When Su Lu drove home, it was raining in Qinjiagou as well. In fact, it was raining throughout Ping City, and it had been raining for three whole days. If the rain didn't stop, the crops in the fields would suffer.
Autumn wheat that has just been planted and is hit by torrential rain is unlikely to survive.
"Sigh, after the rain stops, I wonder how many wheat seedlings will be left?"
Liu Meijuan looked out the window with a worried expression, the yarn in her hands almost breaking.
Mu Jin looked up and glanced at her. "Sister Liu, if you pull the thread any further, it will break."
Liu Meijuan gave Mu Jin a reproachful look. "You've just come back and you're already going against me. Mu Jin, you'd better be careful, or I might come after you behind your back."
Mu Jin, with a cold expression, snatched the yarn from Liu Meijuan's hand. "This is my yarn. I was planning to knit a sweater for it in the fall. What am I going to wear if you ruin it?"
Liu Meijuan rolled her eyes. "Fine, fine, I can't argue with you, I'll give you everything, okay? Honestly, is it wrong to help someone?"
Mu Jin ignored her and continued knitting.
Su Yu sat obediently next to Su Yun, battling with the ball of yarn. After passing through her hands, the ball of yarn was already a mess.
Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at Mu Jin, "Mu Jin, my uncle has entrusted the medical point to you. What are your thoughts on that?"
"What's your idea? Just do it!"
Upon hearing this, Su Yu looked up and nodded, saying, "Mu Jin is right. Let's just do it. Mu Jin's medical skills are so good, there won't be any problems."
Liu Meijuan also chimed in, "The medical point only treats minor illnesses. If someone has a serious health problem, they would definitely go to the hospital. Mu Jin can handle minor ailments. Besides, didn't Mu Jin undergo a month of training at the county hospital? If she hadn't passed the exam, they wouldn't have let her stay at the medical point!"
Qin Xiaoxiao said helplessly, "Is that what I asked? What I asked is that people in the countryside don't earn much to begin with, and they don't like to go to the hospital when they're sick. Western medicine is effective, but it's also expensive, and the hospital doesn't dispense enough, right? So, Mu Jin, do you want to add some Chinese medicine?"
Mu Jin didn't even look up. "Of course, we definitely have to add more. Just wait, I'll go up the mountain to gather herbs once the rain stops."
Su Yu's eyes lit up. "I'll go too. There will definitely be lots of mushrooms on the mountain after the rain. Let's pick some and mail some home later."
Liu Meijuan and Mu Jin exchanged a glance and nodded. "I think that's a good idea. Shall we wait for the rain to stop and go up the mountain together tomorrow?"
The three of them then looked at Qin Xiaoxiao.
Although Qin Xiaoxiao was knitting with her head down, she could still feel the intense gazes of the three people.
Qin Xiaoxiao sighed helplessly, "I'll go too, okay?"
The three nodded and then silently went back to their work.
In the afternoon, the three left. Qin Xiaoxiao took a scallion pancake from her space and cooked a bowl of millet porridge for lunch. There was nothing to do in the afternoon. Qin Xiaoxiao noticed that the room was a bit damp, so she lit the kang (a heated brick bed) and took the opportunity to cook two large pots of millet porridge, two large pots of mixed grain porridge, and one large pot of rice porridge.
After finishing, she put the coal into her space. It was too hot in the room, and Qin Xiaoxiao was afraid she wouldn't be able to sleep at night, so she stopped adding coal and waited for it to burn out on its own.
As darkness fell, Qin Xiaoxiao stood at the doorway and looked up at the sky.
I wonder where Su Lu is? He's been gone for a month now, and there's still no news. Could something have happened to him along the way?
The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became, and the more anxious she became, the more she tended to think in the worst possible light. Qin Xiaoxiao's mood soured, and her face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through her stomach. Qin Xiaoxiao snapped to attention, clutching her belly as she quickly sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed).
She was pregnant, but she couldn't rush things. For the sake of the baby, she had to learn to stay calm and patient.
There's no use in her being anxious if Su Lu doesn't come back; she can only wait.
Qin Xiaoxiao took two deep breaths, exhaled the stale air, and slowly calmed herself down. Qin Xiaoxiao felt better and stopped thinking about Su Lu, and started thinking about what to eat for dinner.
The fire in the stove is going out and can't be burned anymore, so let's just eat what's already prepared.
Qin Xiaoxiao took the prepared lunchbox, ate it in big mouthfuls, threw the lunchbox into her spatial storage, and then took out a bottle of pure milk to drink.
There's not much milk left in the space. I'll have Su Lu bring back more when I have the chance.
Making a mental note of this, Qin Xiaoxiao got up and stood at the doorway, looking at the rain outside. She felt that the rain seemed to be much lighter than during the day.
After dark, Qin Xiaoxiao locked the door and lay down on the still damp and warm kang (heated brick bed). It was so hot that she couldn't sleep, so she took out a cooling mat from her space and laid it out. But that didn't work either. This time, she simply took out three quilts and laid them on top, then put on an insulating mat, and finally put on two more cooling mats. That was much more comfortable.
Just as she fell asleep, Qin Xiaoxiao suddenly opened her eyes, sat up, and listened intently to the sounds outside.
A short while later, a regular knocking sound was heard.
Qin Xiaoxin breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went to open the door.
Ever since Su Lu first returned home from a long trip, he was afraid that he would often come back in the middle of the night when he went on long trips in the future. So the two agreed on a secret signal. When Qin Xiaoxiao heard it, she would know that he had returned and would no longer be afraid.
As she opened the door, Qin Xiaoxiao looked up at that stunningly beautiful face and smiled radiantly, "You're back?"
A single, gentle word was worth more than countless sweet nothings. Su Lu's heart stirred, and he gently pulled the person into his arms. "I'm back."
Su Lu was soaked and didn't dare to hug her for too long. He took the umbrella from Qin Xiaoxiao and put his arm around her as they went back into the house.
After settling Qin Xiaoxiao in, Su Lu went back outside to get his bag, then locked the door, glanced at the direction of Mu Jin's house before heading back to his room.
On the other side, Mu Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Qin Xiaoxiao speak. She put down the wooden stick in her hand, picked up the cup on the table, took a sip of water, and looked up in the direction of Qin Xiaoxiao and Su Lu's house.
Only after hearing the sound of a door closing across the street did Mu Jin turn her gaze away, lie back down on the kang (a heated brick bed), and fall peacefully asleep.
Su Lu is back, and she can finally get a good night's sleep.
She'll go to the county town sometime to find some books on midwifery, so that if Qin Xiaoxiao doesn't have time to get to the hospital, she can help and prevent her from getting into danger in the chaos.
Su Lu returned to the house, threw her bag on the ground, took off her clothes, and jumped into the bathtub that Qin Xiaoxiao had prepared.
Su Lu raised an eyebrow at Qin Xiaoxiao, a wicked smile playing on his lips, "Want to come along?"
Qin Xiaoxiao gave Su Lu a reproachful look, "I can do it, but... I'm afraid you can't!"
Qin Xiaoxiao lowered her head meaningfully and touched her stomach, giving Su Lu a provocative look.
Su Lu choked and immediately became obedient, picking up a towel and scrubbing himself clean inside and out.
The dirty water was temporarily stored away in the space, and Qin Xiaoxiao quickly brought up the things she had thought of that afternoon.
"Can you get some milk? I don't have much milk left in my storage space."
Su Lu blinked, thought for a moment, and said, "Last time you said there wasn't much milk left in the space. I contacted a few friends and asked them to take care of it."
Later, I got busy with work and forgot about it. I figured that after so much time, they should have heard back by now.
"Let's wait until tomorrow. I'll go over there at noon and see if they have any milk."
If Su Lu hadn't mentioned it, Qin Xiaoxiao herself would have forgotten about it. Luckily, he still remembered, so it seems there will be news tomorrow.
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