Chapter 149 Shocking the Regiment

After reporting in, Zhai Ximo returned to the regiment office to handle work and wait for further instructions from above.

In a meeting room next door, several staff members of the regiment were selecting female sanitation workers.

"Next one, tell me your name." After seeing off the military wife in front of him, the clerk shouted to the military wives standing opposite him.

"Yan, don't be nervous. You're registering now, and then you'll be selected after passing the preliminary review." Zhang Kang whispered, holding a simple personal information form that he had filled out, and hurriedly walked over with his newlywed wife.

Suddenly, he smiled innocently, "Mr. Liu, this is a form filled out by my wife Zhu Yan. Please take a look at it..."

"Captain Zhang, you're back pretty quickly. You called me two days ago and said you were preparing for your wedding at home. Congratulations, congratulations." When Officer Liu saw Zhang Kang bringing his newlywed wife to register, he greeted them warmly.

Zhang Kang nodded and quickly handed over the form.

"Zhu Yan, right? After giving him the form, come here. I have a few questions." Another uniformed clerk sitting next to clerk Liu waved at Zhu Yan and said.

Zhu Yan clasped her hands tightly, walked over quickly, and stood in front of the table properly.

"Do you know how to bandage external injuries?"

“No, I won’t.”

"No? Have you ever been involved in field treatment of trauma before?"

"No, no," Zhu Yan answered honestly, but she suddenly remembered that she had lived in the countryside for many years and would occasionally injure her fingers and knees. "But, I would also accidentally cut my fingers when doing farm work in the countryside, and then I would bandage it myself. Does that count?"

The clerk was slightly stunned after hearing this, and waved his hand, saying, "The minor injuries you accidentally got while working in the countryside are nothing."

"The last question is, do you know all kinds of Chinese herbal medicines? Do you know Western medicines?"

Zhang Kang wanted to help her, but Zhu Yan shook her head without saying a word and said honestly that she didn't recognize Chinese herbal medicine.

Not to mention any Western medicine.

"That won't work. We already have enough ordinary health workers. What we lack are people who really know how to bandage and treat outdoor injuries, and it would be best if they can master the pharmacology of Chinese herbal medicine or Western medicine." The clerk said politely.

Zhang Kang turned his head and glanced at the three or four military wives who had been selected, but he didn't expect that they were still a step late.

"Then, can I go with you to fight the hooligans?" Zhu Yan was also panicked. Before leaving, Zhang Kang said that this was the only chance to stay in the family compound.

She didn't want to go back to her hometown just after arriving.

Seeing his newlywed wife's frustrated but panicked expression, Zhang Kang hurried over to comfort her, "Don't worry."

Turning around, Zhang Kang saw Zhai Ximo appear outside the door at some point, and his eyes lit up.

"Old Zhai! Come in!"

Zhang Kang then looked at the three staff members with a cheerful face, "You just said that you are in need of a hygienist who knows Chinese herbal medicine and bandages external injuries?"

"That's right! Do you have any other candidates to recommend?" Manager Liu asked hopefully.

Zhai Ximo also came in, extremely reluctant to speak.

But Zhang Kang laughed and said, "We just happen to have the specialized talent you are in urgent need of."

"Ah, which military wife is it?" the three officers asked in unison.

"Old Zhai's wife." Zhang Kang pulled Zhai Ximo's sleeve, finally able to hold his head high with the help of his old comrade, "Old Zhai's wife is the talent you are in urgent need of."

"Deputy Colonel Zhai, is what Captain Zhang said true? The follow-up troops will set out for Baiteng Town tonight. We should identify the sanitation personnel here and start training them immediately." Officer Liu said friendly.

Zhai Ximo was a little embarrassed, and after a while he said, "There is no one to take care of my son."

"Let Zhu Yan take care of Bao'er!" Zhang Kang pulled his wife in front of him, patted Zhu Yan on the shoulder, and without hesitation found a job for his newlywed wife, giving her the opportunity to stay in the family compound with a legitimate reason.

"How about this, Deputy Colonel Zhai, go and bring your wife over here. Don't worry, I know she has just arrived at the unit and doesn't understand what we are about to do. We won't make things difficult for her. We will just ask her a few simple questions and then make a decision." Officer Liu said with a smile.

Zhang Kang handsomely touched his hair and pulled Zhu Yan, "I'll go bring someone over, you guys wait."

At this moment, it is at an intersection not far from the military gate.

Baoer obediently let her mother hold her in her arms, looking around with her clear and bright eyes. It was the first time for them to enter such an extremely serious place as the army. The two adults with the child stood there and dared not move a muscle.

Looking at the military vehicles coming in and out in front of them, Wang Ziru could feel a strong sense of crisis as if the enemy was at the gates.

All vehicles entering the military base will be strictly checked at the gate.

"sister in law!"

Zhang Kang pulled Zhu Yan out of the office building and saw the trio standing obediently at the intersection.

He whispered to his wife Zhu Yan, "Bao'er's mother is indeed quite capable and will definitely be chosen. If she is chosen, it will also be our chance. Do you understand?"

Zhu Yan understood what her husband meant, "Then where should I live during this period?"

"They are both out, leaving a child at home. You should live in their house first and help take care of the child. Oh, and Brother Zhai, you two adults should stay in the military compound and wait for our triumphant return."

"Ah? Brother Zhai and I..." I've only been married for a few days, and I have to live under the same roof with a strange man?

Zhu Yan was somewhat resistant in her heart, fearing that her neighbors would spread rumors.

"Mom, Aunt Zhu Yan is back." Baoer thought her mother didn't hear Zhang Kang's call, so she pinched her mother's warm face with her little hands to remind her.

The next moment, three pairs of eyes at the intersection looked at the couple walking over.

"How is it? Were you selected?" Wang Ziru asked.

Zhu Yan was too embarrassed to say that she was not selected.

However, Zhang Kang did not think it was a big deal. He walked to the intersection and said with a simple smile: "Sister-in-law, you should come with me and give it a try. We already have enough ordinary health workers, but we lack people like you who really know how to bandage external injuries."

"Ah?" Wang Ziru didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She had never thought of such a thing. She asked hurriedly, "If I am selected, do I have to follow you guys to do that thing right away?"

"You guessed absolutely right. We have to set off tonight." Zhang Kang said seriously.

Zhai Qingsong had not expected that after arriving at the army, his younger brother and his wife would leave the army for a while.

But he also knew that his sister-in-law was not an ordinary woman. She could even sew up such a long wound on his arm, so she would have no problem being a hygienist. He also said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I will take care of Baoer when the time comes."

"And Zhu Yan, what are you worried about? Come with me." Zhang Kang glanced at his newlywed wife.

Zhu Yan blushed and smiled, "Bao Er, come here and give Auntie a hug."

Wang Ziru handed the child to Zhu Yan and followed Zhang Kang to the regiment headquarters office building.

At the stairs, Zhai Ximo was already waiting.

Seeing his wife following Zhang Kang upstairs to the regiment headquarters, he reached out and held Wang Ziru's hand, explaining:

"I just asked, three of our original female sanitation workers are pregnant at the same time, and are about to give birth. Another sanitation worker gave birth yesterday. We can't transfer female sanitation workers from other districts, so you should come with us to Baiteng Town."

Already knowing something about his wife's medical skills, Zhai Ximo went straight to the point.

"BoAh has never left me. He must not be used to me when I am not around..."

Zhai Ximo understood his wife's dilemma, but military orders were as heavy as a mountain. For them, there was no home without a country. "Let Zhu Yan help take care of Bao'er during this time, and you come with us."

After a while, Zhai Ximo led his wife into the conference room.

I saw everyone inside, all of them looking at the door eagerly.

The three staff members sitting on the stools looked Wang Ziru up and down. Isn't this a country girl? Can she bandage external injuries?

The five military wives standing opposite were ordinary health workers who had just been selected. After going out with the troops, they could only do some odd jobs as nursing staff at most.

When the military wives saw Deputy Colonel Zhai leading his wife in, they thought she was a well-educated woman, but they dispelled some of their thoughts after just one look at Wang Ziru.

Wang Ziru took the train these days, still wearing the red-bottomed floral jacket she wore at home, with a pair of navy blue coarse cloth trousers underneath, and cotton shoes on her feet!

This is inconsistent with everyone's impression that he is just someone who knows a little bit about medical bandaging.

"Manager Liu, I'll help you fill out the form. If you have any questions, just ask." Zhai Ximo picked up a form from the table in front of the first manager and motioned his wife to go to the two managers in front.

The three officials smiled and nodded. The one in the middle introduced himself: "My last name is Zhang, and I'm an official at the regiment. Sister-in-law, you can call me Official Zhang."

"Hello, my name is Wang Ziru. What do you want to ask?"

The three officials were slightly surprised. This young wife was not at all stage-frightened and spoke in an organized manner.

Unlike Captain Zhang’s wife just now, who was nervously holding the hem of her clothes with both hands, looking at a loss.

"I heard from Captain Zhang that you can bandage external injuries?"

"Well, I know a little bit."

"How much do you know? Can you give me a specific case? Or, have you ever sutured a wound before?"

Wang Ziru nodded. There were countless wounds of all kinds that had been stitched. She didn't know if that counted.

"How big a cut has it been made?"

"It's long, maybe twenty or so stitches."

"What? You've had more than twenty stitches on a wound?" The clerk in the middle was so shocked that he stood up from his stool, his eyes round and he held his breath and asked, "Have you studied medicine?"

Wang Ziru smiled faintly and nodded, "Yeah."

"Have you ever experienced the kind of seam that was hit by a bullet?"

“I have.”

"What? Impossible? You are not from the countryside? You have never come into contact with such wounded people. Then tell me, how do you sew this?"

"First remove the bullet, then sew up the wound."

Looking at the young wife who did not seem to know anything about medicine from her behavior, the clerk could not close his mouth for a long time.

After a while, he asked, "Since you know how to bandage, do you know the properties of medicines?"

Wang Ziru scratched her forehead and said, "I basically recognize him."

"Okay! It's you, sister-in-law. If you really understand such profound surgical skills, you made the right decision to join the army this time." Officer Zhang was very excited.

Here, in the entire family compound, there is no other military wife like the young wife in front of them, who is not only calm and composed but also fluent in conversation.

Several staff members hurried to look at the form filled out by Zhai Ximo. After looking at the form, they found that the column for specialties was blank.

Officer Zhang pulled me over and sat back on the stool with a heavy butt. He held a ballpoint pen and wrote in the specialty column: Master the basic skills of a surgeon.

"Sister-in-law, please stay. We will give you some preliminary training right away." Officer Zhang was very satisfied with Wang Ziru's appearance and said with a smile.

Wang Ziru turned around and looked at her man. "Comrade, we just arrived at the unit and our luggage is still at the door. How about we go to the family compound to get the house and then come back for training?"

The small two-bedroom apartment allocated to them was a big deal to her.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law! The small suite allocated to your family will not run away. Not to mention that you are now the most core medical staff of our army, even if you don't know anything, your house will still be yours. You just sit here and participate in the routine publicity before departure. Our regiment will assist in the settlement of your family members." Secretary Liu seemed to be afraid that the military wife in front of him would fly away, and he looked like he would never let her go.