~Three years later~
"Xiao Zhou, I just got off work!" Grandma Wang opened the door of her own house, and saw Zhou Hao who was digging out the keys in her pocket. She had just finished her meal and was about to go downstairs for a walk.
Zhou Hao turned his head and smiled at her, "Yes."
The more Grandma Wang looked at this young man, the more she liked him. Looking left and right, even the creases on his face were kind.
"Xiao Zhou, come home so late and cook by yourself? The old man and I can't finish the dumplings I just made. Take a bowl, and grandma will share it for you."
"No, no, I'll deal with it casually when I get home." Zhou Hao waved his hands quickly, not being rewarded for nothing, he was embarrassed.
"Oh, it's a waste if you can't finish it, go home and get a bowl."
Zhou Hao couldn't resist the old lady, went home and took a bowl, Grandma Wang threw a dozen or so big dumplings into the bowl, she was so enthusiastic, she kept asking Zhou Hao if there was enough to eat? Zhou Hao said bluntly, enough is enough.
This is Zhou Hao's third year in Suchuan. He was a little scared when he first came, but now, he has fully integrated into this small southern city.
When he came here, he was brought in as a talent. The hospital gave him 80,000 yuan as a settling allowance, plus the money left by Sun Yiwen. After two years of saving his life, he finally saved the money for the down payment. At this time last year, he used a provident fund loan to buy a 60-square-meter house near the hospital.
There is an old couple living opposite the door, they do not live with their children. Grandma Wang is very lively, she basically knows everyone in this building.
Every time Zhou Hao took a walk at night, he could always see the old lady performing Yangko in the open space in front of the community with their elderly square dance team. Occasionally, when she saw Zhou Hao, she would wave her big red fan, "Xiao Zhou, let's go for a walk again!"
She is a very nice old lady, she often chats with people about family affairs, and she chatters about Zhou Hao being a bachelor. Later, the old lady began to match Zhou Hao and her granddaughter who was studying in college.
Every time her granddaughter came to visit her, Zhou Hao had to sneak back, for fear of running into Grandma Wang.
Zhou Hao went back with the bowl, and the two little guys were eating cat food with their buttocks pouted, their tails wagging.
"Come here!" Zhou Hao shouted at them.
The little orange cat turned to look at its owner, ignored him, and continued to eat proudly. Zhou Hao walked over and picked up the smaller one, "You're so fat! You're going to catch up with your mother soon!"
The little orange cat wrinkled its plump eyes, reluctantly looking at the owner of the villain's appetite.
Zhou Hao teased the little guy for a while, then went to wash his hands and eat dumplings. Living alone is more casual, he usually eats while watching TV, any program is fine, just to make some noise.
Suddenly, the phone rang, and Zhou Hao stretched out his hand to pick it up, and the bluffing sound came from the phone suddenly, almost hurting the eardrum, "Brother Hao, help me take an afternoon shift tomorrow, the beauty from the surgery invites me to play mahjong, Three missing one, you take a look, I am too embarrassed to refuse."
Immediately, Qian Weicheng's squinting eyes appeared in Zhou Hao's mind, deliberately teasing him, "Come on, you're too embarrassed to refuse, I'll help you play mahjong, who can't play mahjong!"
"Brothers, my brother Hao, my younger brother is wrong, and my younger brother shouldn't talk nonsense."
"Okay, okay, I will help you lead half of the class tomorrow."
"I'll treat you to dinner another day!"
This man is a living treasure of their department. He asks someone to introduce him to a partner every day. Usually, he himself is not slack at all. The net he cast almost encircles all the single women in the hospital.
Speaking of which, Zhou Hao's mahjong skills were taught by this buddy. Later, Zhou Hao started to kill everyone, and Qian Weicheng didn't bring Zhou Hao when he played mahjong.
He always said, Brother Hao is a smart person who can count cards.
Look, this boast is so sour.
In the past three years, Zhou Hao has changed a lot. He really tried to have a good relationship with everyone around him as Sun Yiwen entrusted him. Later, he discovered that what Yan Ming said was right, there are really many good people in this world.
He was very happy every day. The only regret was that his grandparents refused to come over, saying that they couldn't let go of the acre of land at home, and Zhou Hao couldn't persuade him no matter what. The old couple also said that they can eat and walk now, but they can't walk anymore, and then let the grandson take care of them.
After dinner, Zhou Hao went downstairs for a walk as usual. Coincidentally, he bumped into Grandma Wang and her granddaughter.
Zhou Hao was about to pretend he didn't see it, and ran away, when the old lady's loud voice came, "Xiao Zhou, let's go for a walk again!"
Zhou Hao walked over bravely, and smiled awkwardly, "Well, take a stroll after dinner."
"Let's go together, you two young people go for a stroll together." Saying that, the old lady pushed her granddaughter towards Zhou Hao. The girl was also embarrassed, and ran away without saying anything.
"Oh, what are you running for, kid?" Grandma Wang smiled at Zhou Hao, "This girl is too ignorant. Then Xiao Zhou, go for a stroll by yourself. I will go to the front in a while to dance Yangko, and you can go if you have nothing to do." Look, grandma looks much better than other old ladies when she twists."
"Okay! I'll go and have a look in a moment."
The pace of life in a small city is very slow, Zhou Hao has almost lived a life of middle-aged and elderly people, basically stopped smoking cigarettes, and now he drinks tea, with some goji berries in it; The two went to steam and soak their feet together.
Whenever he soaked his feet, Qian Weicheng would always say from the bottom of his heart, socialism is better, it's so comfortable!
Zhou Hao glanced at him, and rebuked him: If socialism can distribute wives, you boy won't be able to sing the national anthem every day!
At this time, Qian Weicheng would pretend to be hurt, and touch his heart: Brother Hao, stop talking, I love you.
This kid is usually bluffing, everything is good, but there is one thing that is not good, he likes to go to Zhou Hao's house to grab a meal, he comes and goes, and he is very familiar with Grandma Wang next door.
Zhou Hao thought to himself, maybe in the end, this kid's mate problem can be solved.
How to deal with it? The granddaughter of Grandma Wang's family.
In the afternoon of the next day, Zhou Hao went to help the kid surnamed Qian lead the class. Usually the hospital is not busy in the afternoon.
At this moment, several nurses at the nurse's station sneaked away to discuss in low voices what it was.
"Doctor Zhou, why are you here?" A little nurse asked.
Zhou Hao's face was full of helplessness, "Qian Weicheng made an appointment with a beautiful woman from the surgery department, and went to play mahjong."
"I'll go, he really insists that Qingshan will not relax."
"Wait for him to come over tomorrow, and you guys will give him a good meal,"
Everyone laughed loudly.
"By the way." One of the nurses thought of something, "Dr. Zhou, have you heard? At the end of the month, it seems that each department will send two people to city A for further study. We were just guessing who our department will send? Sure. You have one, but you don't know who the other is?"
Zhou Hao frowned unknowingly, "I haven't heard of it, it shouldn't be my turn, I just finished training last year."
Nurse Xiao Ning didn't take it seriously, "There must be you, you are the key training object of our department, besides, you are still studying in a university in City A."
It's almost time, and there should be patients, Zhou Hao didn't chat with them any more, and entered the second consulting room.
The patients are almost all old men and women, and some are middle-aged. Older people can't speak Mandarin. In the first year of his stay, Zhou Hao had a hard time listening to the patients because he was not familiar with the dialect here. Later, he gradually understood seven or eight out of ten.
He has a good mind, he can learn everything quickly, and after a while, he becomes familiar with it.
Throughout the afternoon, Zhou Hao was a little absent-minded, and the words of those nurses obviously had a great impact on him.
In the past few years, he is used to being at ease. He has gradually found the kind of life he wanted to live in this small place full of pagoda trees in the city.
He seldom thinks about the past, or in other words, he has almost forgotten it. Sometimes when he wakes up in the morning, he opens the curtains, and the sunlight pours in through the glass without hesitation, and he will be inexplicably moved in his heart.
He has a house, sunshine, grandparents who miss him, a decent job, and a cheerful co-worker, what else is he not satisfied with
When I went home at night, before the dishes were cooked, I heard a knock on the door, and when I opened the door, the food-cracker came again.
"How's the battle going today?" Zhou Hao asked.
Qian Weicheng was dismayed, obviously losing money.
"Don't mention it, let's not talk about it for a long time, and even lost money. The beauty from the surgery actually brought her boyfriend here, and played cards all afternoon. I didn't dare to glance a few times."
"Then I don't care, you owe me a meal." Zhou Hao said and went to the kitchen to get busy again.
Soon, the food will be ready, two dishes and one soup, a common meal.
"Tell me about you, how can you be so virtuous, the elders actually cook for themselves every day."
Zhou Hao ate in silence, not answering his words.
"Brother Hao, have you ever had a partner? Whoever wants to be your girlfriend will really make money."
Zhou Hao's throat rolled, and he swallowed the mouthful of rice slowly, "Yes."
Qian Weixiang discovered the New World, "What! You actually have a date! I haven't heard you mention it. I said why are you rushing to the third year? Don't worry at all. I'm the only one who is co-authoring the whole world. However, Why didn't your partner come with you?"
Zhou Hao's expression was serious, and he smiled indifferently, "It's a different place, we're separated."
Qian Weicheng was startled to realize that he had said the wrong thing, and was extremely regretful.
When he went to work the next day, Qian Weicheng was surrounded by little girls in the department, and they all booed him to treat him to afternoon tea.
Qian Weicheng yelled: "I lost money! I lost yesterday! Beauties, please forgive me."
Zhou Hao added fuel to the fire at the side: "Don't believe him, he went to my house yesterday to brag, saying that he not only won money, but also feasted his eyes."
Now, Qian Weicheng has completely become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, reluctantly spending money to treat guests.
In the afternoon, they were eating the afternoon tea that Zai Lai had brought. The head of the department happened to come over. Seeing that everyone was there, he mentioned the matter of going to city A for further studies.
"Let's send two people to the science department. I think Xiao Zhou and Xiao Qian will go."
When Qian Weicheng heard this, let alone how excited he was, "Director, if I go to a big hospital, will my bonus during my training be paid according to the standards of other big hospitals?"
The director will have a meeting later, so there is no time to talk to him at this time, "Okay, stop talking, you guys too, hurry up and finish work!"
Zhou Hao, who had been silent all this time, said, "Director, can you change someone else, I still have a cat at home, and I can't get away."
The director held his temper and said earnestly, "Xiao Zhou, this is a good opportunity. The cat can be sent to a pet store. Otherwise, let Xiao Dong help you raise it and have a companion with her dog." , pointing at a young female doctor.
In this way, Zhou Hao couldn't shirk it.