After resolving Li Meng's issue, Su Yan peacefully interned in the orthopedics department for a few months. When she was about to transfer to another department, the disturbance became more and more serious, seriously affecting the normal work of the hospital.
All major hospitals in the city are closed, and many patients go to the military hospital for treatment. Due to lack of staff, they can only set up a separate treatment area on the first floor to receive the people.
As an intern, Su Yan was also assigned to the treatment area on the first floor, where she had endless work to do and endless running around every day.
Every time he got home late from work, either Lu Ting would come to pick him up personally or Su Yan would ride her bicycle home with a flashlight tied to her body.
Looking at Su Yan's exhausted face, Lu Ting felt distressed. "Yan Yan, why don't you just not go to work?"
Su Yan raised an eyebrow. "If you don't go to work, are you staying at home to take care of the kids?"
"You get up at 6:30 every day and go to bed at 11 or 12 at night. This is not good for your health."
"If you stop bothering me, I can go to bed earlier."
Lu Ting touched his nose awkwardly and said in a muffled voice, "Okay, I won't bother you these few days, and you should also stop bothering around in the space."
"Is Yiming asleep?"
"He's asleep, Yanyan, are you hungry?"
"We had something to eat in the cafeteria tonight. Are you hungry? If you are, let's go into the space and make something to eat."
It is now December 8th in the Gregorian calendar, exactly two months away from the Chinese New Year. This year's New Year is destined to be different from previous years.
Su Yan brought Lu Ting back to the space, caught two chickens and gave them to Lu Ting to kill.
"Yan Yan, why are you still killing chickens so late?"
"My son hasn't eaten meat in a long time. I see he's lost weight recently. Kill two chickens and stew one tonight so we can use the chicken soup to make noodles tomorrow morning. Put the other one in the space. I'll come back early tomorrow so we can have hot pot."
"Okay, we've raised that sika deer for more than two years. Should we kill it for the New Year this year?"
"You just cut off its antlers, why are you trying to kill it so soon? We've already eaten the roe deer and muntjac, and this is the only wild animal left in the space. It's better not to kill it."
In the past, some people would secretly go up the mountain to hunt, but now with the Great Movement, who would dare to do so? Because of the antler harvest, this sika deer has always been reluctant to be killed.
"Yan Yan, how about we go to the forest area again someday?"
"It's better not to. We have pigs, cows, sheep, horses, rabbits, chickens, ducks, and fish in our space. There's no need to take that risk. It's not like before, so it's not easy for you to ask for leave."
Lu Ting was boiling water and killing chickens. Su Yan went to the granary to take a look. The late rice had been harvested at the end of October and all was stored in the granary.
There is no rice-making machine in the space, and I haven’t had time to try the Wuchang rice, Thai fragrant rice, and Xianghe glutinous rice that I grew myself. I don’t know if the taste is authentic. If it tastes authentic, I will continue to grow it in the first half of next year.
Su Yan returned to the villa, fried three eggs, cooked two bowls of vegetable noodles and brought them out, and also took out two pieces of fermented tofu and half a bowl of dried radish from the jar.
"Lu Ting, it's time for supper."
Lu Ting cut open the plucked chicken, put one in the refrigerator, and put the other in an electric cooker, adding water and a nourishing soup packet and simmering it on time. After washing his hands, he went to the dining room.
"I wasn't hungry originally, but now I feel hungry after seeing the food." Lu Ting picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating.
"Lu Ting, when will you carry a bag of rice and a bag of fragrant rice to the rice mill?"
"Take time to go tomorrow, Yanyan. I think we should plant ordinary indica rice next year. We can eat the rice grown in the space slowly, and we can sell the rice and flour in the cafeteria later when we have the chance."
Su Yan patted her head. How could she forget that there was no Wuchang rice and Taixiang rice in Jing City? Even if she planted them, she couldn't sell them. It would be better to plant ordinary indica rice and japonica rice.
"Okay, I get it. Eat quickly and we'll rest early tonight."
It's almost nine o'clock now, and the weather is getting colder. They usually go to bed before eight o'clock. Not only do the couple have to be busy with farm work for an hour or two every night, but they also have to applaud their love, so naturally they have less time to rest.
The next morning, Su Yan put the stewed chicken in a large bowl, made three bowls of noodles with the chicken broth and brought them to the dining table at home.
Lu Ting dressed Lu Yiming, washed his face, and held him in his arms while he sat at the dining table.
Looking at the chicken and noodles on the table, Lu Yiming exclaimed, “Mom, is it my birthday today?”
"No, your birthday is New Year's Day."
"I thought it was my birthday and my mother specially stewed a chicken for me."
"Okay, stop talking. It's cold, so eat more meat to warm yourself up."
"Mom, sister Lanlan is sick again and coughs every day."
Su Yan was stunned. Why did Lu Yilan cough every winter? It seemed that her lung function was not very good.
"Lu Ting, give your mother some of the pickled mandarin oranges I made and let her soak them in water and drink it. She'll be fine in two days."
"Cough, cough, cough! Mom, I have a cough too. Can I have some honey and tangerine juice?"
Lu Yiming wanted to taste the honey tangerines made by his mother, so he pretended to cough. Su Yan could tell at a glance that he was pretending.
"Drink if you want. By the way, Yiming, if a child is coughing, don't stand in front of her."
"Why?"
"To avoid infection!"
She heard that someone in the military compound had contracted tuberculosis, but she wasn't sure which family it was. Children have weak immunity, so it's better to be careful.
Lu Yiming put down his chopsticks and said, "Mom, I'm not sick. The aunties all said that I'm in good health. I'll never get sick, just like Dad."
Who doesn't get sick? Lu Yiming has had some minor illnesses every year since he was born, such as colds and fevers from staying too cool, diarrhea from eating too much, etc.
It is inevitable that people will get sick if they eat all kinds of grains. No matter how good their physical condition is, they will get sick. Otherwise, why do so many patients come to their hospital?
Lu Yiming boasted that he would never get sick, but within a week he fell seriously ill with fever, cough, and diarrhea. The worst thing was that he fell and knocked out two of his front teeth.
Su Yan was so busy at the hospital that she didn't know Lu Yiming was ill until Lu Ting came over. An examination revealed pneumonia and bacterial dysentery.
Su Yan had no choice but to ask for leave and accompany her son in the hospital for treatment. Looking at her son who was so thin, Su Yan burst into tears and felt very distressed.
"Mom, do I have to keep drinking porridge?"
"Wait until your gastrointestinal function improves before eating."
"Mom, my front teeth fell out, and I have a lisp when I speak. I've become ugly now. Woo woo woo, what should I do?"
"Who told you to walk so carelessly? Okay, stop crying. Your front teeth will grow back in two years."
Children usually change their teeth at the age of six. Lu Yiming is only four years old now. Missing two front teeth will not have a big impact on his eating, but it will only affect his appearance. What else can Su Yan do? She can't just get the child's teeth filled.
"Mom, will they call me the toothless one? That's what they call me when Li Jiarui lost her teeth. Woo woo, I want my teeth back."
"Your two upper front teeth were thrown onto the roof. They will grow back in two years. Don't worry."
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