Sent to the countryside, I turned the health center into a top-tier hospital.

Li Fang took a sip of her soup, then looked at the plastic bag on the table and asked, "Dr. Chen, what did you bring?"

"Oh, Xiao Wu brought this. It's from the girl who had something growing in her uterus. She just came for a follow-up appointment. Her mother asked her to bring it. It's an egg laid by one of their chickens."

Chen Ping opened the plastic bag, revealing about twenty red-shelled eggs inside. They weren't very big, but each one was firm. "They're all cooked. Everyone should try some."

Chen Ping distributed the eggs to everyone.

Li Fang peeled an egg and tasted it. "Hmm, not bad. It tastes better than the eggs you buy in the supermarket."

Upon hearing this, everyone started eating.

"Dr. Chen, when Xiao Wu came for his follow-up appointment, there was no palpation?" Li Fang asked.

"I've done the palpation!" Chen Ping said casually.

Li Fang laughed: "Palpation? Zhou Jie and Xiao Yan are both eating here. Who did the palpation with you? It wasn't just the two of you, was it? Aren't you afraid her boyfriend will beat you up?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ping almost choked on his food. He choked as he swallowed, and his face turned red instantly, burning from his ears all the way down to his neck.

He picked up the water glass next to him, took a sip, put the glass down, and pretended to be nonchalant as he picked up a piece of pickled cabbage and vermicelli with his chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it as he mumbled, "I'm a doctor, she's a patient, the necessary tests have to be done, what's the big deal?"

"Besides, Xiao Wu requested the palpation herself; she just wanted to know if the contents of her uterus were still there."

However, Chen Ping's evasive eyes and reddened ears had already betrayed him.

Wang Tao chuckled twice and joked, "Master, your medical skills are truly amazing. Even female patients are asking you to take off their pants for examinations. I'm truly impressed."

"Shut up." Chen Ping glared at Wang Tao.

Cui Ying sat beside her, holding a bowl and drinking soup. Her expression was unreadable, but her lips twitched slightly as she held back a laugh.

Zhao Guosheng cleared his throat, put the jar on the table, glared at Li Fang, and said, "Li Fang, don't keep your mouth shut all the time. Dr. Chen is a top student from a proper medical university, and palpation is a normal medical procedure."

"Yes, yes, you're right, Dean. It's normal medical procedure."

Li Fang smiled and admitted her mistake, but there was no hint of remorse in that smile. "Dr. Chen, how did it feel after you examined him? Is Xiao Wu recovering well?"

Chen Ping swallowed the food in his mouth, and his complexion returned to normal. "You're recovering well. The hard lump that was the size of an egg has shrunk to the size of a soybean. Take the medicine for another month, and you'll be fine after your period comes."

After finishing his meal, Chen Ping took a nap in his dormitory and returned to the clinic promptly at 1:30 p.m.

I had barely sat down in the consultation room when I heard light, hesitant footsteps in the corridor.

He looked up and saw the young woman who had gotten mastitis yesterday standing at the door. She had come alone, without her child or her mother-in-law.

Clutching a cloth bag, she stood somewhat uneasy by the doorframe. When she saw Chen Ping raise his head, her face flushed.

"Dr. Chen... I'm here to change the dressing."

Her voice was very soft, and she kept her head down, not daring to look at Chen Ping. Her fingers gripped the strap of the cloth bag tightly.

Chen Ping put down his pen, stood up, and glanced down the corridor. Zhou Jie was helping Li Fang organize medicines in the pharmacy, and Sun Xiaoyan was removing an IV needle from an elderly man in the infusion room.

He called out towards the end of the corridor, "Zhou Jie, come here for a moment."

Zhou Jie put down the medicine box she was holding and walked over quickly. Chen Ping lowered his voice and said, "The drainage tube for that mastitis patient needs to be changed. Go in and help her with it."

"Me?" Zhou Jie was taken aback. "Can I do it?"

"It's alright, I'll teach you from the side. It's not difficult at all. It's just disinfection, removing the old drainage strip, flushing the abscess cavity, and changing to a new one. It's very simple."

Zhou Jie nodded and then walked into the consultation room.

The young woman stood with her head down beside the examination bed, then looked at Chen Ping and asked, "Dr. Chen, shall we begin the procedure now?"

"Let's begin." Chen Ping nodded. "Take off your shirt first, and let our nurses do the drainage and dressing changes. I'll just watch from the side."

The young woman glanced at Zhou Jie, said nothing, and took off her top.

Zhou Jie pulled the curtain closed, and then, under Chen Ping's direction, she drained the woman's fluids and changed her dressing.

The younger woman was clearly more at ease, and Zhou Jie was also a woman, so there was no conflict in their interactions.

After giving Zhou Jie his instructions, Chen Ping turned and walked out without watching any further.

Having been in Siping Township for so long, he has come to deeply understand that practicing medicine here is completely different from doing it in a big hospital; rural people still cling to outdated ideas.

If a female patient lets a male doctor examine her private parts, her neighbors will gossip about her, and she won't be able to shake off the unease in her heart for days.

Avoid things that can be avoided, and never make patients feel embarrassed by what nurses can do.

About ten minutes later, the curtain was drawn back.

Zhou Jie came out carrying the used equipment tray, followed by a young woman who buttoned up her coat one button at a time, looking much more relaxed than when she came yesterday.

She walked to the door of the consultation room, nodded slightly to Chen Ping, and said, "Thank you, Dr. Chen."

"Come and change the drainage strip every day for the next seven days. If the drainage strip leaks less, come every other day. Keep taking the medication and don't stop."

"Otherwise, once you arrive, just look for our nurse Zhou. She will help you with drainage and dressing changes. If you experience any other discomfort, then come to me."

Chen Ping gave instructions.

"Okay, I understand."

The woman nodded, turned, and left.

Zhou Jie put the instrument tray into the sterilization tank, turned around and looked at Chen Ping, "Dr. Chen, there aren't many doctors like you who are so considerate of their patients these days. When I was interning at the People's Hospital, the doctors didn't care whether the patients were male or female."

"In that electrocardiogram room, the female patient took off her clothes and lay down on it, while several male interns were chatting and laughing next to her."

"If a female patient makes a request, she will be given the cold shoulder and scolded for being difficult. As a medical professional, I feel that this is a bit excessive."

Hearing Zhou Jie's words, Chen Ping smiled slightly, "Although in the eyes of doctors there is no distinction between men and women, only patients, it is not like that in the eyes of patients, especially rural women like these, who are generally more conservative."

"They may never have held hands with a man other than their husband in their entire lives. If you ask them to take off their clothes and expose themselves in front of a male doctor, they will definitely feel embarrassed and shy. Even if they do it for medical treatment, they will feel very uncomfortable."

"Therefore, even when treating patients, we must fully consider their feelings and respect their wishes. This is what makes a truly good doctor, rather than simply treating the illness while ignoring other aspects."

"Looking back now, when I was giving Xiao Wu a physical examination and her boyfriend chased and beat me, I don't think I was wronged. After all, it was my own fault for not thinking things through properly."

"Dr. Chen, working under you not only teaches me medical skills, but also how to be a better person." Zhou Jie gave Chen Ping a thumbs up, then turned and left the consultation room.