Although Ding's father didn't dare to say anything more while sitting there, he nodded to himself after hearing his son-in-law's words.
When he was young, he also longed for the outside world and believed that men should travel around and explore. But back then, there was war and chaos, and who dared to go out and run around? If you dared to go out casually, you would definitely be conscripted. If that happened, you probably wouldn't even know where your grave is.
People from that era didn't have it easy to live to see the founding of the People's Republic of China.
"I've traveled all over the area around Beijing in those years."
"You must have suffered a lot to learn your craft, right? It wasn't easy!" Aunt Ding asked with some emotion.
"There's no way around it, I started learning traditional Chinese medicine late, unlike many people who become apprentices and start learning from a young age, memorizing prescriptions and recognizing Chinese medicinal herbs. I only started learning when I went to university. My master felt he didn't have many years left, so he taught me everything in a cramming manner, regardless of whether I could memorize it or not, and then guided me to gain experience in practice."
"This is all thanks to your master; otherwise, you wouldn't be who you are today."
Heh! Li Chu gave a bitter laugh to himself.
It's true that his master taught him a lot, but without the traditional Chinese medicine experience that the system later instilled in him, he would never have been able to surpass his master based solely on the knowledge he received.
After all, Old Yang had been practicing medicine for a century and had seen all kinds of diseases. He could cure many diseases with just a glance based on his experience. But he couldn't do that. Although he had practiced medicine outside for a few years, he was still completely clueless when it came to difficult and complicated diseases.
For example, with cancer, if it were in the past, he simply wouldn't have been able to cure it. Being able to extend the patient's survival time would have been considered a good outcome.
He chatted with his father-in-law and mother-in-law for a while longer, and seeing that it was almost one o'clock and his father was starting to doze off, he finally said goodbye and left.
Too lazy to go back to the hospital, he simply had Tian Jun take him home.
"dad!"
As soon as Li Chu entered the courtyard, Li Wenxuan was talking to his mother-in-law, who was quite pregnant, in the front yard. When he saw Li Chu come in, he immediately stood up and gave a proper salute.
"Greetings, Commander!"
Li Chu looked at Wenxuan, who had already changed into his new military uniform, and patted his arm with a smile.
"Great! You look even stronger than you did in July, and you look more energetic in this outfit."
"Dad, you're still the most handsome!"
It is said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier.
Li Wenxuan almost drooled when he saw the yellow ribbon on his father's military cap and the bright yellow epaulets.
"I'm envious, huh? If you're envious, then work hard! I'm waiting for you to take over."
"Don't worry, Dad, I will definitely try my best."
"Where's Choubao? Does he recognize you?" Li Chu turned his head and looked around, but didn't see his daughter-in-law or grandson.
"I just fell asleep, and I carried Yueyue inside. It's still a bit cold outside. When I first saw her at the hospital this morning, she didn't recognize me, but she got used to me after I held her for a while. She's growing up so fast. In July, she was still stuttering when she called out to people, but now she's all fluent."
“You’ve been gone for half a year, it’s normal that the child doesn’t recognize you, but a father and son are connected at heart, they’ll definitely get to know each other soon. Qiaoyun, you should go back inside too, don’t catch a cold outside.”
"Okay, bro, I just came out for a little while."
"Let's go, Wenxuan. Let's go to the back so your mother-in-law can rest. She needs to rest more now."
"Dad, I just had Mom take a look. To be honest, I thought my medical skills had caught up with yours after traveling around for the past six months, but when I compared her to Mom, I realized I'm still far behind."
"Ha, you think you can catch up with me? You're still too green. Let's see if you can do it in ten years."
As he spoke, Li Chu took off his hat and turned to walk towards the backyard.
"Mom, you should go inside and rest. I'll go back to the back to check on Yueyue."
“Go ahead, Yueyue counts down the days until you come back. Go keep her company. I’ll go in now.” Li Qiaoyun nodded with a smile.
In the backyard, Li Chu had already taken off his coat and hung it on the clothes rack by the entrance. When Li Wenxuan came over, he was already squatting at the door playing with a few dogs.
"Dad, I'm going inside first."
"Go inside, or bring the child to me."
"Uh...no need, no need." Feeling a bit overwhelmed by his father's subtle dig, Wenxuan hurried into the house.
"Tch, what's there to be shy about?" Li Chu curled his lip in disdain.
"Xiao Chu, when did you get back?"
"Sis, I just got back."
Where are the children?
"Yueyue has already been taken back inside. Sit down, sister. What are you standing there for?"
"Come in, come inside. I have something to ask you."
Seeing this, Li Chu stood up and followed Li Qin into the living room.
"What's wrong, sis? Why are you being so secretive?"
"What are you going to do with all that stuff we sorted out last time? I'm really worried about it."
"Sister, didn't you see it last time? That room was full of paintings and calligraphy. The first floor is so damp, not only were all the paintings and calligraphy moldy, but they couldn't even be opened."
Just thinking about those things makes Li Chu want to beat his chest and stamp his feet in despair. They're all ruined!
There were hundreds of paintings and calligraphy pieces, but none of them could be opened.
Back then, if it had been placed in a box, on a table, on a bed, or on anything tall, it might have been better.
But back then, whether it was nervousness or his lack of understanding, Old Zheng piled all those paintings and calligraphy on the floor of a room. The first floor was already damp, and after leaving them directly on the floor for so many years without moving them, you could see from the outside that they were all moldy.
Li Chu tried to open it to take a look, but as soon as he touched it, crumbs fell out, scaring him so much that he dared not move it anymore.
The siblings roughly sorted through the items, which totaled over three hundred pieces of calligraphy and paintings. He didn't know the specifics of their contents, but he figured they were all high-quality pieces. However, nowadays...
well!
“What can we do? We can’t just leave it in that room. Xiao Zhang from the neighborhood office came to me this morning and said that the neighborhood office wants to take that room back. I asked him to help delay it for a few more days. We can’t let it drag on for too long.”
Li Chu frowned and thought for a while before saying, "How about this, sister? Let's just donate it to the museum and see if they can repair it. We've run out of options anyway. What do you think?"
"I have no objection, as long as the house is vacated for them as soon as possible." Li Qin was not interested in those things at all. If it weren't for the high price someone offered for Li Chu's porcelain bowl, she wouldn't have even remembered that house existed.
Now that she sees all that calligraphy and painting, and how it's been turned into such a mess, she has absolutely no interest in it anymore.
"Then it's settled. I'll try to contact the museum tomorrow, and you can take them there to move the things."
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