1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 318: Becoming a Medical Practitioner
"I've never been to an examination hall, so even if you ask me to make up something, I can't do it! This is what happens. You have a pretty good grasp of your estimated score, so just go and consider what major to fill out! If you do well in the exam, why would you go fishing in the sea?" Liang Ziqiang said affirmatively.

"No way, out of 120 points, you only got 59 points. Even I, a fisherman, know that this is far from passing! You told me this is an excellent result? A Qiang, you are not allowed to lie about this. When I find out that you are talking nonsense for fun, I will beat you up too!" Liang's father still didn't believe Liang Ziqiang's words and warned him.

Liang Ziqiang hurriedly explained to his father in various ways, trying to make his father believe that this was the fact.

If he wasn't persuaded on the spot, his father would really take Liang Zifeng to the sea to cast a net and fish starting tomorrow, and he wouldn't even plan to participate in the upcoming volunteer application.

When the national results are announced, Liang Zifeng will suddenly find out that his score is actually enough to get into a very good school. Wouldn't he be extremely regretful?
After listening for a while, Liang's father seemed to gradually believe Liang Ziqiang's words, and his dark face began to look better:
"According to what you said, is it really possible that Ah Feng's dream of going to college, which he has been dreaming of for several years, can come true? Is he really going to make the leap from a carp to a dragon?"

Although the father tried to keep his expression calm, the light in his eyes flickered for a moment. He was full of expectations for Afeng to be admitted to university, and it was very obvious at this moment.

"Then assume that what your second brother said is right. If you really have a hope of passing the exam, what do you plan to study and which school do you plan to go to?" Liang's father pulled them to sit at the table and started talking about their next plans.

We were just discussing buying a boat for fishing, and then the topic turned to filling out applications.

Liang Zifeng thought about it and expressed his thoughts:

"Dad, second brother, you know that I am applying for the science major. Among the seven subjects, my best subjects are chemistry, biology, and physics, so I want to apply for a major related to medicine!"

"You want to study medicine? Become a doctor?"

Since Liang Zifeng had never revealed much about his thoughts on his major before, after all, at that time it was still unknown whether he would have the opportunity to apply for university.

Now hearing this thought coming out of his mouth, Liang's father and Liang Ziqiang were somewhat surprised.

"Not necessarily. Being a doctor or researching drugs are both possible," Liang Zifeng further explained.

"It's almost the same, they all treat illnesses!" Liang's father pondered for a moment, "Well, once you put on a white coat, you are a government employee, and you have a stable job anyway. Treating illnesses and saving lives is a real thing. I'm just afraid that you'll read some empty stuff and become a useless fake!
If you want to study medicine, just focus on your medical skills and don't get involved in those messy fights. Otherwise, with your personality, I'm really afraid that you won't be able to compete with others in society and won't be able to stand on your own feet!"

What was strange was that this time, Liang's father did not oppose at all and directly agreed with Liang Zifeng's own choice of major.

Since his father agreed, Liang Ziqiang certainly had nothing to say. He just knew that his younger brother loved to study and was good at studying, and he hoped from the bottom of his heart that he could follow the path he longed for. As for which major to develop in, it all depended on Zifeng's own wishes.

"Studying medicine is good, whether you are treating patients or making medicine, it's good anyway." Liang Ziqiang agreed immediately, "What about schools, have you decided which medical universities you want to apply to?"

"There are several levels of schools, and it's hard to be sure. I have to decide which level of medical school to choose first based on my own estimated scores." Liang Zifeng revealed, "After hearing what you said, I have to find some teachers I know and ask them to help estimate my scores again in the next two days. I want them to estimate my scores more accurately so that I can fill in my application!"

Previously, I estimated my score, but it seemed that no matter how many times I estimated it, it would not exceed 59 points. I was completely discouraged and thought that there was no hope of passing the test. I was too ashamed to ask the two familiar teachers to help me estimate my score.

Now it seems that since 59 is considered a very high score, there is nothing to be ashamed of. He plans to go find those two teachers.

If a few people sit together and estimate the scores carefully, they can make a more accurate estimate. Maybe your math score may not be 59.

It will be more reliable to estimate the scores of each subject more accurately and then determine how to fill in the application form.

"Brother, thank you so much today! If you hadn't brought back this news, I would have thought I had done very badly in the exam. Not to mention that Dad is angry, I'm angry with myself. I really plan to give up completely and just fish at sea for the rest of my life!" Liang Zifeng said to Liang Ziqiang repeatedly while expressing his gratitude.

"You're dreaming. Are you cut out to fish for your whole life? You can't just go fishing whenever you want!" Liang's father refuted Afeng again, but the dark cloud on his face was gone, and his eyebrows were trembling a little.

Liang's mother didn't understand and walked over from a distance:
"Didn't you say earlier that you wanted Ah Qiang to sell the boat to Ah Feng so he could go fishing at sea? How come I went out to pick a few vegetables and then I slapped myself in the face?!"

"Why are you getting involved? If I tell you about cultural matters, you will understand them."

"I don't understand, but you do! You are the most educated!" Liang's mother couldn't bear it anymore and retorted angrily.

"Hurry up and make a few more dishes. What can you stir-fry with these vegetables? I brought back some fish from the sea and cooked them all. Also, see if there are any dried fish or bacon, and add one or two dishes today!" Liang's father instructed.

"I saw you looking so dead in front of me, and you turned your face away from others, and then you asked me to add more dishes. I don't understand what's wrong with you!" Liang's mother muttered a few words and went to prepare the dishes.

We actually added more dishes, so dinner was more sumptuous than usual.

After dinner, mother-in-law Li Jinju helped to hold little Jingcheng. Liang's mother would come over from time to time, tease Chengcheng with a smile on her face, and then take over to hold him.

If you say he is well behaved, now in the arms of his grandma and grandma, Liang Jingcheng is really obedient and doesn't mind anyone holding him. He switches between the two pairs of arms without any sign of protest.

Compared with the energy he uses to torment his parents in bed at night, they are like two different children.

This made Liang's mother and mother-in-law even more convinced that little Jingcheng was very well-behaved and quiet at night, and it was Liang Ziqiang and Chen Xiangbei who were restless and making trouble.

The two old mothers took turns hinting frantically, indicating that from tonight onwards, Liang Ziqiang and his wife should sleep in separate rooms.

Liang Ziqiang pretended not to notice.

Seeing that the hint was ineffective, Liang's mother made arrangements directly:
"There are three bedrooms. Lizhi and I will share one, my mother-in-law will sleep with Xiangbei, and Qiang, you and your father will sleep in one bed. That's it. I think it's good!"

Chen Xiangbei, who had remained silent throughout the whole process, blushed at this moment. What else could she do after her mother-in-law had said so much? She quickly pursed her lips and agreed, "Then do as mom says!"

But Liang Ziqiang felt aggrieved!

He glanced at Liang Jingcheng, who was in his mother-in-law's arms with a calm face, and felt very wronged.

The key point is that this agreement made him seem like he had no sense of propriety and couldn't help but do something with Chen Xiangbei.

We can't lose so unclearly!
He shook his head firmly:

"Mom, I've made it very clear. It was Cheng Cheng who was crying at night! You didn't hear it because I closed the door. I'll leave the door open tonight so you can see how much trouble this kid can cause at night!"

Seeing that he was getting stubborn, Liang's mother stopped forcing him:

"Is it really him who's keeping you awake? Then you can leave the door open. I want to see what kind of trouble my well-behaved and sensible grandson can make at night."

Hearing this, Liang Ziqiang breathed a sigh of relief.

Tonight, it's time to prove my innocence...

Of course, the door doesn't really need to be fully open. Just leave it half open.

With how much trouble little Jingcheng was making at night, his cries would be enough to be heard everywhere. By then, his grandmother and her grandmother would have a good look at how their good grandson behaved!

After putting Liang Jingcheng on the bed, Liang Ziqiang began to look forward to it, waiting for him to make a noise.

Liang Jingcheng had no idea that his father's conspiracy against him was quietly unfolding. At this moment, he was concentrating on his own business - eating his fingers.

He seemed quite satisfied with his fingers and sucked them with great pleasure. Today he did not show any sign of crying or making a fuss.

If he doesn't cry, Liang Ziqiang will be anxious!

After waiting for a while, he decided to intervene directly and perform human intervention.

He forcibly pulled out the finger that Cheng Cheng had stuffed in her mouth. The pleasure of sucking her finger was interrupted, so she must be angry and embarrassed, right?
However, Cheng Cheng's reaction did not develop as he expected.

The little guy was just stunned for a moment, and looked at him intently with his eyes like a pair of black grapes.

It has been ten days since he was born. Unlike the day he was born with his eyes squinted, Cheng Cheng can now open his eyes and look around. Moreover, his eyes are like his mother, bright and beautiful.

There was no intention to blame him. After looking at him for a while, he regained his original intention, raised his hand, and stuffed it into the little mouth again... Liang Ziqiang was a little dumbfounded. Why didn't he cry? He was unusually easy to talk to tonight!

There was no other way, so he had to repeat the old trick and pull his little hand out of his mouth again.

After doing this again and again, he felt that he was getting closer and closer to his goal.

Unexpectedly, after seeing his fingers being pulled out again and again, Xiao Chengcheng did something that no one could have imagined.

He groaned twice, and suddenly with a generous expression, he stretched out his finger and put it to Liang Ziqiang's mouth...

"Um, ah!"

While feeding Liang Ziqiang his fingers, Liang Jingcheng made simple sounds to him.

The meaning is still very clear:
Don't you like this too? You keep snatching it from my mouth. Seeing you are so envious, I'll give you two bites. Enjoy it!

Chen Xiangbei, who was standing next to him, was trying to hold back her laughter, but couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw this:
"Look how generous your son is. He knew you were trying to snatch the food from him, so he gave it to you first. Don't reject his kindness!"

Liang Ziqiang looked at his fingers covered with the baby's saliva, his face suddenly filled with worry, and he stepped back in time.

Liang Jingcheng was a little confused. He rolled his eyes twice and looked at him: What do you want?

After looking at it for a while, she ignored him and continued to put it back into her mouth and sucked it again...

From beginning to end, I didn't cry.

Liang Ziqiang's attempt was immediately declared a failure.

He thought about it and realized that the crying at night was probably mainly because the cloth was wet with urine and he was uncomfortable.

He was also eager to clear his name and was eager for quick success, so he made bursts of "hushing" sounds towards Xiao Cheng Cheng.

Babies can often be induced to urinate by hearing the "shush" sound. Once the diaper is wet, why worry about him not crying?
Liang Jingcheng heard the hissing sound and really responded. He stopped sucking his little finger and looked at him again, and then...

He moved his little mouth back and forth, trying to make the same sound, but he was not yet able to do so and no sound came out.

I actually played with him!
The induction failed again. The only result was that Chen Xiangbei punched him in anger:

"You don't want to sleep tonight, right? Your son is doing well and not making any noise tonight, isn't that a good thing? Why don't you go to sleep quickly? Do you have to make him cry to be happy?!"

The stubborn Liang Ziqiang tried several ways to persuade her despite his wife's fist. In the end, little Cheng Cheng didn't show any tendency to cry, but had a lot of fun playing with him...

As they played, little Cheng Cheng gradually fell asleep. He slept soundly and sweetly, feeling at ease!

Liang Ziqiang was left alone, watching his son sleeping, feeling extremely frustrated and helpless...

I miscalculated. I left the door open on purpose, and as a result, no crying sound came out.

At one point, Liang Ziqiang wanted to come up with a surprise move to win, and hit Cheng Cheng's little arms and legs twice, and strangle him to tears...

But he thought about the consequences and realized that Chen Xiangbei would definitely strangle him to death in the next second.

I had no choice but to give up the risk and choose to live with injustice...

Liang Ziqiang didn't know when he fell asleep, bearing the humiliation and sleeping for a long time, making up for the sleep he had missed the previous night.

The next morning, I got up early, dressed, washed and faced the eyes of my family.

Sure enough, it was not even time for breakfast yet, but my mother and mother-in-law glanced at me meaningfully.

Mother Liang looked at him:

"How was it? The door was always open last night, wasn't it? Didn't you hear little Cheng Cheng crying? I said he was very well behaved! Don't put the blame on my little grandson in the future!"

Liang Ziqiang continued with tears in his eyes: "This kid really didn't cry or make a fuss last night, it's strange..."

"You two look much better today than yesterday," the mother-in-law said indirectly, "That's right, take a good rest and stay energetic, it will be good for both of you!"

Liang Ziqiang was about to cry: "That's true, as long as that kid doesn't make trouble, we can both rest well!"

The family had just finished breakfast when someone came to the door.

The visitor was Zhang Baomin’s younger brother, Zhang Baohan.

Zhang Baohan chatted for a while and then stated his purpose. He said that he heard from Zheng Liu that Liang Ziqiang was planning to sell his old boat, so he came to find out.

Liang Ziqiang asked Zheng Liu to talk to the fishermen at that time, because he wanted to sell the lotus-patterned boat so that he could have more money and be more financially comfortable.

Although there was a setback in the middle, and he almost had to sell the boat to Liang Zifeng, Liang Ziqiang now felt that Liang Zifeng would most likely be admitted to a good school, and the fishing boat would probably not be needed. It was also good for his father and eldest brother to continue to work together, and there was no need to add more boats for the time being.

However, when talking about price with Zhang Baohan, Liang Ziqiang felt that he couldn't continue the conversation.

Zhang Baohan insisted that the ship Liang Ziqiang was transferring was a second-hand ship and should be sold at a significant discount.

Liang Ziqiang bought it for 700 yuan at the beginning, but now it is being sold second-hand for only around 400 yuan.

Liang Ziqiang almost chased him away.

Even though it is second-hand, he only bought the lotus-patterned boat in the second half of last year, and it hasn’t even been a year yet!

Moreover, in the past six months, the ship has not had even a minor problem. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a new ship.

What's more, Liang Ziqiang had just visited Fengshou Shipyard last month and knew that the shipyard had raised prices across the board just ten days ago.

If you go to the shipyard and want to buy another eight-meter wooden boat exactly like this lotus-patterned boat, it will definitely not be something you can get for just seven hundred yuan.

It has reached over 800, close to 900!

He also told Zhang Baohan about the shipyard's price increase, saying that even if he sold it for 650, it would still be more than 200 cheaper than the shipyard.

Zhang Baohan thought he was selling an old boat as if it were a new one. The two talked for half the morning but could not agree on anything.

After the conversation, Liang Ziqiang's mind changed.

He was thinking that since the prices of ships at the shipyard were rising, it would become more and more expensive to buy the same ship in the future, and his ship was neither old nor broken.

If you can't get the ideal price, just keep it and don't sell it.

If you want to go to the deep sea, of course you can only use a large steel ship. But if you usually catch some small fish in the shallow sea, or take a boat to the town or county to do some business, using a large ship will be very fuel-consuming and not cost-effective.

Steel ships, wooden ships, or two "Ziqiang" ships can be used together...

(End of this chapter)