Break out of the courtyard

On the afternoon of the 27th, Majiatun.

When the eldest uncle Ma Zhiyi, who was wearing white mourning cloth, saw Zhang Heping rushing over with a medicine box on his back, he said dejectedly: "This is all my fault. Your grandfather said last night that it was cold and he wanted to drink, so I poured him a little, but I didn't expect..."

"Brother, what on earth are you thinking?" Ma Xiuzhen, who was following behind with snowflakes all over her body, accused him in a crying voice, "When you came back, Xiao Sanqian told you repeatedly not to smoke or drink! You can't smoke or drink!"

Incense was lit and paper was burned in the main hall of the two-story building. Zhang Heping was led by his cousin Ma Yongsheng into the dim room on the right, where he saw his grandfather lying on the door panel and the old dog Lai Fu squatting beside him.

No pulse, no breathing...

"Grandpa passed away at 10: this morning. He said..."

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Tang Xin, Zhang Zhaodi, Zhang Pandi and others arrived at 6:3 in the evening. Three 212 jeeps were parked on the side of the dirt road, lined up behind three Hongqi sedans that had arrived earlier.

When they saw Zhang Heping, he was sitting alone on the edge of the plain, smoking a cigarette with his medicine box under his butt. His face was as dark as the sky.

"Husband..." The first wife Tang Xin squatted beside Zhang Heping, tried to take the cigarette butt between Zhang Heping's fingers, and then threw it into the snow water beside her.

Tang Xin touched Zhang Heping's hands and felt the warmth, which made her feel at ease.

"Dad!" The eldest son Zhang Bei shouted behind Zhang Heping.

There were seven brothers and sisters in their family, but only he came as Zhang Heping left a message when he left.

Zhang Heping squeezed Tang Xin's little hand and said in a deep voice, "You guys go burn incense first, and then we have to go to the city to find a guesthouse."

"Yeah!" Tang Xin responded, turned around and found that her eldest sister Zhang Zhaodi and second sister Zhang Pandidi were still behind her, so she stood up and went to the mourning shed with them.

After a while, my uncle Ma Zhiyi came to Pingba with a stamped letter of introduction and brought Ma Xiuzhen, Zhang Bing and others.

"Sanwazi, the Capital Hospital called the village and said they were looking for you, but they didn't say what it was about." My uncle Ma Zhiyi said with some embarrassment, "If you are busy, go back first. The weather forecast says it will snow in the capital too, so go back early to avoid the car slipping on the road."

Zhang Heping's group was quite large, and in those days when food was rationed per person, Ma Zhiyi really couldn't afford to entertain them, because he would have to hire people to handle the funeral later.

"Hmm!" Zhang Heping stood up, picked up the muddy medicine box in his hands, and glanced at everyone, "Uncle, I'm not sure I can cure grandpa's cancer. So, his death has nothing to do with the wine last night. It's all because of the snow, which fell a day earlier!"

Zhang Heping placed his right hand on his uncle Ma Zhiyi's right shoulder and said slowly, "If the relatives in the village are tired of farming and want to be workers or do business, let my mother tell me that I have some connections in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and it will be no problem to settle them down."

Zhang Heping left a promise to comfort his grandfather's spirit in heaven.

That night, Zhang Heping and his party found a state-owned restaurant in Baoding City. Because Zhang Heping gave them foreign exchange coupons and they drove there, the chefs and waiters in the hotel who were originally preparing to go off work early did not dare to say a word for fear of causing foreign affairs disputes.

If there were a dozen ordinary people coming, the waitresses would definitely roll their eyes and the chef would probably quit.

After the meal, Zhang Heping discussed with the six drivers. The drivers all thought it was okay to drive back to the capital overnight, so Zhang Heping agreed to go back overnight.

……

The next day was the 28th, Sunday.

Zhang Heping went to Harmony Hospital early in the morning and briefly told them the news of his grandfather's death.

Just when a group of researchers were wondering whether Zhang Heping would stop his research on cancer treatment, Zhang Heping gave Deputy Director Qin a plan and went to the administrative building.

A group of researchers who were originally watching, upon seeing this scene, immediately gathered around to investigate the situation.

"What's the institute's five-year plan?" a chatterbox female researcher asked eagerly, "The director has set a five-year plan, and our research will continue!"

"I was just worried that the director would give up his research because his grandfather passed away."

"I am worried too. I heard that this institute was temporarily established because the director's grandfather had cancer."

"Don't make blind guesses. The director left the patent for the anti-cancer drug in the institute and reminded Lao Qin to collect the patent fee. This shows that the director planned to continue the research from the beginning."

"Lao Qin, take a look at the contents of the plan!"

"Targeted drugs? Genetic research? This..."

Zhang Heping doesn't like to give up halfway, but after excluding the factor of his grandfather, he will not spend too much time in the research institute.

So, he went to the dean's office and sat for a while, and agreed to stay for another two weeks. After the drug trial patients in the inpatient building started the second round of chemotherapy, he would return to Hong Kong Island to remotely guide the work of the Cancer Treatment Research Institute by telephone.

That afternoon, after sending his wife and children on the plane, Zhang Heping went to the inpatient building of Harmony Hospital and began to understand the conditions of the patients undergoing the drug trial.

After testing 3.0 patients yesterday, the 23T MRI device tested 85 cancer patients today.

When Director Li of Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital arrived at Harmony Hospital to learn about the new MRI equipment, he was shocked to find that the expert explaining the patient's films in the front row of the conference room was actually the richest man in Hong Kong, Mr. Zhang from The Peak!

"This film is too small and is only suitable for patients." Zhang Heping tapped the MRI film on the light board with his right index finger and said in a deep voice:

"The hospital needs to equip outpatient clinics and doctors' offices with office computers and connect them to the imaging room so that our doctors can view electronic images that can be magnified 1 to 20 times."

"Of course, the most important thing is to train professional imaging doctors so that they can make professional judgments and draw conclusions."

"Secondly, we will equip administrative staff, finance, payment counters, and pharmacies with computers to implement modern management."

"I heard that in Zhongguancun, a computer costs 20,000 yuan!" There was a sudden whisper in the conference room.

Zhang Heping and his subordinates discussed for a while, then looked at the director of Harmonious Hospital and said, "The hospital should apply to the higher-ups first. If they don't approve it, I will transfer a batch of computers and servers from Hong Kong Island."

"Okay, let's talk about drug delivery for intracranial tumors. The key is the size of the wound and how to break through the blood-brain barrier. At this point, we should not be limited to existing medical devices, but should dare to put forward requirements and actively look for factories to process them."

……

After the meeting, Director Li of the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital took advantage of an opportunity to approach Zhang Heping and said in Cantonese: "Mr. Zhang, nice to meet you again."

Zhang Heping had met Dean Li at the annual meeting of Chinese businessmen before and received his business card. He was familiar with him. "I didn't expect Dean Li to come here too."

Director Li of the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital said with a smile, "It's been rumored in Hong Kong that Mr. Zhang has emigrated abroad, but I didn't expect that you would be researching cancer treatment in the Mainland. It's really surprising."

"Director Li, I have something else to do here. I'll be back to Hong Kong Island another day. Let's chat again." Zhang Heping said as he took a medical record handed over by the director of the oncology department.

"This patient is also in the advanced stage of lung cancer, with cancer cell metastasis." The head of the oncology department said, "In addition, it has started snowing outside. Thirteen elderly cancer patients have abnormal blood pressure, accompanied by symptoms such as numbness in the hands and feet, diarrhea, and nausea..."

"Let's go and take a look!" Zhang Heping said, and walked quickly out of the meeting room.

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