On October 18, 1983, the 13th day of the ninth lunar month, Xu Shiyan took his wife and sister and boarded the train to Hunjiang.
When passing by Xianrenqiao Station, Su Weizhong also got on the train and found Xu Shiyan and his party.
The four of them gathered together and occupied two long seats opposite each other. They talked and laughed along the way and arrived at Hunjiang River in the afternoon.
Xu Shiyan specially brought two flower baskets made of wicker, each containing a pot of clivia, and took them with his luggage, but no one paid attention to them anyway.
When we arrived at Hunjiang Station, we first bought a ticket for the evening train to the provincial capital, and then found a place to store our luggage.
Xu Shiyan took his father-in-law, daughter-in-law, and sister to a restaurant for dinner.
Even though it has only been a year, the city has changed a lot, and many restaurants opened by individuals have appeared near the station.
Xu Shiyan picked a restaurant that looked good, led people in, and ordered four dishes.
It’s not easy to drink when I’m out, so I just ordered rice.
Personal attitudes towards restaurants are naturally different. The apprentice helpers in the restaurant served the food with a smile and a pot of hot water.
The four of them didn't eat anything along the way, and they were all hungry. The four dishes were quite large, and they were all exhausted in the end.
In the final reckoning, it was a bit more expensive than a state-owned hotel, but still acceptable.
“The food just now was just average and the price was not low.
But I see that his business is good, how many people are coming in and out?"
After eating and drinking, we left the restaurant and walked back. Su Weizhong chatted with Xu Shiyan.
"Well, it's very close to the train station. Hunjiang is a big station. There are a lot of people coming and going, so there must be a lot of people eating."
Xu Shiyan smiled, the restaurants near the station were just that, they were just passers-by, how many repeat customers could there be?
The amount of food is enough and the taste is decent, so that's fine. Don't ask for too much.
"I'm just too busy right now, otherwise, I really plan to open a restaurant at Songjianghe Station.
You see, I raise a lot of sheep in my breeding farm.
The milk produced by the ewes is retained to make milk tofu and fed to the sables. The rams are of no use and they open a mutton restaurant.
They don't sell anything else, just mutton soup, mutton dumplings and the like, and they don't care about their craftsmanship.
I'm out in the cold in the middle of the winter, and it's freezing. How comfortable would it be to have a bowl of hot mutton soup?" Xu Shiyan said with a smile as he walked.
If Xu Shiyan hadn't been recruited to the first store, he would have planned to open a small shop like this with Su Anying at Songjianghe Railway Station. It didn't require very good craftsmanship, as long as they were close to each other.
At this time, it is quite good to have a meal of meat. The whole mutton restaurant is definitely doing good business.
Su Weizhong laughed when he heard this, "You are really full of ideas.
Not so good? There are a lot of people coming and going from Songjianghe Railway Station. It would be nice to open a small restaurant.
But don't think about it, you two. You can't lose your job. The stall at Yingzi is quite big.
You two, just calm down and stop worrying."
No matter how much money a small restaurant makes, it can't make as much money as a farm. The stall is too big to take care of, so it's useless.
"Well, isn't that it? We are both too busy right now and don't have time to worry about that."
Xu Shiyan also laughed. He was just thinking randomly every day. His family was already busy enough and there was no one to help him.
As he spoke, he had already returned to the station.
The train departs at six o'clock, and there are still two hours left. It's not easy to go anywhere else, so we can just sit and wait at the station.
The security situation is relatively severe this year, and there are a lot of gangsters coming in, so the train station is much quieter than before, and it is not as chaotic as before.
Although there was a little noise occasionally, it was not a big problem. There were four people in Xu Shiyan's party, and others did not dare to provoke them easily.
The train departed from Hunjiang at six o'clock. Xu Shiyan used his business trip and the letter of introduction for Xu Shiqin's medical treatment to find a way to buy four sleeper tickets.
The four of them got on the bus and rested until they reached the final destination in Changchun at 7 a.m. the next day.
Donggang is close to Changbai Mountain and belongs to a high-altitude mountainous area. The provincial capital is a plain area with low altitude and high temperature.
So no matter it was morning when I got off the bus, I still felt it was warmer than at home.
The group of people left the train station and took a bus to get off near the Medical University.
I still found a hotel to arrange accommodation first, then went straight to the Orthopedics Department of the Medical University Hospital and found Chi Hao, the director of the Department of Orthopedics.
"I thought you had to come in November, but I didn't expect it to be earlier." Chi Hao smiled as soon as he saw Xu Shiyan brother and sister.
Ever since Xu Shiyan met Chi Hao in the provincial capital, every time he sent something to Mr. Chu, he would also send a copy to Chi Hao.
After all, they are all students of Mr. Chu. Although Xu Shiyan is not from a major and is not engaged in the medical industry, there is still a sense of friendship between them.
"Well, I came to your hospital on a business trip, and I brought my sister with me on the way.
Director Chi, I will leave my sister to you. You will see when to schedule her surgery.
I still have something to do, I have to go to your medical university and find the director of the teaching and research office to help with testing."
Xu Shiyan's most important task when he came to the provincial capital was to test Changbai Mountain red ginseng to see if the ingredients of Changbai Mountain red ginseng were superior to Korean ginseng and ordinary red ginseng.
"Oh, yes, yes, you are now the technical consultant of Fusong Yichen Field, right?
When I met my teacher a while ago, he told me about you and praised me so much.
It's said that you just didn't catch up with the good times, otherwise, your achievements should not be lower than those of the teacher's other students."
When Chi Hao heard this, he suddenly remembered that Mr. Chu once said that Xu Shiyan now has a job, and he is also a seventh-level technician.
"Mr. Chu, you are just complimenting me. How can I have that ability? It's just a little trick."
Xu Shiyan smiled and did not take Chi Hao's compliment seriously.
Now that Xu Shiqin is here, he must arrange hospitalization as soon as possible and prepare for surgery.
Before the operation, many examinations had to be done, so Chi Hao immediately issued an order and asked someone to take Xu Shiqin to go through the hospitalization procedures.
"Daughter-in-law, I will send the things to the teaching and research office of the Medical University first, and you will take care of this first.
When I come back, I will find someone to arrange for my father to have a physical examination as well."
Xu Shiyan asked Su Weizhong to come to the provincial capital for this main purpose. He had never mentioned it to his wife before, but now he must.
"Oh, okay, just go and do your work, I'm here."
Su Anying was not surprised either. She knew her man very well. Xu Shiyan had a purpose in everything he did and would not make random ideas.
I have people in my family, but I have to let Su Weizhong come to the provincial capital. This must be for some other reason.
Su Weizhong served as a soldier in his early years and suffered from many ailments. It would be a good idea to check his body so that if anything goes wrong, he can be treated as soon as possible.
Xu Shiyan is quite relieved about his daughter-in-law. After more than half a year of training, his little daughter-in-law has grown up very quickly, and this little thing can't stop her.
In this way, Xu Shiyan threw the three people to the hospital and returned to the hotel.
He packed the Changbai Mountain red ginseng, ordinary red ginseng, and the Zhengguanzhuang Korean ginseng that Lin Qiyue had picked up from somewhere, and headed straight to Bethune Medical University.