Quick Transmigration: The Pregnant Little Fairy is Pampered by the Heirless Boss

Chapter 381 The Beloved Little Sister 16

On the day the training course at the county hospital started, Ji Xiaosong got up before dawn.

She packed her luggage carefully, putting the "Clinical Guidelines and Medical Cases" given by Dr. Liu and the medical magazine sent by You Yong into her cloth bag.

Before leaving, she checked the food coupons and money one last time.

This is You Yong's allowance and the salary she saved over the past two months, enough to cover three months of training.

"Xiao Song, take this with you."

Wang Xiuhua chased after her from the kitchen and handed her a cloth bag containing six boiled eggs and two cornbreads, saying, "Eat these on the way."

Ji Jianguo was already waiting in the courtyard; his tall figure looked exceptionally reliable in the morning light.

"I'll take you to town to catch a bus." He took his sister's luggage and gently patted her shoulder with his rough hand.

On the way, Ji Jianguo pushed the only bicycle in the family, with Ji Xiaosong's luggage hanging on the handlebars.

"When you get to the county, don't be stingy with money."

He pulled twenty yuan out of his pocket. "This is what I saved up. You can take it."

"Big brother, I don't want to!"

Ji Xiaosong hurriedly refused, "Keep it yourself. Didn't you say you wanted to buy review materials?"

Ji Jianguo is already twenty-nine years old this year. He has been preparing for this for so long, and there are many places where he needs to spend money.

He will be taking the college entrance exam in a few months, and he needs a lot of money to get ahead of others.

"Take it."

Ji Jianguo insisted on stuffing the money into his sister's pocket, saying, "I don't need any money in the village. Your going to study here is an honor for our whole family."

Ji Xiaosong really couldn't refuse, so she secretly slipped Ji Jianguo another pot of spiritual spring water and a list of knowledge points she had previously summarized.

The early morning bus was packed with villagers heading to the county town.

Ji Xiaosong sat by the window, watching her elder brother's figure gradually shrink until it disappeared into the morning mist.

She touched the twenty yuan note in her pocket, still warm from her body, and her nose felt a little sore.

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The training at the county hospital was much more rigorous than I had imagined.

On their first day of registration, the academic affairs director gave them a rude awakening: "There will be an assessment in three months. Those who fail will be sent back to their original units!"

The fifty trainees came from various commune clinics throughout the county. Most of them were educated youth from the city, and there were very few native rural girls like Ji Xiaosong.

In the first anatomy class, several female students vomited upon seeing the specimens, but Ji Xiaosong completed the observation task assigned by the teacher without changing her expression.

"Have you ever been exposed to anatomy before?"

After class, Professor Zhang, who had given the lecture, asked her curiously.

Ji Xiaosong shook her head: "No, but I have seen some anatomical atlases before."

This half-truthful answer concealed the medical knowledge she had accumulated in her previous lives.

No one else suspected anything; after all, there are always a few bold individuals.

The training program was intense yet fulfilling.

During the day, I attend classes; at night, I study; and on weekends, I have to do internships in hospital wards.

By the second month, Ji Xiaosong had become one of the top students in the class.

During an emergency drill, her skillful CPR technique earned her a thumbs-up from the head nurse at the county hospital: "Xiao Ji, your technique is even more standard than the nurses in our emergency department!"

When the news reached the town clinic, Dr. Liu specially sent a letter with ten yuan inside: "Study hard, and when you come back, we'll perform a decent surgery together."

During the final week of the training, the county hospital organized a comprehensive assessment.

Ji Xiaosong achieved first place in both the theoretical and practical exams, and the academic director personally awarded her an outstanding student certificate.

"Comrade Ji Xiaosong," the director said, shaking her hand, "the county hospital will be expanding its recruitment next year, and we hope you can consider working here."

This unexpected invitation left Ji Xiaosong stunned.

The county hospital offers a formal staff position with a salary three times that of the town health clinic, and there's also an opportunity to pursue further studies in the provincial capital.

But when she thought of the expectant looks in the eyes of the villagers and the guidance she had received from Dr. Liu, she hesitated.

On the bus back to town, Ji Xiaosong kept thinking about this question.

Halfway there, it suddenly started raining heavily.

Through the blurry car window, she saw a familiar figure standing under the awning of the town's bus station.

It was the eldest brother, Ji Jianguo, holding a tattered oil-paper umbrella.

"Brother! Why are you here?"

Ji Xiaosong jumped out of the car and shouted in surprise.

Ji Jianguo took his sister's luggage and tilted the umbrella towards her: "I figured you should be back in the next few days, so I'll come to see you every day."

Half of his body was already soaked by the rain, but he was completely unaware of it.

On the way home, Ji Xiaosong excitedly recounted her experiences during the training, while Ji Jianguo listened quietly, occasionally asking a few questions.

As they passed the supply and marketing cooperative, Ji Xiaosong suddenly grabbed his older brother: "Wait, I need to buy something."

She used the money she saved during her training to buy two bottles of ink, a stack of manuscript paper, and a set of college entrance examination review materials.

"Here," she said, handing the things to Ji Jianguo. "You'll be taking the exam in a few months too."

"Thank you, little sister!"

Back home, the whole family sat down together for dinner.

My mother specially killed a chicken and stewed a pot of fragrant mushroom chicken soup.

Ji Xiaosong took out the certificate of outstanding student, and the whole family passed it around, their faces beaming with pride.

“My little sister is doing great,” Ji Jianjun said with a smile. “We won’t have to worry about anyone in our family getting sick in the future.”

"Pah, pah, pah!" Mother quickly interrupted, "Why are you saying such unlucky things!"

Ji Xiaosong took the opportunity to mention the county hospital's invitation, and the whole family fell silent.

Finally, Dad tapped his pipe and said, "Xiao Song, you decide this yourself. But our town is indeed short of good doctors. However, you and You Yong haven't been married long. If you work in our county, you'll see each other less and less in the future."

"I've made up my mind," Ji Xiaosong said, looking at her family's expectant eyes. "I never intended to stay here in the first place. I want to be a military doctor. If I stay here, any further advancement would be completely different from my original goal."

The atmosphere at the dinner table became somewhat tense for a moment.

The glow of the kerosene lamp danced on everyone's faces, reflecting different expressions.

Ji Tiezhu's pipe made a soft "click" sound, and his mother's fingers unconsciously rubbed the rim of the bowl.

"Military doctor?"

Ji Jianjun broke the silence first, "That's good. You were going to accompany the army anyway, and You Yong will probably get a promotion. You two won't be separated anymore."

"Yes, if a couple separates, their feelings for each other will fade."

Wang Xiuhua placed a chicken leg on Ji Xiaosong's plate, her eyes glistening with tears.

The silence at the dinner table was broken by Ji Jianguo's hearty laughter: "Good! Little sister has ambition! Military doctor is an honorable profession, our family is going to have a doctor in military uniform!"

He raised the rough porcelain bowl, the plain water inside shimmering with tiny sparkles: "Come on, let's use water instead of wine to wish our little sister a bright future!"

The whole family raised their bowls, and amidst the clinking and clattering sounds, even the mother, who was the most reluctant to part with her child, smiled: "As long as you siblings are successful, I will be happy."

Ji Tiezhu tapped his pipe, took out a cloth bag from his pocket, and pushed it to Ji Xiaosong: "This is what your father saved up. Take it and buy some decent clothes. Military doctors represent the image of the army, so they can't dress too shabbily."

When Ji Xiaosong opened it, she saw fifty yuan and several cloth coupons neatly folded inside, and her nose immediately stung with tears.

This is probably Dad's secret stash of money that he's been saving for a long time.

In the dead of night, Ji Xiaosong was packing her luggage when there was a gentle knock on the window.

The older brother stood in the moonlight, clutching a manila envelope: "This is an old military medical manual I found at the junkyard. Take it with you..."

Before he could finish speaking, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded in the distance.

The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw flames shooting into the sky from the direction of the commune, with faint shouts of "The clinic is on fire!" coming from behind them.

Ji Xiaosong's heart tightened suddenly. Dr. Li's surgical instruments and precious medicinal materials were all locked in the clinic!