Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 526 Chapter 525 Fruit
In addition to having strong diagnostic skills, doctors must also be able to infer and ask questions when conducting patient interviews.

The so-called inference is to combine your own judgment with the cause of the disease given by the patient and give a more reasonable explanation.

Because when you are asking a question, you have no idea how ridiculous and unreasonable the explanation the patient in front of you can give. This phenomenon is more common in proctology and urology departments.

The method of using clichés in conversation with patients is to set traps or make a sudden surprise so that the patients can confess voluntarily.

Tang Zhitong heard that a doctor, during his ward rounds, asked patients who were about to undergo surgery: "Have you eaten anything this morning?"

Patient’s family member: No, the nurse told me not to eat.

Doctor: How can that be? You have to eat something to undergo such a major operation. Otherwise, how can you bear it?

Patient's family member: Who said it wasn't? It had to be a doctor. We just drank a bowl of millet porridge.

Doctor: The operation is postponed.

……

The emergency doctor from last night checked the patient he had received last night again in the morning. Apart from some pain in his muscles, Mr. Kou was fine now.

The emergency doctor wrote "suspected external impact" on the medical record and let the patient go.

After returning home and hurriedly eating a meal, Lao Kou went to work in a hurry. Before leaving, he asked his wife for the receipt for yesterday's medical treatment, so that he could take the receipt to the company to go through the reimbursement procedure.

Seeing that he could no longer hide the truth, Lao Kou's wife had no choice but to tell the truth. When she saw the price, Lao Kou was heartbroken.

Odebiao once said: If you endure for a moment, you will get angrier; if you take a step back, you will suffer more.

During the whole journey, Lao Kou was thinking, how can I make up for it? How can I make up for it?
Tang Zhitong went home late last night, but he didn't get up late today. He returned He Peilan's bottle on his way to work with sleepy eyes, and then sent his two younger sisters to school.

The college sent out a notice today that January 1st will be a day off and there will be no adjustment for the holiday.

There is a big difference between today's college students and tomorrow's college students in terms of their initiative in studying, but there is not much difference in terms of holidays. They all like holidays very much.

Two days ago, Tang Zhitong had distributed all the water tickets, meal tickets, and subsidies. After the holiday notice came down, many students whispered about where to go for the holiday.

It’s not easy to go out these days, let alone go out for fun.

If they hadn't come to university, at least 80% of the students here would not have such leisure and elegance.

I've been in college for so long, but I've only been to the Great Wall once. With such beautiful scenery in the capital, shouldn't I take advantage of the opportunity now to go on a budget trip?
"How about we go to Shichahai? Last time when I was delivering coal, I heard the kids at the entrance of the alley say that they can go ice skating there in the winter."

"Going ice skating specifically? Not really? The swimming pool at our school is frozen, so why not go here?"

"Shichahai is so big! Our school's swimming pool is too small, and there are too many people here."

"Would you like to go to the Forbidden City? Let's criticize the evil feudal society."

"I heard Jingshan Park is pretty good too."

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The students in Class 593 of the Cable Department were chattering away, saying all sorts of things.

"Teacher Tang, are you going?" Luo Zhiping was very positive about such things. Before organizing the whole class to vote, he came over to ask Tang Zhitong for his opinion.

"I won't go. It's the end of the year and there's a lot of work at the escort department. I have to work overtime there." Tang Zhitong declined Luo Zhiping's invitation using work as an excuse.

Everyone who works in finance knows that the end of the year is the busiest time for finance.

Tang Zhitong has taken over the Finance Department not long ago, and although the work is not much, he is still a bit overwhelmed if he is asked to organize the financial receipts and data by himself.

Thanks to Ma Wei's help, Tang Zhitong felt much more relaxed.

Although he felt relaxed, Tang Zhitong was still not willing to go out with this group of young people. The weather was too cold. This was not the time for him to be in love with classmate Xiao Wang, so there was no need to go out and suffer the cold.

In the afternoon, Tang Zhitong went to the escort office as usual. He was stopped by the guard at the staff entrance: "Chief Tang, the deliveryman just delivered a few letters. Could you please take them back? The deliveryman had too many letters today and was too busy to go in."

"Okay, leave it to me." Tang Zhitong also worked as a postman. He knew that there were a lot of letters near the end of the year and understood the situation.

In fact, the deliverymen in this area do not go in every time. If there is no letter that needs to be signed by the person in person, they will often be lazy and leave the letter in transit.

There were not many letters, only three, and one of them was from Ma Wei.

Tang Zhitong first sent the other two letters to other departments before finally coming to the Finance Department.

Ma Wei was nibbling on an apple. Apples were rare in the middle of winter, but Tang Zhitong pretended not to see it and didn't make a fuss. Instead, he handed the letter over: "Ma Wei, your letter."

"Thank you, Chief." Ma Wei put down the apple, took the letter, glanced at the handwriting on it, and frowned.

Tang Zhitong was busy arranging his cold-proof suit and did not notice Ma Wei's expression.

Ma Wei put the envelope down, took out an apple and a banana from the drawer, stood up and put them on Tang Zhitong's desk, and said, "Chief, I'll give you an apple and a banana to try. I've washed the apple."

"Oh, thank you. I'm sorry for the expense." Fruits are not expensive things, and it's in the office, so Tang Zhitong did not refuse this time.

Last year, when he was at the construction site, Tang Zhitong purchased a lot of fruits for the supply and marketing cooperative and talked a lot about fruits with the employees there.

As far as the old city is concerned, before liberation, very few fruit merchants would build ice cellars to store apples and pears, ready to sell them at high prices during the Spring Festival of the following year. People also had the tradition of storing apples and pears, but most of them were stored in earthen cellars, with a high rate of rotten fruit. People usually ate them themselves and rarely sold them on the market.

In the first two years after liberation, the economic situation was not good and the supply and marketing cooperatives had no money to build cold storage. However, in order to meet the people's growing material needs, dozens of "storage rooms" and five earth cellars were built in Yongdingmen, Deshengmen, Dongdan and other three locations, using traditional methods to store fruit, with an annual storage capacity of 180 million kilograms.

In the following years, the economy improved, sales increased, and the contradiction between public demand and insufficient supply became very prominent, so the supply and marketing cooperative built the Liujiayao warehouse in the southeast suburbs and the Laohu Temple warehouse in the northwest suburbs in 56 and 58 respectively.

The fruits that Tang Zhitong collected from the construction site were sent to the Laohu Temple warehouse. The warehouse was indeed just a warehouse, a semi-underground one, without any refrigeration equipment, and the cooling was entirely up to the weather.

Local fruits are mainly stored in autumn and sold in spring and winter.

It is not enough to just put the fruits into the warehouse. The temperature and humidity must be controlled. In winter, cotton curtains must be hung, quilts must be covered, and fires must be lit to keep the fruits warm. When it snows, fruit baskets must be filled with snow and placed in the warehouse to keep them moist. All of this is done manually, which is not only troublesome, but the rate of good fruit is also not very high.

"You're too polite, Chief. I can't eat the pine nuts you gave me for free. This is called reciprocity." Apart from the factor of the letter, Ma Wei was still very happy.

"Okay, it's only right to reciprocate. This banana is good and sweet." Tang Zhitong couldn't refuse the gift since it was given by someone kindly, so he picked up the banana, peeled it and took a bite.

"I heard from a friend that this is artificially ripened using new technology, so the maturity is easy to control and the taste is also good. In the past, bananas were smoked, and the heat was difficult to control, so they were not ripe evenly. Sometimes when you buy a bunch of bananas, some are not ripe yet, while others have already turned soft and black." Ma Wei introduced them one by one.

"We are lucky to have come at the right time to enjoy the benefits brought by the new technology. If it were in the past, we wouldn't be able to eat bananas at this time of year." Tang Zhitong responded happily.

Tang Zhitong knew both of the methods that Ma Wei mentioned. Last year, when he was delivering fruits, he even followed the technicians from the Agricultural University to watch the fun.

The scientific name of smoked bananas is "incense smoked bananas". The so-called new technology is actually carbon dioxide ripening.

Wrap the bananas in plastic cloth and fill it with carbon dioxide to seal it.

Persimmons are also treated in the same way. Before last year, to remove the astringency of persimmons, they had to be soaked in large vats or pools. These were called "large-jar soaked persimmons." These persimmons could not be stored and were very labor-intensive.

When Tang Zhitong was watching the fun, he thought of ethylene, but he didn't say it out loud because ethylene had not yet been mass-produced in China. It was not until 1962 that ethylene ripening could be achieved after it was built and put into production in Lanzhou.

"The festival is coming soon. I happened to buy some yesterday when the grocery store was restocking the goods." Ma Wei told Tang Zhitong where the fruit came from.

"Really? I really didn't notice it. I'll take a look when I get home today." It's true that I'll take a look, but it's also true that I won't buy anything. If they're for sale, I can grab some from the space and bring some to my family.

"Oh, by the way, Chief, I have prepared this month's payroll. Please review it later." After eating the apple, Ma Wei took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands and mouth, and placed the payroll on Tang Zhitong's desk.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work recently. I'll report you as a meritorious worker later." Tang Zhitong stood up and threw the banana peel into the stove to destroy the evidence, while making a promise to Ma Wei.

This is not a blind promise made by Jill. The Municipal Bureau cannot decide on its own advancement, but the Escort Department can!

"Thank you, Chief!" Ma Wei was very happy. In an age where honor is paramount, who doesn't like to be recognized even if it's just a piece of paper?
"Ding-ling-ling!" The phone rang before Tang Zhitong had time to look at the payroll.

The phone was on Tang Zhitong's desk, so he picked it up naturally: "Hello?"

"I'm Fang Yuan, come here." After hearing Tang Zhitong's voice, the person on the other side said directly.

"Okay, Director Fang, I'll be there right away." The call was leaked, and in front of Ma Wei, Tang Zhitong was very careful about how he addressed Fang Yuan.

"Okay, I'll look at the payroll later." Tang Zhitong smiled at Ma Wei and went out.

"I thought it was time for you to come back. Sit down." After seeing Tang Zhitong, Fang Yuan threw a cigarette to him and made way.

Tang Zhitong stretched out his hands, took the cigarette steadily, took out a match and lit it for Fang Yuan: "Brother Yuan, what are your instructions?"

"Old He wrote in. There will be drills tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Everyone at home must go. You should join them then. Meals will be provided and you will be well fed!" Fang Yuan added emphasis at the end of his words, and the implication of care was very obvious.

"Okay, thank you Brother Yuan, you always think of me when it comes to such good things." Tang Zhitong was naturally happy. As for delaying classes, that was not very important to him.

I go for training just to get a certificate, and there is no need to assign work based on my performance. I guess Teacher Zhou is already used to it. Well, he can definitely understand it.

"I can't help but think of you. A few days ago, my old leader told me that inspired by our escort department, the higher-ups are planning to promote growing melons and vegetables. You have contributed to this, but the situation is special. This time it's being carried out in the name of hard work, and there's no reward from us." Fang Yuan said with a smile.

"Well, what's the point of reward? This is recognition, and it's a good thing!" Tang Zhitong was very happy after hearing this, even if there was no reward!
Historically, it would take another seven months for the vegetable and melon generation to be realized on paper, which would be August by then.

What other vegetables can be grown in August?

If it can be implemented one day earlier, there will be one more mouth to eat, and one more mouth to eat means one less person will die. This will be a major event in the next three years!
Even if he didn't tell others, Tang Zhitong was happy that a small person could influence the history. Very happy!

"Look how happy you are. The Municipal Bureau has given our department some advanced positions. Do you want them?" Fang Yuan also knew the significance of promoting melon and vegetable planting. He was actually very happy but did not show it too much. Now seeing Tang Zhitong's excitement, he teased him.

"Yes! I was just about to talk to Brother Yuan about this. Should we register one for Ma Wei? Although she has not been here long, she is diligent and serious in her work, and has done a lot of work in cooperation with the department and the Municipal Bureau." Tang Zhitong knew that his advanced position was personally selected by Director Hu, so this position was a favor that Fang Yuan was going to give him. There was no need to mention any advanced positions in the Escort Department at this moment.

"And... Ma Wei was transferred from the Finance Department of the Municipal Bureau. If we recognize Ma Wei, it means we recognize the training of the Finance Department. It will be more convenient to deal with her in the future." Tang Zhitong tried his best to find reasons.

It's like a new student. The number of "Three Good Students" is limited, but the teacher gave one to the new student. The other students will inevitably have opinions, but there is nothing they can do, because the new student wrote a composition called "My X-Child Dad".

"Okay, stop looking for compensation. Hurry up and make the payroll in the next two days so as not to delay the salary payment the day after tomorrow." Fang Yuan stopped teasing Tang Zhitong and told him the third thing that happened today.

"Hey, what a coincidence, Ma Wei has already finished it. I'll go back and review it, and try to get it for signature before leaving get off work." Tang Zhitong did not hide Ma Wei's contribution, and even disdained to compete for credit with his subordinates.

"Okay, get busy." Fang Yuan glanced at his watch and saw that it was not long before the end of get off work, so he decisively let Tang Zhitong go.

Tang Zhitong returned to the office and first called the men's dormitory 3, asking the dormitory manager to pass a message to Lu Jian, saying that he would take two days off, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Needless to say, Lu Jian understood the meaning behind it. He was just covering up for himself in class.

Then he looked at the payroll. As for applying for Ma Wei to be awarded as an advanced student by the Municipal Bureau, Tang Zhitong put it aside for the time being. He had to wait until the dust settled before talking about it. He might as well not talk about it and just wait for the award certificate to be issued.

Ma Wei did it very carefully. Tang Zhitong checked it twice and found no mistakes, so he gave it directly to Fang Yuan for signature.

Fang Yuan was even more straightforward. He didn't even conduct a review and directly stamped his seal on it. This is trust.

On the way home from get off work, Tang Zhitong passed by a grocery store and saw people coming out of the store in groups of three or four, with baskets filled with apples and pears.

It seems that the supply and marketing cooperatives have opened their warehouses to release "grain", but I don't know how much of it I can eat this winter.

(End of this chapter)