Chapter 998: Eating a Free Meal
The hospital here closes early because there aren’t that many patients. Frankly, most cases are just minor ailments like headaches and fevers; a few pills solve the problem easily. Many villagers, if seriously ill, don’t come to the hospital, as the elderly believe in the superstition that once they enter a hospital, they won’t return home, and the young know their families can’t afford it.
Honestly, there are very few people who can afford proper medical treatment.
Chicken stewed with mushrooms is ready.
The dinner was too restrained for Dean Lu and her group.
Under the oppressive watch of Dean Lu, Xiaoyu and the others dared not reach for food recklessly, staring at the corn grains in their bowls, occasionally picking up some pickled vegetables, eating with difficulty mainly because Dean Lu feared they’d really embarrass themselves.
She was keeping a strict watch.
Bai Xiao thought, this Dean Lu is quite charming.
Without a word, Bai Xiao picked up a ladle and served a large spoonful of chicken stewed with mushrooms into each person’s bowl, along with slices of pickled meat, indisputable. Even Dean Lu’s bowl was filled with chicken stewed with mushrooms, prompting Dean Lu to almost jump up in panic as she watched nearly all of the chicken stew was spooned into their bowls—imagine that.
The guests hadn’t even had any yet, but it was all given to them, even the morning’s dish of fried pickled meat went into their bowls—how could this be?
Just when they were about to decline, Bai Xiao already took a ladle, serving herself, He Xin, and Dr. Zhang a spoonful of the leftover chicken stew with little meat. Despite everyone’s aversion to pickles, Bai Xiao didn’t mind and could tolerate the taste; for others, eating pickled fried meat seemed like torture, but habits have to change gradually.
"Eat quickly, eat quickly!"
Bai Xiao embraced her bowl and ate scrumptiously.