Chapter 372 'Best of Both Worlds' and Further Success
In the grocery store.

It took Ran Xiaomei more than twenty minutes to buy a bamboo basket of things.

The customers behind had lined up in a long queue, but no one dared to get angry or show an impatient look on their face.

The truth is that this salesman has a face full of flesh, and he is usually very arrogant and will start swearing if he disagrees with something, so no one dares to offend him.

Everyone comes here to buy things, not to be scolded.

Besides, even if the incident becomes a big deal in the end, it won’t be a big loss for the salesperson.

At most you will be criticized, and then you can continue to go to work as usual, and even your salary will not be deducted.

On the contrary, if anyone stands out, he will be targeted by all the sales clerks when he goes to the grocery store to buy things in the future.

This era was not like later times. There were many grocery stores, shops and supermarkets to choose from on the streets.

Now, every household must have a ticket if they want to buy something, and the non-staple food book will have the name of the street and designated area where the household is located, and cross-area purchases are not allowed.

Therefore, if you want to live, you can't avoid grocery stores.

Unless you stop buying supplementary food for decades from now on.

But this is impossible. No one can afford not to buy anything for even a month, let alone decades.

Without the nutrition provided by supplementary foods, it is impossible to survive for long on food alone.

After buying things, Wang Mengde took the initiative to carry the basket and went to the place where pork was sold.

Fatty Guo was wearing a greasy apron, holding a knife in one hand and meat in the other, and was busy with his work with an expressionless face.

From time to time, there were customers who wanted to be picky, but he turned a deaf ear to them.

Pork is a good thing. You can buy it if you want or not. Anyway, there is never any leftover meat delivered from the meat processing plant every day.

"Fat man."

"Hey, Meng De is here, please wait for me for a moment."

"You keep busy, I'll just buy some things and leave, we'll get together again when we're free."

"No, wait for me, I just want to take a break."

Fatty Guo said this, ignoring the expression of the customer in front of him, he threw the knife and meat onto the chopping board, turned around and took off his apron, then opened the place where the counter was connected and walked up to Wang Mengde.

Fortunately, there was another person in the butcher shop, otherwise, even if he risked offending him, he would have to talk to the several people in the queue.

Arrived outside the grocery store.

Because there were several children at home and her daughter-in-law was the only one at home, Ran Xiaomei felt uneasy and went back first.

"Meng De, thank you. My brother now has a job and has found a partner. He plans to get married next spring when he reaches the age."

Fatty Guo took a puff of his cigarette and said with a grateful look on his face.

His younger brother helped investigate the situations of Xu Damao and Gao Yuze and secretly reported them.

Wang Mengde privately asked someone to arrange a good job for him.

There are a large number of unemployed young people in Beijing now. In addition, due to special reasons, the performance of various factories is not good, and there are not many production tasks. The number of recruits each year continues to decrease.

Add to that the dramatic increase in population born after liberation, and if we calculate the time, this group of people have also grown up.

This has led to a large number of vagrants on the streets.

And Fatty Guo’s younger brother is one of them.

He would go out to fool around after dinner, either to flirt with women or to pick fights.

His father was very worried at the time, fearing that something might happen one day.

It wasn't until the first half of this year that I finally got into a good company.

With a good job, naturally there will be girls willing to date him, which means he can start a family and build a career right away.

"Hey, why are you being so polite to me? He has helped me, too."

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

Gao Yuze was eventually sentenced to several years in prison, and even after he was released, he was unable to turn things around.

In addition, when he was in power, he severely offended a group of people.

These people and their relatives and friends cannot afford to offend his former backers, so they will definitely take it out on him, a fallen man.

Although Xu Damao was only imprisoned for half a year, his ending was not good.

Not only did he lose a good job, but he also married a widow with three children.

This widow has an IUD, so even if she recovers from her illness, she will not have the chance to have children.

At the same time, Widow Meng is not an easy person to deal with. She and He Daqing are always arguing with each other. If there were opportunities, Xu Damao would probably have enough cattle and sheep on his head.

This matter spread not only in the yard, but also in the entire alley.

But Xu Damao was helpless, as Widow Meng had the leverage over him. Unless they both died, he could only turn a blind eye.

Originally, he had great eloquence and the ability to deceive, but Widow Meng didn't fall for his tricks.

Therefore, Xu Damao can only follow Yan Jiefang and others to do odd jobs all day to earn money to support his family.

Otherwise, if he didn't go out that day, Widow Meng would take the opportunity to scold him.

Now, among the more than 20 households in the courtyard, except for Wang Mengde and Sha Zhu's family, all other families are very cautious, for fear of offending Widow Meng.

After the two chatted for a while, Wang Mengde asked:
"By the way, how is Uncle Guo's health?"

"Well, he's in good health now. He took most of the bottles of 'Palace Emperor Pills' you gave me last month.

He would eat four or five steamed buns and drink two bowls of porridge in one meal. If pork belly was cooked, he could eat one bowl by himself.

He and my mother quarreled every day because he was always involved with widows and often gave things to others.

Speaking of his father, Fatty Guo said with some helplessness.

His father was a well-known butcher named Guo in the area before liberation. When he was young, he had affairs with many married women.

After liberation, for fear of accidents, they gradually lost contact.

I thought my family would be more stable, but I didn't expect that he would hook up with some widows in recent years.

Those widows didn't want him because he was old, but mainly because he could use the back door to buy some of the best fat meat and the supplies he sent on a daily basis.

"Uncle Guo is still strong and healthy."

Wang Mengde didn't know what to say about this matter, he could only give a thumbs up and praise.

"Well, my dad will retire in four or five years. I hope he won't be working in a grocery store by then and will be more restrained."

Fatty Guo sighed again.

He had tried to persuade him before, but his father just glared at him and told him to mind his own business.

So we can only hope that his father retires.

When they can no longer buy good meat through the back door, those widows will probably leave on their own initiative.

After all, no one really likes old men.

"I remember you have a younger brother, he is seventeen this year."

Wang Mengde thought about it, then suddenly asked.

“Yes, my brother used to have good academic performance, but now that the school is closed, he has to stay at home before graduating from high school.

You know, it's hard to find a job now, even odd jobs are in high demand, and you can't earn much money. A few days ago, several of his classmates came to my house, and I heard them talking about supporting the construction of rural and remote areas and wanting to go to other places together.

After my parents found out about this, my dad beat him up severely and told him to stay at home and not go anywhere. "

Fatty Guo didn't know why he asked that, but he still explained honestly.

He had never thought of asking Wang Mengde to help his younger brother find a job.

The other younger brother already has such a good job, and their family has long been satisfied. If they want to have another one, it would be too greedy.

"He actually wants to go to other places. Right now, the conditions in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai are relatively good across the country. Other places are not so good, not to mention remote and rural areas."

"Who said it wasn't true? My dad was just afraid that he would get carried away and sneak away, so he told my mom to keep an eye on him.

Hey, you said you want to go to a difficult place instead of enjoying the good life in Beijing. I don’t know what you are thinking.”

Fatty Guo said helplessly.

Now is not the time to go to the countryside on a large scale.

It will have to wait until next year before a trend is formed through calls for action.

In recent years, only a small number of educated young people have gone to remote areas on their own initiative.

"This is not a solution. How can we be on guard every day?"

Wang Mengde shook his head.

"Yes, I think so too. My brother is now obsessed with making contributions to the country."

Fatty Guo said with a bitter look on his face.

The relationship between them brothers and sisters was very good. Now that his younger brother is like this, he feels very bad.

Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done about this situation.

I've said everything I should say and advised, good things and bad things, but he won't listen and there's nothing I can do.

"Why not let Uncle Guo retire early and let your younger brother take over?

As long as he has a job, he will definitely give up the idea of ​​going to remote areas. After all, working is also a contribution to the country.

In this way, Uncle Guo can retire early and have a good rest, so as to avoid being involved with some people outside. "

Wang Mengde suggested in a low voice.

He only remembers the big events that happened the next year, when millions of people supported rural and backward remote areas.

But it is not clear whether young people like Guo Pangzi’s younger brother, who have the opportunity to take over, will also be included in this list.

Therefore, he suddenly had an idea and came up with this 'best of both worlds' idea.

"Hey, Meng De, this is a good idea. I will discuss it with my parents when I get home from get off work."

When Fatty Guo heard this idea, he immediately became happy.

He thought this method was very feasible and was the best of both worlds.

Before leaving, Wang Mengde asked Fatty Guo to help save a few pig's trotters for tomorrow.

His daughter has been yelling for pig's trotters since early morning.

Although there was a large amount of pork among the supplies brought in from foreign patients, some offal and scraps were thrown away.

So if you want to eat pig's trotters, you can only go to the grocery store and buy them from Fatty Guo.

It’s the beginning of the month again.

Monday morning, around eight o'clock.

In the intensive care unit, Wang Mengde took the lead and began the weekly ward rounds. Behind him were more than a dozen attending doctors, ward doctors, and nurses.

There are several new faces among the attending doctors.

They are all the lucky ones from various departments of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Guang'anmen Hospital.

Today is the first time that other doctors have come to help, except for Li Xiang and several other junior brothers and sisters.

These people were very excited. They had been worried and anxious since last night. They didn't even sleep well and each of them had dark circles under their eyes.

But they are all in good spirits.

It took the whole morning.

Even though Wang Mengde made his rounds very quickly, there were too many patients, and he occasionally had to give a few words of instruction to the new doctor behind him.

If the patient's condition recurs, a new prescription will be required.

It was almost time for dinner when I finally managed to check every ward in the building.

"We just took a quick tour, because this is your first time here and you may not be familiar with it.

But I hope you can overcome the difficulties, understand the patient's condition as soon as possible, and devote yourself to your work.

If you have any questions or don't understand something, you can always come to me and ask. If I'm not here, you can ask Li Xiang and a few others."

Wang Mengde said to the several new doctors behind him.

These few people are the first batch. There will be another batch tomorrow. It will last for a week until more than 20 lucky people will gradually participate.

He might be busier in the early stages, after all, he has to explain and teach these people.

Once he gets familiar with it, he will feel much more relaxed.

in the afternoon.

At the weekly leadership meeting of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

The meeting had been going on for about an hour. Towards the end of the meeting, Dean Lu adjusted the frame of his glasses and said excitedly:
“I have good news for you all. Thanks to the support of higher authorities, the efforts of all the leaders present, and the hard work of all the employees.

Last month, the number of foreign patients coming to our hospital for treatment reached a new high.

Of course, the most important thing is that the medical fees also set a new historical high, reaching more than 8.5 million US dollars, which is all foreign exchange income.

Now, our Guang'anmen Hospital has earned more than 50 million US dollars in foreign exchange this year as of the end of last month.

The superior leader called me specially to praise our unit and Comrade Wang Mengde, and encouraged us to keep up the good work and achieve even better results. "

As soon as he finished speaking, the leaders present applauded.

At the same time, all eyes were on the young man sitting in the middle position on the left.

At today's meeting, not only the dean and vice-dean but also the heads of various departments came.

But each of them is much older than Wang Mengde, and the youngest is over 40 years old.

"Comrade Wang Mengde, you have worked hard during this period. If you have any needs, please feel free to ask. Our institute will fully support you. We will provide you with people, materials, and money if you need them."

After the applause stopped, Dean Lu continued with a smile:

“I only have two hopes, that as more and more foreign patients are coming, we must be careful and try not to get into trouble.

Also, next year we will have three ward buildings, and the annual medical fee income would ideally be able to reach more than 100 million US dollars.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if we fail to achieve it. The achievements we have made so far have already exceeded the expectations of our leaders and ourselves.”

"Dean, don't worry, I will complete the task."

Wang Mengde felt a huge pressure on his shoulders, but at the same time he was confident that as long as nothing unexpected happened, his income would definitely exceed 100 million next year.

(End of this chapter)