On the first day of the National Day holiday, I accompanied Deputy Director Zhou Hongwei on an emergency house call. On the phone, the parent was nearly hysterical. “My child swallowed a fish bone! It tore the airway, and there’s blood coming up to their throat!” But halfway there, Director Zhou spotted a wild pond through the ambulance window and eagerly called for us to stop. “Pull over! You hardly ever see a wild pond this good!” I was furious. “Director, the child can’t wait!” But Director Zhou only shot me a cold glance. He leisurely took off his white coat and put on his sunglasses. “Xiao Chen, get the fishing gear from my trunk. This place looks like it’s full of big ones. I might as well chum the water.”
