祖传秘方/薛长登（赵金基译）

程思良

祖传秘方
文/薛长登  赵金基译

　　李莉是医院的一名护士，她有一个祖传秘方，专治腮腺炎。害腮腺炎的大多数是孩子，到医院不是挂水就是打针，有时5、6天不见效果。她见着不忍心，就偷偷配一张药膏送给家长。
　　你的这种行为严重损害了医院的利益。院长找她谈话，口气非常严肃，你这是行善，要是医院的职工都像你这么样，医院早关门了。
　　她不知道谁出卖了她。
　　她不再送药膏。
　　小李啊，请你帮个忙，公安局于副局长的公子得了腺炎，不能耽误功课。院长在电话那头好像很着急。
　　她二话没说，立即就送了一张药膏到院长手里。
　　小李啊，教育局王局的孙子得了腮腺炎……她没等院长把话说完就一口应了下来，院长，您放心，小事一桩。
　　小李啊，卫生局张局的孙女得了腮腺炎……院长在电话那头似乎急得不行。
　　院长啊，今天真的不行。李莉说。
　　怎么不行啊？你一定要在今天送一张膏药过来。你知道不知道？医院最近正准备提拨一批干部，你表现一向是不错的嘛……
　　不是那个意思。李莉说，今天只配了3张药膏，有两张被人家拿走了，还剩一张……
　　不管是谁，这张送给我，我要亲自给张局送过去。
　　不能送的，同人家说好的，孩子的奶奶昨天就说过的，我不能不守信用。
　　信用重要还是前途重要？你快点送来！我会在张局面前说你好话的。记住，快给我送来。
　　真的不行啊……
　　到底为什么？
　　其实……这孩子是黄县长的外甥。
　　嗨！你怎么不早说？你等着，我马上亲自过去拿，我要亲自给黄县长送过去。

　　Ointments
　　by Xue Changdeng

　　Lily worked as a nurse in a hospital. She inherited a secret therapy from her ancestors, an exclusive cure for mumps. Mostly, children were vulnerable to mumps, and injections in the hospital didn’t seem to work well. So Lily would help secretly with her own ointments, free of charge.
　　Soon, Lily was reported to the manager of the hospital. She was blamed, harshly. “You are sacrificing the interest of our hospitla! If all our staff should be doing good like you, how could the hospital survive?”
　　Lily didn’t know who had told on her. Anyhow, she couldn’t use her ointments without the manager’s permission.
　　“Lily, son of the deputy director of Security Bureau needs your ointments.”
　　“Sure.”
　　“Lily, grandson of the director of Education Bureau needs your ointments.”
　　“Sure.”
　　“Lily, granddaughter of the director of Health Bureau needs your ointments.”
　　“Not today.”
　　“Why?”
　　“There’s only one dose left.”
　　“That’s OK.”
　　“That’s not OK. That’s for Mayor’s nephew.”
　　“O, I see. Mayor first, then.”

　　(Translated by Zhao Jinji)

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