72 Parasite extermination squad (1/2)

Shao Hua did her best to convince Zhang Fan to buy a house. Chasu City's housing prices had been rising rapidly over the past few years, and she knew that Jinghuajiayuan was truly an excellent district. Zhang Fan finally made up his mind to buy a house!

Due to Director Wang Qian's involvement, Zhang Fan's loan was approved incredibly quickly. Zhang Fan instantly incurred a debt of more than 100,000 yuan.

Spring was now here. All the animals became lively again as it was mating season. Zhang Fan was transferred to internal medicine's gastrointestinal department.

Right when he was rotated here, he didn't even receive a teaching doctor before the gastrointestinal department's doctors were ordered to go treat the rural areas. In spring, all sorts of parasites would start reproducing in large numbers on the plains. The government ordered Chasu City Hospital to send out medical teams to the plains to help the nomads get rid of intestinal parasites and prevent plagues from occurring.

Well, the directors would never go and personally do such work. The attending physicians led the rotation doctors to various rural areas. Zhang Fan was put in a team of four people that was sent to Sumutai Village.

Zhang Fan was of course quite familiar with Sumutai Village. Although it was spring, it was still really cold here. The nomads hadn't changed from their winter plains to here's yet. The plains were filled with the stench of sheep. All the nomads were still keeping as warm as possible, for it still seemed like winter.

Although the doctors were sent here for the purpose of getting rid of intestinal parasites, the nomads wouldn't care about that. They would instantly come over in large groups to get treated upon hearing that city doctors were here to temporarily visit their rural village.

Munk was still the superintendent of Sumutai Health Center. He passionately welcomed the city doctors. He was quite familiar with Zhang Fan, and warmly embraced him in a bear hug. Munk, who was a big and buff Mongolian man, seemed like a mountain crushing Zhang Fan who was like a tiny chicken in comparison.

Quite a few of the nomads were also acquainted with Zhang Fan from his previous work at treating them. The parents of the child that Zhang Fan previously saved here even slaughtered a young lamb for Zhang Fan, inviting him to their personal tent and passionately giving him a warm welcome.

Doctor Hu Zengyang, a veteran attending physician and gastroenterologist who was the leader of the four-person team, was quite curious what was going on. He was typically sent to the nomadic districts to eliminate intestinal parasites every year, but had never been welcomed so warmly before. Typically, the local health center would give them a regular welcome. Never had he been invited to the personal tent of a nomad's family before.

Doctor Hu was even more astonished at what happened next.

The local Buddhist monk came over with a large group of people. The nomads here were all really devout Buddhists, so many of them even kneeled on the ground in front of the Buddhist monk in order to receive a touch on the head from him.

The other doctors were all astonished as the Buddhist monk came up to and embraced Zhang Fan. Although the monk didn't know how to speak any Chinese, it was quite easy to tell from his expression that he was delighted to see Zhang Fan.

This had only been a small welcoming party, but the Buddhist monk's arrival turned it into a major party. More and more nomads arrived at Sumutai Health Center, bringing mutton, cured meat, oil, and horsemilk wine.

Soon, the nomads began to sing and dance. The city doctors were paid special attention to. The nomads were the type to be quite friendly to any guests, and they were all open and direct. The Buddhist monk sat down next to Zhang Fan, and not a single nomad came over to disturb them.

However, the other three doctors didn't have the same treatment. They were forced to drink and dance. Although horsemilk wine had low alcohol content, there were far too many nomads, so the other three doctors soon became completely drunk.

On the next day, Hu Zengyang was especially curious as he commented to Zhang Fan, ”You seem to be quite popular here.”

Zhang Fan then gave a simple explanation of how he had previously worked here. Hu Zengyang and the other two doctors were really surprised as they didn't expect Zhang Fan to have such an experience. Although Sumutai Village technically belonged to Chasu City, the plains were too far away, and it was rare to come out here without specific reason. Thus, the other doctors didn't have a good understanding of the nomadic districts.

Sumutai Health Center was filled with nomads, especially the elderly. Typically, the health center was only run by Munk and a few other people. They didn't know how to treat many illnesses, and would just randomly give treatment before having the nomads return home. This place was quite far away from the main city. Anyone who got sick here would simply sleep it off for a few days as long as it wasn't something major.