Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 518: My second sister is dating someone? I would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix

The content of the letter from my second sister Fang Ning was also very simple:
"I am a little unwell, but I am getting treatment. Don't worry. I have finished the college entrance examination and I think I did well. I will wait for the news around New Year's Day. I am thinking about my family's exam results and asking about my eldest sister's family situation. I saw something in the newspaper that sounded like my third brother's dialect. I hope it is true."

Translated, it means:
"I have a minor health problem now and I am receiving treatment. I hope my family won't worry. The college entrance examination is over and I feel I did well. I should be able to get the admission letter around New Year's Day. I don't know how the rest of the family did. How are my eldest sister and her family doing after returning to the city? In addition, I seem to have seen news about my third brother Fangyan in the newspaper recently. I wonder if it was him?"

After reading it, the younger brother said:
"My second sister didn't see my book? Didn't you tell her about my book, Dad?"

Fang Ning asked Fang Jie and Fang Yan in the telegram, but didn't ask him, which made the younger brother feel ignored.

The elder sister next to him said:

"That's not the point, is it?"

The younger brother finally reacted and said:
"Oh, yes! Why is she sick again?"

After saying that, he habitually looked at his third brother Fangyan.

Dialect analysis:
"She is a very strong-willed person. She usually won't specifically mention her illness in a telegram. For example, my father only found out about her hospitalization last time after asking other people."

"I took the initiative to tell you in the telegram this time. Either I didn't want to worry my family, so I told them in advance, or it was actually quite serious, so I told them in the telegram."

The little brother nodded:
"Third brother's analysis makes sense."

Then he said to his father:

"Dad, how about I ask someone about her situation?"

Father Fang Zhenhua said:
"Don't worry. When I replied to her telegram, I had already sent a telegram to my friends over there."

"She didn't tell me what disease she had, but as a father I can't just ignore it."

After saying this, he comforted everyone:

"Don't worry, I think there will be a reply tomorrow."

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

Although Fang Ning is relatively independent in this regard, he still receives a lot of care from his family.

Especially when she took the initiative to admit that she was sick.

The younger brother then remembered something and asked:
"By the way, my second sister feels that she did well in the exam. Which university did she apply to?"

Dad shook his head and said:
"I sent her a telegram asking, but she said nothing."

After hearing this, the eldest sister Fang Jie analyzed:

"Generally speaking, this kind of selective disregard is likely to indicate that the applicant is not applying to a university in Beijing."

"Otherwise, there's no way he wouldn't have said it."

The younger brother said in surprise:
"No way... She didn't apply to a university in Beijing, so she applied to a university outside Beijing? That doesn't make sense."

The eldest sister guessed:
"Maybe she has someone she likes and will apply to the same university as the guy."

Hearing the elder sister's guess, the younger brother immediately said:

"If it were any other girl, I believe she would do this, but I don't believe it about my second sister. Besides, which boy would like her with that kind of personality?"

"Women will change after they fall in love." The eldest sister said meaningfully.

She felt that there must be something wrong.

Fang Yan looked at the two gossiping here and said:

"Don't make blind guesses. Let dad ask his acquaintances over there to find out."

Father Fang Zhenhua said:
"I haven't heard of this either. When she was sick and hospitalized, there was no boy to take care of her. It was the female educated youth who was with her who took care of her. If she had a partner, this kind of situation would definitely happen."

After saying this, he saw Fang Jie's eyes and said:
"Okay, I'll ask someone about it later."

When they finished talking about the second sister's letter and walked out of the study, there were guests outside.

They are Jia Dapeng and his wife.

I didn’t encounter dialect when I came here last time, so I came here again today.

This guy is quite particular. He brought gifts last time and he brought gifts again this time.

But this time I brought two servings of pastries.

Compared to the two hens, two bottles of wine and two boxes of candy given last time, this gift is a little more popular.

"Brother Fang! Congratulations. I heard that you got a job at PUMC."

"Sure enough, the brilliance of gold cannot be concealed."

Jia Dapeng smiled and bowed to Fangyan.

Fangyan smiled and invited him to come in and sit down.

Jia Dapeng took the opportunity to introduce his wife, a girl who was five years older than him. Her name was Ma Hongjiao. She was 1.75 meters tall, with a pair of long legs, and was almost as tall as Jia Dapeng.

Unlike her figure, this girl speaks in a delicate voice.

I don’t even dare to look people in the eye.

It complements Jia Dapeng's noisy personality.

After Fangyan invited them into the house, he asked about the recent situation of Tongrentang.

Old Deng has passed away now, and he has been promoted to become the new store manager.

There are only a few old employees left in the store waiting for admission letters. If they can pass the exam, they will go to university. If not, they will continue to work in the store. However, most of the old employees have already resigned.

So some new people were transferred here recently, and Jia Dapeng is busy training them every day.

He is the busiest person in the store now. Fangyan asked if there were many patients visiting the store now. Jia Dapeng said that most of them were neighbors. As for the patients from other places, they all came for Fangyan.

When they heard that Fangyan was no longer in the store, they all turned around and left immediately.

In order not to cause trouble to Fangyan, Jia Dapeng did not tell them the address of Fangyan's home.

"But now you work at Union Medical College, so I can tell them." Jia Dapeng said to Fang Yan with a smile.

Fangyan waved his hand and quickly refused:

"Don't help me spread the word. I do emergency treatment at Union Hospital, and I don't work there all the time. I'm just on a temporary basis."

Hearing this in the dialect, Jia Dapeng became curious.

He asked Fangyan what was going on, because the day before yesterday Deng Nanxing came to the store and asked him about Xie Guolai's home address, saying that Fangyan wanted to look for Xie Guolai.

There was nothing to hide about this matter, so Fangyan told Jia Dapeng directly.

This made Jia Dapeng feel refreshed.

It turned out that not only Fang Yan transferred to Union Medical College, but also Deng Nanxing and Xie Guolai went there together.

Suddenly Jia Dapeng felt a little regretful. He regretted not following Fangyan.

Compared with the consultant physician at Peking Union Medical College and the store manager at Tong Ren Tang, it seems that the former is more impressive.

Fangyan also saw what Jia Dapeng was thinking.

He said to him:
"It's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. Besides, being a consultant physician in Union Hospital requires a high level of professionalism."

"You are still best suited to being the store manager at Tong Ren Tang."

After hearing what Fangyan said, Jia Dapeng also realized that his level as a latecomer was no match for Deng Nanxing and Xie Guolai.

It is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. This saying makes sense. After all, in Tongrentang he can manage an entire store by himself, and in Union Hospital many people can manage him.

It’s just that the Imperial Hospital is really attractive, and following the dialect, I always feel that its development potential is greater than staying in Tongrentang.

I was too busy before to think about these issues carefully. Now that I am a store manager and see the deserted store, I suddenly realize that the prosperity of Tongrentang in the past was actually brought by the dialect.

But now Fangyan is speaking it, his level is not high enough, and the things he knows are not enough on a higher stage.

Jia Dapeng is still more suitable to be the store manager of Tongrentang.

But I can't help but feel a little regretful.

I feel like I can see the end of my life.

Fangyan didn't have the heart to comfort Jia Dapeng. After chatting for a while, he went to the kitchen to cook.

Today, in addition to Jia Dapeng and his wife, Mr. Xie also came. At that time, Fang Yan promised the old man that he would personally cook some Hunan dishes for him.

Today's ingredients were purchased by my eldest sister. Fangyan selected some ingredients that can be used to make Hunan cuisine. After cutting and preparing them, she started to get busy in the kitchen.

Mr. Xie also eats Hunan cuisine at home, but he always eats the worst possible food.

The main theme is to recall the good times and remember the bad times every day.

Of course, his tastes are actually related to his own problems.

After eating greasy meat, his stool would become unformed and would last for about two or three days, so eating delicious meat dishes was undoubtedly a torture for him.

But now his condition is much better. His previous prostate problem has been completely cured after Fangyan's treatment.

When Fangyan examined him, the root of his tongue was purple and red with edema, the tongue coating was thin yellow, and the pulse was stringy and thin.

He also had pain and inability to urinate, a wet scrotum, dry mouth, bitter taste in the mouth, chills, and could not sleep at night, and had nightmares when he fell asleep.

Now these symptoms have basically disappeared after taking Fangyan's medicine.

Now when the old man eats, he will also put two or three meat dishes on the table.

During this period, family dinners are no longer a time to reminisce about the good old days.

As the dialect says, how could a normal person deliberately make all the dishes taste so bad when he could eat good food?
There must be a reason for wearing leather pants over cotton pants!

The only problem the old man has now is that he still has difficulty urinating and he needs Fangyan’s help to solve the problem.

This symptom was already quite mild, Fangyan told him that he would prescribe a prescription for him after he had dinner.

In addition, the old man also expressed that he wanted Fangyan to give him another bone-setting massage.

The last time Fangyan gave him bone-setting massage and acupoint massage, he felt very comfortable and he still remembers that feeling to this day.

The flu has been raging lately and I can’t go out.

He also asked medical staff from the military hospital to give him massage, but it was never as comfortable as the Fangyan method. This time, when he heard that his granddaughter was coming over for a reunion, he decided to come along.

Also coming with him was his granddaughter Xie Yongzhen.

In fact, he didn't want to bring his granddaughter with him, but if a person of his level went out without his granddaughter, he had to bring a guard with him.

So I had no choice but to bring my granddaughter along.

In a short while, Fangyan prepared several authentic Hunan dishes.

Xiangxi stir-fried pork, Hunan-style fish cubes, grandma's dishes, hometown tofu, bamboo fungus and pork ribs soup.

The aroma immediately reminded Mr. Xie of the taste of his hometown. He really didn't expect that the Hunan cuisine cooked in dialect would be so authentic.

Originally, the main purpose of coming here today was to get treatment, but I didn't expect there would be an unexpected surprise.

(End of this chapter)