There were indeed many neat and clean fields in the backyard, and many fresh vegetables and beans were planted.
Elisa looked at those ordinary small plants and suddenly felt in awe. His family may not be as difficult as she and her parents imagined. From the beginning, they tried to get along with them from an equal angle.
At that moment, she believed them.
**
In the evening, Elisa came home and told her parents what she had seen and heard in Brich home.
They did not speak for a long time. Finally, Emman said, “This kind of family is fine.”
Emily smiled and said, “Your wedding is near. Baby, what kind of wedding do you want? Tell me so that I can help you prepare and book the wedding dress in advance.”
“William said that someone have already made my wedding dresses.”
“Oh, what about the other preparations? Any ideas about invitations or something?”
“I don’t have a problem. I used to make it simple when I wanted to get married. I will just have dinner with my two families and invite some very good friends to dinner. Others, I really didn’t think much.”
Elisa was telling the truth. Over the years, she had received wedding invitations from other people. Many of them have not contacted each other for many years, and they only add her and send her invitations when they get married.
At first, she didn’t attend, but they would send her red envelopes and make a phone call to bless her. However, the intersection between her and them was so small, and there would be no other connection after that.
She thought that when she got married, she didn’t have to send invitations to people who didn’t contact her or know her well.
It meant that less red envelopes were being wasted.
Emily complained when she heard it. “You child, if they are your friend, they have to go. They need to celebrate it with you.”
“You can discuss this with William’s parents, and arrange it. If you decide to invite friends and colleagues, I will make a list then.” Elisa replied.
“That’s fine.”
“Then I’ll wash and sleep.”
“Go.”
**
On Monday, Elisa changed into a white coat and went to find a house. As soon as she got back to the office, she saw Annie running in a hurry. “Elisa, it’s not good.”
“What happened?”
“There was a suicide patient in the emergency department, and the director asked you to be an assistant.”
“I’ll be right there.”
Elisa immediately walked towards the operating room.
The operating room was ready. Two worn family members were sitting on the bench outside the operating room. Elisa hurriedly passed over for fear of seeing their sad expressions.
After Elisa entered the operating room, she found that the surgeon was actually the director and wondered. “Director, do you personally handle the knife?”
“There are not many opportunities, so be prepared.”
“Hmm.”
Elisa and the nurse prepared the matters before the operation.
In the process of preparing surgical instruments and medicines, Elisa learned from colleagues in the emergency department that the patient committed suicide by drinking sulfuric acid and was found by his family in time and sent to the hospital.
When he arrived at the operating room, Elisa glanced at the patient who was in a coma. The man was also wearing the school uniform of No. 1 Middle School, and he was obviously a student.
His face was still childish, but he had been lying on the operating table lifeless, and he didn’t know whether he was alive or dead.
Elisa only had this time to feel deeply and quickly put into work. She assisted the director in operation and constantly observed the director’s treatment plan during the process.
They would have treatment plans before the operation, and many plans would change during the actual procedure.
Whether the changed plan was reasonable depended on the experience of the surgeon.
That time the patient’s situation was that sulfuric acid had corroded a large area of the patient’s mouth and throat, and the cheeks and throat were blackened to varying degrees on the surface.
The situation was more complicated than they expected before. Besides gastric lavage, the patient should be replaced with an artificial throat, and the oral wound should be treated appropriately.
In that way, she would be doing the second operation, but she had no specific concept of the degree of the first operation, and it depended on the director to judge.
**
After a busy operation, Elisa watched the nurses push the bed out of the operating room.
The director stood sweating beside the empty operating table and turned to look at Elisa. “What have you learned?”
Elisa thought about it and didn’t answer. After looking at her for a long time, the director said, “You are very clever. You will understand technical things in the future. I am not in a hurry to give you those things.”
“Director…”
“As a doctor, I appreciate your ability to sympathize with patients, and I am delighted that you have not lost your love and responsibility as a medical worker in your day-to-day work. However, I have always opposed putting too much feelings into patients, which is not a good phenomenon for medical staff. I hope you can understand.”
Elisa thought carefully for a long time. “Thank you, director.”
“That’s all I say, and if I repeat it, it will become gossip, and you should not listen.” The director said, turned, and went to the dressing room in the operating room to change clothes.
Elisa sat in place, put her eyes on the empty operating table again, and turned to leave.
**
After work in the afternoon, Elisa went down to the hospital parking lot. When she was about to walk to her car, her footsteps paused, and she looked coldly at Brandon Helmes standing beside her car.
Brandon heard footsteps and looked up at Elisa White. “Elisa.”
Elisa whispered, “What are you doing here?”
“I want to talk to you,” Brandon said, he would stretch out his hand to hold Elisa’s hand.
Elisa stepped back to avoid his touch. “I was clear about everything 7 years ago.”
“I couldn’t help it then, and you can’t punish me since I have no choice.”
“I can’t?” Elisa sneered, “Because there was no way for me to go with you abroad. Because you have no choice, you kicked me after knowing that you would go alone and chose Julia to go abroad with you? Now, you want to kick Julia and get back with me again? What value do I have now to make you look up to me?”
Brandon’s face was embarrassed. “I love you from beginning to end, Julia, she just…”
Elisa closed her eyes and interrupted Brandon. “If I didn’t have anything to do with William, and I was just an ordinary resident. Would you still be like this?”
“It doesn’t matter. I have regretted it in recent years. If you give me a chance, I will make it up to you. I can help you get a position in our hospital. You should be my assistant rather than being a resident in a small hospital. Elisa, I am seriously considering the two of us.”