Chapter 172 The house has been disturbed
The plane landed on Qiongtan Island three hours later. Because the military region had been contacted in advance, the organization had already sent a car to wait at the city airport.
The military region sent two vehicles, and "patient Song Yunlai" was carried directly into the military hospital's vehicle, with Pei Jiuyan and Chi Donglin accompanying him all the way.
Qin Suisui, along with Zanzan and carrying a large bag of things, got into Xiao Shengkai's car and returned to the family compound.
As soon as I reached the main gate, I saw Su Yunyi waiting anxiously outside the family compound, her eyes red and swollen.
"Sui Sui, Zan Zan, you're back? Yun... how is Yun Lai?"
Seeing her anxious expression, Qin Suisui really wanted to tell her the truth, but Pei Jiuyan had repeatedly instructed her before leaving that she could not reveal Song Yunlai's situation to anyone. This was an order from the organization, and Qin Suisui could not disobey it.
Seeing Qin Suisui's hesitant expression, Su Yunyi's tears fell in a rush: "Suisui, tell me, I can accept any situation."
Knowing that she had misunderstood, Qin Suisui sighed, put her hand on Su Yunyi's shoulder, and looked at her intently: "Sister Yunyi, do you believe me?"
Su Yunyi nodded through her tears: "I believe you! Sui Sui is the most amazing person I've ever met!"
While wiping away her tears, Qin Suisui replied, "Since you trust me, then don't cry. The medicinal herbs that have been harvested in the brigade have already started to be planted. Since I'm not in the village, many people will definitely come to you with problems. Please take good care of me, but if there's anything you're unsure about, be sure to ask me immediately."
"I've already told the security guards at the family compound that you can come in directly from now on."
What Qin Suisui didn't say was that she still needed to focus on developing Song Yunlai's antidote, and the medicinal herb cultivation in Guangmingding Brigade and Hongqiding Brigade was also at a critical stage. She had to manage both, so she definitely wouldn't be able to handle everything. Giving Su Yunyi a heads-up in advance was also to help her shift her focus.
"Sui Sui, don't worry, I know what I'm doing!"
"By the way, besides this matter, I came here today to ask you about the land that the two brigades have been cultivating for a while now. I feel that the soil condition has met the standards, but I'm not sure. Do you want to go and take a look sometime?"
As expected of the female lead in the original book, she quickly shifted the topic to work in just a few words.
Qin Suisui nodded: "Okay, I'll go see it this afternoon. Do you want to stay home and have lunch with us? We can go out together this afternoon?"
Su Yunyi shook her head: "I have to go back to the base first. The brigade has another batch of medicinal herbs that will arrive soon. Why don't you come to the base to find me this afternoon?"
After agreeing on a meeting time, Su Yunyi rode off in a flurry on her bicycle.
Qin Suisui and Zanzan tidied up the house and put away the things they brought back from Beijing. Qin Suisui was too embarrassed to take all the things Yi Chunqin gave her, so she secretly kept some in Beijing. Unexpectedly, her mother-in-law stuffed them into her bag sometime later.
Qin Suisui looked at the pile of chocolates, imported biscuits, and candies and couldn't help but laugh out loud. She opened a package of chocolates called "Red October," picked up a piece, and popped it into her mouth. It was slightly bitter at first, but after melting in her mouth, it turned sweet. So delicious!
"Mom, can I take these candies and share them with Brother Xiaoli and the others?" Zan Zan held a handful of milk candies she brought back from the Beijing Department Store, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Qin Sui Sui.
"Go ahead and play for a while, then come back for dinner!"
"Okay!" The little guy nodded and ran out happily.
After Zan Zan left, Qin Sui Sui immediately locked the door and slipped into the space.
She had plenty of food in her storage space. It was almost noon, and the three brothers were still in the hospital, so they probably didn't have time to eat.
Thinking of the aroma of the pork cracklings her mother-in-law fried yesterday, Qin Suisui swallowed hard. She had only eaten less than a third of the pig she bought at the black market in her spatial storage, and then she brought in two more wild boars, which had plenty of meat.
She cut the fat from the three pigs into small pieces and put them in a pot to render lard. The rendered cracklings were crispy and crunchy. She took out an enamel basin and stored the rest on the shelves in the space kitchen so she could take them whenever she wanted.
Some of the rendered lard was poured into a small oil jar in the kitchen, and the rest was put into a clean large earthenware jar and stored in the space.
At noon, she made a big bowl of rice with lard. The wild boar meat she had smoked herself was almost ready, so she took out a piece, sliced it, and stir-fried it with chili peppers in a big dish.
I took out some pork cracklings, sprinkled them with salt and mixed them. The crispy and salty pork cracklings were delicious!
After thinking about it, I felt that I should have a balanced diet of meat and vegetables. After all, Song Yunlai was injured, so I picked a few loofahs from the vegetable garden in the yard and stir-fried them. I also picked a few passion fruits and made a big pot of passion fruit honey water. I added some ice to it, which was just right to cut through the greasiness.
Fortunately, she had made a lot of ice using saltpeter before, and all the ice blocks she made were stored in her space. She could take them out whenever she needed them, which was very convenient!
After the meal was ready, she ate some herself first, and then left some for Zan Zan on the table.
I packed the rest into lunchboxes, ready to deliver food to the hospital. Passing by the children's usual playground in the residential compound, I saw Zanzan, Xiaoli, and a few others playing hopscotch.
She called out from afar, "Zan Zan, remember to come home for dinner after playing for a while. Mommy went to the hospital to bring food to Daddy."
Zan Zan looked up from the game and saw her mother's departing figure. She waved to her and said, "Okay, Mom, go in peace! I'll be a good girl!"
Qin Suisui almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Why did this little brat's words sound so strange?
However, since the little guy had the key, she didn't need to worry and rode her bike all the way to the military hospital.
Song Yunlai's ward is a special care ward on the top floor, with dedicated staff on duty.
After Qin Suisui explained her purpose, someone went in to announce her arrival, and soon Pei Jiuyan came out to greet her and led her inside.
Upon entering the ward, Qin Suisui was stunned. As expected of a special care ward, the floor was terrazzo, and there was a large window, making the ward exceptionally bright. On the table were an electrocardiograph, a blood pressure monitor, and a thermometer, and there was also a large fan. The conditions were much better than the ward where Pei Jiuyan had stayed.
Upon seeing her arrive, Song Yunlai, who had been lying on the hospital bed pretending to be unconscious, immediately sat up: "Sister, you've finally come! I was starving!"
Qin Suisui smiled and placed the lunchbox on the table: "I was worried you'd be hungry, so I rushed to buy groceries and cook as soon as I got home! We're in a rush today, so have something simple to eat first. I'll make you some soup tomorrow."
"It's so much better to have a younger sister. Without her, you two would starve to death on the spot!"
"Wow! Rice with lard, and even pork cracklings! It smells so good! This is no ordinary dish, little sister!"
Song Yunlai picked up his chopsticks and began to wolf down his food.
Pei Jiuyan held Qin Suisui's hand and touched her hair, which was a little messy from the wind. His face showed some concern: "You'll have to work hard during this time."
Qin Suisui waved her hand: "What's so hard about this? On the contrary, you guys need to be extra careful." Although Pei Jiuyan and the others did not fully reveal their plan to Qin Suisui, they gave her a general outline.
During this period, Song Yunlai needs to continue pretending to be unconscious, while Chi Donglin and Pei Jiuyan will take turns guarding the place, just like when Pei Jiuyan was unconscious before. Naturally, they will go home less often.
Pei Jiuyan didn't say much, but she could guess that they had probably identified the suspect and might start taking action at any time, so they must be working even harder than she was.
Their work involves many aspects, which Qin Suisui cannot help with, but she can handle the logistical support. Of course, most importantly, she needs to secretly prepare the antidote.
Thinking of this, she suddenly pulled Pei Jiuyan aside: "By the way, when I was cleaning the house when I got home today, I found that the medicines I left in the living room had most likely been tampered with."
She had just returned home in the morning when she noticed something was wrong as soon as she entered the door. She has a slight case of obsessive-compulsive disorder, especially when it comes to her medicinal herbs. She insists on placing them in her own strict order and method, and she must tidy them up after each use.
It was also thanks to this obsessive-compulsive disorder that she was able to quickly notice something was wrong. The medicinal herbs on the bookshelf in the living room on the first floor had definitely been touched, but the other person didn't take anything. They probably just checked which herbs she used to make medicine and then put them back.
Although the signs of tampering were subtle, Qin Suisui noticed the difference immediately. However, she said nothing and pretended not to notice. She then led Zanzan to clean the house, and no other traces of tampering were found elsewhere.
In other words, the other party may have also suspected that she had created an antidote, and deliberately sneaked into their home to check while they were not at home.
Fortunately, Qin Suisui handled all these important things in her spatial storage, including all the medicines, so the other party naturally didn't notice anything.
She worked at a hospital, and for convenience, her special skills were simply listed as being good at planting and maintaining herbs.
Later, when Qin Suisui contributed the prescription for the encephalitis B patient, she was afraid of getting into trouble, so she said it was brought from home. Apart from the initial bottle of heatstroke relief pills made from her grandmother's prescription, the rest were made from relatively common herbs; any barefoot doctor could easily recognize the formula.
Looking back now, her "laziness" and "concealing her abilities" actually became her cover.
Of course, the other party hadn't dispelled their suspicions about her, so she needed to be extra careful during this time. Preparing the medicinal herbs could only be done within the space; otherwise, she should just continue with whatever else she needed to do.
Qin Suisui was even less worried about safety. The fact that the other party hadn't gone all out against Pei Jiuyan and the other two, only daring to secretly poison them, meant that they didn't have the means or the time wasn't right yet. Moreover, Pei Jiuyan must have already secretly arranged for people in the family compound.
After leaving the hospital, Qin Suisui rode her bicycle directly to the Guangmingding Brigade.
At the base, Su Yunyi, Jia Zhenzhen, and several others were busy counting the medicinal herbs. This time, the two brigades planted a total of several dozen acres of medicinal herbs, requiring a large number of seedlings, which were allocated by the state-owned medicinal herb company after approval from higher authorities.
Since it was their first time planting medicinal herbs, and the seedlings were precious, the two team leaders were worried and insisted on having Qin Suisui and the others take a look before they could plant them with peace of mind.
When Qin Suisui arrived, there was a tractor parked outside the base. The yard was already full of medicinal herb seedlings. Mai Defu, Li Haisheng, and several others were there, as was Sun Ruwen.
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