Child! I want to meet your daddy

''If I don't attend to the people who have come from the other village, they'll suffer. That's why I'm sending my helper. He'll drop you back in the car to Beijing''. He fixed the programme.

''OK,'' replied Wang Lian.

''Before you leave, come and see me at the dispensary,'' Song Xing Xu said,

putting down the phone.

Wang Lian had tea with Song Xing Xu's parents. By then the car had arrived and he drove to Xing Xu's The morning rush had decreased, and now there were only twenty-five to thirty people left. Xing Xu was examining an old man. Seeing Wang Lian, he smiled.

''I'll see him off, and be with you in a couple of minutes,'' Xing Xu said to his patient and got up. He walked with Wang Lian to the waiting car outside.

''How long will you be in China?'' he asked Wang Lian.

''A week and a half''.

''Then, we'll not be able to meet again, because I'll not be able to make it to Beijing and here till next month. But I'll call you— when is your flight?''