Zhou Qiqi held her waist and waved her slender fingers in front of her two sisters-in-law.
Sister-in-law Wang blurted out, "Two minutes?"
Deng Cuixiang turned around abruptly, her face full of doubt, "How could it only be two minutes?"
"Why not? You'll see when your man turns thirty-five..."
Sister-in-law Wang muttered to herself, unconsciously shaking her head.
Deng Cuixiang didn't hear her and was still guessing to herself, "It must be twenty minutes! No, no, no, it'll probably be more than that..."
"No, you're all wrong!"
Zhou Qiqi slumped on the sofa, her expression mournful.
"It wasn't two minutes, or even twenty minutes, but two hours, a full two hours! My God, you have no idea how I got through that!"
"The key issue is that this isn't just a day or two away; it has to be like this every day..."
Upon hearing this, the two sisters-in-law were extremely surprised.
Deng Cuixiang, in particular, was so surprised that she swallowed hard.
"Wow, no wonder Commander Shen always comes out on top in the annual comprehensive assessment of our army group! His physical fitness is amazing!"
She suddenly leaned closer, grinning mischievously, and said, "Qiqi, you're living the dream!"
"Enjoying happiness? This is clearly suffering!"
Zhou Qiqi pouted, her face full of displeasure.
"Sister Cuixiang, if you like it so much, you'll come with me tomorrow!"
Deng Cuixiang's pupils suddenly contracted, she bit her lip and became coy, quickly waving her hand.
"This...this won't do! This absolutely won't do! We can't have so many people involved!"
"What's wrong with that?"
Qiqi looked completely bewildered.
"The running track outside our military dependents' area is so wide, it's no problem for seven or eight people to run side by side, let alone just the two of us!"
"Running?! So you mean running?"
Deng Cuixiang was stunned for a moment, then realized what she meant and covered her mouth, laughing so hard she couldn't stand up straight.
"I knew it! How could that thing possibly take more than two hours, and every day? No matter how capable the ox is, the land can't take it!"
Zhou Qiqi was confused for a long time before she realized what they were talking about.
Thinking back to what she had just said, she was so embarrassed that her face turned bright red, and she wished she could disappear into the ground.
He stammered, "Sister-in-law, you...don't say anymore!"
Despite her straightforward personality, she has never experienced anything like that in either of her two lives.
Seeing her like this, Sister-in-law Wang quickly came to her rescue.
"Alright, Cuixiang, Qiqi just got married and is easily embarrassed, so stop teasing her and hurry up and bring out the things!"
These two people came today to deliver something to her.
We had agreed to send vegetable and flower seeds to Zhou Qiqi together, but the next day, Wang's younger daughter fell seriously ill and was hospitalized for several days before returning yesterday.
"Is the child alright?"
Qiqi quickly asked with concern.
Sister-in-law Wang sighed.
"Sigh... It was just a small wound on my child's calf. I figured our clinic didn't have a doctor, and going to the city would be too much trouble, so I applied some medicine myself. I didn't expect it to get infected and develop into a huge abscess. When I took him there, the doctor said it was some kind of cellulitis. It took several days of cutting it open and applying medicine to heal it."
Deng Cuixiang had just learned about this and couldn't help but slap her thigh.
“Our military dependents’ health clinic only has one doctor, Dr. Xu. When she gets pregnant and gives birth, there’s no one to treat her, which causes so much trouble!”
Sister-in-law Wang shook her head helplessly.
"There's nothing we can do, it's just that this place is remote and there's no future here! But it should be soon, I heard from the young girls at the hospital that this year's new doctors will be assigned to their jobs next month after their internship ends at the end of this month! That will make things much easier!"
"I hope that when the time comes, we'll be assigned a good doctor who is as dedicated and responsible as Dr. Xu!"
After exchanging a few words, seeing that Zhou Qiqi couldn't get a word in edgewise, Sister-in-law Wang quickly changed the subject.
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Qiqi, look at these, do you like them?"
As she spoke, Sister Wang handed over the basket full of flower branches.
The basket was filled to the brim with colorful flowers.
Zhou Qiqi's eyes lit up, and a smile instantly bloomed on her face. "I love it so much!"
Previously, Qiqi helped Wang's family build a toilet together, which saved a lot of money and made their lives much more convenient.
Remembering this kindness, Sister Wang specially cut some flowers from her yard that were suitable for cuttings.
Forsythia, crabapple, aster, you name it.
She wasn't suitable for propagation by cuttings, but I gave her seeds of pansies and calendulas, which can be sown this season.
"Since I have some free time today, I'll plant some for you too."
"Me too, me too!"
Not to be outdone, Deng Cuixiang brought a large bag of old loofahs for washing dishes, and also a few grape seedlings.
In addition, there were also vegetable seeds that Director Lin's wife asked her to give to Qiqi.
These things were all things that Zhou Qiqi desperately needed.
The residential area is about an hour's drive from the city, so it takes two hours round trip, and you have to be mindful of the time when you're shopping. It's so inconvenient.
Sister-in-law Wang laughed as she wielded her hoe.
"It's alright. Once you plant this batch of rapeseed, you can harvest the vegetables next month. Then you won't have to go to the city to buy vegetables!"
"Oh, and also, if you want to buy some meat, eggs, or something, you can go to that town to the east. There's a small market there. It used to be a black market, but now the policy has been relaxed and no one checks anymore, so you can buy with peace of mind. It's only a 30-minute walk away, much more convenient than going to the city."
"Also, if you want to eat fish, you can go to that village to the west. The village head there has contracted several fishponds..."
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