Chapter 88: Lose the Battle, Not the War (Page 1/2)
A week later, with about ten minutes left before the end of the get off work day, Huo Qingci began to clean up the office. Li Mingyu suddenly stood up, took out a pound of fruit candy from the drawer, and gave a handful to each doctor in the office.
"Everyone, I got married yesterday with Comrade Huang Yingying. I'd like to treat everyone to some wedding candy today."
Director Xu took the candy and said, "Congratulations, you finally got it."
"What are you talking about, Director? It's not that I didn't realize it before. I just wanted to work hard to earn more money so that my future wife can live a good life.
"I see that even such an excellent doctor like Dr. Huo has a partner. Am I not older than him? If I don't find one soon, people will probably suspect that there is something wrong with my health."
Deputy Director Chen chuckled and joked, "Even if you have a health problem, go downstairs and ask Doctor Liao to take a look at you. I guarantee that you can be cured in one course of treatment and regain your vigor."
The other doctors in the office all laughed, and even Huo Qingci, who usually had no expression, couldn't help but twitch his lips.
Li Mingyu touched his nose awkwardly. "Deputy Director Chen, I'm in good health. If you don't believe me, you can ask Comrade Huang Yingying."
Director Xu interrupted, "Okay, I didn't say there was anything wrong with your health."
Li Mingyu grabbed a handful of candy and placed it on Huo Qingci's desk. "Doctor Huo, please have some candy."
"Thanks."
"You're welcome! By the way, Director, we haven't celebrated Dr. Huo's arrival at our hospital. How about everyone come to my house tomorrow at noon? Comrade Huang Yingying and I will treat you all to dinner."
Huo Qingci frowned. This Li Mingyu was a bit sarcastic. It was obviously him and Huang Yingying getting married and he wanted to treat everyone to a meal, so why did he have to treat them to a meal in the name of celebrating for him?
Is he blaming himself for not treating his colleagues in the department to a meal since he came to work in this hospital?
"Comrade Li Mingyu, are you planning a wedding?"
Li Mingyu smiled awkwardly, "I'm just going to prepare two tables of home-cooked meals and treat my colleagues to a meal."
"Oh, I see. I'll bring my wife and brother over tomorrow. I'll also treat all of you to a simple meal at home the day after tomorrow. After all, I've been at the hospital for a while now. I didn't treat everyone to a meal before because I hadn't finished cleaning up my house yet."
Director Xu chuckled, "Oh, you all are treating us to a meal. We're in for a treat."
Deputy Director Chen agreed, "Yes, yes! We are in for a treat."
Li Mingyu didn't expect that Huo Qingci would come to steal his limelight at this time. He would go back and tell Huang Yingying to buy more meat tomorrow morning so that she would not lose to him in the dishes.
Huo Qingci returned home and gave Huo Qinghuan the handful of orange candies that Li Mingyu had given him.
Huo Qinghuan was puzzled and asked, "Brother, why did you suddenly think of buying candy for me?"
"I didn't buy it. My colleague treated everyone to some wedding candy when he got his marriage certificate."
Lin Man smiled and asked, "Didn't you say you were the most difficult young doctor in the department?"
"Yes, the guy sitting across from me is one year and eight months older than me. I don't know why he didn't get married before, but when I transferred to their department, he seemed to be inspired and suddenly got married. Do you know who he married?"
"Who? Do I know him?"
"It was Nurse Huang who suddenly burst into the office at noon that day."
"Oh, it's her! I thought she liked you before. I didn't expect she liked your colleague!"
Huo Qingci lovingly took Lin Man's hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense, they are already married.
By the way, Manman, they are inviting all members of the department to bring their families to their house for dinner tomorrow. Let’s go together.
I promised them that we would invite them to dinner at home the day after tomorrow. There are six doctors in the department, including me, and two interns.
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“Will they bring their families?”
"No, Li Mingyu is hosting a wedding banquet. We just settled down here and wanted to treat our colleagues to a simple meal."
"Okay, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy vegetables the day after tomorrow morning."
"Well, just make a few dishes, buy some meat and ribs, and a fish. We have other small seafood at home."
"clear."
Buying some meat, ribs and a yellow croaker would only cost her a few dollars, and she didn't need to spend any money on the other seafood and vegetables.
They can pick the seafood themselves. Huo Qingci has vegetables in his space, and there are even fruits in his space. Two big watermelons will be enough for them.
Lin Man asked, "Should we give red envelopes when we go to dinner? After all, it's a wedding."
"I don't think they'll accept the money. They'll probably buy something."
"So what do they usually give?"
"Lucky dolls, New Year pictures, towels, pillowcases, mirrors, washbasins, kettles... In short, give whatever you like. If the relationship is average, give cheaper ones, and if the relationship is good, give more expensive ones."
Lin Man understood that Huo Qingci had just arrived, so the gifts couldn't be too shabby, nor could they be too good. She would just give them two pillowcases with wedding characters on them.
"I'll take care of the gifts, and you can just focus on your work."
"Thank you for your hard work, Manman."
"Eat quickly, and then take an hour's rest after dinner."
Huo Qingci pulled Lin Man to sit down. At noon, Lin Man made a stir-fried eggplant, stir-fried clams with leek cores, and a seaweed egg drop soup.
Except for the eggs, she didn't spend any money on anything else. The eggplants were grown in the space, the clams were picked up on the beach, and the seaweed was caught by Lin Man on another beach. She also caught a lot of kelp and dried it for several days.
Lin Man discovered that living by the sea has its advantages, at least she doesn’t need to buy ordinary seafood.
People like them have space and don’t even need to buy food and vegetables, which can save a lot of money.
After dinner, Huo Qingci took the initiative to clear the dishes, and Huo Qinghuan took out the half watermelon that he had not finished eating in the morning and cut it.
"Sister-in-law, it's time to eat watermelon."
Lin Man picked up a piece and asked Huo Qinghuan while eating, "Did you memorize the ancient poem I taught you yesterday?"
Huo Qinghuan put down the watermelon in his hand, cleared his throat and began to recite: "Ascending the Stork Tower (Wang Zhihuan, Tang Dynasty) The sun sets behind the mountains, the Yellow River flows into the sea. To see a thousand miles, climb to a higher level."
Lin Man gave Huo Qinghuan a thumbs-up and said, "Well, you did a great job reciting the poem. I'll give you a fried egg as a reward tonight."
"Sister-in-law, if I memorize a few more ancient poems, can you give me a fountain pen as a reward? I heard that students in the fourth grade need to learn to use fountain pens."
"Oh, yes, I actually forgot about this. If you study hard, I will not only buy you a pen and ink, but also a pencil case, a brush, and a copybook.
"Handwriting is a person's appearance. If a man writes crookedly like an earthworm, outsiders will think he is too casual and can't accomplish anything great."
"I understand, sister-in-law. I will definitely practice writing well."
Huo Qingci came out of the kitchen and asked with a smile, "What are you talking about?"
"Qinghuan said he wanted to start learning calligraphy and asked me to buy him a pen."
"No need to buy them. I still have two new ones that I haven't used yet. They were rewards from a previous commendation meeting."
There are also fountain pens in Lin Man's space, but they are all big brands used by some bosses. The pens that are most common in the space are still ballpoint pens, but unfortunately they are not available in this era, so it is not realistic for her to take them out.
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