Chapter 68 Show off / Interview

The aunties who came to see the doctor saw Qian Xiaolan and her husband arrive, their eyes lingered on Qian Xiaolan, and they smiled in a meaningful way. Qian Xiaolan tried her best to avoid their gaze, opened the door to the clinic, and walked in. Perhaps considering Gu Yanqing’s identity as a military officer, they didn’t say anything inappropriate like they usually did. Gu Yanqing stayed for a while, seeing that the aunties were only being bold with their stares and hadn’t done anything else, he felt relieved. He glanced at the time and said to Qian Xiaolan, “Wife, you’re not very busy here now, I’ll go to the commune, and I’ll send the things while I’m there.” Qian Xiaolan waved her hand, “Go ahead, I’ve left some things on the table in the room, take them and give them to the comrades to share.”

Gu Yanqing was taken aback, then he smiled and agreed, “Okay, I’ll thank them for you.” As soon as Gu Yanqing left, the aunties’ gazes became even more shameless. One auntie stared at Qian Xiaolan for a while, then slapped her thigh and laughed, “Have you noticed that Doctor Qian’s complexion is particularly good today?” The other aunties chimed in, “That’s right, I was just going to ask Doctor Qian what method she uses to maintain her beauty.” “Well, what needs to be asked? Captain Gu came back last night, and he couldn’t even get out of bed this morning. Oh, it’s like a new marriage after a long separation, maybe there will be a new life in her belly next month.” “That’s right, women need to be nourished by men, look at her complexion, it’s so rosy, you could squeeze water out of it.”

Qian Xiaolan thought to herself, a new life wasn’t possible so soon. Her mother had specifically sent her a lot of “baby death bags” from Jing City to prevent her from having children too early. However, she still pretended to be even more blushing from their words, and then fought back. When an auntie who was teasing her the most came to see a doctor, she glanced at the auntie’s complexion, smiled slightly, “Lin Auntie, although Uncle Lin only comes back once every half a month, you still need to take care of yourself. Your pulse feels very weak today, it seems like your body is very depleted.” Lin Auntie was stunned. “Pfft, pfft…” Everyone burst into laughter.

Everyone stopped talking, afraid that if they continued, Qian Xiaolan would also say something embarrassing in public.

*After Gu Yanqing returned home, he opened the door and saw the table full of things. There were six cans of lychee preserves, six cans of peach preserves, six packages of sponge cake, and six bags of fresh loquats. Gu Yanqing was touched. Yesterday, he had just casually mentioned that he would go to the hospital to visit his six comrades. His wife had quietly prepared these things.

When Gu Yanqing carried the big and small packages, he took a boat to the commune, first sending the things to his family and in-laws. Then he called home to ask about his family and to show off his wife to his parents. But what did he hear? “You stinky boy, you still know how to call back? Xiaolan has already sent us several letters. What? Xiaolan sent things back again? Haha, my Xiaolan is so good, you stinky boy are not even as good as one of her fingers. Tell Xiaolan to stop sending things back, she’s already sent things back three times this month. Send more to your mother-in-law, they’re in the city, and they don’t have as many supplies as our village. Tell Xiaolan to take care of herself, don’t get too tired seeing patients. Okay, okay, phone calls are expensive, if you have something to say, write a letter, hang up now.” Hu Guifen answered the phone, finished her “blabbering” in one go, and hung up the phone, not giving Gu Yanqing a chance to speak.

Gu Yanqing dejectedly put the phone back down, paid for the call, and then took the remaining things to the hospital to visit his comrades. He hadn’t even had a chance to show off how amazing his wife’s medical skills were now. Ugh! Sighing and sighing, he arrived at the hospital, looked at the things in his hand, and then smiled again. The six comrades were all in one ward, he gave each of them their share. He also added, “My wife heard that you were injured, so she prepared these things for you and asked me to bring them to you. My wife is great, right?” Everyone nodded with mixed feelings, “Sister-in-law is so good, Captain, thank Sister-in-law for us.”

Gu Yanqing sat down on a stool and bragged, “You guys don’t know, I just went on a mission and came back home, and you know, my wife, her medical skills have spread throughout the entire Bailong Island.” “Yeah, right, her clinic is so crowded with patients now, she’s exhausted every day.” “Qianjin, Fugui, Mancang, Weijun, Shishi, Tiezhu, your sister-in-law is so good to you, you guys shouldn’t want her to work so hard, right?” The six men were full of question marks. Zhao Qianjin asked in confusion, “But Captain, we’re just patients now, how can we help Sister-in-law?” Sun Fugui nodded, “Yeah, Captain, we’re not doctors, even if we wanted to help Sister-in-law, we couldn’t.”

Gu Yanqing pointed at Li Mancang, “If I remember correctly, Mancang has a 15-year-old sister, she was specially allowed to join the army a couple of years ago, right?” Li Mancang’s eyes lit up, “Is Sister-in-law looking for a disciple? Has she taken a liking to my little sister Xingxing?” Gu Yanqing raised his hand to interrupt him, “Don’t overthink it, she’s just looking for an assistant, whether or not she gets chosen depends on your sister-in-law after she sees her.” Li Mancang nodded, “That’s natural. It’s just that my little sister, although she’s diligent and capable, she’s too shy, I’m afraid she won’t dare to interact with people.” Gu Yanqing didn’t care about that, he simply said, “I’ve given you the opportunity, whether or not you take it is none of my business.”

“And the five of you, you’ll be discharged from the hospital and return to the base to recover tomorrow, each of you introduce a reliable female comrade to me, don’t find anyone too old, don’t find anyone who just got married, and don’t find anyone who can’t read.” “Once you’re selected, whether or not you can learn a skill is another matter, but the monthly supplies are not small.” Li Mancang suddenly felt that his sister was under a lot of pressure. The other five men nodded in agreement, and their minds immediately started to pick out the female comrades they had met.

Gu Yanqing assigned the task and returned with a light heart. Three days later, Li Mancang’s sister, Li Xingxing, and the five other comrades’ introductions arrived at Qian Xiaolan’s clinic. The six were all unmarried young girls, and they all wore their newest clothes for the interview. Qian Xiaolan just glanced at them and eliminated two. One girl looked at the patients with disdain, and another girl was full of arrogance. Qian Xiaolan told them to leave, and they were still full of resentment, one of the girls asked angrily, “You didn’t even test us, why are you sending us back, are you not putting my father in your eyes?”

Qian Xiaolan’s face also turned cold, “Who is your father, what does it have to do with me? This is a village clinic, the patients are mostly villagers, you’re so arrogant, you don’t even put them in your eyes, how can you do this job?” “And you, you’re going to be my assistant, you have to do a lot of work, sometimes you have to help the elderly aunts and uncles who are not able to move to go to the bathroom. You’re standing here, and you’re already full of disdain, do you think you can do this job?”