Forty-two, The beginning of understanding

  The strong push is really amazing! To the extent that when I checked the book's performance tonight as usual, I thought my eyes were blurred! Overnight, it's a world of difference! Thank you very much for the editor's help!

  Thanks to book friends Xingyue Sakura Snow and Miao Ma for their rewards, it's really too extravagant!

  At noon, Fanghua was lingering in front of the newly set up bulletin board at the entrance of the cafeteria with a lunch box.

  The information conditions in the university dormitories of this era are very poor. The girls' dormitory only has a TV set in the administrator's house at the entrance of the courtyard, and naturally students don't like to go watch it. Students can only learn about major events outside by listening to the radio every noon and evening.

  In the past, People's Broadcasting Station had long been the mouthpiece of the government, with programs being relatively orthodox and serious. Fang Hua remembered that when she was in middle school, she would usually listen to the noon broadcast and ping shu (评书) program, and the only other good variety show was "Tonight at 8:30" on Central Broadcasting Station. Fortunately, from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, many economic broadcasting stations emerged in various places. These new radio stations, compared to traditional ones, paid more attention to interacting with listeners, grasped young people's preferences better, and kept up with the pulse of the times. Later, many cities also saw the emergence of traffic stations, music stations, and other radio stations with distinct styles. In the daily after-class, lunch, dinner, and pre-sleep time, the sound of radios filled each dormitory, probably a scene unique to university life in that era. Ten years later, universities became a landscape of people surfing the internet and playing games.

  Originally, students at the medical university didn't even have time to read newspapers. This reading corner was only set up by the school recently. Every day, especially during meal times, there are always many students gathered here, eating and reading the newspaper at the same time. Although it's not very hygienic, after finishing their meals, they also finish reading the newspaper, which is quite a good way to save time.

  However, the reform of newspapers was not as fast as that of the broadcasting industry, and it would take another four years for the first metropolitan newspaper to emerge. At that time, apart from "Reference News", other newspapers didn't have much significance. Fang Hua's must-read here was the English-language newspaper "A Daily". Although she had passed the sixth level and was exempt from taking English classes, she didn't dare to give up on English completely. It wasn't that she really liked learning English, but rather because in order to become a skilled doctor in the future, she would inevitably have to read a large amount of English literature. Who let China fall behind Europe and America in all aspects? This tool of English couldn't be abandoned!

  As she looked around, Fang Hua felt that someone was standing beside her. She turned her head and it was Liang Jiahui. The two of them smiled and nodded at each other, then continued to look in different directions.

  Fang Hua was attracted by the news of Georgia's independence reported in the newspaper. She couldn't help but mutter: "Lithuania last year, Georgia this year. The Soviet Union is really coming to an end."

  Leung Ka Fai just saw this news and asked: "The Soviet Union is about to collapse, isn't it?"

  "How can it be impossible? Didn't those Eastern European countries all collapse one by one? Look at Gorbachev, he's been in power and hasn't done anything good. Sooner or later, the Soviet Union will be ruined by this good-for-nothing."

  "The Soviet Communist Party is such a big party that it's not up to Gorbachev alone to decide, and even if he wanted to destroy it, he couldn't."

  Fang Hua thought: It's really not entirely his fault, the collapse of the Soviet Union was indeed too sudden. Even those in the West who were hostile to her and had been plotting for her downfall didn't think she would actually collapse so quickly and thoroughly! The professionals couldn't have predicted it, let alone us insignificant individuals.

  She shrugged and said, "Well, you're right, it's not just him who messed everything up. But the Soviet Union is really finished. Don't believe me? Let's wait and see!" After that, she turned around and left.

  Liang Jiahui was speechless with laughter.

  On Saturday afternoon, Liang Jiahui, as usual, collected the bedding and clothes, preparing to go home. As he rode his bike out of the boys' dormitory, he saw Lin Fanghua riding in front of him.

  He pedaled hard and caught up with her, asking: "Your Honor, are you going out?"

  "No, I'm going to the emergency department of the affiliated hospital for an internship!"

  The school arranges for students to go to the hospital for internship, but it only starts from the third year. After all, freshmen don't understand anything yet, and going there is useless. So Lin Fanghua's behavior of entering clinical practice so early is really quite special.

  Liang Jiahui couldn't help but ask out of curiosity: "Lin, I always feel like you're in a rush as if time is not enough for you. You passed the sixth level so early and hastily entered the clinical stage. Turning every day like this, aren't you tired? Honestly, I'm also considered to be diligent and hardworking, but compared to you, it's really like gazing at dust. What are you in such a hurry about?"

  When he said this, Fang Hua involuntarily slowed down her horse's pace.

  Yes, I'm really anxious! It's as if I've lived two lifetimes in one. Probably the lessons from wasting time in the past were quite painful, so this life I won't dare to slack off again. Because I really don't want to repeat the old path, and live a mediocre, dull life like before. Maybe it's a bit of overcorrection, but it's still better than not being strong enough.

  Fang Hua looked at Liang Jiahui's inquiring gaze, and slowly chose her words to say: "You see my name is Fang Hua, you must also know that in Jin Yong's 'The Heaven Dragon' there is a phrase called - 'red makeup fleeting old age'. A person's best time is only so short, how can one not cherish it? In this fleeting moment, I want to make the most of it as if it were ten moments, a hundred moments, a thousand moments. When this fleeting beauty passes, when I look back on past events, I won't regret wasting my youth, nor will I be ashamed of being mediocre..."

  Liang Jiahui was originally moved by her words, but then he couldn't help but laugh at the famous quote she cited: "You can't be serious about devoting your life to liberating all of humanity!"

  "I'm not that great, am I? The best doctor treats the country, and if I can be a lower-ranking doctor, that's good enough!"

  As they reached the school gate, Lin Fanghua said to Liang Jiahui before turning into the pedestrian tunnel: "Alright, it's time for us to part ways. Let me leave you with a famous quote from Shakespeare - You waste your time, and time will waste you. Haha, goodbye!"

  Liang Jiahui watched her figure disappear into the underground passage before riding his bike out of the school gate. All the way home, he couldn't help but think a lot.

  On Sunday evening at nine o'clock, Liang Jiahui met Lin Fanghua again at the school gate when he returned home from the emergency department.

  "What a coincidence! What's in the big package on the back seat of your bike? Did you bring something good from home?"

  "It's nothing, just sheets and pillowcases, take them back and wash them!"

  "Ah, too happy! Don't have to wash clothes myself! Being close to home is great!"

  When will the coin-operated washing machines appear in universities? The Medical University does not have apartment-style management like many other universities, but even if it did, you would still have to wash your own clothes. Fanghua's headache about washing clothes is not just because she is lazy, but also because she thinks it's a waste of time.

  Fang Hua's admiration made Liang Jiahui feel embarrassed, he quickly changed the subject: "By the way, I heard that your home is in the mountains, it's quite far from the city!"

  "Yeah, it takes six or seven hours to drive back home. The mountain roads are so bumpy, they almost shake your bones apart. But next year my dad's unit will be moving out of the mountains. After they move to the new Science City, it'll only take me less than three hours to get back."

  "Then congratulations to you!"

  Fanghua was indeed looking forward to moving out early and smiled: "Tong Xi, Tong Xi!"

  Li Jiahui found that although Lin Fanghua was usually quite steady in her work, sometimes she would say something a bit off the mark. For example, when her family moved house, she said it was "good luck" for herself.

  It's actually because Lin Fanghua's steadiness in doing things is honed through practice, while her careless speech is a natural manifestation of her low emotional intelligence. Although the reborn Fanghua has made progress in some areas, her overall emotional intelligence level remains unoptimistic.

  Liang Jiahui was just a ten-year-old boy after all, how could he possibly see through Lin Fanghua's split personality as a reborn person?

  He just smiled and said to Fang Hua: "Your Honor, can you help me out?"

  "Speak!"

  "I also thought of going to the emergency department for an internship, can you help me give Teacher Zhang a heads up?"

  "Huh? You want to go too? Yesterday, you seemed a bit skeptical!"

  "Didn't you say so? I don't want to be wasted by time. Thinking about it, entering the clinic early does have its benefits!"

  Lin Fanghua stopped and seriously asked him: "Are you serious?"

  "Ah, very serious!"

  "Alright, tomorrow afternoon you go with me to see Teacher Zhang. I reckon he won't have any major issues. However, if you're going, make sure to do a good job and don't embarrass our class. By the way, don't let too many people know about it either. Otherwise, everyone will want to go and that'll be troublesome!"

  Liang Jiahui burst out laughing: "You think everyone is as energetic as you?"

  Indeed, it is only students like Leung Ka-hay who excel in their schoolwork that can afford to take time off. Other students are either already burdened with schoolwork or are not interested in studying and therefore would not add to their own workload.

  Anyway, Leung Ka Fai also went to the emergency department for internship just like Lam Fong Wah.

  He had been holding a somewhat disgruntled idea, wanting to come and compare with Lin Fanghua. As newcomers, if a girl can do something in the emergency department, why can't he?

  But he was a true novice without foundation, so at first he couldn't do anything. It was Lin Fanghua who pointed him in the right direction and taught him many things hand in hand. Now, Liang Jiahui truly conceded defeat and put away his pride as a top student, humbly following Fanghua to learn.

  With his intelligence, he also made rapid progress and was able to help with some minor tasks in the emergency department. However, Lin Fanghua's usual demeanor, which was close to that of a resident doctor like Cheng, still made Liang Jiahui feel inferior for not having studied systematic medical knowledge at all.

  He became more diligent in his studies, often going to the library to borrow advanced medical textbooks or books, and was so busy that he rarely returned home even on weekends. At night, he would also often stay up late reading in his dormitory, causing Dai Ping and others to worry that he had become a "medical madman".

  Lin Fanghua knew he was being stimulated by himself, but the consequences were not bad either. Maybe it can make the future great doctor's achievements even higher! Let him be!