Chinese medicine: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 121 Blind Date is Not as Good as Surgery (Subscribe)

Lying on the familiar bed, Zhou Yanqing found it difficult to fall asleep for a while.

Zhou Yanqing was even a little nervous, even though he had persuaded his stubborn aunt to help his cousin wade out of the "quagmire" of the college entrance examination.

But Zhou Yanqing couldn't tell what was good and what was bad.

From the perspective of respecting personal choices, it is definitely right to allow Li Rui to choose freely.

But from my aunt's perspective, Li Rui is just an ordinary junior college student, majoring in computer science, and it will be extremely difficult for him to find a job after graduation.

Zhou Yanqing is a little scared of this kind of "right to speak" within the family.

Zhou Yanqing doesn't think he has a very high status in the family. However, for ordinary villagers, a doctor, especially a doctor from Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, has considerable weight in the family.

Even if you haven't graduated yet, many people will think that you are knowledgeable and trustworthy.

However, Zhou Yanqing was so focused on studying that he did not notice these changes.

He was already an adult and was about to turn thirty.

At the age of thirty, if you get married, you should become the pillar of your small family. Your parents will respect your opinions very much now.

Because for Lao Zhou and Lao Liang, getting themselves out of the county is their greatest ability, and they dare not say anything about people and things outside the county.

They didn't dare to say anything more about the economic support after leaving the county.

Even if you work in the countryside for your whole life, you may not be able to afford half a house in Shashi.

"Xiao Shitou, do you want to have a midnight snack?" At 11:20, Liang Yue knocked on the door.

Zhou Yanqing put on his shoes, got out of bed, opened the door and walked out.

……

"Ah?" Zhou Yanqing was holding a bowl of noodles and was about to eat it when he looked towards his mother Liang Yue in surprise. He didn't dare to eat any more noodles: "Mom, if I don't agree to go on a blind date with you, can I still eat this bowl of noodles?"

"Why is it so sudden? For so many years you said that I was still studying and young. Why are you suddenly urging me to get married?"

Liang Yue didn't say anything, but her grandmother spoke first: "You are not young anymore, Little Stone, you are almost 27 years old this year. When your father was your age, you would be three years old."

"When your grandfather was your age, your father was already born..."

Zhou Yanqing: “…”

"Grandma, this is different."

"Times have changed. If I go on a blind date now, people may not be interested in me." Zhou Yanqing tried to deal with it hastily.

Liang Yue said: "That's not right. Someone else pushed the girl's photo to me for this blind date."

"She is a teacher in Shashi, with a permanent position. She is only 24 this year, three years younger than you. She is very beautiful. She is from Hengnan County."

"I told the middleman about my family situation, and the woman didn't seem to be disgusted..."

"She happens to be back during the National Day holiday, why don't you two try to meet up?"

"You won't lose anything by meeting her. What if she falls in love with you? She's pretty. I'll show you her photo."

Liang Yue wanted to go to the inner room to get her phone which was charging. Zhou Yanqing shook his head and said, "Okay, okay, I'm going to the county town tomorrow. After we meet, I have to go back."

"I don't know where I will go with my teacher for surgery next time. I just came to Hengshan County today. I asked for leave to come back."

"Mom, I still think you shouldn't worry too much..."

Liang Yue's face turned serious: "Just go if I ask you to. You haven't found a girlfriend in all these years."

"If you want to have a girlfriend, why would I go through so much trouble to arrange this for you?"

Zhou Yanqing was speechless: "Mom, Dad, please judge for me, is it my mom who usually says 'A man only worries about his fame and success, but not his wife'?"

Lao Zhou smiled and said, "That was in the past. Now we can consider changing direction."

The old couple and the grandparents probably wish they could give birth to a grandson and great-grandson for them right where they are.

However, after so many years of warnings from his family, it was still quite difficult for Zhou Yanqing to suddenly find a girlfriend.

"Okay, okay, I'll go on a blind date tomorrow." Zhou Yanqing lowered his head and started eating noodles.

"Look for a good girl. You study so hard, so you should put in some effort on a blind date too. Remember to say something nice. Girls need to be coaxed..." Liang Yue passed on her experience to Zhou Yanqing.

Zhou Yanqing really wanted to say that now in the outside world, the so-called coaxing and hard work, there is another word called licking.

……

October 10nd, 2: am, Hengnan County.

Zhou Yanqing's luggage was very simple, and his itinerary for today was also very simple. He would have a meal with a girl named Chen Yu at around 12 o'clock, and then rush back to Shashi in the afternoon to await his orders.

After adding each other as a friend and chatting today, Zhou Yanqing learned that the other party was a Chinese teacher and currently taught Chinese in a primary school in Fu District.

However, she was still visiting her uncle's house at ten o'clock and would not come out until eleven o'clock. The two agreed to meet at a relatively high-end Hengcai restaurant in the county town.

The price is not very expensive either.

After Zhou Yanqing confirmed the address the other party gave, he walked directly there.

The weather in October is neither hot nor cold, so it is quite suitable to take a walk to see the county town that I have not seen for a long time.

At 10:58, Zhou Yanqing arrived at Hengcai Restaurant and went to the booth that he had reserved in advance.

After Zhou Yanqing arrived at his seat, he told the waiter to wait until everyone was present before placing his order.

Eleven o'clock is not meal time, so the waiter didn't rush us.

Zhou Yanqing then sent a message to Chen Yu to inform him that he had arrived, then he held his phone upside down and looked out the window.

Zhou Yanqing attended high school in the county town, so he was very familiar with the streets outside, but the street was still the same street, but the shop where he studied was long gone.

The cold noodle and kimchi restaurant was changed into a dumpling restaurant. The tricycle selling stinky tofu snacks at the entrance of the alley has disappeared. The underground store where you could rent novels has now become a self-service hot pot. The fish noodle that Zhou Yanqing used to love has now become a five-grain fish noodle...

It was ten minutes past eleven when Zhou Yanqing saw a girl in a black dress with white dots and carrying a thin white shoulder bag slowly approaching.

After she entered the room, she told the waiter her seat number and was then brought over by the waiter.

As she approached, her face gradually became clearer in Zhou Yanqing's vision.

The hair was shoulder-length, dyed brown, half curled, and the bangs were a little fluffy. Zhou Yanqing was not very familiar with the hairstyle, so he didn't continue looking at it.

The person had very thin eyebrows, and as he got closer, the long eyelashes on his big eyes became more and more obvious.

She doesn't look fat, but her arms are a little fleshy, and she is not that slim with bony figure.

Zhou Yanqing took the initiative to stand up and showed a formatted smile: "Hello, my name is Zhou Yanqing, Aunt Luo introduced me."

Chen Yu looked like an ordinary urban woman, nothing special. She thanked the waiter first, then bowed slightly to Zhou Yanqing, took off her shoulder bag and said, "My name is Chen Yu, and the Aunt Luo you mentioned should be my youngest aunt in the next room."

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I just came out of my uncle's house at eleven o'clock."

Chen Yu's voice is relatively stable, without any clamped sound or soft feeling. Instead, it has a kind of graceful and confident feeling.

She gently gathered up her skirt and sat down, then politely placed her phone on the table. "I just arrived a while ago, too. Let's start ordering. You can scan the QR code here to order. I'm not picky about food. Do you have any food restrictions?"

"To be honest, I have never eaten at this restaurant before. I thought it was too expensive at that time. Later, after I went to study in college outside, I rarely came to the county town to eat." Zhou Yanqing introduced himself calmly.

Chen Yu said, "Doctor Zhou, you just take care of it. I've been to this restaurant once before, and their Tai Chi Tu is pretty good, but the eel is."

“The chicken feet are also good…”

After Chen Yu recommended two dishes, she took the initiative to ask, "Doctor Zhou, are you here for a blind date just to get the job done or for real?"

"If it's just to deal with the mission, we can check the slogans."

Zhou Yanqing was ordering food, shaking his head as he looked at his phone, "I don't have a girlfriend yet."

Then he looked at Chen Yu.

Chen Yu smiled and said, "I don't have a boyfriend either..."

Zhou Yanqing quickly ordered four dishes and a soup, then took out his phone and asked Chen Yu to choose again.

Chen Yu said, "Let's reduce one dish. The portions here are pretty good. Three dishes and one soup are enough."

"I reduced the amount of chicken feet because they are too strong and not suitable for lunch."

Chen Yu handed the phone to Zhou Yanqing and said, "Doctor Zhou, you are still studying for a doctorate, right?"

Zhou Yanqing confirmed the order and said, "Yes."

"To be precise, I am only in my first year of doctoral studies. Xiangya Hospital's doctoral program is a four-year program, so it may take me four years before I can officially start working."

This is the situation.

Four years later, Zhou Yanqing was already 31 years old, and Chen Yu was three years younger than him, so they might have to wait until they were 28 to get married.

If Chen Yu wanted to get married early, the two of them could just be friends and go their separate ways after dinner.

"Studying is good. After I started working, I regretted not studying for a few more years."

"Now I do want to take the master's degree exam, but I am afraid that I may not be able to get a job after graduating with a master's degree, so I am a little hesitant."

"The examination for civil service positions is quite tough now." Chen Yu is quite talkative and his way of bringing up topics is quite natural.

Zhou Yanqing smiled awkwardly: "Actually, I don't know much about the staffing of the teaching industry, but in our industry, basically there is a qualification threshold for admission. Without the threshold, you can't even apply for the exam."

"Speaking of which, most people like me who study for a doctorate are driven by the pressure of finding a job."

After spending some time together, Zhou Yanqing felt no disgust towards him, and even had a slight liking for him.

"Doctor Zhou, what hobbies do top students like you have?"

"Reading, listening to music, etc." Chen Yu asked.

"As for me, I only listen to music occasionally and rarely go out."

Zhou Yanqing went on to explain: "It's not that I don't want to go out. It's mainly because medicine is a bit competitive. If you don't beat others to death, you will be squeezed out like a squid. And the workload is quite heavy."

"I haven't traveled since I went out to play once in my senior year."

"Surgery, scientific research, writing papers, collecting materials required by teachers, being on duty, etc., will take up a large part of my time."

“So, I should follow this pace in the future, but I can occasionally free up weekends during my doctoral studies.” Zhou Yanqing still left himself a way out.

Chen Yu chuckled: "If you persuade people to study medicine, God will strike you with lightning. If you persuade people to study law, you will be cut into pieces."

"I also have classmates who study medicine and law, and they have complained to me many times."

"I've read your undergraduate textbooks..."

Zhou Yanqing replied: "There are no textbooks at the graduate level, but your teacher thinks that you need to know a little bit of what he knows."

"You still have to operate it and stuff. It's not easy."

"Teacher Chen, how is your work? It shouldn't be as easy as it's said to be, right? Three months of summer vacation a year, and two days off a week..."

Chen Yu loves to laugh, and this time she showed her little canine teeth when she laughed: "If it's first grade, it's only slightly better than the kids in kindergarten."

"He may ask you for toilet paper, or feed him medicine. His parents may ask you to find him a piece of clothing or a bowl. If it rains and the parents don't come to pick up the child, you have to wait and call the parents."

"If a parent is in a meeting and can't answer the phone, then you'll have to wait."

"Of course, these are relatively easy to deal with. The hard part is when the parents are divorced, the father doesn't give money, the mother doesn't give money, the father doesn't pick up the child, the mother doesn't pick up the child, but every day I call to ask if the father or mother has picked up the child..."

"Grandpa doesn't pick up the child, but grandpa often comes to the school to look after the child..."

"Primary school students are quite naughty. If they bump into something in school, then our class teacher will basically be busy..."

……

Twelve forty.

Zhou Yanqing and Chen Yu were walking on the sidewalk downstairs. Zhou Yanqing suggested, "Teacher Chen, I'll take you home. We're both in Shashi anyway, so we can keep in touch later."

Chen Yu shook her head and waved her hands, raised her fair neck, and said in a slightly gentle tone: "No need, Doctor Zhou, you go catch the car, I'm not going back yet!"

"I came back in a hurry. I have been in a hurry since yesterday. I have to go to my aunt's house now..."

"Basically around the 4th, I have some time to myself."

……

After saying goodbye to Chen Yu, Zhou Yanqing shook his head and smiled casually.

I guess it won’t work this time.

Chen Yu has a good temperament and personality, but she has also come into contact with many outstanding people.

It's hard to force feelings.

……

After taking a bus to Shashi, Zhou Yanqing received a call from Ning Zhu.

"Yanqing, are you in Shashi?"

"Here comes a man with a broken palm. I heard from Master that you went back."

Zhou Yanqing just got off the high-speed train at this moment, and his tone suddenly became clear. He hurriedly said, "Brother Zhu, I'm here, I'm here, I'll take a taxi back right away. I'm at the high-speed train station. It should only take about 40 minutes to take the subway at this point."

"You do it first, I'll be back soon!~"

Ning Zhu's voice trembled slightly: "Fuck, you are worthy of being me, Yanqing."

"MD, you are simply an involutionary demon."

Zhou Yanqing seemed to have gotten into his own rhythm: "Brother Zhu, the early bird catches the worm..."

(End of this chapter)