After getting up for breakfast, Lin Jie ca to the dining room and saw Guan Muhua setting the tableware while An Kexin placed a pot of porridge on the dining table.
Lin Miao's voice ca from the kitchen, "Brother, Sister Kexin said you were inspired by a dream and thought of a good idea, and even got up in the middle of the night to work in the study, is it true?"
Lin Jie took a bowl of plain porridge handed over by An Kexin and replied loudly, "It's true!"
"It must be that what I ponder during the day, I dream at night. The subconscious just gave a solution."
Just then, his phone rang.
He took out his phone and saw it was a call from Zhang Daya.
Lin Jie suddenly rembered sothing and said, "Oh, I actually forgot, today is Wednesday, the seafood ordered from Zhang Daya's family was supposed to be delivered today."
Not only Lin Jie, but An Kexin and Lin Miao also forgot about it.
The unexpected matter regarding Yao Henan had distracted everyone's mind.
After the call was connected, Zhang Daya told him that the delivery van had arrived at the apartnt building.
Lin Jie, Guan Muhua, and An Kexin all went downstairs and saw a small truck with several large water tanks. They saw Zhang Uncle, Zhang Daya, and her slightly shy brother Zhang Hui standing in front of the truck.
Lin Jie hurriedly went forward to greet them, "Zhang Uncle, Daya, Zhang Hui, thank you for your hard work. You must have been busy before dawn."
Zhang Uncle rubbed his hands and said with a sincere smile, "Not at all, not at all, people by the sea are used to it."
"To catch the early market, we all go out to sea at night and return by dawn. Dr. Lin, where should we unload these seafood?"
He further introduced, "Mainly shellfish, shrimp, crabs, squids, and sea fish, altogether fifteen or sixteen varieties. But so varieties are more abundant and so are less."
"Today, we were lucky. So deep-sea fishing boats netted tuna and amberjack, and I picked a few large ones."
Lin Jie laughed and said, "Then we're in for a treat today. Zhang Uncle, roughly how many pounds of seafood do we have in total?"
Zhang Uncle laughed, "Not much, just under a thousand pounds."
"Dr. Lin, if it's not enough, I can ask a few friends to go out to sea again. They can co by again by evening."
"It's enough, more than enough!"
Lin Jie looked at An Kexin and said, "Kexin, today is Wednesday, originally the day for gatherings. Let's change it to a seafood feast. I'm going to invite all those students."
"If that's the case, there might not be enough space at ho..."
An Kexin chuckled and said, "Ah Jie, do you rember Uncle Shan Huaizhou? The one you diagnosed with a minor stroke?"
Lin Jie nodded and said, "I rember, he's a good friend of Uncle An."
"He owns a seafood restaurant, reputed to be good at cooking seafood."
"We can send the seafood there and ask the restaurant's chef to process it, and we can have the gathering there too."
"Great, let's settle it then."
After settling this matter, during the break when An Kexin was making phone calls, Lin Jie said to Zhang Uncle, "Zhang Uncle, take out so seafood that can be kept in the fridge for a few days at ho, and the rest, deliver them to that seafood restaurant."
"Got it!"
Zhang Uncle responded, then climbed into the truck to start fetching the seafood.
This kind of work, getting wet in winter, naturally didn't require Lin Jie's hands-on involvent; he only needed to give instructions.
A few large nets held two tunas and amberjacks, each over ten pounds, along with crabs, lobsters, large squids, and other seafood, which were carried upstairs by Guan Muhua and Zhang Hui.
Lin Jie invited, "Zhang Uncle, Daya, co upstairs with us."
"Breakfast is already prepared. Join us for so food to warm yourselves up in this cold weather."
Zhang Uncle waved his hand to decline, "No, no, we already had breakfast before coming."
He looked at Zhang Daya, whose cheeks were rosy from the cold wind, and said, "Now that Daya is working in a top hospital, reaching such an achievent is sothing her mother and I couldn't even dream of."
"Dr. Lin, without you, Daya might only be working as a waitress in a small restaurant at ho, even getting married would be hard."
Hearing this, Zhang Daya pouted unhappily.
Lin Jie chuckled and said, "Being able to hold her ground in the hospital and gain recognition from the chief surgeon is not my credit. It's because Daya has a talent in this field and works hard to improve."
Zhang Daya giggled, holding onto Zhang Uncle's arm, and said proudly, "Dad, once Anlin Hospital opens, I'll transfer to Anlin Hospital and work alongside Dr. Lin."
Zhang Uncle earnestly urged, "Then you need to work harder and be more careful. Dr. Lin is a top-notch doctor, and you must not be a hindrance."
Suddenly, An Kexin said, "Ah Jie, I'm not having breakfast at ho."
"Later, I'll take Zhang Uncle and Daya to the seafood restaurant to unload the seafood, and then I'll head straight to the company."
Lin Jie nodded and said, "That's a good idea. But don't forget to buy yourself so breakfast."
An Kexin humd in agreent and turned back to the apartnt.
Lin Jie smiled and said, "Zhang Uncle, how much for this truck of seafood? Na a price, and I'll transfer the money to you later."
"No need for money, Dr. Lin, really no need!"
Zhang Uncle quickly waved his hand to decline, "The lunar New Year just passed, and it won't be long until the Spring Festival. Consider this as our early New Year's gift to you; we can't take money for it."
"If it were just a few pounds or a few dozen pounds of seafood, I wouldn't discuss money matters with you, Uncle Zhang. But this is over a thousand pounds, and you went through the trouble of purchasing it from several early-returning fishing boats."
Lin Jie looked at Zhang Daya and said, "Daya, you na a price."
"You've been working at the hospital for a while, so you must understand that for a doctor of my level, making money is fairly easy."
Zhang Daya chuckled and said, "Dr. Lin, then I won't be polite."
"These seafood were all specially selected by my parents, you can just give three thousand."
"Not that much, really not that much."
Uncle Zhang gave Zhang Daya a look and said, "So of the seafood I caught myself, this part is free. Dr. Lin, if you insist, two thousand will be enough."
Lin Jie laughed, "Three thousand is already a great bargain for , especially considering you took the effort to deliver it on such a cold day..."
While they were exchanging pleasantries, An Kexin returned with Guan Muhua and Zhang Hui, carrying a small bag.
Guan Muhua was also holding two boxes of Wuliangye liquor.
An Kexin smiled brightly, "This liquor was gifted by soone, and Yajie doesn't drink liquor, so it would be a waste to keep it."
"Uncle Zhang, take it back and enjoy it."
She then said to Zhang Daya, "Daya, you can ride with . I actually have sothing I'd like to discuss with you..."
After breakfast, Lin Jie arrived at the Affiliated Hospital.
In his office, he was t by his fourteen students waiting for him, along with Lei Jun who ca after receiving a call, and Fang Lianggong who joined via video call.
Lin Jie didn't mince words and said directly, "Last night, I was discussing Yao Henan's surgery plan with Dean Fang and Dr. Lei, and we encountered a challenge. Now, I've thought of a solution."
Lei Jun exclaid, "Expert Lin, you've thought of a solution?"
"So quickly a solution was found?"
Fang Lianggong's voice also ca through from the phone held by Fang Huanru.
Lin Jie smiled, "You could say it's a spark of wisdom, a sudden idea that ca to mind. Whether it's feasible needs to be discussed extensively."
He paused for a mont and said, "Dean Fang, Dr. Lei, you might know that astronauts in the space station undergo zero-gravity adaptation training in large water tanks on the ground, right?"
"My idea is to create a similar tank for Yao Henan to recover in after surgery."
"Because it's akin to a zero or microgravity environnt, the pressure on reshaped bones is minimal, reducing the likelihood of deformation."
After saying this, the enthusiastic response Lin Jie anticipated didn't happen, instead, the office fell into an uneasy silence.
The silence was unsettling.
Lin Jie furrowed his brows, pondering potential issues with the idea, and asked worriedly, "What? Is my idea too far-fetched and unfeasible?"
"No, no, no!"
Lei Jun shook his head vigorously and shouted excitedly, "Expert Lin, this is truly an incredibly astounding and pleasantly surprising idea."
"The mont you ntioned it, I imdiately realized it's feasible, very feasible, damn it, it's so feasible."
"I was just too stunned to know how to express myself."
At this mont, Fang Lianggong's voice also ca from the phone, "Expert Lin, this is an incredibly brilliant and outstanding idea, why didn't I think of it."
"Your idea makes feel the gap between us."
"This gap..."
Fang Lianggong's voice was filled with a sense of regret, "It's not just a gap in dical skills, but also in mindset."
"I truly feel like I'm getting old. Sigh..."
Receiving such feedback from both Fang Lianggong and Lei Jun, Lin Jie was quite satisfied.
He looked at Tian Xiangyu, Fang Huanru, Xiao Ganghao, and others, and asked, "You all seem very calm, do you have other thoughts?"
Tian Xiangyu explained, "Teacher, no doubt, it's a great idea! We're calm because the shock you've brought us is already enough."
"We've beco accustod to it, you could say we're no longer surprised by surprise."
The others chid in in agreent, "Yes, yes, Senior Brother Tian is absolutely right."
"Teacher, the day you give a normal solution will be the day we're truly shocked."
Lin Jie snorted in annoyance, "You all, making little progress in other respects, but your flattery skills have improved rapidly."
After a pause, Lin Jie continued, "The reason I called you all here is to assign you a task, to materialize my idea."
He asked solemnly, "You only have a week, how about it? Are you confident?"
"Please be honest, my expectations have always been strict."
Before Tian Xiangyu and the others could respond, Lei Jun spoke up, "Expert Lin, I request to lead the implentation of this idea."
He took a deep breath and said, "This idea likely has vast application prospects in serious bone injury recovery."
"Expert Lin, on behalf of the hospital's orthopedics departnt, I promise no less than a million in research funding, with no upper limit if more is needed, and to coordinate active cooperation across hospital departnts."
Considering the surgery for the conjoined twins also required his energy, Lin Jie nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to Dr. Lei."
He also directed, "Fang Huanru, Huo Guangheng, Ma Hongmin, Guo Peng, you will assist Dr. Lei."
"Yes, Teacher!" Fang Huanru and the others all responded.
Lin Jie then turned to Tian Xiangyu and the others and said, "Clear your evening schedules for a gathering, I'll treat you to seafood..."
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