It was December, and although winter had already arrived in the north, the temperature in the mountains was always later.
The weather in the past few days has been gloomy, with occasional drizzle. The door of Wen Nuan's house would be frozen every morning. Today the weather turned sunny, so many people went up the mountain.
If it were in the south, the family's private plots could still be used to grow some fruits and vegetables, but Wen Nuan saw that the private plots of every household in the staff compound were now struggling to survive, with only a few relatively cold-resistant vegetables growing here and there, which she couldn't even name.
On the path up the mountain, Wen Nuan, Sister Guihua, and Deng Juxiang parted ways with the other military wives and children in the family compound.
Because it had been rainy for the past few days, everyone probably went up the mountain today to see if there were any mushrooms.
Although the weather has cleared up, I still dressed my child in a sweater and a cotton jacket, and a pair of cotton socks to keep him warm when going out, for fear that the temperature would drop later.
The little one knew that she was going out, and she was very excited. She kept staring at her little hands and feet while walking on the road at the foot of the mountain, saying "ah ah ah", as if to say that she should be put down and walk by herself.
Wen Nuan patted her little butt, telling her not to move around. "You still can't walk even after I put you down. Look how cocky you are!"
The little guy looked aggrieved when his butt was patted. He rested his little head on the warm back, and watched the changes in the surrounding scenery with his big eyes, without saying a word.
Wen Nuan carried her child on her back and followed carefully behind Sister Guihua and Deng Juxiang. It was her first time going up the mountain, so she had to be cautious.
Sister Guihua just heard what Liu Meili and the others said, and then she started gossiping with Wen Nuan and Deng Juxiang: "When did Liu Meili get back together with Li Qiuju? Didn't they quarrel before?"
Deng Juxiang was carrying a small bamboo basket on her back and leaning on two branches as she walked slowly. When she heard what Sister Guihua said, she became curious: "That's right. Didn't Li Qiuyan's son fight with Liu Meili's son before? They even had a quarrel. Why are they going up the mountain together now?"
Sister Guihua: "Who knows about these two people? Anyway, they have bad intentions. Before, Liu Meili shamelessly asked Xiao Nuan to exchange houses with her. A few days ago, Li Qiuyan directly pulled two wooden boards to the door of her house and wanted Deputy Head Gu to make a cart for her. How can these people be so shameless?"
Deng Juxiang also heard about this from people in the family compound. Knowing that Wen Nuan had refused on the spot, she hurriedly said, "Fortunately, Xiao Nuan refused. These people are so shameless. You must be more shameless than them. Otherwise, if this precedent is set, who knows how much she will have to help her in the future, and she will be taking advantage of others!"
Then Deng Juxiang looked at Wen Nuan again and asked, "Little Sister Nuan, that Li Qiuyan hasn't come to your house again. Has she come to ask you for anything?"
When Wen Nuan heard them ask, she replied calmly, "No more."
Sister Guihua snorted, "That's good. Anyway, I've tried it. Their family is like a dog-skin plaster. Once it sticks, it can't be shaken off. Fortunately, you didn't soften your heart. I was worried about you at that time."
Wen Nuan is young and speaks softly, and seems easy to bully, otherwise she wouldn't have run into Liu Meili and Li Qiuyan, who are more shameless than the other, as soon as she arrived at the family compound.
Zhang Guihua was thinking at the time that if Wen Nuan agreed, she would definitely let her off the hook. These people just bully the weak and fear the strong, and only pick on the weak.
Deng Juxiang suddenly said, "Although I rejected her this time, Xiao Nuan, you have to be more careful in the future. There are so many men in the family compound, why did she choose your deputy head Gu? Be careful that she has some restless thoughts."
Wen Nuan frowned when she heard that, but she still didn't want to speculate about others. After all, a woman's reputation was still very important in this era.
She said, "My husband and her deceased husband were in the same army in G Province. They were superiors and subordinates and had a good relationship."
Sister Guihua knew that Wen Nuan was kind-hearted and had just joined the army, so she didn't know much about the situation in the family compound, so she kindly reminded her: "Although that's what you say, you should be on guard against others. You said it's not easy for Li Qiuyan, a woman, to raise several children. If there were more men to help, life would definitely be much better."
"Besides, there are many wives of military personnel whose husbands died heroically in the family compound, but generally they return to their hometowns after receiving the pension. There are indeed very few wives like Li Qiuyan who still live in the family compound."
Deng Juxiang also nodded: "Sister Guihua is right. I think Li Qiuyan must know that the family compound is good, and she must be thinking of ways to stay in the family compound in the future."
The two of them said everything they needed to say, and they didn't dare to say anything more casually, but when women talk, those who understand will understand, so it depends on whether Wen Nuan can get the same feeling.
However, when they looked at Wen Nuan and met her pure and somewhat naive eyes, they thought they might be choked.
It all depends on whether the deputy head of the group understands what is going on.
However, according to Zhang Guihua's observation, Deputy Captain Gu should not be the kind of person who is indecisive, and he is very concerned about Wen Nuan. Once when she went to their house, she saw Deputy Captain Gu washing dishes.
In this family compound, how many people can we find who would help with housework when they return home
*
Soon, they arrived at the eastern corner of the foot of the mountain. Many family members were unwilling to walk such a long way to come here, so they all went up the mountain.
After all, some family members had gone up the mountain before and encountered pheasants, wild rabbits and the like. After knowing this, other family members also liked to go up the mountain and they even made a mountain road.
Soon, they found some mushrooms. The gloomy weather in the past few days made the mushrooms grow particularly well. Several trees in a row were growing those tender mushrooms, which looked delicious. All three of them had a good harvest.
Sister Guihua and Deng Juxiang also taught her how to distinguish poisonous and non-toxic mushrooms. Some mushrooms are inedible and must be stepped on directly to prevent others from accidentally picking them.
They were quite lucky this time when they went up the mountain.
After picking a bunch of mushrooms, they walked forward and saw piles of mustard greens. Mustard greens were not rare. Basically, they could dig up a few every time they went up the mountain. It was also one of the most common wild vegetables.
Deng Juxiang knew Wen Nuan was from the south, so she patiently introduced it to her: "This is mustard greens, which can be used as stuffing for buns and dumplings. You can also blanch it and use it to fry eggs, which is also very fragrant. Of course, if you are not afraid of the cold, you can also eat it with other vegetables. My husband likes to eat it with other vegetables the most."
Sister Guihua smiled as she dug the leaves, saying, "You can also make soup or porridge with it, which is also very fragrant. By the way, you have to pick the dark green shepherd's purse, but don't pick the ones that have already bloomed, otherwise they will be too old. But I heard from the barefoot doctor that the blooming shepherd's purse can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine after being dried, which is also a good thing. Anyway, don't miss it if you can pick it."
Wen Nuan squatted down and used the small shovel lent to her by Sister Guihua to dig up the mustard greens in the ground.
This shepherd's purse looks a bit like mugwort, but it is smaller than mugwort, and many of them grow close to the ground.
Wen Nuan smiled and thanked the two sisters-in-law earnestly: "Thank you, two sisters-in-law. I will definitely recognize you next time."
Zhang Guihua on the side laughed: "Xiao Nuan, you are too polite. I usually speak so politely when I give you something. I feel like I am a bit rough."
Wen Nuan said hurriedly, "Sister Guihua, please stop laughing at me. I am really thanking you. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't know what shepherd's purse and snow vegetable are, and I wouldn't be able to tell whether some mushrooms are poisonous or not. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't dare to run around in this mountain."
When Wen Nuan came to the North City, she could be said to have no one to rely on, except Gu Qinghan.
But Gu Qinghan was really too busy. Sometimes, even if he didn't have to train, there were various meetings in the group. This week, there were several nights when he didn't get home until the lights were turned off.
Not to mention the daytime, she has been nowhere to be seen since she got up. If it weren't for Sister Guihua taking her with her, she probably really didn't want to go out.
Sister Guihua smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I accept your sincerity now, but you don't have to be so polite in the future. We all live so close, and we have to help each other in the future."
Wen Nuan smiled sincerely: "Of course, Sister Guihua, as long as you don't mind that I don't know anything."
Sister-in-law Guihua: "How could that be? Your handwriting is so beautiful, you can tell at a glance that you are an intellectual. If I write a letter home in the future, please help me with some advice, so that my elder and second brothers don't laugh at me for making so many typos all day long!"
A few people were chatting and laughing, and the small bamboo baskets they were carrying were already filled with a lot of wild vegetables and mushrooms.
Because Wen Nuan was carrying Le Le on her back, Zhang Guihua put her wild vegetables and mushrooms in her backpack and they would share them when they returned.
Lele was very well behaved along the way, only babbling occasionally, but that was because he was excited and found the towering trees amazing.
Deng Juxiang's family has six people, so she wanted to pick up more mountain products to bring back. "It seems that we can still go ahead. Let's go over there and take a look."
Sister Osmanthus looked at the trees ahead and said, "Let's go and have a look. Maybe we can pick up some bird eggs."
So they continued walking forward. The grass in front was thicker than where they had just dug wild vegetables, but it was almost dry.
Those trees were much taller and bigger than the ones just now. Wen Nuan didn't know what kind of trees they were. The leaves on them had all fallen off, leaving them bare.
At this moment, Lele, who was sitting on Wen Nuan's back, suddenly screamed "Ah..." Wen Nuan thought something happened and immediately turned her head to see if her face was scratched by a branch.
Unexpectedly, the child stretched out her pink little hand and pointed to a crooked tree in the distance in the northeast corner. Next to the tree was a pile of wet hay. I guess she thought it was something rare, so I heard her call out "Ahhh" a few times.
The two short legs were still stepping on both sides of the warm waist, and they kicked hard, as if trying to break free from the straps on their bodies and get down to walk around.
Everyone looked at the haystack in unison, but there seemed to be nothing special about that haystack. It was sparse and not dense, just a little wetter and darker in color than the other haystacks. Lele was young and might have thought it was some kind of flower or grass.
Deng Juxiang and Zhang Guihua were both frequent mountain climbers, and they were experienced enough to guess that there wouldn't be any precious treasures in such a haystack. At most, there might be some mushrooms hidden there, but judging by the sparseness of the patch, there shouldn't be many.
Seeing this, Deng Juxiang said, "Le Le, you didn't think it was some kind of flower or grass, did you? Haha, the plants on the mountain can't bloom at this time of year. A snowfall will destroy everything."
Zhang Guihua saw Lele kicking her feet excitedly and felt very happy. She said hurriedly, "Lele, do you want flowers? If Aunt Guihua sees a small flower later, she will pick it for you first."
"Your mother must be very tired carrying you on her back on the mountain road. Be good and don't make trouble."
When the little girl heard Zhang Guihua talking to her, she didn't know whether she understood or not, but she started dancing and laughing with her little mouth open, which made Zhang Guihua even more amused. She couldn't help but stretch out her hand to gently pinch her rosy little face and teased her a few more times.
But as soon as Zhang Guihua walked away, the little one started babbling again, as if saying that if Wen Nuan didn't go over and separate the two piles of hay for her, she would keep making trouble.
Wen Nuan thought that she had picked up a lot of wild vegetables and mushrooms, and she was a little tired after carrying the child all the way, so she might as well take a break and play with the child.
Lele is actually very well-behaved. They have been here for such a long time, walked so many mountain roads, and picked so many vegetables, but she is just starting to make a fuss now. Wen Nuan thinks she is already a little angel.
Of course, it may also be that the child is hungry and his diaper is wet, so he is a little fussy.
Wen Nuan smiled at Lele behind her and said, "Are you hungry, Lele? Wait a minute, mom will find a place to put you down."
The little fellow certainly wouldn't respond. He just stared around with his big round eyes, still feeling a little excited.
Deng Juxiang saw this and said, "Xiao Nuan, you have a really good temper. I used to carry my child up the mountain, and no matter how much he cried or made a fuss, I would always finish my work first."
Sister Guihua also smiled and said, "That's right. I don't have the patience either. But Xiao Nuan has a really good temper. I live next door to her and I've never heard her yell at the children."
Wen Nuan felt a little embarrassed by what they said. Seeing Sister Guihua and Deng Juxiang deliberately walking towards the woods in the east, she said to them, "Sister-in-law, maybe the child is a little hungry and has a bad temper. I'll feed her."
Sister Guihua looked at Lele who was still making a fuss and said with a smile, "Okay, you must be tired after carrying the child all the way, you can rest here for a while and feed the baby. I'll go to the front to see if there are any wild yams, and dig some to bring back to nourish my husband."
Hearing this, Deng Juxiang smiled cryptically and said, "I want to go see him too. My husband has lost his strength in the past two years. It's hard for him to have sex every two days."
When Wen Nuan heard this, her mouth slightly opened, and then her round almond eyes widened, looking innocent and pitiful.
She didn't know if she had misunderstood. Was the topic the two sisters-in-law had just talked about...
Soon, Sister Guihua noticed her surprised look and smiled: "Sister Xiao Nuan, you and Deputy Head Gu are so young, you definitely don't understand our hardships."
Deng Juxiang was not impatient at all. She laughed: "Xiao Nuan, you are really shameless. You already have a child, do you still need to be shy? But it is true. Deputy Head Gu looks very capable. He must have made you satisfied. Unlike us old couples, we can't be stimulated without adding something..."
Wen Nuan's face turned red, and the two sisters-in-law laughed: "I like Xiao Nuan's shy look. No wonder Deputy Captain Gu likes to run home all day long..."
Wen Nuan simply put the child down, turned her back to feed the child, and reminded them: "Two sisters-in-law, if you don't hurry up, it will be dark soon."
It was already afternoon when they went up the mountain. In the north, night falls early in winter. If they didn't get back before five o'clock, they would probably have to go back in the dark.
The two sisters-in-law talked and laughed, and planned to look around again and go back.
*
Wen Nuan had already put the little one down from her back, and was about to find a flatter place to feed the child. However, after the child came down, he did not pull at her clothes for milk, but pointed at the bush again and struggled to crawl forward.
Wen Nuan didn't know why she was so stubborn. She knew she wasn't hungry, so she just carried her over to see what was so special about the haystack.
The little guy felt the warmth and finally hugged her. He hugged her neck more excitedly and rubbed it a few times. Finally, he laughed out loud and was very happy.
Wen Nuan thought that the little girl had been very well-behaved along the way, so she took her to the haystack and used a branch to dig a few times at the haystack.
And under the haystack, there is a hint of green.
Wen Nuan immediately held the child sideways, squatted down, and pulled away all the surrounding grass. She saw a radish that didn't look like a radish, but was a little smaller than a radish. She couldn't tell what it was.
Then she took out a small shovel and dug carefully, and finally an idea came to her mind.
—Wild ginseng!
The little guy in the warm arms was already pulling the leaves of the wild ginseng, giggling, and almost drooling from laughing!
Wen Nuan simply picked off the leaves of the wild ginseng and let the little guy play with them first. She had to dig out this wild ginseng!
After she dug out the whole wild ginseng, Guihua and Deng Juxiang had already returned, and they were still smiling and saying, "Xiao Nuan, guess what treasure we found?"
Sister Guihua was impatient and said directly: "We actually found a few nests of bird eggs and wild yams!"
Wen Nuan finally dug out the whole wild ginseng. She looked at the two people who came back with a smile and shouted, "Sister Guihua, Sister Juxiang, come here quickly. Look what I dug up."
When the two sisters-in-law heard this, they ran towards the warmth.
The little guy looked at the two aunts running over and started laughing again. His big round eyes seemed to speak: Look what great treasure my mother found.
"Oh my god! Ginseng!"
"It's wild, little sister Nuan, how lucky are you? You dug up wild ginseng the first time you went up the mountain!"
When they came out, Deng Juxiang no longer held out hope of picking up any mountain products. After all, the foot of the mountain had been trampled almost everywhere by the surrounding villagers. The most they could do was to dig up some wild vegetables to eat. But who would have thought that Wen Nuan had directly dug up some wild ginseng, and they also found two nests of bird eggs!
This is really bad luck!
Wen Nuan didn't care that her hands were still covered in dirt. She stretched out her hand and pinched the little guy who was playing with ginseng leaves next to her. She said, "The place Lele pointed to just now is where we dug wild ginseng. This is all thanks to Lele."
The little girl didn't know if she understood the warm praise, she showed a few front teeth and giggled, her originally dark eyes became a line due to laughing.
Upon hearing this, Sister Guihua also reached out and pinched the child's cheeks: "Oh my, Lele, you are so amazing. You can just point at wild ginseng! Come on, let your auntie share in your good fortune and give birth to a daughter as cute as you!"
Deng Juxiang also reached out and pinched the child: "Lele, this little lucky guy, when aunt goes out to look for mountain products in the future, I will definitely take you with me. You have to lead us to find wild rabbits, pheasants, etc...."
The little fellow laughed a few times, then lowered his head to play with his own leaves. After a few strokes, he tore the leaves into pieces and they fell all over his body.
Wen Nuan tidied up the soil of the wild ginseng and said, "Put this thing away properly, don't drop it."
Sister Guihua and Deng Juxiang were both experienced people. They immediately tidied the backpack and asked Wen Nuan to put the wild ginseng in.
Then they looked around to see if there were any more, but there was only one plant, and there were quite a few mushrooms, so they picked quite a few before stopping.
Sister Guihua looked at her watch and found that it was already 5 o'clock. They didn't bother to look for it anymore and just had to get down the mountain.
*
Walking back to the fork in the road that led up the mountain, Wen Nuan saw many family members from the family compound rushing down the mountain, shouting, "Hurry down, there are little wolves, biting people!"
When Sister Guihua heard this, she quickly pulled Wen Nuan toward the main road and said, "Hurry, the little wolf is here, and the big wolf will probably show up soon too. Let's not linger any longer."
Before, villagers living near the family compound had said that there were wolves coming down from the mountain to eat the chickens they raised, but they had never seen a real wolf. This time, the people on the mountain came down in a hurry, shouting that there was a wolf, so it seemed that there must be a wolf.
Wen Nuan was carrying her child on her back, and she was afraid that she might encounter danger, so she quickened her pace.
By the time I returned to the family compound, my heart finally settled down.
There was also a lot of talk in the family compound, saying that there were wolf cubs on the mountain.
After listening for a while, Wen Nuan and Sister Guihua realized that Liu Meili, Li Qiuyan and a few others had gone to the mountain to dig wild vegetables and saw a cave, thinking there was some treasure hidden there. However, they found out it was a weasel's den, not a real wolf's den. Word spread from one to another, and it became known that there were little wolf cubs coming out to bite people.
Fortunately, there were only two weasels at the time and they ran fast, so nothing happened.
But I heard that they ran so fast that they stumbled and fell several times when going down the mountain, so flesh injuries were inevitable. As for how serious the injuries were, Wen Nuan didn't see them, so she doesn't know the details.
Sister Guihua and Deng Juxiang took the mountain products they found in the mountains directly to Wen Nuan's home because her home was the cleanest.
They divided the mushrooms they picked and the wild vegetables they dug into three portions.
When they got to the wild ginseng, Sister Guihua and Deng Juxiang said almost in unison: "This was found by Lele. We don't want it anymore."
After they finished talking, they smiled at each other, and Sister Guihua said, "Yes, this is all thanks to Lele, so this wild ginseng should be given to Xiaonuan."
"I agree. I won't be able to sleep if I get it. I feel bad snatching things from a child."
Wen Nuan talked until her mouth was dry. She planned to divide the wild ginseng equally. After all, everyone went up the mountain together. Since the mushrooms, wild vegetables, bird eggs and so on were to be divided, she couldn't be so selfish.
Without Sister Guihua and Deng Juxiang taking her up the mountain, she would not have been able to dig up this ginseng.
He was so helpless that his mouth was dry. Both of them insisted not to have it, so Wen Nuan had to keep it all to herself in the end.
But she also didn't want the bird eggs and wild yams they found later. After all, she had no part in these, and if she shared them, she would feel guilty.
After arguing for a while, they finally agreed on the warm plan.
The wild ginseng belonged to her, and the bird eggs and wild yams they found later were divided equally between Sister Guihua and Deng Juxiang.
*
Over there, Li Qiuyan was caught by a weasel because she ran too slowly. Three blood marks were vaguely seen. Although it was not serious, she was still very scared.
For some reason, after Li Qiuyan went to the infirmary, she thought of Gu Qinghan.
In the past, when I was in the army in Province G, the soldiers would often go up to the mountains for training for a few days, and they would usually have some injuries.
She knew that Gu Qinghan had anti-inflammatory drugs issued by the army, which were much better than the disinfectant in the infirmary.
Once, when her son He Dazhuang was scratched by a wild cat, Gu Qinghan gave her husband a tube of anti-inflammatory medicine, and the wound healed in a few days.
Moreover, the infirmary just prescribed her a few drops of medicine, and she also needed to get a few shots of rabies vaccine, which cost five dollars. It was too expensive!
So Li Qiuyan simply came to the 76th Regiment and found Gu Qinghan's office. Ever since she was rejected by Wen Nuan at their home last time, she had figured it out that there were some things that Wen Nuan couldn't interfere with.
In the past, Gu Qinghan was not the kind of person who would sit idly by. Whenever their family had problems, he was always the first to lend a helping hand.
He has changed since he brought Wen Nuan to Beicheng to join the army.
But Li Qiuyan did not blame him. After all, there was a woman in the family who could take charge of things. So this time she was not as stupid as last time and came directly to find Gu Qinghan.
Who knew that the person was not there, and said he was in a meeting.
After waiting for a long time, Li Qiuyan finally saw Gu Qinghan coming out of the conference room. His tall and straight figure and cool and handsome face were very conspicuous among the crowd.
She had always thought that Gu Qinghan was good-looking, but she was just unlucky and was forced to marry her by Wen Nuan's scheme.
Otherwise he would definitely find a better revolutionary partner.
Before she could think about it, Gu Qinghan had already walked out towards the administrative building in a hurry, and it was unknown what he was in a hurry for.
Li Qiuyan endured the pain in her feet and quickly chased after him, shouting, "Deputy Captain Gu!"
Perhaps it was because her voice was too soft or the crowd was too noisy, but Gu Qinghan seemed not to hear her. He strode forward at such a fast speed that it was impossible for a wounded little woman like her to catch up with him.
Fortunately, Li Qiuyan still gritted her teeth and chased forward, raising her voice and shouting, "Deputy Captain Gu, I have something to talk to you about."
Gu Qinghan stopped when he heard someone calling him, but when he saw it was Li Qiuyan, he frowned subconsciously.
Before he could speak, Li Qiuyan put on a delicate posture and said aggrievedly: "Deputy Captain Gu, I'm sorry to bother you for a while. I have something urgent to talk to you about. I was caught by a weasel when I went up the mountain today. I... My injuries are a bit serious now. I have a request. I wonder if you can help me."
Gu Qinghan glanced at her with his cold eyes and said in a cold tone: "I'm busy, please find someone else."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Li Qiuyan wanted to chase after him, but Li Daxiang, who had been following Gu Qinghan, stopped her first: "Sister-in-law Li, our deputy commander Gu really has something urgent to do. You can tell me if you have anything to say. I'll see if I can help you."
Li Daxiang had heard that Li Qiuyan had directly pulled two wooden boards to Gu Qinghan and Wen Nuan's house, wanting Deputy Captain Gu to help her make a cart, but was rejected by their sister-in-law Wen Nuan.
Li Daxiang thought about how Wen Nuan was so friendly to him, a soldier, and he had always respected her. Now that someone came to "harass" Deputy Captain Gu, he must come out to stop it immediately.
Otherwise, how could he be worthy of Wen Nuan's kindness to him? !
Li Qiuyan glanced at Li Daxiang, not knowing where this soldier came from. She was immediately annoyed and frowned: "Who are you? I'm looking for Deputy Commander Gu, not you!"
Li Daxiang smiled and patiently explained to her, "I am Li Daxiang, assistant to Deputy Head Gu. If you need anything from Deputy Head Gu, you can also tell me."
"Oh, by the way, I just heard you say that you were caught by a weasel, right? Were you seriously injured?"
Upon hearing this, Li Qiuyan didn't know whether to respond or not. Gu Qinghan on the other end had already disappeared, and no one knew where he was going at such a fast pace.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Li Daxiang waved to several comrades in the regiment and said, "Erhu, Maodou, come here. There is a military wife who is injured and needs our help. Bring the stretcher over and we will send this sister-in-law to the infirmary. Hurry up, hurry up, this sister-in-law said she is seriously injured..."
The soldiers were very fast. In just a few seconds, two soldiers came over with a stretcher and placed it at Li Qiuyan's feet.
Seeing that she was still confused, Li Daxiang urged her again: "Sister-in-law, come up quickly, we will send you to the infirmary now!"
Li Qiuyan was simply forced to do something. Before she could react to what was happening, Li Daxiang's cannon-like mouth urged her to get on a stretcher, and then she was carried to the infirmary of the military hospital...
The whole thing took only three minutes from the time we were rushed to the hospital.
The doctor frowned when he saw Li Qiuyan coming back for treatment: "Didn't you just finish the examination? I told you it's okay. Just apply some disinfectant, get a few shots of vaccine if you're afraid, and don't touch water in the near future."
The villagers here encounter weasels several times a year and have long been experienced in this.
Li Daxiang said to the doctor innocently, "I don't know either. Just now, this sister-in-law said that she was seriously injured, so we sent her to the hospital."
The doctor had seen patients with much more serious injuries than Li Qiuyan. Her injury was not serious. When he saw two soldiers carrying a stretcher outside, his face turned black. "Nonsense! How could you not know the disease I'm treating? It's just a weasel scratch. There's not much bleeding. Apply some disinfectant, some medicine, and a few shots of vaccine. It will be healed in a few days."
"Comrade Li Qiuyan, you are wasting the army's resources like this, you are going too far!"
Li Qiuyan was speechless for a moment. She felt aggrieved for the first time and simply covered her face and burst into tears.
The doctor didn't buy her trick and scolded her seriously, "If it's really serious, I will definitely help you treat the wound myself, but now you are simply wasting military resources. Soldiers and comrades defend their country. If the people are in trouble, they will definitely help us at the first time, but now..."
"Why… "
Li Daxiang blinked innocently: "It's okay. I just saw that this sister-in-law was very anxious and said that she was seriously injured. I also thought she was not feeling well. Now that she is fine, I am relieved."
"Erhu, Maodou, we're going back first."
Li Daxiang saluted the doctor and then left the infirmary, leaving Li Qiuyan crying with her face covered.
*
Gu Qinghan over there rushed home without stopping. In the afternoon, someone told him that Wen Nuan had taken the children to the mountain.
Just after the meeting, some people were talking about little wolf cubs coming down the mountain. People in the family compound were so scared that they all went down the mountain. Several people fell down in the process.
After the meeting, Gu Qinghan did not care that there were still some trivial official matters that had not been dealt with, and went straight back to the staff quarters.
Along the way, he thought of many possibilities. Would Wen Nuan fall and get hurt while carrying a child on her back? Would the child get scratched by a branch? Would a woman with such a small child be unable to outrun a wolf cub
After a lot of random thoughts, Gu Qinghan finally arrived home and pushed the door open and walked in.
However, there was no one in the living room. He looked around the house and went straight to the room.
As soon as I pushed open the blue wooden door, a pretty and graceful figure as white as the first snow came into view, and then I closed the door again.
Wen Nuan heard the door being pushed open and yelled "Ah!" and hurriedly put her clothes back on. But she soon realized it was Gu Qinghan, so she yelled, "Why are you back so early today?"
The bugle call had just sounded not long ago, so the day's training should have just ended.
Gu Qinghan's muffled voice sounded from behind the door, "I heard that there were wolf cubs on the mountain. Did you take Lele up the mountain?"
Wen Nuan smiled. It turned out that he had also heard the news. No wonder he ran in such a hurry. So he was not in a hurry to put on his clothes. He planned to wipe his body thoroughly before going out.
Wen Nuan took advantage of the good weather today and boiled some water to wash the little guy. At this moment, Lele was playing in the bathroom. When he heard Gu Qinghan's voice, he crawled forward and wanted to get down to the ground, but was stopped by the quilt that Wen Nuan had folded.
Wen Nuan raised her voice and replied, "Yes, I went to pick mountain products with Sister Guihua and Sister Juxiang, but we didn't go up the mountain. We just wandered around the foot of the mountain. Sister Guihua and the others took me to dig a lot of shepherd's purse and mushrooms, and they also found bird eggs..."
The little fellow heard something about mushrooms and bird eggs, and I don't know if it remembered going up the mountain. He lay on the ground and laughed, kicking his little feet backwards with all his strength.
Gu Qinghan's voice was deep: "Are you all right?"
Wen Nuan was silent for a moment, then wrung out the towel in the enamel basin, then slowly wiped it, smiling, "It's okay, we walked a lot and sweated a little, so I thought I'd take advantage of the good weather today to wash my hair and wipe my body. I just gave Lele a bath next to the stove, so it doesn't have to be too cold."
The two talked for a while through the door. When Wen Nuan picked up the cute little one, opened the door and went out to the living room, she found Gu Qinghan standing at the door. The tall figure instantly covered her and the child.
Wen Nuan washed her hair, which was still wet, making her big eyes look watery and bright.
As soon as Lele saw Gu Qinghan, he stretched out his little arms, called out "Ya Ya" twice, and then made a "Baba" sound. It was unclear whether he wanted to call daddy or for a hug.
Because she had just taken a shower, Lele looked much fresher and her hair was more flowing. The particularly long tuft of hair on top of her head swayed with her movements. Her chubby face was pink and her little mouth was chubby, which made Gu Qinghan unable to help but reach out and hold her in his arms.
Wen Nuan felt relieved immediately as her arms were empty. She looked at the man's familiar and serious face and asked with a smile, "Guess what I found this time when I went up the mountain?"
Wen Nuan said, and then she turned around and went back to her room. When she reached the wooden box they had bought in Beijing, she turned back to look at him and said, "You will never guess it!"
Wen Nuan opened the small box directly, and then exposed the wild ginseng to the two people's eyes: "You may not believe it, but this was found by Lele. The little girl pointed to the bush at the beginning and wanted to go over to take a look. I thought she wanted to play, so I dug a little. Who knew she would find a wild ginseng. Do you think Lele is very lucky?"
Every finger is a treasure, and the warmth is a little unbelievable.
Gu Qinghan looked at the wild ginseng, his eyes instantly brightened. He looked at Lele in his arms, imitated the way Wen Nuan usually kissed her, and then pecked her on the face awkwardly: "Good girl."
The little girl didn't know if she felt Gu Qinghan kissing her, but she immediately stretched out her chubby little arms, hugged his neck, then slowly put her face forward, twisted it, and looked at Wen Nuan with a smile.
Wen Nuan looked at these two people and instantly felt abandoned!
She pouted, then shook her still slightly wet hair unhappily, and said, "I'm so tired today, you cook tonight!"
After saying that, he lay down on the bed, not caring that his hair was still wet.