"How old is your grandmother?" Teacher Wang asked again.
"She is exactly 70 this year. Doctor, can I trouble you to go and check on my grandmother? She seems to be in a lot of pain. Please, I beg you. Our home is not far, just in the neighboring village."
Hearing the boy's words, Teacher Wang was slightly taken aback and glanced outside the yard.
By this time, the sky had completely darkened. The night in the mountains was very dark, and since it was the end of the month, there wasn't even moonlight.
"Child, your grandmother's condition is not serious. We'll start the free clinic tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, you can bring your grandmother here for a check-up. We can see her first. How does that sound?"
"But... but my grandmother looks like she's in real pain. I'm afraid..." The thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, upon hearing Teacher Wang's refusal, began to cry.
"Doctor, I beg you. Our home is really not far, just on the hillside of that mountain ahead."
