Chapter 219 Yu Li and Sugar Bean Vaccine

evening.

Pushing their bicycles, Wang Mengde and He Shengnan walked towards the yard together.

Today is the first day of work after the Chinese New Year. Because the weather is cold and it gets dark early, the two of us agreed to meet at the bus stop outside Deshengmen.

As soon as I entered the yard, I saw Yan Jiecheng standing at the door of his house, with his neck hunched, tightly wrapped in a tattered cotton-padded jacket, staring at the gate curiously.

Seeing him coming back, she hurriedly and deliberately said loudly: "Brother Mengde, sister-in-law, you are back from get off work."

"Hey, Jie Cheng, why are you still outside in such a cold day?"

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

He saw through the situation at a glance. Yan Jiecheng must have been waiting for him to come back, and then deliberately and loudly informed Yan Laoxi.

It was just as he expected.

Soon, Yan Bugui walked out of the house.

He pushed the frame of his glasses and said with a smile, "Meng De is back. Come on, come on, go to my house and sit for a while. The second uncle wants to discuss something with you."

Wang Mengde turned to He Shengnan and said, "Shengnan, you go back first. I'll chat with the second uncle for a while and then go back."

As he said this, he carefully parked the bicycle in front of Yan Bugui's house.

"Okay, I'll go back first, and you should go back and eat early."

He Shengnan said with a smile as she walked.

She has been in Courtyard 95 for many years and knows the character of the Yan family.

Apart from bringing good things, ordinary people cannot eat his meals. At most, they can give him a bowl of hot water when they need help.

Entered the living room.

Because the Yan family had a large population, and the couple habitually picked up some things and brought them back, they were all piled in the living room.

This makes their living room look particularly crowded.

After sitting down, Yan Bugui tried to pour him a cup of hot water, but he refused: "Second uncle, don't bother pouring me water. I'll go back and eat later."

"Haha, fine then, I won't pour it for you."

After hearing his words, Yan Bugui quickly put down his bamboo kettle and continued:

"Meng De, this is the case. I came to you today to ask for your help.

The solution is that you are going to date, can you lend me your bike for half a day on the weekend so that he can push it over to show off his wealth? "

His eldest son, Yan Jiecheng, is in his twenties this year.

I'm already at the age where I should be looking for a partner.

In the past two years, due to financial difficulties and the lack of a formal job, I kept putting it off.

Before the Chinese New Year this year, a teacher who went to the same school as him mentioned inadvertently that there was a very nice girl in their school who was looking for a partner and didn't want any dowry.

When Yan Bugui heard that no dowry was required, he was moved.

The city and the countryside are very different.

In the countryside, during the difficult years in the past few years, as long as there was something to eat, under normal circumstances, you could take a girl home without giving her anything.

If you can produce a few kilograms of corn flour, it will definitely cause several girls to fight over it.

As for being able to offer a few kilograms of flour as a gift, you can choose from people in the surrounding area.

But in the city.

Generally speaking, a bride price is required.

Of course, how much to give is something that the two companies will discuss together.

Just like when Wang Mengde got married, he gave a dowry of ten yuan.

His brother-in-law He Shengwen is about to get married, and the two families have discussed it and decided to give eight dollars when the time comes.

Originally, the price Yan Bugui had in mind for the bride price was three yuan at most.

Who would have thought that there would be a girl willing to marry him without asking for a dowry, which made him overjoyed.

He loves this kind of thing the most.

Of course, he also had a lot of doubts in his mind. He wondered if the girl who didn't want a dowry was physically disabled.

Although the Yan family is not wealthy, they still won't accept a disabled person.

Therefore, Yan Bugui asked his second aunt Yang Ruihua to go to the girl's home and inquire in person.

The result he got also made him feel relieved.

It turns out that the girl from the Yu family is already 23 years old this year.

The reason why I am still unmarried is because my family is in financial difficulty. My mother has been in poor health in the past few years, and I have several younger brothers and sisters to take care of.

In order to take care of the family, he politely declined several matchmakers' proposals.

In the first two months, her mother's illness suddenly improved.

Then, her parents started looking for a partner for her.

I'm already a grown woman. If I don't find one now, it will be even harder to find one in the future.

After understanding the specific situation, Yan Bugui made some calculations in his mind.

Although the girl's family conditions were average, with only her father working in the factory and several younger brothers and sisters at home.

But it’s not unacceptable. At worst, I can just walk less.

As for her age, in Yan Bugui's opinion, it was not a big deal, as Second Aunt was two years older than him.

It’s better to be older, because you can understand cold and warm, and know how to care for others.

With something in mind, he replied to the teacher and planned to go on a blind date after the New Year.

You can’t do it before the New Year. If you are attracted to each other, you have to give New Year gifts.

It’s different after the New Year, you can save on the New Year gifts.

"Oh, Xie Cheng is going on a blind date. No problem. I don't have anything to do this weekend. Just come to the Central Court to find me then."

Wang Mengde agreed readily.

Anyway, he usually doesn't go out on weekends, and even if he does, he has three bicycles at home.

and.

If you lend your bicycle to Lao Yan, when he returns it, it will definitely be cleaned thoroughly, which is equivalent to a free maintenance.

"Hey, Meng De is still righteous."

When Yan Bugui saw that he agreed directly, he felt very honored and gave him a thumbs up.

"Haha, I have to help Second Master with his affairs."

Wang Mengde also spoke nice words, then turned to look at Yan Jiecheng standing beside him and said:

"By the way, Second Master, which girl do you want to meet?"

He was very curious and wondered if the blind date this time was Yu Li from the original drama.

He is very familiar with Yu Li.

Two months ago, when Yu Haitang came to No. 95 Yard to play with He Yushui, he found him after He Yushui reminded him.

During the process of treating Yu's mother, Yu Li was by her side the whole time, and the two of them became acquaintances.

"Haha, it's a family in Dongsi. Their surname is Yu."

Yan Bugui did not hide it either.

He still trusted Wang Mengde's character, so he said it directly.

If someone like Xu Damao asked, he would definitely keep it secret and would never say anything until things were settled.

As the "gate god" of the courtyard, he saw clearly some of the reasons why Sha Zhu's blind dates had failed in recent years.

"The Yu family in Dongsi."

Wang Mengde is so familiar.

This is exactly Yu Haitang's family. Yan Jiecheng's blind date is definitely Yu Li.

arrive home.

The meal is ready.

The family sat around the dinner table. Except for Yaya who was eating a piece of meat with her chubby little hands, no one else picked up their chopsticks.

He washed his face and hands with warm water, sat down next to He Shengnan, picked up his chopsticks, and started to invite them to eat together.

Today's staple food is cabbage, vermicelli and black fungus buns.

You can’t usually eat buns with this kind of filling.

It’s not that flour is hard to get, but because black fungus and vermicelli are not usually available in the market.

Only during festivals, each household is supplied with a ration of two taels of coarse vermicelli, two taels of vermicelli, half a tael of black fungus, and half a tael of chrysanthemum.

This amount of food is not enough to make dumplings.

Because Wang Mengde had a special supply quota, he had much more than other people.

Soak the vermicelli and black fungus in water, then wrap them together with the cabbage into big dumplings.

When they were just out of the pot, Wang Mengde could eat four of them while they were hot.

The two younger brothers could eat about three, and even the six or seven-year-old brothers Wang Yuanxun and Wang Yuandi could eat almost two each.

No wonder there is an old saying that a young boy will eat his father to death.

This is a big bun as big as Wang Mengde’s fist.

If he hadn't secretly brought some food and nutritional supplements home every now and then, they would not have been able to eat enough with the monthly ration.

"Meng De, what does Old Yan want to talk to you about?"

Wang Hao also had a bun in his hand and asked while eating.

"Dad, my second uncle's Yan Jiecheng is going on a blind date in a few days, and he wants to borrow my bicycle to help him along."

"Oh, so that's what happened.

That’s right, Xie Cheng from their family was 20 years old two years ago. If it weren’t for the difficulties in the past two years and his reluctance to spend the betrothal gift, he would have been married a long time ago.”

Wang Hao understood.

"Meng De, whose daughter is this? She wants to marry into the Yan Laoxi family."

Ran Xiaomei, who was taking care of her granddaughter while she was eating, asked curiously.

The Yan family is famous for being stingy, and the residents in the nearby alleys all know about their family style and character.

"Mom, it's from Dongsi, classmate Yu Shui, the older sister of Yu Haitang who came to the courtyard several times."

Wang Mengde explained.

"That girl's sister.

Pity! "

Ran Xiaomei said regretfully.

As a neighbor who had lived in the same courtyard for more than 20 years, she knew the situation of the old Yan family very well.

He has never seen any parents asking their son for food money.

Yan Jiecheng doesn't have a formal job. He has occasionally done odd jobs in the past few years. Every time he earned a few cents, it was taken away by the old Yan couple.

If a girl from any family marries here, she will definitely have a hard time.

This topic was skipped, and then Wang Mengde talked about his promotion.

"You are now the head of the Internal Medicine Department?"

Wang Hao was surprised, then said with a complicated expression.

He was naturally very happy that his son had made great progress.

At the same time, he also had some feelings about being a "pioneer".

Although he is also a director in another hospital, his position as director is different from Wang Mengde's.

Wang Mengde is the head of the entire department and has the power of life and death over the entire department.

He only has the title of director and does not participate in the management of the department at all.

Also, the hospital where he works is far inferior to the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Compared to him, Ran Xiaomei and He Shengnan were simply happy.

"That's great, Meng De. We still have some mutton at home. It was sent by your friend. Let's have hot pot tomorrow night."

Ran Xiaomei made the arrangements happily.

"Grandma, I want to eat mutton hotpot, and I want sesame paste."

When Wang Yuandi heard that they were going to have mutton hotpot, he quickly raised his face from the bowl.

"Okay, okay, grandma will make it for you tomorrow night. There will also be sesame paste, enough for you to eat."

Ran Xiaomei said lovingly.

During the three festivals every year (Spring Festival, May Day and National Day), every household can buy one or two taels of sesame paste with the "Beijing City Residents' Non-staple Food Purchase Certificate".

Their family has already split up, and the total amount is two taels.

Even if there is no special quota, it is enough for a hotpot meal if you save some.

the next day.

Chinese Medical Research Institute.

After Pu packed up his things, he moved to his new office with several of his disciples, including Wang Mengde.

The institute had already prepared an office for him as vice president.

But he was the head of the Institute of Internal Medicine at the time and was reluctant to leave, so he never moved there.

Now that his favorite disciple has become the person in charge, he naturally has to step down and let others take over.

"Meng De, I'll ask you to clean up this room later, and then help you move your things over. From now on, this office will be left to you."

Pu Lao came out of the house, turned around and spoke softly.

"Yes, sir."

Wang Mengde stood beside him and agreed respectfully.

As the head of a department, the best office must belong to him, and he must take this responsibility.

I was busy until noon.

I just managed to change the office reluctantly.

"You guys go eat first, and come back in the afternoon, and I'll assign you tasks."

Wang Mengde said with a smile to Li Xiang and several other junior brothers and sisters.

He said yesterday that in order to celebrate his promotion, he was going to find a research direction and conduct research.

"Yes, brother, we'll go first."

After his fellow students left, Wang Mengde saw that there was still some time left, so he took out a piece of letter paper and a pen from the drawer and began to write in front of the office.

He was writing a letter to Mr. Gu, the director of the Academy of Medical Sciences and the future academician.

Academician Gu is a famous medical scientist and virology expert in China. He is also affectionately called "Sugar Pill Grandpa" in later generations.

In 1955, the first polio epidemic in my country's history occurred in Nantong, Jiangsu Province.

A total of 1680 paralytic patients were found, with a mortality rate of 27.75%. Even if many children survive, they will suffer from lifelong disabilities.

Academician Gu took on the task and led a team to establish the Institute of Medical Biology in Kunming, where they began research on polio vaccines.

Finally, in 1960, a vaccine was developed and the disease was effectively controlled.

When the vaccine was first developed, young children were needed for safety experiments. Academician Gu and his colleagues in the laboratory let their children try the vaccine.

But because the vaccine is liquid and needs to be taken orally, many children are afraid to take it.

A few days ago, Wang Yuanxun was unwilling to drink it, but was finally forced to drink it by pinching his nose.

At that time, Wang Mengde thought of the sugar pill vaccine he had taken as a child.

Sugar pills are easier for children to accept than liquid vaccines.

So I prepared to write a letter to Academician Gu to remind him to turn the liquid vaccine into sugar pills as soon as possible.

When he finished writing the letter, he found it was time for dinner.

After lunch and a short rest, several junior and senior students came to his office.

"Brother, which direction are you going to study next?"

Zhang Qiaoyu had nothing to hide and asked impatiently.

(End of this chapter)