Chapter 66: A Short Separation Makes You Happy

Qian Xiaolan saw the look on Gu Yanqing’s face, full of “This is a medical genius who was wasted in a factory!” and couldn’t help but burst into laughter. She thought for a moment and explained, “My talent isn’t that good, it must be that the original owner inherited good genes.” Gu Yanqing thought about it and agreed, but he still sincerely praised his wife, “No matter how good the genes are, if you don’t work hard and persist, it’s useless. So, it’s still my wife who is amazing.”

Okay, Qian Xiaolan accepted the compliment. Before they could say a few more words, a patient came to the door. Because the fleet had returned to port today, many people who had been at sea for ten days or half a month came to see a doctor. They had been at sea for such a long time, and if they had any health problems, they had nowhere to go, so they could only endure it. Now, they heard that Doctor Qian’s acupuncture skills were particularly good, and the consultation fee could be paid in other things, so they rushed to see her as soon as the clinic opened. The line was long, almost every household had someone carrying fish, chickens, ducks, and eggs to see a doctor. Qian Xiaolan was busy like a spinning top all afternoon.

Gu Yanqing felt very sorry for her, but he didn’t understand any of this and couldn’t help, so he could only wipe her sweat, hand her a needle bag, and collect the consultation fees. It wasn’t until it was completely dark that Qian Xiaolan finished seeing all the patients who had come today. On the way back, Gu Yanqing said to Qian Xiaolan, “Wife, why don’t you recruit an assistant from the military dependents? Although you can’t pay them a salary, these supplies are pretty good.” The military dependents were from all over the country, and some families were from inland areas, they never got to eat seafood, with these supplies, their families could eat better, it wouldn’t be any worse than a paid job.

Qian Xiaolan actually had this idea, but for the time being, she didn’t have a suitable candidate. People from the brigade wouldn’t work, the people here didn’t value education, out of more than a hundred households in the entire brigade, less than one-sixth sent their children to school. Even those children who were sent to school were mostly boys, girls were basically left to be blind. The assistant she needed didn’t have to be highly educated, but at least she had to be able to recognize all the commonly used characters. She actually wanted to go to the military dependents’ compound to find someone, but she hadn’t lived there before, and she wasn’t familiar with everyone.

 Now that Gu Yanqing had suggested it, she immediately threw the matter to him, “You know I’m not familiar with those people in the military dependents’ compound, you can go ask for me. Don’t find someone too old, older people have more family matters, and their learning ability isn’t as good as young people. Don’t find a newly married wife, otherwise, she’ll learn the ropes here and then get pregnant and go home to raise a baby, and I’ll have to find someone again. Don’t find a boy, I’m a young wife, it’s not convenient to have a boy around.”

Hearing this, Gu Yanqing chuckled in her ear, “I didn’t want to find a boy to make you uncomfortable either.” Qian Xiaolan glared at him, and he immediately straightened his face and said, “I’ve considered all of that, I’ll go back and ask around, I’ll definitely find a girl with good character, who is diligent and smart for you.”

As soon as they got home, Gu Yanqing made Qian Xiaolan sit down in a chair and went to make dinner. Qian Xiaolan was happy to relax and let him handle it. Gu Yanqing didn’t make anything complicated, he just stir-fried the monkfish Wang’s aunt had given them with two dried chili peppers, made a kelp soup, and reheated a bowl of the braised rabbit meat left over from lunch. Qian Xiaolan took a bite of the braised monkfish Gu Yanqing had made, it was unexpectedly delicious. She raised her eyebrows and teased, “Chef Gu’s cooking skills have improved!” Gu Yanqing was a little smug, “Actually, I’ve always been quite talented in cooking, I just haven’t had many opportunities to practice.”

Qian Xiaolan ignored his smug expression and took another bite of fish. Hmm, she found a few large, unmelted salt crystals. She discreetly swallowed the food and took a piece for him from the same place she had just taken her bite. “Chef Gu is very good, you should eat more too, keep it up next time.” Gu Yanqing smiled and picked up the fish and put it in his mouth. Two seconds later, he glanced at Qian Xiaolan, frowned, spat out the fishbone and swallowed the fish, and then took another piece unconvinced and put it in his mouth.

 Hmm, this piece was fine, the salt hadn’t been stirred in. He looked at Qian Xiaolan again, seeing that she hadn’t noticed him, he secretly moved the fish in front of him. Then he said to her, “Wife, you should just eat the rabbit meat, there are a lot of fishbones in the fish, it’s not good if you get stuck.” “But I love to eat fish, this fish meat is chewy, and the bones are crunchy.” Qian Xiaolan finished speaking and reached out with her chopsticks to take another bite.

Gu Yanqing saw that he couldn’t hide it anymore, so he simply confessed, “Okay, okay, the salt in the fish hasn’t melted, don’t get too salty.” Qian Xiaolan laughed and stuffed the fish into her mouth. Gu Yanqing saw this and knew that she had already noticed the problem and was teasing him. So he made a mental note of this. He would get even with her tonight.

After dinner, they moved around in the courtyard for half an hour, and the newly reunited couple went back to their room early. Lying in bed, they didn’t need to speak, a look was enough to understand each other’s intentions. What happened next was natural and effortless.

Gu Yanqing had been on missions outside for so long, and all he could think about was to complete the mission successfully and return safe and sound. Now that he finally had the person he had been thinking about in his arms, under him, he could no longer suppress his longing. He pulled Qian Xiaolan to him again and again, as if it wasn’t enough. Qian Xiaolan had been really worried about him these past few days, now that he was back safe and sound, she let him have his way, letting him go wild until dawn was approaching before he stopped.

Gu Yanqing looked at his exhausted wife, feeling sorry for her, and cleaned up after her. Looking at his brother who was already ready to go again, Gu Yanqing’s eyes flickered, and he sighed, “Wife, I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself, I won’t do it again next time?” Qian Xiaolan couldn’t even lift a finger at this moment, she rolled her eyes at him and sneered, “Heh, men’s mouths are for lying to ghosts!” Gu Yanqing nodded vigorously in his heart, but on the surface he looked wronged and said, “To make up for my guilt, I’ll carry you to take a bath?” He didn’t really want to do anything else, he just wanted some benefits. Qian Xiaolan threw a pillow at him directly, “Go away!” Gu Yanqing didn’t dodge, he said in a teasing tone, “I knew it, I’ve been away from home for so long, you’ve grown tired of me. You used to let me carry you to take a bath after we were done. Hey, why don’t I transfer to logistics? That way, I can take care of you every day…”

Qian Xiaolan stared at him expressionlessly for a moment, then suddenly laughed, “Okay, go boil some water first.” Gu Yanqing happily went to the kitchen to boil water, Qian Xiaolan pulled the quilt over her head and went to sleep. Sleep was the most important thing in the world. When Gu Yanqing finished boiling the water, filled the bathtub with bathwater, and came to call Qian Xiaolan with anticipation, he found that she was asleep. Gu Yanqing: “…” He had been tricked by his wife! Ugh! But, his wife was so cute!