"Xiao Zhou, has it been arranged for you to go to medical school for further studies?"
It's customary for people who have just passed the job transfer exam to first go to medical school for one to two years of further study.
"Yes, Director, I just went over to complete the formalities, and now I'm here to report to our leader."
Oh, by the way, I'd like to invite you to dinner to express my gratitude. Oh, and Director Ding too.
"Forget about meals, just focus on your work. When you become Director Zhou someday, I'll definitely treat you to a meal."
"Yes, Director, I will definitely do my best!"
Xiao Zhou was not surprised by Li Chu's refusal. She had worked as an outpatient nurse for him for more than half a year and had seen countless people want to invite him to dinner, some even with certain names on their lips, but without exception, they had all been rejected.
"Go on with your work, Xiao Zhou. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can come to me. After all, you came from my clinic."
"Understood, Director. I'll head over now."
Watching Xiao Zhou's retreating figure as she went upstairs, Li Chu suddenly felt that after the girl's identity changed, her personality seemed to have matured and become more composed.
Over the years, Xiao Zhou is the second person he has offered help to; the first one had already left the military years ago.
Xiao Zhou was the only one among her cohort of recruits who were assigned to the General Hospital that year to take the transfer exam and pass it.
Her comrades were extremely envious of her situation, and many said she was lucky to have met Li Chu as an outpatient nurse and received his help.
These people are just sour grapes; they completely ignore other people's hard work.
Many times, Li Chu was called to the hospital at night and found the clinic light on. This young girl thought the dormitory was too noisy and studied alone in the clinic until late.
As the saying goes, hard work pays off. For someone who came from a small, obscure county, this success was nothing short of a leap in social class, something that would benefit her for the rest of her life.
If you play when you should play, study when you should study, and enjoy yourself too early when you should work hard, you'll eventually have to make up for it later. That's life.
Most people in this world will experience all the joys and sorrows of life in their lifetime; it's just a matter of time.
...
Li Qiaoyun was still a little nervous when she arrived at the hospital from home. After completing various tests, her face turned pale.
She lay in the hospital bed, holding her man's hand tightly, refusing to let go for even a moment.
Wang Jun was heartbroken and kept whispering comforting words in her ear.
"The surgery will be scheduled once the test results are available."
Li Chu walked in from the outer room and saw Li Qiaoyun's condition on the hospital bed. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Qiaoyun, relax. If you're nervous, the baby in your belly will sense it and become nervous and scared too. What if she doesn't want to come out? You don't want to carry her like Nezha, do you?"
"Pfft..." A joke really worked.
"Relax, look, your partner is here with you, your in-laws will be coming later, along with your parents, your daughter, and your grandson. Tsk tsk~ My poor little rascal has an aunt who's even younger than him. I wonder if he'll call her that when he grows up. A childhood sweetheart from a different generation, hey, how interesting!"
Li Qiaoyun, lying in her hospital bed, had by then completely relaxed after being amused.
"Aren't Hao Hao and Kai Kai childhood friends who are from different generations?"
“They’re different, they’re not related by blood. But Choubao and this…” Li Chu pointed to Li Qiaoyun’s belly: “They are related by blood. Just imagine, when they’re older, they go out to play together, and if they encounter any danger, Choubao will shield her from behind and say, ‘Auntie, don’t worry, I’ll protect you.’ How about that? Isn’t the scene hilarious?”
Wang Jun also laughed this time.
In earlier years, this kind of thing happened frequently, but since the 1980s, at least in the city, it has almost disappeared.
Seeing that the couple had relaxed, Li Chu also breathed a sigh of relief. Being too tense is really not a good thing for the mother and the fetus.
At this moment, Ding Qiunan finished her work and rushed over to chat with Li Qiaoyun.
Li Chu led Wang Jun into the hallway and didn't continue with any more talk about relaxing. At fifty years old, he was sure Wang Jun would understand what Li Chu meant.
"You told Uncle Wang before you left, right?"
"I called and told him to come over with my mom after the surgery date is confirmed."
"Then you've wasted your breath. I bet Uncle Wang will arrive by tomorrow at the latest, maybe even this afternoon."
Wang Jun smiled and shook his head. The old man was rather impatient. He definitely wouldn't be happy to wait for a notification at home, and the old lady wouldn't agree either.
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"Thank you"
"Thank me my ass. We're brothers, and you're telling me this? If I really want to thank someone, I should thank you for marrying your daughter to my brat."
“That’s the daughter-in-law you raised yourself. Let me tell you, Li Chu, we must raise this daughter ourselves. Don’t try to take her from me.”
"Don't worry, we have a little one to play with now, he won't take yours."
"Tch, you had two back then, but you still took my daughter to your house."
"That's because Yueyue has been my daughter-in-law since she was born. If we don't support her, who will? I don't have any suitable ones here now."
"Hey, you're really realistic. If that's the case, then you can keep raising it for me."
"Are you a donkey? You won't move when you're led, and you'll only back down when you're hit."
Wang Jun smiled and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handing one over: "Here, have one with me."
"Let's go to the stairwell." Li Chu took the cigarette and pointed to the stairwell.
"After my wife is discharged from the hospital, she will go to my parents' place to recuperate after childbirth. They have all the necessary medical care there. You can make arrangements for her niece then."
"Everything has been arranged. She can just come to work. I think that girl also wants to switch positions; she's been learning all along."
"Hmm, I heard from Qiaoyun that she seems to be doing quite well in her studies. When you have time, take a look and help her if you can. We've been very grateful to her for all this time."
"I understand. I'll test her in the next couple of days when I have time. If there's any hope, I'll arrange an easy job for her so she has time to study and try to take the exam at the end of this year."
Nurses can take an exam to directly become doctors, but we don't know when this will be canceled, so it's better to do it sooner rather than later.
As the two were talking, Wenxuan and Wenhui came over together.
Wenxuan was unsure whether he should come to the hospital because his mother-in-law was giving birth. He was struggling with this decision in the examination room until Wenhui came to call him, and that's when he finally came along.
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