Jiang Qiao was busy cooking and was instructing Song Junqiang to quickly dry the marinated fish.

I went back inside and found a mesh screen to cover it up, to keep flies away.

"Hey, tomorrow I'll get some more fish, dry them all, and save them for winter. When my mom and the others come over, they can have an extra dish."

However, this was just Song Junqiang's wishful thinking, and Gu Zhengfeng brought back news that evening.

“Your dad called and said he’s been assigned a dorm room. It’s quite big, and he wants you to go there. You can wait for your mom and the others to come over. I’m going to the city tomorrow on some errands, and I’ll take you there.”

Song Junqiang was leaving, and Jiang Qiao and Wen Jingwan were busy with a lot of things. Song Zhi's side had been settled, but some things hadn't been prepared. The city was different from the countryside. The mother and daughter had only prepared some things. They couldn't afford to buy everything that the father and son usually ate.

Eggs are essential. Seeing that her daughter had bought a basket of eggs, Wen Jingwan, who is not a stingy person, picked out half a basket and packed up some pickled vegetables, as well as the grains and oil that she and her daughter had bought, for Song Junqiang to take over tomorrow.

After tidying up, the family sat outside to enjoy the cool air. The Zheng couple from next door came over with their child, carrying some melons and fruits.

"Sister-in-law, we should have brought the children to thank you a long time ago, but we heard that this is the first time your children have been adopted, so we didn't dare to come and bother you."

Now that we live next door, I'm bringing my wife and kids to introduce us to the neighborhood and also to thank your daughter and Junqiang. If it weren't for them, my son might have been kidnapped and disappeared.

This was the first time the couple had heard of this. Jiang Qiao and Song Junqiang were both tight-lipped, and they had been so busy these past few days that they had forgotten to tell their family about it.

After listening to Zheng Lijia's words, Gu Zhengfeng smiled and waved his hand, "Don't be so polite, this is what the child should do. As the child of a soldier, it would be a disservice to his father's upbringing if he didn't have some vigilance. Come, sit down, sit down—"

When Shuanzi saw Jiang Qiao, he rushed over and hugged her tightly, refusing to let go. "Sister, I've missed you so much these past two days—"

Song Junqiang teased the little guy, "Little Shuanzi, do you miss your sister Qiao'er or the delicious food she has?"

The little guy turned his head away and said, "Hmph, I'm ignoring you."

Zheng Lijia glared at his son, "Shuanzi, don't treat your brother like that. Without your brother, you wouldn't even be able to see your parents now. Apologize to your brother right now."

Jiang Qiao was surprised that Zheng Lijia was quite good at raising children. The little guy turned around and opened his arms to Song Junqiang in a flattering manner, "Brother is a good person, brother hug me—"

The little guy's action made everyone laugh.

While holding Xiao Shuanzi, Song Junqiang said politely, "Uncle Zheng, you're being too polite. Anyone else would have helped in this situation. It was just a coincidence that we two came together. It's fate that brought us together. Who would have thought that you would be my dad's comrade-in-arms?"

Speaking of this, Zheng Lijia and his wife praised Song Zhi highly, because when Song Zhi left, he didn't take any of the vegetables in the yard; he left them all behind, which saved them a lot of trouble.

Gu Zhengfeng patted the other man on the shoulder and said, "Old Zheng, don't be so polite. We're all comrades-in-arms. When Old Song left, he said he would leave the house for the next comrade to move in. I didn't expect it to be your house. Come and visit whenever you have time."

Jiang Qiao got up and took out the fruits that the Zheng family had brought after washing them.

"We didn't buy any of these at home, so I'll offer them to you. Everyone should have some. Here, Shuanzi, you should have one too."

The little guy shared a melon with Jiang Qiao, and because of the drought, the melon was especially sweet.

Everyone ate and chatted, but after Xiao Shuanzi finished eating the melon, the little guy complained of a stomachache.

Zheng Lijia and Meng Yuzhi only have this one child. Although they are quite strict in their education, they are still frightened when their child is unwell.

Wen Jingwan was a semi-doctor. She examined the child and found that he only had a stomachache but no vomiting or diarrhea. She suspected that there were worms in his stomach causing the problem.

"I just bought some pagoda-shaped sugar today, I want to use it to kill bugs for the kids, you wait here, I'll go inside and get it."

Jiang Qiao had never tried pagoda-shaped candy before. It was yellow and looked like a small pagoda. Judging from how Shuanzi ate it, it seemed to taste good; at least the kid didn't spit it out.

Wen Jingwan stuffed the other two pieces in her hand into her daughter's and Song Junqiang's mouths.

Song Junqiang still didn't want to eat. "Auntie, I'm an adult now."

Wen Jingwan rolled her eyes at him. "No matter how old he is, he's still a kid. Anyway, this stuff won't do any harm. Just think of it as eating candy."

Jiang Qiao nodded as she ate, "There's such delicious medicine, I can eat it like candy every day, Mom, buy more when you have time."

Wen Jingwan gave a wry smile. "You silly child, no matter how delicious it is, it's still medicine, not candy."

"Shuanzi, how are you? Does your stomach still hurt?"

The little guy shook his head. "It doesn't hurt anymore, thank you, Auntie."

Wen Jingwan was still worried, so she turned to Zheng Lijia and said, "You should take the child to see a doctor tomorrow, just in case there's something wrong and it gets delayed. I'm just a nurse, I don't know much about this stuff."

Jiang Qiao picked up Xiao Shuanzi at this moment and casually placed her hand on the child's pulse. As it stands, the little guy doesn't seem to have any major problems. Anyway, she couldn't see anything wrong with him, and she guessed that it was probably just the bug causing the trouble.

After chatting for a while, the group dispersed. Song Junqiang was reluctant to leave. Here, there was fun, food, and company. Where else could he find such a good life?

"Jiang Qiao, come visit me whenever you have time. And if you have anything good to eat, don't forget your brother, especially meat."

Looking at Song Junqiang like this, Jiang Qiao gave a wry smile. "Who just said they were an adult? Haven't you had enough meat yet?"

"Is that enough to eat? I could eat it every day and still not have enough."

Jiang Qiao felt that the love of eating meat was largely due to the fact that most families didn't use enough oil in their cooking. Wasn't that how she used to live?

Moreover, it seems that this is also true according to the memories left behind by Xiao Jiangqiao.

Song Junqiang left, and Jiang Qiao went to work with Wen Jingwan. She had nothing to do at home, there was no market outside, and besides, she had another purpose.

She's been learning how to give injections from her mother all day.

Wen Jingwan naturally taught her studious daughter everything she knew, sharing everything she knew with Jiang Qiao.

However, Wen Jingwan was a nurse by training and was still some distance from becoming a doctor, so there were some things she couldn't teach the children.

These things are not difficult for Jiang Qiao. Right now, she just wants to find a source for what she knows in the future.

When her mother was busy, she would ask others for advice. After a while, under her mother's personal guidance, Jiang Qiao was able to give injections and IV drips. However, Wen Jingwan only let her daughter do it once. The child's father said that their child was smart, but they couldn't let her show off too much.