Chinese medicine: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 161 Young Instructor (Subscription Request)
"Master, this transposition technique is so difficult to learn. I have been learning from you for so long, but my attainments are still limited!~"

At the booth in Suicai Restaurant, Zhou Yanqing was pouring soup for Tan Zhongyu as he spoke.

Tan Zhongyu's broad face froze for a few seconds, and he was speechless for a few times before replying, "You call this limited attainments?"

"Yanqing, are you used to the rapid growth process, so you are quite dissatisfied with the current progress?"

"You have to know that basic skills and specialized techniques are different concepts."

Some people struggle all their lives and still linger outside the threshold of transposition.

It's not that they don't want to go in, but their legs called 'talent' are too short to cross that threshold.

“Specialized techniques are derived from basic skills but are higher than basic skills.”

"Why is peripheral nerve treatment difficult? It looks simple, but when you really try it, you will find that there are too many things to accumulate."

“And there isn’t a very direct path.”

Zhou Yanqing placed the whitened fish soup with thin shredded radish in front of Tan Zhongyu, then picked up his own bowl and filled it again: "Master, I'm worried that you'll get tired."

Tan Zhongyu took a red spoon with a white rim and stirred it to cool it down: "It's not worth it."

"I learned surgery from my teacher, and it took me five years to become a master."

"Do you think it's easy to teach an apprentice? It's not like teaching a student."

In Tan Zhongyu's understanding, students and apprentices are two different concepts.

Students only need to graduate, have a skill to make a living, meet the standards of their peers, and find a job.

But when it comes to taking in disciples, more must be asked of him and the standards must be more stringent.

The ancients said that a teacher is someone who imparts knowledge and resolves doubts.

In fact, most students are just here to learn and answer questions from teachers.

There are not many people who can truly be taught by the Master.

There are several factors. If the student's qualifications are too shallow, the teacher may not bother to pay attention to him. If the student's qualifications are too high, the teacher may despise the student's insufficient foundation and seek help from another school.

The first disciple Tan Zhongyu brought out was Ning Zhu. However, after meeting Zhou Yanqing, Tan Zhongyu felt that he had not taught Ning Zhu enough.

"Thank you for your trouble, Master. I will study hard." After Zhou Yanqing sat down, he poured another bottle of coconut milk for Tan Zhongyu.

Tan Zhongyu is a person who loves to drink, but in order to teach Zhou Yanqing, Zhou Yanqing found that Tan Zhongyu did not drink a drop of alcohol in two months.

Even if you have surgery the next day, drinking alcohol the night before may affect your performance during the surgery.

"You've been working hard. In the past two months, your transposition skills have improved to the point they are now. Talent, hard work, and dedication are all essential."

"Is the money enough?" Tan Zhongyu asked, changing the subject.

In the past two months, in order to "repay" Tan Zhongyu's "favor of teaching", Zhou Yanqing took the initiative to take the responsibility of treating everyone to meals, except for meals during consultations and surgeries.

Although Tan Zhongyu didn't say anything, he had a rough idea in his mind.

Zhou Yanqing can be very poor, but he cannot ask his family for money. This is Tan Zhongyu's bottom line.

There is no other reason, because Zhou Yanqing receives a lot of subsidies every month, as well as rewards for publishing articles.

It is enough to spend all the money. It would be a bit harsh to ask Zhou Yanqing to ask his family for money again.

"Master, it's enough, it's still enough." Zhou Yanqing said hurriedly.

But there wasn't much left. After the meal, there were only about four thousand left.

But there are only a dozen days left in April. If Zhou Yanqing does not need to invite his master to go to mid-range or above restaurants in the future, he will have enough money for himself.

However, Zhou Yanqing still felt grateful towards Tan Zhongyu.

A trip to a private training course can cost tens of thousands of dollars, and the teaching time is only three to five days.

Tan Zhongyu taught Zhou Yanqing for more than seventy days in a row, taking care of everything personally. Except for sleeping, he spent most of the time holding Zhou Yanqing under his armpit and feeding him.

Did Zhou Yanqing pay him tuition?
The money spent on treating guests to dinner is barely enough to cover the cost of a private training class.

Tan Zhongyu did not continue the topic and said, "For the next half month or so, let's take a break!"

"The provincial youth skills competition will begin in mid-May. It would be best if your senior brother Yu Yue could win a special prize."

"As for teaching, your master has already set an example for you!"

Tan Zhongyu's frankness made Zhou Yanqing feel a chill in his heart.

He nodded solemnly and said, "Master, I know. As long as Senior Brother thinks highly of me, I will definitely do my best."

Teach by precept and example.

Tan Zhongyu set an example with his own body, and Zhou Yanqing naturally kept it in mind.

Although he had no obligation to teach his fellow apprentices, Tan Zhongyu's investment of his time, to a certain extent, deprived his other fellow apprentices of teaching opportunities.

It's time for Zhou Yanqing to give back.

The Hunan Orthopedics Academic Exchange Conference and Young Doctors Professional Skills Competition is scheduled to be held from May 19th to May 24th, a total of five days.

It is now April 19th, and Zhou Yanqing has exactly one month to give instructions.

Tan Zhongyu said: "Yanqing, you don't have to worry too much. Your previous teaching is already good enough."

"Liu Wanqing told me many times that after your discussion with him, he has made great progress recently..."

Liu Wanqing is already in his fourth year of doctoral studies this year and is about to enter his final academic year. In two months he will graduate and stay in the hospital.

The reason why Liu Wanqing had such an opportunity was that under the guidance of Zhou Yanqing, he defeated several other doctors in sub-specialties and was able to stay in the hospital.

No superior as capable as Zhou Yanqing would have the time to provide such perfusion-style feeding to a doctor like Liu Wanqing.

The fact that a rising generation can suppress its peers for decades is no joke.

"Master, no one will have any objection to Senior Brother Liu staying in the hospital, right?" Zhou Yanqing asked cautiously while drinking soup.

I think everyone has an idea of ​​Senior Brother Liu Wanqing’s previous level.

If I hadn't intervened, Senior Brother Liu Wanqing would definitely have to go out and look for a job.

"So what if I have an opinion?"

"If we only look at the master-disciple relationship, then Dean Lei would have had the final say long ago."

“If we only look at the length of study and attitude towards learning, then we will just accept them all.”

"We can't observe so carefully, we can only see what they will do at that point in time."

"This is similar to what you said during the re-examination." Tan Zhongyu analyzed the situation from another angle, hoping to help Zhou Yanqing resolve his concerns.

In fact, Zhou Yanqing's knot in his heart had long been untied, but looking back now, the gap between himself back then and the top medical students was indeed huge.

No one will look up to you and think that you are well qualified just because you are an undergraduate from an unknown school and can get into the master's circle of a top 985 university.

"Master, the word fate is a bit mysterious."

"I'm very grateful that you don't mind." Zhou Yanqing looked up and gave the most sincere smile.

What do you mean by not caring? You, Zhou Yanqing, can easily come to our Central South University, why do you insist on going to a place you can't go?
Don’t you just look down on us Central and Southern China?

If Tan Zhongyu and others have such an idea and insist on getting rid of you, Zhou Yanqing, you will have no place to seek justice.

……

After eating and drinking, Zhou Yanqing accompanied Professor Tan Zhongyu for a walk back home.

It was already a bit hot in Shashi in mid-April. Tan Zhongyu was sweating, but he felt refreshed.

At the entrance of the community, Tan Zhongyu patted Zhou Yanqing's shoulder, pinched Zhou Yanqing's deltoid muscle, and then touched Zhou Yanqing's right ear along the sternocleidomastoid muscle.

"Go back and have a good rest today."

"For the next period of time, you can put aside the matter of transposition for a while."

"Learning is a long process and requires a balance between work and rest," said Tan Zhongyu.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Master."

"Master, my parents said that there was a rainy season at home some time ago, so some fir mushrooms grew in the mountains."

"He sent a batch of fresh mushrooms. If you don't eat them in time, they will go bad."

"So they sent two copies. I'll give them to you tomorrow." Zhou Yanqing said and left.

Zhou Yanqing knew where the door of Tan Zhongyu's house was and even the combination of the combination lock. Without the master's permission, Zhou Yanqing could just put it in the refrigerator at home.

Saying it out of respect.

Just like Tan Zhongyu told Zhou Yanqing the password, it was to make it convenient for Zhou Yanqing to come to his house for dinner occasionally, but he was too lazy to open the door.

Even if Zhou Yanqing rang the doorbell at home, Tan Zhongyu was too lazy to move.

Even Professor Tan’s daughter, who is still in high school, feels a little jealous about this.

Tan Zhongyu is a late-marriage and late-childbirth person. He is almost fifty years old this year and his daughter is only seventeen. She is currently in the third year of high school and will graduate soon.

Zhou Yanqing left, and Tan Zhongyu went straight into the community.

"Dr. Tan, thank you for your hard work! You were so busy that you almost couldn't find your way home." Liu Hui sat on the balcony, crossing her legs, reading a book and drinking coffee.

She was wearing a lavender nightgown, which made her look very dignified and elegant, even though she was already forty-five years old.

"It's fine if my daughter is jealous, but are you jealous too?"

Tan Zhongyu rolled his eyes and said, "I'll go take a shower first and tell you later."

Liu Hui turned in one direction, turned a page to the left, and continued to take a sip of coffee.

He raised his head and glanced at Tan Zhongyu, who had changed into slippers after entering the house and did not make the house dirty, and then started reading again.

My daughter attends a prestigious high school, Changjun High School. She finishes school at 10:30 pm and takes a taxi home by herself.

When Tan Zhongyu came out of the shower and wiped his hair, Liu Hui put down the book and asked with concern and curiosity: "How is Yanqing's progress?"

Ever since Ning Zhu graduated, Liu Hui rarely heard Tan Zhongyu praise his students.

However, since the year before last, when Tan Zhongyu met Zhou Yanqing, he seemed to have become a different person, full of youth and vitality, and he wished he could turn himself into a man in his thirties, working hard.

"It is possible that he will completely inherit my mantle before he turns 35. In this way, I can enjoy a peaceful and comfortable life for the next ten years after I turn 55." Tan Zhongyu said happily.

Liu Hui heard this and said, "Don't you want to climb up yourself?"

Professor Tan Zhongyu is now a professor and a famous doctor at Xiangya Hospital. He has reached the pinnacle of medicine in the entire Hunan Province.

Although you have missed out on titles such as Young Outstanding Scientist, you can still strive for further titles such as Yangtze River Scholar.

"It's boring. My own accumulation is not enough, and I can't compare with Professor Lei's. I don't want to let the hospital spend time and resources on me. It's better to watch the younger students slowly make money."

"This kind of comfortable mentality may make me live more freely and comfortably than Brother Lei. Anyway, even if I don't make progress, you and your daughter won't starve. Right?" Tan Zhongyu has a very open-minded mentality.

"It seems that this Yanqing has really grown into your heart."

"I remember you didn't think so a few years ago."

Liu Hui tilted her head and joked, "Hey, if Yan Qing's age wasn't inappropriate, would you want to recruit him as your son-in-law?"

It's still early and my daughter has yet to finish school, so we can make such jokes in private.

Tan Zhongyu shook his head: "A daughter is a daughter, and an apprentice is an apprentice. It's best not to mix them together. I don't like such a messy relationship."

"Every relationship is best when it is purer, so there is less gossip."

"Things like feelings are not something we can control, so don't say such things."

"if."

"Forget it!~"

Tan Zhongyu held back a word. He didn't want Zhou Yanqing's name to be carved on the skin of fish and pork every time he entered the kitchen.

Before his daughter gets married, every father of the daughter will have a period of "hatred". During that period, he would like to chop the pig into pieces.

Especially since Tan Zhongyu also had the ability to skin and pull out tendons, he would have been cut more than a hundred times, and in the end it wouldn't even be diagnosed as a minor injury?

You can cut the same hole with more than a hundred cuts, and each cut can still cut something.

"I was just joking!"

"Let them all come to our house for dinner sometime, and don't be too partial to one."

"Yu Yue and Liu Wanqing are both pretty good kids," said Liu Hui.

"There are more than just these two. If we want to invite everyone, we have to go out to eat."

Tan Zhongyu said: "It's time for us to go out for a meal. It's been a long time since we had a meal together after the Chinese New Year."

Liu Hui only knew Tan Zhongyu's favorite disciple, but not all of Tan Zhongyu's students.

Of course, Tan Zhongyu couldn't just favor Zhou Yanqing and then have a small circle of people who loved him the most.

This will make other students more dissatisfied.

"Then don't other people have any objections to your treatment of Zhou Yanqing?" Liu Hui frowned slightly. Her skin was well maintained and she looked to be around thirty-six or thirty-seven years old.

"If they want to have opinions, they should dare to speak out."

"Zhou Yanqing is now the junior instructor of our group. Even Xianming may not be able to surpass Yanqing in terms of absolute strength."

"Yanqing is still young, and there is still plenty of time to interact and teach them."

"Do you think my students are stupid?"

"Compared with the possibility of staying in the hospital, how much is jealousy worth? It's not like no one has taught them." Tan Zhongyu saw the crux of the matter very calmly.

Liu Hui was speechless, then opened the book and started reading.

It is rare to see Tan Zhongyu praising people like this, but it seems to be true. If Zhou Yanqing can let Liu Wanqing stay in the hospital, then it does not mean that he cannot let others have the opportunity to stay in the hospital as well!

(End of this chapter)