Chapter 146 146 Swollen Testicles & Su Yue Su Xing & Huang Pao Ye...
Sexually transmitted diseases, in the eyes of most people, seem to be the antonym of "keeping oneself clean".
An eighteen-year-old boy and sexually transmitted diseases, these two words are difficult to be linked together in this era. After all, the social atmosphere is far from being as open as it will be fifty years later, and the age of starting sexual life is not that young. In addition, the number of people suffering from sexually transmitted diseases is not large, so the probability is too small.
That's not true, there are people who get married early, but how should I put it... people who have this disease, just like the popular stereotype, it's not as simple as having a sex life.
The amount of information was a bit too much, and Shu Jinyue took a while to react, "Wait, this guy is... married?"
"No, no, it would be fine if they were married. He is just in his third year of high school and has two months left before taking the college entrance exam. Do you know how you found out?"
"How did you find out?"
"It was said that he had good grades and was going to apply to a military academy. He had to undergo a physical examination in advance, and the doctor found that his right testicle was a little big. He was asked to go to the hospital, and the doctor said it was a sexually transmitted disease. He asked him if he had a sexual history, and he insisted that he had no history. But the hospital didn't believe him, and his parents even beat up the doctor... It wasn't a big one, just that his mother and the doctor had an argument and pushed each other a few times."
A good student who is law-abiding and has excellent grades is actually suspected of having problems with his sexual behavior. It is understandable that the child's mother is angry, but it is wrong to blame the doctor. But I don’t know the truth, so I won’t comment. What if there is a reversal later?
"Now, this child, with such good grades, can't go to a good school, and he has an unspeakable disease. His parents are very worried."
After talking for a while, Liu Jinbu was finally able to sit down and drink half a glass of water. "Ah, this child is very well-behaved. I met him once. He is very polite and always calls me uncle. He has good academic performance and always ranks first in his class. He is always in the top three in his grade. He is also a science student and tall. The school and teachers all persuaded him to try military school. Isn't this...ah."
"It's also the child's bad luck. Several of his classmates went for the physical examination together. I don't know who spread the doctor's words. Now the whole school knows that he has a sexually transmitted disease. The child can't face so many people laughing at him. He has a strong self-esteem. His parents are afraid that he will do something to hurt himself. Both husband and wife dare not go to work. One of them has to stay at home to watch him."
"Of course, his mother suspected that the doctor who treated him later deliberately spread the news. Anyway, the husband has his own reasons and the wife has her own reasons. It is not important to find the source of the spread. The most urgent task is to keep an eye on the child and prevent him from doing stupid things."
Shu Jinyue understood what he heard, but he didn't rush to express his opinion. "What kind of person is your sister-in-law's leader usually?"
This question didn't seem to have much to do with the child's illness, but Liu Jinbu still told the truth: "Their leader's surname is Ling, and he's just so-so in his work, neither good nor bad, but he's quite serious, never smiling at work or in life, and not easy to deal with. But there's nothing you can do about it, your sister-in-law has no choice, she's getting old, and if she can't get promoted, she'll have to stay put until she retires."
Liu Jinbu said it so subtly, but Jin Yue understood it. Parents of this type, whose children have such a "shameful" disease and even make it known to everyone, are probably putting no less pressure on their children than the outside world.
"Your sister-in-law can't stop talking. Normal people should stay as far away from such muddy water as possible, but she insisted on getting involved, which really screwed me over."
The more Shu Jin listened to his complaints, the more he knew in his heart that he still loved his wife very much, otherwise he would not have come to him for something that had nothing to do with him.
"It's okay. Brother Liu, tell me first what symptoms the child has."
"It's just swollen testicles."
"How big is the swelling and what color is it?"
"When I first found it during the physical examination, it was only a little over six centimeters. Later, I didn't get proper treatment and it's been a mess for a while. It's said that now the longest diameter has reached ten centimeters. I don't know the color. After all, I haven't seen it yet, and your sister-in-law doesn't understand it either, so she can't describe it."
Shu Jinyue was shocked. What does ten centimeters mean? ! You should know that the diameter of a normal adult male is about five centimeters, and a difference of half a centimeter is considered normal. His is twice as big as a normal person!
It's so big, no wonder the doctor asked about your sexual history as soon as you took off your pants. Anyone with a little common sense would be scared by the size and would then think of unclean sexual life.
"Leader Ling didn't say much, just asked me to go and take a look first, so I thought I'd ask you first, why don't you come with me to take a look?"
Shu Jinyue immediately shook her head, "I won't show up for now. The child is young and energetic, and has a strong self-esteem. He doesn't even want to go to a regular hospital. I, a female doctor, might embarrass him even more. So, let's discuss it first and make an outline. When you go there, you can focus on these issues. When you come back, we can discuss it together. How do you think?"
It's also good to be a military advisor behind the scenes.
Liu Jinbu was very grateful. He knew that Jin Yue did not show up not only because he was afraid that the patient would be embarrassed due to his young age, but he also did it to save his face. He was determined to leave this favor to the couple. If the patient was cured, Leader Ling would accept their favor, and his wife would have some chances of getting promoted in the future.
"Thank you, Jin Yue."
"Well, look at what Brother Liu said. We have worked together for so many years. When have you ever failed to take care of me? If I say thank you every time, I'm afraid you will get tired of it."
Zhu Daqiang is retired. When the three of them stayed in Xinqiao Street together, they really took good care of her. They would rush to do any dangerous work and always let her stay in the Street Office to write reports and do logistics. Even if someone wanted to cause trouble for her, they would stand in front of her.
After working together for a long time, we are like old friends. It is only natural for us to help each other when we have any difficulties. Last year, Zhu Daqiang's daughter-in-law asked Jin Yue to protect her pregnancy. His mother-in-law was seriously ill and hospitalized, and it was Shu Jin Yue who went to see her. Jin Yue never told anyone about these things.
At this time, she would not talk about helping Liu Jinbu with military matters. The two of them took out banknotes and began to discuss in their notebooks: "First, we need to check for sexually transmitted diseases circulating outside. After you go, pay attention to check if he has any related symptoms. You understand all this, right?"
"I understand. I will focus on whether he has fever, pain, redness, swelling, ulceration, or growths. I will also ask about his sexual history. Even though the child's parents may not want to accept it, I still want to ask clearly and get the truth."
Shu Jinyue nodded. It was so convenient to work with old colleagues. As long as they started talking, the other party would understand what they meant. "The second is various infectious diseases, including orchitis, epididymitis, hydrocele, testicular tuberculosis, and tumors."
Being so young and with good physical fitness in the past, although the chances of tuberculosis and tumors are not high, we still need to find out. This requires further examination. It cannot be diagnosed by looking with the eyes or palpating with the hands.
"Oh, one more thing. Check for testicular torsion and varicocele. These two are especially important. If you find anything suspicious, you should be hospitalized immediately for treatment."
Liu Jinbu wrote them down one by one, and Jin Yue talked about a lot of possible accompanying symptoms of each disease, which would help him further differentiate the diagnosis. He then gave him several alternative prescriptions, and if the disease could be confirmed, he would pick the appropriate one. After working together for so many years, Liu Jinbu has some basic understanding of traditional Chinese medicine. He knows the routine dosage of most medicines and their contraindications. He can use them by increasing or decreasing the dosage appropriately after careful consideration.
Jin Yue checked the key points again, "That's all for now, go check it out first, and if it doesn't work, call me."
She told him her office phone number, "Basically someone will answer during work hours, and you can call my home number after get off work."
After seeing Liu Jinbu off, Jin Yue sat in the office for a while, and Li Xuemei continued to come up to report on her work. "Nothing urgent, is it, Dean?"
"It's okay, let's continue where we were just now." Shu Jinyue put away the notebook and carefully looked through the financial statements of the past few months.
After more than half a year of operation, the hospital finally achieved a balance between income and expenditure last month. It is still far from making a profit, but it is no longer losing money, which is the biggest progress.
Originally, Shu Jinyue estimated that it would take two years to break even. Xu Duan and Shu Wenming were more optimistic. They estimated it would take one and a half years. However, it has now been achieved in half a year, ahead of schedule. Everyone is very happy.
Of course, it is not something to be happy about that so many people are sick. What makes them happy is that, under the premise that the total number of patients remains unchanged, more patients are willing to choose Jinyue Hospital and believe in traditional Chinese medicine. This is their opportunity to rise.
"If I have to pay more, I can't stand it anymore." Jin Yue sighed. The dividends from her patented drugs over the past six months, plus the money she earned from Xu Duan's factory, all went into the hospital.
"It will get better and better in the future. If that doesn't work, we can lower the living standards in the cafeteria. Every bit of money saved counts." Li Xuemei suggested. She really felt that the food in the cafeteria was too good and too expensive.
"That won't do. We all work hard, and being able to eat better is a benefit." Although it is called a canteen, meals for medical staff are not expensive. They just need to pay a little bit for each meal. If they don't charge a penny, they are afraid of causing waste.
Who can blame Uncle Tian for his delicious cooking? No matter what he cooks, it is very popular. As a result, everyone eats in the cafeteria all day on work days. The more they eat, the more they want to eat. If she didn't want to go home to be with her children, she would also want to eat in the hospital.
After leaving the garage and driving the car, Jin Yue drove his mother home for lunch. On the way, Zhao Wanqiu suddenly sighed, "It's almost Qingming Festival."
"Are you going to visit your father's grave this year?"
"Of course I have to go." Since returning from the countryside, Shu Jinyue knew that her biological father loved her very much. She would go to visit his grave and sweep the tomb every Qingming Festival. Last year, she was about to give birth and couldn't go, so she asked Xu Duan to go instead of her. This year, the child is about to turn one year old. "I will take the moon and stars to show him."
Zhao Wanqiu said, "Hmm," "Are we still going the day before Qingming Festival?"
"Yes, let's go buy some incense, candles and paper money in advance. He loves steamed buns, so let's steam more."
At that time, living conditions were difficult and Su's father had rarely had a full meal. He dreamed of eating white steamed buns as much as he could.
"Well, buy another roast chicken. He has always been obsessed with the leftover roast chicken that Master Xu gave him as a reward." Because of that half leftover roast chicken, he almost lost everything in order to protect Master Xu's son.
Shu Jinyue used to admire this kind of "loyal servant" type of dedication, but after learning about Mr. Xu's personal morality, she felt it was not worth it. Biological father Su Limin regarded half a roast chicken as the light of his life, but to Mr. Xu, it was really just half a leftover roast chicken.
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On the day before Qingming Festival, Xu Duan and Shu Wenming drove their family to Qinglin Mountain outside the city.
Qinglin Mountain is not a mountain, but the name of a cemetery. Su Liming is buried here. Zhao Wanqiu didn't have much money back then, so she could only pick a cemetery within her financial means for a hasty burial. Now that both his mother and he are rich, they have found him a location with an excellent view and scenery.
"Look at the moon and stars, this is grandpa's grave. This is grandpa, remember?"
"Grandma, why do my younger brother and sister have two grandfathers?" Xiao Ping'an asked.
"Because that's the scientific reason!" Mengmeng was just busy punching.
Zhao Wanqiu herself found it a little difficult to explain this kind of question, but fortunately, the child was only curious for a second, and after this second, his attention was immediately attracted by the flowers and fruits in front of the tomb.
Jin Yue was stunned, "Who sent these flowers?"
"Brother and sister-in-law, right?" Xu Duan said. Xu Ping felt guilty towards Brother Su because he failed to help Jin Yue stay in the city. Every year, he would visit the grave at a different time from the Shu family.
Everyone stopped talking about this topic, put out the steamed buns and roast chicken, and burned paper money. Everyone took the children away consciously to leave Jin Yue some space. She wanted to talk to her father.
Jin Yue wiped the tombstone carefully with a handkerchief. The location was sheltered from the wind and Xu Ping and Zhang Zhen had just been there a few days ago, so there was not much dust to wipe off. Her fingers carefully traced the three words "Su Liming".
"I didn't come to see you last year. I've been doing very well in the past two years. My family is happy and my career is going well. You have grandchildren now. You should have seen them just now. My mother said that Xingxing looks like you, especially his eyebrows."
"Don't worry about me. I've lived a very good life in this life. Very good."
She couldn't remember it, but Zhao Wanqiu still remembered that her father would put her on his neck and let her ride on a big horse. As soon as he got his salary, he would take her to buy candied haws, and her little mouth would be dirty and red from eating them. When she got home, Zhao Wanqiu would complain. He would promise her that he would not buy them next time, but he would still buy them for her next time if she asked for them.
He, who was reluctant to eat plain steamed buns, opened candied haws and bought candied melon seeds for her without blinking an eye.
She really had no memory of these things, but in Zhao Wanqiu's narration, they seemed to have become her memory, so her two children both had the surname Su, Su Xing and Su Yue.
This matter was brought up by Xu Duan himself. The Xu family members had some objections at first, saying behind their backs that what was the difference between this and Xu Duan going to the door in person? The door he entered was not that of his current father-in-law, but that of his former father-in-law. He was a good son with healthy hands and feet, and he was capable. He had built such a big factory, but instead of bringing honor to the Xu family, he became someone else's son-in-law. Was he worthy of Mr. Xu?
The brothers Xu Duan and Xu Ping asked the relative who was speaking: Why don't you ask whether Mr. Xu is worthy of Brother Su?
As for the fact that the child took his grandfather's surname instead of his parents', it was also considered a special case of household registration. Shu Jinyue and Xu Duan even wrote a special written explanation of the situation and went to the relevant departments twice before they got an explanation.
"You have Su Yue and Su Xing now, are you happy?" Shu Jinyue's voice drifted in the spring breeze.
No one answered her, but the slowly moving clouds, the flying dandelions, and the leaves swaying in the wind seemed to be her father's answers.
After visiting the grave, the family was in a good mood, so they turned the car around and headed straight to the foot of the West Mountain.
"Wow! Secret base! Picking peaches!"
“Pick apricots! Sour and sweet apricots!”
"There are also big grass carp and grilled fish! Grandpa, I want to eat grilled fish!"
The three older ones cried out loudly, and the two younger ones also followed suit and danced with joy. Zhao Wanqiu and Xu Wenli could hardly hold them any longer. "Oh, little ancestors, don't worry. You two can't eat it. What are you so anxious about?"
"Ah, ba ba ba ba ba ba..." This is Little Star. He can't say anything. He can only drool and babbling.
Little Moon's mouth was faster, and she could already speak a little, "Qiqi, oily!"
He probably wanted to say "eat fish", but he couldn't pronounce it accurately and coherently, and everyone laughed.
The female comrade stayed where she was and looked after the children. Xu Duan took Shu Wenming and Shu Wenyan deeper into the garden and picked some fruits. The apricots that were not fully ripe were snatched by the five children. After wiping off the fuzz and taking a bite, they found them sour and hard.
“It tastes terrible.”
“Not cooked yet.”
Fortunately, I only picked seven or eight, so nothing was wasted.
Xu Duan had good eyesight and found two wild fruit plants in the thorn bush. They were covered with small yellow thorns and even the leaves were prickly, but the fruits were small and soft, looking a bit like strawberries, but yellow in color. When ripe, they turned into golden yellow like mangoes and sparkled in the sunlight.
Shu Jinyue didn't even notice that there were such small wild fruits not far from them. Although they were small and covered with thorns, they tasted sour and sweet and were very delicious. The children liked them very much. They just washed them in the stream beside them and couldn't wait to put them in their mouths.
"It's delicious. Is this a small yellow strawberry?"
"No, it's called yellow bubble."
"Huang Pao, which 'Pao' is it?"
Shu Jinyue was a little embarrassed. This was just a dialect name, and she had never thought about the specific word. "Well, the scientific name is probably raspberry, but raspberry seems to be red. I haven't eaten it either, so I don't know if it tastes like this."
Yaya was a little confused. "Auntie, you've never eaten raspberries. How do you know there is such a fruit?"
Shu Jinyue choked. She couldn't say that she saw it on her phone. "Isn't it in books and on TV? There are so many TV shows and books that you haven't watched."
No matter how smart Yaya is, she hasn't even started middle school yet, so she's easy to deal with. A simple "You haven't seen it, you haven't read it" will shut her up.
"It's delicious. Can we bring the yellow poplar tree back home?"
"Great! That way we can eat it often!" Mengmeng was a show-off. She took Xiaoping'an to dig trees with great effort, and they actually found two tiny seedlings.
Shu Linong doted on them: "Okay, when we get home, Grandpa will plant them for you today, and you can eat yellow poplars at home next year!"
After they finished digging, Xu Duan and his two uncles brought back two little wild rabbits. They were very small, one snow-white and the other gray-black, with long ears and red eyes. They looked very cute and very small, as if they had been weaned not long ago.
"It's such a small one, why not just let it go?" Jin Yue felt a little reluctant.
Xu Duan smiled bitterly, "I didn't want them in the first place. The mother rabbit is already dead. I don't know who killed her. The body is right at the entrance of the rabbit hole. There are only these two left crying for food. If I don't take them away, they will be eaten by other animals."
Sure enough, the two little rabbits were already starving to death. When you touched them, there were only bones and fur left, without any meat at all. Such cubs could not survive in the cruel nature.
Now, Jin Yue couldn't bear it any more. Seeing that the children couldn't let it go, he said, "Then take it back and let them raise it."
Now the children were even more excited. They kept clamoring to make nests for them, give them names, make feeding troughs, pick grass leaves and buy carrots. They were very busy and happy.
The house is spacious, but...Xu Duan frowned.
These two little guys happen to be a male and a female, and rabbits have such a strong reproductive ability that if one is not careful they will produce a bunch of offspring. If they are not cleaned up in time, it will be very dirty and smelly.
"I'll go find Yang Moli and ask her to help sterilize them so they won't have endless offspring."
This seemingly inhumane method is actually the best way for them.
Meng Meng, the silly girl, heard this and asked quickly, "What is sterilization surgery?"
"It's to make them lose their fertility." Yaya said.
Mengmeng wanted to ask more questions, but Liu Huifang was overwhelmed and asked her to say less. Zhao Wanqiu took over and asked, "Yang Moli still does this?"
She is a doctor of andrology. She married Qin Haiyang two years ago and gave birth to a son. In the past two years, she has made some achievements in the andrology department of the provincial hospital. Many patients come to see her.
Jin Yue whispered, "Yes, she is good at male surgery. Have you forgotten that she performed sperm extraction on an azoospermia patient that year?"
"This girl is amazing. I've noticed that since your generation, many young girls have become amazing. Not only are they pretty and have good personalities, but they are also no worse than men in terms of professional skills. In fact, they are even better than most men. This shows that the times have progressed."
"Yes, in our generation and the past two thousand years, women had no chance to study and were born without the right to compete with men. But it's different in our New Dragon Country. Girls can go to school, participate in politics, practice medicine, do scientific research, practice martial arts, join the army... There is nothing that girls can't do when it comes to work."
If Zhao Wanqiu had not been helped by Shu Wenyan's biological mother, she would now be feeding pigs in the countryside like many women of her time. How could she be sitting in a bright consulting room like she is now, being respectfully addressed as "Doctor Zhao" or "Expert Zhao" by patients?
Xu Wenli heard this and came over to say, "If you ask me, the current family planning policy is quite good. Many working families can only have one child, so they can't give up the idea of having a son."
Although not every parent of an only daughter will support her with all their strength, at least it is better for only daughters. Xu Wenli said this from her own personal experience. When she was an only child, she was not badly off materially, so now when Xu's mother came to her crying for money, she would at least give her some.
Two or three hundred yuan was not a lot of money in her and Shu Wenming's eyes, but it was a lot for the Xu family.
She wouldn't give too much, but if she didn't give, she would feel guilty. After all, when she was the only child, they had never treated her badly in terms of material things. If she hadn't given birth to a younger brother later...
This was her sad story, and no one mentioned it. Instead, they talked about other things, and the car quickly returned to the door of her house.
Goldfish Hutong is indeed a wealthy area. The roads in the hutong are much wider than those in Liuye Hutong, and there are no illegal buildings or obstacles. Cars can drive to the doorstep unimpeded. If it weren't for his father-in-law's eagerness to grow vegetables, Xu Duan would even want to build a parking space in the yard.
As soon as they parked the car, Aunt Zhao came over happily on her bicycle, "Are you back Jinyue? Someone is looking for you!"
Shu Jinyue took a sip of water and asked, "Did you find Yard No. 16?"
"Yes, I think I've seen that girl before. She looks familiar. She helped you sell down jackets under the Jianshe Bridge, right? She's small like you, a few years younger than you. This time she brought a foreigner with her."
Shu Jinyue immediately understood that Lin Zhen and Eric had arrived.
Last time I called them and said they would be back around Qingming Festival, I didn’t expect them to be so punctual. “Mom, you guys stay home and cook. I’ll drive over to pick them up.”
"Okay, Xiaolin Zhen loves to eat chestnut braised pork. I see there are two pounds of top-quality three-line pork in the refrigerator, so I'll cook it for her right away. Old man, go to the vegetable market and see if there are any fresh chickens. Buy one and make her hand-shredded lemon chicken. I'll also need two pounds of tenderloin to make sweet and sour pork tenderloin. She loves it."
After not seeing each other for many years, she still remembered that Lin Zhen liked this sour and sweet taste.
Jin Yue smiled, stuffed Aunt Zhao's bicycle into the trunk, and pulled her on board. "Just sit with me. Why bother riding back with so much effort?"
Aunt Zhao felt really uncomfortable sitting in the car. It was her first time sitting in such a clean and comfortable car.
"Jin Yue, tell me the truth, how much does this car cost?" She asked cautiously. She didn't dare to ask that year. In the past two years, her husband worked as a technical worker part-time in a township enterprise. He received dividends instead of a fixed salary. The dividends were getting higher every year.
"It used to be more expensive, but now there are more car brands and types. The good ones cost hundreds of thousands, and the ordinary ones cost tens of thousands. What, do you want to buy one?"
Aunt Zhao was pleasantly surprised. "There are tens of thousands of dollars, really?"
Jin Yue nodded, "I don't really understand this. If you want to buy it, I'll let Xu Duan introduce it to you some other day."
"Yes, yes, yes. He is the one who installs things on cars. He must know something about it."
"Uncle Zhao doesn't plan to 'retire' this year?"
"Well, why should he retire? Anyway, he is in good health and doesn't do any heavy physical work. He just directs his apprentices to work. It's more leisurely than when he was in the state-owned factory before. It's okay for him to work for a few more years." At this point, she sighed, "It's all because of my son's failure to live up to expectations. If the fifth child could live up to expectations and not divorce his wife, his father wouldn't have to work so hard, always thinking about saving some money for him to find another one. Where can he find another one?"
The fifth son of the Zhao family was the one who dated Qian Chunhua for a while. Later he dated the daughter of their workshop director and lived with his father-in-law after marriage. Later they divorced for unknown reasons. The Zhao family has always been very secretive about it, so Jin Yue didn't ask.
As they were talking, the car arrived at the entrance of the alley and Jin Yue saw Lin Zhen.
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