Lu Xun's last words were a bit heavy, and He Tingjun's mind moved, and he suddenly realized something.
He smiled softly and said with honor, "I am lucky to be Dr. Ye's friend."
Lu Xun bent down to open the toolbox and paused. He chuckled twice, took out an axe from the toolbox, and handed it to He Tingjun: "Here."
He Tingjun borrowed the axe from Lu Xun and thanked him with a smile: "Thank you. I'll return it to you after I finish it."
Lu Xun said "hmm" and sent He Tingjun out the door.
After watching He Tingjun ride his bicycle out of the team headquarters, Lu Xun stood there for a long time without moving.
Yun Qiao escorted the old lady who came to see him for toothache out of the clinic. When he turned around, he saw Lu Xun standing at the bottom of the corridor in a daze. He didn't even notice that two little swallows had come in from the beams and were pooping. There were two pieces of black bird droppings on his sleeves.
Yun Qiao couldn't bear to look at him and couldn't help but remind him, "Comrade Lu? What are you doing standing here?"
Lu Xun finally came back to his senses and turned to Yun Qiao with a smile: "I want to think about something."
"What are you thinking about? So engrossed? Didn't you even notice Yan Zi pulling your sleeve?" Yun Qiao pointed at his arm and reminded him.
At Yun Qiao's reminder, Lu Xun finally noticed the two pieces of bird droppings on his sleeves. His face changed and he quickly pinched the cloth next to him to shake off the bird droppings. Then he thanked Yun Qiao and quickly went into the house to get water to wipe his sleeves.
Yun Qiao saw three patients in the morning, and He Tingjun also came back from chopping firewood in the back mountain.
He only cut small, dead branches, the largest of which was no thicker than a child's wrist. Because the mud stove was not big, it was more suitable to burn such thin branches.
He Tingjun tied all the dead branches and firewood with thick ropes woven from rattan, fixed them on the back seat of the bicycle and brought them back. After unloading the bicycle, he split the dead branches into appropriate lengths and piled them one by one at the base of the wall.
By the time Yun Qiao finished taking care of the last patient, He Tingjun had already stacked all the firewood and returned the axe to Lu Xun.
Standing in front of a pile of firewood that was as high as a small mountain, Lu Xun praised him insincerely, "I didn't expect Comrade He to be so capable."
He Tingjun laughed heartily, accepting the compliment: "I feel the same way."
Lu Xun's smile froze, and he forced a twitch of his lips. Without saying anything, he picked up his axe and turned back to the communications room.
Yun Qiao originally wanted to cook a meal on the stove to thank He Tingjun, but she was too busy all morning to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. There was no rice or vegetables at home, so she could only treat He Tingjun to a meal in the cafeteria.
Yun Qiao asked He Tingjun to wait in the clinic for a while while he went to the company canteen to get food.
He Tingjun originally wanted to accompany her, but Yun Qiao refused, saying that she would do it anyway.
Seeing Yun Qiao's insistence, He Tingjun didn't follow and stayed in the clinic to wait. While waiting, he wiped the table and arranged the chairs, which was very considerate.
There were only two dishes in the company canteen at noon. One was a purely vegetarian stir-fried bean sprout, and the other was stir-fried vegetables with lard, which was still a bit oily.
Afraid that these two vegetarian dishes would be too cold, Yun Qiao made a special stop at the educated youth dormitory when he got his meal and borrowed a can of beef from Zheng Wenjing.
This is also the reason why she didn't want He Tingjun to come with her to get food.
Back in the clinic, Yun Qiao placed the lunch box on the small dining table, opened the can of beef and poured it on the dishes, finally making it look somewhat like food.
Yun Qiao said embarrassedly, "Brother He, I'm sorry for not treating you well today. The food in the company cafeteria is not good, just some simple meals. Please don't be disgusted, just make do with it."
How could He Tingjun dislike it? After all, the food in the company was like this, and Yun Qiao usually ate like this.
He just felt sorry for her because she didn't eat well.
“The food is indeed average, but it tastes good.”
He Tingjun took a bite, turned around, and asked half-jokingly, "Yun Qiao, the food in our army cafeteria is good, and there's meat every day. Have you ever considered eating in the army cafeteria with me?"
Yun Qiao was stunned for a moment: "How, how do I follow?"
He Tingjun: "Marry me."
"ah……"
Yun Qiao's hand slipped and the chopsticks fell out of his hand.
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