Zhong Nanshan: Guardian of Life

Chapter 14 How old are you this year?

In 34, 35-year-old Li Shaofen was transferred back to Guangzhou from the countryside, and joined the Guangdong Provincial Women's Basketball Team, renewing her jersey.She was injured in a competition. The leaders of the Guangdong Provincial Military Region, who cherish talents, came to visit her and found out that she had seniors and children, and her husband and wife lived in two places all year round. The burden on the family was heavy. After the leaders asked, they immediately resolved it.In 11, Zhong Nanshan was transferred back to Guangzhou from Beijing by a transfer letter from the army, and Zhong Nanshan became a doctor at the Fourth People's Hospital of Guangzhou.At this time, Zhong Nanshan was almost [-] years old.From [-] to [-], he did not engage in medical work for a full [-] years. Even so, he never forgot his ambition.

Zhong Nanshan finally returned to his father, wife and son.His father, Zhong Shifan, is an old man. He has retired long ago, took off his white coat, and put down his stethoscope.But Zhong Shifan stubbornly persisted, and would not let himself stop no matter what, he wanted to leave his 40 years of experience in medicine to those who came after him. "One must leave something behind", this is Zhong Shifan's belief.He believes that adding a touch of color to the world with his own life is the pride and value of being human.Every morning, Zhong Shifan went to the library.There are not many people in the huge library, only he comes every day, sits there, reads quietly with a magnifying glass, looking for information page by page.His eyes are bad, and when he writes, he covers one eye and writes so that the other eye can rest.Later, his eyesight got worse, and he almost had to press his face against the desk to write hard, and he became dizzy after a while.Zhong Nanshan felt distressed and advised his father to pay attention to his health, but Zhong Shifan didn't listen at all.Zhong Shifan started writing in 40, spent three years, and completed the [-]-word Differential Diagnosis of Pediatric Diseases in [-]. He used his actions to explain his beliefs.The words that his father Zhong Shifan said - "If a person leaves something in the world, it is not a waste of work", firmly engraved in Zhong Nanshan's heart.

"There must be evidence for what you say." This is another sentence that his father left in Zhong Nanshan's heart.When Zhong Nanshan went to the countryside, he saw a child urinating blood in the countryside.Zhong Nanshan took it for granted that the child had renal tuberculosis, and told his father about it after returning home, and talked about the treatment methods he knew for renal tuberculosis.Who knew that when his father heard this, he immediately frowned and asked back: "How do you know it's kidney tuberculosis? There must be evidence for what you say." Zhong Nanshan was stunned for a while.His father told him that there are many reasons for hematuria, not necessarily kidney tuberculosis.To judge the disease, we must observe a lot, find conclusive evidence, and draw conclusions carefully.Similarly, when looking at something or doing a study, you must have a factual basis, don't jump to conclusions, and believe in your own observations.Zhong Nanshan was deeply influenced by his father's academic and life attitude, precepts and deeds.Zhong Nanshan was in awe of his father, who rarely praised him, and always pointed out his problems bluntly.He will always be a student in front of his father.

Zhong Shifan's words are always concise, but extremely powerful.When Zhong Nanshan returned to Guangzhou, he was almost 35 years old.One day, Zhong Shifan suddenly asked Zhong Nanshan: "Nanshan, how old are you this year?"

Zhong Nanshan didn't know why his father asked this question, and replied without thinking: "35 years old."

"It's scary to be 35 years old..." After Zhong Shifan said this, he didn't say anything else, as if he was thinking and lost.

From his father's silence, the sensitive Zhong Nanshan figured out what his father was thinking at once.He was shocked as if he had been hit by a heavy punch.When Zhong Shifan was 35 years old, he was already an excellent doctor.Even if he is not compared with his father back then, but compared with doctors of the same age as Zhong Nanshan, Zhong Nanshan is far behind them. 35 years old, Zhong Nanshan is already 35 years old!From graduating in 11 to the present, [-] years have passed, and Zhong Nanshan has just embarked on the road of becoming a doctor.

"It's scary to be 35..." His father's words deeply stimulated Zhong Nanshan. More than 40 years later, Zhong Nanshan recalled that the sentence that had the greatest impact on him and impressed him the most in his life was what his father said back then.These words reawakened Zhong Nanshan's strong pursuit of medical career.Everything has to start from scratch.Just like standing on the runway back then, when he was standing still, the opponent had rushed forward and was far ahead.From now on, he has to catch up.Chase!Must catch up!

He is determined to regain lost time.

(End of this chapter)