Back to that night, she flirted with the cold-faced rough man

Chapter 9

Because she was worried about Bai Mo, Bai Ying didn't sleep well all night.

The next morning, after getting up and washing up, she wanted to apologize to Bai Mo and make peace with him, but when she opened the door, the room was empty.

The quilts on the beds of my second and third brothers were neatly folded, and the sheets were not even wrinkled, as if no one had slept in the room last night.

Bai Ying had to hide the disappointment in her eyes.

"Yingzi, come and eat!"

Chu Xianglan had already prepared breakfast. When she saw Bai Ying get up, she quickly called her over to eat.

On the table stood a bowl of corn grits porridge, two steamed buns made of bean flour, and a plate of pickled vegetables made of spicy cabbage.

Seeing that Chu Xianglan was the only one in the room, Bai Ying asked in confusion, "Mom, where are Dad and my older brothers?"

"Your father and eldest brother finished their meal early and went to the fields. Your eldest sister-in-law took the children back to her parents' home. As for your second brother... I haven't seen him since early morning. I don't know where he went. Just eat your food and don't worry about him!"

Chu Xianglan didn't take this matter to heart.

The second child was wild and had his own ideas. He always liked to run outside when he was not busy in the fields. She wanted to discipline him at first, but he was stubborn and had a bad temper. If he didn't want to talk, she couldn't get any information out of him even if she beat him with a stick until it broke.

The second child came and went so often that the family had no idea what to do with him and just ignored him.

Bai Mo's behavior made Bai Ying look more obedient and sensible, which made Chu Xianglan feel even more sorry for the child. She took out a specially cooked egg and placed it in front of Bai Ying.

We have two old hens at home, which only lay one or two eggs every day. All the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar we need throughout the year depend on these eggs, so my family members are reluctant to eat them.

Chu Xianglan only cooked this one egg for Bai Ying to nourish her body. She was afraid that it would be snatched away by the greedy eldest daughter-in-law, so she didn't dare to take it out in advance. She waited until everyone else in the family left before she took it out and gave it to Bai Ying.

"Oh......"

Bai Ying lowered her head to hide the disappointment in her eyes.

The corn grits porridge was already warm enough to drink. Bai Ying drank it all in one gulp, then quickly ate a steamed bun with some pickles. She picked up the boiled egg and said, "Mom, I'll take the egg and eat it on the way."

Chu Xianglan nodded with a smile, "Well, hurry up and go to the health room to be on duty."

Bai Ying carried her medicine box and went to the brigade clinic to be on duty.

She was the only barefoot doctor in the brigade.

The primary condition for selecting barefoot doctors is not medical skills, but the requirement that the health workers are both red and professional.

The training she received at the county hospital was also very basic, the same kind of training you'd find at a field clinic, disseminating health knowledge, preventing epidemics, addressing common illnesses, and treating common wounds...

Simply put, they treat minor illnesses such as headaches, fevers, diarrhea and injuries. For serious illnesses, barefoot doctors cannot treat them and can only recommend patients to go to the county hospital for treatment.

Every barefoot doctor who has obtained a rural doctor qualification certificate has a copy of the "Barefoot Doctor Manual".

This book was first published in 1969. The cover shows a girl with two pigtails, who is Wang Guizhen, the first barefoot doctor in China.

The book is a thick one, which contains detailed information on basic rural health knowledge, an overview of human anatomy and physiology, Chinese medicine treatment and acupuncture and massage, prevention and treatment of common rural diseases and infectious diseases, pregnancy and childbirth, battlefield rescue, first aid for accidental injuries and poisoning, general medical and nursing technical operations and common knowledge of medication.

The first page of the text contains a collection of teacher's quotations, urging everyone to launch a patriotic health campaign centered on eliminating the four pests. The mobilization calls for attention to hygiene, reducing disease, improving health, and crushing the enemy's germ warfare.

This is not an exaggeration. During the war, the enemy countries did launch biological weapons against China, including but not limited to plague, typhoid, and anthrax.

Many parts of China were victims of germ warfare, resulting in massive casualties. In Chuzhou, Zhejiang Province, hundreds of thousands of victims developed foot rot, a condition that left them with persistent leg and foot rot. The wounds could only be superficially cleaned, with no cure other than amputation. From their teens to their eighties, these victims lived with these rotten feet until their death.

In her previous life, before Bai Ying was drained of her marrow by the vampires of the Lin family, she spent the last bit of her remaining breathing time reading this book. She had already memorized the knowledge in the book by heart.

Despite this, Bai Ying did not forget about the book after her rebirth. She still carried it with her and took good care of it.

She was on duty at the brigade clinic, and when no members came to see a doctor, she would patiently review the knowledge in the book over and over again.

This book was her last comfort in her previous life and also her spiritual support.

Since Qin Xiangguan took the lead in implementing rural cooperative medical care in 1966, each member has paid 2 yuan to the brigade every year. When going to the brigade clinic for medical treatment, they only need to pay a registration fee of 5 cents, and there is no consultation fee and half of the medicine cost is reimbursed.

The brigade had to add a portion of the money collected, and the bulk of it was mainly used for epidemic prevention and purchasing medicines. At the beginning, barefoot doctors did not receive any subsidies and had to record work points like the members. Sometimes they even had to pay for the members' medical treatment out of their own pockets. They could not do without money, so they changed to receiving subsidies every month.

Barefoot doctors mainly rely on foreign medicine pills to treat diseases, namely the four elements, namely penicillin, streptomycin, oxytetracycline and tetracycline. As long as the right medicine is used, the effect will be immediate.

This little job is really easy for Bai Ying, who has been deeply engaged in manual work for many years.

In addition, it was not long after the Chinese New Year and it was not yet the busy farming season, so not many people in the brigade were sick. They only had minor illnesses like the flu, eating something bad, and diarrhea, which could be cured with some anti-inflammatory drugs.

Soon, it was noon.

Bai Ying didn't have to go home for meals, as the brigade provided her with meals.

Bai Ying took an aluminum lunch box to the brigade canteen to get food and happened to run into Secretary Liu, the brigade leader and other cadres.

Seeing Bai Ying coming to the cafeteria, Secretary Liu took the initiative to say, "Zhu Zhiqing came to me last night and asked for your marriage certificate. He said he would send it to you. Have you got it yet?"

"Yes, it's delivered."

Bai Ying nodded, and the certificate was now in her medicine box.

"Oh, right," Bai Ying recalled, "Secretary Liu, why is there only my proof and not Shen Ao's?"

Hearing this, Secretary Liu looked troubled. "Other reformed elements are easy to deal with, but Shen Ao's situation is a bit special. His household registration is not here. You'd better go find him and ask what's going on."

"Okay, I just need to change his dressing. I'll go after dinner."

Bai Ying had a simple meal and then went to the farm with her medicine box.

No one is rich these days. Even if she eats in the cafeteria, she has a limit on how much food she can get. Although Bai Ying wants to improve Shen Ao's food, it is not easy for her to take advantage of the government. She can only make some herself and bring it over the next day.

farm.

Before Bai Ying could even enter, she was stopped by the militia captain Sui Bo. "Doctor Bai, why are you here again today?"

Bai Ying adjusted the strap of the medicine box on her shoulder and said seriously, "Captain Sui, I'll change Shen Ao's medicine."

"Okay, let's go in."

Sui Bo looked at Bai Ying twice, smiled strangely and let her go.

Bai Ying walked away quickly, but Sui Bo's gaze following her like a shadow always made her feel uncomfortable.

Among the militiamen who beat Shen Ao in his previous life, Sui Bo was the most ruthless. It was he who broke Shen Ao's leg. In this life, Bai Ying would never let Sui Bo find another chance to hurt Shen Ao.

When I opened the door of the cowshed, Shen Ao was not inside.

Bai Ying was not surprised by this. The people who were transferred to the farm had heavy work to do every day. They got up earlier than chickens and slept later than dogs. They were really worse than cattle and horses.

Bai Ying didn't go around looking for Shen Ao. She sat on the bed and waited for a long time before Shen Ao came back exhausted.

After working for most of the day, Shen Ao was covered in sweat and dirt. However, even so, it did not diminish his extremely outstanding appearance and extraordinary aura in the slightest. He was like a sharp sword that had not been unsheathed.

Upon seeing Bai Ying sitting on his bed, Shen Ao frowned, "Why are you here again?"

Bai Ying seemed oblivious to Shen Ao's disdain. She stood up and trotted over to him, smiling and asking, "Have you had lunch? I brought you a boiled egg to replenish your body."

As she spoke, Bai Ying took out the boiled egg that she had not been willing to eat in the morning from her pocket and stuffed it into Shen Ao's hand.

The weather in early spring was still relatively cold, and the boiled eggs carried a hint of her warm body temperature and a faint medicinal scent from her body.

Shen Ao inexplicably felt the egg in his palm was a little hot. He coughed lightly in confusion and looked at Bai Ying with a complicated expression, "You, why are you so nice to me?"

Bai Ying held her chin up to her hand and looked at Shen Ao, not hiding her admiration and respect for him. "What you said is true. We will be getting married soon. If I don't treat my future husband well, who else can I treat well?"

"Ah......"

A hint of sarcasm flashed in Shen Ao's eyes.

It was not like he hadn't seen Bai Ying hanging out with the male educated youth named Gu yesterday, and now she was coming in front of him and saying sweet words to coax him.

Do you think it's fun to tease him?

Bai Ying tilted her head. She didn't know what was wrong with Shen Ao. After not seeing him for a day, his attitude towards her seemed much colder than yesterday.

However, she was not dissatisfied.

After all, I was so sorry to others in my previous life, so I deserve to be someone's bootlicker in this life, cough cough cough...

Bai Ying took out a letter of certification from the medicine box. "This is the certificate I need for marriage. The brigade has already issued it to me. Did the farm issue your certificate?"

Shen Ao didn't expect that Bai Ying was serious about their marriage.

He thought that after Bai Ying got the money yesterday, she would pretend that this marriage did not exist. After all, nothing really happened between them.

Unexpectedly, Bai Ying was able to issue the letter of certification so quickly?

Could it be that...she really wanted to marry him? What about that educated youth surnamed Gu?

Shen Ao suppressed all the thoughts that popped up in his mind and couldn't help but look at Bai Ying a few more times, "I don't need a letter of certification."

"Ah? Then how do we get the certificate?" Bai Ying frowned.

The girl in front of me had a small face the size of a palm, eyes as round and bright as a cat's, puffed cheeks, and a wrinkled nose that made her look even more adorable...

Even though he knew that the other party was playing a trick on him, Shen Ao couldn't say anything unpleasant.

He had no choice but to force his gaze away from Bai Ying's face and said in a forced calm tone, "Leave the certificate here, I'll take care of the marriage certificate."

"But you can't leave the farm..." Bai Ying said weakly.

She had already decided to go to the county to get a marriage certificate by herself.

Hearing this, Shen Ao's face turned cold.

"You don't have to worry about this. Just know that once you get married, you won't have the chance to regret it. Because there is no word for divorce in my dictionary, only widowhood."