For two consecutive days, Wen Nuan went to the military hospital to bring meals to Gu Qinglan.
Gu Qinglan has been very busy recently. Lele said a few days ago that she had gained weight, but she has obviously lost weight and is almost the same as when she first came to Beicheng.
Wen Nuan came from the kitchen this time. She took the rice that Lao Zhong had given her and came over directly. She planned to go home and cook later.
Gu Qinghan will be going out again in a few days, so Wen Nuan plans to go home and cook for the next few days.
The happiest person was Gu Qinglan. Someone fed her for two consecutive days. Knowing that Wen Nuan had come again, she hurried over without even taking off her nurse's uniform.
Wen Nuan saw her running over excitedly, and while opening the lid of the lunch box, she smiled and said, "Why are you running so fast? No one is trying to snatch it from you."
Gu Qinglan joked: "Le Le, this little foodie, will definitely snatch it from me. If you don't believe me, just wait and see..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lele pointed at the sweet and sour pork ribs in the lunch box and said, "Mom, I want some meat."
As he said this, he put his hands on the table and tried to climb onto the dining table to grab a piece of pork ribs.
Wen Nuan quickly stopped Le Le from climbing onto the table, and then pulled her back to the chair, "Didn't you just eat in the cafeteria? This is Auntie's meal, you are not allowed to grab it. We will go home and cook some more later."
After Gu Qinglan washed her hands and her chopsticks and spoon, she walked over.
Seeing Lele really trying to snatch the food from her, she smiled and said, "Eat it, eat it. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't give it to them. Only our Lele has this privilege."
Gu Qinglan picked up the largest piece of pork ribs with chopsticks and passed it to the little guy's mouth. Lele grabbed it without thinking and shouted with a smile: "Thank you, auntie."
Wen Nuan looked at Lele's little hands holding the pork ribs, which were already covered with a layer of honey-colored sticky stuff. Fortunately, she had just wiped her hands clean, otherwise she really couldn't let her eat like that.
"You're welcome. Auntie, please start eating too." Gu Qinglan was already starving to death, and her sister-in-law happened to bring her some food. Now she could eat a whole cow.
Wen Nuan looked at the two, one big and one small, who were both eating in an untidy manner, and couldn't help but say, "Eat slowly, be careful not to choke."
Gu Qinglan was eating with a steamed bun, her mouth full of food, and she said incoherently: "I can't be slow, I have to help my colleague on the night shift later, so I'll try to have a day off in two days."
Wen Nuan thought about it and realized that Gu Qinglan had not had a holiday for a long time, and she had not had a holiday for the Mid-Autumn Festival before. It was time for her to take a break.
Wen Nuan looked at Gu Qinglan who was eating voraciously and asked with concern: "Are you able to adapt to such a busy job?"
Although the military hospital is quite large, there are a lot of people in this unit plus several villages outside. Gu Qinglan was very busy the few times she came here.
After hearing what her sister-in-law said, Gu Qinglan looked up and smiled: "Of course I can adapt, sister-in-law, don't worry, I can endure hardships."
Then she added: "Besides, working in a hospital is not as tiring as working in the fields. When I went to the countryside before, during the busy farming season, I only slept four hours a day because I had to go to the fields to harvest wheat and rice."
Gu Qinglan really didn't think the work in the hospital was tiring. "Besides, if I can't even handle this little bit of tiredness, how can I take the exam to become a doctor in the future?"
But she always remembered her sister-in-law's advice and would never give up until she passed the exam to become a doctor.
Wen Nuan felt a little comforted after hearing what Gu Qinglan said. It seemed that this girl was not just talking casually, but was really working hard to learn.
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "Okay, you should also take care of yourself and don't be so stubborn."
"Okay, I understand." Gu Qinglan tasted a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs with relish, and then asked: "By the way, when is Big Brother going out? I'll go over to your place and sleep then."
Wen Nuan thought for a moment and said, "We'll leave next Tuesday, but if you're busy, you don't have to run around."
The hospital is still some distance away from their home, unlike their dormitory which is right next to it.
"The dormitory is too noisy. It doesn't matter if it's farther away. I can still see little Lele every day."
"It's up to you then."
Gu Qinglan really wanted to reach out and pinch Lele's face, but she saw that most of her face was covered with the sauce from the sweet and sour pork ribs...
Who knew that in the next second, Lele would throw the half-eaten pork chop in his hand on the table, and then reach out to take the meat from Gu Qinglan's lunch box.
Wen Nuan took a look at the ribs that were thrown away. Le Le just licked the sauce on the meat clean, but didn't bite the meat stuck to the ribs.
"Are you still eating? No more. You're just eating for the taste, it's a waste!" Wen Nuan grabbed her hand, angrily took out a handkerchief and handed it to Gu Qinglan.
"Qinglan, help me wet this handkerchief so I can wipe her face."
Wen Nuan took the wet handkerchief from Gu Qinglan and covered Lele's big round face with the whole handkerchief. The little guy even stuck out his tongue to lick the wet handkerchief, which made Wen Nuan want to pinch her a few times.
Just after I finished wiping Lele's face, I heard Li Daxiang's voice outside the door, "Qinglan, are you off work?"
"I'm here, Daxiang." Gu Qinglan stood up and waved to the people outside the door.
When Li Daxiang saw a familiar figure in the room, he was stunned for a moment. He didn't know why and wanted to turn around and leave.
However, Wen Nuan in the room had already called him: "Da Xiang, you're here, come in quickly."
Even Lele, a little foodie, didn't care about eating and called out softly, "Uncle."
When Li Daxiang heard Wen Nuan and Le Le calling him, he waved to her stiffly and walked in: "Sister-in-law, you are here too?"
Then he looked at Lele who was sitting on the chair and smiled at him, and called out, "Lele..."
Lele smiled and called out again: "Uncle Daxiang!"
Li Daxiang's babyish voice melted his heart, and the embarrassment was immediately reduced by half. He asked Wen Nuan, "Is sister-in-law off work?"
Wen Nuan stuffed the handkerchief into the bag containing the lunch box. When she saw Li Daxiang coming in, she smiled and said, "Yes, I am delivering lunch to Qinglan. You have something to talk to Qinglan about, right?"
While talking, Wen Nuan had already noticed the yellow net bag in Li Daxiang's hand, which contained two lunch boxes.
Li Daxiang keenly noticed the warm look and explained, "Oh, this is the meal I made for Erhu."
Wen Nuan smiled and said nothing, just thinking that he was making food for Erhu.
Gu Qinglan, who was standing by, had already finished the last bite of her meal and asked, "By the way, Daxiang, why did you come to see me?"
Li Daxiang subconsciously glanced at Wen Nuan, not knowing whether to say anything or not.
Seeing how embarrassed he was, Wen Nuan took the initiative to say, "I'm also going to go home and cook, you two can chat slowly."
“Sister-in-law, don’t misunderstand, I, I, I…” Li Daxiang was so anxious that his face turned red. The 1.80-meter-tall guy was at a loss as to what to do with two lunch boxes. If you didn’t know, you would think that the two female comrades were bullying him.
Wen Nuan couldn't hold it back any longer and said with a smile, "If you don't tell me, I'm really going to misunderstand you."
Only Gu Qinglan felt puzzled. She was still chewing the last bite of meat and looked at Li Daxiang in confusion: "Daxiang, if you have something to say, just say it. My sister-in-law is not an outsider. There is nothing she can't hear."
Li Daxiang met Gu Qinglan's gaze and said, "Deputy Commander Gu said that he would recruit a group of pilots from the army next year. Do you think it's okay for me to take the pilot exam?"
Li Daxiang thought about it. He was a country boy with no background who came to join the army. If he hadn't been lucky enough to follow the leader Gu Qinghan last year, he probably wouldn't have the opportunity to be promoted so soon.
But he felt that being a company commander was not enough, he had to move up.
Now there happened to be an opportunity, but he didn't know what to do. He wanted to come over and listen to Qinglan's opinion.
After hearing what Li Daxiang said, Wen Nuan subconsciously looked at Gu Qinglan.
Gu Qinglan met their gazes and suddenly felt a strange feeling. She heard Wen Nuan say, "Qinglan, what do you think?"
"Ah?" Gu Qinglan looked at Wen Nuan in confusion and said subconsciously, "How should I know? But it's okay to give it a try if I have the chance."
Anyway, there is no guarantee that you will be selected. After all, there are only about thirty pilots in the entire division. Even if you want to be one, you may not be able to get in.
Just because you sign up doesn't mean you'll be selected.
Li Daxiang thought for a moment and asked again: "So what do you think of pilots?"
Gu Qinglan felt that this question was much easier to answer, and blurted out: "Then it must be good."
Although it is hard and dangerous, it is a great honor to be selected as a pilot, is there anything else to say
Who in the family compound doesn’t envy the military wife who has a pilot at home
After hearing what Gu Qinglan said, Li Daxiang touched the back of his head awkwardly, then nodded: "Okay, I understand."
Then he looked at Wen Nuan who was smiling, and said, "Sister-in-law, I will go back first."
Wen Nuan said, "Well, let's go back and eat first. Don't be hungry."
Li Daxiang retracted his gaze and didn't know what to say. He just turned around and took two steps. Suddenly, he turned back and asked, "By the way, Qinglan, I heard that you had an argument with someone in the hospital yesterday. Who was it?"
Gu Qinglan recalled it in her mind, and then realized that Li Daxiang was probably talking about He Manqing and Zhou Yun from the art troupe, so she snorted, "Who quarreled? It was those two girls from the art troupe who talked nonsense and I scolded them."
Li Daxiang smiled when he heard that. "I'm glad you're alright. I'll go back then."
"Goodbye sister-in-law, goodbye Lele."
Lele smiled and waved his arms: "Goodbye, uncle."
This time, Li Daxiang really left without looking back, and his steps were very fast.
Gu Qinglan didn't take this matter to heart at all. After seeing Li Daxiang leave, she packed up her lunch box by herself, humming a little tune and looking in a good mood.
Wen Nuan looked at Gu Qinglan and couldn't help but ask, "Do you and Da Xiang meet often now?"
Gu Qinglan nodded: "Yes, the troops are right next to us. Sometimes I can see him training on the way to work."
Talking about this, Gu Qinglan also mentioned that every time the nurses in their nurses' station saw comrades from the army training every day when they went to work in the summer, they all talked about them and wanted to see which comrade had a better figure.
He doesn't know how to avoid suspicion at all.
Wen Nuan almost burst out laughing. She guessed that Qinglan really didn't have any fantasies in her mind, but Li Daxiang had shown it so obviously, and she still couldn't see it
Wen Nuan considered whether to remind her, but Gu Qinglan had just finished cleaning the table when the nurses at the station called her over to help.
Wen Nuan had no choice but to take Le Le with her and ride home.
*
Li Daxiang returned to the dormitory carrying two lunch boxes and happened to see Erhu preparing to go out.
He knew Erhu was going to get food at this time, so he called him: "Here, this is for you."
As he spoke, he handed over a lunch box.
Erhu's eyes lit up immediately when he saw the silver lunch box and he quickly took it. The lunch box was still warm and it was obvious that it had just been brought back.
He lifted the lid of the lunch box directly. When he saw the braised pork inside, his eyes widened and he shouted loudly: "Comrade Li, no, Brother Li..."
"No, Daxiang, I, Erhu, will just call you Dad. Thank you for feeding me. How do you know I didn't eat? Are you secretly in love with me?"
Li Daxiang rolled his eyes at him unhappily, but he was not angry. He said, "Eat your food, stop talking nonsense!"
Erhu took his chopsticks and started to eat voraciously. After he had eaten most of the food, he remembered something. He heard from others that Li Daxiang had been going to the hospital quite frequently recently. Could it be that he had fallen in love with one of the nurses
Then Erhu walked up to Li Daxiang and asked quietly, "Daxiang, this meal is not for your sweetheart, right?"
Li Daxiang: “…”
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Erhu asked again, "Could it be that the female comrade didn't want your meal?"
After a while, Erhu's screams of pain were heard from the dormitory, echoing throughout the entire floor.
*
Art troupe.
He Manqing rested for two days, and when she felt her cold had improved a lot, she went back to practice.
But as soon as she entered the door, she ran into Captain Liao. When he saw her, he immediately frowned and asked her, "Are you cured? Why did you come back?"
He Manqing nodded: "Captain, my illness is no longer serious."
If she didn't come back to practice, her whole body would become stiff. There were so many people in the art troupe, and she would be easily replaced if she wasn't careful. She had finally joined the dance team and was now considered a little dancer. She couldn't be kicked out because of this minor illness.
Captain Liao didn't say anything else. He just looked down at He Manqing and asked, "I heard that you had a quarrel with Comrade Wen Nuan from the kitchen team in the hospital? Is that true?"
He Manqing raised her eyes slightly, feeling a little confused when she didn't quite understand Captain Liao.
However, He Manqing knew that Director Liao always cared about the reputation of the team and was always consistent when speaking to the outside world, so she nodded and said, "They said our performance was not as good as the kitchen team's. I was not convinced and said a few words to her."
Who knew that the next second, Director Liao's scolding came down on him: "He Manqing, how dare you quarrel with the people in the kitchen? Don't you know your own weight? Is it so difficult to admit that others are excellent? You have brought shame to our art troupe!"
"I'm telling you, go to the kitchen right now and apologize to them!"