"The third child will eat first. After dinner, he will go out with mom in the afternoon. Then mom will find someone for you to talk to!"
Hearing what Zheng's mother said, Zheng Zhendong hurriedly sat down to eat. After finishing the meal, he urged Zheng's mother to go out.
Looking at her anxious son, Zheng's mother didn't even have time to clean up the dishes. While getting dressed, she arranged for Zheng Xinyi to wash the dishes, tidy up, and then took Zheng Zhendong out.
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The mother and son walked and walked for about 40 to 50 minutes before arriving at the Union Medical College Hospital.
Entering the hospital, Mother Zheng asked the nurse if doctors Wang Yanhui and Wang Haoran were in the hospital.
The nurse said: "Wang Yanhui is not here, but Wang Haoran is here. Do you have anything to do with them?"
Mother Zheng first expressed her gratitude to the nurse, then asked about the department where Wang Haoran was located, and finally led Zheng Zhendong there.
When I arrived at the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, I knocked on the door of the big office. When I heard someone shouting "Please come in," Zheng's mother opened the door and led Zheng Zhendong in.
Entering the big office, Mother Zheng looked around first, then walked up to a man in his mid-thirties and asked.
"Are you Xiaoran, Wang Haoran?"
Wang Haoran looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar faces and couldn't help but ask.
"Sister, do you have a problem with me? But I think you look familiar, but I just can't remember where I've seen you before!"
After hearing these words, Zheng's mother couldn't help but burst into tears and said with a hint of crying.
"Xiaoran, I am your cousin Wang Cuifen, don't you remember?"
Hearing that the woman in front of him was his cousin Wang Cuifen, memories from his childhood flashed through Wang Haoran's mind.
Wang Haoran stood up, first called his cousin, and then hugged Wang Cuifen and burst into tears.
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After the two people's emotions stabilized a little, Zheng's mother pulled Zheng Zhendong to her side again and introduced Wang Haoran.
"Xiaoran, this is Zheng Zhendong, my third child."
Then he said to Zheng Zhendong: "Lao San, this is your cousin Wang Haoran. He is a doctor at Union Hospital. Come and meet your cousin!"
Zheng Zhendong hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Hello, cousin, my name is Zheng Zhendong. You can just call me Dongzi. Please take care of me when we meet for the first time!"
When Wang Haoran heard what Zheng Zhendong said, he laughed and started talking.
"Gentlemen, we don't need to be so polite. If you have anything to do in the future, just come to your uncle!"
Zheng Zhendong nodded quickly to show that he understood.
After talking to Zheng Zhendong, Wang Haoran quickly asked the two of them to sit down and started chatting with Zheng's mother again.
Talking about the past, the two of them seemed to have endless things to talk about.
Zheng's mother suddenly said, "About 40 years ago, when I was passing by my hometown with the army, I heard from people in the village that you and my fourth uncle came to work at the Beijing Union Medical College Hospital."
"Isn't this last year? I brought my two children to live in Beijing. Today I heard the third child said that he wanted to study medicine, and I thought of you!"
"By the way, how is Fourth Uncle doing lately? Why isn't his old man in the hospital?"
Wang Haoran hurriedly explained: "The old man is old after all. He doesn't have to work full shift in the hospital. He only takes action when there are really difficult problems. He usually stays at home when nothing happens."
"By the way, Dongzi, since you want to study medicine, I will take you to my home later.
One of them went over to recognize me, and the other is that the old man is bored at home alone, so he happened to come to teach him medical skills."
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The three of them chatted for a while, Wang Haoran said hello to his colleagues, and then took the Zheng mother and son out of the hospital.
After walking a short distance to the north, we arrived at the small courtyard assigned to the Wang family by the hospital.
Wang Haoran pushed open the door and shouted inside.
"Old man, come out quickly! Look who I brought back to you!"
At this time, Mr. Wang Yanhui, who was lying on the recliner with his eyes closed to rest, first opened his eyes and took a look at Wang Haoran.
Then when he was about to close his eyes again, he felt that something was wrong and quickly opened his eyes. He looked at Zheng's mother carefully, and after a while, he spoke.
"You are Xiaofen, aren't you? Your appearance has completely changed over the past 20 years, and you may not even be able to recognize it when walking on the street!"
After saying that, he stood up from the recliner, took Zheng's mother's hand and looked at it carefully.
Zheng's mother hurriedly said: "Fourth uncle, I am your niece Xiaofen. I haven't seen you for so many years. Are you in good health?"
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The two talked for a long time, and finally Zheng's mother introduced Zheng Zhendong to Wang Yanhui and talked about Zheng Zhendong's study of medicine.
Wang Yanhui agreed with a smile, then asked Wang Haoran to go into the room, took out a few books and handed them to Zheng Zhendong.
Knowing that Zheng Zhendong had to go to school, he told him to read it when he had nothing to do, and would come once a month to check on his progress.
Seeing Zheng Zhendong carefully putting away the books, Wang Yanhui arranged for his family to prepare meals and asked Zheng's mother and son to stay for dinner.
The mother and son of the Zheng family hurriedly declined, saying that they still have a little one at home who needs someone to take care of them. When they have time, they will bring her to see you. Mr. Wang gave up now!
After the mother and son said goodbye, they left the Wang Family Courtyard and passed by the Union Hospital again. Zheng Zhendong couldn't help but think about the past and present life of the Union Hospital.
In 1921, John D. Rockefeller Jr. (John D. Rockefeller Jr.), the world’s richest man and son of the oil tycoon Rockefeller, took a cruise ship across the Pacific and spent more than a month arriving in the country he longed for.
The purpose of his trip was to attend the opening ceremony of the Union Medical College funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Rockefeller Jr. was an avid collector of Qing Dynasty porcelain from China. In order to collect all the Chinese vases owned by banker J.P. Morgan (John sr.), he even asked his father for a loan.
Perhaps out of "Z country complex", the Rockefeller Foundation made the largest allocation since its establishment, and it also made the most prestigious hospital in China today - Beijing Union Medical College Hospital.
The history of Beijing Union Medical College Hospital can be traced back to 1862.
At that time, the British Christian missionary Luo Weilin founded the first Western hospital, Jingcheng Shi Hospital, in Dongjiaomin Lane, Beijing.
Luo Weilin established a complete medical system, and Shuangqiang Hospital carried out diagnosis and treatment in internal medicine, surgery, ophthalmology, dermatology and other departments.
From officials to beggars, people from all walks of life were his patients.
The medical record management system he established was carried forward by Union Medical College Hospital 60 years later and became one of the "Three Treasures of Union Medical College".
After Luo Weilin returned to China, the hospital moved to Mishi Street and was named "Double Flagpole Hospital" because there were two 70-foot-high flagpoles at the entrance of the new hospital.
After the Gengzi Revolution in 1900, the Double Flagpole Hospital was burned down, leaving only the two tall flagpoles.
In 1901, Li Xiaochuan, a doctor from China, helped rebuild the hospital.
In 1906, six churches including the London Church of England, the Presbyterian Church of England and the Anglican Church of England jointly founded the Beijing Union Medical College. The English word "union" for union is the origin of the word "Union".
The first donation the Medical Hall received came from Cixi, totaling 10,000 taels of silver, equivalent to 1,400 pounds.
Then another donor gave away 1,600 pounds. He was the eunuch Li Lianying who was a frequent visitor to the hospital.