"Okay, thank you, doctor." Gu Mingze took the list, thanked the doctor, called in a comrade-in-arms, handed him the list and money, and asked him to help him get the medicine.
When it was time to get it back, Zhang Maolin also came back with the things.
"Captain, I've bought all the things and put them here." Zhang Maolin put the things aside, looked at their sister-in-law's feet that were wrapped like dumplings, and asked their leader: "Sister-in-law's feet are like this, can she still walk? How about we rest here for two days before leaving?"
"No, let's go right now. I have a feeling that this place is not safe." After hearing what Zhang Maolin said, Lu Qingyan said hurriedly without waiting for Gu Mingze to speak: "There are too many people coming this time. It is safest for us to hurry back to the army. Besides, my foot is like this again. If something really happens, I will be a burden."
"Listen to your sister-in-law, we'll leave right away." Gu Mingze also knew his wife's fear and the seriousness of the matter, so he nodded and agreed, letting Zhang Maolin carry the things and his wife's backpack.
He squatted down, carried his wife on his back and walked out.
"Let's go to the train station now and hurry back to the army." After Gu Mingze walked out, he gave instructions to the group of people at the door and was the first to walk out of the clinic with people on his back.
In this way, a group of people came to the train station, bought train tickets and entered the station. After getting on the train, they were arranged by the conductor to sit in the connected sleeper cars without waiting to find a seat.
"Thank you for your help. How much are these tickets? I'll pay you." After putting his wife on the bed, Gu Mingze thanked the conductor and asked how much these sleeper berths cost.
"Although we are not comrades in the same trench, we are all serving the country, so we don't have to pay for these." The conductor waved his hand and said without waiting for Gu Mingze to speak, "If you have any problems, come to me or the conductor." He turned and left
"There are still many good people." Lu Qingyan said as she looked at the back of the conductor who was leaving.
"Yes, although there are many bad people around me, there are more good people." Gu Mingze nodded, and asked Zhang Maolin to pay attention to his surroundings. He put the towel in the basin, took the basin to fetch water, and came back to wash his wife's hands and face.
"I can do it myself. It's not like I can't move." Lu Qingyan said sweetly to her husband who she hadn't seen for such a long time but was still willing to serve her.
"You are injured now and cannot move around casually, so just listen to me." Gu Mingze did not listen to his wife and cleaned up for her before cleaning the towel and basin. He then came in and opened the lunch box for his wife to eat.
"I have some biscuits in my backpack. You can have some too." Lu Qingyan held the lunch box, drank the porridge inside, and asked Gu Mingze to eat as well.
"Sister-in-law, I brought you some food. Just let the captain eat this." Zhang Maolin was sitting nearby. After hearing what his sister-in-law said, he pointed to another lunch box and said:
"Have you all eaten?" Lu Qingyan nodded and asked Zhang Maolin
"We have all eaten, sister-in-law, eat it while it's hot, and talk after you've finished eating." Zhang Maolin saw his sister-in-law still talking while eating, so he couldn't help but urge her.
Lu Qingyan was not angry even though she was urged. She lowered her head and drank the porridge in small sips. After she finished, she put down the lunch box.
After confirming that everyone in this carriage was his, he whispered to Gu Mingze, "The people who came this time are here to arrest me. I don't know if they have my photo or information. When you get back to the army, you must find out as soon as possible. I'm afraid that my family will be implicated."
"I understand. Don't worry about these. The most important task now is to take good care of your feet. Leave the rest to me, okay?" Gu Mingze felt a pang in his heart when he heard his wife's words, but he still talked to his wife, asking her to take good care of her body and stop thinking about these messes.
"Well, I really need to take good care of my body. Otherwise, when I get home, my parents and children will feel sorry for me when they see me like this." Lu Qingyan nodded. After saying this, she said helplessly, "But we will be home in a few days at the latest. My foot may not be healed. How should I explain it then?"
"Just say you got lost on your way back. As for the rest, you don't need to tell me. I guess my parents won't ask." Gu Mingze knew that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were reasonable people, so when I saw his wife like this, I was probably filled with heartache when I went back, and I didn't ask anything else.
"Yeah, forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I'll sleep for a while." Lu Qingyan didn't want to use her brain at all at this moment, so after her husband finished speaking, she shook her head, lay there and fell asleep in a daze.
Gu Mingze watched his wife fall asleep, covered her with his coat, and then walked to a distance and said to Zhang Maolin: "You guys take turns sleeping now, remember to pay attention to your surroundings at night, and report immediately if you feel something is wrong."
"Yes." Zhang Maolin also knew the importance of the matter. He saluted and agreed, then went to make arrangements.
Gu Mingze turned around, looked at his sleeping wife, sighed heavily, then picked up the lunch box in front of him and started eating.
His most important thing now is to take good care of his body so that he can have the energy to take care of his wife and protect her safety.
And he thought to himself: If he had known that his wife would encounter the current situation, he should not have agreed to let his wife come over.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t have happened and now people’s lives are threatened.
You also have to listen to orders from above at all times and execute them as long as there is a mission.
The word "regret" filled Gu Mingze's mind and heart at this moment.
But there was no use regretting, since it had already happened, he could only try to minimize the danger, or even eliminate it.
In this way, his wife will not be held hostage by anyone.
"Hmm..., hot."
Gu Mingze was struggling with some confusing thoughts when he suddenly heard his wife's mumbling.
This made him quickly come back to his senses. He strode up to his wife and reached out to touch her forehead.
But the moment he touched it and felt the warmth in his palm, he knew that his wife had a fever, just as the doctor had just said.
"Zhang Maolin, your sister-in-law has a fever. Please get me a basin of warm water." Seeing that his wife had a fever, Gu Mingze did not dare to leave and could only call Zhang Maolin.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Maolin jumped off the bed without hesitation, ran in, picked up the basin and rushed out.
The others who were about to fall asleep, upon hearing what their leader said, got out of bed and walked over to see if they could help.
"Those of you who need to go back to guard the post should do so, and those who need to sleep should sleep. Zhang Maolin is all that's needed here." Gu Mingze looked at the group of people who had gathered around him and waved his hand, asking them to go back to guard the post, sleep, and stop standing around here.
The group of people also knew that they were getting in the way here, so after hearing their leader's impatience, they turned around and went about doing what they were doing.