novel for you Chapter 1286 Gathering at the Wen Family
Chapter 1286 Gathering at the Wen Family
After lunch, Chen Yang drove to the sanatorium.
Upon entering the courtyard, Chen Yang saw Old Lin lying on a recliner with a radio playing storytelling next to him.
"Old Lin," Chen Yang called out with a smile.
"Oh, Xiao Chen is here."
Old Lin smiled and said, "You're such a busy person, how come you have time to come here?"
Beside Old Lin was a young man in his thirties, who was Old Lin's bodyguard. The man quickly brought Chen Yang a stool.
"Thank you," Chen Yang said, then smiled and said to Elder Lin, "Elder Lin, are you scolding me?"
"How could I dare to scold you?"
Old Lin smiled and said, "You're busy with important matters right now, so I'm very grateful that you can take some time to come and see me."
The guards listened from the side, also admiring the friendship between Chen Yang and Old Lin.
Chen Yang was Lin Lao's healthcare physician. None of Lin Lao's previous healthcare physicians dared to be like Chen Yang.
Everyone else is always there to serve him, checking on Old Master Lin every few days, but Chen Yang often disappears for long periods of time.
"I haven't been able to visit you for three months while I was leading the team."
Chen Yang smiled and said, "I'm relieved to see that you're in good health. Otherwise, I would have been desecrated after my death."
"Hahaha......"
Old Lin laughed heartily: "What are you saying? For your sake, I have to take good care of myself too."
As he spoke, Old Lin sat up and asked, "When will Xiao Jinghuai be 100 days old?"
"Three or four more days."
Chen Yang said with a smile, "You must come to the wedding banquet then."
"That's a must. Even if you didn't invite me, I would still go," Old Lin said with a smile.
Mr. Lin is over ninety years old this year. As a retired cadre, he has no needs now.
Actually, many people don't understand Old Lin. Old Lin, who came from the war years, doesn't like people serving him all the time. He's happy when someone like Chen Yang, who is busy with his own things, comes to visit him occasionally.
It was already dark when I returned from the sanatorium.
When they arrived home, Wen Manlu was pacing around the living room with Jing Huai in her arms. The little guy seemed a bit fussy and was whimpering.
"Let me do it." Chen Yang washed his hands and took his son from him.
Strangely enough, once Jinghuai was in Chen Yang's arms, he quickly calmed down and looked at his father with his big, dark eyes.
"This little guy knows it's his dad coming home," Wen Manlu said with a smile, handing over the baby bottle.
While breastfeeding, Chen Yang told Wen Manlu about today's schedule: "...The surgical department has done a good job with the planning, and Elder Lin is in good health. It's just that the new hospital campus is scheduled for a tight schedule, so we'll be busy from now on."
"You just got back, don't overwork yourself."
Wen Manlu poured Chen Yang a glass of water: "By the way, Dad is arriving in Beijing tomorrow. Mom said she'll pick him up at the station, and we'll all go to Grandpa's house for dinner tomorrow."
“Okay, I’m free tomorrow afternoon.”
Just then, Hanhan ran out of the room, holding up a drawing: "Dad, look, I drew our whole family!"
The drawing depicts five people in childlike strokes—a tall father, a mother with braids, a little baby held in her arms, herself, and her grandmother. The sky is sunny, and there are small flowers on the ground.
"You drew so well!" Chen Yang reached out and hugged his daughter. "Hanhan is amazing!"
"The teacher said there's a drawing competition at the kindergarten next month, and I want to win first place!" Hanhan looked up with her little face full of pride.
"Of course, my daughter is the best." Chen Yang smiled and kissed Hanhan on the cheek.
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The next afternoon, Chen Yang finished work early and drove to pick up Wen Manlu and Hanhan.
When we arrived at the Wen family's old house, the courtyard was already bustling with activity.
Wen Xiuping was playing chess with Wen Rongxuan under the grape trellis, while Chen Zhenghong sat watching from the side. Tao Ying and Wen Manlu's mother, Bai Qingxue, were busy in the kitchen.
"Grandpa, Dad..." Chen Yang greeted them one by one.
"Chen Yang is here!"
Wen Rongxuan looked up and smiled, "Perfect timing, come and help me take a look at this move, your grandfather is about to checkmate again."
Wen Xiuping stroked his beard smugly: "A true gentleman observes chess without speaking; Chen Yang, don't break the rules."
Chen Yang smiled and waved his hand: "Grandpa's chess skills are superb, I dare not get involved."
Wen Manlu carried Jing Huai to the side, and Hanhan skipped and hopped over, calling out, "Great-Grandpa! Grandpa! Uncles!"
"Oh, my dear great-granddaughter!" Wen Xiuping immediately abandoned the chessboard and opened his arms.
Hanhan snuggled into Wen Xiuping's arms, chattering away incessantly.
While teasing Hanhan with his beard, Wen Xiuping looked at his great-grandson with a loving expression: "He looks just like Chen Yang when he was little."
"Dad, have you seen Chen Yang when he was a child?" Wen Haoxue asked curiously.
Wen Xiuping glared at Wen Rongxuan. "He's such a grown man, yet he keeps saying whatever comes to mind."
Just then, Bai Qingxue came out of the house and said, "Dinner is ready. Everyone, wash your hands and eat."
Inside the restaurant, a large round table was laden with dishes.
"Chen Yang, you must have had a great time leading the team out this time, right?" Wen Rongxuan put a piece of braised pork on Chen Yang's plate.
"Yes, I've seen many good practices at the grassroots level, but I've also discovered quite a few problems," Chen Yang briefly recounted some of his observations.
"Yes, this training was very good."
Wen Xiuping nodded: "The development of traditional Chinese medicine depends on talent. After your new hospital is built, the hardware will be improved, but the software must keep up."
"Grandpa is right."
Chen Yang said, "We are now working on a talent development plan and plan to implement a mentorship system so that young doctors can learn from renowned doctors and regularly go to the grassroots level for training."
"That's a good idea."
Wen Xiuping praised, "Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes inheritance, but it cannot be done behind closed doors. We must both inherit tradition and keep pace with the times."
Hanhan interjected, "Great-Grandpa, I want to be a doctor when I grow up!"
"Great, great!" Wen Xiuping was beaming with joy. "Our Hanhan will definitely be even more amazing than your dad if she becomes a doctor!"
The meal was warm and lively. Afterwards, the men chatted and drank tea in the living room, the women cleaned up the kitchen, and Hanhan played with Jinghuai's toys by the crib.
Wen Rongxuan and Chen Yang sat together, and Wen Rongxuan asked Chen Yang about the specific difficulties in the construction of the new hospital campus.
"The main focus is on talent recruitment."
Chen Yang frankly stated, "Top experts are hard to recruit, and young doctors need a training period. Although the center has a lot of talent now, the gap is still very obvious compared to top international medical institutions."
Wen Rongxuan said in a deep voice, "That's inevitable. They've been developing for so many years. Don't rush, take it one step at a time, and be selective rather than accept inferior quality."
"Yes, that's what I meant too." Chen Yang nodded.
Chen Yang chatted with Wen Rongxuan for a while, then was called to the study by Wen Xiuping, where the father and son-in-law chatted for the rest of the afternoon.
In the evening, Wen Haodong, Wen Haoxue, Wen Haohui, Wen Haofei, and Wen Rongbo and his wife all arrived. Wen Haodong also brought Su Yunxue, and Wen Haoxue brought his lover.
With Chen Yang's family also joining in, Wen Xiuping's place is quite lively today.
"Second Brother, when are we going to have a wedding banquet?" Chen Yang asked Wen Haodong with a smile.
"It'll be soon, it'll be soon," Wen Haodong laughed heartily.
After spending the past six months together, Wen Haodong and Su Yunxue have become quite close, and now the second brother feels very safe.