Chapter 168 Huo Jianguo is a little disappointed!

Su Mei was very busy in the next few days, and there were long queues outside the clinic every day.

Except for eating and sleeping, they had almost no time to rest, and both she and Qin Zhengting were so tired that their backs ached.

In fact, she was a little confused. Logically speaking, a military region with tens of thousands of people should not be equipped with only one doctor, Qin Zhengting.

Even though this is a frontier and a poor place, there are many Chinese sons and daughters who are willing to contribute. Moreover, this is a military area. As long as the country needs it and issues a call, there will be many aspiring young people who are willing to stand up and dedicate themselves to the motherland.

Even if Su Mei is a time traveler, if her motherland calls her, she is willing to contribute her strength to these warriors guarding the border without hesitation.

When she first came through, Chen Yillong's attitude towards her was quite unfriendly, but when Chen Yillong asked her to come to the military clinic for treatment, she did not say a word of refusal.

Because she felt that there was no reason to refuse to provide medical treatment to these soldiers guarding the border.

Without them, how could there be prosperity and peace in this country?

When she was so tired that her back and waist ached, Su Mei couldn't help but ask Qin Zhengting the reason. She also wanted to know why there was only one doctor, Qin Zhengting, in such a large military region.

After asking, she found out that during the first few years after Qin Zhengting came, other doctors were arranged to come.

However, all those who came were either rich or noble, and they all came for the purpose of becoming Qin Zhengting's disciple.

When he was in Yanjing, he was forced to accept a dandy young man as his apprentice. However, the so-called apprentice did not learn his skills well, but used his apprentice's name to kill several people.

Because of that incident, Qin Zhengting chose to leave his hometown and come to the frontier military region to devote himself to the construction of the motherland's border defense.

But his departure did not discourage those dignitaries who wanted to train their descendants to become famous doctors. They tried every means to send people to the border.

The purpose was just to let the future generations learn from Qin Zhengting, so that a good teacher can produce good students, and to borrow the fame of Qin Zhengting, a famous doctor.

These people were not sincere enough in learning medicine, and Qin Zhengting was unwilling to accept them as his disciples. In order to prevent those people from trying to get people around him, Qin Zhengting simply took on the treatment mission of the entire military region by himself.

During his busiest time, he only slept three hours a day.

Qin Zhengting came to the border to avoid the disturbance of those dignitaries and also to punish himself. If he had not accepted disciples indiscriminately, that traitor would not have gone out to treat patients under the name of his only disciple and killed an entire family.

Only then did Su Mei know that her master, who was known as a famous doctor, had come all the way from the capital to this bitter and cold place to practice medicine, and there was such a tortuous story behind it.

She thought that Qin Zhengting must not have made some of his words clear. Being able to extend his hand to the border military region, the people behind the scenes who were making things difficult for him must be at least a very powerful force.

However, if Qin Zhengting didn't say anything, Su Mei wouldn't ask. She was just a small figure, and the issues behind this were not something a cannon fodder like her could get involved in.

At least she knew why she worked so hard. Thinking of Qin Zhengting's persistence in medicine, Su Mei no longer had any complaints and worked hard without complaint.

After a few busy days, Qin Zhengting gave Su Mei a day off.

Taking advantage of this day, Su Mei followed Aunt Wang to the city. After buying some vegetables, she went to the waste disposal plant.

After searching for a long time, I finally found a set of worn-out textbooks.

Because she was planning to take the college entrance examination, Su Mei wanted to buy a set of books to review.

The college entrance examination was resumed in the first year. In fact, new textbooks were already available on the market at that time, but the new ones were several times more expensive than the old ones.

Since it was the same knowledge anyway, Su Mei thought it would be better to save some money, so she bought an old set to use.

After buying the books and food, Su Mei went to the department store with Aunt Wang and bought some daily necessities.

In fact, in addition to buying daily necessities, Su Mei also wanted to give Huo Jianguo a gift in return.

She was wearing the watch he gave her on her wrist, but she had never bought anything for him. After just a round of shopping, Su Mei didn't find any suitable gift.

During this time, she also observed Huo Jianguo, but did not find what he needed, so the matter was put on hold for the time being.

Gifts should touch the heart, just like the watch Huo Jianguo gave her. If it doesn't touch her heart, it's better not to give it at all.

After buying things, Su Mei and Aunt Wang took a car back together.

Su Mei finally had some time to rest at home, so she cleaned the house thoroughly and then started to cook dinner.

When Huo Jianguo left in the morning, she reminded him to come back for dinner.

Since Su Mei started working at the clinic, the two of them basically ate in the cafeteria and rarely used the stove at home.

Huo Jianguo had hardly ever eaten any of the dishes cooked by Su Mei, so when he heard that she was going to cook, he went home early.

After dinner, Huo Jianguo went to wash the dishes and clean the kitchen, while Su Mei started doing yoga on the military blanket spread on the ground.

When Huo Jianguo poured out the dishwater, put the pot away and went into the bedroom, he found Su Mei stretching her waist.

When he saw Su Meiyao, Huo Jianguo frowned slightly.

His originally plump waist had become smaller without him noticing. Huo Jianguo felt that this was not a good thing at all. At least, it didn't feel as good as having more flesh to touch.

After Su Mei finished doing yoga, she took a shower with Huo Jianguo and lay down on the bed. Huo Jianguo held her in his arms and pinched the soft flesh on her waist. When he found that it was not as soft as before, he felt a little disappointed.

These days, he has advised Su Mei more than once not to lose weight, but he said his thing and Su Mei said hers, and those words were of no use at all.

"Huo Jianguo, I bought the textbooks for the college entrance examination today. I will start reviewing carefully from tomorrow and take the college entrance examination this year." Su Mei didn't know what Huo Jianguo was thinking. Taking the college entrance examination was something she had mentioned to Huo Jianguo before, and now that she had bought the textbooks, she also told Huo Jianguo about it.

Huo Jianguo was distracted by Su Mei's soft spot and didn't hear Su Mei's words clearly. He just replied perfunctorily:

"Um!"

"What do you mean by um? Don't reply to me word by word when I'm talking!"

"Uh, what did you just say?"

"I'm talking to you and you're distracted, Huo Jianguo?"

"Say it again!"

"Humph, I won't say anything!"

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