Chapter 37 80s Troublemaker 7 Wheelchair

Chen Qian lifted the quilt and saw Zhou Shengmo wearing thin pajamas. She lifted up his trouser legs to his thighs.

Then use your hands to touch the joints and muscles of his legs.

For some reason, Zhou Shengmo's legs were numb, but sweat gradually seeped out of his forehead.

"You have been lying down and not exercising for several months. I have learned some Chinese medicine massage techniques at home. I will massage your acupoints, which can relieve your muscle atrophy."

Zhou Shengmo: "...We can't move anyway, so why not?"

Shen Qian knew that medical conditions in this era were limited and people were not fully aware of the dangers of lying still for long periods of time.

"This is very important. I don't mind being tired. You're lying there with nothing to do anyway, so can you just cooperate a little?" Shen Qian asked as he started to exert force with his hands.

Zhou Shengmo knew he couldn't stop it, so he could only close his eyes and pretend to be dead.

He originally thought Shen Qian was just talking, but he didn't expect her to actually give him a serious massage for an hour. Just when Zhou Shengmo thought the massage was over, Shen Qian said, "You've done your legs. Lie down and I'll give you a back massage."

Zhou Shengmo subconsciously refused: "Really, no need."

"Just lie down if I tell you to, hurry up." Shen Qian's patience was exhausted and he interrupted rudely.

She was learning martial arts at the same time as she was studying medicine. The Chinese medicine practitioners in that world could simultaneously mobilize internal energy to assist in acupuncture and massage.

In later missions, the bodies she traveled through were not suitable for practicing martial arts, including her current body.

Fortunately, the tasks in this world are not difficult at the moment. She doesn't need to learn so much. She just wants to maximize the effectiveness of massage. She also used internal energy just now, so that she can clear the blocked qi and blood in Zhou Shengmo's body in a short time.

She was extremely tired at this moment, and it was not convenient for her to tell him in detail. Zhou Shengmo also made excuses, so Shen Qian was naturally not in a good mood.

As Shen Qian spoke, he forcibly turned him over.

Zhou Shengmo's face suddenly turned the color of liver.

When she turned him over and made him lie on the bed, Zhou Shengmo felt like a salted fish, pinned to the bed and unable to move.

Zhou Shengmo was about to resist, but he felt her hands exerting force on his back, and his back immediately cracked a few times. He felt sore and painful, but... inexplicably felt a little good.

Zhou Shengmo then understood that Chen Qian really knew how to give massage, and it should be more than just a simple skill.

Seeing Zhou Shengmo lying there motionless, and knowing that he was feeling uncomfortable, Shen Qian pressed him for a while and then said, "I'll buy some moxa sticks tomorrow and do moxibustion for you. It should help relieve your cough symptoms, but if you want to get better quickly, you still have to drink more water and lie down less. You'll have to wait until after we move..."

After the massage, Chen Qian was sweating all over. She took a shower and dried her hair. Then she yawned and lay down on the bed.

Zhou Shengmo heard the even breathing sounds coming from the person next to him and couldn't help but look back at her.

She seems...really concerned about his body.

It's true, after her massage, he felt that the energy and blood in his body began to flow smoothly. Originally, he felt like his lungs were pressed by something and was very uncomfortable, but after today's massage, he felt that even his lungs were much more relaxed.

Zhou Shengmo felt a little unsatisfied. In fact, he wanted to chat with Chen Qian more. When did she learn massage? Why didn't he know about it before?

By the way, my eldest brother just came and said that she made a basket of buns for my eldest sister-in-law today and it sold very well. He forgot to ask about it. Forget it, I'll ask next time.

For some reason, Zhou Shengmo always felt that Chen Qian was different from before, but he could not tell exactly what was different.

…

For the next period of time, Shen Qian was busy like a top.

Eldest brother Zhou Shengwu still comes to the family building two or three times a day to take care of Zhou Shengmo and bring him meals.

After sending her daughter to kindergarten in the morning, Chen Qian went to help her sister-in-law Xiang Ying in the store. She took her sister-in-law and her mother with her, starting with teaching them how to select various ingredients, then mix the ingredients, knead the dough, make dumplings, and steam the dumplings.

I have to say that although my sister-in-law’s cooking skills are not very good, she is very smart and learns quickly. Within a week, she was able to operate independently and steam decent buns.

Chen Qian then went on to teach how to make vegetarian buns and mushroom buns.

With the foundation of making meat buns, my sister-in-law learned it quickly.

Once you learn these three things, breakfast will be no problem.

Chen Qian then went on to teach how to serve fast food at noon.

"The advantage of the cafeteria's big pot meals is that they're filling and filling. Usually, to cater to more people's tastes, the dishes are made lighter. It's also harder to make them tasty if you cook too many dishes at once. If you're selling fast food in front of a machinery factory, you need to be completely different from the cafeteria."

So Shen Qian went on to teach three dishes suitable for small restaurants: Shredded Pork with Fish Flavor, Kung Pao Chicken and Mapo Tofu.

The workers in the machinery factory all have strong tastes, so these three dishes were well received once they were introduced, which made Xiang Ying and her mother smile from ear to ear.

During this period, Shen Qian also took the time to meet Zhou Shengmo's fourth brother. Shen Qian actually had no impression of this youngest son of the Zhou family. The original owner seemed to have only met him briefly when she married Zhou Shengmo, and then hadn't seen him since.

However, Zhou Shengwu still loved his fourth brother very much. When talking about buying a wheelchair for Zhou Shengmo, he called Zhou Shenglin to discuss it with her in detail.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. I'll take care of it. My brother helped the Armed Police Hospital purchase a batch of wheelchairs. I have the channels."

Shen Qian asked carefully: "Can I choose the style of wheelchair?"

"This..." Zhou Shenglin was a little puzzled. "It's good enough that I can buy it. There are very few manufacturers producing this now, and they all have the same style."

Shen Qian: "Okay then, you can buy whatever you want."

It has to be said that Zhou Shenglin's efficiency is quite good. The second week after Shen Qian asked him for help, a brand new wheelchair was delivered to her new home.

It was just money to buy a wheelchair, but Zhou Shenglin refused to take it.

"My parents said that you can't pay for this. My family will help pay for it."

Chen Qian was a little surprised. After she came here, she had not had the chance to visit her in-laws' house. She did not expect that they would be willing to take the initiative to pay for a wheelchair for the third child.

Zhou Shenglin said with a smile, "Third sister-in-law, my father heard that you were planning to install a toilet for Third Brother. He even went to the building materials market to inquire about it. There were no toilets in the decoration market in Rongcheng, so he asked me to get one from Guangzhou. But thanks to you, our old man didn't scold me this time."

Zhou Tingyue is an old soldier with relatively traditional ideas. Later, he joined a military-industrial enterprise. His eldest son took over his business smoothly. His second daughter was good at studying. His third son also became a soldier and was his proudest child.

The only difference is that the fourth brother is somehow uneducated and unskilled, and all he wants to do all day is to make money by being a trader.

Zhou Tingyue was so worried about the fourth child that he beat and scolded him many times, but it was all in vain.

But ever since the third brother was injured and paralyzed in bed, Zhou Tingyue gradually discovered that the fourth brother was also somewhat useful. For example, when the third brother wanted to install a toilet in his new home, he couldn't get it, but the fourth brother solved it with just one phone call.

"Dad, that's an old-fashioned idea. Now being able to make money is the real skill!"

"fart!"

However, although Zhou Tingyue scolded him, he did not ask Zhou Shenglin to focus on doing other things. He was too lazy to care about it. He only told the fourth brother that if the third brother's family wanted to buy anything from him, they should not ask his wife for money and they could come to him to pay later.

After buying the wheelchair, Shen Qian tried it out himself and then found his elder brother Zhou Shengwu.

"This wheelchair has no brakes. If someone wants to move to another place while sitting on it, it will be quite dangerous. Also, the armrest is a bit too high. Big brother, can you find a way to make the armrest adjustable so that it is easier for the person to move down from the wheelchair?"

Zhou Shengwu really couldn't understand why a brand new wheelchair had to be modified so many times.

After Shen Qian sat in the wheelchair and demonstrated various uses for him, Zhou Shengwu finally understood: "Good fellow, sister-in-law, you want Third Brother to use the wheelchair as a leg!"

Shen Qian smiled and said, “If he is willing, it shouldn’t be difficult to do.”

Zhou Shengwu was not actually optimistic about this, but Chen Qian had helped his wife set up a small restaurant during this period. His wife and mother-in-law praised this third brother's wife to the sky every day at home. Besides, Chen Qian was doing this for the third child in their family. After carefully recording Shen Qian's various ideas about wheelchairs, Zhou Shengwu took his brothers from the machinery factory to start research.

It has to be said that the master workers in the military factory are often tinkering with the modification of various instruments and equipment. Many of their small inventions are made by themselves. A mere wheelchair brake and armrest are not difficult for them.

The masters quickly modified the wheelchair according to Shen Qian's requirements. After Shen Qian tried it himself, he said it was much easier to use than before.

Now that I have a wheelchair, the next most important thing is the decoration plan for the new house.

If Zhou Shengmo is to truly use the wheelchair, every aspect of the decoration must be carefully considered.

The decoration work was given to Xiang Yong, the cousin of my eldest sister-in-law Xiang Ying.

After leaving the countryside, Xiang Yong gathered a group of brothers to take on projects everywhere. After working for a while, he also took on some private decoration jobs.

Of course, in this era, houses were collectively owned and most of them only required simple needs such as painting the walls and building a stove.

There has been no work recently and all the brothers have been idle. When his cousin asked him for help, he thought it was just a simple request. He didn't expect that after he arrived, he would be dumbfounded when he heard Shen Qian talking about the requirements for each part of the room.

“Chen Qian, I can understand removing all the thresholds, but do you want to change this door too?”

"Yes, the door frames of the two small bedrooms are still too small. If you push the wheelchair in, you will probably hit your hands." Shen Qian sat in the wheelchair and pushed it forward, and sure enough, he hit his hands.

"But you and your wife live in the master bedroom, and there are two small rooms for the children. Zhou Shengmo doesn't have to move into the small room, right?" Xiang Yong was a little puzzled.

Shen Qian said: "I hope Zhou Shengmo can push his wheelchair in and out smoothly anywhere in the room."

In fact, Shen Qian had a little selfish thought in her heart. After the room was renovated, she hoped that Zhou Shengmo could also participate in the specific affairs of educating and raising the two children, so that she could be much more relaxed.

Zhou Shengmo has a good education and can help the children with their homework in his free time, so the door frames of the two small bedrooms must be modified.

Xiang Yong accepted this reason and asked, "But there are too many places to change in this toilet. Are you sure you want to do this?"

"I am sure that the bathroom is the most important part of the entire renovation project. Make sure there is enough space for the toilet and shower area according to the dimensions I gave, and then the sink countertop must also be made strictly according to the dimensions I gave."

Xiang Yong stuck out his tongue. Since Shen Qian asked for this, and his cousin had repeatedly emphasized that this renovation project was very important and the whole family attached great importance to it, he should be obedient and do whatever Shen Qian said.

He stopped questioning and led a group of brothers to do exactly what Shen Qian said.

Even the custom-made bed for the master bedroom was made to the normal height by the carpenter as he thought, but Chen Qian discovered it and asked for redoing.

"This height is absolutely not acceptable. You must strictly follow the height I say."

So the carpenter had to go back to work and after several adjustments he finally got the height of the bed to a level that completely met Shen Qian's requirements.

Not only that, when arranging furniture, Chen Qian also pays attention to leaving enough space for the wheelchair to turn, to avoid the furniture blocking the wheelchair's passage.

Zhou Shengmo only came once at the beginning to help measure the appropriate height, and then he never took care of the decoration of the new house again.

Zhou Shenglin received a task from his elder brother shortly after the house was renovated, asking him to help find anti-slip floor tiles.

This is not easy. Ceramic tiles are rare nowadays. Only those who are particular about quality will install ceramic tiles. Even those with patterns are hard to find, let alone floor tiles, especially non-slip tiles.

This is harder than buying a wheelchair!

However, Zhou Shenglin still found a way to find imported anti-slip floor tiles through his friends in Shanghai. They were not cheap, but for the sake of his third brother, Zhou Shenglin tried his best and asked someone to transport this batch of anti-slip floor tiles back to Rongcheng from Shanghai. In the end, Xiang Yong spent a lot of research before he finally installed this batch of valuable floor tiles in the bathroom.