"What's the trouble? Bringing you food is something the whole family agrees to."
Besides, the portion his wife ate wasn't paid for by the government. He subsidized it himself. Who would dare utter a single complaint? He'd tear the house down.
"Don't feel guilty. You're my boyfriend now, so shouldn't I take care of you? Don't worry, I can support you."
Gu Changfeng patted his chest, feeling particularly proud that he could support his wife.
"Alright, I'll give you this chance."
"Lower your head a little."
Ruan Qiushui smiled and couldn't help but beckon Gu Changfeng with her finger.
"What are you doing?"
Gu Changfeng appears calm on the surface, but inside he's like a screaming chicken.
Does your wife want to kiss you?
Isn't it a bit inappropriate with so many people coming and going?
How can I let my wife take the initiative? Maybe I should kiss her first?
Forget it, I'll just close my eyes.
What are you thinking about?
Ruan Qiushui found it amusing that Gu Changfeng had stuck his head over, his eyes closed and lips pouting.
She just wanted to pinch his cheek.
"oh."
Gu Changfeng was somewhat disappointed. He touched his face, which had been pinched painfully by his wife, and looked aggrieved.
"I'm leaving, you can go back now."
Ruan Qiushui chuckled, hooked her hand around Gu Changfeng's palm, and walked towards the clinic.
Gu Changfeng immediately recovered fully.
"Here he comes, Dr. Ruan is here."
At this moment, many commune members came to watch the excitement outside the clinic.
"Ruan girl, you've finally arrived."
Wu Guihua had been waiting at the entrance of the clinic for quite some time.
She still remembers that Ruan Yatou asked her to come here for acupuncture every three days last time.
"Ruan girl, you'll be our team's doctor from now on, do a good job."
This is the first day their brigade's health clinic has been established, so they need to cheer each other on.
"Serving the people is what we should do."
One must have awareness.
"Alright, alright, stop making a fuss. Those who need to see a doctor should go see one, and the rest of you, get back to work."
Gu Xianjin chased away the villagers who were watching the commotion. He said that if they didn't go to work in the fields early in the morning, their families would go hungry and thirsty.
Ruan Qiushui opened the door and familiarized herself with the surroundings.
The clinic has two rooms. One room is for Nguyen Thu Thu to see patients. It has a table, two stools, and a row of Chinese medicine cabinets with small drawers against the wall.
The remaining room contained a bed, where Ruan Qiushui could take a nap during the day, and where she could also have a place to lie down and examine patients who had difficulty moving around.
"Everyone, please line up properly."
Ruan Qiushui untied her cloth bag and took out the pulse pillow, stethoscope, acupuncture needles and other equipment, arranging them in the bag, waiting for the patient to sit down.
"Me, me, me, I'm the first one."
Wu Guihua was one step ahead, plopping down on the stool.
After taking Wu Guihua's pulse, Ruan Qiushui saw that her condition was much better and took out silver needles to give her acupuncture.
"Oh, Ruan girl, I feel so much better after your acupuncture."
She wasn't lying; she just felt her mind was clearer right now.
"Auntie, go back and keep taking your medicine. Come back in three days."
After explaining the precautions, Ruan Qiushui declined Wu Guihua's consultation fee and went to see the next patient.
"Me, me, me."
"Ruan girl, my back has been hurting for the past few days, and I haven't been sleeping well. Can you take a look at it?"
Xie Xiuying stepped forward.
She was worried that Ruan Yatou would be bored on her first day at work, so she came to liven things up, but she didn't expect so many people to come to the clinic.
"Auntie, how long have you had back pain?"
After taking Xie Xiuying's pulse, Ruan Qiushui pulled her into a private room, lifted her clothes, and pressed her waist.
"I've had back pain for many years, and sometimes it gets really sore and swollen."
It's okay when I lie down to rest, but it hurts when I stand up straight or make any big movements.
But she's gotten used to it over the years. How many country folk don't have backaches and sore waists?
"Auntie, this is lumbar muscle strain caused by insufficient qi and blood, and deficiency of liver and kidney."
"I'll bring some pills and ointment to my aunt tonight. She'll feel much better after taking them for a few days."
Fortunately, she knew a recipe for replenishing qi and blood, strengthening the waist and kidneys, which could treat lumbar muscle strain.
"Okay, thank you, Ruan girl."
Xie Xiuying smiled and patted Ruan Qiushui's hand.
She was completely satisfied with her third daughter-in-law.
After seeing off Aunt Xie Xiuying, Ruan Qiushui received three more patients with colds and fevers.
The three people's symptoms were not serious. Ruan Qiushui prescribed them herbal medicine, which consisted of common and easy-to-find herbs found in the mountains. She charged them a consultation fee equivalent to one egg and then sent them home.
It wasn't until almost noon that we had a chance to stop and rest.
"Third sister-in-law, I've brought you your meal."
Gu Changshu started shouting from a great distance.
"Why are you bringing the food? Where's your third brother?"
Didn't they just say this morning that he was coming to deliver the food?
"I don't know where my third brother went. He said he would come back for lunch this morning, but he's still nowhere to be seen."
His mother prepared the meal and waited for quite a while. When she saw that her third brother hadn't returned, she was worried that her third sister-in-law was hungry, so she sent him to bring the meal.
"Third Sister-in-law, you should eat first. The food is getting cold. I'll come and collect the lunchboxes tonight."
After Gu Changshu finished speaking, he hurried back. He was also hungry and didn't know if his mother would be waiting for him to cook. He didn't want to go back and find that there was no food left.
"Hot and sour shredded potatoes and spicy diced chicken look so appetizing."
Ruan Qiushui's mouth watered just from the smell.
After finishing her meal, Ruan Qiushui waited for a while, and seeing that no patients came, she went to the next brigade office to tell them that she was going up the mountain to collect herbs.
Ruan Qiushui carried a basket on her back and held a hoe, slowly walking up the mountain. At this time, apart from those cutting pig feed, there was no one else around.
Ruan Qiushui avoided these people and walked into the deep mountains, afraid that she would suddenly disappear into the space and be seen by others.
"There's a cave here; it's a really good hiding place."
Ruan Qiushui spotted the hidden cave entrance ahead, obscured by wild grass.
"There's blood? It doesn't look like a wild animal's. Who's been injured?"
Ruan Qiushui became wary and hesitated whether to step forward.
"It's Changfeng's clothes!"
Ruan Qiushui looked at the small piece of cloth hanging on the withered branch at the entrance of the cave. The color and style of the cloth were exactly the same as the one he had worn that morning.
Thinking that Gu Changfeng might be injured in the cave, Ruan Qiushui became anxious and quickly walked into the cave.
"court death!"
"Ruan Ruan, it's you."
Gu Changfeng loosened his grip on Ruan Qiushui's neck and quickly checked if she was injured.
"Cough cough."
Suddenly, someone grabbed her throat, and Gu Changfeng was so strong that she almost passed out.
"What are you doing hiding here? Are you injured?"
Ruan Qiushui turned around and saw that Gu Changfeng's face was covered. If he hadn't called her name, she wouldn't have recognized him at all.
Gu Changfeng clutched his abdomen, blood flowing from his fingers. Ruan Qiushui quickly knelt down to examine the wound.
"No, the wound is too deep and needs stitches. Come down the mountain with me quickly."
Ruan Qiushui stared at the wound for a moment, then quickly took out some white medicine and sprinkled it on the wound. She then tore off a strip of cloth from her clothes and wrapped it around the wound.
At first, she thought Gu Changfeng had encountered a wild animal on the mountain and been gored by its horn. But now, upon closer inspection, the wound was smooth and clearly a knife wound.
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