Lin Qingyan glanced at it briefly before saying to Lin Sisi, "We're picking these to make hemostatic medicine for humans, not to feed pigs and cattle. Most of these are useless; they're just weeds."

Company Commander Sun: "Comrade, you're trying to pass yourself off as someone else."

"Hahahaha." The military wives next to them immediately burst into laughter.

Company Commander Sun simply emptied the entire basket of "grass," casually flipped through it, and found that there were only a few herbs they could use. He angrily threw a few weeds on the ground.

He stood up and said coldly to Lin Sisi, "You'd better not come tomorrow. Not many of the herbs you've collected are usable. Just selecting the herbs from here will take up a lot of manpower. With that time, we could collect many more herbs. You'll only make things worse if you come. It's better if you don't come at all."

"Me." Lin Sisi couldn't hold back any longer and blurted out, "If you're not coming, then you're not coming."

Then he left.

These people are difficult to please, and she doesn't want to serve them.

After this little incident, the military wives continued to deliver the medicinal herbs. After Lin Qingyan checked them, there were no major problems, so she let them go home.

When Sister Yang was on her way home, she ran into Gu Mingzhou at the entrance of the family compound. She had said a few things to Lin Sisi while she was on the mountain in order to show off, but then she was afraid that Lin Sisi would hold a grudge, so she wanted to explain things to Gu Mingzhou.

She walked up to Gu Mingzhou and told him everything about Lin Sisi's behavior on the mountain.

“Brother Mingzhou, I just didn’t want others to laugh at you, so I gave your wife a few more pointers.”

Gu Mingzhou felt a surge of anger rising within him, and he clenched his fists tightly.

He asked Lin Sisi to help the army collect herbs in order to show that he fully supported the work of the army and to have her help him earn a good reputation. Who knew that she would mess things up?

Not only will this not earn him a good reputation, it will probably ruin it.

He suppressed his anger and tried to speak calmly to Sister Yang, saying, "Sister-in-law, you've worked hard. I'll talk to her when we get back."

"It doesn't matter whether you say it or not. Company Commander Sun has already said that she won't be allowed to go tomorrow."

Gu Mingzhou was even angrier. Now he had no chance to make amends and turn the tide.

"Okay, I understand, sister-in-law."

After Sister Yang left, he let out a heavy sigh.

He couldn't help but blame his bad luck again.

He is not as good as Lu Zhengting.

What sins did he commit in his past life that made him abandon Lin Qingyan and marry Lin Sisi in this life?

He lowered his head, sighed several times, and then returned home listlessly.

When Lin Qingyan got off work, other military wives from the family compound came to her to sign up for collecting herbs. Lin Qingyan felt that she didn't need so many people. If more people came, she would have to teach the new people again, which would easily cause chaos.

"I can't decide whether we need people or not. You should go directly to the military leaders or the hospital director."

So these military spouses went to the military leaders again, and the leaders told them that they didn't need anyone this time and that they could apply again next time.

The herb collection went even more smoothly the following morning than the day before.

At noon, Xu Xinning took several boxes of medicine and went to the family compound to find Lin Sisi, following the address Lin Sisi had given her.

Lin Sisi was in a bad mood today, and even though it was midday, she was still lying on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Yesterday, after Gu Mingzhou returned, he learned that she had not behaved well while he was collecting herbs on the mountain. He then flew into a rage at her and tormented her relentlessly that night, almost breaking his bones. Afterward, he shoved several birth control pills into her mouth.

He fucking wants to eat her to death.

After she vomited, he forced her to eat another one.

"Lin Sisi, you want to have my child? Never in this lifetime. You don't deserve it, you don't deserve it at all. You, you're not even worth a toe of Qingyan."

She looked at his face, contorted like a demon, belittling her to nothing while elevating Lin Qingyan to a pedestal. The more he tried to prevent her from having his child, the more determined she became to conceive and give birth to it for him.

After making this plan, she inexplicably felt a sense of pleasure, as if it were a pleasure of taking revenge on Gu Mingzhou.

After Gu Mingzhou left, she originally wanted to get up and go to the hospital to find another gynecologist to continue treating her, but thinking of Xu Xinning's instructions to her yesterday and their agreement, she decided to wait for her at home.

When Xu Xinning arrived at her door, she saw that the door was not yet open, so she raised her hand and knocked a few times.

Lin Sisi heard a knock on the door and thought it might be Xu Xinning. She quickly got off the kang (a heated brick bed) and went to open the door for Xu Xinning.

"Dr. Xu."

"Sisi, I said I would bring you the medicine yesterday, and I brought it with me."

"Okay, come in quickly."

Xu Xinning and Lin Sisi went inside together. Lin Sisi led Xu Xinning to the living room and poured her some tea.

Xu Xinning took out the medicine and handed it to Lin Sisi. Lin Sisi offered Xu Xinning money, but Xu Xinning refused.

"Sisi, now that we're friends, don't stand on ceremony with me."

Lin Sisi was a little embarrassed, "How can that be? It's already too much trouble for you to bring it to me, I can't let you spend your money."

"Actually, it doesn't cost much money. If you insist on giving it to me, it means you don't consider me a friend."

In this way, she could further shorten the distance between herself and Lin Sisi.

Lin Sisi was deeply moved. Xu Xinning disregarded financial gains and losses for her sake, and she trusted Xu Xinning even more.

She took the money back. "Dr. Xu, we agreed yesterday that you would have dinner at my house. Please sit here for a while, and I'll go to the kitchen to cook."

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