"How is it? Are you satisfied with the room? Tell Uncle if there's anything you want changed. Uncle is the most idle one in the family right now."
Although he was nominally affiliated with the Military Hospital, his rank was quite high, making him a treasure-level doctor within the hospital. As long as there were no serious patients, he could be very idle.
Hearing this, Lin Yuexi looked at Liu Huai with some guilt. "Uncle Liu, you don't need to force yourself. As you said, I've already gotten much better."
Liu Huai's parents and wife were all martyrs. Tragically, all three of them died in the same battle, and none of them could be saved after being sent to the hospital.
At that time, Liu Huai was a military doctor. The family had four soldiers, and three became martyrs.
Liu Huai couldn't accept that he could save other soldiers but couldn't save his own parents and wife.
He couldn't get over that hurdle in his heart.
Therefore, during the period when downward transfers were already showing signs, he resolutely went abroad, wanting to improve his medical skills.
Who knew that upon his return, what awaited him were one report after another, and he didn't even have the opportunity to enter the operating room again.
Although the Military Region Hospital was different and the Committee had less control there, Liu Huai developed a psychological shadow regarding military hospitals. As long as he was in a military hospital, he couldn't hold a scalpel steady.
Her father had told her that Liu Huai had tried once at the Military Hospital, but he couldn't even hold the scalpel, let alone treat illnesses and save lives.
From then on, her grandfather and the others never mentioned sending Liu Huai to the Military Hospital again.
Four family members, three martyrs – that's enough. Don't push him anymore.
Liu Huai smiled and didn't respond to her words. He picked up the flashlight on the kang table and said as he walked out, "Life here is indeed a bit inconvenient. There's no electricity or running water. One toilet is outside, and the other is next to your room. There's a well in the courtyard for water."
"You go wash up next door first. I'll reheat the millet porridge and bring it in. Just eat a little to make do."
Lin Yuexi, who was always a beat slow in doing anything, didn't have a chance to call him back before the flashlight beam had already moved away.
There was also a battery-powered desk lamp in the room. Lin Yuexi got up and took the lamp to wash up next door.
This bathroom wasn't big, about five or six square meters, but it was fully equipped with a washbasin, a white toilet with light floral patterns, and a shower.
The only drawback was the lack of running water. Both the toilet and the shower required manual filling of water first.
However, once the water tank at the top was filled, this bathroom was quite convenient to use.
After washing up, she returned to the room. Soon, Liu Huai reappeared at the doorway, holding a bowl in one hand and the flashlight in the other.
Although there was a significant age difference, caution was still necessary. Liu Huai didn't close the door as he entered. He turned off the flashlight, placed it back on the kang table, and picked up the bowl, preparing to feed Lin Yuexi himself.
Lin Yuexi couldn't possibly let him feed her. It wasn't about gender; she just happened to feel a rare bit of hunger.
She ate the millet porridge in small spoonfuls, taking nearly half an hour to finish a small bowl.
But this was enough to make Liu Huai extremely happy. Back in Beijing City, this girl wouldn't even finish such a bowl in an hour.
He now had even more confidence that Chen Wenkun could cure the girl.
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When Lin Yuexi woke up the next day, the room was empty. A note from her Third Brother was placed under the Red Book on the kang table at the end of the bed.
"Little Sister:
"Uncle Wei and I have gone to work. We've brought our lunch with us. There are two bowls of millet porridge and defatted chicken soup warming in the pot. Remember to eat when you wake up. Uncle Liu was urgently taken away by car in the latter half of last night. I've asked Da Ni from next door to take care of you. If you need anything, have her do it for you.
"Third Brother."
Lin Yuexi released her spiritual power to sense, and indeed, in the plot of land demarcated in the courtyard, she 'saw' a girl about eleven or twelve years old, diligently hoeing the ground with a hoe.
"Is that Da Ni outside?"
Her voice was still soft, but she adjusted some spiritual power to transmit her voice directly into Da Ni's ear.
Da Ni didn't know about this. She only knew that she heard the beautiful older sister had woken up and was calling her. She quickly dropped her hoe, washed her hands, and shouted into the room, "Educated Youth Lin, I'll come over after I wash my hands."
Educated Youth Leng had instructed this morning that Educated Youth Lin was clean, so she couldn't go in dirty and annoy Educated Youth Lin.
This morning, she had quietly entered the room to look at Educated Youth Lin. Last night, her mother had said Educated Youth Lin was more beautiful than a fairy. She had thought her mother was bragging again, but it turned out her mother wasn't lying this time.
The young girl quickly washed and dried her hands, then rushed to the door but suddenly stopped. She patted her clothes, tidied them up, and then gently, very gently, pushed the door open, bending over and poking her head inside.
"Educated Youth Lin, can I come in?"
The girl's adorable appearance made Lin Yuexi's eyes crinkle with a smile. She beckoned her, "Come in."
Da Ni was a spirited child. Upon receiving permission, she immediately smiled, revealing two large dimples, pushed the door open, and ran in without any awkwardness.
Standing by the kang, she looked up at Lin Yuexi, her eyes already flooded with the words 'like'. "Educated Youth Lin, have you remembered? I can help you up. Educated Youth Lin, don't worry, I definitely won't let you fall. My mom says I'm very strong."
This child's way of speaking was truly amusing.
The child's mother also seemed to have a good temperament.
Lin Yuexi reached out and rubbed the little head whose hair was cut to her ears. "Sister can get up by herself, you don't need to help."
Da Ni didn't insist. Her mother had instructed her to always obey the employer at their home and never make decisions for them, otherwise, she wouldn't get paid.
This was a job that paid fifty cents a day, almost as much as her father's salary. She couldn't lose it; her retirement fund depended on it.
Lin Yuexi slowly changed her clothes and slowly got up.
Da Ni, watching the entire slow-motion process, felt impatient for her but endured it silently for the sake of fifty cents a day.
Then she followed Lin Yuexi out to wash up, followed her to the kitchen, and waited at the doorway for Lin Yuexi to take out the millet porridge to eat.
It wasn't that she took the salary and didn't work. It was that in the countryside, food was the most important thing. Entering someone's kitchen without a close relationship was considered very impolite, let alone taking food from their pot.
Lin Yuexi's stomach ached from laughing at the girl's constantly changing expressions. She was truly a little treasure, capable of performing a silent play without saying a word.
She strongly suggested that all young idols should learn from her.
"Sister can't eat this. Can you eat it for sister?"
Lin Yuexi took out a few milk candy blocks from her pocket and placed them on the table in front of Da Ni.
These milk candies were bought from a company that specialized in retro wedding services through zero-dollar shopping. They were about two fingers in size, square blocks, mixed with peeled peanuts.
She had already opened the packaging in Beijing City. She had seen her mother buy similar milk candies before, so she wasn't worried about any problems now.
Da Ni looked at the milk candy blocks, then looked up at Lin Yuexi. Although her entire being showed a desire for the milk candy blocks, she firmly shook her head.
"Sister Lin, I'm here to work for my salary. I can't eat your family's things. Mom said if I eat your family's things, the cost of what I eat will be deducted from my salary. Mom said I'm very strong, and I'll probably never get married. I need to earn more money sooner to support myself in old age."
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