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Chapter 7 Dawn - Chestnuts
Aunt Niu's operation was a success. She spent four hours in the observation room and was pushed back to the ward in the evening.But after all, she was getting old, and Jiang Limei tilted her head to look at Aunt Niu's sleeping profile, showing haggardness and lethargy visible to the naked eye.

She was afraid that the light from the computer screen would affect Aunt Niu's sleep, so she had to cover her head under the quilt and use her mobile phone to process work news.I don't know what time I fell asleep, maybe late at night, maybe early in the morning, anyway, when the nurse came to deliver breakfast the next morning, Jiang Limei hadn't woken up yet.

It was Aunt Niu who woke her up.

"Xiao Jiang, Xiao Jiang, the sun is always high!" Aunt Niu sat on a wheelchair with one leg propped up, and stretched out her hand to stroke Jiang Limei's long hair scattered outside the quilt: "Good boy, why do you always like to sleep with the quilt covered, wake up, Breakfast is cold."

His hair was stroked, and he was also called a good boy.

Jiang Limei felt a little distressed between half asleep and half awake, as if she was back in high school when she was woken up by her mother every morning.She always stays in bed, and she doesn't like to get out of bed when it's cold. Almost every day, she carries milk and bread and rushes into the classroom to catch the bell for morning self-study.

She opened her eyes with difficulty, and was stunned for a while under the covers before she came back to her senses.

There is no soft milk velvet blanket, no sound of low-running air conditioners, and no hazy and translucent gauze curtains.Only the pale bed sheets and quilts of the hospital, faintly soaked in the smell of disinfectant, and the sun is dazzling.

Jiang Limei half-closed her eyes and sat up with difficulty.

"Little Jiang, wash up, I'll give you something to eat after washing up." Aunt Niu patted a red plastic bag on the cabinet, it was bulging.

"Did the family bring something?" Jiang Limei's voice was a little hoarse.

"Yes, the old man brought it to me. He has never cooked in his life. I have been in the hospital for the past few days, but he can't bear it. He even studied the recipe at home."

On the bed opposite Aunt Niu, a short-haired aunt came in, who was about the same age as Aunt Niu, and stretched her neck at this time:

"What delicious food are you bringing?"

After Jiang Limei came out of the bathroom, she heard that the ward was extremely lively.

The whole room is full of elderly people, who can't hold back their chatterboxes once they start, old man, discounts in supermarkets, son's marriage test, grandson's food in kindergarten
Jiang Limei had just washed her face with cold water, and she became much more awake. Her long hair was loosely tied, and the broken hair on both sides was wet and stuck to her cheeks, but her sharp and thin chin was thin, and she looked weak.

"Xiao Jiang, your complexion is not very good."

Jiang Limei kicked the fluffy cotton slippers, went back to the bed and sat down: "I don't know why, maybe I didn't sleep well."

"Come on, eat something."

Auntie Niu handed over a transparent glass sealed jar, which was full of white cashew nuts, and the outer skin was covered with a thin layer of icing sugar.There are also several lunch boxes on the cabinet, which are fish in tomato vinegar, peeled walnuts, and brown sugar cakes cut into small pieces.

Jiang Limei picked up a frosted cashew nut and threw it into her mouth to chew, it was sweet and fragrant.

"Your wife is really good at craftsmanship."

"Old man, pay attention to this. People who are sick should eat sweets, especially brown sugar cakes. They get better quickly after eating." Aunt Niu laughed and wiped the lid of the lunch box very carefully: "Actually, it's not accurate, it's not science. .”

Jiang Limei also smiled: "My hometown also has a similar saying, but it is to eat canned yellow peaches. Sweets will make people feel good, but you have to pay attention to your blood sugar, auntie."

Aunt Niu nodded: "Xiao Jiang, where are you from?"

"A small city called Ancheng, you definitely don't know it."

Aunt Niu thought about it, she seemed to have heard it somewhere, and asked Jiang Limei with a smile: "It's almost Chinese New Year, are you going home to celebrate the New Year?"

"Go home?" Jiang Limei blinked playfully: "I won't go back."

"Then parents don't want you?"

"Don't think so, they have their own lives." Jiang Limei smiled as usual, changed the subject with ease, and raised her eyebrows to signal the cashew nuts on the cabinet: "Aunt Niu, feed me some more, it's delicious."

"Come, come!"

Auntie Niu poured a handful of frosted cashew nuts for Jiang Limei, and then shared the lunch box with each other.Some people were embarrassed to take it, so they exchanged it with their own things. Some people even brought a large bag of freshly fried melon seeds to the hospital, and everyone shared a handful.

This is what Ren Yu saw when he walked into the ward.

Jiang Limei sat on the bed with her knees hugged, her chin resting on her knees, she tilted her head to listen to people chatting, holding a handful of melon seeds in her hand, she interrupted from time to time, and occasionally laughed so hard that her shoulders shook.

She is educating patients about how amazing the canned yellow peaches in Northeast China are.

Ren Yu unconsciously smiled.

"Little Doctor Ren," Aunt Niu greeted Ren Yu, "Come on, grab a handful too."

Ren Yu looked at the frosted cashew nuts in the glass jar: "Thank you, I won't eat them. You should also eat less sweet ones. According to your biochemical test results, your blood sugar is high."

Aunt Niu smiled shyly: "Yeah, Xiao Jiang told me just now."

Ren Yu informed Jiang Limei of the postoperative precautions, and looked at Jiang Limei, and found that she had already thrown away the melon seeds in her hand, dusted off the crumbs in her palm, sat back on the bed and turned on the computer, staring at the phone and computer screen at the same time. Work.

He retracted his gaze, and said to Aunt Niu lightly: "The bone is injured, the most important thing is to nourish and practice, but remember not to work too hard, which will affect the recovery."

Jiang Limei actually heard it.

However, there is no time to take care of it.

Wu Yusi sent her a few resumes, which were fresh graduates who came to apply for designers, and asked Jiang Limei if she would like to interview remotely together online.

Jiang Limei glanced at it, and felt that it was not bad, and she still had to read the portfolio.She felt sorry for putting all the work on Wu Yusi during this period, but she also felt that their relationship didn't need to be fake.

She leaned halfway on the pillow, uttered a hoarse voice, lazily and delicately: "Thank you for your hard work, my baby, I will give you a kiss and a hug when we meet."

Wu Yusi replied in seconds: Stay away from your death!

Jiang Limei giggled while holding the phone, put down the phone and looked up, meeting Ren Yu's dark eyes.

The moment their eyes met was like a wave hitting a rock, Ren Yu was defeated again, and he looked away: "Although your arm is less swollen, you should not be too tired."

There was an emotion in the tone that Jiang Limei couldn't understand, similar to loneliness.

"Okay, Doctor Ren." She responded obediently, put down her phone, and pretended to be obedient: "Doctor Ren, when can I have surgery? I should be in the queue."

Ren Yu adjusted his glasses: "You have trauma, you can only operate after the trauma is cured, otherwise it will be more troublesome if you get infected."

"I think it's getting better soon."

The scratch on the arm was on the back of the elbow, Jiang Limei couldn't see it herself, so she had to ask Ren Yu:

"Doctor Ren, can you help me take a look?"

Ren Yu took two steps forward, pulled Jiang Limei's sleeves up, almost subconsciously, his fingertips touched Jiang Limei's arm, and retracted as if electrocuted.

The bleached hospital gown is actually not very comfortable against the skin, and it is even more uncomfortable when it rubs against the wound. Jiang Limei frowned:

"Are you ready soon? Doctor Ren?"

"Let's discuss it in the afternoon." Ren Yu didn't look at Jiang Limei's face again, and walked out of the ward quickly.

Jiang Limei felt baffled, but didn't care.

She thought that Ren Yu's "discuss" was just a way to deal with it, but she didn't expect Ren Yu to wait for him at the nurse's station after dinner and went for a walk in the corridor.

He stood quietly, as if he knew she would definitely come, and he was not anxious to wait for anyone at all.Inside the white coat is a black bottoming shirt and thin-rimmed glasses. From head to toe, she is completely naked, neither in a hurry nor in a hurry.

In Jiang Limei's surprised expression, he smiled subtly, or didn't smile, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up: "Your operation will be the first one in the morning after tomorrow, Director Sun and I, can we do it together?"

What's wrong with this?Do patients have a voice?

Jiang Limei suddenly thought of teasing Ren Yu: "Okay, Doctor Ren, are you the surgeon?"

"No, Director Sun is the chief surgeon, and I will assist." Ren Yu actually answered her seriously: "I am not qualified to be the chief surgeon for the time being."

Jiang Limei quickly waved her hand: "It's fine, it's fine, as long as you are in the operating room, I will feel more at ease."

Her voice is a little hoarse, and she is always indifferent and lazy, but she is used to staring at people's eyes when talking to people, as if she needs to rely on her.

Ren Yu couldn't escape Jiang Limei's gaze, his Adam's apple rolled slightly, he stuttered and said hello, then bent down and picked it up: "Here, here you are."

Only then did Jiang Limei notice that there was a paper bag at Ren Yu's feet.

He was waiting for her and giving her something.

"What's this?" Jiang Limei opened the paper bag and looked inside, the object was a sealed box.

".Chestnuts, they came from Anchengyou. I boiled them briefly. You can try them."

In fact, he stayed up late the first night and carefully selected chestnuts from a large cardboard box. The biggest and plump ones are all here.

Anseong chestnuts are very famous, depending on the soil and climate, the chestnuts are soft and sweet like honey, no need for extra cooking, just add a little salt and water, and they are delicious when cooked.Jiang Limei hasn't eaten it for many years. She once patronized an online store that said "Ancheng Chestnuts", but unfortunately it was not the same variety at all.

She misses the taste a lot.

"It's great." Jiang Limei took out the lunch box, hugged it very preciously in her arms, and smiled and thanked, "Dr. Ren, I haven't eaten for a long time."

It's just a box of chestnuts, but she can also show that she treats it like a treasure, and she is extremely sincere.

"What about this one?"

Jiang Limei reached out to the paper bag again.

".Canned yellow peaches."

Ren Yu said softly.

It is the canned yellow peach that Jiang Limei highly recommended when chatting with Aunt Niu in the morning. It is the delicacy that every Northeast child wants to eat most when they are sick.

Jiang Limei was speechless.

She saw the faint but bright look in Ren Yu's eyes.

At this moment, it seems a little too much to say that she is moved, but she has a paper bag hanging on her wrist, holding a cold chubby canned yellow peach, her heart is like a dough ball with water, and suddenly softens.

"Dr. Ren is really a benevolent doctor?" She joked: "Thank you, Dr. Ren, for treating both the sick and the heart. When can canned yellow peaches be included in the medical insurance?"

"Well, I'll propose." He even joked with her.

Jiang Limei laughed, put the can back into the paper bag, and hugged them together: "One more unfeeling request, can I borrow flowers to present to the Buddha? Please ask the people in the ward to taste our Ancheng chestnuts. After all, I ate a lot of Auntie Niu in the morning. snack."

Ren Yu also smiled: "Yes."

"yeah!"

Jiang Limei smiled sweetly, blinked, took a step forward, and tiptoed into Ren Yu's ear slightly: "But I will eat the canned yellow peaches myself, secretly!"

She didn't realize that all her warm breath was sprinkled on Ren Yu's neck, turning red.

Ren Yu opened his mouth and his throat dried up.

Nothing was said.

(End of this chapter)