Tang Zhengwu, First Affiliated Hospital of the University of South China, |: "A Letter to a Child"

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Red Network Moment reporter Li Saifeng sorted out the report

Tang Zhengwu, member of the 23rd batch of medical team members of China (Hunan) to aid Sierra Leone, master of medicine, male, 41 years old, deputy chief physician of the Department of Orthopedics of the First Affiliated Hospital of the University of South China, visiting scholar.

【Family Letter】

Hi dear little roll, what are you doing? Now it should be six o'clock in the morning in the country, it is estimated that you are still sleeping, the African side is now ten o'clock at night, eight hours later than the domestic, and I have just completed an emergency operation, this is the first operation that Dad came to Africa to do, a serious hand trauma patient, through the close cooperation of our team has made the patient successfully through the dangerous pass, although I feel a little tired now, but the mood is particularly good, not only because of the treatment of patients, more importantly because of this time, It was our first teamwork since we came to Serbia.

Dad has been in Africa for almost a month, and you must be wondering what this side of Africa is like, right? Have you seen the endless African savannahs and wild animal migrations? Tall baobab trees? Spectacular East African Rift Valley? The majestic and mysterious Mount Kilimanjaro? ...... My answer may disappoint you, because my country is in West Africa, which is a coastal country, close to the Atlantic Ocean, and most of the ones you are talking about are in East Africa, so I can only enjoy their spectacular scenery on the Internet like you, but I want to tell you that in Africa, there are not only savannahs, wild animals, there are Great Rift Valleys, there are wars, there are diseases, there are famines, people here are still living in relatively backward conditions, and the level of medical care is still very low. This is also the reason why many of our Chinese enterprises have traveled thousands of miles to participate in their national construction and send medical experts to help them overcome diseases, living under the same blue sky, we breathe together, and share a common destiny.

Listen to your mother said, your final exam is good, mathematics, English are full scores, I am really happy for you, only by laying a solid foundation for learning, with knowledge, you can better realize your life ideals when you grow up, and better contribute to the country and the people. At this moment, thousands of miles away, I miss the way you studied seriously under the lamp, and the little head turned around, which was particularly cute. In a flash, you are about to graduate from elementary school, and when your father comes back from aiding Africa, you are already in junior high school, you are a big boy, it is estimated that you will be as tall as me, right? I really want to personally send you to the gates of middle school, and remember when you went to elementary school on your first day? I sent you to school, you stood at the school door crying your nose and refusing to go in, do you feel embarrassed now in retrospect?

Small rolls, you know? Every time I see people in Africa, they usually give me a thumbs up and say "China good!", I can deeply feel their heartfelt praise for China and their friendship to the Chinese people. A few days ago, I was in the hospital to treat an African child, he had a wound infection on his leg that had not been treated for a month, and when I asked him why he did not come to the hospital in time, he told me "too far", it turned out that he lived in a very remote tribe, and the transportation was very inconvenient, so he was delayed in treatment. In Africa, there are still many such children who endure the pain of hunger and disease, but you can live carefree every day, enjoy the fruits of modern scientific and technological progress, and grow up happily. Once upon a time, our country was also poor and weak, it was the great Communist Party of China that established new China, and developed China through reform and opening up, enabling hundreds of millions of people to live a happy life; now our country has built a well-off society in an all-round way and eliminated absolute poverty; our country has never been so prosperous and thriving as it is today; our nation has never been so proud and confident as it is today; and our people have never been so happy, healthy, and in a good mood as today. Therefore, you must know how to cherish, cherish that you live in a great country, a peaceful era, you must study hard, live up to your youth, do not live up to Shaohua, "the road is obstructive and long, the line is coming, the line is not quitting, the future can be expected."

Small rolls, you know? In Dad's medical team, there is an uncle named Jing ran, who once came to Africa as a medical team member in 2015 and participated in the medical rescue against the Ebola virus, many people do not understand him, why do they come to Africa to participate in medical assistance this time? He said that it is because of the feelings of home and country, home is the smallest country, the country is tens of millions of families, there is no country, where is the home? There is a tall kapok tree in the center of the city where dad works, and more than 400 years ago, Europeans were engaged in the criminal black slave trade under this tree, and this tree also records the history of their country's humiliation, the tragic past, so my teammates and I shared the feeling after going abroad: the more you go abroad, the more patriotic you will be. So you must know how to be grateful, gratitude is the basis of being a person, but also the source of noble personality, to be grateful to the motherland, grateful to relatives, grateful to the teachers and friends around you...

Small rolls, you know? In Africa, although many children's families are still very poor, they wear neat school uniforms and go to school happily every day, without professional courts and exquisite sneakers, but they can freely support a goal with branches on a vacant lot or on the beach, and they can play happily with their bare feet. In the African Cup of Nations a few days ago, their country's team just because they won a game in the group stage, a lot of children will rush to the streets, knocking on the pot and pan, celebrating happily, it is really unimaginable, so you have to know how to be happy, happiness is actually very simple, not necessarily a lot of money, high status to be happy, you will be very happy to make every bit of progress, you will be very happy to get teachers, family members, you will be very happy to help others ... , so, happiness is actually very simple, As long as you live and feel with your heart.

The Lunar New Year is coming, you are one year older, this year is still the Year of the Tiger, I wish you this little tiger in the Year of the Tiger, like a tiger to add wings.

Love your dad

2022.1.23