"What else can I do?" Ding Qiunan picked up the small bowl, took a sip of the soup, and continued, "If you keep walking around like this, people will think you're here to inspect something."
"Heh," Li Chu chuckled speechlessly, "Instead of thinking about how to improve your professional skills, you're only thinking about how to deal with your superiors."
When the topic of improving professional skills came up, Ding Qiunan, who was about to pick up some food, paused and her face immediately fell.
"Oh no, it's my turn to be a judge this year, but I have absolutely no confidence in my abilities, what should I do?"
"Huh?" Li Chu was taken aback by his wife's complaint.
"Are you old enough this year?"
"That's enough. The last review was in 1976, and this year marks the fifth year."
"Are you going to participate in the Level 6 assessment? The one from the ministry?"
"Yes, that's why I have a bit of a headache."
"It's okay, I'm here. I'll make sure you get through this."
"What did you promise?" A voice drifted over from the side.
The couple turned around and saw that it was Vice President Chang, who was in charge of surgery.
"Vice Dean Chang, why are you only coming to eat now?"
"I went to observe a surgery, it just ended." He said, nodded to Ding Qiunan, and sat down at the table next to them.
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"Old Li, I just heard you say something about a guarantee. You weren't talking about the year-end review, were you?"
"That's right, my wife is also participating in the judging this year, and I'm a little worried."
Hearing this, Ding Qiunan smiled a little embarrassedly.
Vice President Chang smiled and said, "It seems that quite a few people from our hospital are participating in the ministry's review for the first time this year."
"Vice President Li, if you have time sometime, I can gather all these people together and you can give them a lecture on some things to pay attention to when participating in the review. A doctor from our surgery department asked me about that recently."
"Old Chang, you're just asking for trouble!"
"Instead of having them ask us, the ones being reviewed, wouldn't it be better for them to directly consult you, the person in charge of the review? The capable should do more work, right?"
When it comes to understanding the judges, all of us combined can't compare to you; after all, you were the one who judged me.
Li Chu hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Alright, I'll leave the gathering to you. Don't do it during working hours. After all, those who can participate in the review are basically the backbone of each department. It's not good to delay the work. I'll look into it later. Let's do it after get off work this afternoon. An hour should be enough."
"No problem, leave the gathering to me. Just let me know when you've arranged your schedule."
"Okay, let's eat quickly, Lao Chang, it'll get cold soon."
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"It feels really strange to hear people call you Old Li." After finishing her meal, on her way back, Ding Qiunan thought about how Vice Dean Chang had addressed her as a man.
"What can we do? He can't exactly call me Little Li, can he?"
She turned her head to look at her husband. With his face, being called Old Li was still a bit hard for her to accept.
"You've become so old."
Li Chu raised his hand and touched his face. He sighed helplessly, "Sigh, I'm already forty-six. Why do people keep calling me old? I'm not young to begin with."
“Who said you’re old?” Ding Qiunan turned to look around and said in a low voice, “When you were causing trouble for people, why didn’t you say you were too old and couldn’t cause trouble anymore?”
Holy crap, Li Chu was truly stunned by his wife's words this time.
Seeing her man's jaw drop in shock, Ding Qiunan smiled, ignored him, and walked quickly toward the outpatient hall by herself.
Li Chu was left standing alone in the wind, bewildered.
"Is my wife possessed by some evil spirit?" That's what he's thinking right now.
"Old Li, what are you thinking about standing here?"
Vice Dean Chang, who had already finished eating, saw Li Chu standing there in a daze and asked him a question.
"Oh, nothing, just thinking about something."
"Okay, I'll be going now."
After Vice President Chang left, he shook his head and gradually recovered from his shock.
But he still felt something was off; what was wrong with his wife today? She was acting so strangely.
He shook his head to himself, thinking, "Forget it, I'll ask again when I get back tonight."
He then started walking towards the hospital gate. He usually doesn't take a lunch break, and since he had nothing to do at the moment, he decided to go out for a walk.
As long as the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed, the New Year celebrations are not considered over, and many people are out strolling the streets.
There were also lanterns for sale by the roadside. These lanterns were all handmade. An old man was sitting there, weaving them on the spot with shaved bamboo. There were quite a few people watching.
There are always so many people at the entrance of the trust store. As soon as someone looks like they want to go in, someone will come up and ask them. No matter what you want to sell or buy, these people outside can arrange everything for you clearly.
Of course, whether or not you'll get scammed is another matter.
People have started squatting to urinate in front of the Friendship Store.
Anyone passing by, as long as they are dressed appropriately, will be asked if they want foreign exchange certificates, or they will buy them.
Just now, when Li Chu was passing by, he was stopped by someone.
Out of boredom, he asked the man about the price.
The current black market rate for foreign exchange certificates is generally 1 to 6 to 8, while the rate for exchanging them is a flat 1 to 10.
The prices they offer are much higher than the official prices, so anyone willing to trade will come to these dealers.
After walking a distance, Li Chu looked back at the people standing in front of the Friendship Store. This black market for exchanging foreign currency or foreign exchange certificates would continue to exist for a long time.
Especially after two years, the first wave of people going abroad made them even richer.
At that time, many people will start selling their family property to raise enough money to go abroad, and they will be full of ambition to work abroad and make a lot of money. However, most of them will be taught a lesson by reality.
Later generations have joked that someone sold their ancestral property for tens of thousands of dollars, went abroad to work for twenty years and earned millions, and came back wanting to live the life of a wealthy man.
When he returned, he discovered that the millions he had earned from working couldn't even buy back the toilet that was his family's ancestral property.
Although it's a joke, it's basically true.
At this time, many people believe that it is easier to make money abroad, and those with active minds have already started to take action.
As far as Li Chu knew, some people were already thinking about selling the house.
Um?
Thinking of this, he paused for a moment. Should he take advantage of this time to acquire a few more courtyards with clear property rights?
Now, whether it's where they live, in the west of the city, or in a courtyard house near Houhai, the prices are still very cheap. If it's a detached house, it's basically only a thousand or so yuan.
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