Shen Yanming really wanted to refuse, but this reason was truly irresistible.
He took the bag, opened it, and found it contained fresh romaine lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants—quite a lot.
After thanking him with a smile, Shen Yanming invited Li Gangtie to sit down and then made him a cup of tea.
In return, we used tea produced in the space.
Li Gangtie was immediately attracted by the fragrance and hurriedly asked what kind of tea it was.
Shen Yanming could only shake his head, saying it was wild tea from the mountains. He didn't know what variety it was; he just thought it tasted good, so he bought it from someone else.
Li Gangtie felt it was a pity. He was a tea connoisseur, but now, not only was there no good tea on the market, but even ordinary tea leaves were extremely rare.
Indeed, with the world changing rapidly, tea farmers are all preoccupied with making a living, so who has the time or inclination to tend to these "highbrow" teas?
Instead of wasting time, it would be better to cultivate a few acres of wasteland, plant some rice and corn, and at least fill our stomachs.
There's no way around it; when it comes to survival, even the most refined things can't compare to the "common people's way."
Shen Yanming couldn't help but chuckle as he watched Li Gangtie clutch the teapot as if it were a precious treasure. He said, "Alright, there's still plenty of tea at home. I'll bring you some when we go back."
Upon hearing this, Li Gangtie became excited and hurriedly asked, "Are you serious?"
Shen Yanming nodded, "Of course, consider it as me exchanging tea leaves for these vegetables."
Unexpectedly, Li Gangtie shook his head and refused: "No, no, no, this is for you. I know that you two have been in Suzhou for a month and all your vegetable seedlings have died. Consider it a small gift from your older brother. You don't need to exchange it for something nice."
“Why wouldn’t I need it? At least vegetables can fill my stomach, but tea is just something that makes water taste better.” Shen Yanming smiled. “For me, a bag of vegetables is not as important as a packet of tea, so please don’t stand on ceremony with me.”
Seeing that Shen Yanming said so, Li Gangtie stopped refusing and started talking about business.
"Have you thought about how to arrange your work in the future?" Li Gangtie asked with a serious expression.
Shen Yanming did not answer, but asked instead, "Could you tell me what the guard team's opinion is?"
"The leaders of the guard team have heard about your situation. They've been racking their brains, but haven't been able to find a suitable position for you two."
After Li Gangtie finished speaking, he felt something was amiss and explained, "It's not that you two performed poorly; on the contrary, you both received unanimous approval."
The reality is that Joan is pregnant and about to give birth, and after giving birth she will enter the breastfeeding period, and after the breastfeeding period ends she will have to take care of two babies.
There's nothing we can do. Neither of you have any elderly relatives or anything like that in your family. Even if you hire someone, the child still needs someone by his side.
Therefore, many tasks within the guard team are unsuitable for her, or rather, at least one of you two will have to make a sacrifice.
"Moreover, the guard team is different from your original unit; it will not allow anyone to shirk their duties."
If they had known Qiao An was pregnant from the beginning, she likely wouldn't have passed the assessment. Since she passed, they won't reject her application; however, they'll have to reconsider her position.
Shen Yanming nodded in understanding. He asked, "If, and I mean if, Qiao An doesn't work for two years, will she still have her permanent position?"
Li Gangtie shook his head. "Although your situation necessitates this arrangement, things here are different from outside. There are many rules and regulations that must be followed. If she takes a two-year leave, I can't say for sure whether she'll still have a place here when she's ready to work."
"If that's the case, what kind of work in the guard team doesn't require them to be on duty at the office?"
Li Gangtie scratched his buzz cut and said, "I'm also worried about this. There are very few jobs with a lot of freedom in the guard team, and almost all of them are in the labor service team."
As for things like tending the fields, if Joanne's health doesn't allow it, you can take care of them after get off work, and no one will gossip.
However, these jobs are not as respectable as your previous ones, and they also require a lot of physical exertion.
Shen Yanming frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Captain Li, I believe you have investigated our experiences before we came to the guard team. You should know that my ancestors passed down medical books, right?"
I was thinking, could we create a pharmacist position within the guard unit and have Joanne take it? Although she can't treat illnesses, she can independently prepare powders and pills with specific effects.
Even though the guard team's medical care currently relies mainly on Western medicine, no one can predict what might happen in the next minute. Moreover, there are significantly fewer mosquitoes this year, so mosquito repellent spices are not as scarce as last year, and many medicinal herbs in the herb fields are going to go to waste as they cannot be used.
My husband and I can prepare a certain amount of fever reducers, hemostatic powder, frostbite cream, and the like each month, which can be considered as a supply reserve for the guard team.
After hearing this, Li Gangtie was even more excited than when he received the tea. He stood up and asked, "Is what you're saying true? You two really know how to make pills?"
“Of course, we’ve mastered the recipes passed down from our ancestors, but we’ve signed an agreement with the alliance so it’s not convenient to share them with outsiders,” Shen Yanming said confidently.
"Good, good, good!" Li Gangtie exclaimed three times, then paced back and forth excitedly. "I never expected you two to be so capable. Don't worry, I'll go report to the leadership right away. I'm sure the guard team will give you a positive answer."
Then he whispered, "You two don't know, but during this earthquake, medical resources were strained. Even cities like Haishi, which weren't severely affected, were hampered and almost couldn't save the affected people."
To put it bluntly, many pharmaceutical factories were buried by the earthquake, and reconstruction is not something that can be done overnight. If traditional Chinese medicine pills could be available to help during this period, the situation would be much better.
"Doesn't the guard team have any traditional Chinese medicine doctors?" Shen Yanming asked in surprise.
"Yes, but they need to take your pulse to prescribe medicine, which is very slow. Also, they don't have any family-inherited prescriptions, so the medicine takes a while to take effect."
Shen Yanming praised, "That's because they are skilled and can adjust the prescription according to the patient's condition at any time."
Then he reminded him, "When you report Qiao An's situation, you must emphasize to the leader that neither my husband nor I know how to treat patients. We only learned how to make pills by chance, thanks to the blessings of our ancestors."
Moreover, we only know a few techniques, and we can't mass-produce them. These are shortcomings that the other party needs to consider.
"Okay, I understand."
After Li Gangtie finished speaking, he was about to leave when Bi Qiaoan called him back.
She had been listening quietly to the two of them and didn't intend to interrupt, but fearing that Captain Li might misunderstand something, she explained, "I can handle the pharmaceutical work myself. My husband can follow the guard team's arrangements and work normally."
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