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Li Xia held back a laugh and reassured An An, “Daddy will improve little by little.”
Gu Weicheng nodded in agreement—his wife was right, as always.
That night, after An An had fallen asleep, Li Xia lay in bed, her mind drifting back to the words she had heard earlier in the day.
She was the original soul of this body. She truly belonged here. She had returned to continue what was left unfinished.
Although that person hadn’t explicitly said who it was about,
Li Xia felt certain—it had to be Gu Weicheng.
“Weicheng.” In the darkness, Li Xia softly called his name.
Gu Weicheng immediately responded, “I’m here. What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, I just wanted to call your name,” Li Xia said. Hearing his voice, she inexplicably felt a deep sense of peace.
It was as if a wandering soul had finally found its place to rest.
After a brief silence, Gu Weicheng reached across An An’s small body and gently held Li Xia’s hand.
“I’m here. Sleep well.”
In the quiet darkness, only the soft sounds of breathing could be heard. But Li Xia knew—at this moment, her heartbeat had quickened just a little.
She slept peacefully through the night.
The next morning, as usual, Gu Weicheng went to the cafeteria to get breakfast.
Gu Weicheng didn’t want Li Xia to wake up early to make breakfast, and Li Xia had no intention of suggesting otherwise.
Gu Weicheng woke up far too early—if she had to cook at home, she’d have to get up around six. That was definitely not in sync with her biological clock.
Since there was a cafeteria on base, eating there was much more convenient!
Half-asleep, Li Xia vaguely watched Gu Weicheng get up before turning over comfortably and continuing to sleep~
Gu Weicheng glanced at her, his eyes filled with indulgence.
On his way to the cafeteria, he passed by Su Wenyen, who was waiting with a food container in her arms. When she finally spotted the tall figure approaching, her face lit up with joy.
“Brother Gu, are you really heading to the cafeteria to get breakfast?” Su Wenyen asked in disbelief.
Gu Weicheng didn’t have a great impression of Su Wenyen, but for Su Wenbin’s sake, he stopped in his tracks.
“Mm.” He responded curtly. If he wasn’t heading to the cafeteria with a food container, where else would he be going?
“Sister Li came to live on base with you, didn’t she? Then why do you still need to get breakfast from the cafeteria? Doesn’t she cook for you?” Su Wenyen asked, feigning surprise.
“I’ve had breakfast from the cafeteria before. The taste isn’t great.”
“Brother Gu, I made some egg pancakes for my brother this morning, but I ended up making too many. He definitely won’t be able to finish them all. Why don’t you take some?
“It’s just a small token of my appreciation. I’m really grateful for what you did for me on the train that day. If it weren’t for you, I don’t even know where I’d be right now.”
Standing at 1.9 meters tall, Gu Weicheng towered over Su Wenyen, who had to tilt her head up to look at him.
She blinked her eyes rapidly, trying her best to appear youthful. After all, the soul inside her body was already over forty years old.
“Comrade Su,” Gu Weicheng said sternly, “I know your background. You’ve never suffered hardship since you were a child, so now that you’re here on base, you look down on this and that. But you need to understand that the life you’re living now was bought with the flesh and blood of soldiers! Please be more mindful of your words in the future.”
“When we’re out on missions, we survive on rations as hard as rocks and drink dirty water from the ground. If every soldier only cared about comfort and complained about everything, how would we ever fight a war?”
“Countless martyrs died without even having a full meal before their last breath! The food in the military cafeteria is already good enough for us. There are still many impoverished mountain villages where people can’t even afford the food you so casually dismiss.”
After saying this, Gu Weicheng didn’t spare Su Wenyen another glance. He turned around and walked away without hesitation.
Su Wenyen stared at his departing figure, feeling both embarrassed and furious.
She had woken up at five in the morning just to make those egg pancakes. Her brother had praised her for being thoughtful, but in reality, she had gone through all that trouble just to bring them to Gu Weicheng.
Otherwise, why would she willingly wake up at dawn to cook? In her past life, she had been forced to be a servant for that family, waking up at five every day to prepare breakfast. That was a life she had no desire to relive.
But now, not only did Gu Weicheng not appreciate her efforts, he even lectured her!
Passersby glanced over curiously, making Su Wenyen cover her face in embarrassment before turning around and running back home.
By the time Gu Weicheng returned with breakfast, Li Xia was already up and washing up.
Seeing him come in, she asked, “What’s for breakfast today?”
Gu Weicheng opened the food container and replied, “Same as yesterday—steamed buns and porridge. If you want a change, I can get something different tomorrow.”
Li Xia teased, “No other options? Didn’t Commander Su’s little sister bring you breakfast?”
At the mention of Su Wenyen, Gu Weicheng frowned and said,
“Before, I only thought she was just a bit naive. But after hearing what she said today, I realized—once a capitalist’s daughter, always a capitalist’s daughter. Her entire way of thinking is problematic. Su Wenbin made a mistake bringing his sister to the army base. Someone like her should be sent to a labor farm for proper re-education.”
“How did you know?” Gu Weicheng asked.
Li Xia grinned. “I have plenty of informants.”
It was Sister-in-law Tao who had just returned from the cafeteria and specifically mentioned seeing Su Wenyen talking to Gu Weicheng, though she wasn’t sure what they had been discussing.
Li Xia trusted Gu Weicheng, but she also knew that Su Wenyen hadn’t given up yet.
But judging by Gu Weicheng’s disdainful expression when mentioning Su Wenyen, it seemed that once again, Su Wenyen had only managed to shoot herself in the foot.
Not wanting to dwell on the subject, Li Xia decided to change the topic.
“Alright, let’s not talk about her anymore. Are you attending today’s study session?”
Gu Weicheng replied, “The organization didn’t require us to attend, but the military physicians from the infirmary will be there. Some villagers from nearby will probably join as well. Don’t be nervous—just treat everyone like radishes and cabbages.”
He assumed Li Xia was nervous.
But it was just a basic first-aid lecture—nothing worth getting anxious over. Back in her previous life, she had presented PowerPoint slides to senior executives. She had long since trained herself to stay composed.
Li Xia smirked. “You sound like you have experience with this.”
Gu Weicheng took a sip of porridge and said, “The first time I was awarded a commendation and had to give a speech on stage, I was only seventeen. Looking at all those people below, I was more nervous than facing enemy artillery on the battlefield. So I told myself to just imagine the leaders in the audience as radishes and cabbages.”
Li Xia hadn’t expected Gu Weicheng to have such an awkward and inexperienced moment in his past. She pictured the scene in her mind and couldn’t help but laugh.
In the afternoon.
Li Xia had initially estimated that there would be around twenty people attending, but when she arrived, she was surprised to find that the number had exceeded a hundred.
Some were soldiers from the army base and military physicians from the infirmary, while others were local residents from the surrounding area.
The army had informed the nearby villagers about the first-aid training session, encouraging anyone with free time to attend and learn some life-saving emergency skills.
Commissar Shen’s wife, Cao Hongying, had also come—after all, it was she who had suggested the idea to Commissar Shen in the first place.
She said to Li Xia, “Don’t be nervous when you get on stage later. Just say it the way you practiced at home.”
Li Xia, however, was much calmer than she had expected. Smiling, she replied, “Sister-in-law, I got this.”
Seeing the confidence on Li Xia’s face, Cao Hongying gave her an approving nod in her heart.
Li Xia listed a total of ten or so first aid techniques for handling various emergencies, such as artificial respiration, cardiac arrest, food poisoning, electric shock, insects entering the ear, severed fingers, epileptic seizures, and more.
Even decades later, many people still struggle to apply the correct first aid measures in such situations.
Let alone in the 1970s, when information was scarce. The techniques she was teaching were all practical skills that could be encountered in everyday life, making them highly useful.
She also designed interactive scenarios, inviting people from the audience to come on stage while she personally demonstrated each procedure.
After the demonstration, she would call up another ten or so people to try it themselves, ensuring they performed the actions correctly.
Because her explanations were clear and easy to understand, and she incorporated interactive participation, the audience quickly grasped the knowledge she was teaching.
Just then, a voice suddenly rose from the crowd: “Is the person giving this lesson even a physician? She looks like she’s just a military spouse from the countryside—what qualifications does she have to teach us these things?
Shouldn’t this be taught by an actual physician? How do we know if what she’s teaching is really effective? If it’s wrong and wastes time in an emergency, who will take responsibility?”