He Family

Zhai Mingqiu was indeed stopped by the leader of the department that day.

But what really stopped him was not the warning about his future, but the department director's words: "If you go there now, you may be able to stop the quarrel, but at the same time it will indirectly confirm the truth of what Xiao Liu said. You and Comrade Xiao Feng will inevitably be caught up in a whirlpool of public opinion."

"If you have feelings for Xiao Feng, that's great. You can go and help her out. Settle the relationship before the New Year and go to her house to discuss marriage after the New Year. It will be a good story when the news gets out."

"But! If you only regard Xiao Feng as an ordinary colleague, or if you are not firm enough, I don't agree with you going to stand up for her. You are a man, and a romantic affair will not affect anything. But she is a lesbian, and the world is always more harsh on women. Otherwise, why would Xiao Liu say those words? Because she knew those words could attack Comrade Xiao Feng."

"Yes, Comrade Xiao Feng has a strong character and is not afraid of what others say, but she doesn't care. Can you guarantee that her future husband doesn't care about these rumors? Can you be sure that these things will not affect her future marriage?"

"If you can't guarantee it, then don't show up. This will be better for both you and her."

Zhai Mingqiu cannot guarantee it.

Although he was deeply impressed by Feng Aiyun's passionate pursuit, it was far from the level of love, and he did not want to enter into marriage, so he avoided her.

Since there will be no result between them, how can he guarantee that these things will not affect her future?

In the end, Zhai Mingqiu did not take this step.

He didn't sleep well that night, and he couldn't help looking toward the cafeteria door during lunch the next day. But he didn't see the man until he finished his meal.

"That person" is now at Ye Min's house.

She is a decisive person. Although she cannot take back the love she has given, it is not difficult for her to change her actions.

The first change she made was to stop going to the hospital cafeteria to get meals.

There are many canteens in the garrison, including those in the division headquarters, regiment headquarters, and each battalion and company, but ordinary people are not allowed to go to the army canteen.

They used to be able to eat in the division headquarters canteen because the health center was located there. Now they have all moved to the military district hospital, which has a canteen. Naturally, they can no longer go to the army canteen to get their meals.

I didn't want to go to the hospital cafeteria, so the only option left was the military family compound cafeteria.

The tickets collected by the canteens of the family home and the hospital are the same and can be used interchangeably. However, there are people standing guard at the gate of the family home, and non-residents of the home are not allowed to enter, so there are still restrictions on the number of people allowed.

But Feng Aiyun has been living in her uncle's house since she joined the army, and has not moved until now. She has no problem going in and out, so she can eat in any canteen she wants.

Coincidentally, Feng Aiyun ran into Ye Min and Qian Xiaoyun as soon as she entered the canteen of the family compound.

Because it was her first time to eat in the cafeteria on a weekday, Ye Min asked a question. Feng Aiyun didn't tell the truth and shrugged, "I'm tired of eating in the hospital cafeteria. I came here to change my taste."

Even if she didn't tell the truth, Ye Min could guess the reason.

However, Ye Min did not point it out to provoke Feng Aiyun. She just nodded, accepting her explanation, and casually invited her: "Xiaoyun and I will go back to eat after getting ready. Do you want to join us?"

Feng Aiyun didn't care where to eat, and just agreed casually: "Okay."

So from that day on, Ye Min, Feng Aiyun and An An had a new dining companion.

When Zhai Mingqiu failed to find Feng Aiyun for several days, he realized that she might have given up. He breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little disappointed, but in the end all his emotions were suppressed and he devoted himself to his work.

Time flies and it is already mid-December. The temperature has dropped again. There are frequent outbreaks of influenza around the station, and the number of emergency patients in the hospital at night has also increased.

Due to the inconvenience of transportation, few people would go to see a doctor at night, so except for the inpatient department, there were not many people working the night shift in other departments. As a result, the night shift medical staff was somewhat insufficient.

After the hospital leaders learned about this, they quickly made adjustments and increased the number of doctors on night shifts. Ye Min originally only worked night shifts once every two weeks, but after the adjustment, it became once a week.

On the third day after the adjustment notice came down, it was Ye Min's turn to be on duty.

Ye Min worked a double shift that day, from 8am to 6am the next day. It wasn't exactly continuous, as she had a lunch break at noon and a two-hour lunch break at night, but she was also required to be at work before 8am.

It sounds tiring to work over 20 hours a day, but the process is actually not that hard. If there are no patients at night, she can rest in the office.

Well... it's impossible to have no patients. There have been a lot of colds recently, and I get woken up several times when I'm on duty at night. It's not a pleasant feeling to get up and treat patients even when my eyelids are so sleepy. I just have to endure it.

After finishing the meal and cleaning up the kitchen, Meng Cheng took the two children to send Ye Min to work and digested the food at the same time.

Although Yunnan Province has spring-like weather all year round, the temperature still varies. In winter, especially at night, the north wind blows and it is so cold that people shrink their necks.

Meng Zheng was the one who shrunk his neck. He felt cold when he went to the nursery class in the morning, so he tied a scarf on purpose. When the sun came out, he felt hot while playing, so he took off the scarf. As a result, the scarf was not put away properly, and it was stepped on several times while playing. When he took it home after school, it was in a mess.

The sweater he wore inside was also different from An An's. It had a honeycomb collar and was relatively low. It was originally designed to make it easier to tie a scarf, but now it actually made it easier to keep out the biting cold wind.

Seeing him crouching, Ye Min was upset, but she was also worried that he might catch a cold, so after arriving at the hospital, she said to Meng Cheng, "I can go in by myself. You should take them back quickly, otherwise they might catch a cold."

Meng Cheng responded and said he would come to pick her up tomorrow morning.

He was used to waking up very early in the morning. He used to get up to exercise, but ever since Ye Min and Meng Zheng started practicing martial arts, he spent the little free time in the morning with them.

Ye Min knew his habit, so she didn't refuse and nodded, saying, "Okay."

After entering the hospital, Ye Min went directly to the office.

Because the clinic is small, there is no distinction between the office area and the consultation area, and the doctor's personal office is the consultation room.

But the military hospital has no shortage of space, and the division in this regard is quite detailed. In addition, the departments have internal shifts for consultations, and the number of doctors is greater than the number of clinics, so the clinics are arranged randomly.

However, the office is not far from the clinic, on the same floor, just a few steps away.

The office is a large open space with several filing cabinets placed side by side or scattered along the three walls, and desks placed one on one in the middle.

When Ye Min entered, there were other people on duty in the office. When they saw her, they greeted them: "Have you finished your meal?"

"Well, have you eaten?" Ye Min said as he walked past several desks, came to his own desk, picked up the white coat draped over the back of his chair and put it on.

The other party said, "I have eaten. I ate in the cafeteria." He was a doctor who came to support the military hospital after it was built. He was single and unmarried. He was too lazy to cook, so he ate three meals a day in the cafeteria.

Ye Min buttoned up her white coat while greeting him. Then she looked at the time and saw that it was already past eight o'clock. She bent down and took out a book and a notebook from the drawer of her desk. She took a pen, said goodbye to him, and went to the clinic.

The clinic was the one she often stayed in.

The clinics are said to be randomly arranged, but in fact they are very habitual. A clinic is often used by a few doctors, and correspondingly a doctor only stays in one or two clinics for a long time.

There were not many patients at night, so Ye Min opened the book and started reading as soon as she entered the clinic.

In fact, she could also sleep now, and if she started sleeping now, she wouldn't feel so uncomfortable if she was woken up later. But it was too early, and Ye Minshi couldn't sleep. Lying on the desk was a waste of time, so she might as well use the time to read.

The nights on duty were perfect for studying. The hospital was always quiet at night, with not many patients registering, so she was rarely interrupted.

That was what happened that evening. Before midnight, Ye Min only saw two patients, and the total time spent seeing them was no more than half an hour.

Before returning to the office and preparing to go to bed, Ye Min recalled her work that night and couldn't help but pray in her heart, hoping that she would be able to have less worries after the change of hours, and it would be best if she could sleep until dawn.

But... this is obviously impossible.

At 1:30 in the morning, Ye Min was woken up because a patient had registered for her.

Rushing to the clinic, Ye Min found the patient to be an acquaintance. She asked in surprise, "Ding Yang? Why are you here? Is Xiaoyun sick?"

When he said the last sentence, Ye Min's face changed.

Qian Xiaoyun is eight months pregnant, and every day from now until the baby is born is critical.

As soon as he saw her expression, Ding Yang knew she had misunderstood, and quickly said, "Don't worry, Xiaoyun is not sick, it's He Guoqing, he has a fever, Old He is not at home, Daya came to knock on my door and asked me to help send him over."

Ye Min breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the clinic. Sure enough, there was a half-grown child lying on the bed. The eldest son of the He family was standing beside the bed in thin clothes, his face full of panic.

Seeing Ye Min coming in, He Daya cried and said, "Doctor Ye, please save my brother!"

"I'm treating him now," Ye Min said as she put on a mask. While examining He Guoqing, she asked He Daya, "Why are you wearing so little?"

He Daya said with tears in her eyes: "I, I was so panicked that I didn't even bother to put on a cotton shirt."

"No matter how panicked you are, you must wear a coat, otherwise your brother will be fine tomorrow while you fall ill." Ye Min asked Ding Yang to call a nurse over. When the nurse arrived, she asked the nurse to find a quilt to wrap He Daya in.

Although the nurses who came were not residents of the compound, most of the young girls were sympathetic. When they saw He Daya sitting there shivering in a thin sweater, they left without saying a word.

When she came back, she had a thin blanket in her hands. She wrapped He Daya tightly and asked, "Would you like some hot water?"

He Daya was embarrassed to bother the other party, so she shook her head and said, "No, thank you, sister."

Ye Min heard this and said, "Pour her a cup of hot water. Her hands and feet must be cold after being blown all the way here. Drink some hot water to warm her body so she doesn't catch a cold."

The young nurse also noticed He Daya's shyness, so she followed Ye Min's instructions and poured her a cup of hot water.

He Daya's hands and feet were indeed cold, and it was difficult to warm them up even after wrapping herself in a quilt. It was not until she took the enamel cup of hot water from the young nurse and felt the warmth spread from her palms that she felt better.

While He Daya was warming up her body, Ye Min simply examined He Guoqing and found that he had a high fever caused by cold, so the most urgent task was to reduce the fever.

There are many ways to reduce fever, in addition to physical cooling with cold water towels on the head, there are also oral compound aspirin or Bupleurum injection, and acupuncture. However, physical cooling is slow, and Western medicine generally prefers medication cooling. If the Chinese medicine doctor is Dr. Dong, he will directly choose acupuncture.

However, Ye Min has only been learning acupuncture for less than half a year and only started to give acupuncture independently this month, so she is used to consulting the patient's family before giving acupuncture.

But He Daya is only in her early teens, so she obviously can't make the decision. Ding Yang is an adult, but he's just a neighbor, not a relative of the patient, so he can't make the decision either.

Moreover, her relationship with the He family was very delicate. Although she had no enmity with Captain He himself, Wei Chunhua was sent back to her hometown after quarreling with her.

Yes, Wei Chunhua had divorced Captain He because of cheating, and all four children were with Captain He, but she was still He Guoqing's biological mother. With her troublesome personality, if He Guoqing had problems after treatment, it would be difficult to clear up the matter.

But then again, fever caused by cold is not a serious illness. During this period, Ye Min has independently treated no less than ten cases without any problems.

Moreover, if she couldn't even cure such a basic disease after learning from Master Dong for so long, or didn't have the confidence to cure it, then she might as well pack up her things and go home to take care of the children.

Therefore, although she hesitated, Ye Min quickly made up her mind and asked the nurse to prepare acupuncture equipment and make preparations for acupuncture.

The acupuncture process was not complicated, but He Guoqing was too young to bear the pain of the needle piercing his flesh, so he moved violently. Fortunately, Ding Yang was still there, and Ye Min asked him to help, and the acupuncture process was completed quickly.

Although He Guoqing's fever subsided after the acupuncture, a cold can easily cause recurring fevers, so Ye Min did not ask Ding Yang to send him back directly. Instead, she asked He Daya to stay with her brother and be hospitalized for observation for a day.

In addition, considering that Captain He was in charge and that the He Daya sisters were too young to boil medicine, Ye Min did not prescribe Chinese medicine for He Guoqing. Instead, he transferred He Guoqing to a Western doctor who was on duty with him and asked the doctor to prescribe the right Western medicine for him.

After He Guoqing, Ye Min received three or four more patients that night.

People didn't come at the same time. Basically, after seeing the previous patient, the next patient would come in less than half an hour after he lay down to take a nap. The whole night, Ye Min slept for less than three hours in total.

When Ye Min got off work the next morning, she not only had dark circles under her eyes, but also felt a little dizzy.

It wasn't until I walked into the cafeteria and ate the hot soup noodles that I felt alive.

But she didn't stay awake for long. After dinner, she returned home, took a quick shower, and fell asleep as soon as she entered the room. She didn't even know when Mr. Meng Cheng and the other two left the house.

Ye Min slept until about twelve o'clock in the afternoon, when she was awakened by Erduoyun who came with food and An'an.

Ye Min had not slept well yet and was still yawning as she sat at the dining table. Thinking that she would have to continue sleeping after dinner, she was too lazy to brush her teeth. She watched Qian Xiaoyun portion the food for An An, picked up her chopsticks and started eating.

During the meal, Qian Xiaoyun talked about what happened last night: "When Erya came over, she was crying so hard that she was out of breath. Ding Yang and I thought something serious had happened. When we went to see her, we found out that Guoqing had a fever. Captain He happened to be away from home, and the three sisters didn't know what to do."

Ye Min said, "Da Ya cried so hard last night. When she arrived at the hospital, her eyes were red, she didn't even have a coat on, and she was shivering from the cold."

"So in this family, no matter how sensible and capable the children are, they can't live without an adult." Qian Xiaoyun said this not because he thought Captain He should remarry, but because he felt he was not doing enough. He said, "Although Captain He was not at home last night because of work, who among the men in our compound doesn't have a lot of work to do? But other people, except for missions or leading the team in training, don't stay home every few days like him."

Ye Min also had a complicated feeling towards Captain He. Although he seemed to be a decent man, he was just unlucky to marry Wei Chunhua. But Ye Min always felt that he was not a competent husband or father.

After hearing what Qian Xiaoyun said, she agreed, "I think that if he hadn't divorced and his wife was in the army, it would be fine. But it's really irresponsible for him to do this with only a few children at home."

Feng Aiyun, who had been eating beside them, heard this and asked, "Is the battalion commander He you are talking about from the Third Regiment?"

"It's him," Ye Min nodded, and then said, "There's no other battalion commander with the last name He in our compound."

Although there are more than 200 households living in the military family compound, and there are many officers with the same surname, the probability of having the same surname and rank is very small, so the surname plus the position can basically be accurately identified to the individual.

Although Feng Aiyun lived in the family compound, she was not a military dependent and was unmarried, so it was not easy for her to mingle with married military wives. Her uncle was a serious person, and her aunt was afraid of being criticized because she was his second wife and her children were grown up. She was usually very cautious and never talked about other people at home.

Therefore, Feng Aiyun's information channels were much behind Ye Min and the others, and she basically heard gossip from her colleagues in the hospital. But her relationship with her colleagues was also ordinary, even with her colleagues in the initial health center, they only got along well with each other, not to the extent of gossiping with each other.

Therefore, she was not very clear about what happened in Captain He's home. Moreover, although she had lived in the family compound for several years, she still didn't recognize all of them. When she heard Ye Min and the others talking about Captain He, she was not sure if it was the one she knew.

After receiving Ye Min's affirmative answer, Feng Aiyun asked in surprise, "Is Captain He divorced?"

Ye Min and Qian Xiaoyun were also surprised. A few months ago, the news that Wei Chunhua had framed Captain He was widely circulated in the compound, but Feng Aiyun didn't even know about it?

So the two of them explained the whole story to Feng Aiyun.

During this time, Feng Aiyun widened her eyes several times and frowned several times. Finally, she said with a knotted face, "From this point of view, Wei Chunhua is indeed not a good match. It is not a bad thing for Captain He to divorce her."

"It's hard to say whether it's a good thing or a bad thing. Wei Chunhua may not be a good match, but Captain He is actually a big problem. To put it nicely, he is a person who is dedicated to the public good, but to put it bluntly, he is irresponsible."

Ye Min had been confused before. On the surface, Captain He seemed to be fine.

Although he was resolute to the point of being a little cold in sending Wei Chunhua back to her hometown, it was also a manifestation of his sensibleness. Moreover, sending Wei Chunhua back to her hometown was good for Ye Min, as there was one less person in the compound who was always staring at her and finding fault with her, and she could live more comfortably.

But she never had any good feelings towards Captain He, and even tended to think the worst of him.

After listening to Qian Xiaoyun's words today, Ye Min understood the reason.

Captain He and his father are actually the same kind of people. They are all devoted to their work and neglect or even ignore their families. Outsiders see them as good people who are selfless, but only the families who are ignored by them know what it feels like to be disappointed again and again.

Ye Min asked, "Did Captain He go to the hospital to see the child this morning?"

Qian Xiaoyun shook his head: "Probably not."

"Could it be that he doesn't know about this?" Feng Aiyun asked.

"Before Ding Yang left this morning, he said he would ask someone to pass a message to Captain He." Qian Xiaoyun added, "It's hard to say. Maybe Captain He had something to do this morning and couldn't leave. He has already gone to the hospital to see the child."

"I hope so."

Ye Min shrugged and turned to ask Feng Aiyun: "Have you ever dealt with Captain He?"

Ye Min asked this question only because she felt that Feng Aiyun's expression was a bit strange when talking about Captain He. It was not to the extent of having a good impression of him, but it could be seen that she had a good impression of Captain He.

Feng Aiyun's answer also confirmed Ye Min's guess. She said: "I have seen it once. Some time ago, I went to the county to call my parents. When I passed a street with few people, I met a few young people blocking my way..."

Although Feng Aiyun said it lightly, Ye Min and Qian Xiaoyun did not take it as a trivial matter. Before she finished speaking, they asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. When they tried to attack me, Captain He showed up and beat them away." Feng Aiyun looked a little regretful. "Captain He wanted to take them to the police station, but there were four of them and he was the only one, and he didn't dare to do anything, so he let them get away."

Ye Min nodded and said, "When you go to the county in the future, it's best to find someone to go with you."

Feng Aiyun was also afraid and said, "I thought so too."

"Then what do you think of Captain He..."

"What?"

Ye Min felt that it was too awkward to ask directly whether she liked it or not, not to mention that Feng Aiyun obviously didn't feel that way, so she thought about the wording and asked tactfully: "You should just be grateful to Captain He, right?"

"Of course!" Feng Aiyun responded after saying this, "What do you mean by 'not right'? You don't think I...he, I..." Unable to think of the right words, he simply reached out and touched Ye Min's forehead, "Are you dizzy?"

"I'm worried that you can't tell the difference between gratitude and love." Ye Min pulled her hand down and said, "Let's not consider that Captain He is divorced and has four children. Just looking at him as a person, I don't think he is a good match. Whoever marries him will suffer."

Although Feng Aiyun was surprised that Ye Min linked herself to Captain He, she knew that Ye Min meant well and was not angry. She said, "Don't worry, I'm a very realistic person. I can't help but consider the fact that Captain He is divorced and has four children. Even if I'm crazy, I will never be someone's stepmother! And..."

Feng Aiyun frowned and said, "Captain He's appearance is indeed not in line with my aesthetic standards."

She did not mention Zhai Mingqiu. Although she has not forgotten him yet, she is working hard to do so. If she meets someone who is compatible with her before she completely forgets him, she will try to get in touch with him.

Thinking of this, Feng Aiyun waved his hand: "I almost got tricked by you. Captain He just helped me out that day, and now he may not even remember who I am. Are we overthinking this?"

Ye Min thought about it and felt that what she said made sense. She smiled and said, "I might be worrying about nothing."

"I know you care about me." Feng Aiyun pinched a piece of pork ribs for Ye Min and said with a smile, "Thank you!"

An An, who had just finished eating some spareribs, saw this and said quickly, "Me too!"

"Okay, okay, yours won't be left out!" Feng Aiyun said as he picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it into An An's bowl.