Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 18 After the old friend
Time passed quickly and it was the next day. He stayed up late the night before, and it was his mother who woke him up by knocking on the door in the morning.

Fangyan had previously thought that he would get up in the morning and exercise, but he hasn’t started yet.

After breakfast, I took the bus to the store.

It was just after eight o'clock, and the new employees who had arrived at the store were all cleaning together. Fangyan greeted a few people and joined them.

After a while, Deputy Store Manager Liu Zude also came. After taking a look at the people who were cleaning on the first floor, he went to the warehouse on the second floor.

Fangyan asked other people and found out that Liu Zude would often stay on the second floor even when he was in the store. He would only stay there obediently when a leader came to inspect.

After a while, the three people who were assigned to replace Liu Zude also arrived. They first went upstairs to say hello to Liu Zude, and then after coming down, they gathered together to chat.

There is absolutely no intention to clean together.

When Fang Yan and the others finished cleaning, Lu Donghua came with his little granddaughter. Jia Dapeng, who was still chatting at this time, immediately went to greet them and followed behind like a follower.

After a while, the store manager Wang Aiguo also came and called all the people in the store together. They held a short meeting before work, mainly notifying them about the position adjustment of Fang Yan and Jia Dapeng. Then he talked about some daily precautions and emphasized some things about the preservation of medicinal materials. After the short meeting, they officially started work.

Fang Yan also put on his white coat and came to Lu Donghua.

"Go find a stool for Doctor Fang." Lu Donghua instructed Jia Dapeng who was standing beside him.

Although Jia Dapeng was somewhat resistant in his heart, since this was Lu Donghua's arrangement, he did not dare to say anything and had to do as he was told. He brought a stool to Fang Yan and placed it next to Lu Donghua.

As soon as the store opened, several people came to buy medicine, but no one came to see a doctor, so Fang Yan and Lu Donghua had nothing to do, so they started chatting.

Lu Donghua was somewhat curious about who in Fangyan's family was learning medicine from. Fangyan still made the same excuse, saying that his mother was a doctor at Union Medical College Hospital, so he learned some from her when he was interested in it when he was a child. Then, when he went to the countryside for a few years, he met a local old Chinese doctor in Jiangyou, Sichuan, and studied with him for a few more years.

When Lu Donghua heard Fang Yan say this, he immediately asked Fang Yan's mother's name. Fang Yan told him his mother's name He Huiru. Unexpectedly, Lu Donghua actually knew her. To be precise, he didn't know Fang Yan's mother but Fang Yan's deceased grandfather He Xiu.

"Your grandfather and I are old acquaintances. When the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine was founded in 55, he was the leader of our group. Now more than years have passed. I was wondering if you looked familiar. It turns out that you are the descendant of an old acquaintance." Lu Donghua patted Fangyan's shoulder with emotion.

Fangyan really didn't expect this to happen. He had no impression of that grandfather in his memory. He only remembered that he died in the 1950s.

Lu Donghua thought of the past and started talking. He said to Fang Yan:

"When the Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and the College of Chinese Medicine were established, 90% of the people who came to Beijing from other places were second-rate experts. The talented families in the south would not let them go. In addition, some of them had treated patients from other places before, or their family backgrounds were problematic. Many top experts did not come to Beijing. In the end, it was doctors like us from the north who took the lead."

"Your grandpa was just too tired at that time, and his health wasn't very good to begin with, so he passed away too early. Otherwise, how could you have come to see me now? If you had let him teach you, how could you have already started seeing patients on your own?"

Fang Yan had never heard of the name He Xiu in his previous life. He asked curiously:

"My grandfather is a great doctor?"

"Of course it's amazing." Lu Donghua nodded. Then he thought of Fangyan's age. According to the time, he should not have spent much time with his grandfather, so he said with some regret:

"Back then, his forte was pediatrics. Few people could compare with him in this area."

I finally understood the dialect after hearing this. Pediatrics is also known as the mute subject because children cannot speak. Many symptoms can only be understood through observation and guesswork, so you can imagine how difficult it is.

And even if you know what disease a child has, you still have to know how to treat it, which requires you to have a deep understanding of all subjects.

Therefore, being able to master this skill in pediatrics is truly worthy of admiration.

It seems that I had never heard of the name "He Xiu" in my previous life. The reason was that he lived too short and passed away before he could make a name for himself.

It is a pity to say this.

If I could be taught by him personally, my achievements would definitely be different.

"What a pity..." Fang Yan sighed sincerely.

Jia Dapeng, who was eavesdropping on the side, secretly took note of what happened. It turned out that this Fangyan was actually an old acquaintance of Mr. Lu. It seemed that it would be better not to offend him in the future.

In addition, I have to remind my immediate superior Liu Zude to be careful and never offend Fangyan again, otherwise people will hold a grudge and will also hold a grudge against me, which would be a loss.

If Fangyan had this background, he would definitely be able to thrive in Tongrentang in the future. After all, Tongrentang is a place that relies on medical skills to make a living. Liu Zude's approach might work on people without skills, but if he were to target other doctors, it would be tantamount to ruining Tongrentang's business.

After figuring out the key points, Jia Dapeng immediately changed his expression towards Fang Yan.

However, Fang Yan didn't pay attention to this and started talking to Mr. Lu about the injury on his hand.

Lu Donghua showed Fang Yan the palms and backs of his hands. There were several bruises on his fingers, as if he had been hit by some heavy object:
"This was injured by a young junior, but fortunately, the injury is not serious. It just affects the delicate work of pulse diagnosis and acupuncture."

When Fang Yan observed him carefully, he found that it was completely different from what he had imagined. It was not covered with calluses, but instead looked quite smooth. He looked carefully at the few bruises on it, and the ability of diagnosis by observation was triggered in his mind. A somewhat blurry scene of a fight flashed before his eyes.

Fangyan asked:

"Is this the injury caused by the Mantis Fist?"

Lu Donghua had talked to the store manager Wang Aiguo before. He was not surprised to hear Fang Yan's question. He just nodded and said with some emotion:
"Well, it's inevitable for martial artists to have bumps and bruises. In my early years, I practiced martial arts first and then studied medicine. I originally wanted to be a martial arts master. I studied medicine just to save myself and understand the structure of the human body. I didn't expect that I would have to rely on Chinese medicine to make a living in the end."

"Now that I'm old, my enemies from my youth have come to visit me. If times hadn't changed, I would have lost my life."

(End of this chapter)