Chapter 84
The harsh words that were totally inconsistent with her pretty appearance came out of her pink lips, leaving Meng Wanqiu stunned for a moment.
"Hello, I'm..."
"What do you mean? This is the health care department, not a place where just anyone can come and go as they please. Get out of here right now, or I'll call the security."
Seeing the delicate and bright face turning around, Zhao Xiaoyun panicked for a moment, with strong jealousy rolling in his eyes, and he once again sternly warned the woman in front of him.
Meng Wanqiu: ...
He clenched his fist silently.
This person might be seriously ill.
Do you have any common sense? Do you think the guards outside are just eating for free? You let irrelevant people in at will.
Meng Wanqiu doubted the nurse's brain structure. How could such a person enter such a harsh place?
"Still standing there? How can you be so shameless, woman?" Zhao Xiaoyun raised his eyebrows and walked over to push Meng Wanqiu out of the ward.
Meng Wanqiu hadn't expected this man to actually attack her. She gently turned sideways, and Zhao Xiaoyun's push missed. She stumbled, about to fall onto Meng Mingxia's bed.
Meng Wanqiu's eyes narrowed, and she grabbed Zhao Xiaoyun's collar and pulled him to the side, causing Zhao Xiaoyun to crash directly into the wall next to him.
Zhao Xiaoyun was a little confused. When she realized that she had been beaten by this woman, she shouted angrily, "Okay, you dare to hit me! Guards, guards, come here quickly!"
"Zhao Xiaoyun, why are you making so much noise?" An elderly female voice sounded, scolding Zhao Xiaoyun.
Meng Wanqiu looked over and saw a serious middle-aged nurse wearing a white nurse uniform, with her hair neatly combed back and well-maintained. Although she was scolding Zhao Xiaoyun, her unfriendly eyes fell on her.
"Aunt, this woman broke into the ward. I asked her to leave, but she attacked me."
Seeing the person coming, Zhao Xiaoyun immediately trotted over and hugged the other's arm affectionately, glared at Meng Wanqiu, and said like a sinner complaining first.
"What's the use of aunt or not? This is a hospital." The older nurse hit the back of Zhao Xiaoyun's hand. Although her words were still harsh, they revealed intimacy.
Zhao Xiaoyun stuck out her tongue, "Okay, Head Nurse!"
Meng Wanqiu watched quietly. The young nurse's expression changed so quickly. She wondered why this person was so arrogant. It turned out that the head nurse was her aunt.
The aunt and niece were busy maintaining their relationship and ignored Meng Wanqiu at the same time.
If an ordinary girl saw such a disregarding and contemptuous attitude, she would definitely feel ashamed and inferior.
However, Meng Wanqiu is not an ordinary girl.
She looked at the nurse and niece for a while, then pulled over a chair and sat down without interest, treating the two people rustling around at the door as the background.
Seeing Meng Wanqiu's reaction, Nurse Zhao frowned and cursed inwardly: She is indeed an uneducated wild girl.
However, he is old after all and has eaten rice for a few years longer than the emotionally expressive Zhao Xiaoyun.
She suppressed her indifference and said to Meng Wanqiu in a gentle tone, "Hello, who are you?"
Of course, Nurse Zhao would not think that the other person was an intruder. In the health care department, every entry and exit requires registration, so it is impossible for someone to enter by mistake.
However, Meng Wanqiu's attitude of ignoring her still annoyed her.
Meng Wanqiu tilted her head, glanced at Nurse Zhao, and said lightly, "The patient's family member."
Zhao Xiaoyun was startled. Family members!?
What family members? They can’t be husband and wife, right?
They only knew Meng Mingxia's name and that he was a soldier. They even learned his position from Wang Jian in the next ward. They knew nothing else.
Zhao Xiaoyun tugged at her aunt's clothes from behind.
Nurse Zhao remained calm and continued to ask with a smile, "What kind of family are they? Husband and wife, brother and sister, or something else?"
Husband and wife? Brother and sister?
Meng Wanqiu frowned, wondering if this guy was sick.
"Family members are family members. The head nurse can't help but ask too many questions."
Meng Wanqiu's sudden cold tone made Nurse Zhao's smile freeze.
"I'm sorry, because the patient has been here for a few days and no family members have come to visit, I asked one more question just to be on the safe side. I hope you don't mind..."
"Isn't the head nurse going to change the dressing? Please do it as soon as possible. Why are you still entangled in these things? This is not something you should worry about."
Without waiting for Nurse Zhao to finish, Meng Wanqiu interrupted her directly, her tone making no secret of her impatience.
I almost said it directly, you are so unprofessional!
Zhao Xiaoyun rushed out from behind Nurse Zhao angrily and pointed at Meng Wanqiu, "Hey, how can you talk like that?"
"Xiaoyun, get out of the way." Nurse Zhao said coldly.
Zhao Xiaoyun moved aside with anger still lingering. Nurse Zhao stopped talking to Meng Wanqiu and pushed the cart filled with medicine over. Meng Wanqiu pulled the chair and walked away so as not to hinder her movements.
Afterwards, Nurse Zhao did not bother Meng Wanqiu again. She diligently changed the medicine for Meng Mingxia and reminded Meng Wanqiu of some precautions.
After leaving the ward, Zhao Xiaoyun anxiously tugged at Nurse Zhao's sleeve, "Auntie, what should we do? We haven't even asked her yet. Could she be Captain Meng's girlfriend?"
Nurse Zhao poked Zhao Xiaoyun's forehead in frustration, "You little bitch, you have such a bad temper. If you stay here any longer, are you waiting for someone to complain?"
"How do I know if they are family members? No one came in the past few days." Zhao Xiaoyun rubbed his forehead and said aggrievedly.
Nurse Zhao closed her eyes helplessly. She really didn't want to admit that such a stupid person was her niece.
but--
It’s better to be a little stupid!
No matter what she thought in her heart, Nurse Zhao still looked worried.
"Don't worry, the guards will definitely remember it in the registration book." Nurse Zhao held her forehead with her hand.
"Oh, why didn't I think of it?" Zhao Xiaoyun said with sudden realization.
The aunt and nephew went to the guard room. As the head nurse, Nurse Zhao still had the right to look at the registration book.
"Meng Wanqiu, Meng Mingxia, haha, aunt, that woman is definitely not Captain Meng's type." Zhao Xiaoyun couldn't help but be happy when she saw the names registered in the booklet.
Nurse Zhao propped herself up on her arms and looked down at the names. "Meng Wanqiu and Meng Mingxia, they appear to be brother and sister." Then she snorted and laughed, "You little rascal, I always tell you to change your temper, but look, you've already offended your sister-in-law before you even get married. I'll see what you'll do next."
Hearing this, Zhao Xiaoyun's face instantly turned bitter. She hugged Nurse Zhao's arm and acted coquettishly, "Auntie, what should I do? Will that woman tell Meng Tuanzi about me? Woo woo, I don't want to. Auntie, please help me. This concerns your niece's lifelong happiness. You can't just ignore me."
Nurse Zhao pulled her arm away, turned around and walked away. "Now you're scared. If you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?"
Zhao Xiaoyun chased after her, "Oh, Auntie, I know I was wrong. I promise I will change in the future. Can you help me..."
On this side, Meng Wanqiu had no idea that the aunt and niece were discussing how to conquer her and become her sister-in-law.
"...That's what happened. I thought those two would cause trouble for me, but they just left. But why is that nurse so obsessed with my relationship with my second brother?"
Meng Wanqiu ate the fried rice and a steaming hot roasted sweet potato that Pei Xingzhi bought, and told Pei Xingzhi what happened after he left.
When Pei Xingzhi heard the nurse driving Meng Wanqiu out, a dark glint flashed in his eyes. He felt relieved when he saw that Meng Wanqiu had not suffered any loss.
After hearing the latter, he smiled and glanced at Meng Mingxia lying on the bed, "Look at Second Brother."
Meng Wanqiu was confused and turned to look at Meng Mingxia, "What are you looking at him for?"
Pei Xingzhi: "Second brother is good-looking and has become the head of a group at such a young age. It's not an exaggeration to say that he is a young talent."
Meng Wanqiu was stunned and bit the tip of her chopsticks. She knew that the four brothers and sisters were all good-looking, but Meng Wanqiu had been looking at Meng Mingxia's face since she was a child and was already tired of it. There was nothing special about it.
However, she understood what Pei Xingzhi meant. "Are you saying that the nurse is so hostile to me because she has a crush on my second brother?"
Pei Xingzhi nodded.
Meng Wanqiu let out a "ha" and suddenly felt confused in her heart. Her silly second brother would actually become a disaster for his wife one day.
"Tsk tsk, it turns out that if you live long enough, you can see everything." There is actually a girl who likes Meng Mingxia.
Pei Xingzhi chuckled. The brother and sister were both familiar and unfamiliar with each other.
In some areas, they have a good understanding of each other, but in some aspects, they lack understanding of each other.
For example, in today's incident, the nurse kept asking about her relationship with Meng Mingxia. Meng Wanqiu didn't think the nurse was interested in Meng Mingxia at all. Instead, she suspected that the nurse had some hidden agenda and was secretly investigating the two of them.
After dinner, Meng Wanqiu took Meng Mingxia's pulse again. She had a feeling that he would probably wake up at night, and she had an idea in her mind.
"You want to go out? What for?" Pei Xingzhi was reluctant to let Meng Wanqiu go out alone.
"I plan to buy some ingredients and make medicinal food for my second brother." Meng Wanqiu planned to treat Meng Mingxia's injury herself, but this is a hospital, and it is not easy for her to interfere with the doctor's treatment process and use traditional Chinese medicine methods, so she decided to change the method and use diet therapy.
This way, it would not attract attention and could also treat Meng Mingxia's injuries.
Although the hospital is very good, according to the Western medicine treatment course, Meng Mingxia has to stay in the hospital for at least one month, and then go home to recuperate for about two months before she can be completely recovered.
This is too slow. Meng Wanqiu plans to wait for Meng Mingxia to wake up and then take him back to July 15th so that she can personally take care of his health.
"Do you know the situation around here? To buy groceries in the city, you need special food coupons..."
Meng Wanqiu patted Pei Xingzhi's thigh and said unhappily, "Who are you looking down on? I know exactly what's going on."
In her previous life, when she was on missions and wandering around the world, he was not yet born. Besides, it has been so long since she left Qinghe Village. She has traveled far away on her own before. She knows very well what the world is like now.
Pei Xingzhi held her hand and said, "Tell me what you want to buy, and I'll get it for you, okay?"
"not good."
Meng Wanqiu glared at him, pulled his hand away, and continued, "I have the final say on this matter. You stay here to take care of Second Brother and wipe him down. I'll go by myself."
Pei Xingzhi was not very happy and wanted to say something else.
Meng Wanqiu raised her hand to stop him, "Are you planning to turn me into a waste?"
This is a bit hurtful.
Pei Xingzhi looked at Meng Wanqiu hurt, his heart aching.
Meng Wanqiu wasn't feeling well either. She lowered her head slightly, looking at her palms, and continued, "I wanted to say this before I came here. I can handle it on my own. You stay home and take care of Xixi. I'm not the little girl I was two years ago who was afraid to leave home. I've improved over time. I'm a mother now, and I don't have to rely on you for everything—you piece of shit."
After pausing for a few moments and looking at her red palms, Meng Wanqiu finally said those two words.
Pei Xingzhi couldn't believe his ears, "Wanwan——"
Meng Wanqiu clutched the flesh of her palm and said without raising her head, "Listen to me first. I know you don't mean that. But I also want to be your support, and Xixi's support."
Pei Xingzhi moved the corners of his mouth, not knowing what to say.
He was very touched when Meng Wanqiu said that she also wanted to be his support.
However, he was even more angry because Meng Wanqiu called him a waste.
He closed his eyes, and all kinds of complicated emotions surged in his heart, causing his heart to ache.
The ward became quiet, and a depressing atmosphere gradually spread.
Pei Xingzhi exhaled heavily and opened his eyes. The surging emotions in his eyes disappeared and he regained his composure. "I understand. Go by yourself. Be careful."
Meng Wanqiu raised her eyes and looked at Pei Xingzhi. "Well, I'll be back soon, don't worry."
After Meng Wanqiu left, Pei Xingzhi came to the bed and watched the figure downstairs turn the corner and disappear from his sight.
He stood by the window for a long time, his hand on the window sill numb from the cold wind, and he did not react.
Meng Wanqiu walked out of the hospital, but did not go far. Instead, she stood there and observed the people around her.
It was not until she saw a man wearing a black coat, a black hat, with only a pair of eyes exposed, passing by her for the third time that Meng Wanqiu caught up with him.
Seeing Meng Wanqiu approaching, the man in the black coat didn't panic. He leisurely walked behind the wall and asked, "What do you want?"
"Someone in my family is sick and in the hospital. He's not from here, so I want to think of some good food to nourish him. What do you think?" Meng Wanqiu didn't say it directly.
The man nodded, shook his head and said, "Money or bills?"
The tickets here refer to the national food tickets.
"What's the difference?" Meng Wanqiu asked with a raised eyebrow.
"The money is 1:3, and the bills are 1:1.5," the man explained.
Meng Wanqiu understood and said, "Use money." Nowadays, food coupons are more practical and can be exchanged for more things. However, she has a lot of money but not many food coupons, so she still plans to exchange them with money.
"Okay, what are you going to order?"
"Three pounds of rice, two pounds of millet, two pig's trotters, and four or five pounds of vegetables like cabbage, radish, mushrooms, etc. will be enough for me," said Meng Wanqiu.
The man nodded and said, "Okay, you meet me here at five o'clock."
The man was about to leave when Meng Wanqiu stopped him and said, "Wait."
The man stepped back suddenly, "Why, no bargaining."
Meng Wanqiu smiled and said, "You misunderstood. The medicine in the hospital is too expensive. I have some folk remedies at home, and I'm thinking of finding a pharmacy to get some medicine. I wanted to ask you if there is any pharmacy nearby."
After listening to him, the other party relaxed and pointed in a direction, "Go straight this way, turn left at the second intersection and you will see a Chinese medicine store called [Qingren Pharmacy]."
Meng Wanqiu took note and said, "Thank you. See you at five o'clock."
The man nodded and hurried away.
After the people left, Meng Wanqiu pulled the scarf that had slipped down to cover her mouth and nose, put her hands in her pockets, walked around a few times, and then walked in the direction the man said.
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