The psychiatric hospital has a unique aspect; in society, even in schools, people wear masks, in prisons and detention centers, they also wear masks, but in the psychiatric hospital, there is no need to wear a mask. If you are in the mood, you can completely let go of your true self and be carefree, because there is no need to guard against anyone. I once told my mom that it was the place where I was the happiest and laughed the most, and I wanted to go back.
There was a person who looked like Zhang Yimou. I stood by the window with him and saw a woman on the street. I said, "That's Zhang Yimou, quick, get his autograph." The woman said, "Why don't you ask him for an autograph?" I replied, "I'm much older than him."
One time, I was standing by the window when a woman passed by, dressed in red, around 30 years old, very beautiful. I shouted to her, "Xiao Hong, don't think that just because you're wearing red, I won't recognize you; you're my wife." She probably found my words very amusing and immediately repeated to the passersby, "He said, 'Xiao Hong, don't think that just because you're wearing red, I won't recognize you; you're my wife,'" laughing so hard that she bent over.
There was a woman selling newspapers. One time, I shouted to her from the window, "Newspaper seller." She thought I wanted to buy a newspaper and came over. I said, "Screw your mom." She realized she had been tricked and immediately cursed back.
Our ward is next to the girls' dormitory of Zhenjiang Normal College. In the evening, when the girls were studying, I noticed one girl. When she stepped with her left leg, I shouted "left," and when she stepped with her right leg, I shouted "right." I kept shouting left and right, and her legs wouldn't listen; she stomped her foot and bent over laughing.
Nurse Wu Dan was very nice to me; she often gave me leftover food, like instant noodles, saving some for me. She was very pretty, so I paid more attention to her breath. One time, a female orderly couldn't stand it and said, "Why are you giving him leftovers?" But once, when I ate her leftover food, it might have gone bad, and I ended up vomiting.
After a nap, when taking my temperature and reporting my bowel movements, Wu Dan asked me to call out the names for her to remember. For example, I shouted "Hu Xiaohu," and he answered "once," then I shouted "Xie Ping," and he answered "none." After calling out a few names, I suddenly shouted "Wu Dan," and she responded, thinking I had something to say. I loudly said, "Bowel movement," and she burst out laughing.
There was a person who looked like Zhang Xinzhe. I was lying on the bed, and he was lying beside my bed. Because we were too close, the nurse wouldn't allow it and made him get up. He looked so much like Zhang Xinzhe that I told the hair salon girls at my workplace, Guo Hongmei and Dong Yan, that I had seen Zhang Xinzhe.
One time, someone came in who was really a celebrity; I can't remember the name now, so let's call him Zhang Hui. The girls from the normal college found out, and I was by the window when several girls called me to ask me to call Zhang Hui. So I shouted Zhang Hui, and he was sitting not far away, telling me, "Just say I'm not here." I loudly told the girls, "He says he's not here." The girls burst into laughter, and Zhang Hui had no choice but to come over and talk to them.
Later, a few girls really brought flowers to see him. He sat with them in the meeting area, looking just like a celebrity meeting fans.
There was a man with a leg problem who got into an argument with Zhang Hui. Zhang Hui hit him, and he grabbed a food basin to hit Zhang Hui. I took sides because I thought that man was my classmate Guan Hong's brother. Zhang Hui asked me why I was siding with him, and I said, "He's disabled."
Later, that man's father came to see him, and he really looked like Guan Hong's father, Teacher Guan (my geography teacher in high school). I went to the meeting room to talk to him, and he just laughed, telling me not to affect his meeting.