Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 534: Gossip about the wealthy families in Southeast Asia, Xiao Li goes abroad and Fang Chen becomes popular again

"This couple Hu Daohu and Huang Huijie should have a good relationship with your family, right?"

At 11 o'clock in the morning, after Fang Yan finished treating the illness of Hu Daohu and Huang Huijie, he said goodbye to Director Liao of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the Central People's Government, and then returned to Zhou Zhaoqin's ward to chat with her.

Hearing the question about dialect, Zhou Zhaoqin thought for a moment and responded:
"It depends on how you understand it. Overseas Chinese businessmen need to stick together, otherwise they will be taken advantage of by others. It's better to say that they need each other than to say that they have a good relationship."

"It's like... it's like you need other medical staff to help you, and they need you as the attending physician to take charge of the overall situation."

Fang Yan nodded when he heard this and said:
“Community of interests.”

Hearing the words in dialect, Zhou Zhaoqin gave a thumbs up:
"Hey! Your word is very accurate."

Fang Yan looked around. At this moment, he and Zhou Zhaoqin were the only two people in the ward, so he hesitated for a moment and asked:

"If they can't have a child, who will benefit?"

Zhou Zhaoqin was startled, the fire of gossip in his eyes was burning, and he said excitedly:
"Did someone do that to them on purpose?"

"Did you find any evidence?"

She was about to get up from the bed where she was lying.

Fangyan pretended not to care and said:

"Don't be so excited. We are just chatting casually. After I examined their bodies today, I felt something was very strange. Their infertility is not that strange. Why can't they be cured despite so many Chinese and Western medicine treatments abroad?"

Hearing Fang Yan say this, the gossip fire in Zhou Zhaoqin's eyes was immediately extinguished. Then she lay down again and spoke to Fang Yan.

"Maybe you really overestimated the technology abroad. I feel like those people are not even a finger as good as you."

Fang Yan bowed to Zhou Zhaoqin:
"Oh, thank you for recognizing me."

Now Miss Zhou has actually learned how to flatter.

When she first came back, she couldn't speak very fluently, with a foreign accent, but now her accent has become that of Beijing.

Hearing the words in dialect, Zhou Zhaoqin said with a smile:

"Hahaha, I'm just telling the truth. I've seen so many doctors, but you're the only one who cured me. So in my eyes, you're the best in the world."

Fangyan brought the topic back to the previous question:
"But then again, let's assume that if the couple can't have a child, who would benefit the most?"

Zhou Zhaoqin thought about it, and then analyzed:
"If we follow your assumption... if the couple can't have children, then the ones who will benefit the most should be their other brothers and sisters."

"Hu Daohu's father married several wives when he was young, so he has many brothers and sisters."

"The old man is very old now. Perhaps he will be reborn in the Western Paradise soon. After that, his brothers and sisters, as well as every descendant, will receive corresponding money."

"Because Hu Daohu is a legitimate son, if a third-generation child is born, he will get a certain proportion of the shares, and this money will dilute the shares of other third-generation people. If the couple is infertile and has no children before the old man passes away, then the shares will not be divided."

"So if the couple is infertile and doesn't have children, it will be good for the brothers and sisters in the family."

After she finished speaking, she paused for a moment and immediately added:

"Besides, Hu Daohu is different from his other brothers and sisters. He married a girl from the Huang family who is equally well-matched. So it is impossible for him to just replace her with another one because she cannot give birth."

"If Huang Huijie had any other identity, she would have been replaced by him long ago, not to mention not being able to have a child for 12 years, even if she hadn't had a child for a year."

"Anyway, the situation abroad is very complicated. The bigger the family, the more intrigue there is."

"My parents are the only ones in my family who gave birth to me. The other uncles and aunts' families all had many children."

Fang Yan nodded when he heard this.

If infertility is man-made, then the situation of this couple would make logical sense.

But at this time Zhou Zhaoqin, who was lying on the bed, said:

"But I still think it's unlikely, because think about it, this couple is not stupid, if someone really did it, how could they not know?"

Fangyan thought to himself that that wasn’t necessarily the case, maybe someone close to him was involved.

There are many cases where the person you trust the most stabs you in the back.

Fang Yan stood up and said to her with a smile:

"Thank you for your analysis. Of course, we are just making an assumption."

Zhou Zhaoqin understood what he meant and said to Fang Yan:

"That's right! Just a quick chat, don't tell anyone."

Fangyan smiled, looked at the time and saw that it was almost noon, so he said goodbye to Zhou Zhaoqin.

Today is New Year's Day. I went to work in the morning and rested in the afternoon.

Xiao Li is coming over for lunch.

He will be going abroad for a martial arts competition on January 1rd, so he came here this time to have a meal with his junior uncle.

Also coming here at noon are Dr. Gu and Dr. Zhang for follow-up visits.

Fangyan asked them to come with Mr. Xie and have a follow-up visit at the same time.

Ever since Fangyan treated them last time, the two old men called to report that the condition was very good and they were full of praise for Fangyan's medical skills. In addition, the meals cooked by Fangyan really had the taste of his hometown. Even if other people had learned how to cook them specifically, they could only learn to be 60% or 70% similar at most.

I don't know why Fangyan's work was so vivid and vivid, which reminded them of their hometown and childhood. So when Fangyan returned home, the main hall was already bustling with activity.

Today, the three old men were much more particular than last time. They brought a lot of gifts from their own homes.

These are special supplies that only veteran cadres like them can get in the army.

Some new things that are totally unseen on the market.

Among them, Mr. Xie knew that Fangyan was collecting tiger bones, and he used his connections to get two tiger forelimbs, which contained not only bones but also fur.

The smell was a bit pungent, and the three dogs in the house felt like they were seeing a formidable enemy when they smelled it.

The cat, which was dozing off in the main hall, immediately became furious when it smelled the odor.

After Huniu saw Fangyan enter the room, she kept following him. It was unclear whether she was afraid or wanted to protect Fangyan.

Anyway, he never left Fangyan's side, and was cautiously on guard against his surroundings.

As for the other two dogs, they were so scared that they dared not stay in the main hall, but they still barked at the door, as if to remind Fangyan that there was danger.

When they saw the little animals at home, they were all very weird. Others smelled it and felt that the smell was a bit pungent, but they were not scared.

All I can say is that the instinctive reactions of these cats and dogs are still very strong.

Even though most of them have no contact with wild tigers, they still retain the memory of fear in their primitive genes.

A few old men came over today and happened to meet Xiao Li who was also here. Some of them actually knew him.

Before Fangyan came back, Xiao Li managed to make the old guys happy.

I told them about the origin of the dialect.

When the three old men learned that Fang Yan’s Xingyiquan skills were superior to Xiao Li’s, a member of the professional martial arts team, they found it hard to believe.

Listening to the Dialect War by Shan Haoran, I simply cannot combine the dialect in the story with the dialect used in cooking today.

However, they had no plans to let the dialect perform.

They still believed what Xiao Li said, but they just found it a little unbelievable.

Fangyan prepared lunch. This was not only the first dinner together in 1978, but also a farewell banquet for Xiao Li before he went abroad.

This time, it will take them about a month and a half to come back after they go out, which means they can only return during the first month of the lunar year after the Chinese New Year.

This is also a very normal situation. They are accompanied by dance troupes and acrobatic troupes when traveling abroad.

These are all to spread Chinese culture during the Chinese Lunar New Year.

They have also made their own contributions to the country.

Because there are strict controls on going abroad, Fangyan couldn't give Xiao Li any money to let him buy things abroad.

I could only prepare a few dishes specially for him, and wish him great success in defeating the foreigners in this overseas competition.

After dinner, Xiao Li said he wanted to return to their martial arts team in Shichahai.

There are still many things to deal with before going abroad, so time is quite tight.

Fang Yan didn't keep him, but before leaving he gave him a massage and bone-setting treatment, adjusting all his bones, muscles and tendons to the best condition.

Although the old lady only gave him one book on Luo's bone-setting, after Fangyan mastered other similar massage techniques in the testing room, he learned by analogy and figured out some more methods on his own. So even if he didn't go to the 252 Hospital, his skills were improving.

After experiencing it, Xiao Li gained a new understanding of his junior master's bone-breaking hand.

Now he felt that Fangyan could dislocate a person's muscles with just two fingers.

But he didn't have time to ask for advice now, so he buried this thought in his heart, then said goodbye and left his junior master's courtyard.

After seeing Xiao Li off, Fang Yan returned home and re-diagnosed Lao Gu and Lao Zhang.

The recovery after the last treatment was pretty good, but the root cause of the disease has not been eliminated.

I think Mr. Zhang’s headache will be cured after this time.

Lao Gu’s cold legs are more troublesome.

Fangyan conservatively estimated that he had to come back for follow-up visits twice more.

Not long after completing the treatment here.

Chen Kaige and Sun Jialin also came.

Today is New Year's Day and the couple's company is closed for holiday, but they had a lunch gathering at Sun Jialin's house at noon, so they came to Fangyan's place in the afternoon.

When the couple came this time, they brought good news.

The re-publication of my younger brother's "Birch Forest" has already become popular.

According to their information, the People's Literature magazine was once again sold out in many places.

Just as Fangyan had predicted, in 1978, writer Haichao and his "Birch Forest" returned with great popularity after the college entrance examination.

(End of this chapter)