I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 176: How Big of a Trouble Did They Make?

"What are you thinking?" Jiang Zhou asked her after they entered the house.

Yuan Xiu looked down at her stomach. "Do you think I'll be able to leave school in this state, even if I get a spot?"

"It's my fault, I should have let you..."

It seems inappropriate to talk about getting pregnant at night or early in the morning.

Jiang Zhou paused. "If you really want to go, I'll try to find a way and apply to the school to see if it's possible..."

Yuan Xiu shook her head: "Forget it. If I were to get it, I imagine many people would be unhappy. If it were given to me, I would have to delay my studies due to personal reasons. It would be better to give the spot to someone more suitable."

Jiang Zhou felt even more guilty. Yuan Xiu loved learning so much and definitely wanted to go to university. Now that the opportunity was in front of her, she was held back because of her child.

He had thought about finding an opportunity for her to study before, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly. After all, places are hard to come by. Who would have thought that she would get this opportunity this year based on her performance?

Why are you making that face?

Yuan Xiu leaned closer to examine his face. "If I give up this opportunity, maybe I'll get something better next time."

Jiang Zhou sighed helplessly: "Then we can only wait for next year's quota."

"Chief of Staff Jiang," Yuan Xiu asked him in a low voice, "have you ever thought about this question?"

"What's the problem?"

Yuan Xiu blinked: "Do you think there's any possibility that the college entrance examination might be reinstated?"

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Zhou said, "Of course it's possible. It's only a matter of time. The country needs knowledge to develop. The current idea that studying is useless goes against the natural order. Most people who are recommended to go to university don't rely on their own knowledge. Some people who go to university don't learn much real skill. Their cultural foundation is low, and their academic performance is poor..."

He paused for a moment, then said, "We can talk about these things at home. You can't say them to others outside. This is a political red line. Publicly discussing the restoration of the college entrance examination is to deny the education revolution."

Yuan Xiu nodded quickly, "I definitely won't say anything outside. I'm still wary of that. The reason I'm talking to you about this is that if the college entrance examination can be reinstated in the next two years, then I can take the exam properly based on my own abilities. Getting in through real ability is definitely more valuable than getting in through recommendations!"

Jiang Zhou nodded, "Of course, but that's just your fantasy. Nobody knows when it will happen. Also, even if you were recommended to university, I believe you're different from everyone else."

"Oh, why is it different?"

"Because you have a certain educational foundation, and because you'll be serious about learning real skills when you get this opportunity!"

Jiang Zhou felt that Yuan Xiu was trying to comfort him and reduce his guilt, otherwise why would she suddenly bring up the matter of resuming the college entrance examination?

Thinking about this makes my heart melt.

……

Not long after starting work that day, Wang Xiaomei and several other nurses from the department burst into the Chinese medicine pharmacy.

As soon as she entered the room, Wang Xiaomei slammed the bottle of Chinese medicine she was carrying onto the counter!

She snapped angrily, "Yuan Xiu! How did your pharmacy prepare this medicine?! The person in ward number three drank it and vomited all night! Do you know the enormity of the mess you've made?!"

Yuan Xiu calmly picked up the bottle of medicine, which was still half full, from the counter and smelled it. "Is there something wrong with this medicine?"

"This is a huge problem! Ward number three houses a veteran of the Korean War! He's extremely important! His health wasn't good to begin with, and he still has several shrapnel fragments in his body that haven't been removed. The leadership has repeatedly emphasized in meetings that we must be extra careful when taking care of veterans, and this is how you're supposed to be careful? Sure enough, unorthodox methods don't work; even preparing medicine can cause problems!"

Yuan Xiu: "Comrade Wang Xiaomei, I remember you weren't in charge of the VIP ward, were you? Please have the nurse in charge of ward number three come and confront me. Also, let's talk about medication, don't bring up other things. Every patient in our hospital, whether they're leaders in the VIP ward or ordinary patients in the regular wards, is very important!"

Wang Xiaomei's expression froze for a moment, and she gave the nurse next to her a wink.

The nurse next to her stepped forward. "I'm the supervisor in charge of ward number three. He vomited last night after drinking medicine from your pharmacy. I only discovered it this morning when I went to check on him. Luckily, he's alright. If something had happened, we would all be held responsible. Aren't you just putting me in a difficult position?"

"Then what makes you think that there was a problem with the decoction process at our pharmacy, which caused the patient in room three to vomit?"

"We've never had this problem before! The same prescription worked fine the day before yesterday, but yesterday's medicine caused vomiting in the ward. Doesn't that prove it's a problem with the decoction?"

"So, after the patient vomited, did they see a doctor for a check-up? What did the doctor say?"

The nurse's eyes flickered. "The patient isn't in any serious condition. The doctor will check on them during rounds later, Comrade Yuan Xiu! We're discussing the pharmacy issue right now, please don't change the subject!"

"How is this considered changing the subject?" Yuan Xiu went into the back medicine preparation room and took out two medicine bottles labeled "Ward No. 3" from the cabinet.

"These two medicine bottles contain medicine for ward number three. One was decocted yesterday, and the other was decocted the day before yesterday. Every day, our pharmacy keeps a portion of the decocted medicine, and the backup is kept for three days. The prescription for ward number three medicines has not been changed this week. You can take the medicines in these three bottles to the laboratory to check if they are the same. If they are the same, then it has nothing to do with our pharmacy."

Wang Xiaomei: "We were talking about the decoction process, not the herbs themselves. Why do we need to send them to the lab for testing?"

Everyone knows that Yuan Xiu has a good prescription; even if Hao Jia makes a mistake, she is unlikely to make one.

Also, when did the pharmacy start storing backups?

"Since the medicinal herbs are all fine, then decocting the medicine should be no problem either."

Yuan Xiu looked at Wang Xiaomei and said, "If I remember correctly, you studied Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacy in vocational school, right? Can't you tell the difference between the medicine in these three bottles?"

"The heat level and the decoction time will affect the taste and flavor of the medicine. You can probably tell the difference just by smelling it, right?"

Wang Xiaomei couldn't smell it; if she had that skill, she wouldn't have been kicked out of the pharmacy by Director Hao.

"You talk like you know everything. If you're so capable, why don't you smell it yourself? Do you think you can tell the difference?"

"Of course Yuan Xiu can smell it!" Hao Jia said from the window, then walked around to the pharmacy door, pushed aside the people blocking the way, and came in.

"You think it's a problem with the decoction? Then you should come to me! Why are you looking for Yuan Xiu? It wasn't Yuan Xiu who decocted the medicine!"