Siheyuan: What bad intentions could a veterinarian like me have?

Chapter 14 How does she look? I am really envious of her
Li Xiangdong sat on the edge of the bed and stretched. He put on his clothes and put his feet into his cotton shoes. He pulled up his heels and fastened the buckles. He squatted down beside the stove and took the fire tongs to pick out the coal slag from the coal stove.

After boiling some water last night, I let the stove burn for a while and then went out in the second half of the night. The heat gradually dissipated as the night went on, and the temperature in the house slowly dropped.

Li Xiangdong is not used to the winter in the north. In his previous life, he lived in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. It will take him a few days to adapt to the dry and cold climate in the north in winter.

He dipped some kerosene on a piece of straw paper and dropped it onto the coal ball. He then lit it with a match, fanned it with a cattail leaf fan, and put the coal ball into the stove with fire tongs. He scooped water from the water tank next to it, filled the copper kettle with water, and placed it on top to boil water.

While sitting and waiting for the water to boil, I looked around the dark layout of the house.

He traveled through last night, the lights were dim, and he didn't actually take a close look at his 'new' home.

Now, looking at it in the daytime, it can only be described as shabby.

The furniture is complete, but it can be seen that they were all added by the previous generation. With the passage of time, the signs of decay are too obvious.

The chest of drawers, the octagonal table, a few benches, and the wooden washbasin rack were all very old.

The family had some wealth from the past, and these yellow pear wood furniture would have some value in the future, but what Li Xiangdong wanted most now was to find time to polish these furnitures so that they would look new.

In the corner of the inner room, you can see a tall medicine cabinet with drawers upon drawers. It is a veterinary medicine cabinet. Most of the drawers are empty, and Li Xiangdong has not had time to buy new medicines. Firstly, he has little money, and secondly, he has been in the countryside for the past few months and has not had much time.

We also need to find a way to replenish the medicinal materials.

He rubbed his head with a helpless look on his face, walked to the table, and placed the property he had looted before going to bed last night on it.

Twenty jin of grain coupons, seven jin of meat coupons, ten jin of flour coupons, and four pieces of cloth coupons.

Thirty-three dollars.

This is all his possessions now.

If he doesn't make money in time, he will starve to death in just two months.

"The road ahead is long and arduous!" After putting all the things into his pocket, Li Xiangdong took out the veterinary box, opened it and looked around.

The corresponding work tools are all available, and the special instruments for castrating pigs and donkeys are polished to a shine, especially a small and exquisite curved knife with a simple shape. The dark brown handle is full of traces of time due to the bloodstains.

Today, Li Xiangdong will take it to the veterinary shop he has not visited for a long time. He has to find something to do.

"Woooooooo..."

The copper kettle hummed and steam bubbled out, reminding its owner that the water was boiling.

After filling several bottles with boiling water, Li Xiangdong picked up a thermos, held a washbasin and a toothbrush cup, opened the door and walked to the middle courtyard. He walked a few steps to the sink and started washing.

Before running water was available, people living in the courtyards had to fetch water from wells several streets away. Since the water supply was available, life in the courtyards has become much more convenient.

A few years ago, a water pipe was connected to the yard and placed in the middle yard. All the neighbors came here to fetch water, wash clothes and cook, and it was very lively. Later, the front yard and the back yard were not convenient, so the water pipe was connected, making this place less "full of talents", but still no less lively.

Li Xiangdong had just mixed the hot and cold water when, as if deliberately ambushing him, a voice came from behind, "Brother Dong, you're up quite early! Are you brushing your teeth?" Turning back, he saw the thin figure of He Yushui standing timidly. After he finished speaking, he came over with similar equipment in his hands.

This good sister of Sha Zhu is a rare good person in the courtyard. Although Sha Zhu is a bad boy, his sister may have read too much and has not been infected with his violent temper. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is untainted by the mud.

She's a nice person, with a pretty face and a nice complexion, but her figure... probably the kind that's a little uncomfortable.

Li Xiangdong was not disgusted with her, on the contrary, he was quite close to her. When she was little, this girl liked to play behind him. She was also a junior in the same school as him, two grades younger than him, and now she was just over 18 years old.

Seeing the slight admiration in the little girl's eyes, Li Xiangdong couldn't help but look at her not-so-tall area and said mischievously, "You're still so thin. Ask your cook to give you more good food!"

"Brother Dong, I haven't seen you for more than a month. Why do you still like to say that I'm thin like before? I'm not thin anymore, okay!" He Yushui's face was slightly red. She came to the pool and carefully touched Li Xiangdong's washbasin, as if she was relieved when she felt the basin was hot.

Li Xiangdong glanced at her, spit out the toothpaste foam, and said: "It's still the same!"

"Nonsense! Yu Haitang said my butt is big!" He Yushui blushed and said indignantly: "She wouldn't lie to me!"

As she spoke, she seemed to want to show off intentionally or unintentionally.

"Yu Haitang..." Li Xiangdong narrowed his eyes and thought of Yu Haitang, the announcer at the Red Star Steel Mill radio station. She was He Yushui's high school classmate and the younger sister of Yu Li, Yan Jiecheng's wife in the yard. She was a girl who loved to watch the fun, and her nature was similar to that of a journalist. "Don't take what she said seriously!"

He Yushui blushed all of a sudden and said hastily, "Then I...then I really haven't gained any weight at all?"

"No!" Li Xiangdong shook his head.

"Then can you like thin ones?" He Yushui stammered.

"What?" Li Xiangdong didn't hear her mumbling clearly.

"I say!" He Yushui twisted her hands behind her back in anger. She glanced at Li Xiangdong's profile timidly and said, "I'll find a job soon and make money. Then I can buy meat and a lot of delicious food, and I can gain weight!"

"Comrade He Yushui!" Li Xiangdong smiled and shook his head, "The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard!"

"Well, Brother Dong, I will try my best!" As if encouraged, He Yushui excitedly raised his little fist, ready to fist bump with Li Xiangdong like in the past, but when he stretched out his hand, he saw his eyes looking towards the Chuihua Gate...

A figure who was more plump than her walked in, and then her elder brother He Yuzhu and an old man pushing a cart appeared in sight.

"Brother Dong..." He Yushui wanted to say something but saw Li Xiangdong take a deep look at Qin Huairu's body and turned away, so she pouted and stomped her feet angrily, "Humph, it's so big... so round, I can do it too! I don't believe I can't catch your eye!"

She poured boiling water mixed with cold water and stared at Qin Huairu's heart for a long time. The more she looked, the more envious she became, and the more ashamed she felt.

"How do I look like this? It's so weird!" He Yushui looked down at herself. She couldn't understand the difference between the two.

"This girl, hey, Brother Dong will plant some papayas for you to eat in the secret realm, to nourish you well! Let others envy you too!" Li Xiangdong glanced through the window and saw He Yushui beating her chest and shaking her head.

After packing up his things, he prepared to go out directly, have some breakfast on the way, and go to the veterinary clinic.

(End of this chapter)