After dinner, as the dean, Gu Wei went back to the hospital to visit the medical workers who were on duty on New Year's Eve.
Originally, Chen Xia had nothing to do, but he was worried about letting his father-in-law go there alone on a bicycle, so he drove a small jeep with him.
Anyway, no one checks for drunk driving these days, so feel free to drive. (Readers, please don't learn this)
Working in a hospital is really hard. Even though there is family leave at this time, hospital employees can forget about it. It’s okay if you want to take two or three days off, but what are you thinking about if you want to take two or three weeks off?
There are simply too few doctors and nurses. There are so few that the departments simply can't fill up with extra staff. You want to take a long vacation? Unless you're seriously ill and bedridden, you have to get up and have fun even for a minor illness.
While other units have holidays on New Year's Eve, the hospital has to strengthen the arrangements for on-duty personnel because every New Year there are a lot of patients who are drunk, overeat, injured by firecrackers, or fall while visiting relatives.
There are only one or two doctors in your emergency department and they are simply too busy to handle everything. Chen Xia also has to take on clinical tasks in the emergency department as well.
As the head of the General Affairs Department, he specifically instructed that all main dishes be served in the cafeteria on New Year's Eve, and that no meal tickets were required. The staff on duty could eat as much as they wanted, but they were not allowed to take away the food.
Although it was 1983 and everyone had enough to eat, meat and fish could not be eaten every day. I guess many employees wanted to save some to bring back home for their children.
Lao Gu was not polite and gave each staff member on duty that day a red envelope of 5 yuan, which made the staff on duty feel particularly warm.
Doctors cannot be allowed to shine solely on love. A good director is one who is willing to pay and provide benefits.
At this time in Xiyuan
Gu Lin and Chen Dong went to the yard to set off firecrackers, but unfortunately Yuezhou couldn't buy any beautiful fireworks, so it wasn't lively enough.
The color TV in the living room had already started broadcasting the first Spring Festival Gala in the history of CCTV. Gu's mother and Chen Chun and Chen Qiu sat together, chatting and watching TV.
This year's Spring Festival Gala was very interesting. Aunt Li Guyi sang 9 songs by herself, and it almost turned into a personal concert.
Jiang Kun also performed five programs, including crosstalk and singing.
Of course, the highlight of this Spring Festival Gala is Aunt Liu Xiaoqing in a red shirt. Her appearance is at its peak at this time. This is not the time when she was in her 60s and still had a plastic surgery face.
It was not until the fifth day of the first lunar month that Chen Xia drove his own 212 jeep and appeared at Jianqiao Airport in the provincial capital again. Today was the first time that Xiangjiang's great-grandfather returned to his hometown to visit his relatives after liberation.
The Yuezhou region, from Secretary Li and Commissioner Han to the Yuezhou Pharmaceutical Company and Xipu Commune in Kezhen District, attached great importance to the return of Mr. Chen Defa, Chairman of the "Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical Company".
The reception was completely in accordance with the standards for "international friends". Not only were the only two Volga cars in the region sent, but the director of the Foreign Affairs Office was also asked to go to the airport in person to greet them.
At noon, the plane landed half an hour late.
When Chen Defa got off the plane, he and his wife were in tears.
This was the first time the wanderers returned to their hometown after 35 years away. However, when they returned, they were no longer young men, but old men and women.
In addition to his wife, Chen Defa was accompanied by two daughters, a son-in-law and two granddaughters. It can be said that the whole family came out.
When the family came out of the exit, they were immediately warmly welcomed by the director of the Yuezhou Foreign Affairs Office. Young Pioneers also presented them with flowers, and reporters from the Yuezhou Daily started taking pictures.
This made Chen Defa, who was used to living an ordinary life in Hong Kong, very uncomfortable.
But Chen Xia had already mentioned the current political environment in the country and the rules of officialdom in the letter, so he pretended to be very happy and greeted warmly.
It was not until he saw his eldest grandson Chen Xia that he was truly happy. The old and the young held hands tightly and did not separate until they got on the car.
Chen Xia personally served as the driver. It still took another three hours to drive from Jianqiao Airport to Yuezhou City. Everyone could chat on the way. In addition to the great-grandfather and the great-aunt, there was also the little aunt Chen Shuqin in the car.
"Grandpa, what do you think? Look at how welcome you are from the mainland government. Are you still afraid of being labeled persona non grata? Haha."
Before coming to the mainland, Chen Defa actually had a deep concern. After all, his identity back then was not simple. Although his hands had never been stained with the blood of his compatriots, he only carried out assassination intelligence work against the Japanese, but after all, they were from different political parties.
So even though his identity was not exposed, due to the panic among the people at that time, he and some of his comrades had to flee the mainland with their families. They originally thought it was a temporary refuge, but in the end they could never come back.
"Yes, I never thought that I, along with your eldest mother and two aunts, fled the mainland like a lost dog. I thought I would never be able to return in this lifetime, but in the end, I was able to return to my hometown in my old age."
Chen Xia smiled as he drove, "I'm glad you're back. I believe my great-grandparents will be very happy when they find out."
Chen Defa looked out the window at the unfamiliar environment, nodded, and muttered to himself, "My parents will definitely not blame me. I had no choice back then..."
Because of the official involvement, Chen Defa's visit home this time had a more official flavor.
The convoy passed through Ke Town without stopping and went directly to Yuezhou City. The district held a grand welcome ceremony at Longshan Hotel. Secretary Li and Commissioner Han were waiting at the door early.
This extraordinary treatment not only brought a large amount of foreign exchange income to the Yuezhou area by the Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical Company, but also marked the beginning of the central government's emphasis on the united front work among overseas Chinese and compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao.
Especially Hong Kong businessmen, the first batch of investors attracted by the construction of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone were Hong Kong capital.
Although Yuezhou was not fully open to foreign investment in 1983, they could export and earn foreign exchange and make money from foreigners.
The country's foreign exchange reserves are now pitifully small. Whoever can obtain foreign exchange will definitely have a great political achievement and it is very important for officials.
In this way, the role of "Pumpkin Vine Xiangjiang Company" is reflected, and it is also the thigh that Yuezhou area must hold tightly.
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