641 Scavenging (1/2)

”I personally dug out this piece of coal in Inner Mongolia. Those textbooks that you come across when you were small all claim that China is a big coal mine. In the past, our main coal-producing area was Shanxi, but now, Inner Mongolia has also become a big coal-producing province. Moreover, you can find a lot of shallow coal seams around the area, and there are a large number of gas fields, which has become a large energy providing province.

”This piece was not dug out. It was given to me by my teacher. It's an ore from Daye Iron Mine, which was discovered by British miner Johnston. It is considered the first iron ore mine that is suitable for machine mining in China. It's pretty amusing when I talk about it. China's iron deficiency anemia had instead become a catalyst to promote China's geology development. When Zhang Wei proposed Cotton-Ironism, he had never thought that one day, China's steel production would become China's first export and that China's textile production would be so much that even the whole world could not finish them.

”This is a metamorphic rock. It's not worth any money, and there is nothing inside, hehe. I presided over the excavation, and I thought it was a cobaltite, but it was nothing in the end. It was only later that one of my senior brothers supported me and finally sent a team that we were finally able to find a cobaltite and filled the gap.”

Everyone followed Academician Du's steps and listened to him as he introduced his collection.

Except for a few valuable gems, most of his collection was quite ordinary, but they may hold a relatively higher significance to Academician Du.

Zuo Cidian gradually walked out of his trauma from radioactivity, as he listened, he felt very moved. Then he heard the word cobalt again.

Zuo Cidian was now too sensitive to that word. At this time, if someone actually shouted the words cobalt, Zuo Cidian could immediately jump up in fright.

The word ”cobaltite” was even more pronounced in Zuo Cidian's ears, and they made him dizzy. He wanted eagerly to just run out at that moment.

Zuo Cidian could not help but whisper into Ling Ran's ear, ”Academician Du is really sick in the head. There might be other radioactive matter in his warehouse...”

Ling Ran cast a glance at Zuo Cidian and said, ”We are doctors, and we have diagnosed Academician Du's condition.”

Zuo Cidian was speechless. ”That's not what I meant... Sigh, forget it, why am I even telling you this?”

When Ling Ran saw that he had no problems anymore, he would not continue probing into this matter, and he did not care.

Tian Qi was not even listening to what Zuo Cidian had said. She was now walking slowly with Ling Ran in a dimly lit environment that had spotlights. They were surrounded by empty spaces, and the area inside the warehouse was quiet but also had beautiful gems in it. She was too happy. Whatever people around her said just went into one ear and came out of the other.

In comparison, when Academician Du's chubby grandson heard Zuo Cidian's words, he was not satisfied, and he looked back twice.

At the third time, when the chubby grandson looked over again, he could not help but lower his voice and said this to Zuo Cidian alone, ”Doctor Zuo, this is my grandfather's last wish. Could you give some respect to the elders?”

Zuo Cidian quirked his eyebrows. ”What do you mean, his last wish? Your grandfather will go on the operating table tomorrow, not to the execution ground.”

”You better watch your mouth.” The chubby grandson's temper reached an exploding point.

If someone of the same age were in Zuo Cidian's place, he will say, ”How was I rude?”

And they will instantly descend into a quarrel.

Zuo Cidian was not an idiot. In his mind, he instantly recalled the dialogue once, removed the middle part, and said in a straightforward manner, ”Your grandfather's cancer can be cured, and he can live for three to seven years, he may even live up to ten years. If you are telling me that this is his last wish, aren't you actually taking advantage of the situation?”

The chubby grandson was stunned by what he was told. He was unwilling to say that his grandpa would not be able to live for so long, but if he admitted to the fact, he would be looking down on the threat of cancer. How many people around him had gotten cancer and had not managed to live? Besides, the threat of liver cancer was very prominent. His grandfather had also gone to a number of hospitals before. Going to Beijing University Sixth Hospital to see a doctor could be said to be his last resort. If it were not for Academician Zhu's assurance, the Du family would not have considered it at all.

”You see, each doctor is different, and each patient differs from another.” Zuo Cidian came closer to the chubby grandson and said, ”Academician Du has primary liver cancer. The cancer itself is not so serious, but what is serious is that his body's condition is still relatively poor. Others are afraid to operate on him because they are afraid of accidents. But our Doctor Ling is an expert in this area. After performing the surgery for the academician tomorrow, the situation will be clear. The possibilities for him to recover are quite high. Why are you worrying your hats off?”

The chubby grandson was dumbfounded and whispered, ”My grandfather said that he wanted to take a final look at his collection… and also invited all of you to come...”

Zuo Cidian was not forgiving. ”That is because of your grandfather's stubbornness. I say, it is impossible for people not to die, but with your grandfather's age, he can choose to only consider this matter in another four to eight years. If every patient is like Academician Du and drags the chief surgeon to look at his collection, we won't have to do anything else for the day. We have to perform fifteen cases a month, and there are no rest days...”