First update
Qin Yao had a not-so-good dream. She dreamed that she was a crab basking in the sun leisurely on a sunny beach. She walked around in a domineering manner. Someone wanted to catch her, but her claws clamped the man's hand tightly.
After seeing that cold and stern face clearly, the little crab clenched even tighter and felt refreshed... he woke up from the dream.
There was a gap in the window yesterday, the wind blew open the curtains and let the sunlight in. Zhang Yufei woke up early, and when Qin Yao woke up, she found that she was no longer in bed.
The only advantage of working in the 1970s was probably the short commuting time, the family quarters and the hospital were connected, and the 8 o'clock work bell could be heard everywhere.
In addition to the bell, there were various military calls starting at six o'clock. In the hospital, military officers and soldiers performed drills and raised the flag.
Qin Yao and Zhang Yufei finished washing up and went out. Standing on the third floor, they saw from a distance a group of young soldiers running past the hospital. Children were lining up, and children wearing red scarves playfully shuttled into the line.
It was a very prosperous scene, and everyone's face was full of energy.
"Qin Yao."
When Qin Yao and Zhang Yufei arrived at the staff canteen, Li Fangfang called her over and invited her to have a bowl of two taels of pickled rice noodles in the canteen for □□ tickets, 1.2 cents, and an extra serving of meat topping for an additional 3 cents, a total of 1.5 cents.
The steamed buns and flower rolls in the cafeteria cost two liang () of food coupons, which was five cents, and a stack of pickles cost one cent.
With prices so low, it can be seen that the fifty yuan that Li Fangfang almost lost yesterday was a huge amount of money, equivalent to their two or three months' salary.
You need food coupons to buy staple foods in the canteen, but no coupons are required for side dishes.
At present, Qin Yao has 26 kilograms of food coupons per month, and her salary is temporarily the same as that of an apprentice, which is only 14 yuan. After three months, her salary will be 25 yuan, plus various allowances, the total will not exceed 30 yuan.
At present, ordinary clerks earn 45 yuan a month, company-level cadres earn more than 70 yuan and receive a level 20 salary. For example, Chen Baozhen and her husband, a teacher, earn 30 yuan a month, and her husband Gao Jianguo earns more than 100 yuan. They have no children, so they can save a lot of money every month even if they don't save money.
In this day and age, it’s hard to spend money without tickets.
Especially at that time, the food coupons were not much, but it was enough for women. Two taels for breakfast, three taels for lunch and dinner, which was only eight taels a day, and twenty-four catties a month. Those with smaller appetites only ate two taels each time, and only eighteen catties a month, and there would still be some food coupons left over.
Women had surplus food coupons, but men were tight on them. Girls would only need a 20-liang steamed bun with some pickles in the morning, but men would have to eat several.
Some people would save up their food coupons and exchange them for things at the end of the month.
Qin Yao was holding a bowl of pickled rice noodles and sitting by the window. Zhang Yufei was reluctant to eat the rice noodles. She wanted to save some money for her family, so she bought a big steamed bun for five cents and a cent of pickles. Qin Yao gave her some meat toppings.
These meat toppings are made of shredded lean pork, and there are only a few pieces in total. She added an extra portion of meat topping, and there are also two small shrimps in the noodles.
Pork is 78 cents a pound, and you need a meat ticket; shrimp is less than 1 cent a pound, and you don't need a ticket.
"That's enough, thank you." Zhang Yufei carefully dipped the steamed bun into the marinade on the two pieces of shredded meat. After wetting the bun and taking on the salty fragrance of the meat, she put it into her mouth with satisfaction.
Pork is the most delicious thing in the world!
Qin Yao stirred the rice noodles with wooden chopsticks so that all the flat noodles were coated with the delicious marinade. No matter what era, rice noodles are always a cheap, delicious and filling food for the common people. Two taels of rice noodles, paired with a few pieces of soup and meat, can satisfy your hunger better than anything else.
If you don't care about the taste, eating steamed buns, steamed shrimps and seasonal fruits in the morning is a cheap and protein-rich breakfast, provided you can eat it.
"Xiao Lizi, why are your eyes so swollen?"
"Are you crying? What's wrong?"
…
Yuan Li sat down with red eyes and a bowl of noodles. The theft that happened yesterday did not ferment outside and only a few people knew about it. This was a very serious matter and no one dared to talk about it in private.
Yuan Li looked at Qin Yao's back with resentment. If she hadn't been nosy yesterday, she wouldn't have been so embarrassed, and she wouldn't have thrown away the fifty yuan she had earned in vain.
"Nothing." Yuan Li wiped her tears amid the comfort of people around her. She noticed Li Fangfang was looking at her, and the next moment, she burst into tears.
"Xiao Lizi, have you been bullied?"
"If you are being bullied, you must speak up."
While crying, Yuan Li finished her noodle soup and went to find her aunt, Xu Yun, with red eyes. Her aunt was also a nurse in the military hospital. It was she who recommended Yuan Li to register this time. A special copy of the exam review materials was prepared for her, which enabled her to pass the assessment successfully.
Xu Yun is a woman who dresses gently. She has a round face, soft facial lines, and plain and unobtrusive facial features. Her appearance is not outstanding, but she is a woman who is very attractive to men.
Before she got married, Xu Yun already had the aura of a good wife and mother, full of the maternal radiance that made men infatuated.
She is the one who married the best among her sisters in the family and is now a nurse. The others, the eldest and second sisters, married farmers and are still farming in their hometown. Yuan Li's mother married a worker in a small town. She has a bunch of poor relatives and lives a life that is neither better than the rich nor worse than the poor.
Yuan Li has admired this aunt since she was a child and wished she could be the second her.
Her own mother was jealous of her younger sister Xu Yun and said behind her back that she pretended to be soft and pitiful, but was actually cruel and ruthless and not a kind woman. But Yuan Li doesn't think so. She feels that women like her aunt are the smartest women in the world.
Being weak and being sympathized with are women’s best weapons.
"Aunt, do you know Qin Yao?" Other people in the hospital didn't know that Yuan Li was Xu Yun's niece, so Yuan Li called her in a low voice.
Xu Yun was surprised: "Did Qin Yao ask you to come to me?"
Head Nurse Ge has already informed Xu Yun that if Qin Yao comes to ask her for advice, she will ask Xu Yun to teach her how to please men.
Yuan Li was stunned: "Looking for you? Why looking for you?"
"You don't know yet? This Qin Yao is quite impressive. I heard that she is dating Captain Gu."
Yuan Li’s heart stopped for a moment. Captain Gu, Gu Cheng? He was the chief instructor at that time! That cold and handsome man! He had come once during training and left a deep impression on Yuan Li.
A man like this, with a good family, career, and appearance, must have a good eye for choosing women, but he is actually dating "Qin Yao". Yes, Qin Yao is a girl from the city, but her father is just a fat cook who raised a "fat girl" like Qin Yao.
If Qin Yao hadn't participated in the training, how could she have lost weight? If Gu Cheng had seen Qin Yao three months ago, would he have liked her?
This Qin Yao was meddling in her business and interfering with her good deeds yesterday.
Xu Yun smiled gently and said, "Qin Yao is pretty, but Captain Gu has higher standards and is particularly picky. He is just giving this girl a chance to get close to him. I heard there is still a three-month probation period. If Qin Yao can pass his probation, they can report to get married after three months."
"It's called an inspection, but it's similar to the way men and women date each other on a daily basis, except that the genders are switched. Outside, the man is chasing the woman, while here the woman is trying to please the man. It's normal. If you want to marry into a rich family, you have to satisfy the man."
After separating from Xu Yun, Yuan Li made several mistakes at work in the morning. There was a wild cat hiding in her stomach, scratching her heart and making her restless.
Qin Yao ruined her good fortune, but she was still able to date Captain Gu. How could such a good thing happen in the world?
The more Yuan Li thought about it, the angrier she became, and she couldn't even eat lunch.
After dinner, she came up with a plan.
Soon, someone spread the news in the afternoon that the new nurse Qin Yao was beautiful but had a bad temper. She always liked to bully people behind their backs. She also took advantage of the fact that she was dating Captain Gu to show off and bully people.
In the women's bathroom of the hospital, there is a row of squat toilets with a cement wall only half a person's height. The squat toilets are connected to a ditch. The faucet at the end is always on, making a sparse sound of running water. There is a bucket hanging underneath, with very little water flowing. Every time it is full of water, the bucket is turned over and the water in the ditch rushes through.
This toilet is a newly built public toilet. Even though it is a bit far away, many people like to use this toilet, which is much cleaner than a dry toilet.
No matter how clean it is, there is still a smell. However, toilets have been a good place to whisper since ancient times.
A woman in a nurse's uniform walked out of the cubicle and came to the back. The water cup was not full yet, so she manually turned over the bucket and the water rushed through, taking away the smell.
She stood at the back of the toilet. The person who came with her didn't come out. She said, "I didn't expect Qin Yao to be that kind of person. I never thought she had a bad temper before."
"She's become famous and has hooked up with Captain Gu. Who cares about you? Little Lizi cried like that this morning. I heard that it was Qin Yao who bullied her."
"Now she starts crying when she hears Qin Yao's name. When I ask her what's wrong, she doesn't dare to say anything. She looks like a punching bag. It makes me angry just looking at her!"
"She doesn't dare to say it... After all, she is dating Captain Gu."
"Are human rights still there? Are we just going to let her bully people?"
"Xiao Hong, do you think she cheated in her grades?"
"It is possible that—"
Before the two of them finished their conversation, the woman standing behind them saw Qin Yao suddenly walk out, and her face suddenly froze. No matter how indignant I was when I spoke just now, I was actually talking bad about people behind their backs, and I was caught by the person who did it.
Qin Yao ignored her, turned on the faucet, and washed her hands.
In just one day, the rumor spread throughout the entire military hospital, and Qin Yao's name was heard in every department, and even the patients in the ward had heard of it.
Gu Cheng is a well-known figure. No matter who is dating him, it will be explosive news. What's more, the heroine in the rumor, Qin Yao, has a bad temper, is arrogant, and bullies the young nurse. It makes people clench their fists just by hearing about it.
Qin Yao didn't expect that she would become famous in this way.
Head Nurse Ge approached her hesitantly: "Xiao Qin, how could this happen?"
"Don't worry, Head Nurse Ge. I didn't do anything wrong. I just helped catch a thief."
The next day at noon, Qin Yao found Yuan Li. They stood at the door of the cafeteria. Yuan Li looked at her timidly. Qin Yao walked closer and reached out to grab her wrist.
[Her favorability towards you -80 (She is full of hostility towards you)]
Qin Yao didn't: "Yuan Li, why do you have to put on such a face, did I really bully you, or are you eager to tell others the truth?"
Yuan Li looked at her with tearful eyes and cried silently.
To outsiders, this seemed like Qin Yao was bullying Yuan Li out of arrogance.
"Qin Yao, Xiao Lizi is already like this, don't go too far!"
"That's right, Qin Yao, you're going too far."
…
Several people who knew the truth stood in the line. They pursed their lips. Some things were hard to make public. If it got out of hand, it would be no small matter. It was better to keep it to themselves.
Qin Yao is already dating Captain Gu, so even if there is such a rumor, it is nothing and can be explained privately. Xiao Lizi cried so pitifully that it was unbearable.
The others could still hold it in, but Tian Shuyun couldn't hold it in anymore when she saw this scene. She walked over and pulled off Yuan Li's hat, then slapped Yuan Li twice in front of everyone.
Everyone was stunned.
Yuan Li was also stunned. She knew that Tian Shuyun and Qin Yao didn't get along well and she had said a lot of bad things about Qin Yao before. Why would she jump out now?
She also heard a piece of inside information from Xu Yun that Tian Shuyun was having an affair with a male military officer. It was a critical moment and she should not dare to cause any trouble.
Tian Shuyun spoke without thinking. She shouted, "I want to write a letter of denunciation. You are so shameless! You are confusing right and wrong!"
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