Siheyuan: the beginning to realize the freedom of cooking

Dan Xiaojiao took a deep breath, opened the door and entered the apartment.

Dan's father inside the house was packing his luggage excitedly.

I looked up and saw Dan Xiaojiao coming back, so I hurried forward and asked, "Xiaojiao, have you asked for leave from the hospital? When will we book the air ticket? When we go back, should we go home or stay in a hotel?"

Dan Xiaojiao looked at her gray-haired father steadily, held his hand, and said gently: "Dad, let's not wait for New Year's Day, I will go to apply for a visa tomorrow, and we will book a ticket to go back after that. Live first It’s a hotel, no one has lived in the house for more than ten years, so it has to be cleaned before people can live in it.”

When Dan's father heard that he could go back early, he immediately smiled: "Okay, okay, then I have to hurry to buy a gift for Xi Le. What do you think she likes?"

The corners of Dan Xiaojiao's mouth trembled, she held back her tears, and said with a smile, "Buy her something that is not available in China."

Dan's father was completely immersed in the joy of being able to go back to China to see his granddaughter, and he didn't notice Dan Xiaojiao's strangeness.

"Well, I'll go to the department store tomorrow to buy the best ones for her."

Dan Xiaojiao looked at her father's excited expression, and couldn't help reminding: "Dad, take your time when you go back, she may not be able to forgive us."

Dan's father listened and nodded sharply: "I know this. He is such an old child, and he can't just forgive him. When I go back this time, I want to thank Lin Zhaodi very much. I heard from Junzi that thanks to her these years, I am happy. I didn’t suffer any great grievances.”

When Dan Xiaojiao heard the words, her eyes darkened: "It's time to thank her."

Dan's father already looked like he was returning home: "Xiaojiao, let me know when the date of your air ticket is set."

Dan Xiaojiao nodded and said, "Got it."

She did not tell Father Dan the secret she overheard.

a few days later.

Once Xiaojiao successfully obtained the visa and air ticket.

She booked two air tickets, one one-way ticket for Dan's father and one round-trip ticket for herself.

After checking the names and the time of the ticket, he put his and his father's passports and tickets back into the kraft paper envelope.

She put the envelope in her bag and got up to leave.

At this time, Dr. Brown, a British colleague from a hospital, knocked on the door and came in.

"Dr. Dan, I heard that you studied virology at the University of Manchester?"

Dan Xiaojiao was taken aback when she heard the words, she nodded immediately and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

"Dr. Dan, I once saw an autopsy report of the University of Manchester in a medical journal, saying that a sailor's lung was full of small holes due to double infection of Pneumocystis carinii and cytomegalovirus. do you know?"

Dan Xiaojiao did know, so she nodded and said, "I know this. It's probably a currently unknown virus that specifically attacks the human immune system."

"We have admitted a patient with symptoms similar to those in that report. Skin pain is unbearable, body temperature remains high, lungs are severely infected, and weight is losing weight day by day. I would like you to go over and take a look, can you? said Dr. Brown.

Dan Xiaojiao agreed, "Yes."

When the two came to the hospital bed, Dan Xiaojiao was stunned.

The patient lying on the bed and falling asleep with eyes closed turned out to be Charles.

"Doctor Brown, how long has the patient been sick with you?" Dan Xiaojiao asked with raised eyebrows.

"It's been about half a year, and I often have unexplained low-grade fever, diarrhea, and vomiting." Dr. Brown frowned and replied: "Because I couldn't find the cause, I accidentally turned to this post-mortem report from the University of Manchester, because I knew you were there. I'm going to school, so I want to ask you a question."

She frowned and looked at Dr. Brown, nodded and said, "I know this case. In 1959, a sailor suffered from the strange disease with the symptoms you mentioned, and died shortly after being hospitalized. The body was dissected and preserved."

"This is the patient's detailed case report, please read it." Dr. Brown handed the thick report to Dan Xiaojiao.

Dan Xiaojiao took the report from Dr. Brown, read it carefully for a while, and became more and more frightened: "It is true that the data in all aspects are very similar to those in the autopsy report of the University of Manchester. If there is no misdiagnosis, he will follow up. The immune system gradually fails."

"Dr. Dan, can you contact the University of Manchester for help? I want to contact the professor who was in charge of anatomy at the time." Dr. Brown asked.

Dan Xiaojiao looked at Brown, and said politely: "Dr. Brown, I have to go back to China on vacation because of something. I can give you my contact information. Can you call yourself later?"

"Okay, thank you." Brown agreed.

Dan Xiaojiao took out the address book from her bag, found the phone number of the former university professor in it, and gave it to Dr. Brown.

Then, she turned around and left the ward with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

This disease is very strange. According to the similar cases she studied and observed at the University of Manchester, none of them survived.

Once a person's immune system collapses, there is basically no salvation.

In the later stage of this disease, it will always cause the failure of various organs.

As far as she knows, there is no case that can be cured.

Because we don't know what kind of virus it is, there is actually no cure.

Dan Xiaojiao didn't know at this time that Charles actually had AIDS.

At this time, AIDS has been prevalent in continental Europe for about 50 years, and it was only in 1983 that the French medical community published research results and officially named it.

However, her intuition from years of practicing medicine told her that Charles might have contracted a terminal disease unknown to humans this time.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, she has to go back to England, and she wants to see Charles die in front of her own eyes.

I don't know how my uncle will react when he knows that Charles is seriously ill.
When walking out of the hospital, Dan Xiaojiao suddenly found that the weather was unexpectedly good.

London, which has always been shrouded in smog and rainy days, has also cleared up.

Drive back to the apartment.

Dan's father was already fully dressed, sitting beside the luggage, waiting for her to come back without moving.

Seeing that her father couldn't wait, Dan Xiaojiao smiled: "Dad, you can't wait. The plane is at night, and there is still a while."

"It's okay, I've already packed everything, and I'll wait for you here." Dan's father insisted on sitting on the side of the luggage, refusing to move.

"Dad, then you sit and wait for me. I'll pack up my things and we'll go to the airport early and wait."

Dan Xiaojiao said, then turned and went into her room.He took out the passbook from the drawer, carefully looked at the amount on it, and then put the passbook into the kraft paper bag that held the passport and air ticket.

Then he turned around and walked to his father, hugging Dan's father's shoulder tightly: "Dad, let's go home."

"Hey, Xiaojiao, let's go home." Father Dan suddenly felt his nose sore.

So, after more than ten years of absence, the father and daughter set foot on the road back to China for the first time.