This time I got good news.
Sheng Miao hasn't been able to sleep well for two nights.
On the first night of acupuncture and ointment application, she couldn't sleep because of the pain from her broken leg. In fact, her leg had been aching since the amputation, and it only felt a little better after the typhoon and rain. But it was still throbbing and stabbing from time to time. After getting used to the pain, she could barely fall asleep. This kind of pain that kept her awake all night only occurred during the stormy period just after the amputation.
The same thing happened the next night. She was fooled by Qiao Qingqing's confident and calm appearance, and really thought that the ointment had a magical effect. She didn't expect that she would suffer for two nights. She really wanted to find a good doctor for the fleet, and she didn't regret suffering so much. She just made up her mind to refuse Qiao Qingqing directly when she came. But when removing the ointment, Sheng Miao hesitated. She thought of Qiao Qingqing's expression again, and it seemed that she was really not joking.
How about...wait a little longer?
Unexpectedly, she slept well on the third night. The pain that had been tormenting her during the heavy dew in the middle of the night disappeared that night. She slept well and stayed up late. She was still a little groggy soon after waking up.
The ointment on the wound had completely dried after three days. She peeled it off and gently touched her wound.
"Auntie, are you in pain?" A six or seven-year-old child ran in and gently hugged her other leg. His clear eyes were filled with worry as he looked at her injured leg. "Let me blow on it for you."
Sheng Miao shook her head and touched his little head: "Auntie, it doesn't hurt."
She rolled her trouser legs down to cover everything.
"Auntie's giving it to you." The child handed her the crutches beside the bed. She stood up steadily and said, "Let's go. I'll go to the pigpen to take a look."
After a busy day, she felt that her injured leg was not much painful and she slept well at night.
"Go and see if that tall and thin aunt has come to see me." On the morning of the fourth day, Sheng Miao just got up and told Xiao Sen who came to bring her breakfast.
When Shao Shengan sent Qiao Qingqing over, he saw the young boy with a knife from afar. Xiao Sen still carried a knife today, but he looked at Qiao Qingqing with less guard. He said, "Aunt Sheng asked me to pick you up, you can't come." The second half of the sentence was said to Shao Shengan.
Shao Shengan smiled good-temperedly: "Okay, I'll wait here."
After the couple exchanged glances, Qiao Qingqing followed Xiao Sen to meet Sheng Miao.
Shao Shengan waited for two hours, during which time he sat in the back of the car and watched the people of the Tangzhou fleet work.
He found that although the Tangzhou fleet had set up tents on the shore, they still left a lot of people on the boats. He parked the tricycle on the outskirts and could see people going back and forth between the tent camp and the fleet from time to time. From time to time, he heard someone shouting on the boat, and then someone on the tent side responded loudly. Soon, Shao Shengan could see someone hurriedly running to the beach and getting on the boat in a kayak.
Shao Shengan saw Qiao Qingqing enter the tent camp, and she didn't come out until the sun was so hot that her skin was stinging. He was worried, but his trust in his wife made him continue to wait. Fortunately, Qiao Qingqing came out two hours later. She looked tired, but relaxed: "You've been waiting for a long time, let's go back."
"Get in the car." Shao Shengan said with a smile.
He rode his bike very steadily, avoiding rugged roads and trying his best to prevent Qiao Qingqing in the back of the bike from being shaken too much.
"You look so happy, is it successful?"
Qiao Qingqing's joyful voice came from behind him: "It's done! I'll start work tomorrow. Sheng Miao took me to see their military doctor. Doctor Tan tested me on several projects. Someone happened to have a sprained foot, so he asked me to deal with it. Then another patient who was bitten by a shark came, and he asked me to help. My surgical suturing skills were learned from the pork and beef in the space, so at least he didn't find any mistakes. Finally, he nodded and said he would recruit me into the medical team and prepare a bunk for me. I made an agreement with Doctor Tan that I would go home to sleep at night."
After hearing this, Shao Shengan was very happy for her: "I knew you could do it!"
"Sheng An, what we discussed that day was only the best outcome. We still have to go ahead with Plan B. Now that sharks have appeared in the nearby waters, it's no longer suitable to go fishing. You take your brother to find some wood, and we can make a boat ourselves, a sturdy boat that won't be easily cut or leaked and become unusable."
Shao Shengan thought it made sense. Although the family had kayaks and speedboats, they still felt that it was not safe enough. They had to make a boat. This boat would be the family's last resort. If all the kayaks and speedboats were gone, they would at least have a wooden boat for the whole family to rest.
"Okay, I'll find some more good wood and try to build two more. Is there still enough space?"
"It can be put in, the space is squeezed out."
The couple discussed and decided on Plan B for the future.
After returning home, everyone was happy for Qiao Qingqing when they learned that she had successfully joined the medical team of the Tangzhou fleet, and Qiao Songzhi was even more proud.
Shao Shengfei answered quickly: "How much is the salary?" He had worked before and knew that workers were paid.
Qiao Qingqing said: "Three meals are provided, but there is no salary. For each person I treat, I can get work points based on the difficulty. The work points can be exchanged for things. It is said that everyone in their fleet is treated in this way."
Qiao Songzhi felt familiar when he heard it: "Is it the same as the points you and Sheng An got after joining the crossbow team?"
"That's about it. The more you work, the more you get. If I bring my own medicine, I can get another work point."
It was undoubtedly a happy event that the matter was settled. Early the next morning, Shao's mother steamed buns, cut fish balls into slices and stir-fried them with garlic flavor to eat with the buns. Thinking that it was Qiao Qingqing's first day at work today, she also cooked an extra egg for her.
"Don't give it to Sheng An, eat it yourself."
Qiao Qingqing had already broken the egg, Shao Shengan took it and gently put it into her mouth.
After breakfast, Shao Shengan sent her to work first, then went home to pick up Shao Shengfei, and the two went to look for wood. To find wood, you must go to a farther place, and the nearby wood had long been collected by the survivors to be burned as firewood, so the two brought dry food and water.
Riding a tricycle around, Shao Shengfei was behind the tricycle, holding a telescope to explore and point the way.
They hadn't found any wood yet, but they saw a team traveling under the scorching sun. Shao Shengan took a telescope, took a look, and took the initiative to pull over to show them the way.
Watching the tricycle leave, Su Cong wiped his sweat and put on his hat. The sweat soaked into his eyes, making him blink continuously.
But according to what the man just said, the beach is just two kilometers ahead. Fortunately, they met a kind person, otherwise they would have gone in the wrong direction.
"Let's keep going. We'll be at the beach before noon, and we can take a bath then!" Su Cong shouted, his voice hoarse. Everyone responded weakly, dragging their luggage and moving forward.
On her first day at work, Qiao Qingqing was very busy.
After Sheng Miao's personal experience, many people with old injuries came to her for acupuncture and ointment. Qiao Qingqing anticipated this and brought two more bottles of ointment, which were all used up in the morning.
"I don't have much medicine on hand. At this rate... it will run out the day after tomorrow." Qiao Qingqing said to Dr. Tan worriedly.
Doctor Tan asked her what herbs were needed to prepare the ointment, and she asked someone to find them.
Qiao Qingqing said it directly. Doctor Tan had a good memory and remembered it after hearing it once. He lowered his head and wrote a list and asked her the quantity she needed.
"Don't worry, this is your secret recipe, I won't tell anyone else."
"It's okay, this is only a part of it. I still have some medicinal herbs."
At noon, Qiao Qingqing went to the cafeteria to eat. The cafeteria was a large sunshade. When she went there, there were no seats left, so she could only find a seat on the side. The sun was shining on the side, and half of Qiao Qingqing's face was bathed in the sun. At first, she felt warm, but soon she felt that part of her face was burned by the sun, so she hurried to eat.
She went to get her lunch by herself. The auntie who served her food gave her a bowl of wild vegetable porridge, two grain buns and a piece of stewed fish. She gave her some extra soup, saying that she could dip the grain buns in it.
The aunt was very friendly and said something to her: "Are you the new doctor Qiao who is very good at treating joint pain? Can I see you this afternoon?"
Of course she could. Qiao Qingqing asked her to come directly to the medical tent to find her.
The wild vegetable porridge tasted very bland. I don’t know if the chef put too little or the fleet was short of salt.
The multi-grain buns had a sour smell, which could not be dissipated even after re-steaming. Only the fish was fresh and stewed until soft, but unfortunately it did not have a strong ginger smell.
But Qiao Qingqing understood that this was already a very good meal.
She ate everything without wasting any food, and put the dishes in a bucket, which someone would take to the beach to clean.
After lunch, Qiao Qingqing strolled around. The canteen was crowded. Some people went back to their tents to eat after getting their meals and sat at the door of their tents. Eating was their leisure time, and everyone loved chatting while eating. Qiao Qingqing walked around and heard some news, such as that they had to set up a few more tents, and that some people were still living on the boat because it was too humid. For example, they had to plow the land and plant crops. Captain Fang had already found someone to choose a place, and he would find someone to dig a canal tomorrow...
Everyone likes this land and doesn't want to continue living on the water.
"My joints hurt so much! I'm only 30 years old and I'm already suffering from rheumatism!"
"I heard there's a new doctor on the medical team. Sister Sanshui introduced him. I heard he's very capable. Why don't you go and take a look?"
"Hey! It's said to be a young doctor who looks about 30 years old, a female doctor, tall and thin, how great can she be? I won't go."
"Oh, you are such a person. It's already this time and you still look down on lesbians. They are doctors, and their skills are what matter most..."
Qiao Qingqing curled the corners of her mouth and continued walking forward.
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