因为这份工作可以帮助我们的国家

2022年一个夏日午后我带着儿子回到了贵州乌江，那是我从小长大的地方。当年国家为了修建中国第一座石灰岩水电站数以万计的人来到了这里，人潮汹涌。水电站修好了，所有的人都走了，只剩破败。但这19年的时光却是足以让我一生难以忘怀，无论我走得多远，我都忘不了这里，因为只有这里才有我的父亲。他在这里工作，他也在这里去世。他去世后共有10年骨灰放在这座纪念碑里面。纪念碑上刻着：为建设乌江渡水电站而献身的同志永垂不朽。2008年我独自从这里带着他的骨灰回到了广州。14年后我回到乌江，我去了火车站的小路，上后山的小路，去学校的小路，我喜欢的江南百货商店和金龙商店，江北的鱼塘商店仍在，但却面目全非。小学路上的核桃树没了。电影院、食堂、洗澡堂没了，父亲去世的医院也没了。我们的家也没了。记得每天傍晚我们整层楼的邻居都会把桌椅放置在家门口，大家一起坐在门口吃晚饭，晚上十点还会煮面条。我们整幢楼一共住了42户，我估计当时乌江中国水电八局应该有几万人吧。父亲单位每月准时发工资，有时还发肉，发罐头，发冰棍，发汽水，放露天电影，每年还有春节联欢晚会，从春天就开始排练。儿子一路上都没说一句话。我想他心里非常难过。我的心里也非常难过，我的父亲已经去世整整25年了，我没有一天不想念他。是他培养了我，他是这个世界上对我最好的人，我却没能报答他。1997年我到了广州。2004年我又去了德国。后来我找到了这个世界上最好的工作，这份工作让我无比自豪。因为这份工作可以帮助我们的国家。因为人才才能成就一家伟大的医院，医生才是一个国家的良知。

In a summer afternoon of 2022, I, along with my son, went back to the Wujiang River in Guizhou Province where I grew up. Back then, the government planned to build the first limestone hydropower station in China in the Wujiang River, so tens of thousands of people went there. But after the construction, all the people left, and the Wujiang River was left with desolation. However, the 19 years that I spent there is unforgettable in my whole life. Wherever I go, it will always be in my heart, because only there once lived my father. That is where he worked and passed away. During the ten years after his death, his bone ash was buried under a monument inscribed with a sentence saying: Comrades who contributed to the construction of Wujiangdu Hydropower Station are immortal! In 2008, I brought my father's bone ash to Guangzhou on my own. 14 years after that, I went back to Wujiang River, and walked along the road leading to the train station, to the back mountain, and to my school. Jiangnan Department Store, Jinlong Store, and Yutang Store to the north of Wujiang River that I like are still there, but all have changed a lot. The walnut tree on the way to my primary school has gone, so have the cinema, canteen, public bath, and the hospital where my father passed away. And our home is also gone. I remember back then in every dusk, all the neighbors on our floor would put their tables and chairs at the door and have dinner together. We also cooked noodles at 10:00 in the evening. There were 42 families living in our building. I think Sinohydro Engineering Bureau 8 Co.,Ltd. had tens of thousands of employees beside the Wujiang Rivier at that time. My father's company paid him salary in time every month, sometimes sent us meat, canned food, ice-lollies, and soft drinks, and played outdoor movies. They would also hold the Spring Festival Gala every year, and start the program rehearsals in spring. My son didn’t say any thing along the way. I believe he must be very sad. And so am I. My father has gone for 25 years. I miss him everyday. He is the one who raised me, and took the best care of me, but I wasn’t able to pay him back. In 1997, I moved to Guangzhou. Then in 2004, I went to Germany. Later I started this best career in the world, and it makes me immensely proud. Because this career will contribute to our country. Because only with talents can a hospital become great. And doctors are the reflect of conscience of a nation.