chapter 11 that year

When eating, Azariah Irving's mouth was as sweet as honey, which made Layla laugh continuously. After the meal, Layla told Nolan Dennis and his daughter to clean up and wash the dishes, and then took Azariah Irving to the yard to bask in the sun and drink tea.

The father and daughter were washing dishes in the kitchen. Seeing Azariah Irving and Layla chatting happily outside, Freya Dennis felt a little depressed: "Why doesn't this guy speak so nicely to me?"

"Be defensive!"

Nolan Dennis said something from the side. Freya Dennis heard this and asked, "Dad, why are you so defensive?"

Nolan Dennis eyes flashed with wisdom, and he replied while washing the dishes: "He knows what we want him to do, so naturally he treats us rudely. After he came, he must have realized that your mother has the highest status in our family, so he deliberately kept coaxing him. Your mother is happy, so we can't interrupt and test him. This way he can continue to hide his abilities and continue to be free."

Looking at the idle Azariah Irving outside, Freya Dennis disagreed: "He is only nineteen years old, how can he have such deep intentions?"

"This is not scheming, but wisdom."Nolan Dennis corrected Freya Dennis's statement.

Hearing his father's comments about the annoying Azariah Irving, Freya Dennis felt a little jealous: "I don't think he is smart or capable. I think you made a miscalculation this time."

Unfortunately, his daughter always gets emotional when talking about Azariah Irving, and Nolan Dennis also patiently expresses his judgment: "You told me that there was a man in Yuanshan Township who almost died suddenly, and he was simply cured when you were unable to do anything. , if you’re right, it must be the teacher’s method of tapping acupoints to activate blood circulation. In addition, you also said that when you sprained your foot in the hospital, he simply helped you reduce the swelling and correct the bone. How can you say that he is incapable?”

He handed the bowl with the oil stains removed to Freya Dennis and washed it with water before adding: "So don't look at people emotionally. Although Azariah Irving is younger than you, his ability is definitely above you. I won't be wrong."

At this moment, Azariah Irving was lifted to a height that was higher than her ability. Freya Dennis panicked: "Dad, maybe he only knows this and doesn't understand the more advanced Yuanmen medical skills at all?"

Nolan Dennis smiled faintly: "You will understand later. In addition, he wants to choose environmental science. Do you know why?"

"have no idea!"

Azariah Irving's questions were always denied, and Freya Dennis replied uncomfortably. When cleaning the bowl, she wiped it vigorously, as if she had a grudge against the bowl.

Nolan Dennis looked at her, who had always been calm and steady, and shook his head helplessly: "That's all, it doesn't matter why he chose environmental science. He must enter the Chinese medicine major for systematic study. You also think of a way, how to let He willingly admitted that he inherited Yuanmen’s medical skills.”

After washing the dishes and putting away what needed to be put away, the father and daughter walked out together.

Layla, whose laughter never stopped, said with a smile: "Azariah is so funny. old Irving is such a strict person, and Yaniga is such a rigid person. How can he have such a grandson and son? It's really interesting."

"That's just chatting with my aunt. Seeing you is like seeing my own mother. It's very relaxing."

Azariah Irving, who was sitting opposite her, made a timely comment, which made Layla even more happy: "Good boy, Freya's father is your grandfather's student, and she is also a good friend with your father and second uncle. It is normal for you to treat her like my mother. "

Seeing that the two of them were almost ready to recognize their godmother and godson, Freya Dennis quickly said: "Dad, don't you have something to tell Azariah Irving?"

Nolan Dennis nodded and took over with a smile: "There is something. Azariah Irving, would you like to go to the Chinese Medical Hall with me? There are many things left by your grandfather there, and where your father and second uncle lived. I guess you also want to know more about your father, right?"

The smile on Azariah Irving's face froze, and an afternoon in the winter when he was three years old came to mind.

At that time, his father Yaniga Irving took him to the countryside to go to the market and passed by the power plant reservoir in Yuanshan Township. It was a snowy day and the mud road was slippery. Yaniga Irving, who was holding him in a basket on his back, slipped, and at the critical moment, he slipped. He dropped it on the muddy ground and slid down toward the nearly vertical reservoir, smashing through the thin ice floe and falling into the water.

The reservoir was dedicated to coal power plants, and some areas around it were built up. The place where Yaniga Irving fell happened to be vertically frozen and too slippery to climb up. He could only approach a place with stairs, but the icy water in the twelfth lunar month of winter was biting, and the thin ice was in the way. Before the passersby could find a rope to rescue him, Yaniga Irving froze and sank. When he was picked up, he There was no sound, and his whole body was purple with cold.

Azariah Irving remembered that it was very cold that day. He cried very sadly that day. That day, his always serious grandfather shed tears for the first time shortly after his sixtieth birthday. That day when Yaniga Irving was picked up, he called his father, but his father Never woke up again.

Although people from the power plant built guardrails around the reservoir where people passed by after that, Yaniga Irving was completely dead. After that time, he was always afraid of going near reservoirs or any place with deep water.

The memory of my father is naturally vague.

"Azariah, what's wrong with you?"

Layla noticed that Azariah Irving eyes were red and asked with concern. Azariah Irving came back to his senses from the memories, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. After opening them, he showed a smile and shook his head: "It's nothing."

Nolan Dennis could see clearly from the side and knew that Azariah Irving was recalling something he didn't want to recall: "Do you want to go?"

Azariah Irving knew that Nolan Dennis deliberately used this to get him to go to the National Medical Hall, and wanted to continue to test whether he had inherited Yuanmen's medical skills. But thinking of the vague memory of his father who died in front of his own eyes sixteen years ago, Azariah Irving lit a cigarette and found that he couldn't refuse: "Go!"

……

An hour and a half later, when the sun was at its strongest.

Azariah Irving once again came to the mansion where the National Medical Hall was located, and followed Nolan Dennis and his daughter into it. He could see that there were people with guns and live ammunition guarding the place. However, Azariah Irving was relieved when he thought that those who came here due to illness were not ordinary people.

"Teacher, you are back, and old Chase lost his temper again."

As soon as I walked into a corridor, a man in a white coat, not tall but tall and handsome, about thirty years old, walked over with a very anxious look on his face. Nolan Dennis frowned when he heard his words: "old Chase is here?"

The man's name is Herbert, who graduated from the National Medical University and received a doctorate in medicine at the age of twenty-six. He is a student of Nolan Dennis and the youngest and most outstanding doctor in the Chinese Medical Hall.

"old Chase also came here after lunch, less than half an hour before you. Now that we know that General Chase's condition is getting worse day by day, he is furious."

After a favor, Nolan Dennis turned around and looked at Azariah Irving: "I want to go over and have a look. Do you want to come with me?"

Herbert appeared as soon as they arrived, and Azariah Irving guessed that Nolan Dennis had arranged it in advance and used this coincidental method to let him contact the patient. So he shook his head decisively: "I'm not interested. I don't understand condolences to patients and their families."

Nolan Dennis felt helpless, but did not show it: "Then Freya, take Azariah to the place where your Yaniga used to live."

"Teacher, he is old Irving's grandson? But at such a young age, can he really cure General Chase?"

When Azariah Irving followed Freya Dennis and left, Herbert couldn't help but express his doubts. He happened to appear at this time, and it was indeed Nolan Dennis prior instruction, in order to let Azariah Irving see the patient accidentally, because a conscientious doctor has a common problem, he will become extremely itchy when he sees the patient.

It's a pity that Azariah Irving seemed to have seen through it and refused to go. Nolan Dennis sighed: "Age and education are never the criteria for measuring ability. Let's go and see first. old Chase is in his nineties. If he gets angry, we will take responsibility. Sorry."

The west wing of the National Medical Hall was once a residence specially arranged for servants by the owner.

Yang Fei followed Freya Dennis. When he walked into a courtyard, the latter pointed to a room and said, "That's where your father lived when he was in the Chinese Medical Hall. Next to it is the residence of your second uncle and grandfather. There are things left by them inside. In the past twenty-five years, we have only arranged for people to clean the things, and nothing else has been touched.”

Azariah Irving yelled and walked over, opened the door and walked into the room where Yaniga Irving used to live. As for the residences of his grandfather Sawyer Irving and his second uncle Yang Yuanbai, he was not interested because they both died after he became sensible and had deep memories, unlike Yaniga Irving vague memory.

The layout of the room is very simple, maybe the conditions at that time were not very good. There is only a one-meter-two wooden bed, a desk, and a chair. In addition, there is a bookshelf occupying one wall, which contains many books about medicine, including some foreign medical books.

There are also many medicinal bottles and jars placed opposite the bookshelf. You don't have to think about it to know that Yaniga Irving must have often studied traditional Chinese medicine in the past.

A few steps forward, Azariah Irving sat down by the bed. He stroked the straw mat that had lost its original color but was still intact with one hand. It was cold to the touch, but Azariah Irving felt that it was a kind of warmth, compared to the sun outside. And warmer.

He also looked towards the opposite side of the bed, where a black and white photo hung, showing his grandfather, second uncle, and his father, whose memory was vague.

He walked over excitedly, raised his hand and touched it. He couldn't hold back the tears that he had held back at Ye's house, and his throat was blocked: "Dad!"

Because after Sawyer Irving left the Chinese Medical Hall and returned to his hometown, he often treated patients and saved people for free. In addition, the conditions in the countryside were poor at that time, and taking pictures was completely a luxury. He was particularly vague about the appearance of his father, who had no photos left, and now that he saw Thinking back to the winter of that year, I could no longer control my emotions.

He bent his knees and knelt down, kowtowing heavily: "Dad, I miss you, and mom misses you too!"

At the door, Freya Dennis had not experienced what Azariah Irving had experienced, but he, who was usually frivolous, casual and rogue, couldn't help but feel infected, his nose was a little sore and he wanted to cry. Fortunately, he held it back in the end and did not bother Azariah Irving, but his inner rejection of Azariah Irving disappeared little by little.

A man does not shed tears easily, but when he sheds tears, who can not be affected?

Who can hate a man who shows his vulnerable side anymore?