The Kindhearted Girl Gets a Wife 30

Chapter 30

Pei Yunle found a job at the small clinic where she had bought the ointment last time.

She didn’t dare to take any more ten-yuan payments from Chen Qingtang, and she also wanted to lighten Chen Qingtang’s burden.

She had no clinical practical experience, so Dr. Lin didn’t dare to let her see patients directly. Besides, they weren’t short of doctors here. What they were most short of was people to do basic miscellaneous tasks, such as taking blood pressure and applying medicine.

But Pei Yunle hadn’t done it in a long time, so it was inevitable that she was out of practice.

The clinic was very crowded. Most people felt that the hospital was expensive and troublesome, so they would always go to the clinic first when they were sick. Most of the illnesses here were minor, like colds and fevers, so Pei Yunle didn’t have much to do. After quickly familiarizing herself with the clinic’s layout, Dr. Lin took her to learn how to dispense medicine.

The counter filled with medicine was crowded with people. Before they got sick, they had no awareness of queuing and yielding. It was a chaotic mess.

Dr. Lin looked at a patient, her tone flat and emotionless. “What are your symptoms?”

“A cold.”

“I know. Just tell me if you have a cough or a stuffy nose.”

Pei Yunle saw the impatience under her mask, a weariness and tolerance for her profession.

Dr. Lin confirmed the patient’s cold symptoms several times, then turned to face the wall of medicine cabinets. Under the medicine bottles was a stack of transparent thin paper. She pulled out a sheet and placed it flat on the counter, briefly introducing to Pei Yunle where the different medicines were generally placed.

Looking at the white and yellow medicines of various shapes piled on the paper, Pei Yunle quickly scanned the names of the medicines from above.

She couldn’t help but read them out loud, and her brain gradually reacted. But she didn’t dare to interrupt Dr. Lin’s actions directly. And with the patient behind her, she asked in a low voice, “Sister, isn’t this too much medicine? And a single type of medicine is enough. So many medicines are too strong.”

Dr. Lin didn’t even bother to glance at her, her voice even lower. “It won’t kill them. It’s because the medicine is strong and there’s a lot of it that they get better quickly. Why do you think they don’t go to the hospital? Trouble is one thing, and slow results are another. As long as the effect is fast, they’ll come back next time.”

She finally deigned to look at Pei Yunle. “Little sister, it’s very tiring to think too much.”

Dr. Lin quickly folded a packet of medicine, put it in a plastic bag, and handed it to the corresponding patient, her tone still emotionless. “20 yuan, no bargaining. Next.”

Pei Yunle had mixed feelings, but what could she say when she was working for someone else?

“After you’ve seen these procedures, go and see if there’s anyone who needs an injection or a blood draw.”

“Eh, do you know how to do it?”

How long had it been since she had drawn blood? Pei Yunle herself could hardly remember. But she didn’t dare to lie. If she didn’t do it well, the patient would suffer. An arm would be pricked several times, and there would be a terrifying bruise.

Pei Yunle knew she should nod to avoid getting a dirty look, but she still shook her head honestly.

“I do, but I’m out of practice and might not do it well.”

“Tsk, aiyo, you don’t even know how to do this? Go and learn from that sister later. You have to be proficient. Otherwise, why would I hire you? I might as well just hire a cleaner. I’m afraid you can’t even do the disinfection properly.”

Pei Yunle apologized several times. The other person had no obligation to teach her these things. She wasn’t a teaching assistant in a hospital. It was already very good that she was given a chance.

So, she changed to a new “teacher” and watched and learned for a whole morning.

Finally, when there were fewer people, most of the staff at the clinic went to buy a bowl of noodles next door to fill their stomachs. Pei Yunle was in no mood to eat. She was still practicing on her own arm, pricking her left hand and then her right, and finally got a feel for it.

This feeling reminded her of her clinical lab class. The teacher had asked each group to collect a tube of blood. At that time, they were divided into groups of 6 by their student numbers. But she was unlucky and was assigned to a group of people she didn’t know. They didn’t include her in the experiment at all. Pei Yunle had no choice but to get a new purple tube and draw a tube of her own blood. Because she didn’t do it well, her hand kept trembling and she didn’t dare to draw a second time. It wasn’t until her entire arm started to turn purple that she quickly released the tourniquet.

The phone that had been silent all morning lit up. Pei Yunle finally finished a relatively good attempt.

A red dot appeared on Chen Qingtang’s profile picture.

Chen: How is it? Is it going well?

Pei Yunle, who had been holding it in all day, when she saw this sentence, the floodgates of her emotions suddenly opened, and sadness and grievance flowed out. The tears in her eyes fell uncontrollably, hitting her bare legs and forming a small puddle.

Pei: Of course! It’s going very well. Every sister praised me! (Usagi hugging her arms and nodding happily jpg.)

Chen Qingtang, holding a lunch box, stood outside the glass door. She saw Pei Yunle raise her hand and wipe her face, the corners of her eyes and her cheeks flushed red.

“Pong!”

The group of people under the tree were playing mahjong again. Someone ponged, someone konged, and soon, someone won.

Chen Qingtang placed the lunch box on the brick of the flower bed under the tree, took a picture, and only sent it after she had walked to the next corner.

Chen: (Picture)

Chen: This is a reward for the best and most obedient little treasure.

Looking at the location of the lunch box, Pei Yunle almost cried out. There was a dressing mirror in the clinic. She first quickly tidied herself up in front of the mirror, making sure there were no flaws in her expression, except for the smile that she couldn’t suppress.

She had wanted to run out, but that would not be a good image, and it would seem unstable. So she had to endure her excitement and walk out.

The lunch box under the tree was still there. It was the same box that had held the white congee last time.

Pei Yunle didn’t want to bring it in, afraid that the smell of the clinic would ruin her appetite.

Chen Qingtang had made her stir-fried pork with green peppers again. Below it were fried eggplant slices, also filled with meat.

Pei Yunle felt a bitter taste in her throat again. She quickly stuffed a piece of meat into her mouth with rice. The spicy and meaty flavors instantly suppressed the sourness.

She felt that these things were all very small matters, not worth mentioning compared to the setbacks she had encountered in her life.

Pei Yunle felt that she deserved all this, because she should have mastered these skills in the first place, and her current situation was just the backlash of her slacking off. It was very fair. She felt that she was not stupid, and she would definitely be able to do it with more practice.

After finishing her meal, she also took a picture and sent it to Chen Qingtang.

Pei: (Picture)

Pei: Clean plate campaign.

The food was indeed eaten clean. She, who had never eaten side dishes and condiments before, had also eaten everything, leaving nothing behind.

After the meal, she went back to the clinic and continued to practice what she had forgotten.

After the clinic closed, Pei Yunle finally breathed a sigh of relief. The stars were already hanging in the night sky.

Her arms hung naturally by her sides. She smelled the aroma of roasted hot dogs, and her stomach rumbled.

“Boss, I want a roasted sausage.” Pei Yunle paused, then changed her order. “Ah no, I want three in total. One with less chili powder, thank you.”

So, Pei Yunle went home with three steaming hot roasted sausages, humming a little tune.

She treated this as compensation for her two scarred arms.

She still naturally knocked on the main door three times. Pei Yunle pushed open the door. Grandma had already gone upstairs to rest. She had been walking more these past few days, but because her knees still hurt after exercise, she had gone to bed early again.

Chen Qingtang was sitting on a small wooden stool, her chin propped on her hand, waiting for her.

The black-stone-like eyes suddenly lit up when she saw the person who had come in. She stood up from the stool. She had been in a hurry to come back yesterday and hadn’t seen Pei Yunle.

The two of them looked at each other. Neither of them took the first step to hug the other. Pei Yunle took out the hot dogs from behind her back.

“Surprise!”

“Although I know Grandma doesn’t like to eat meat much, I feel that she would be unhappy if she knew we were eating it behind her back. Grandma is also a little girl. You can give it to her later.”

Chen Qingtang nodded and took the two hot dogs.

The night was dim, and the light under the eaves was not enough to shine on them. The needle marks on Pei Yunle’s hands were quietly hidden in the darkness.

The two of them just sat together, their knees brushing against each other, and slowly finished their late-night snack.

“I’m going back to sleep now. I have to get up early tomorrow. You know I’m a person who loves to sleep in. I can’t get up early if I don’t sleep.”

Chen Qingtang didn’t dare to be as shameless as usual and snatch the time to be with her. She knew that Pei Yunle was very tired.

She signed and wished Pei Yunle good night.

“Good night, little cat.”

She walked to the top of the stairs and suddenly turned her head to look at Chen Qingtang. She had thought she would be met with her back, but instead, it was her gaze.

“You don’t have to cook for me tomorrow, and you don’t have to send me food. There’s no need to waste extra labor. I can just buy a bowl of fried rice next door.”

With that, Pei Yunle took two steps at a time and quickly went up the stairs. She went back to her room and lay on the bed.

She couldn’t tell if she was physically tired or mentally more tired. Her eyelids were too heavy to lift.

Just as she was about to fall asleep, her whole body suddenly twitched. Pei Yunle immediately propped herself up from the bed.

Her phone was still by her side. She quickly glanced at the time. It was still night, not the next day yet. Usually, this kind of sudden awakening was from oversleeping, but this time she hadn’t even had time to fall asleep.

Pei Yunle rolled over. She had wanted to call Ji Mingzhu, but then she thought that she might not be able to find it, so she called another number.

Lin Zilan answered the phone quickly.

“Hello, Mom. Can you mail me all my blue life and death loves?”

“What?”

“Those medical books. There’s a big cardboard box under my desk. You can just mail me that box.”

The sound of footsteps and a door opening came from the other end of the phone. “You want all these internal medicine and surgery books?”

“Yes.”

There was finally a ripple in Lin Zilan’s voice. “You’re finally starting to prepare for the exam?”

Pei Yunle’s last bit of sleepiness was gone. She hadn’t really thought about this matter. She just wanted to review what she had learned.

She hummed a few times perfunctorily, which sounded ambiguous.

“Just mail them to me first.”

Before the phone was hung up, an absurd but helpless thought came to Pei Yunle’s mind. “Mom, can you lend me some money?”

Lin Zilan paused on the other end. “What? Who do you owe money to? If you’ve borrowed from a loan shark, I’ll skin you alive.”

“Aiya, no, I don’t have any debts. Forget it, let’s not talk about it for now. Just mail me the books. That’s all, bye.”