Xu Kai's father became seriously ill in 1974. He went to the hospital to find out that it was cancer and had spread.
The hospital issued a critical illness notice, saying that he would not survive for three months.
Su Mingzhe just returned from Mulan County. After learning about the situation, he went to the hospital to visit.
Xu Kai's father was lying on the hospital bed, his body covered with various wires and tubes.
For Xu Kai's sake, Su Mingzhe took her father's pulse.
His idea at that time was very simple, just to let Xu Kai's father die with dignity at the last moment.
To this end, he took out some old wild ginseng he had collected, refined some Peiyuan Pills and Qi-Nourishing Pills, and used them to condition Xu Kai's father's body.
With these elixirs, Xu Kai's father's condition improved a bit and he was even able to get out of bed and move around.
At that time, the hospital doctor thought that Xu Kai's father's condition had improved.
Afterwards, Su Mingzhe explained that the medicine he prepared could not cure the disease, but could only replenish his vitality.
Xu Kai's father miraculously lived an extra year after taking these elixirs.
Because of this incident, Xu Kai's family regarded Su Mingzhe as a great benefactor.
Xu Kai was about to give up his entanglement with Su Mingzhe, but because of this incident, he decided to have a showdown with his family and pursue Su Mingzhe to the end.
Now, Lin Yuting introduced herself and said she was Xu Kai's aunt.
Only then did Su Mingzhe notice that Lin Yuting and Xu Kai's mother were very similar. They both looked like beauties from the Jiangnan water town.
However, when I thought about my relationship with Xu Kai again, I could only bite the bullet and say hello again:
"Hello, aunt."
Lin Yuting waved her hand gently and said with a smile:
"Xiao Su, don't be nervous. Regarding the matter between you and Xiao Kai, I know that Xiao Kai has been pestering you, and you are a good boy. That's why I found someone to transfer you to me.
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A stiff smile appeared on Su Mingzhe's face, but he kept smiling bitterly in his heart.
It is true that Xu Kai pestered him, but he also delayed Xu Kai's marriage in this life. This is also true.
To be honest, I still have to blame my relationship with Xu Kai for being too shallow.
If I hadn't been so good at the beginning, or if I hadn't talked about the two heroines Zheng Juan and Zhou Rong, and had followed Xu Kai early, things wouldn't have reached this stage.
"Sit down."
Lin Yuting didn't seem to notice Su Mingzhe's worries, and asked Su Mingzhe to sit down again with a smile and started chatting.
During the chat, Lin Yuting took the initiative to introduce some situations in her and Xu Kai's homes.
In 1949, Xu Kai's parents were assigned to what was then Jichun City.
It happened that a plague broke out in Lin Yuting's hometown, and Lin Yuting followed her parents to Jichun City to join Xu Kai's parents.
With the help of Xu Kai's parents, Lin Yuting went to college, worked in the government, and married a very powerful man.
Unfortunately, Lin Yuting's man and Xu Kai's parents belong to two factions.
Therefore, when the Xu Kai family was in trouble, Lin Yuting and his wife could only secretly support the Xu Kai family.
This is also the reason why Su Mingzhe often visited Xu Kai's house for a while, but never met Lin Yuting.
Lin Yuting finished introducing the situation between herself and Xu Kai, and then she smiled and said:
"Xiao Su, you won't blame me for arranging your work randomly, right?"
"No, no, it's an honor for me to be arranged by you, auntie. How could I blame you?"
Even if Su Mingzhe blamed it in his heart, he wouldn't say it out loud.
"Okay, you don't need to be nervous. Our family will not embarrass you about the matter between Xu Kai and you. In fact, my sister and I are both very open-minded. We will not overdo the matter between Xu Kai and you.
Intervention. However, we also hope that you can all live happily."
Lin Yuting's words were a bit confusing.
Su Mingzhe heard the meaning and suddenly smiled bitterly.
This aunt said she would not interfere, but she also said she hoped 'you all can live a happy life'.
Who does this ‘you’ refer to?
After his first day of work at the Agricultural Office, Su Mingzhe went home almost disgraced.
The school is on holiday, and Zheng Juan will not go to school to apply for employment until the end of August, so she will be taking care of her children at home during this period.
When she saw the man coming back from get off work, Zheng Juan greeted him:
"Husband, are you still used to your first day at work?"
"It's okay. I met Aunt Xu Kai. She is still my new leader. With her taking care of me, no one dares to bully me in the office."
Su Mingzhe tried his best to use a calm tone and talked about what happened at work.
In fact, when he was at work, he thought about it for a long time, whether he should tell the truth to Zheng Juan after returning home.
In the end, Su Mingzhe decided to talk about it, so as not to expose it later and make it more difficult to explain clearly.
"Aunt Xu Kai is your new leader?"
When Zheng Juan heard the word "Xu Kai", her expression became a little unnatural.
During the three years of college, although Zheng Juan and Su Mingzhe did not study in the same major, and sometimes they could only meet on weekends during the week, she could still often see Xu Kai coming to school to visit Su Mingzhe.
You must know that among the female educated youths who left White Ya Mountain, Yu Hong and Wang Yafang got married one after another, but Xu Kai was the only one who remained single and came to Su Mingzhe unswervingly.
Zheng Juan was originally willing to believe Su Mingzhe.
But as time changed, and from the changes in Xu Kai's demeanor when interacting with her man, Zheng Juan had realized that her man must have had something going on with Xu Kai.
Fortunately, Zheng Juan is a gentle, kind and generous woman, and she also knows how many years of youth Xu Kai wasted pursuing Su Mingzhe.
Therefore, until she actually saw the two of them together, Zheng Juan pretended to be deaf and dumb and did not expose the matter.
Now, her man was actually working under Aunt Xu Kai, and Zheng Juan started to feel a little nervous.
She could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Otherwise, she is not kind and generous, but stupid.
On the second day.
After Zheng Juan sent her man to work, she sent her son to her parents' house in Taiping Hutong. Then she dressed up and walked towards the city hospital.
The city hospital is located near the lively Central Avenue. Because it is one of the most famous hospitals in the Black Province, there are a lot of patients and family members coming and going.
Zheng Juan came to the outpatient clinic and asked several medical staff who passed by which department Xu Kai worked.
The result is either 'unclear' or 'don't know'.
After walking around, Zheng Juan saw an acquaintance at the nursing station, Guan Ling, who had also worked as an educated youth in Bai Ya Mountain before, and then she found out.
It turns out that Xu Kai does not work in the outpatient building, but in the rehabilitation department.
"Sister Juan, let me take you to the rehabilitation department. The rehabilitation department that Sister Kai is in is a traditional Chinese medicine rehabilitation department. You don't know the way. It will be quite troublesome to find it."
Guan Ling is particularly enthusiastic about Zheng Juan. This is also the friendship between the two of them that lasted for several years when they were in White Ya Mountain.
"Sorry to trouble you, Lingling."
Zheng Juan glanced at Guan Ling's badge and then said sheepishly:
"I heard before that you also work in a hospital. I didn't expect that you and Xu Kai work in the same hospital."
"Sister Kai and I can't compare."
Guan Ling felt a little helpless when she talked about this:
"I had poor test scores and majored in nursing. After I graduated, I was able to get into a city hospital through my family's support. I thought big hospitals would have more opportunities, but I didn't expect that here not only are there more opportunities, but also more talents. A person like me would have no choice but to get in.
Being a nurse. Sister Kai was different. She had good test scores and was assigned to pediatrics in college. Later, she taught herself knowledge about traditional Chinese medicine nursing, rehabilitation and other subjects. Less than two years after arriving at the hospital, she was transferred
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation.”
"So powerful?"
Listening to Guan Ling's praise of Xu Kai, Zheng Juan couldn't help but feel a sense of inferiority in her heart.
She was in school and couldn't even keep up with the teacher's teaching progress. She could only rely on men to help her find study materials and worked hard in private to tutor her, and then she barely graduated from college.
Compared with Xu Kai, I am absolutely worthless.
The two chatted and soon arrived at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Department.
There was only one nurse in Xu Kai's outpatient reception room.
Zheng Juan asked, and the nurse told her that at this time, Xu Kai, as a doctor, was following the department director on ward rounds.
"Sister Juan, just wait here, I'll go back first."
Guan Ling is a warm-hearted person and has a good relationship with Zheng Juan, so after meeting her, she sent her all the way here.
However, as a hospital nurse, she also has her own job and cannot be away from her job for too long.
"Thank you, Lingling."
Zheng Juan watched Guan Ling leave and sat down under the warm invitation of the little nurse.
"Little sister, let me ask you, when will Doctor Xu... be back?"
After hearing this, the little nurse thought that Zheng Juan was in an emergency, so she smiled and said:
"Sister, Dr. Xu will be patrolling the ward with the department director and will not be back for at least half an hour. If you have something urgent, you can go to the inpatient department to find her. At this time, she should be on the second floor."
"I'm not in a hurry. By the way, if I wait here, I won't delay your work, right?"
What's the emergency, Zheng Juan? She just wants to talk to Xu Kai.
"I'm fine. When the doctor is not around, my job is to stay here."
The little nurse was very talkative and not scheming. Seeing that Zheng Juan looked kind-hearted, she even poured her a glass of hot water.
Zheng Juan saw how enthusiastic the young nurse was and wanted to know more about Xu Kai's situation, so she slowly started chatting with her.
Xu Kai went to college in 1970, entered the hospital for internship in 1973, and transferred to the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation in 1975.
By now, in the summer of 1977, Xu Kai had already been promoted to a resident physician and was earning a third-level doctor's salary, which was more than sixty yuan a month.
Most of the doctors who entered the hospital in the same batch as Xu Kai only had the salary of first- and second-level medical doctors.
It's past ten o'clock.
Xu Kai returned to the office and saw Zheng Juan chatting enthusiastically with his assistant nurse. His surprised expression flashed away, and he immediately smiled in the next second:
"Sister Juan, why did you come without telling me in advance so that I could pick you up?"
"Xiao Kai, I have nothing to do. I just wanted to come over and see if you were busy at work and how the environment was..."
Xu Kai was secretly frightened by Zheng Juan's affectionate attitude as a sister, but he could only bite the bullet and continue chatting.
Fortunately, the little nurse was very discerning and quickly picked up the water bottle and used the excuse to get hot water, leaving a private space for the two women.