Chapter 71: Smoke Rising from the Ancestral Tomb
The day after treating Gu Weidong's hidden illness, Ye Qing went to the county to participate in the town's basic medical assessment.
Wu Yongbing attached great importance to this matter. Even though the village was very busy with the autumn harvest, he still decided to personally escort Ye Qing to the county to take the exam.
After all, it was related to the construction of a health station in the village. Before that, he had done so much preparation and advertised everywhere.
The health station has not been built yet, but almost everyone in Hongqi Commune knows that a separate health station is going to be built in Kaoshantun.
So he was very nervous. Even though Ye Qing had the strength, he was still worried that something would go wrong at the critical moment.
After all, there are some people in this world who are only good at practical operations and not suitable for exams. What if Ye Qing is also such a person?
If he fails to pass the examination to become a practicing doctor, the time to build this health station will probably be extended indefinitely. The surrounding production teams will probably be laughing to death, and the entire Kaoshantun production team will not be able to hold their heads up.
Compared to Wu Yongbing's nervousness and worry, Ye Qing was extremely calm and composed. She even took the matter of going to the county town as a formality.
After all, she came from an exam-oriented education system. As a small town test-taker, she has never been afraid of anyone when it comes to exams.
However, when Wu Yongbing pushed his 28-ton bicycle to the end of the village early in the morning and was about to take Ye Qing to the town to catch a bus, Gu Weidong suddenly came out and called Wu Yongbing:
"Uncle, I have something to do in the county, so I can take Ye Zhiqing to take the exam, and you can save yourself the trouble."
Wu Yongbing was stunned, and after hesitating for a moment, he looked at Gu Weidong's legs:
"Are you fully healed? Are you okay?"
Of course he had nothing to worry about Gu Weidong. This guy had been in the army for so many years and had even become a deputy battalion commander. He was much more reliable than most of the incompetent guys in this village.
But this kid’s leg injury just healed not long ago, is he sure he can ride a bike and bring others with him?
Gu Weidong's leg injury was originally an external injury, which was easier to cure than the hidden disease in the body. As early as after the incident at the Kwantung Army Fortress, when Ye Qing's supernatural powers were secretly exposed to him, the girl gave up and didn't make any pretentious excuses. After going down the mountain, she cured all his external injuries.
In addition, after two days of herbal baths and acupuncture, all the external injuries and hidden diseases were wiped out. Gu Weidong has been reborn from the inside out. He feels that his physical condition has never been better, and he is even more energetic than when he first joined the army.
"Uncle, it's okay. My leg is almost healed. I only took her to town. A friend of mine drove a tractor into the county. We could just take a ride. It's not a big deal."
As soon as he heard that they were going to take a tractor, Wu Yongbing stopped talking.
If he wanted to send Ye Qing off, he would have to go to town and take the bus.
But there are no buses from Qingshan Town that go directly to the county, so one can only wait in the town for buses from other places to stop. There is only one bus from Qingshan Town to the county seat in the morning, and it takes at least half an hour just to wait for the bus.
After waiting for a long time, I finally got on the bus. If there were no seats available, I would have to stand all the way to the county town. It was definitely not as convenient as taking a ride from someone else.
"Okay, then you can take Ye Qing with you. The exam will be at 10 a.m., so remember not to miss the time!"
Ye Qing didn't particularly care who took her to the county. After Wu Yongbing had discussed with Gu Weidong and handed the 28-inch bicycle to Gu Weidong, Ye Qing, who had packed up and was ready, jumped directly onto the back seat of the bicycle.
"Let's go." Ye Qing instructed Gu Weidong to set off quickly.
Gu Weidong rode out on his bike.
At this time, it was just dawn and the villagers were rushing to the fields to pick corn.
Ye Qing was sitting on the back seat of Gu Weidong's bicycle. As they passed by in a flash, many members saw the two of them.
I immediately asked Auntie Gu out of curiosity:
"Cui Lan, that's your eldest son Wei Dong, right? Where is he taking Ye Zhiqing?"
"Where else can we go? We must go to the county. Today Ye Zhiqing is going to the county to take the barefoot doctor exam. Once we get the certificate, we can officially start building the health station in our village!"
"Why was it Wei Dong who sent him off, not the team leader or the old branch secretary? This is such a big deal, and the child came all the way to take the exam for the sake of our village. The cadres in the village should be more proactive and not be so perfunctory."
Auntie Gu knew about this and was busy explaining it to the old Party Secretary Wu Yongbing and the others:
"Originally, the captain was planning to go there himself, but my son Wei Dong happened to be going to the county to do some work, and he has a friend who drives a tractor, so he could take Ye Qing directly to the Health Bureau. So I asked my son to take over the task of taking Ye Zhiqing there, saving the captain from having to make another trip."
These words stunned many people in the village.
After all, it had only been a few days since Gu Weidong and Wu Yueying broke off their engagement, and everyone knew that Gu Weidong was cheated by the daughter of the Wu family. It was originally thought that after this incident, the Gu family would completely hate the Wu family, and then the two families would tear their faces apart and never have any contact with each other again.
I didn't expect Miao Cuilan to let it go so lightly, and even let Gu Weidong take the initiative to help Wu Yongbing, as if the engagement and cancellation between the two families had never happened.
Everyone looked at each other and felt very surprised.
Because they had never expected the Gu family to have such an attitude, and seeing Miao Cuilan's calm expression, as if she really no longer had any grudges about this matter, the people present couldn't help but mutter in their hearts:
Miao Cuilan must be pretending to be calm. Whose son would be able to let go of the past when being cheated? If it were them, they would tear Wu Yueying to pieces on the spot!
But no matter how much they grumbled in their hearts, everyone knew Miao Cuilan's bad temper, so no one dared to joke about the trivial matters between the Gu and Wu families in front of her.
Did Miao Cuilan really not mind? Of course it was impossible. Didn't she not even have anything to do with the Wu family's wife and two daughters-in-law? Even if she met them by chance on the street, she would treat them as strangers and not give them a good face, let alone say hello or talk to them.
But she was not stupid. She could still distinguish the private affairs of the two families from the official affairs of the village. Although the Gu family and the Wu family had cut off contact now, when it came to the construction of the health station in Kaoshan Village, Gu Weidong, as a member of Kaoshan Village, had the obligation to help.
What's more, the Gu family now has a very close relationship with Ye Qing. The girl is also the master of her son Xiaonan, and the two families visit each other frequently. The fact that Gu Weidong is willing to help send Ye Qing to the county town has nothing to do with Wu Yongbing.
Of course, there is another more important reason why Miao Cuilan could mention Wu Yongbing so calmly, and that is that her son has already shown her the stamped notice, and after her son returns to the team, he will be able to go through the formal procedures for becoming a deputy battalion commander!
Whenever she thought about her son's promotion and increase in allowance, and that he was the first to discover the fortress in the back mountain, and would definitely be commended when he returned to the army, Aunt Gu felt very proud.
If it weren't for the fact that the formalities had not yet been completed, Auntie Gu was afraid that something else might go wrong, and she would have already made a big fuss about it so that everyone in the village would know about it.
Her son has turned bad times into good times. He is doing very well in the army and is valued by his leaders. His future is bright. Aunt Gu seems to be wearing a thick suit of armor. She is immune to any harm and attack. She has even become indifferent to the earlier divorce.
Didn't Wu Yueying look down on her son and think that he was not as good as that pretty boy from the city, Jian Zhiqing? She was a good military officer's wife, but she didn't behave properly. She had to cancel the engagement and have an affair with that Jian. Then she would wait for the day when Wu Yueying would regret it!
Perhaps because they were afraid that the atmosphere would become dull, an auntie who had a good relationship with Miao Cuilan immediately started to joke:
"Hey, I usually see your Wei Dong. Although I know he is tall, I never exaggerate him. Why does he look so big today when he brings Ye Zhiqing with him? He looks like a father taking a little girl out for a trip."
The short man Ye Qing was implied again: Are you polite?
"It's all concentrated essence. People in the south are much smarter than us. People here are only tall but not smart. Although Ye Zhiqing is small, she is very smart. If I had a daughter like her, I would wake up laughing at night."
Miao Cuilan hurriedly smiled and protected Ye Qing.
This made the others think it was true. However, the auntie who had just made a joke came to Miao Cuilan's side while breaking corn cobs, and quietly bumped into Auntie Gu's shoulder, and said in a low voice:
"I didn't think so the other day, but now the more I watch it, the more I think it has potential."
Auntie Gu was confused and had no idea what the auntie meant:
"What's going on?"
The aunt was so disappointed that she reminded him anxiously:
"Your Wei Dong and Ye Zhiqing! They didn't even know how to seize such a good opportunity when they were so close to each other. As a mother, your reaction is too slow!"
"Look at those two, one tall, one short, one strong, one thin, one black, one white, one extrovert, one introverted, aren't they a perfect match?"
"What's the difference in age? Men are slower than women in understanding things, so a difference of six or seven years is nothing. You should have chosen the girl early, and it would also give those people in the village who are trying to get Ye Zhiqing a break."
"In two years, when Ye Zhiqing is an adult and the two of you have almost found a partner, you can go and get the marriage certificate. This is much better than just finding a matchmaker to randomly match your son with a village girl!"
When these words came out, Auntie Gu's heart couldn't help but jump, and she immediately shook her head like a rattle, vehemently denying:
"How is that possible? How can my Wei Dong, that brat, be worthy of Ye Zhiqing? She is a phoenix from the city, educated and capable. Her family conditions are far inferior to my poor family. I am not crazy. Why would I want such a beautiful thing?"
Even though Gu Weidong was promoted to battalion commander and even though he had made great contributions, Miao Cuilan was happy for her son. However, in her subconscious, she still believed that her son was not qualified enough to match an outstanding girl like Ye Qing, and she did not dare to think that Ye Qing would look down on her son.
"Don't ever say such things again. I will no longer be involved in my son Weidong's marriage. His life is under the jurisdiction of the political commissar in the military."
"The last time the political commissar came to the village, he told me that he would find a suitable match for my son in the army, so I won't get involved in his marriage, to avoid finding another one like Wu Yueying, which would not only bring me no benefits but also cause me trouble."
It's not bad to find a daughter-in-law who is also in the army. The couple can work in the same unit and don't have to be together too often. Their relationship will be much better. If they have children in the future, she can just take a half-year leave from the birthing team and go to the army to help take care of her daughter-in-law during childbirth and confinement.
Although she thought so, Auntie Gu started to have random thoughts while breaking the corn cobs.
My eldest son has been taciturn since he was young. After joining the army, he became an alien at home and often couldn't say a word even after being beaten.
But since he came back from this trip, he seemed to have become much more considerate and sensible than before, he talked a lot more and had a closer relationship with his family. Besides that, he seemed to be particularly concerned about Ye Qing, adjusting her hunting rifle and sewing shoulder pads for her by himself. When he smiled, he looked like he was worthless.
It turned out that Auntie Gu didn't think about it that way. She just thought that Gu Weidong was grateful to Ye Qing for treating him, so he was so enthusiastic towards Ye Qing.
But now that the neighbor reminded her and she thought carefully about her son's behavior during this period, Aunt Gu couldn't help but pause in her action of breaking the corn cobs, and her heart skipped a beat.
Realizing that her son might really like the girl from the Ye family next door, Miao Cuilan's eyes suddenly widened in shock and disbelief!
"What's wrong?" Seeing Miao Cuilan bending the stick suddenly stopped moving, someone nearby immediately noticed something was wrong and asked her what was going on.
"Nothing, I just thought of something."
Miao Cuilan hurriedly quickened her movements to recover from the injury and lowered her head to hide the look of shock on her face.
Miao Cuilan was thinking about it in her heart while working.
Although Ye Qing is small in stature, she is very capable and intelligent. Her eldest son is not even as good as her.
If Ye Qing wants to get married in the future, with her ability she can easily find a city dweller who shares her interests and has a wealthy family, and then she can live a happy life in harmony.
To put it a little exaggeratedly, for a soldier like her son, who has a stubborn and upright temper, to dare to covet Ye Qing is simply like a toad wanting to eat swan meat!
The two of them are not species from the same world. Unless the swan is blind, there is no possibility of this happening!
But Aunt Gu knew very well that her eldest son had such a cold and aloof personality that he would never chase after an ordinary girl.
Just like when he was engaged to the girl from the Wu family, her son had no interest in Wu Yueying. If Wu Yueying hadn't taken the initiative to write to him, and if she hadn't kept encouraging him, I'm afraid her son would have ignored her and ignored her.
Originally, Aunt Gu was worried that after this broken engagement, her eldest son would become disheartened and completely lose interest in dating anyone, and would be ready to remain single for the rest of his life.
I didn't expect that when I came back to the village to recuperate, my attitude towards Ye Zhiqing was completely different from that towards Wu Yueying.
The more Auntie Gu thought about it, the more suspicious she became. Could it be that this unlucky thing of hers really fell in love with Ye Zhiqing?
If she really likes him, then she...she definitely can't object.
In fact, whenever she thought about Ye Zhiqing becoming her daughter-in-law, even though the possibility of this happening was very slim, Miao Cuilan couldn't help but feel excited and expectant.
If this works, then the Gu family's ancestral tomb will definitely be filled with smoke! Even if she risks being discovered, she will go to the Gu family's ancestral tomb to burn some paper money and kowtow to the ancestors of the Gu family!
However, even if her son fell in love with Ye Qing, he would never make it clear unless Ye Qing also fell in love with her son. Otherwise, with her son's temper, even if she was too eager, it would never succeed without her help!
After thinking about it, Aunt Gu came up with an idea.
She planned to go back and find an opportunity to test Ye Qing's attitude and see what the girl's attitude was towards her son.
Ye Qing didn't know that Auntie Gu was already secretly planning to assist her son.
Ye Qing, the blind swan who coveted the male Bodhisattva, took Gu Weidong's car all the way to Qingshan Town. On the way, she couldn't help but ask Gu Weidong out of curiosity:
"Are you really going to the county to take care of business, or are you just making up an excuse to deceive the captain?"
Gu Weidong smiled and said:
"Didn't I promise you last time that I could find a way to get a bicycle? I asked someone to help me get one from the south, and transported it to Jiaotan County by rail. I asked the friend who handled your batch of prey last time to pick it up in the county, and took his tractor to transport it back."
This immediately made Ye Qing excited: "So fast? That's great, is it a women's bicycle?"
Gu Weidong grinned as he rode his bike:
"If it wasn't a ladies' bicycle, I wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to find someone to help me. Besides, with your short legs, you wouldn't be able to reach the big bike even if it was a 2628 bike!"
Although Gu Weidong said such hurtful things, Ye Qing was not angry at all. She was excited when she thought that she would soon have her own bicycle. During this time in the village, she had experienced the pain of having no means of transportation.
Not to mention how difficult it was to go for a stroll in the town, just to say that if she wanted to go to the farm next door, she had to ask Gu Weinan to be her driver, and she had to borrow a 28-inch bicycle from the old branch secretary's house. She was afraid that the old branch secretary's wife would be unhappy, so she had to put on a smile and say nice things. In short, it was extremely inconvenient.
Moreover, Gu Weinan and Gu Weibei only have half a month's vacation, and they have to go back to school to attend classes again. By then, Ye Qing won't even have his own driver, and it will be even more inconvenient for him to go to the farm next door.
But it’s different with a women’s bicycle. She can pedal so hard that she doesn’t even feel tired when she goes to town twice a day!
When they arrived in the town, they met Gu Weidong's friend who drove the tractor. Gu Weidong didn't make any formalities with him. He pointed to Ye Qing beside him and introduced him:
"This is Li Yong, my junior high school classmate. He is now a tractor driver in Hegou Commune."
"This is Ye Qing, a female educated youth from our village who went to work in the countryside. The prey she asked you to help her deal with last time was hunted by her in the mountains."
When Li Yong heard that those prey were hunted by Ye Qing, he immediately showed respect and immediately changed his nonchalant attitude:
"I know Ye Zhiqing. It was published in the newspaper a while ago. Our commune is circulating your report. Apart from other things, you are the only one in Jiaotan County who has published your report in the newspaper!"
Li Yong raised his thumbs up towards Ye Qing and unconsciously used a respectful title for Ye Qing.
As soon as Ye Qing heard Gu Weidong's introduction, he guessed that Li Yong was a tractor operator in the commune on the surface, but was probably engaged in speculation and profiteering in the county behind the scenes. It was even possible that this guy had a hand in the black market in the county.
No wonder Gu Weidong was able to act so quickly to get the prey that the coyote and black bear gave her last time. It turned out that he really had acquaintances in the black market in the county.
When she was in Shencheng, Ye Qing had engaged in speculation and profiteering, and had even wanted to sell the wild fruits and delicacies she found in the mountains on the black market, so when she saw Li Yong now, she did not look down on him.
"Brother Li, do you mind me calling you that? We may have many opportunities to cooperate with each other in the future. Don't be so polite to me, just call me Ye Qing."
Li Yong's eyes suddenly lit up.
Speculators are best at understanding someone's intention by hearing the sound of a message. Li Yong knew exactly what Ye Qing meant by that, and he immediately became interested. He wanted to know what other goods Ye Qing had that he needed to sell. After all, he made a lot of money from the last batch of prey.
Ye Qing was not in a hurry. Gu Weidong introduced her to Li Yong, explaining that Li Yong had no problems with his character and was a trustworthy partner. If she had anything to send to the black market in the future, it would be right to find this person.
However, right now, her most important matter is the county examination. Only when she gets the professional doctor qualification certificate will the matter be settled, and the cadres in the village will be able to safely hand over the affairs of the health station to her.
Seeing that Ye Qing didn't want to discuss the matter in detail, Li Yong wisely stopped asking questions and quickly started the hand-crank tractor, put the two of them in the tractor, and drove back to the county.
The tractor was slower than the bus, but it saved the time of waiting for the bus. In addition, Li Yong drove people directly to the Health Bureau, so when Ye Qing arrived at the examination site, there was still more than half an hour before the examination started, so there was plenty of time.
Gu Weidong and Li Yong left after sending Ye Qing to the place. Because Gu Weidong had to go to the train station to pick up the ladies' bicycle that had been transported there, the two did not stay outside the examination room.
Ye Qing walked in with his admission ticket. Although it was still early, a dozen or so candidates had already arrived and were waiting silently outside the corridor.
Most of these dozen candidates were between 20 and 30 years old, and they were probably selected from the communes below.
As long as they pass the professional doctor qualification examination, these candidates can become barefoot doctors and start working immediately after returning to the commune.
Although barefoot doctors could not be completely phased out and the commune could not provide them with formal staffing, they had at least taken one step into the medical profession.
Moreover, the barefoot doctors could receive a fixed welfare allowance from the commune every month, which was much better than the ordinary farmers in the production brigade who could only rely on work points to make a living.
So even though they knew their hopes were slim, many people from the various communes still signed up, and many of them were holding a large red book, The Barefoot Doctor's Handbook, and studying frantically. Even if they were just cramming, they still wanted to race against time to cram more things into their heads.
Compared with the tense atmosphere of these candidates who were quickly flipping through books and reciting, Ye Qing's relaxed and comfortable demeanor, like strolling in the garden, seemed out of place with these people.
Especially since she was young, a little chubby, and the shortest in the group, everyone's attention was focused on her when she came in.
Maybe because she was too nonchalant, the other candidates didn't consider her as a competitor but just thought she was someone's sister who came to take the exam with them.
Ye Qing didn't care what the candidates were doing. He felt bored standing against the wall for a while, so he quietly took out a handful of wild chestnuts from his bag and started peeling them as if no one was around.
The other candidates who were so nervous that they could hardly breathe: …
Ye Qing was chewing chestnuts with gusto, not realizing how excessive her behavior was. Just as she was savoring the crispy and sweet chestnuts and thinking about going back to the mountains to hunt a pheasant and stew a chicken with chestnuts to try, a young woman suddenly came over and stood in front of her.
Ye Qing raised his head in surprise.
The woman was a little embarrassed, but she still asked tentatively:
"Comrade, can you give me two of your chestnuts? I took my child out early this morning and didn't have time to eat breakfast. My child is very hungry and wants to eat everything he sees. Don't worry, I am willing to exchange the ticket with you!"
As she spoke, the woman pointed to the other side of the corridor.
Sure enough, there stood a little boy of about two or three years old with a runny nose, and next to him stood a proportional replica of the man. The man was holding a copy of "The Barefoot Veterinarian's Handbook" and flipping through it as if no one was around. Ye Qing guessed that the woman must have brought her child to accompany her to take the exam.
She was not a stingy person. A few wild chestnuts were not expensive in the Changbai Mountain area. Although the woman took the initiative to ask her for things, her attitude was quite nice, so Ye Qing grabbed a handful from her bag and handed them to her.
The woman was actually embarrassed and nervous when she asked, thinking that even if Ye Qing gave her some, he would only give her a few at most. But she didn't expect that Ye Qing would give her a handful of them, and even asked her:
"Is that enough?"
The woman was not an ignorant person, and she nodded immediately: "That's enough, thank you so much, big sister!"
While thanking her, the woman took out a crumpled ticket from her pocket. Ye Qing scanned it and saw that it was a grain ticket for half a catty. Judging from the date, it should be expiring, but it can definitely still be used.
The family might not be well off, but the daughter-in-law had no intention of taking Ye Qing's chestnuts for free. Ye Qing immediately realized that it was impossible for her to ask for someone's food coupons just for a handful of chestnuts. He quickly pushed the coupon back.
"I picked these chestnuts in the mountains. They are not worth much. You can take the ticket back. Consider these chestnuts as a little snack for the children."
Ye Qing refused to take it, so the woman had to put it away again. She was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly she turned around, walked up to Ye Qing, and asked in a low voice:
"You are here to accompany your brother to take the exam, right? Then let me tell you an insider information. It is said that the questions for this exam were set by the former dean of the county hospital. The former dean is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, so it is very likely that most of the questions in this exam will focus on traditional Chinese medicine."
"Hurry up and talk to your brother, remind him to be mentally prepared. Before the exam starts, he should review the knowledge of Chinese medicine, even if he has to cram at the last minute. This way, he will have a better idea of what to expect when he takes the exam!"
These words stunned Ye Qing.
Isn't the director of Jiaotan County Hospital Director Gu? Director Gu is a Chinese medicine practitioner, how could she not know that? And he was the one who asked the question this time?
There was a flash of doubt in Ye Qing's eyes. She was very curious about how this elder sister knew this inside information.
But before she could open her mouth, the child over there started shouting. The elder sister didn't bother to chat with her anymore and quickly grabbed the chestnuts and went to coax the child.
I waited for twenty or thirty minutes, until it was almost time for the exam to start. The corridor was crowded with dozens of examinees, and there was a lot of noise outside. Only then did the invigilators notice that they were late.
There are two examination rooms in total. After the invigilator opens the door, he lets the candidates enter the corresponding examination room according to the numbers on their admission tickets.
A group of people pushed and shoved their way into their respective examination rooms. Ye Qing also took out her admission ticket at this time, ready to enter the examination room according to her number.
Unexpectedly, just as Ye Qing was about to enter the examination room, a cry suddenly came from the corridor:
"Goudan, what's wrong with you?"
Ye Qing looked towards the end of the corridor in the direction of the sound.
She saw the woman who had asked her for chestnuts earlier was holding her child with an anxious look on her face. The child's face was flushed red, and he was pinching his throat in pain with both hands, making a faint strange sound.
As soon as he saw the child's expression, it was obvious that something was stuck in his throat, and Ye Qing's face darkened first.
Without thinking, she pushed through the crowd and rushed towards the woman.
He grabbed the child roughly, grabbed the child's waist from behind with both arms, and began to shake the child up and down vigorously to impact the child's abdomen.
Ye Qing's series of actions were so quick that the woman was unable to react for a moment. Those people in the corridor who were preparing to enter the examination room, as well as those who had already entered the examination room, all looked in her direction.
The woman's husband had already entered the examination room. When he found out that something had happened to the child outside, his face changed instantly and he rushed out of the examination room in a hurry.
By this time Ye Qing had already hit the child's abdomen many times, and the child's father was angry and anxious.
Of course he knew that Ye Qing was trying to save the child, but the child's condition was critical. Ye Qing looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old. He had no way of judging whether her method could save the child or whether it would make the child's condition worse. If the rescue opportunity was delayed, it would be troublesome if something happened to the child. How could this not make people anxious?
So the child's father subconsciously wanted to stop Ye Qing's actions and tried to snatch the child away.
But just as he was about to rush forward, he was stopped by someone who had come over from nowhere.
An old man with gray hair looked at Ye Qing and said in a firm and serious tone:
"Trust her, she can save your child!"
Just as he finished speaking, Ye Qing pushed his arm upward with force, and a round chestnut rushed out of the child's throat, bounced a few times, and landed at the man's feet.
The thing stuck in the throat was finally vomited out. The child was so scared that he burst into tears instantly. His face turned purple due to lack of oxygen and suffocation, but it quickly returned to normal.
After seeing this, the people around couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The daughter-in-law was so frightened that her body went limp and she fell to the ground on the spot. But she soon seemed to come to her senses, and she rolled over and crawled to hold the child in her arms. While comforting the child, she anxiously pried open the child's mouth to check carefully, fearing that there might be something wrong with the child's throat due to the blockage just now.
Ye Qing looked at the chestnut on the ground, then looked at the woman helplessly:
"How can you let your child chew such a big chestnut by himself? You should be more careful when taking care of your children in the future and stop being so careless!"
The woman had never expected something like this to happen. She held the child and kept saying "thank you" to Ye Qing.
Ye Qing waved his hands, still looking a little frightened.
Fortunately, she discovered it in time. She was the one who gave the chestnuts to the woman. If anything happened to the child and the couple made a fuss, she would be unable to escape the blame.
This was just a small episode, and Ye Qing didn't take it to heart. After rescuing everyone, she prepared to go back to the classroom to wait for the exam.
Unexpectedly, when she turned around, she saw Dean Gu looking at her with a smile.
Next to the dean stood four or five old men, all staring at her curiously.
Ye Qing immediately remembered that the woman in front of him had revealed that the questions for this basic medical examination were set by Dean Gu. When he really met Dean Gu, Ye Qing knew that the news was most likely true.
But whether it is true or not, it makes no difference to her. She majored in Western medicine in school in her previous life, but later after entering the hospital, she tried both Chinese and Western medicine departments. It can be said that she has extremely rich experience in Chinese medicine.
In addition, her own supernatural power belongs to the wood element, and she also learned the flying needle technique from an old Chinese medicine practitioner, so she studied Chinese medicine skills very hard during the last few years of the world.
Therefore, she had almost no weaknesses in examinations on traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine, and she was not afraid of anything no matter what the examination focused on.
Because she was about to enter the examination room, if she greeted Dean Gu at this time, it would seem that she was deliberately trying to curry favor with him. Moreover, if the candidates around her heard it, they might misunderstand her and think that she had some special deal with Dean Gu.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Ye Qing did not take the initiative to greet Dean Gu. He just smiled and nodded to the old man, then walked straight into the examination room.
As soon as she left, the people following Dean Gu couldn't help but ask:
"Director, is that the female educated youth you mentioned earlier who is extremely talented in surgery?"
"The method she used just now seems to be quite effective for suffocation caused by foreign objects in the airway. I didn't expect that such a big chestnut could be taken out so easily!"
"This kind of situation is not uncommon in hospitals in previous years. The technique she just used is simple and easy to operate. If everyone can learn that method, the number of deaths caused by suffocation due to food blocking the respiratory tract will be greatly reduced."
"She is calm, responsive, and has accurate judgment. Apart from anything else, just from the first aid she gave just now, we can tell that she is definitely a talent!"
"I'm already interested in this little girl, so I'll have to go meet her later and get to know her."
A group of people were talking at once, all of them looking eager to give it a try.
Ye Qing didn't know that she had attracted the interest of a group of old men. After entering the examination room, she found that the group of candidates in the examination room were looking at her as if they were looking at a peephole.
She was still very confused and didn't know what these people were looking at. She subconsciously touched her face, thinking that something was stuck on her face.
As a result, the father of the child she had saved was sitting in the seat in front of her.
The man looked to be around 25 or 26 years old, and he looked quite honest. After sitting down, he kept thanking Ye Qing, and finally smiled awkwardly:
"So you are here to take the exam as well? My wife and I thought you were here to accompany your brother. You look so young, are you still in junior high school?"
Ye Qing shrugged: "I am sixteen years old, a junior high school graduate, and an educated youth who went to the countryside to work in the fields."
The basic medical examination organized by the County Health Bureau only requires junior high school graduates and be at least 16 years old to register, so there is nothing wrong with Ye Qing taking the exam.
However, for this type of examination, the commune must first recommend candidates, and then further screening by the county health bureau is required before one is eligible to take the written test. Not everyone who registers can enter.
Therefore, the candidates who usually take the exam are between 20 and 30 years old. There has never been a candidate under 20 years old who can pass the layers of screening. It can be said that Ye Qing is the youngest candidate who has taken part in the assessment in recent years.
This is why so many people in the examination room saluted Ye Qing. Not only because of her quick and decisive action in rescuing the child just now, but also because her appearance showed that she was a minor at first glance. She was so special and eye-catching.
That’s not all. When the actual exam came, after Ye Qing got the test paper, he only took a quick glance at the questions and knew what the level of the assessment was.
For example, with her ability, participating in this kind of exam is a bit like the king versus the bronze, a professional bullying the amateur. She picks up the pen without even pausing to think, and can write out the answer with her eyes closed.
While she was filling in the answers, five or six people came in from the back of the examination room and stood behind Ye Qing, staring at her while she was answering the questions.
Ye Qing noticed something was wrong, turned around, and suddenly exclaimed "Wow!" and was almost scared by these old men.
"Go on, go on. We are just watching. Don't worry about it."
Seeing Ye Qing turning around, Dean Gu hurriedly urged Ye Qing not to worry about it and just continue answering the questions.
Ye Qing really turned around and didn't care what the old men were doing behind her back. She just wrote the answers on her test paper very quickly.
She was not affected at all, but the candidates around her were in a terrible situation.
They had not memorized many knowledge points firmly to begin with, and now suddenly there were several invigilators standing next to them. Even if they were not staring at them while they were answering the questions, the pressure they created was enough to make them so nervous that their hands were shaking. Their minds went blank in an instant, and the little knowledge they had memorized temporarily was all mixed up into a mess.
Those candidates were in tears. The exam had just begun and they knew they were going to fail it!
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