After the meal, Huo Haocheng brought Ruan Ruan to the military headquarters, to Commander Gu's office.
"Thump, thump, thump"
"Please come in."
"Uncle, are you busy right now? I have something I want to talk to you about." Ruan Ruan opened the door and went in, seeing Gu Wenpeng writing some documents.
"Ruan Ruan, Hao Cheng, what brings you here? Come and sit down. I'm not busy right now. Tell me, what's up?" Gu Wenpeng didn't expect Ruan Ruan to come looking for him. This was the first time she had told him she had something to say. It seemed like the entire Ruan family had never done this before. He was quite curious.
"Haocheng told me about those girls. I think they're poisoned, and I believe I can cure them, so I came to tell you. Also, I promised Grandpa that if I needed to use my medical skills that day, I had to tell him first, so I'd like to borrow your phone." Ruan Ruan stated her purpose directly.
"You also know medicine?" Gu Wenpeng never expected that his niece had such a special skill.
"Yeah, I loved running off to the mountains when I was little, so Grandpa found me a mentor, afraid I'd get poisoned by the grass there." That's what Grandpa Huo told me when he brought the mentor over. His exact words were, 'All you do is run off to the mountains all day. What's the point? You don't even recognize a single blade of grass. Here, I've found you a mentor to teach you. Otherwise, if you get lost in the mountains one day, you might poison yourself by eating a single blade of grass.'"
"Heh, this old man is quite humorous, isn't he?" Gu Wenpeng didn't know how to respond. It was a bit of concern, but Ruan Ruan was too cheeky, which he hadn't expected.
Huo Haocheng knew how mischievous Ruan Ruan was when she was a child, so he wasn't surprised that she said that. Don't be fooled by the fact that the old man is usually taciturn; sometimes what he says can leave you speechless.
"So you mean you can cure the poison in their bodies, but you know how traditional Chinese medicine is these days! Let me call the two old men and talk to them first."
After speaking, Gu Wenpeng called both Old Master Gu and Old Master Ruan to explain the situation. They both told him, "As long as Ruan Ruan's tasks don't harm the country, we'll fully cooperate. The rest, we old men will take care of." This made Gu Wenpeng realize how much the capital city valued Ruan Ruan; it seemed things were about to change!
"Alright, call your Uncle Huo now," Gu Wenpeng said, pushing the phone towards Ruan Ruan.
"Ding, ding, ding"
"Hello, this is Hongxing Brigade, this is Huo Songbai. Who are you looking for?" Huo Songbai was thinking about building a primary school in their brigade when the phone rang.
"Dad, it's me, Ruan Ruan. How are you all doing?" Ruan Ruan greeted Huo Songbai happily when she heard him answer the phone.
"We're both doing well. How are you and Haocheng doing?" Huo Songbai was surprised to hear a call from Ruan Ruan.
"Dad, we're all fine. Dad, is Grandpa home? I have something to tell him."
"Yes, nothing much has happened these past few days, and the weather's been hot, so your grandparents are resting at home. Wait for me, I'll call them right away."
"Dad, Dad, come answer the phone! Your grandchildren are calling you!" Huo Songbai called out happily over the loudspeaker.
"This man... he really is getting more and more mature as he gets older," Grandma Huo murmured as she swept the yard, hearing her eldest son's voice.
But despite saying that, his feet didn't stop moving.
Hearing the team leader call out "Dad" over the loudspeaker, several usually unreliable people responded with "Hey, hey, hey," which made everyone in the field burst into laughter.
"Is she still there? Where's my eldest granddaughter?" Grandma Huo asked as soon as she reached the front door.
"Mom, I'm here. Your eldest granddaughter is here, waiting for you." Huo Songbai immediately got up to help his mother when she ran over.
"I don't need you, go help your dad," Grandma Huo said, waving away the outstretched hand, plopping down on the stool, and picking up the phone.
"Ruan Ruan, are you in Yuncheng? Have you been bullied? If you have, come back. Don't leave Huo Haocheng alone over there."
"Grandma, I'm fine. My sisters-in-law here are all very kind to me, and my uncle and aunt are here too. No one dares to bully me, so don't worry."
"I'm glad you're okay. If anything happens, please call me back, okay?"
"I know, Grandma. Don't worry, I will take good care of myself and Hao Cheng."
"Just take care of yourself. Hao Cheng can take care of himself. Let him take care of you." Because Grandma's voice was too loud, even without speakerphone, Gu Wenpeng and Huo Hao Cheng could hear the conversation clearly. Gu Wenpeng looked at Huo Hao Cheng sympathetically, and Huo Hao Cheng returned a helpless smile.
"Okay, Grandma, have you received all the clothes I bought for you before?"
"We received it, we received it. We already have a lot of clothes. You can buy them for yourself from now on, you don't need to buy them for us anymore." The whole family was very happy to receive the clothes that Ruan Ruan sent back from Beijing.
People in the countryside don't have that many cloth coupons to buy new clothes. Everyone wears clothes for three years, then sews them up for three years, then sews them up for another three years. The clothes Ruan Ruan sent back were worn out once to show off, and then she never wore them again, saving them to wear when visiting relatives.
"Ruan Ruan, your grandfather has arrived and is here to talk to you."
"Girl," Old Master Huo said as he took the phone.
"Grandpa, I... something happened in Yuncheng. Someone used poison to control many girls. They've been rescued, but no one can cure them, so I..."
"I understand what you mean. Go, child, do what you think is right. Grandpa supports you." Huo Jiangchun had thought about the day when Ruan Ruan would use her medical skills, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.
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