"Hehe, brother-in-law, you figured it out? This long vacation is also because of the injury. I need to take good care of myself before I can go back to training. I thought it would be a good time to come back and visit the family."
How serious is the injury? What did the doctor say?
"It's nothing, it's just a minor injury to my left shoulder. It won't affect my training once it heals."
"Did you get the wound wet while showering? Did you change the dressing?" In this hot weather, if the wound gets wet and the dressing isn't changed promptly, it can easily become infected.
"Well, I'm having trouble getting it right. I'll go to the hospital to change the dressing tomorrow after my sister goes to work," he said, not wanting his older sister to worry about him at all.
"You're really something! Wait here, there's medicine and gauze at home, I'll go get them and change your dressing. If the wound gets infected, it'll be even more troublesome. Do you still want to be a soldier then?"
Sun Kaicheng quickly went to the study and took out disinfectant and some special wound medicine he had brought back before. The wound medicine was very effective, but not too miraculous. No one would suspect anything if he used it on San Dan. The main thing was that it would definitely prevent the wound from getting infected.
Sun Kaicheng looked at the gunshot wound on San Dan's shoulder blade. He couldn't blame the kid for hiding it from his sister. If his wife saw it, she would be heartbroken. The wound hadn't healed yet, and it had become somewhat inflamed after seven or eight days.
"Honestly, why did you rush back? This wound has become a bit infected. Change the dressing frequently these past few days, and it will be fine once it closes up. Take this bottle of medicine with you; use it whenever you get injured. I made this myself, and it's much better than what you're using now."
"Brother-in-law, you can even dispense medicine?"
"I came across this recipe by chance and thought I'd give it a try. I didn't expect it to work so well."
This was the medicine he brought back from the apocalypse. The prescription was also brought back by Shuangdan. He hadn't been injured or anything, so he had forgotten about it. At that time, he was thinking of handing it over to the authorities after he came back. With this medicine, many fewer people would have to sacrifice themselves.
"Brother-in-law, is there a lot of this medicine? Could you give me a few more bottles?"
"Also, I'll give it to you tomorrow." This medicine is too effective to just hand over casually; it seems I'll have to write a letter to my grandfather.
"Hehe, thanks, brother-in-law."
"Alright, why are you being so polite with your brother-in-law? Eat up, then go back to sleep. You need to rest more since you're injured, and be careful not to get it wet these next few days."
"Okay, brother-in-law."
"I went out this evening and brought back a lot of food. Take it with you when you leave tomorrow. When you get back, ask Grandma to cook it for you so you can take good care of yourself. You need to make sure you get enough nutrition after your injury."
"Um"
It's different when you're home. In the army, if you get injured, you're lucky to get an egg. But he doesn't regret joining the army at all, and now he can understand his father's thoughts better.
Sun Kaicheng opened the door to his room, intending to wake his wife up for breakfast, as she would be late for work if she didn't get up soon.
"Honey, honey, get up! Didn't you want fried dough sticks and soy milk? I bought them for you. Get up, you didn't eat much last night, aren't you hungry?"
With his nose pinched so he couldn't breathe, Qian Xiao groggily opened his eyes. A strong smell of sweat hit his nose. Before he was even fully awake, Qian Xiao immediately leaned over the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and started dry heaving.
He was still pushing the source of the sweat odor away from himself.
As expected of a married couple, Sun Kaicheng immediately understood Qian Xiao's meaning without her saying a word. He had just gone out for a run and bought breakfast on the way back. Thinking that his wife would stay in bed a little longer after opening her eyes, he went in first to wake her up before even washing up.
He never expected to become the second person to make his wife so disgusted she almost vomit. He raised his arm and sniffed it. Was the smell of sweat really that strong? No wonder San Dan looked so miserable yesterday. This feeling was really unpleasant.
"Hey honey, how about I get you a glass of water to help you calm down?"
Qian Xiao was speechless and simply waved his hand to tell people to stay away from him.
"Well, I'll go wash up first and then come back to take care of you," she said, and dashed out of the room.
How soundproof could a house be at this time? Besides, in the middle of summer, with doors and windows open, San Dan could hear everything clearly from inside the house while strolling in the yard.
Seeing his brother-in-law rushing out in a panic, San Dan looked at him with pity. After himself, his brother-in-law had become the second person to disgust his eldest sister to the point of vomiting.
Sun Kaicheng almost rolled his eyes at his brother-in-law's sympathetic yet gloating expression. Don't think I didn't see that you were laughing at me. He didn't have time to deal with his brother-in-law. Getting himself cleaned up was the priority. He also had to take care of his wife.
After taking a quick shower, Sun Kaicheng entered the room and saw his wife looking pale and staring blankly against the kang cabinet.
He tentatively approached his wife, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't see that she felt nauseous. It seemed that she really was bothered by the smell of sweat.
"Honey, how are you? How about you take the day off and go to the hospital to get checked out?"
"Ah! I'm fine, I'll be okay after a while. What's wrong with me?" She never thought it was this unbearable when the two of them went for a run together and got covered in sweat.
"Could it be that he ate something bad?" Qian Xiao guessed.
Sun Kaicheng shook his head: "That can't be. You only ate two bites of noodles and two persimmons last night, and nothing else. How could you possibly have an upset stomach?"
"Let's go and see. Maybe it's a stomach problem. You always eat irregularly when you're on business trips. Maybe your stomach is protesting. Try taking some medicine and see if it helps."
"Alright, this gagging is too uncomfortable. It would be better to just throw up."
After waiting for a while and not seeing that his wife was nauseous, Sun Kaicheng hugged Qian Xiao and asked, "Get up and wash up first. Can you still eat?"
She patted her rumbling stomach; she was really hungry. It seemed like she was perfectly normal as long as she didn't smell sweat: "Eat, let me rest for a bit first."
"Okay, you can lean on it for a bit longer. I'll find someone to help us ask for a break."
Qian Xiao nodded and continued to lean back in a daze. She felt as if she had forgotten something, but she couldn't remember it no matter how hard she tried.
San Dan peeked into the room and asked, "Big sister, are you alright?"
This interrupted Qian Xiao's thoughts: "It's okay, how did you sleep? Were there a lot of mosquitoes?"
We planted mosquito grass under the windows in our house. Although there weren't many mosquitoes, they weren't nonexistent either. Mosquitoes are the most annoying thing in summer. A bite doesn't hurt, but it stings terribly.
I forgot to get a mosquito net for my younger brother yesterday. Lately, her brain seems to be malfunctioning. Could she have some kind of terminal illness?
"Not many, but far fewer mosquitoes than in our army. Sis, aren't you getting up?"
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