Lunch was over, and the medical team officially began working. It also helped them digest their food, killing two birds with one stone.
At this time of year, most of the young and middle-aged villagers were working elsewhere. Xibei Village's current resident population was only a little more than half its registered population, less than sixty percent. Most of those who remained were elderly people, children, and married women.
The doctors did not have a particularly heavy workload, so they examined everyone more thoroughly. Before four in the afternoon, they had seen every person in the village. More accurately, it was like a physical examination for the entire village.
Xibei Village's economic conditions were relatively good. There were only three or four impoverished households. Accountant Lang of the County Finance Bureau was doing brisk business, and quite a bit of money had already gone into a specially made stainless-steel carrying case. The inside was divided into compartments, with a layout similar to that of a professional cash register. It was easy to see at a glance how much money had been collected.
The case was perfectly sized for the storage compartment of the onboard safe in Li Bai's Mercedes-Benz C-Class RV. After he set a temporary one-time password, its security was even more reassuring.
Although Village Secretary Fu Xinke repeatedly urged them to stay for dinner, the medical team still chose to continue on their way instead, heading for the highest-altitude village in Zhelou County.
One of the two policemen, Lu Yuan, Accountant Lang from the county finance department, team leader Pediatrician Sun Shuhui, orthopedic surgeon Xu Xiao, and Director Lu Li, the reception officer from the Qiannan Provincial Health Department, all boarded Li Bai's Mercedes-Benz RV.
With one police officer stationed in each vehicle, the arrangement was just right.