Chapter 250: Seventies Appraisal System (24)

After Lao Jiang left, Xie Yang went to the water room to fetch a basin of warm water, meticulously wiped the parts of Qin Zheng's body that were not injured, then used a dry cotton ball dipped in water to moisten his lips, and even squeezed a few drops of Nutrient Solution into his mouth.

She dared not feed him much; his internal organs were injured and he had undergone surgery with stitches, so she feared he could not even ingest liquid food for a short time.

She carefully examined the two most serious wounds—

In the original world, Qin Zheng was stabbed in the heart by thugs from the back, and it was two consecutive stabs, each fatal.

This time, because of the protection of the Heart-Protecting Soft Armor, the knife tips were deflected, with one sliding toward his shoulder blade and one veering toward his lower left abdomen.

Although she still could not prevent him from being injured, compared to the danger to his life, it was a blessing in disguise!

She heard from Lao Jiang that the ones who hijacked the vehicle were wanted criminals being pursued by the local police, every one of them big, burly, and vicious.

Qin Zheng had knocked down nine people by his own strength, and even after being ambushed, he had held onto the last perpetrator tightly, not letting him escape.

It seemed that the months of feeding him diluted Physical Fitness Potion had not been in vain; it was, after all, effective.

"Wi-wife..."

Qin Zheng opened his eyes weakly and saw his wife; thinking he was dreaming, he murmured in a hoarse voice:

"I didn't disobey you... the situation was urgent, I did my best..."

Seeing that he had woken up, the heavy stone in Xie Yang's heart finally fell to the ground: "I know, don't move around, I'm going to call the doctor."

Hearing that the hero driver who had fought ten men alone and sworn to protect public property had woken up, the doctor brought the medical team to the ward, performed a meticulous examination, and said:

"Comrade Qin Zheng has already passed the danger period. As long as he recuperates well and doesn't let the wounds get infected, he will be able to be discharged in about half a month."

Qin Zheng was awake and out of danger, so Master Lao Zhao left behind the three hundred yuan in consolation money approved by the leadership, paid the hospital fees in full, and took that truckload of imported equipment to return to the factory with Lao Jiang to report back.

Xie Yang entrusted them to bring a short letter of safety to her maiden family and his family respectively, and then stayed in Guangcheng with peace of mind to take care of Qin Zheng.

After the doctor said he could appropriately ingest some liquid and semi-liquid food, she asked the hospital Canteen to rent an idle small coal stove, and every day she changed up the variety to stew nourishing soups and nutrient-rich rice porridge for Qin Zheng.

Guangcheng people were already fond of drinking soup, and whether it was the State-run Restaurant or the hospital Canteen, one could always see various types of soups being supplied.

Following the doctor's orders, Xie Yang changed the menu every day to stew old pigeon soup, old duck soup, chicken with pig stomach, fish head and tofu soup for Qin Zheng... or otherwise lean meat porridge, egg porridge, five-red porridge, and blood-nourishing and Qi-replenishing pig liver porridge.

With three meals a day that never repeated and every meal being highly nutritious, Qin Zheng's pale complexion from excessive blood loss turned rosy day by day.

Smelling the rich fragrance wafting out of the ward while eating the bland food in their lunchboxes, the doctors and nurses could not help but exclaim:

"Comrade Xie's cooking is truly good! Even the old duck soup at the State-run Restaurant doesn't smell as fragrant as what she stews."

"If I weren't afraid of the bad influence, I would want to take out Meat Coupons and Grain Coupons to buy some from her."

"Who wouldn't!"

"..."

After Xie Yang accompanied Qin Zheng to finish his soup and IV drip and he fell asleep, she tidied up the bowls and chopsticks and did not stay idle; every few days she would go for a stroll on the streets of Guangcheng to buy some rare goods not available in Yongcheng.

Like the dacron fabric Qin Zheng used to bring her, she bought several feet each of floral and solid-colored ones.

She weighed out several pounds of candies and snacks that couldn't be bought in Yongcheng even with coupons.

There were also fruits only found in the south, such as guavas, starfruit, and kiwifruit, which she also bought some of.

However, fruit did not keep well, so she dared not buy too much fresh fruit, but she did buy quite a lot of dried fruits like dried lychees and dried longans, and she also bought several cans of Pineapple Canned Fruit that the Yongcheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative had been out of stock of, to bring back for her maiden family and his family to have a taste.

In short, she spent seven or eight-tenths of the coupons she had on her.

She even bought quite a lot of nourishing items like fish maw, which didn't require coupons but were exorbitantly expensive.

During this period, she also took the time to visit the Recycling Station, and under the scanning of the Sub-system, she was like a fish in water, digging up quite a few antique treasures covered in dust.

Under her attentive care, Qin Zheng's wounds recovered better with each passing day, and the Appraisal Space also had harvests every day that made her beam with joy.

It was just that the storage fees were getting higher and higher, and the recharged Appraisal Coins hit bottom in just a few days.

Xie Yang was both happy and worried.

Over there, after Lao Zhao and his group returned to the Mechanical Factory with the news that Qin Zheng had woken up and was out of danger, the Factory Director breathed a sigh of relief and simultaneously convened a leadership meeting to discuss the commendation for Qin Zheng's Task this time.

"Little Qin performed a great service this time; if the equipment had been hijacked and we couldn't deliver the goods requested by the foreign party by early spring, the impact would be more than just significant."

"This is a service to our factory. Over in Guangcheng, Little Qin also assisted the Guangcheng Public Security in catching a long-wanted fugitive; he fought ten people by himself, and even after being stabbed twice, he held onto the perpetrator tightly, being dragged for twenty or thirty meters without letting go, and in the end, he didn't let a single bad guy get away."

"I also heard from Lao Jiang that this time it was all thanks to Little Qin, who used a self-defense iron rod to fight them, that all these fugitives were captured and brought to justice. Once the case is closed, the Guangcheng Public Security will issue Little Qin a silk banner and a bonus, and we cannot fall behind."

"Last time Xiao Xie helped others for pleasure, we said we would arrange a job position for her, but it hasn't been implemented until now. This time Little Qin has performed a great service again, so in any case, we must implement Xiao Xie's job, right?"

"If there's no vacancy, then just add a position; I think our department really needs talent like Xiao Xie."

"Who doesn't want Xiao Xie? Only you know how to talk cheap!"

"..."

"Still no news from next door?"

Liu Caiju returned from the water room carrying a bucket of washed diapers; before entering the door, she glanced at the neighbor's, and 208 was still locked tight with no movement.

She entered the room and asked her daughter:

"Do you think if Ang-girl's man is really gone, this house will be taken back by your factory?"

"That's for sure!"

Bai Xiuyuan had just finished feeding her son and was leaning against the head of the bed drinking Brown Sugar water, feeling that this was the comfortable life she wanted!

During her postpartum recovery, she had her own mother to wait on her, she didn't have to do housework, and she had chicken soup and Brown Sugar water to drink in turns, plus one egg every day.

That's why a woman must give birth to a son!

If this child had been a girl, would her maiden family have sent her Brown Sugar, eggs, and an old hen?

Would her mother have come all the way to the city to wait on her during her postpartum recovery?

Would her mother-in-law have been willing to stew chicken soup and cook fermented rice with poached eggs for her?

When it comes down to it, it has to be a son!

All of this was the blessing her son brought her!

Not only did it allow her to firmly establish her footing in her husband's family, but it also allowed her to enjoy the blessings of having a son ahead of time!

How wonderful!

She truly hoped such good days would never end!

Bai Xiuyuan pondered in her heart about having another one next year or the year after, striving to have two children in three years and three in five!

With a row of sons at her knees, would she ever have to worry about not having a good life?

As for whether the next pregnancy might result in a daughter... she declared it impossible!

She had a secret recipe for bearing sons that her own mother had secretly slipped to her, claiming it was something her sister-in-law's maiden family had spent a great price to obtain; seeing that her sister-in-law had given birth to two sons in a row, and her own first child was also a son, she knew this secret recipe was very accurate.

Moreover, she felt in the depths of her soul that she was destined to bear sons; no matter how many children she had, every single one would be a son.

Her premonitions were always accurate and would not be wrong!