Chapter 79: Rewards Received and Sending a Package

After all, she had no other family left.

Gu Jianing used that money to bury the old lady.

To be honest, Gu Jianing wasn’t the warm-hearted type. The only reason she did this was because the old lady had secretly taught her some medical skills.

At the time, Gu Jianing had been very interested.

Of course, those skills couldn’t compare to the teachers in the Miracle Doctor’s Space, but they were still far better than what the teachers at her school or the doctors at the county hospital could offer.

Because the old lady was seriously injured, she didn’t have much time or energy to teach Gu Jianing.

But that didn’t stop Gu Jianing from telling people about it.

After all, no one else knew exactly how much medical knowledge the old lady had passed on to her.

And Gu Jianing needed a reason for her medical skills—otherwise, she’d be suspected of being a spy.

No matter who looked into it, the results would match what she said.

After hearing her story, Shu Langxing and the other doctors finally understood. So that’s how it was.

They didn’t doubt Gu Jianing’s words. After all, if anyone really wanted to investigate, they could find out the truth.

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After chatting for a while, Director Shu brought up the issue of Gu Jianing’s medical qualifications.

Gu Jianing knew that performing surgery on Cui Bin without a license wasn’t proper.

It was fine since nothing went wrong, but if something had happened, it would have been a big problem.

When Director Shu heard that Gu Jianing planned to attend the upcoming medical training course, he expressed his support.

Even though, with her skills, Gu Jianing didn’t really need the training, it was still necessary to take the medical exam afterward and get a license.

Gu Jianing didn’t stay long at the hospital and planned to head home.

Before leaving, she glanced inconspicuously at Peng Wenjing.

This nurse...

She seemed a bit odd, sneaking glances at her with a strange look in her eyes.

Who was she?

Gu Jianing suppressed her doubts for now and left the hospital.

Meanwhile, Cui Bin was put in a wheelchair and pushed home to the family compound by Sister-in-law Yu and their son.

Sister-in-law Yu was overjoyed and even wanted to spread the word about how Gu Jianing had cured Old Cui’s leg.

But remembering Gu Jianing’s request to keep a low profile, she decided not to say anything.

Still, anyone with eyes could see that Cui Bin had surgery and would recover soon.

On Jiang Baihe and Chai Jianguo’s side, after hearing that Cui Bin’s surgery was a success, they had even more confidence in Gu Jianing’s treatment for Jiang Baihe.

As for Zhang Shuwan, she was now even more hopeful about Gu Jianing’s promise to help her conceive.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for curing Patient No. 3, Cui Bin. Reward: 40 points, 100 jin of premium rice, 100 jin of high-quality flour.]

As soon as she got home, Gu Jianing heard the system notification that the treatment was complete.

She hadn’t expected that just finishing the surgery would count as completing the task. Not bad at all.

As for Li Yong and Chai Jianguo, the system had already notified her two days ago that those tasks were complete and she’d received the rewards.

After they recovered, both men came by with gifts to thank her.

And it wasn’t just those two—Sheng Zexi’s stomach pills and rheumatism plasters had clearly helped others as well, so much so that the military hospital wanted to work with her after seeing the results.

Gu Jianing checked her points—she now had 144!

Her rewards in the space included: 100 jin of premium rice, 100 jin of high-quality flour, 50 jin of pork, 5 roast ducks, 5 cans of milk powder, and 5 roast chickens.

Today happened to be a market day—the 10th of the month.

After lunch, Gu Jianing went to the market.

She soon returned with bags of goods. Only she knew what she’d actually bought.

She’d gone to the market just so she’d have a reason for having the system rewards.

Gu Jianing took out 50 jin each of rice and flour and put them in the kitchen’s rice and flour bins, and took out 5 jin of pork.

She also took out one roast duck and one roast chicken. If Sheng Zexi asked later, she’d just say she bought them at the market.

Today, Gu Jianing planned to write another letter to her family and send some milk powder, roast duck, and roast chicken—packaged up as a parcel to mail home.

Would the food spoil?

Gu Jianing had a solution. She’d seen in the system’s exchange shop a kind of cling film that could keep food fresh for a month. It was real cling film, and as long as you wrapped the food in a thin layer, it would stay fresh for a month.

The moment she took out the roast duck and roast chicken, the delicious aroma filled the air—irresistible.

Feeling a bit tempted, Gu Jianing took a knife and cut off a roast duck leg to eat.

As the juicy, fragrant meat hit her taste buds, Gu Jianing closed her eyes in bliss. It was just so, so delicious.

Anything produced by the system was bound to be the best and most delicious.

She’d never eaten anything like this before.

Her brothers had taken her to eat roast sparrow and roast fish before, but the taste couldn’t compare.

In farm families, eating meat was a rare treat. Hens were kept for eggs, and even if one was slaughtered, it was usually for soup.

As for duck, it was usually braised or stir-fried.

Ready-to-eat foods like roast duck and roast chicken weren’t available in the countryside. You could find them in the county, but they were expensive. Even when her aunt who married into the county came home, she never brought any.

Her aunt’s kids had once talked about how delicious such foods were when they visited.

Gu Jianing remembered how she and her brothers could only swallow their saliva in envy back then.

But now...

“Such delicious roast duck and roast chicken—I have to send some home for my parents and brothers to try.”

Of the remaining four roast ducks and four roast chickens, Gu Jianing planned to send three of each to her family and the last duck and chicken to Grandpa and Grandma Sang.

“Oh, right, I should send some milk powder home too—three cans should be enough for my second sister-in-law’s baby.”

As for herself, she wasn’t pregnant yet. She figured that once she was, the system would surely reward her with milk powder and other essentials.

After finishing the duck leg, Gu Jianing washed her hands and started writing her letter.

“I wonder how my parents and brothers and sisters-in-law are doing?” she thought as she wrote.

At that moment, far away in Huaihua Village, with about a month left before the New Year, every household was busy preparing.

The busy season was over, and everyone finally had some time to relax.

Yao Chunhua sat at the door, knitting with her eldest daughter-in-law, Yang Manman, and muttered, “The New Year’s almost here. I wonder if Ningning will spend it at the Northwest Military District this year. I hope she’s not too cold…”

Not long ago, they’d received Gu Jianing’s first letter home, letting them know she was safe.

That girl had even sent some local specialties from the Northwest, including some cordyceps, saying it was good for their health when boiled in water. Yao Chunhua had been using it to make tea for the family from time to time."