Chapter 145 Moving & Learning Martial Arts & Sexually Transmitted Diseases
But that's not important. In this industry, all you need to do is to win people over with your skills. As long as she can outperform them technically, won't they have to reluctantly hire her as a non-staff expert?
Oh no, not now. She won't go. Let the patients transfer here in the future.
Sometimes respecting your opponent does not win the same respect. Didn’t she respect the old Chinese doctor Qi very much back then? What was the result? People didn't care about her at all and even wanted to take advantage of her unopened hospital to gain power.
Now that you have gone out to work on your own, you are no longer in the ivory tower. You have to fight for your own interests. It's still like eating from a big pot. Whether you see patients or not, seeing a few patients will not have much impact on your income. Do you get the same salary for seeing one patient or a hundred patients? That won't work. She broke the big pot herself, so she has to hold on to her own rice bowl and manage it well.
Within a few days, the news spread to everyone in the streets and alleys. The patients' families, who were originally unsure about the technology of private hospitals and did not dare to come, gradually came to inquire about hospitalization.
All those who can be admitted and treated should be admitted and treated as much as possible. She offers a salary 20% higher than those in the same industry, so her requirements are naturally high as well. Practitioners must not only have excellent medical skills, but also provide good service. Even if they cannot treat patients as their own family, at least they cannot show bad temper or scold them.
"Do you remember our former head nurse? She had a lot of 'prestige' in the eyes of the patients, and she would curse people at every turn." Zhao Wanqiu smiled, and her face was full of sarcasm when she talked about those things. "As a result, she only cursed those ordinary workers and poor people from the countryside or the city with no background. As for those officials and cadres, she wanted to lick their stinky feet."
"She is the one who judges people by their appearance. She can judge the nature of a patient's job and social status based on his or her conversation and clothing. She scolds when she deserves to be scolded and licks when she deserves to be licked."
"She has been licking for so many years, but she has never found a job for her daughter." Zhao Wanqiu felt a little happy when she thought of this. "Her niece is now in jail, and she has made an indelible contribution."
Everyone was asking what the relationship was between the head nurse and Luo Limei, a human trafficker.
"You probably don't know, but she introduced her niece to a nephew of some leader she met outside. They didn't get married, but just had an affair. Who knew that the man wasn't the leader's nephew at all, but was just an ordinary neighbor of the leader. He was just taking advantage of the power of the leader and doing some dirty things outside... Of course, he wasn't considered a bad example. After all, Lao Limei was born to be lazy and wanted to get something for nothing. The two of them were like-minded, and things got worse and worse."
"Later, the man was arrested and took all the blame. Lao Limei got away with it. She was so scared during those two years that she only dared to marry an ordinary paper mill worker. A few years after the marriage, her husband died, and she started her old business again."
"If our head nurse hadn't pushed my niece out to get close to rich and powerful people, she probably wouldn't have taken this path."
People didn't believe it. They always felt that Luo Limei was a bad person at heart, and she would still be bad even without this "guide". Just like when a naughty child does something bad, the naughty parents will only say that it is the result of others’ bad influence, but the responsibility actually lies with the person who did the bad thing.
"Mom, you really have forgotten the pain. Have you forgotten what happened to her that year? How old were you then? And now you are making excuses for her."
Shu Jinyue actually doesn't like his mother's personality. When she's angry, she makes a big fuss, but when the wound heals, she starts to sympathize with others again. What's there to sympathize with for such trash?
"If mom's compassion is not exhausted, then go to the orphanage to do more free medical treatment and spend more of her own money to subsidize those children."
In order to increase the social impact, Jinyue Hospital recently plans to launch a series of activities to care for and help vulnerable groups, such as orphanages, nursing homes, etc., by sending some simple digestive medicines, rheumatism plasters and the like, and donating some rice, flour, grain, oil, and meat. No matter how much is given, it all goes to show our appreciation.
Zhao Wanqiu choked, "Okay, okay, I will definitely donate. Let's not talk about this. We are moving tomorrow, and I feel reluctant to part with it."
Everyone's mood was low. They had lived in No. 16 Liuye Hutong for decades. This was almost the place where they were born, grew up, and started their families. Now they had to move away all of a sudden, and they felt very uncomfortable.
"When a bird grows up, it will leave the nest. It's enough as long as our family is still together." Shu Linong said this, but when he looked at the old houses, his reluctance reached its peak. When he was packing up these two days, he had secretly wiped away tears several times.
Every brick and tile was purchased by them. He could feel any hole or missing corner with his eyes closed. Every place had the memory of his children growing up and the marks of quarrels with his wife. "Forget it, forget it. Go back to your room and pack your things. Don't stay in bed tomorrow."
Jin Yue thought, why should she lie in bed? It would be a good thing if she could fall asleep. She couldn't sleep anyway. This is her home, her children's home. If she leaves, she will never be able to live here again...
Everyone collected their things in silence, feeling reluctant to leave. The large items were moved there one after another over the past two days, and now only some bedding and daily necessities are left in each room. Early the next morning, everyone got up and packed up. No one in the family went to work, and the children didn't go to school. Liu Huifang's pickup was already parked at the entrance of the alley, and the neighbors hurriedly helped to move the things out.
Some people were wiping tears while moving, especially Aunt Zhao and Aunt Feng, who were really reluctant to leave. "It's been so many years, we're like a family, how can we move just like that?"
"Yeah, once you guys moved out, our compound suddenly became deserted. I don't know who to talk to anymore."
Everyone was jealous. Zhao Wanqiu had been busy with the clinic in recent years and it had been a long time since she had gathered with her old sisters to chat about gossip like before. But whenever she had a break, she would go to see them. She would share the gossip she encountered during the medical consultation, and they would tell her about the new things in Liuye Hutong that she had missed recently, and they would also complain about Aunt Niu and Aunt Li. When they had time, they would buy the freshest vegetables and get the biggest bargains in the free markets all over the city. How comfortable their life would be.
It's Mr. Shu. After being a househusband for several years, he got along very well with these old sisters-in-law. Now he has to move away, and he feels very upset.
Even Aunt Li felt a little uncomfortable. She didn't know if it was because she was envious and jealous after seeing the Shu family's new house for a long time, or if she was really reluctant to leave. She also stood by to help.
In the past, she hated the Shu family the most, especially the Shu family's kids. She was annoyed just by looking at them. But now these annoying kids have given birth to kids and are moving out. She feels uncomfortable again.
She squeezed out a sentence from her throat: "Come back often in the future, ah."
Shu Jinyue was extremely surprised. She was not used to hearing this person's words, very not used to it.
The children, on the other hand, did not seem to feel sad about leaving. They jumped up and down with joy and shouted "We're moving", as if they would get more pocket money and meet more new friends when they moved to their new home.
After waving goodbye to Liuye Hutong once again, Jin Yue took the twins on a car bound for Jinyu Hutong. The truck arrived before them, and the workers and the old neighbors who followed them were already unloading things.
As you enter the gate, there is a well-maintained vegetable garden. Yes, Shu Linong's planting gene suddenly awakened when he was in his sixties. He inexplicably said that he wanted to grow his own vegetables. Shu Jinyue, who had not yet decided what flowers to grow, satisfied him and even pried up the bluestone slabs in the yard and sorted them into rectangular or square pieces of dirt. He planted some pomegranate trees, jujube trees, peach trees and the like around them. He also grafted a few grape seedlings onto the old grape vines of the original owner. They had just climbed more than two meters high and produced three bunches of small fruits last summer, which were later pecked by the thrush raised by the neighbor next door.
It is winter now, and all the grape leaves have fallen. Only a few gray-brown vines are left, hanging alone on the courtyard wall, swaying precariously.
The layout of the three-courtyard courtyard is very similar to Courtyard No. 16, but the difference is like heaven and earth in terms of the cleanliness of the environment, the construction quality and materials of the house. Jin Yue originally did not intend to live in the front yard, but Li Zhongyong, Zhang Shouyi and the two nannies insisted on living in the front yard, saying that it was convenient to come in and out.
They insisted, and Jin Yue had no choice but to assign a room to each of them, trying to choose the largest and best-lit room for them. He also equipped them with a big bed, wardrobe, desk, washbasin rack, and new bedding and towels, as well as other daily necessities.
The kitchen, bathroom and washroom are all located in the front yard, which is the most spacious place. When Teacher Shu is alone at home, she can cook and see people coming in and out at a glance.
The middle courtyard is where the old couple and their second brother and his wife live. It is brightly decorated and has enough rooms. There is even a study room for Mr. Shu and his son, so they can use it for work and writing.
Jin Yue's family of four live in the brightest main house in the backyard. The living room is also set up here. The couple's study and the children's homework room are also reserved... Even so, there are still several empty rooms to store the old things that the family moved from the old house.
In the morning, everyone moved their belongings back to their own rooms and put them away. In the afternoon, they cleaned and dusted. In the evening, they invited the old neighbors who came to help to have dinner at home, which was regarded as a house-warming banquet.
The more quietly Shu Jin did this, the more she was afraid that patients like Wang Matt would find out and make a big fuss about "giving gifts". In order to keep a low profile as much as possible, she didn't even invite everyone to a restaurant, but directly invited Sister Bao and her chef to come to her house to cook.
Sister Bao is getting fatter and fatter now. She sweats easily after taking a few steps. She wiped the sweat off her forehead and said as soon as she entered the room: "Congratulations to Leader Xu and Doctor Shu on their new home."
"You're welcome. This is our tentative menu. See if there's anything inappropriate."
"Braised Lion's Head, this is a southern dish. Our chef rarely makes it. I can't guarantee his skills, but this, this, and these are all what we often make. They are definitely not bad."
There are a total of six meat dishes, three vegetable dishes, a soup, ten main dishes, a cold dish, and a fruit platter. It is a very rich arrangement. Sister Bao was surprised. "Bullfrog is our specialty, but fresh shrimp is hard to find and too expensive. How about fish or turtle? I heard people say that people are eating turtles nowadays, and it helps prolong life."
Shu Jinyue can eat animal organs, but he can't eat turtles and snakes. He always feels weird. "Can crabs be prepared?"
"This is fine. Can we make it into spicy crab?"
Shu Jinyue nodded. There was no need to change the rest. Originally, the menu should have been prepared earlier for Sister Bao to look at and the dishes should have been prepared in advance. However, the family was busy and chaotic these two days, so he forgot about it.
"My sister, Bao Wenjing, do you remember her? The man she is married to now raises crabs, and he makes a lot of money. Almost all restaurants in the city order their crabs, and their business is booming! The couple bought a car last year. Wenjing has long since stopped being a substitute teacher, and now she just stays at home collecting money every day, acting as a boss's wife."
"What a pity! All dead men are the same. They become bad when they have money. He is now involved with a widow in their village and often does not come home. You say my sister married him and he is a virgin, but he does not cherish her. What's good about being a widow? He is not afraid of being killed by bad luck. He will be a short-lived ghost!"
The corner of Shu Jinyue's mouth twitched. She really didn't remember this girl very well.
"Thank you for your hard work, Sister Bao. This is a small token of my appreciation." Jin Yue did not let her work for nothing. Not only did he pay her according to the market price, he also prepared a medium-sized red envelope for each master, which was equivalent to extra income.
Sister Bao smiled more sincerely, "Okay, I won't be polite, I'll have someone bring the food over right away."
The Shu family's new kitchen is big enough. There are two large stoves that burn wood, two small stoves that burn gas, and two stoves that burn honeycomb coal. They can stew and stir-fry with six pots at the same time, and the cooking is very fast. In less than two hours, a table full of dishes is ready.
The Shu family is popular and many people came to help, so Sister Bao directly prepared enough food for eight tables. Everyone thought it might be a bit too much, but... everyone still underestimated the enthusiasm of the old neighbors.
The families who got along well with each other came with their entire families, and those who had average friendships also came with one or two representatives. Even families like Aunt Li and Aunt Niu, who had old grudges against each other, came.
As luck would have it, these two sworn enemies sat at the same table. Aunt Li looked at Aunt Niu sideways and said, "How could this human trafficker be so evil?"
"Who are you talking about as a human trafficker?"
"Whoever talks back will be blamed. He will take the blame if he feels guilty."
Aunt Niu was about to get angry, but was calmed down by Xu Duan's look. Then she remembered the purpose of her visit today - to eat for free.
She couldn't let the old widow Aunt Li ruin her mood for eating meat. She wanted to seize every opportunity to eat something good. Life had been very difficult recently. Niu Xiaofang took away one of the three rooms in her house, and Niu Dagang blamed her for not doing anything and not paying her living expenses. She couldn't do anything with her pitiful pension, and she couldn't make much money from selling meat at the stall. How could she have money to eat meat?
Seeing that she looked like a starving ghost reborn, Aunt Li looked down on her from the bottom of her heart. She snorted and showed the same lofty look that Aunt Niu gave to the neighbors in Liuye Hutong. Aunt Niu was almost so angry that she vomited blood.
There was a lot of activity at their table, but Jin Yue didn't notice it. She was entertaining her friends. Yao Qingqing's family and Li Xuemei and her family were all there. Tian Meizhi and Qi Peilan, mother and son, were also there and were sitting at her table.
She discovered that Qi Lixin took too much care of Tian Meizhi, putting all the good things into her bowl. The scene was so... even Qi Peilan couldn't stand it and laughed behind their backs.
Jin Yue asked quietly: "Are they together?"
Qi Peilan nodded, “I just pursued success a few days ago, I dare not say too much.”
Her son is already old and has had such a serious illness. She has no objection to marrying a widow or an old lady. As for whether to have children or not, that is their business. She is very open-minded now. As long as Li Xin is alive and well, it is the greatest luck. Why should she care so much?
Jin Yue’s second sister-in-law had the same disease, but she is still healthy. It doesn’t matter whether she has children or not. "I don't have the energy to take care of the child. If they really want to have a baby, I'll pay for a nanny. If they don't want to have a baby but want to raise one, then they can adopt one from an orphanage. We treat Meizhi's son sincerely, and when the child becomes successful in the future, their burden will be lighter."
She didn't say anything to ask Tian Meizhi's son to be filial to them, because she knew very well that the child was so old and had already had his own ideas. Is it possible for her to treat them as his own father and grandmother and be filial to them? It's not easy for Tian Meizhi and Old Man Tian to raise them this age. They've gone through all the hardships during the most difficult times. Now that life is easier, they want to come and pick peaches?
"That's inappropriate." She just said this and then concentrated on eating.
Shu Jinyue understood what he meant and thought that Wang Matt was completely out of the game. Well, why would she look for an old man? Even if he had a lot of money, it wouldn't be hers. It would be better to find a young and good-looking one. Tian Meizhi could make money herself anyway, so she didn't need the little money that an old man had.
In the evening, after the neighbors had dispersed, the Shu family sat in the yard drinking tea and chatting. Jin Yue and Xu Duan held the two children and walked around while listening to Shu Wenyan talk about his unit. He said that he was now a junior middle-level manager, but had a lot of work to do and little pay, and was squeezed, so he didn't want to do it anymore.
As he was talking, he said that he envied Jin Yue for buying such a big and nice house. He and Liu Huifang had not listened to Jin Yue and bought two houses before. Now they want to buy one, but it is too expensive. Not only has the same house doubled in price compared to a few years ago, but people are scrambling for it everywhere. "This house is like it's free. Why are they scrambling for it? If the house price drops in a few years, they will cry."
Liu Huifang disagreed, "The economy will get better and better every year, and the prices of food and daily necessities will all increase, so it's impossible for housing prices to fall."
"Who said that? I think the price will definitely go down. Just wait and see. By then every household will have a house. Who will buy one? By then the price will be as low as cabbage and no one will want it."
The old man didn't understand all this and thought what he said made sense. Only Shu Jinyue felt that his elder brother's judgment this time was totally wrong, extremely wrong. His elder sister-in-law must not listen to him, otherwise she would regret it in the future.
Sure enough, Liu Huifang didn't listen to him at all. "Forget it. I'll buy it if I want. Give one set to each of my daughters. It's none of your business."
Shu Wenyan hated to hear this kind of talk, as it made her seem like she was rich and powerful. "If you buy it, I will buy it too. I will give two sets to each of my daughters, which is more than you."
"Oh? Just based on your salary?"
Shu Wenyan was really angry, his no longer young face turned red with anger, "I, I, I, I will publish a book one day, and when my book is published, I will earn hundreds of thousands of dollars. I am richer than you, you..."
Zhao Wanqiu and Xu Wenli quickly acted like good people, "Okay, okay, we can do anything as a family. Just talk about it slowly."
"Is this the attitude she uses to talk to me slowly? She just wants to retort me and think I'm incompetent, right? You are good and capable, you..." Suddenly, his hand felt warm, it turned out that Yaya was hugging him.
All of a sudden, all those unpleasant words he wanted to say were silenced, and he could no longer utter them.
"Dad, that's not what Mom meant. Don't think too much. The book you wrote is so good, and your article was published in the newspaper. Mom collected all those newspapers and framed them. I put them on the top shelf of the cabinet. And you said you wanted to sell it. Yesterday, Mom asked a bespectacled uncle what procedures were required to publish a book. The uncle works in a publishing house."
The uncle with glasses... Shu Wenyan was stunned for a moment. Isn't this the man his wife went to a social event a few days ago? It turned out that my wife, who never liked drinking and socializing, was going there to help me find a way to publish a book.
Shu Wenyan was so moved that his eyes turned red. "Huifang, why didn't you tell me earlier? I..."
Liu Huifang also felt uncomfortable, "Stop it, speak human language."
The others laughed when they saw this, and the great hero Yaya skipped over to play under the grape trellis, as if the words full of information just now were just unintentional.
"Sister, can this bare tree really bear grapes?" Xiao Ping'an asked while holding a big chicken leg in his mouth.
"Of course. It's winter now, and the grapes are sleeping. When they wake up in spring, they will sprout, grow leaves, bloom, and produce small green grapes. Then they will grow and grow, and by summer they will be this big, turning purple and sweet." Mengmeng said, and couldn't help drooling. Then, when the adults weren't paying attention, she climbed onto the grape rack.
Shu Linong had just recovered from the marriage crisis of his eldest son and his wife. He almost fainted when he looked up and jumped anxiously, "This unlucky child, be careful not to fall down, come down quickly."
The more anxious he was, the more excited Mengmeng became. She climbed directly onto the roof along the shelf, making the tiles clatter loudly, almost causing her grandfather to have high blood pressure.
Shu Wenming was watching the fun and said, "Our Meng Meng is really good at this. She will be able to fly over rooftops and walls in the future."
"I can't climb walls and fly over rooftops, but I can jump down, look, second uncle!" Then, she jumped off the roof amid everyone's exclamations.
That’s more than three meters high! Shu Linong was so angry that he picked her up and beat her, "You are just like your father, disobedient, disobedient..."
But others noticed that this girl was smart and not just reckless. She jumped on the muddy ground because the freshly turned over soil was soft and would not cause her to sprain her ankle. She also grabbed the grape trellis to cushion her pain. It was just that her movements were too fast and Shu Linong was too anxious to notice.
"I think it would be better for this child to learn martial arts, so that he wouldn't be bored at home every day." Zhao Wanqiu said this casually, but Shu Jinyue suddenly remembered something.
"Learn martial arts? Then I have to go to Shaolin Temple? I want to go to Shaolin Temple!" Meng Meng jumped up happily, "Sister and brother, moon and stars, I will go to Shaolin Temple tomorrow! Don't miss me, wait for me to come back after I finish my studies, hehe——"
As she spoke, she put her hands together and chanted, "Wine and meat pass through the intestines, but the Buddha remains in the heart."
Everyone laughed. Teacher Shu, who was very angry just now, started to flatter her again: "How old is he? He can say such things. Incredible, incredible!"
"Come on, this is a line from the movie Shaolin Temple. I don't know how many times she has seen it." Shu Wenyan really loves this daughter but can't do anything about it. She jumps around and dances around with swords and guns all day long. In order to cultivate his eldest daughter's character, he bought her a lot of books and asked her to read them. She tore up the books, folded them into paper airplanes, and flew them all over the yard.
I sent her to the Children's Palace to learn painting, and she painted her entire face with paint.
When she was sent to learn piano, she cut her finger on the strings and blood was all over the floor. The teacher was scared to death and asked to take the child back immediately.
In the end, the only thing that could calm her down was watching martial arts movies. The more exciting the martial arts moves were, the more fascinated she became, even to the point of neglecting food and sleep.
Just tell me, if such a martial arts talent doesn’t learn martial arts, wouldn’t that be a waste?
"Isn't Xie Meitao the coach of the martial arts school? If my brother and sister-in-law want her to learn, I'll contact them someday." Shu Jinyue said. She could feel that Xie Meitao liked her very much. Shen Heping had been discharged from the hospital for a long time, but she would go to chat with her from time to time.
Well, I’m mainly complaining about the Shen family.
"Okay, Mom and Dad, please let me go and learn. I'll go and learn. I'll learn and protect you and my sister. I want to be the Kung Fu Queen, dominate the martial arts world, and be the only one in the martial arts world!"
Everyone: “…” It turns out that the few idioms she knew were all her Kung Fu dreams.
All right, the eldest couple looked at each other and said, "Then please ask Jin Yue to help us contact her. Then we will meet with the coach, have a chat, and then treat her to a simple meal. Then we can pay the tuition fee as scheduled."
Shu Jinyue didn't have to wait until another day and went to the living room to make a phone call immediately. When Xie Meitao heard that a good seedling was sent to her, she screamed with joy. If it wasn't dark, she would have to come and see in person what Mengmeng looked like to try out whether she had a unique talent.
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The next day, Shu Wenyan and his wife took Mengmeng to meet Xie Meitao, and performed some somersaults and the Arhat Fist, Vajra Palm and Pianhua Seven Star Fist that they learned from the movies. Although she was small and weak and had no power, she imitated the movements pretty well. After receiving a lot of praise from Xie Meitao, the girl became so cocky that her braids almost stuck up to the sky.
When I returned to Jinyu Hutong, I told people I knew and didn’t know that I was going to learn martial arts.
At that time, few people still believed that there was such a thing as "martial arts" in the world. They thought it was a child who had gone crazy from watching TV, and no one took it seriously. Some people even sighed privately: "What a pity, such a beautiful girl with willow-shaped eyebrows, peach blossom eyes, and a melon-shaped face has been corrupted by the TV series. She is so silly."
They would never have imagined that this pretty and somewhat silly girl would become a young representative of Chinese martial arts and step onto the international stage in the future.
As for Shu Jinyue, since the number of outpatient visits has gradually increased, the operations of various departments have gradually caught up, and everything is on track. She can finally live a peaceful life.
The new house is equipped with floor heating. Although it is freezing and snowy outside, it is warm as spring inside the house. This winter passed particularly quickly. Spring came before I could feel much of the cold.
After the Spring Festival of 1989, the Dragon Rising soon came. Two days before the Qingming Festival, she was sitting in the office. When Li Xuemei came to her to report on financial work, she suddenly heard a familiar voice outside the door, "Jin Yue, help me."
"Brother Liu?"
It turned out to be Liu Jinbu, whom she hadn't seen for a long time. Ever since she resigned from the epidemic prevention station, she had been so busy that she had no time to go to the street office. She hadn't seen him for a long time.
Liu Jinbu has lost some weight in the past two years, thanks to the weight-loss recipe Shu Jinyue prescribed for him. Combined with moderate exercise, he now looks much more energetic and several years younger than before.
"My wife was transferred to the city last year. Their leader's only son, who just turned 18 this year, suddenly got a strange disease. My wife insisted that I was studying medicine and asked me to take a look. What do I know? This is just embarrassing me. So I hurried to find you to take a look."
Shu Jinyue asked him to sit down, "Brother Liu, don't be anxious, tell me what's going on first."
"This young man, he..." Liu Jinbu sighed and hesitated to speak.
Li Xuemei understood and quickly said that she had some financial matters to deal with, then left the office and closed the door behind her.
"That young man, only 18 years old, got a sexually transmitted disease."
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