He Xiufang's coach and teammates were not the only ones who came to Shanghai with her. Her father, He Zhong, was also there.
He Zhong was an honest farmer. He was nervous, serious, deep, melancholy, melancholy, and stubborn.
He arrived in Shanghai on the same day as He Xiufang, but he left a day earlier.
He Xiufang burst into tears when she saw her father smoking anxiously with a snakeskin bag on his back at the exit …
The last time she saw her father was when she was recuperating in the team. It was the time when she felt uneasy about her fate.
This time, when she saw her father again, she was already a medalist in a national track and field competition. Although it was only a bronze medal, and it was only a national track and field championship, she could stay in the team. Her biggest crisis had been resolved.
Her father seemed to have been like this since she was young.
"You even took the green car. Didn't you buy a high-speed rail ticket?" He Xiufang felt that she was the most rustic person in the team. However, when she stood beside her father, she realized that she was very far from being a rustic.
He Zhong mumbled in his hometown dialect, "It's several times more expensive. I returned it."
"The high-speed rail will arrive in a few hours. People from other families take the high-speed rail when they go out to work …" He Xiufang's voice unconsciously regained some of her hometown accent.
He Zhong said disdainfully, "If they want to build it, let them build it. I'm not taking it."
"Uncle He." The coach came forward to shake He Zhong's hand. He was more than ten years younger than He Zhong and often talked on the phone.
He Zhong saw the coach and put on a simple and honest smile again. "I've troubled you again."
"Look at what you're saying …"
He Zhong held the coach's hand tightly and said, "If the girl didn't get a medal this time, I would be too embarrassed to come see you. You've wasted a few years to train her. She's not only useless but also a waste of the country's money."
The coach could not keep up. He Xiufang took out the bronze medal from her neck and handed it to her father. "Dad, look at my medal."
"Good! Good! " He Zhong held the medal with one hand and touched it, but he held the bag on his shoulder tightly and said, "Let's go first. I'm carrying something. I'll look at it when I stay."
"Dad, you said you wanted to find a kitchen, so I rented a house for you …" He Xiufang paused and quickly said, "It's not too expensive. I rented a cheap house. It's called a short-term rental."
"It's fine as long as there's a kitchen." He Zhong did not scold him this time.
He Xiufang stared blankly for a moment before replying, "There's a kitchen and kitchenware."
"You can rent it for a few days, right?"
"You can stay as long as you want." He Xiufang received a salary from the track and field team. Although it wasn't much, she didn't have to spend much. Her meals were taken care of by the team, so she had some money saved up. She was reluctant to rent a house in Shanghai, but she was willing to rent a house for her father.
He Zhong nodded. "Alright, let's hurry over."
After taking the bus all the way to the rented house, He Xiufang finally understood why her father wanted a house with a kitchen and why he was in such a hurry to come over.
He Zhong had brought a bag of wild vegetables wrapped in snakeskin.
"Dad, you brought so much shepherd's purse … Even if you want to bring some, just bring a little." He Xiufang grabbed a handful of wild vegetables and felt warm in her heart. When she was young, there were no vegetables to eat. Wild vegetables such as shepherd's purse were the most common food.
He Zhong snorted and said, "Who brought them for you? I brought them for your leaders and coaches. I'll also treat some to the doctors. You just need to have a few bites. Go and buy a chicken. "
"You're going to make chicken soup jelly?" He Xiufang immediately understood what he meant.
In her hometown, chicken soup jelly was considered a major dish. It was made by chopping shepherd's purse into powder, mixing it into flour, cooking it into a paste, freezing it, cutting it into small pieces, and pouring chicken soup over it.
It sounded like a very special snack, but when she thought about it carefully, it was nothing more than an enhanced version of Fan Zhongyan's porridge. Moreover, the pickled vegetables in Fan Zhongyan's porridge were replaced with wild vegetables.
Adding chicken soup to it was something that only happened in recent years.
He Xiufang said awkwardly, "Dad, people don't eat this anymore."
"It's their business whether they eat it or not. It's our business whether we cook it or not." He Zhong waved his hand and buried himself in his work. He only peeked at He Xiufang's ankle when she went out of the door.
"He Xiufang's Achilles tendon is in good condition. The team doctor said that it's completely recovered. That's why we let her compete." The coach knew He Zhong's personality, so he deliberately explained it to him.
He Zhong was unwilling to admit it. He snorted and said, "Everyone during the revolution knows that people with minor injuries shouldn't go out of the frontline. This girl is delicate."
The coach could only chuckle apologetically. He Xiufang weighed eighty pounds. He could not explain to He Zhong how hard it was to rehabilitate over the past few months, and how difficult it was to train again.
The next day …
He Xiufang and the others went to the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center together for a checkup.
He Xiufang was deliberately dragged out for a series of follow-up examinations.
The leaders of the track and field team watched this scene with a happy expression. They looked gratified. Nowadays, the city track and field team's funds were relatively sufficient, but it depended on how they used it. They were willing to pay for such targeted physical examinations and medical treatments that proved effective.
Ling Ran only appeared in the afternoon. He received the examination report and read it carefully.
"Now, it seems that it's completely recovered." Ling Ran looked at He Xiufang and said, "How do you feel now?"
"Good, I have endless energy." He Xiufang tried to show her courage of being eighty pounds.
Ling Ran pursed his lips. That was not what he meant, but it was not a big deal.
Ling Ran took the opportunity to perform a physical examination, and the follow-up examination was considered complete.
He Xiufang's condition was very clear. If her Achilles tendon did not completely rupture and was sutured and healed, there would be no problem. If it did not heal well … She would not be able to get a medal. Because an Achilles tendon with a problem sutured could not even withstand high-intensity training, let alone participate in a competition so soon.
Ji Tianlu waited for Ling Ran to finish the examination before he curiously took the scan.
He was a true orthopedic expert, and he was one of the best in the country when it came to performing joint replacements. Now that he looked at the scan, he was very surprised.
"It's really completely healed." Ji Tianlu clicked his tongue. It had only been three to four months. Based on the standard of a normal Achilles tendon repair technique, it was hard to say whether the patient could even carry out training.
The leaders of the track and field team still trusted Chief Physician Ji Tianlu more. At this time, when they heard his diagnosis, they were happy. "It's good that it's healed, it's good that it's healed. The veterans are back, and we have another great general."
In the city track and field team, a person who could win a national medal would be a first-string member. Not only would he not leave the team, but he would also be entrusted with important tasks. Of course, if he could not prove himself, the second-string member would retire when he reached the age limit. There was no reason for that.
While everyone was happy, He Zhong took out a large stack of aluminum lunch boxes from his backpack and said with a smile, "Leaders, doctors, I am He Xiufang's father. This time, I came over to make some of our local specialties for you to try. Thank you for taking care of my Xiufang for so many years, and thank you, doctor, for performing surgery on Xiufang …"
As he spoke, he took out a thermos bottle and said, "There's meat jelly in the lunch box, and there's chicken soup in the thermos. Chicken soup with meat jelly is our specialty …"
He Xiufang was happy, but she was suddenly attacked by her father. She could not persuade him, nor could she talk to him. For a moment, she was very nervous.
However, this was not the first time the leaders of the track and field team encountered such a situation. The leading associate chief physician suddenly laughed out loud and said, "Since it's a special delicacy sent by the old man from afar, let's try it. He Xiufang, sit down too. Everyone, try it. Doctors, please sit down too. Sharpening the knife will not delay the work of cutting firewood. Let's eat and drink a little, and then we'll do the examination. By the way, we can eat in this office, right? "
Naturally, it was not suitable to eat in the treatment room. But in the current situation, Ji Tianlu would not follow the rules unless his head was swollen from being hit by tendons.
"You over there, go and get a few chairs. Also, get some bowls and chopsticks from the canteen on the surgical floor." Ji Tianlu did not remember that many resident doctors' names. He simply pointed at one and ordered it.
The resident doctor dashed away.
"I brought a lot of lunch boxes." He Zhong chased after him and shouted. Then, he smiled and opened the lunch box to show everyone the chicken soup meat jelly he made.
Ling Ran also sat by the side and looked at it curiously.
He saw that the green meat jelly in one of the lunch boxes was divided into four pieces. He Zhong took out one piece and put it into the empty lunch box. He then opened the thermos bottle and poured in the still hot chicken soup. He added a little seasoning, and it was done.
Everyone did not say much. They each got a piece and tasted it in silence.
He Xiufang also got a piece in the end. It was a green meat jelly that was slightly broken. When she ate it, it was still sticky and refreshing.
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