Gu Mingzhou stared in the direction Lin Qingyan had left, and suddenly thought of something.

That is about Lin Qingyan developing a hemostatic drug for the army. Now the army has even specially sent a company of soldiers to the mountains to collect the medicine.

Lu Zhengting will be going on a mission in a few days and will definitely need a batch of these drugs. Sister Yang is a kind-hearted person who likes to make selfless contributions. Everyone in the family compound knows her.

If Sister Yang knew about the herb gathering, she would definitely sign up enthusiastically.

Since it's something that benefits the troops, he naturally wants to do it.

Lin Qingyan bid farewell to Sister Yang, and before she had gone far, two more military wives stopped her, asking about her going up the mountain to collect herbs. They said they also wanted to go.

One of the wives said, "As military wives, which family's men don't go to the battlefield to fight? If we can't help them on the front lines, we'll do our best to be their support."

Lin Qingyan was actually somewhat moved by what she said.

"My two sisters-in-law, Sister Yang just said she was going too. Go home and register your names, and give them to the leaders tomorrow so they can decide whether military dependents need to participate in this herb-gathering activity."

"well."

Gu Mingzhou stood at the door without going home. After the two women finished talking to Lin Qingyan, he went over and asked them what they had said to Lin Qingyan.

"Sister Chen, Sister Liu, did you just talk to Dr. Lin about helping the troops collect medicinal herbs in the mountains?"

The two sisters-in-law nodded together.

"Xiao Gu, you guessed right! We told Dr. Lin that we wanted to go up the mountain to collect herbs with the troops tomorrow. She said she would register our names and report to the leaders so they could decide. We don't know yet whether we can go or not."

"The leader shouldn't refuse everyone's good intentions."

"That's what Dr. Lin said too, so let's go home and wait."

“Okay.” Gu Mingzhou continued, “If the leaders approve, I’ll have my wife go with you. My wife doesn’t have much to do at home, so it’s our duty to contribute to the military.”

"Okay, okay, go home and ask her. If she's willing to go, she can come with us tomorrow."

"OK."

When Gu Mingzhou got home and saw Lin Sisi, he told her about the matter of asking her to go up the mountain to collect herbs with the other women the next day.

Upon hearing that the prescription was developed by Lin Qingyan, and that Gu Mingzhou was asking him to help Lin Qingyan gather herbs, Lin Sisi immediately refused.

"I'm not feeling well, I'm not going." Oh right, the medicine Xu Xinning prescribed for him is almost finished, and he still needs to go see Xu Xinning tomorrow.

Gu Mingzhou got angry when he saw how decisively she refused.

“You look perfectly fine to me, not uncomfortable at all. You’re lying on purpose to avoid work.”

Lin Sisi, can't you be a little more sensible? Can't you be a little more progressive in your thinking? I, Gu Mingzhou, am a military officer, and as my wife, you should have the same heart as me, dedicated to serving the military.

Other wives eagerly signed up, and they called it supporting their men's work. Is this how you support me? You keep saying you love me and can't bear to divorce me, but you're only doing it for yourself.

"Brother Mingzhou."

She really didn't want to become Lin Qingyan's bride, and she still needed to see a doctor to check on her illness, but if she didn't go, Gu Mingzhou would be very angry.

“Lin Sisi, if you really don’t support my work, then you shouldn’t live in this family compound. Everyone else’s family members know to contribute to the military, but you’re the only one who’s not proactive. People will not only despise you, but they’ll also look down on me.”

His wife is really no match for Lin Qingyan.

With Lin Qingyan as his capable wife, Lu Zhengting's path to promotion will likely be even smoother.

Lin Sisi was not only less capable than Lin Qingyan, but she also didn't actively help him, which made him angrier the more he thought about it.

Lin Sisi thought for a moment.

"Okay, I'll go. Don't worry, I'll make sure I gather the herbs properly when I get to the mountain and won't hold you back."

But that's not what I really think.

...

Lin Qingyan returned home and found that Lu Zhengting had not returned yet. She took out her key from her bag, opened the door, and went inside. She first took out a pen and notebook and wrote down the names of the three military wives.

She rested for a while and was just about to cook when another military wife came to visit.

This time it was Sister Zhang and Yang Qiuyue.

Sister Zhang said, "Qingyan, we've all heard about the herb gathering. These herbs are very important to the army, right? They seem to be in a hurry. We don't have much to do at home except take care of the children. Um, writing articles isn't a big deal, but I still haven't learned how to write them."

After saying that, she smiled and said, "The older children in the family can look after the younger ones. Qiuyue and I also wanted to go with you to collect herbs. But we didn't know where to sign up, so we came to you."

Lin Qingyan was very pleased. The military wives here were all very enlightened, much better than those in the novels she had read in her previous life. Since she came to the military region, apart from her mother who had already left, she had not encountered any particularly difficult or demanding women here.

Lin Qingyan took out the notebook from earlier that recorded the names of those who had gathered medicinal herbs: "Three military wives have already signed up with me to go up the mountain to gather medicinal herbs. I'll write down your two names as well, and we'll hand them over to the leaders tomorrow so they can decide on this matter."

After Zhang's wife and Yang Qiuyue left, several more military wives arrived one after another. Some of these wives had heard about the herb gathering and wanted to support their husbands, so they volunteered to sign up. Others were persuaded by their husbands and forced to sign up. Still others were simply bored and used herb gathering to pass the time.

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