This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 23 Uncle's Intentions!
"Pah! You hypocritical bastard!"

At 12:27 a.m., Lu Chenggang pushed open the door and heard his uncle Lu Nanyong cursing.

"Uncle." Lu Cheng squatted down to change his shoes and greeted him warmly.

Uncles are like fathers. Although there are rumors online that uncles and sisters-in-law have difficult relationships, my uncle, although he scolds me occasionally, is genuinely good to me and treats me like his own son.

“Lu Cheng, that Director Peng in your department, really, he’s just a fame-seeking scoundrel.” Lu Nanyong took off his glasses, his high forehead deeply furrowed.

After changing into slippers, Lu Cheng walked in and stood directly in front of the air conditioner's vent: "Uncle, you went to drink with Director Peng again?"

Mother Tian Hui brought over another plate of peanuts and melon seeds, and the watermelon in the fruit plate was still half full.

After filling the large plate with sunflower seeds, he explained to Lu Cheng, "Your uncle said it would be better for you to stay in the orthopedics department, as it would be more beneficial for your future development. Yesterday, after he got off work, he made an appointment with Director Peng of the orthopedics department at your hospital for dinner."

“Lu Cheng, you should still listen to your uncle. He knows more about hospitals than we do.”

Lu Cheng certainly understood Lu Nanyong's good intentions. After the heat in his body dissipated a bit, he moved closer and said, "Uncle, I wasn't wrong, was I? Drinking with Director Peng won't help."

“The facts are there. He can’t lift up the other deputy directors in the department. Peng Kun is his own son. If you’re going to persuade him to ask Peng Kun to give up his position for me, you’re practically tearing his heart out.”

“I know that orthopedics is better, but staying in orthopedics requires enduring hardship until the next head of the department is appointed. You have to wait until you are over forty years old before you have the opportunity to see patients and perform surgery on them.”

"But in the emergency department, with Professor Chen there, I can actually learn some of the surgeries that are not being performed well in hospitals."

Lu Nanyong peeled two peanuts and popped them into his mouth, smacking his lips as he said, "Lu Cheng, are you planning to treat your uncle like a foreigner?"

"I may not be a surgeon, but you think you can learn surgeries that your hospital can't even perform? You're underestimating me..."

"Why is there a surgery that your hospital can't perform? Is it because you don't want to?"

"It's too difficult to learn, and the entry threshold is too high."

Lu Nanjia wasn't trying to put Lu Cheng down: "I didn't say that I wanted Director Peng to allow you and his son to hedge your professional concerns. I really didn't leave you any loopholes."

Lu Cheng chuckled in a low voice: "Uncle, Director Peng persuaded Dr. Xiang Daihong from the State People's Hospital to come to the countryside today. Dr. Xiang Daihong is a professional hand surgeon."

"He is even more skilled at treating tendon injuries than Professor Chen Song."

Lu Nanyong grabbed the peanut shells in his hand, raised his hand, and glared at them with wide eyes.

"Uncle, calm down...don't hit the child..." Lu Cheng was afraid that Lu Nanyong would mistake him for Peng Haibo, so he quickly advised him.

"What does that mean?" Although the father, Lu Nanjia, could tell that the words were not nice, he couldn't quite understand why they were bad.

"It's nothing, Second Brother. It's just that a doctor from their hospital came to work in the countryside." Lu Nanyong sighed softly.

"It's getting late, and Suqin called to urge us. We'll come over again in a couple of days. Second sister-in-law, you'd better treat us to something nice..." Lu Nanyong immediately put on a shameless smile!
Lu Nanyong had an excellent relationship with the two brothers from the Lu Nan family. When Lu Nanyong went to university, the Lu Nan family sponsored him. They were brothers and family members who were inseparable even if their blood was broken.

The Lu family never treated themselves as outsiders, and always ordered food based on what they thought was delicious.

“Okay!” Tian Hui, who was somewhat shrewd, agreed immediately.

……

After Lu Nanyong left, Lu Nanjia stood opposite Lu Cheng, tilting his head to look at him: "Son, what did you mean by what you said earlier? Why did your uncle suddenly lose control and almost hit you?"

"It's nothing, Dad...it's just something at the hospital."

Lu Cheng patted Lu Nan's broad shoulders and comforted him, saying, "Your son has a government job and eats the food of the state. As long as he doesn't do anything crooked, he'll never starve."

"It's just a job, isn't it better to make money while keeping things easy?" He has a permanent position at Longxian People's Hospital. If Lu Cheng starves to death, at least 60% of the people in Longxian will starve to death first!

"You're always like this, only reporting good news and never bad."

"You make it sound so easy, but you care more than anyone else..." Lu Nanjia lifted his eyelids and sighed, "It's just a pity your father didn't have the chance to study."

"My grades were even better than your uncle's back then, but your grandfather passed away early, and your grandmother's health wasn't good. You weren't even born yet. If only I had known... sigh..."

Lu Nanjia felt somewhat guilty for valuing the phrase "eldest brother is like father" too much in his early years, and now he was annoyed that he couldn't help Lu Cheng much.

“My uncle has been very good to me,” Lu Cheng said.

"That's about all the usual help I can give. I haven't studied traditional Chinese medicine, and my uncle is just an attending physician. What more do you want from him?"

"Dad, you don't think Uncle's situation in the hospital is much better than mine? He's eating and drinking well every day, does he?"

“When I was in residency training and studying, my uncle gave me a lot of pocket money.”

Tian Hui said, "Alright, alright, stop talking. Our son has been working all day. Let him go to sleep and get some rest."

"Don't worry, Mom, let me massage your neck again..." Lu Cheng said.

Lu Cheng can take a full rest with Professor Chen Song tomorrow, the 16th, so he's not in a hurry to sleep.

Tian Hui was tempted after hearing this, but she was worried that Lu Cheng wouldn't get enough rest. With a conflicted expression, she was pushed onto the sofa by Lu Cheng and made to sit or lie down. When Lu Cheng started to massage the origin and insertion points of her muscles, Tian Hui forgot everything...

Lu Nan picked up a slice of watermelon, looked at his wife and children, and felt that his life had been worthwhile.

He has a house, a stable life, a son, and a wife. His son has a government job, is academically motivated, and receives a monthly salary.

He's just an ordinary person; what more can you say about all the things he's hoped for in his life?
The only downside is that Lu Cheng is not married yet, but he actively cooperates with blind dates.

Lu Nanjia then said, "Son, you have a blind date tomorrow. Pay attention to it, but don't be too picky either."

"Hmm... Dad, finding a wife is a lifelong matter, so of course you have to find one carefully."

“Take you for example, you’re lucky to have found such a virtuous mother…” Lu Cheng said.

Tian Hui said dismissively, "Back then... I wouldn't say your mother was highly sought after in the surrounding villages, and quite a few people came to our door to propose marriage."

"Given your father's circumstances at the time, he was really considered to be in the lower-middle class."

Lu Cheng said, "Whose fault is that? Isn't it because you think Dad is honest and handsome?"

Tian Hui glanced at Lu Nanjia and laughed: "He's certainly honest. But where's the handsomeness now?"

"He's just a simpleton... He can't do business, he can only earn money through manual labor..."

"Let me tell you, when he goes to haul goods and move houses, he'll do it for 150 when others ask for 200. With that kind of personality, he'll never make any big money in his life..."

Lu Nanjia said contentedly, "As long as I don't make a wasted trip, I can earn some money. Compared to my coworkers, I still get more phone calls."

"What's wrong with making money honestly and being an upright person?"

Lu Cheng's frustration vanished completely.

Looking at my remaining skill points, I no longer felt any weight in the things that happened in the hospital.

(End of this chapter)