female police officer, "Officer, given her condition, what can we do?"
The female police officer confirmed, "Are you really going to treat her? Even if she has no money?"
Doctor Yang waved his hand, "Money is not a problem. Her parents and brother and sister-in-law have money, and the village also has money. The problem is that we want to use her for experiments."
"She's not afraid of death, so it would be good if she contributed something of value, right?"
The female police officer thought for a moment and said, "I think she should be re-imprisoned. You can apply for parole for medical treatment with your village committee and the two of you as guarantors."
"After the review is approved, she can return to the village for treatment. During the treatment period, she cannot leave the village and cannot commit any more offenses."
"If she escapes, or if she causes a major accident, the consequences will be borne by the guarantors, so you must think carefully."
Doctor Yang nodded repeatedly, "We'll be responsible, we'll be responsible. I watched her grow up."
"After growing up, she was misled by others and took a wrong path. Now she has changed, truly changed. I will be her guarantor."
Zhang Fangcao's eyes filled with tears, "Doctor Yang, I'm not worth you taking such a big responsibility."
Doctor Yang reprimanded her, "Don't talk nonsense. Get well. Look at the changes in our K Mountain now. Don't you want to be a part of it?"
"You go back first, don't treat yourself randomly, just take some painkillers for now. I'll come to get you soon."
Zhang Fangcao shook her head, "I'm not going back. I finally got out. I want to see the greenhouses in the west."
Doctor Yang waved her away, "Go, go see it. Hurry back after you've seen it."
"I'll go to the village committee now to find Secretary Yang and Deputy Village Chief Ou and ask them to go with me to guarantee your release."
Zhang Fangcao knew Doctor Yang's stubborn temper and could only agree.
"I'll be back tomorrow. Don't go too early. My procedures aren't finished yet, and you won't be able to guarantee me."
"Got it, hurry up and go!"
...
As they got closer, looking at this continuous stretch of greenhouses that followed the ups and downs of the hills, it was truly spectacular.
The first row, of course, belonged to Sister-in-law Niu and the Li family's greenhouses, who had contracted the hills earliest.
Li Zhengguo and Li Jianguo's families had dug up half of their apple trees to unify the greenhouses.
These apple trees were planted by the roadside and bore fruit in the same year.
Through the plastic sheeting, Sister-in-law Niu saw the female police officer in uniform.
She poked her head out, "Who are you looking for?"
The female police officer shook her head, "We're just looking around."
"Then look, as long as you don't disturb others' work."
Sister-in-law Niu turned back into the greenhouse and quickly ran out again. She ran to Zhang Fangcao and said, "Are you Zhang Fangcao?"
Zhang Fangcao smiled, "Yes."
"You? You're out?"
"Not yet." Zhang Fangcao shook her head, "I came out for something and just happened to come back to visit."
Sister-in-law Niu carefully examined Zhang Fangcao, who looked like she was at death's door.
"You, you should still see Doctor Yuan. Doctor Yuan is Doctor Yang's disciple, and his medical skills are even better than Doctor Yang's."
Zhang Fangcao's eyes welled up with tears again. Sister-in-law Niu was still the same Sister-in-law Niu who hated evil and was compassionate.
"Thank you, Sister-in-law Niu. I will."
Watching Zhang Fangcao walk towards the greenhouses behind, Sister-in-law Niu shook her head, pitying her.
Zhang Fangcao found the Chen family's greenhouse and smiled when she saw Li Min busy working.
"Li Min, I've come to see you."
"Snap."
The melon seedling in Li Min's hand broke. She quickly placed the seedling in her hand gently on the ground. These were all accounted for, and none could be broken.
Zhang Fangcao stood at the entrance of the greenhouse and looked at Li Min's back, "Li Min, are you ignoring me?"
"Can you stop overthinking?"
Li Min straightened up, "Also, are you someone who scares people from afar? You made me break a watermelon seedling."
"Everyone is accounted for the number of watermelon seedlings they receive. The maximum loss cannot exceed five seedlings."
"Hahaha." Zhang Fangcao laughed, "One seedling, one melon, ten pounds per melon, 18 cents per pound. Two yuan gone."
"Schadenfreude."
Li Min glared at her and walked up to her, "How is your health?"
"Still the same. I haven't had chemotherapy yet. Doctor Yang told me to come back for Chinese medicine."
Li Min was surprised, "You can come back?"
Zhang Fangcao glanced at the female police officer beside her, "The police officer said I can reapply, and asked the village committee to apply for me."
"It's good that you're back. I won't have to travel so far to see you."
Zhang Fangcao chuckled, "You're still so straightforward. You get busy, I'll look around."
Zhang Fangcao's looking around didn't affect many villagers. They were all too busy to look up.
...
After all the materials were ordered, Li Zhengguo heard from Secretary Yang as soon as he returned that Doctor Yang wanted the village to guarantee Zhang Fangcao.
He waved his hand, "Leave this to you and Deputy Village Chief Ou to handle. Even if Zhang Fangcao doesn't escape, someone needs to watch her."
"You guys pick a responsible female villager."
Secretary Yang and Deputy Village Chief Ou exchanged glances. Village Chief Li was too cunning.
During such a busy period, pulling someone out to watch Zhang Fangcao? Wasn't that asking for trouble?
Village Chief Li turned and left the office, "Arrange the office location as soon as possible. This place is going to be demolished."
Secretary Yang and Deputy Village Chief Ou could only obey. It was their lack of ability that they could only do these small tasks.
Tian Jing knew about this and told her husband, "Assign Li Min to watch Zhang Fangcao."
Li Zhengguo didn't understand, "Why?"
"It's a mutual restraint."
Tian Jing curled the corner of her mouth into a smile, "Zhang Fangcao would be embarrassed to trouble others, so she'd definitely want to help with the work."
"However, the villagers don't know if Zhang Fangcao has truly repented, so they wouldn't dare ask her to help."
"Li Min often visits her and knows she has truly repented, so she dares to ask her to help."
"Moreover, the villagers all know that Li Min often visits Zhang Fangcao. In the villagers' eyes, Li Min still considers Zhang Fangcao a friend."
"Therefore, assigning Li Min to watch Zhang Fangcao will be seen by the villagers as the most appropriate arrangement."
"If Zhang Fangcao has not truly repented and has the idea of escaping, then this matter will be counted against Li Min, and it will be a good lesson for her."
"The most important point is that Zhang Fangcao's past behavior made female villagers afraid to let her interact with their men."
"And, Chen Suozhu is very suitable."