Nan Hongxing (L) and his son Nan Yangyang are pictured on their way to a patient's home at Nancaozhuang Village in Suning County, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

SUNING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- After retiring as a medic from the army, Nan Hongxing returned to his hometown of Nancaozhuang Village in north China's Hebei Province and became a doctor. By now, the 64-year-old veteran has been serving local villagers as a village doctor for almost 40 years.

In 2013, his son Nan Yangyang, after graduating from Hengshui Health School, made the same choice as his father and returned to Nancaozhuang Village too. Since then, the father and son have been working together to offer health services to over 3,300 residents in Nancaozhuang.

Nan Yangyang (1st L) performs an IV (intravenous) treatment to a patient at the village clinic in Nancaozhuang Village, Suning County, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

Editor: Zheng Bai