Today is Valentine's Day, Xiaobian takes you to understand the love story of an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, one is a leader in the field of infectious diseases, and the other is a pioneer in the cause of multi-organ joint transplantation. Li Lanjuan and her husband Zheng Shusen are one of the few academician couples in China's scientific community
Academician Li Lanjuan
Li Lanjuan, born in September 1947, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, is an expert in infectious diseases, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a professor and doctoral supervisor of the Medical College of Zhejiang University, the chief physician of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, the director of the State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, and the leader of the national key disciplines. He is also the vice president of the Chinese Medical Association and the director of the Department of Biology and Medicine of the Ministry of Education. In 2005, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Academician Zheng Shusen
Zheng Shusen, born in January 1950, Zhejiang Longyouren, hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplant expert, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, deputy director of the Medical Department of Zhejiang University, president of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University. The director of the Key Laboratory of Multi-organ Joint Transplantation Research of the Ministry of Health is a well-known expert in organ transplantation, multi-organ joint transplantation and hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in China, leading the largest and most technologically advanced hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery center in China and providing all-round medical diagnosis and treatment services, leading the development of organ transplantation and hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in China. In 2001, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Speaking of the two academicians, Li Lanjuan's former student Wang Baohong has four words to evaluate: "medical madman" How crazy, there are Li Lanjuan's own words as evidence: "Often he does surgery on the stage, I discuss problems in the laboratory, and it is common to get one or two o'clock in the middle of the night." ”
Arriving at the hospital on time at 8 a.m. every day and going home at one or two o'clock in the middle of the night is the norm for the academician couple. Although they work in the same hospital, the only time of day between the two of them is the little time between getting up and before they arrive at the hospital. "Breakfast is the only meal we both eat together in a day," Li Lanjuan said, and even so, they rarely discuss family chores, but more around things like "There is a patient who is critically ill, I want to give him an organ transplant today" and "There is an academic report to speak in the afternoon, and I fly to Beijing at noon."
Because there is a certain correlation in the main business of research, in the hospital, the couple sometimes contact by phone. When encountering liver failure patients who are still unable to be treated by artificial liver technology, she will transfer the patient to Zheng Shusen and ask him to consider liver transplantation; and when Zheng Shusen treats some patients with severe liver disease, he will also recommend them to try artificial liver treatment according to the condition. Referrals between husband and wife often make patients feel very lucky, because "suddenly there are two academicians to see themselves", and more reasonable symptomatic treatment plans have also enabled many patients to miraculously recover.
The wholehearted devotion to medical clinical and scientific research has created a different life model for this academician family than other ordinary families. All the chores in the family are handled by Li Lanjuan's elderly mother; the two sons are independent from primary school, and the eldest son plays the role of parent. "A childish child rides a bicycle, sits in the back seat with his brother, transporting him to school every day, rain or shine. This became a school landscape at the time. Li Lanjuan is both proud of her children and ashamed of not fulfilling her mother's responsibilities.
In addition to the fanatical work, the academician couple also has an unknown warmth and romance. On the day of the 40th anniversary of the marriage, the academician couple met with three or five relatives and friends for a simple meal. "You may not be able to imagine how our first wedding night went." Li Lanjuan smiled and shook the burden to everyone.
On May 1, 1975, Li Lanjuan and Zheng Shusen were officially married. They held a simple ceremony at home, and it was at this time that they suddenly received a phone call saying that Zheng Shusen's father was not in good health, and the couple rushed back overnight. Since there was no direct train to their hometown Longyou at that time, they stayed overnight at Jinhua Railway Station. "We put the covers on the ground and spent the first night of our wedding at the train station." Looking back, Li Lanjuan still remembers it vividly. "Although the conditions were harsh, the heart was very sweet."
Although they are busy at work, they have never forgotten to be filial to each other's parents. When Zheng Shusen was studying for a doctorate in Hong Kong, he happened to encounter her father-in-law's serious illness, Li Lanjuan was afraid that her husband would be distracted and did not dare to tell, so she quietly ran back and spent a whole week with the attendant, personally giving her father-in-law injections and hanging water, diagnosing and treating the disease, and feeding her father-in-law to eat her own carefully boiled porridge bite by bite, until all recovered. Li Lanjuan's mother fractured her two bones at the age of 90, which was a surgery performed by Zheng Shusen himself.
Outside of work, Li Lanjuan's biggest hobby is to watch movies and watch Yue opera, but after 40 years of marriage, she has never seen a movie in the cinema. Mr. Wu opera likes Wu opera, so Wu opera has become her biggest hobby. "Whenever I have time, I try to accompany him as much as possible, although I am late almost every time." Li Lanjuan said with a smile.
For her husband Zheng Shusen, Li Lanjuan did not hesitate to praise. "His hands are very skillful, skilled, a knife in surgery; he is more thoughtful at key moments, and he is also very relaxed about the management of the hospital; he is also very loving, because he was born in the cold, and when he encountered seriously ill patients from poor families, he often paid for himself, and he also tried his best to reduce medical expenses for patients..."
Of course, in Li Lanjuan's view, Mr. Li also has shortcomings: often can't find things at home, stir-fried vegetables do not put oil but only put water, when the pot is not waiting for the water to boil... Although she sometimes made fun of these things, she never really minded.
For his wife Li Lanjuan, Zheng Shusen is also full of praise: although he is not called a good wife and mother, he only cooks one meal a year in Chinese New Year's Eve, does not do any housework at home, and devotes his mind to work all day, but he has never blamed it. "We almost never quarrel," Said Mr. Zheng, who would wait for his wife to come home even later at night. "Perhaps only by being in the same boat countless times will there be today's mutual encounter."
When asked what the ideal state between husband and wife is, Li Lanjuan replied without hesitation: "Like-minded, mutual care; mutual support and mutual understanding." ”
Support each other and warm each other on the road of life. They will continue to walk like this.
(The picture shows the academicians and their partners initiating the "Shusen Lanjuan" talent fund, and the two academicians took the lead in donating 2 million yuan, aiming to reward China's outstanding scientific and technological talents who have made breakthroughs and innovative achievements in the field of medical research and clinical practice, and cultivate world-class medical scientists.) ）
Source: Zhejiang University Alumni Association