Of course, your average broke-ass med student absolutely cannot afford pricey experimental animals, so they just use regular lab mice or house rabbits. The problem is, there's very little funding allocated for student research. How poor is "poor"? Under the premise of meeting experimental requirements, you inevitably have to think about cost. If you can use a rat, you won't use a mouse, simply because a single mouse costs a few yuan more than a rat, enough for cash‑strapped researchers to haggle over. As for rabbits, forget it, they're way more expensive than mice.
Student Wei, who can probably afford a Hermes stethoscope, heard this and thought: This isn't a big problem for me. When the time comes, I'll just have my dad wire some money to the teacher so they can buy more for me.
