"It's my mom. She thinks Dr. Song is too young and isn't comfortable with him performing the surgery, so she came over to ask for your opinion, Dad."
Jiang Qin was quick to speak, and immediately revealed the purpose of their visit to the ward.
What objection could I possibly have?
Grandpa Jiang glared, and in his haste, blurted out in his hometown dialect: "When I decided to move into the hospital with Lao Lu and the others, that was enough to show my attitude."
What are you thinking? Now that Lanlan can help me get that thing out of my head, why are you so worried?!
"Dr. Song is too young. I'm afraid. I'm afraid you won't be able to get off the operating table safely."
Grandma Jiang expressed her concerns.
"You're just worrying unnecessarily!"
Grandpa Jiang said, "You've met Lanlan, haven't you? What makes her seem like a child who can spout such nonsense?!"
Doesn't that kid know the consequences of making such boastful remarks? On the contrary, the fact that he said he could perform surgery on us old folks clearly shows he has the skills.
His gaze swept over Jiang Yuanzheng and his two siblings, finally settling on Old Mrs. Jiang: "Old Lu, Old Luo, and Old He's families have no objections."
You all agree that Lanlan should be the surgeon, but you can't make up your minds. How am I supposed to show my face to Lao Chen in the future?
"That person's precious granddaughter was seconded all the way to Beijing by the organization just to perform surgery on us old folks, yet my family doesn't trust that child. Is that any different from me not trusting that young girl?"
"Alright, alright, don't be angry. I already agreed with the boss and the others before I came to the ward. Since you have no objections, we'll give Dr. Song a definite answer in a bit."
Grandma Jiang didn't want to see Grandpa Jiang glaring at her for even a moment longer, so she quickly spoke up to appease him.
Grandpa Jiang gave a haughty "humph" and said, "There are risks in any surgery. When I'm wheeled into the operating room and you need to sign the surgical consent form, don't try anything funny."
"..."
Grandma Jiang and her three siblings, Jiang Yuanzheng and his sister, were all taken aback. After a long while, they slowly nodded.
The patient needs surgery, but without a family member's signature, the surgery cannot be performed. This is common sense, so how could Grandma Jiang and her family not know this?
Knowing that they couldn't refute what Grandpa Jiang said, they couldn't help but feel a little heavy-hearted.
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After nearly a week of treatment with herbal medicine and acupuncture by Song Lan, Grandpa Luo's high blood pressure was brought under control and stabilized. Therefore, Song Lan made arrangements regarding Grandpa Luo's surgery time.
As for the surgical plan, it has already been formulated.
Night had fallen outside the window.
In the ward, after the nurse left for rounds, Grandpa Lu casually asked Grandpa Luo, "You're going to be wheeled into the operating room tomorrow at noon. To be honest, are you nervous?"
"What's there to be nervous about?"
Rolling his eyes at Grandpa Lu, Grandpa Luo said, "I wasn't afraid the first time I went to the battlefield. Now I just need to have surgery. The worst that can happen is that I may never see the sun again. It's not a big deal."
Speaking of which, while Song Lan was treating Grandpa Luo's health, she was also treating Grandpa Lu and the other two.
Based on Song Lan's most recent pulse diagnosis, the surgery dates for both Grandpa Lu and Grandpa He can be determined in five or six days.
As for Grandpa Jiang, the surgery date is estimated to be closer to the new year.
"It's already the twelfth lunar month, and I'm afraid Lanlan won't be able to go back to celebrate the New Year with her husband and children because of us!"
Old Master He suddenly uttered a sentence.
“That’s easy. Just tell Old Chen to bring Lanlan’s husband and two children to Beijing before the New Year. They can spend the New Year in the compound.”
Grandpa Luo offered his advice.
"By the way, does anyone know what Lanlan's husband does? And which family does he belong to?"
Grandpa Lu asked Grandpa Luo, Grandpa He, and Grandpa Jiang.
"I did hear Old Chen mention it a few times. He said that Lanlan's husband's identity is classified as confidential. You can probably guess that the young man's job is not simple without me saying more."
As for Lanlan's husband's family, Old Chen said they were in Beijing. However, due to a family tragedy, Lanlan had to leave Beijing with her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law and settle down in the machinery factory below the steel plant.
You know about the Xiao family's situation, and ever since Lanlan settled down near the machinery factory, she's taken good care of them. Compared to this child, we..."
Grandpa Jiang paused at this point.
The three old men, including Grandpa Lu, knew Grandpa Xiao, but their relationship was ordinary. At this moment, they didn't know what to say to Grandpa Jiang.
The ward was silent for a while before Grandpa Jiang's voice rang out again: "Lanlan's father-in-law is currently the chief engineer of the steel plant's R&D department, and also the deputy director of the steel plant in charge of R&D."
Grandpa Luo: "You don't mean to say that Lanlan's husband's family, right now only has her father-in-law in Beijing?"
Grandpa Jiang nodded.
"It's nothing."
Grandpa Luo said, "Lanlan can't go back to the machinery factory for the New Year, but her husband will bring his younger brother, sister and two children back then, so it won't be too difficult."
Before Grandpa Jiang could speak, Grandpa Luo casually steered the conversation back to the surgery schedule for the four of them, saying:
"Old Lu and Old He will be able to follow me onto the operating table in about a week. I wonder how you two old guys are feeling right now?"
"Didn't you already say that?"
Old Master He replied.
Grandpa Lu nodded: "Just like you said, at worst we won't see the sun again, it's not a big deal."
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