But the reality is that there's nothing he can do.
“I’m not trying to take advantage of you. After all, we’re husband and wife. Now that you’re in a deep sleep and can’t move, it’s my duty as your wife to take care of you. If you can hear me, don’t overthink it, and don’t feel embarrassed.”
As Song Lan spoke, she got up, wet a towel in the basin, rubbed it a few times, wrung it out, and returned to Qin Yanzheng's bedside.
She moved gently and carefully wiped Qin Yanzheng's face.
"It's very uncomfortable to lie down and not be able to move, isn't it?"
While wiping her, Song Lan said, "If you know you're uncomfortable, you'd better take better care of yourself in the future. Otherwise, if you keep doing this, you'll only suffer yourself."
Time passed slowly, about twenty or thirty minutes later. Song Lan changed the water in between and finally wiped Qin Yanzheng down completely, while also helping him change his clothes.
"I'll go make lunch. You should rest well."
Whether Qin Yanzheng could hear her or not, Song Lan left a soft voice as she left the room.
...
For lunch, they had noodles with gravy, which Song Lan, Qin Boyan, and Qin Yaxin made together.
Okay, Qin Yaxin was just picking and washing vegetables.
Qin Boyan was in charge of chopping vegetables.
Song Lan took charge of cooking and also rolled out the noodles.
As for the source of the ingredients, some were bought by Song Lan from the black market, and the rest were secretly taken out by her from the "Divine Doctor Valley" space.
It was mixed in with what was bought on the black market, and the rest of the family was completely unaware.
Around 2 p.m., Song Lan called Qin Boyan and the others to set off.
"I told you I'm not going."
Qin Boyan muttered something as he got off the bus at a stop near the mall.
"You promised to do whatever I say."
Song Lan's words immediately silenced Qin Boyan.
"Second brother, don't pretend to be innocent after getting the benefit!"
Qin Yaxin walked beside Qin Boyan and suddenly blurted out a sentence.
"Shut your mouth, I don't want to hear you say 'okay'."
Qin Boyan glanced at Qin Yaxin, put one hand in his pocket, and pretended to ignore her.
"You think I care to listen to you? Humph!"
Qin Yaxin rolled her eyes at Qin Boyan.
"Sister-in-law, my second brother and sister-in-law are arguing again!"
This is the voice of Qin Xiaowu, a cute little boy. He and his sister Xiaoliu are being led by the hand by Song Lan. When he hears what he says, Song Lan replies, "Your second brother and sister are just playing around. We don't need to pay attention to them."
Resources were scarce. Even though the Qin family was well-off before, they were still happy to buy one or two new clothes a year or have one or two new clothes made. Now, the family's life was obviously not as good as before. Suddenly, Song Lan suggested going to the mall to buy new clothes for the family. To be honest, although Qin Boyan said he didn't want to, his thoughts were actually the opposite.
So, after lunch, he was eventually persuaded by Song Lan's few words and went shopping with her.
Of course, this inevitably involves being free labor.
For example, carrying shopping bags.
The shopping mall is very large, with four floors, and the sound of metal clamps whirring and swishing can be heard from time to time on each floor.
This process involves the salesperson issuing a ticket, the customer paying, and then the salesperson clipping the ticket and money onto a clip above the counter. With a quick flick, the clip flies through a wire to the cashier. After the cashier checks and gives change, the clip is flicked in the opposite direction, and finally, the clip, carrying the stamped receipt and change from the cashier, flies back to the salesperson's head with a "whoosh."
Therefore, the "swish" sound of the clips moving around in the mall is almost constant.
After buying Qin Yaxin her favorite coat, Song Lan bought a white shirt for Qin Boyan and Qin Yanzheng, then picked out a gray Zhongshan suit for Qin's father, and bought a set of clothes that each of the two children liked, but she didn't buy one for herself.
It should be noted that, to thank Wu Dong for taking care of Qin Yanzheng, Song Lan bought an extra white shirt.
"Sister-in-law, you didn't buy one for yourself!"
Seeing that Song Lan had bought new clothes for the whole family, including one for the caregiver who looked after his older brother, but not for himself, Qin Boyan couldn't help but remind her.
"I have enough clothes."
Song Lan responded with a smile.
"If you're not buying one for yourself, then I'll return this one!" With that, Qin Boyan made a move to go back to the counter where he had bought the shirt. Hearing this, Song Lan quickly called out to him, "Come back!"
Qin Boyan stopped in his tracks, his lips pressed tightly together, staring intently at Song Lan.
“When I got married to your older brother, Mom bought me several new clothes. There are two of them that I still haven’t worn. There’s really no need for me to join in today’s fun.”
This is the truth. When she was packing her clothes, there was a dress and a coat that she would wear in February or August in the closet. The tags on them were still on, which shows that the clothes had never been worn.
Since we have plenty of clothes, there's no need to waste money.
"Are you sure my sister-in-law isn't lying to me?"
Qin Boyan asked.
"If you don't believe me, go home and see for yourself."
Song Lan looked helpless.
Qin Boyan didn't say anything more.
The group took a bus and returned home via the same route.
"Comrade Song, I can't accept this!"
Wu Dong refused Song Lan's gift of thanks, saying, "Taking care of Comrade Qin is my duty, and my unit pays me a salary every month. You really don't need to buy me anything to thank me!"
"Just accept it this time, I promise it won't happen again. Besides, I bought it according to your size. If you don't want it, do you expect me to throw it away?"
As Song Lan spoke, she shoved the brown paper bag in her hand into Wu Dong's hand, and without another word, turned and walked out of Qin Yanzheng's room.
Wu Dong stood there for a moment, but ultimately decided that he couldn't accept the shirt that Song Lan had given him. However, returning it was obviously not an option, so he thought of washing it and drying it to make a change of clothes for Qin Yanzheng.
In terms of height and physique, Wu Dong and Qin Yanzheng are about the same height, but the former is slightly more muscular.
In other words, the size Song Lan bought for Wu Dong was larger than the size for Qin Yanzheng, but it would still fit Qin Yanzheng—it would just be a bit loose.
...
The following day, near dusk, an ambulance and a covered truck drove into the residential area of the Hongxing Machinery Factory, more than 200 kilometers away from Beijing. As soon as the two vehicles came to a stop, before Song Lan could get out and negotiate with the person in charge of the branch factory, Wu Dong got out of the vehicle and shook hands directly with a middle-aged man who was about fifty years old, with graying temples and a straight posture.
"Is Comrade Qin Yanzheng in the car?"
"Um."
"Come on, I'll take you to get settled first, and we'll handle the other formalities tomorrow morning."
"good."
Wu Dong nodded and introduced Song Lan as she walked over: "Director Zhang, this is Comrade Qin's wife, Comrade Song Lan." Then he introduced her to Song Lan: "Comrade Song, this is Director Zhang Jianbang of the Machinery Factory. Director Zhang will now take us to the housing that was allocated to you and Comrade Qin at the factory. Let's go now."
"good."
Song Lan responded, but her mind was on what Wu Donggang had said.
The machinery factory allocated housing for her and Qin Yanzheng?
What does this mean?
Could it be... could it be that Qin Yanzheng also has a position at the machinery factory?
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