Chapter 17: Anan is leaving for Northwest China tomorrow.

Shen Xiuxiu was lucky; she happened to run into Dr. Zhang just as he was getting off work.

Dr. Zhang looked unwell.

She had mentioned it many times before: don’t come to the hospital unless it’s necessary. Shen Xiuxiu really had no sense!

The next moment, she saw Shen Xiuxiu secretly opening a cloth bag.

A glance.

Two pieces of fabric!

Dr. Zhang’s eyes lit up.

She had been worrying about needing fabric. It wasn’t just for herself; she wanted to make some new clothes for her husband!

Unexpectedly, Shen Xiuxiu brought some fabric today.

She quickly took Shen Xiuxiu to a small alley behind the hospital.

Secretly and furtively.

They couldn’t be seen.

Fabric needed cloth coupons to buy. Each worker only had a few cloth coupons each month. Without coupons, even if you had a lot of money, it was useless.

Unless you go to the black market, but they mostly sell food there; you basically can’t expect to find fabric.

If someone saw you secretly buying fabric, wouldn’t they be jealous?

They could ruin your connections in an instant!

Shen Xiuxiu took out the two pieces of fabric.

“Dr. Zhang, I got these with great difficulty. I thought you must be short of fabric, so I hurried to bring them over!”

Dr. Zhang loved them.

“I really do need them. How much are these two pieces of fabric?”

She quickly put the fabric into her bag and took out her wallet.

Shen Xiuxiu shook her head.

“Dr. Zhang, you don’t need to pay. Just help me inquire about something.”

Hearing this, Dr. Zhang frowned.

Could it be about Shen Anan again?

Sure enough, the next moment she heard Shen Xiuxiu whispering, “The Huo family was reported for abusing their power for personal gain, and Shen Anan will probably be sent to the countryside.

You know I didn’t report them; I listened to you last time and didn’t do anything about it.

Who knew Shen Anan would think it was me, and specifically went to the supply and marketing cooperative to make a fuss and try to steal my job. It was a huge scene!

If my mother hadn’t testified that the job was mine, I might have lost it.”

Shen Xiuxiu said, looking aggrieved.

After hearing this, Dr. Zhang was stunned.

Shen Anan was so troublesome, and she even implicated the Huo family being reported?

“She’ll probably be sent to the countryside. The Huo family wouldn’t sacrifice Huo Rufeng’s future for a housekeeper.”

Shen Xiuxiu felt relieved.

If even Dr. Zhang said so, then it must be true!

“Dr. Zhang, can you help me find out if she’s on the list of educated youth going to the countryside the day after tomorrow?”

At this point, Shen Xiuxiu sighed.

“I’m not trying to force her into a dead end, but she keeps eyeing my job, and I really…”

She looked helpless.

Dr. Zhang nodded.

“Okay, I’ll help you find out! Leave it to me.”

Her husband definitely had access to the list.

Two pieces of fabric in exchange for help finding out about the educated youth list?

Worth it!

Besides, she also disliked Shen Anan. Why was she so shameless? Shen Anan had passed the exam for the job; why did she keep thinking about it? She even went to the supply and marketing cooperative to make a fuss…

Did she think making a fuss would get her the job?

Even if she were her own daughter, she couldn’t just grab someone else’s job!

How shameless!

Tonight, she had to remind her husband that Shen Anan must be sent to Northwest China to suffer!

On the other side, Shen Anan went out to buy some herbs to make chicken soup.

Having been exposed to traditional Chinese medicine for so many summers under her grandmother, a barefoot doctor, and having read medical books for a month, she had some understanding of dietary therapy.

Anyway, she was leaving the day after tomorrow, so she might as well make some dietary therapy for Aunt Yang before she left.

Seeing Aunt Yang’s weak appearance every day, she was worried.

As soon as Huo Aihua sat down at the dinner table and saw the chicken soup and the arrangement of the dishes, his eyes lit up.

“Did you arrange all this yourself?”

As a doctor, he could tell at a glance that the combination of ingredients was deliberate.

Shen Anan nodded.

“Yes, Uncle Huo, is there a problem?”

She was worried that something was wrong and would harm Aunt Yang.

“No problem! You have a talent in medicine!”

Huo Aihua’s voice was full of excitement.

Dietary therapy seems simple: take the right herbs, stew chicken, or boil some meat slices.

But Shen Anan not only used herbs to stew chicken, but the dishes she cooked today also counterbalanced the effects of the herbs!

The herbs in the chicken soup replenish vital energy, but for someone with a weak body like Yang Qiuju, it’s easy to over-replenish, which could have adverse effects. But the dishes Shen Anan cooked were neutral and slightly cold.

Together, after eating this meal, Yang Qiuju would surely replenish her vital energy without harming her body.

For someone who hasn’t systematically studied traditional Chinese medicine to have this kind of thinking is simply gifted!

Admiration!

Unconcealed admiration.

Shen Anan was a little embarrassed.

No one had ever praised her for having talent in anything, especially not in her family.

Her parents said that girls’ brains were inferior to boys’, and even if she did well in her studies, she would still be inferior to Shen Yaozu in a few years.

So she listened to her parents, diligently took the exam for a job, helped her brother, and then got married and had children as planned.

But now, Uncle Huo actually said she had a talent in medicine?

Seeing Shen Anan’s surprised look, Huo Aihua’s determination wavered.

That night, lying in bed, he couldn’t sleep until the middle of the night.

The Huo family was originally known for its medical skills, and his parents were once famous doctors in Hecheng.

Unfortunately, he didn’t inherit any medical talent and only became an ordinary doctor with average skills, causing the Huo family to decline from his generation.

Later, he had a son, and he originally planned to train him to be a doctor, but Huo Rufeng’s talent was all in tactics and martial arts, and he eventually joined the army, becoming a battalion commander at a young age.

He thought the Huo family could regain its glory through Huo Rufeng, but the gifted son fell from grace.

He, a doctor, couldn’t cure his son’s legs.

With his proud son’s downfall, the Huo family also declined.

Wasn’t Huo Aihua a little unwilling?

Today, looking at that table of dishes, he saw someone who truly possessed medical talent, and that person wasn’t his son, but Shen Anan.

If properly guided, Shen Anan’s future achievements in medicine would be extraordinary, and she might even recreate the glory of his parents, the famous doctors…

It would be a pity not to keep such a person.

“Qiuju.”

He suddenly spoke.

Yang Qiuju hadn’t fallen asleep either and turned to look at him.

She remained silent, waiting for him to continue.

“Go persuade Rufeng and Xiao Shen, let them get married!”

He knew that begging others was useless; the Huo family had fallen, and no one would spend so much effort to help him keep a housekeeper in Hecheng.

The only way to keep Shen Anan was to let his son Rufeng marry her.

Married people don’t have to go to the countryside; this is in accordance with the regulations.

“Why did you suddenly agree to let them get married?”

Yang Qiuju was surprised.

Huo Aihua turned his back, not answering.

He had been worried that Shen Anan would bring trouble to his family, but now, Shen Anan’s talent had shocked him.

As a doctor, how could he not be moved by someone with medical talent?

Such a person was more than worthy of his son.

As for the other troubles, he would deal with them later…

The night passed quickly.

Lao Zhou came the next day and said that there was a problem with the train tracks today, and the arrangement to go to the countryside had been postponed to tomorrow afternoon, asking Shen Anan to go to the train station then.

He looked at Shen Anan helplessly before leaving.

“I’m sorry, child, I couldn’t get you to go to another place…”

In other words, Shen Anan could only go to Northwest China.

Hearing this, Shen Anan was stunned, but it was also expected.

She nodded.

“It’s okay, thank you, Uncle Zhou.”

As always, she was sensible and polite.

She only blamed herself for not being so lucky.

Lao Zhou’s nose soured.

This little body, going to Northwest China, how could she survive!

After Yang Qiuju and Huo Aihua sent Lao Zhou away, they went straight to Huo Rufeng’s room.

They closed the door after entering.

“What are you doing?”

Huo Rufeng was puzzled, with dark circles under his eyes.

He hadn’t slept all night.

He didn’t know why, but the silly girl’s smile was all in his mind.

“Anan is leaving for Northwest China tomorrow!”