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The annual "National Young Women Scientist Award" award ceremony is once again coming this winter.

Now in its thirtieth year, the award was created to encourage and support young female scientists under the age of 40 who are dedicated to scientific research. Over the past 30 years, this award has always seemed to be a little tepid - it is not that the gold content of this award is not high enough, in fact, both the organizers and the judging team are the most important experts and scholars in the field of science and technology in China. It's just that for the public, this award seems a little distant and unfamiliar, and the award ceremony is not exciting and good-looking. Until this year -

Ling Xiao took the award certificate and evaded the reporters' pursuit and interception almost with a headache, and it took nearly twice as long to finally get on the flight back to Jiangcheng from the capital.

Great—as soon as I got home, the reporters in Jiangcheng were swarming again.

Ling Xiao slept under the quilt and accepted a special interview with the winners by the media designated by the organizing committee early the next morning - and as an exclusive interview.

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When stepping into the "Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers", Zhang Yunzhi was stunned for a moment - it was already the last few days of December, but the paths in the "Valley" were still surrounded by vivid greenery. Although it is no longer green and delicate in spring and summer, it looks particularly tall and tall in winter. It's like a wall, a stone monument, separating two completely different worlds. But when she settled down and looked carefully, she couldn't help but smile a little dumbly—it wasn't some magical magic, just a lot of plants and trees that were evergreen in winter, and occasionally dotted with a few plum trees that bloomed just right.

The trail is not long, but it is somewhat winding. But she wasn't bored – it seemed that with each step, the scenery in her eyes was different, and she used to think that "changing the scene" was just a literary exaggeration, but now she seems to be beginning to understand a little bit of what it is like.

"Welcome to the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, please follow me." The round robot in front of her almost startled her, but when she remembered that the owner had just won the award for his outstanding contribution to the field of artificial intelligence, the experienced reporter quickly calmed down and calmly followed the robot leading the way in his high heels.

Walking through the small building with a huge armillary sphere on the roof, Zhang Yunzhi finally saw the subject of her interview today - a person leaning crookedly and without an image under a tree.

She couldn't tell what it was, but at least it wasn't an evergreen tree, and the leaves had long since withered, leaving only a bare trunk and branches. This seems to be the person who happened to be convenient for basking in the sun under the tree - Zhang Yunzhi had already walked to the tree and saw the face in the sun.

She had done her homework before she came, and of course she knew that this man was nearly forty years old—in fact, the winners of each class were about the same age, and science was never an easy road, but from this face, it was really difficult to tell the exact age, and it was not suspicious to look even if it was less than thirty, but it was not as lively as a twenty-year-old boy.

In December, she was wearing only a thin black sweater and jeans, as if she didn't feel the winter chill at all.

She seemed to realize that someone was coming, squinted her eyes slightly, smiled, and sat up straight with her hands on the ground, smiling at her.

It wasn't until she opened her eyes at this time that Zhang Yunzhi realized that she had a pair of eyes like a young man: high-spirited and unbridled.

Such a pair of eyes appeared on a person of such an age, which was a little surprising, but it did not feel disobedient.

"Mind just talking here?" The person opposite asked her with a smile, probably because she had just woken up from a nap, and her voice was slightly hoarse.

Strangely, this should have been a somewhat unreasonable move, but she didn't feel any slack. Zhang Yunzhi nodded and sat down on the ground.

The robot quickly brought the tea, and even brought a small case and placed it between the two of them.

The reporter thanked him softly and turned on the recorder under the signal that the other party was ready.

Zhang Yunzhi is not the first female scientist to interview the award-winning scientist, but the person in front of her is undoubtedly the most special one - the award ceremony in previous years was always a little tepid, but this year because of this person's own reputation, the award was suddenly brought into the public's field of vision. The interview went smoothly, she was already an experienced reporter, and the other party was very cooperative, even the originally difficult academic content seemed much easier to understand to her. After discussing several questions in the field of artificial intelligence, Zhang Yunzhi naturally extended the topic:

"Scientists in everyone's impression are often a little impersonal, lack humanistic feelings, and devote themselves to scientific research. But as we all know, you are not only a scientist, but also a very remarkable achievement in the art world, including calligraphy, painting, and music. How do you balance these two areas that seem to be in conflict? ”

The person opposite seemed to be interested in this question, and she clearly saw that the other party's heroic eyebrows were slightly raised, revealing a somewhat playful smile: "Scientists lack humanistic feelings, does the public think so?" ”

"I don't mean to offend," the reporter was not sure if the question was a question, but still calmly explained, "It may be an inherent mindset, but it does exist in the impression of many people." ”

"Well, I think, it's not." She took a sip of tea and touched a pen beside her, "The fact is that in ancient and modern times, there are many scientists or artists in China and abroad - I can name a few casually, Leonardo da Vinci, Li Daoyuan, Fu Shan...... He has also achieved success in another area. Art and science are never two opposite extremes, they are just a way to find the truth. You say scientists lack humanism? ”

She suddenly raised the corners of her eyes slightly and smiled: "Constantly seeking the truth, falsifying and seeking the truth, this is precisely the humanistic feelings of scientists." If there were no scientists, if there were no such feelings, we would probably still be ignorant and confused, probably ...... They are still savages, they don't have enough to eat, they have a short lifespan and suffer from diseases, and of course they can't have mobile phones and computers. ”

"Since we talk about diseases," the reporter wrote down a few key words, thought about it and asked, "I remember that you published a book about Chinese medicine last year, right?" ”

The person on the other side nodded.

"Now that the controversy between Chinese and Western medicine is intensifying, what do you think about this, as a Chinese medicine practitioner who has just published a medical book?"

The question seemed to be a bit complicated, and as soon as she asked, she saw the person on the other side frowning slightly for the first time today, as if thinking about language.

"Actually, I don't want to be called a Chinese medicine practitioner, I prefer to be called a healer." She said, "What is the significance of distinguishing between Chinese medicine and Western medicine? All I know is that anything that can cure diseases and save people is called medicine. I had a brother whose family had died of illness, so he started studying medicine. He was highly gifted, and soon became a doctor of medicine, but found that even this could not cure all the diseases of the world - you see, this is the humanistic feelings of medical scientists, not only humanistic feelings, but even almost unrealistic. ”

As she spoke, she suddenly remembered the previous topic, and passed by with a smile, but at some point a deep and silent nostalgia surged in her eyes: "Later, he met a teacher whose medical skills were almost superb, and they decided to start writing medical books to pass on their medical skills, so that more people can understand medical skills and more people will be free from illness." The master is responsible for the main compilation of medical books, and the senior brother is responsible for consulting and collecting information from his peers. Senior brother is actually a very soft-hearted person, the prescriptions he prescribes are always cheap and effective, and there are some secrets in the medical field at that time, so he was almost ostracized by most of his peers. Later, he could only swear that as long as everyone was willing to solve his doubts and wish him to write medical books, he was willing not to heal people from now on, and he obtained a lot of very precious information. ”

"Although the senior brother never heals the living, he still often gives advice. From the time I was very young, they worked hard to write this medical book, but unfortunately it was ...... Everyone is gone, so I hope to continue to fulfill everyone's wishes. ”

At this point, the topic unexpectedly began to feel a little sad. The female reporter hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to say comfort, but the young scientist, who looked a little too young, had already laughed to herself: "No matter what it is, it can't always be the same." Thousands of years ago, people thought that the sky was round and the earth was round, but now everyone has the concept of the earth. ”

"So......" The reporter paused slightly, as if she understood what she wanted to express.

"So, I don't think the term Chinese and Western medicine has much meaning in the first place. Whether it is traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine, science and medicine have been clinically proven to be effective and able to treat diseases and save lives. If it is clinically ineffective, whether it is traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine, it should also be abolished and deleted - I started writing medical books after graduating with a doctorate, until the book was completed last year, and after clinical experiments, I did delete and modify a lot of prescriptions, and I attached the relevant experimental records to the back of the book for verification. I hope it will be a useful tool book for the medical community. ”

"Science itself is a process of continuous falsification, maybe every time you get the ultimate truth, but after each falsification, at least you are a little closer to the truth." She concluded with this summary.

The reporter wrote down this sentence almost word for word, thought about it and asked: "I know that over the years, Wanhua Valley has also adopted some orphans, right?" ”

"No," she shook her head, "I don't meet the country's requirements for adoption, those children are still being raised in a welfare home, and I'm just giving them a chance to learn." After all, I used to be an orphan too, and if it wasn't for Master picking me up, I would have died a long time ago. ”

"These children, and others...... For students who are teaching without compensation, what is the basis for you to choose the fee waiver? The reporter was a little curious.

"I'm willing to post it upside down if it's pleasing to the eye, and I won't accept it if it's not pleasing to the eye." She raised her eyebrows, with the arrogance in her eyes that is usually found only in young people, "Anyway, I don't care about the tuition." ”

The reporter laughed dumbly for a moment, and then asked again: "One last question." Are you so busy, do you feel that you can't balance your family and work? ”

"Ye Lin and I are very busy – I'm even busier than him, so he takes on almost all the chores at home. Although we have all tried our best to spend time with our children, they certainly don't get as much attention from our parents as our peers. Luckily, they're all sensible. ”

When she said this, she tilted her head slightly, and the reporter followed her line of sight, and in the distance, by the stake, several teenagers and girls were boringly repeating the same moves.

"I am very grateful to Ye Lin, he has been tolerating me and even conniving at me for so many years, so that I can do whatever I want." She paused as she spoke, retracted her gaze from a distance and raised her head again, meeting the eyes of the man who didn't know when he arrived, and her voice was the gentlest ever today, "I love him so much." ”

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