Liu Linjuan, Shen Bo's attending physician, knew that he no longer needed to be hospitalized and could go home to recuperate and rest. As for when he could return to the army to continue working, she would know after a comprehensive examination at the hospital.
Seeing Zhou Yi arrive so happily today, I joked:
"Is Sister Zhou here today because she's moving?"
"Yes! Sister, isn't it because Old Shen's health is recovering quite well!"
"As for thanking me, I won't say much. If you ever need anything in the future, just let me know, and I'll definitely help!"
"I don't want to hear what Sister Zhou is saying. What kind of relationship do our two families have?"
There's no need to be so formal; saying it like that makes you seem distant!
"Yes, yes, I misspoke. Please don't hesitate to ask me for help in the future!"
"That's not much of a change."
Zhou Tao knew that thanking Liu Linjuan in front of her would seem too formal, so he figured he could just take care of her himself in the future.
"Look at what you're saying, we're like family. Since you want to move back, I won't stop you. But there's something I have to remind you of."
"Girl, you speak, I'm listening!"
"After being discharged from the hospital, when I finish taking the medicine I prescribed, I will go to see Uncle Wang for a check-up and ask him to take care of me."
"you mean?"
"Western medicine is fast, but sometimes it is still not as good as the things left by our ancestors."
We are all soldiers, and we have participated in countless wars, so we know what it's like on the battlefield.
Moreover, Shen Dongde's father has suffered countless injuries, both large and small, throughout his military career. Some of these injuries might not be visible to Western doctors. To treat the root cause, one should seek out an experienced traditional Chinese medicine doctor like Uncle Wang. Uncle Wang's family has a long tradition of practicing traditional Chinese medicine, so it might be worthwhile to visit him.
The internal injuries still require treatment from an experienced doctor like Uncle Wang.
After hearing this, Zhou Tao thought about what Liu Linjuan said and felt that it made sense.
It's a good opportunity to take advantage of Lao Shen's time recuperating at home to get some proper care. It's not a big deal; it's just a bit of work to brew the medicine.
"Okay, I'll remember that, don't worry! I'll take him to see Old Wang later."
And so I watched as Aunt Zhou and her family of five moved out of the courtyard. In the evening, there were suddenly fewer people in the house, and the courtyard became quiet.
However, as long as Mom isn't on duty, Chen Dong and the others still come early every day to practice martial arts. When Mom is on duty, they practice at home.
In this way, the mornings will be basically the same as before, with no difference, and I can still see them.
The only problem is that after they finish their martial arts training, there's only one child left at home, along with Aunt Wu and Sister Shanshan. I can only stay under their noses, so it's not as convenient for me to enter the space.
However, Uncle Shen was very happy about Shen Dong and the others learning martial arts, because they could learn real skills that would benefit them for a lifetime.
With a few fewer people at home all of a sudden, I was a little unaccustomed to it at first, since there was no one to play with anymore.
But then again? The thought of being able to take out even more things from the space makes me even happier.
Why? Aunt Wu and Sister Shanshan can't just stare at me for 12 hours a day without doing anything else!
They still had other things to do. Besides, Sister Shanshan also took on some handicrafts to do at home, and sometimes she had to return them, otherwise the people wouldn't pay her.
Aunt Wu was either doing laundry or going out to buy groceries, so she had a lot on her plate.
"It's still possible to take something out of the space if I want, but I have to avoid them carefully, otherwise they will find out, and that would be troublesome."
Now that I can walk and run, I can look around here and there. I wander around the house every day when I have nothing to do. Since I have nothing to do anyway, I have to make sure I know every part of the house well.
I noticed the kitchen door was open today. I glanced back and saw Aunt Wu and her daughter mending clothes. Did they see that they hadn't noticed what I was doing?
He quietly entered the kitchen, went straight to the cupboard, opened the cupboard door, and saw a jar of eggs on the bottom shelf. There was no way to count how many eggs were in it.
But then I noticed that the jar wasn't full, so I secretly transferred two more from my spatial storage and put them in. I didn't dare put in too many, so I only put in two.
I looked again and saw a salt shaker on top. It was about half full of coarse salt, so I put in a small handful of coarse salt.
After looking around the kitchen, I secretly put a little bit of everything I could see that was in the space. I didn't dare to put too much in, and then I put it back to its original state, just in case Aunt Wu found out.
Don't underestimate Aunt Wu; the kitchen is her domain, and she knows exactly what's in the kitchen, whether there's too much or too little food.
Even though it looks simple, adding things to the house little by little is still possible, and you can save money no matter what.
Besides, the country is going through a difficult time right now. Everyone is saving every penny to send food to the front lines, so there's not much left to buy.
In addition, most of the grain is now in the hands of grain merchants, and the price of grain fluctuates erratically. If you can secretly take out some, take as much as you can, and save as much as you can!
Every ten days or so, whenever he had time and the kitchen door was open, he would sneak into the kitchen to see what was missing and add a little bit of it.
But one time I saw that there were only four eggs left in the jar, so I didn't dare to put them in.
The reason is simple: Aunt Wu must know how many eggs are in the jar. If she puts more in, she might be discovered. Even if she doesn't admit it, she can't take such a big risk.
Looking at the chickens in the yard, I came up with an idea: I could put an egg in the coop every few days, which would be equivalent to an egg laid by the chickens, and it would be safer.
How should we put it? We need to figure out a way.
Seizing an opportunity, I saw Aunt Wu going to the chicken coop to get eggs, so I quickly ran over.
"Auntie, the egg, take it."
At first, what Aunt Wu heard meant:
"Wow, Mianmian knows that Aunt Wu's eggs came from the henhouse! That's great! You're such a little kid, and you already know these things. Your little brain must be so smart!"
When I heard this, I reached out to take it myself, but Aunt Wu wouldn't let me.
"Mianmian, be good. Don't put your hands over there, or the chicken will burn your little hands and make them bleed. It will hurt a lot, you know?"
Upon hearing this, I angrily replied, "No, take the egg."
In the end, Aunt Wu had no choice but to let me take it.
After all, if I don't succeed, I'm afraid I'll sneak into the henhouse and take the eggs myself. But it seems like I'm really asking the old hen for help. Aunt Wu feels she can't explain it to her mother, since she's just a nanny.
That's how you successfully get the eggs, and as soon as you hear the hen cluck after laying an egg, everyone starts scrambling to get it.
There are five hens in the family, and every three to five days, they lay an extra egg.
Aunt Wu never thought anything of it. It was a good thing that the hen could lay eggs. Every now and then, there was an extra egg, and she didn't think much of it.
I'd heard before that when hens are well-raised, they can lay two eggs a day. But this only happens occasionally, not every day, so there's nothing to be surprised about.
However, since there were fewer children eating at home recently, Aunt Wu saw that she could save up quite a few eggs in about ten days, so she found a jar and pickled the eggs into salted eggs.
Pickled eggs are like pickled salted duck eggs; they can be eaten after a month. After boiling the salted eggs, any leftovers are stored in the cellar to be eaten during the New Year. That's how we have quite a few salted eggs at home now.
This is a rare find these days. She probably knows that most families would sell it if they couldn't finish it all.
However, she felt that my mother would not agree, so she didn't mention it and just started pickling it, since it could be stored for a long time that way.
After several people were missing from the family, about three months passed. Then one night, in the middle of the night, I was awakened from my sleep by a series of urgent knocks on the door. I was so frightened that I burst into tears.
Mom and Aunt Wu heard the noise and quickly got up. Mom quickly comforted me, saying, "Baby, baby, don't cry!"
He said to Sister Wu outside, "Sister Wu, go see who's here. Don't open the door, just ask in the yard first."
"Okay, I understand."
Hearing my mother beside me, I gradually stopped crying. Seeing that I had stopped, my mother put me aside, lit the kerosene lamp, and was about to say something when I heard Sister Wu run to the window and stand outside, saying:
"Xiao Liu, something's happened. There's a guy surnamed Jin outside who says he's the head of the security department at the military hospital. He says Director Ding sent him to take you to the hospital right away, and that the wounded are on their way. He wants you to get there quickly."
Upon hearing this, Mom quickly got up and dressed, saying to me as she did so, "Mianmian, listen to your Aunt Wu at home. Mom will be back soon."
Upon hearing "Mom, be good," she knew the situation was very serious, so she quickly uttered the words two at a time.
Seeing her daughter's well-behaved manner, Liu Linjuan patted her head and left.
Then I heard voices talking outside.
"Big sister, Mianmian is awake. You can carry her to your bed and coax her to sleep later."
"I understand. You should get back to work. Knocking on the door so late might mean something serious is happening."
During the year or so that Sister Wu worked in this family, she also knew that Liu Linjuan was a person with remarkable medical skills, which was based on what Aunt Zhou had told her!
My mother went to treat seriously ill and injured patients like Uncle Shen several times in the past two or three months. So Aunt Wu knew how capable my mother was, so she didn't say much, but just told her to go quickly.
Upon seeing Section Chief Jin, Liu Linjuan didn't say a word and hurriedly followed him to the hospital. After all, the fact that he had to ask her to go back in the middle of the night meant that her injuries must be very serious, otherwise he wouldn't have done that.
Upon arriving at the hospital, I saw that in addition to Dean Ding, Minister Chen, Political Commissar Ma, and several other leaders were also there, including the department head. It seemed that the injured person was not in good condition.
The fact that they were able to bring back two of the most skilled surgeons at once can only mean that the injured person was in critical condition.
Without thinking too much, I quickly ran over and saluted.
"Greetings, esteemed leaders. Liu Linjuan is here to report for duty."
"I feel half relieved now that Xiao Liu is here."
"Yes! We all know about Xiao Liu's medical skills. Minister Chen, we can finally put our minds at ease."
After the leaders finished speaking, Dean Ding quickly went up the mountain and said:
"Xiao Liu, the information we've received so far is that this wounded soldier has been shot in multiple places all over his body, two of which are in vital areas, so it can be said to be very serious."
The information we've received so far indicates one area is near the heart and the other is near a major blood vessel in the thigh, requiring both you and Director He to perform surgery simultaneously.
You are both doctors, and you know that massive bleeding during surgery is unavoidable. So, before the injured arrive, you two should quickly discuss the surgical plan.
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