After the agreement was signed, and the courtyard was also checked with the housing management bureau, Xiao Yan returned home with the thin piece of paper in her hand.
Chen Zhizhi came over: "How much longer are you going to stay in the countryside?"
Xiao Yan shook her head, saying, "My father called me over before, and since the children were still young at the time, I didn't go."
"Now that your children are older and studying here, why don't you come up to the county?"
"Brother Zhizhi, do you know anyone at this hospital?"
Chen Zhizhi nodded: "My former comrade-in-arms is now the vice dean here!"
"A comrade-in-arms becoming the vice president?"
“He comes from a family of doctors. He was injured and retired from the army. He took the initiative to come to the hospital.”
Xiao Yan nodded. These days, hospital directors are usually knowledgeable in medicine.
"He is a very upright person. As long as you have real skills, he will take you in."
"Of course, if you don't have the ability, don't even think about getting into his hospital. Also, this person is quite protective of his own."
“You’re a doctor who graduated from university, you’re bound to catch his eye. Once you do, you’ll be safe here.”
Chen Zhizhi had either grown up in a family compound or worked in the military region, and later served as a bodyguard for Xiao Yan's parents for a period of time.
His world has always been black and white, and this trip has certainly opened his eyes.
It turns out that even a small street office clerk can have so much power that they can't even make decisions about other people's own houses.
He originally wanted to teach these people a lesson, but his wife insisted that it was easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with his underlings.
If Granny Huang wants to come back here in the future, she still shouldn't offend these little devils too much.
Xiao Yan was also worried about the three children staying here: "When are you going back to the military region?"
Chen Zhizhi shook his head: "We'll have to wait a bit longer; there are still some things to take care of."
"Shall I take you to the hospital to meet some people today?"
Xiao Yan nodded: "Afternoon work hours are over, and the children will be getting out of school soon."
In the afternoon, Chen Zhizhi and his wife Huang Shanshan took Xiao Yan to the county hospital.
When Vice Dean Zhou Kunran saw Chen Zhizhi, he first gave him a hug. They patted each other on the shoulder, and everything was understood without words.
Zhou Kunkun then greeted Huang Shanshan: "Hello, Dr. Huang!"
Huang Shanshan put down the gift: "I remember you said your wife was pregnant before you left the army, so I bought some nutritional supplements for you."
"How's it going? The baby should have been born by now, right?"
These words caused the smile on Zhou Kunran's face to vanish: "She died in childbirth, leaving neither mother nor child."
Huang Shanshan's expression changed drastically: "Weren't you there at the time?"
It's worth noting that Zhou Kunran is also famous for his acupuncture skills; he comes from a family of doctors.
If he were around, even a massive hemorrhage wouldn't be fatal!
When her husband told her at noon that he was the vice president of the hospital here, she found it strange, since his family's main base was in Beijing.
How did you end up becoming the vice president of a small county?
These words darkened Zhou Kunran's face. At that moment, he was thinking about his wife's pregnancy and his own injury, which had not yet healed.
I'll stay with my wife until the baby is born, and then we'll think about what to do next.
I didn't want my family to react so strongly, and I didn't want to hurt that poor woman.
Zhou Kunran's expression darkened slightly: "You and your husband came to see Granny Huang?"
Knowing that Zhou Kunran was here, Chen Zhizhi asked him to visit the old woman occasionally, so Zhou Kunran and Granny Huang were also familiar with each other.
Seeing that Zhou Kunran didn't want to talk about his wife, Huang Shanshan didn't dare to bring it up either: "Yes! My mother has already agreed to go to the military region with us!"
"That's great! It's not good for a seventy or eighty-year-old woman to live alone, no matter how healthy she is!"
Huang Shanshan also expressed her satisfaction with resolving the issue: "Yes! I was worried about hearing bad news."
"Dean Zhou, let me introduce you. This is Xiao Yan, A-Zhi's childhood friend."
Zhou Kunran reached out and gently shook Xiao Yan's fingers, then quickly released them: "Hello!"
Xiao Yan also said, "Hello!"
Chen Zhizhi coughed once: "She graduated from Beijing Medical University."
"Graduated from medical school? That's impressive!" Zhou Kunran glanced at Xiao Yan again.
Chen Zhizhi stated his purpose directly: "Do you need a doctor here?"
Zhou Kunran asked curiously, "After graduating from medical school, you can find a job in any city. Why did you come to this small county?"
“She used to be a doctor at the First People’s Hospital of Beijing, and then she worked as a barefoot doctor in the countryside for more than ten years. You know that big cities are not very stable nowadays.”
Zhou Kunran hesitated for a moment upon hearing this. He had come to this small county because it was tough to make a living in a big city. He immediately nodded and said, "Small places like this are always short of people. What are you good at?"
"My specialty is surgery, but I've been involved in all sorts of things over the past ten years, including traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture."
Xiao Yan's words made Zhou Kunran look up at her a few more times: "You're very capable! How about coming to the surgery department? There are really very few surgical talents these days, and even fewer who come to my department!"
Xiao Yan didn't care which department she went to: "Okay, thank you, Dean Zhou!"
"When is it convenient for you to start work? Do you need accommodation arranged?"
"Does the surgical department have staff on duty at night?" Xiao Yan asked.
Zhou Kunran nodded: "Yes, you need to be on duty! Here's what we'll do: I'll have someone arrange a dormitory for you that's closest to your department, so it'll be convenient for you to come when they call you, okay?"
Xiao Yan nodded: "When it's my turn to be on duty, I'm usually at the hospital, but I live in other places normally."
"That's no problem. It's not during your shift, so you can manage your own time! How many days do you need to resolve this issue?"
Xiao Yan thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll come to work in three days!"
"Okay, in three days, you need to get your grain and oil ration certificate stamped and transferred here from the countryside so that you can receive grain and oil every month!"
That was the end of it, as the three of them walked out of the hospital.
Huang Shanshan said with some regret, "How could it have resulted in a difficult childbirth? Isn't everyone in his family a doctor? How could they let their daughter-in-law have a difficult childbirth?"
Chen Zhizhi shook his head at these words: "He originally told me that he was going to work in Beijing, but later he wrote to tell me that he had come here, so I asked him to help take care of my mother."
“I also thought he was still in Beijing. The person you entrusted only said he was a comrade-in-arms, so I assumed it was someone else and never thought you were entrusting him.”
“I’ve seen photos of the couple before. His wife was a very beautiful person. It’s such a pity that she passed away so young. She didn’t even have a child to leave behind.”
When it comes to other people's affairs, she only sighs a few times. Huang Shanshan turned around and asked, "Aren't you going back to the countryside to take care of some things today?"
Xiao Yan glanced at the sky and said, "I won't go back to the courtyard. When the child comes back, please talk to him for me. I'll go catch a car now, there's one available!"
Huang Shanshan reminded her, "Didn't you say you bought some medicinal herbs to take back with you the other day?"
Xiao Yan patted her head, quickly walked back to the courtyard, grabbed the medicinal herbs, and ran. Luckily, the bus station was nearby, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to catch the bus even if she ran.
Xiao Yan hurriedly returned home, and thankfully she did, otherwise Yao Ma would have been in serious trouble!
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