I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

"See that? You're pretty quick and efficient."

"She's quite efficient. She's only been working for a few days, right? I saw her picking up medicine without having to search all over the cabinet. She just opened the cabinet and took it. If you didn't know better, you'd think she was a pro."

"Don't tell me you just took it randomly..."

"You can't just take any medicine!"

Yuan Xiu had already noticed the people peeking around the pharmacy; they all looked quite familiar.

They weren't there to see a doctor or pick up medicine; they would occasionally pretend to pass by, their eyes constantly glancing into the pharmacy.

It was less like looking at the pharmacy and more like observing her.

Even Hao Jia noticed, and gestured with her lip towards the group of people secretly standing behind the pillar, asking Yuan Xiu, "Do you know them?"

Yuan Xiu nodded, "In the compound."

Military hospitals serve not only internal staff but also the general public, with more ordinary people than internal staff coming to see them every day.

Yuan Xiu had been working for several days, and the number of acquaintances she had seen in those few days combined was less than the number she had seen in just one day.

"Did they come all this way just to see you?"

Yuan Xiu: "Maybe."

She probably knew the reason. When she ran into Sister Guiying after get off work yesterday, she said that some family members were unhappy that she got such a good job and had been talking about it privately.

Yuan Xiu wasn't afraid of their stares, because she was certain that among the unemployed military dependents, if she really had to find someone to match this job, it could only be her; she was confident of that.

Because she can learn to recognize all the hundreds of medicinal herbs on the wall in just a few days and accurately locate them.

This is what she earned through hard work and rote memorization over the past few days.

Her only guilty conscience was that this job was a backdoor that Secretary Gu had opened for her.

Without her, this position would most likely not have been used to settle military dependents.

On that very day, Yuan Xiu discovered that she was in the newspaper.

The newspaper was brought by Director Hao. He hurriedly pushed open the door and entered the pharmacy, pointing to a news article and asking her, "Is that you in the picture?"

Yuan Xiu was picking up medicine when the newspaper was brought close to her. She glanced down and immediately recognized the somewhat blurry figure in the photo as her.

Besides her, there were several foreigners in the photo. Secretary Gu was completely obscured by the others, and all that could be seen was her squatting on the ground, her face serious as she reached out to press acupoints on one person's hand.

The title, in large letters, reads: "Traditional Chinese Medicine Emergency Rescue Shocks Foreign Friends."

As for the details, Director Hao didn't show them to her because his mind was elsewhere.

"Why are you picking out medicine? Do you recognize all the herbs in the medicine cabinet?"

Hao Jia quickly came over, "I know her! Yuan Xiu had already memorized everything before she left work yesterday. She has a great memory; it only took her a few days!"

Director Hao looked at Yuan Xiu with even greater surprise than when he saw her in the newspaper.

"You really remembered it?"

Yuan Xiu nodded: "You can test me."

These past few days, she's been dreaming about climbing the medicine cabinet every night.

Director Hao put down his newspaper and began to test her.

Ten minutes later...

"Hmm, not bad." Director Hao nodded. "The people in the newspaper?"

"It was me." Yuan Xiu then recounted how she had encountered someone suffering from angina at the Friendship Store, without revealing who the person she had saved was.

After she finished speaking, Yuan Xiu clearly noticed that Director Hao, who had previously looked down on her, suddenly became much more amiable.

Director Hao came and went in a hurry, leaving behind a newspaper.

Yuan Xiu and Hao Jia sat head to head and spent two minutes reading the contents of the newspaper.

The newspaper didn't mention who the rescued person was, only referring to them as a "customer," so it seems she was right not to mention Secretary Gu earlier.

Hao Jia patted Yuan Xiu on the shoulder: "Great job, Comrade Yuan Xiu! You've really made traditional Chinese medicine look good in front of those foreigners! Look at what's written above, those foreigners are all praising how amazing traditional Chinese medicine is!"

Yuan Xiu smiled, a sense of pride welling up inside her.

"Traditional Chinese medicine is already very powerful!"

……

These days, being in the newspaper is a big deal. Many people in the hospital recognized Yuan Xiu in the newspaper, and those who knew her naturally came to the pharmacy to see her and chat with her.

She is now a hospital employee, and the hospital leaders naturally wouldn't refuse the honor of being featured in the newspaper. That noon, a letter of commendation appeared on the bulletin board at the hospital entrance, along with the report that had been published that morning.

Yuan Xiu became famous at the hospital overnight.

"Look at this picture, isn't that Battalion Commander Jiang's wife?" The man showed his wife the newspaper. "You guys were saying she wasn't qualified to work at the hospital, but she's in the newspapers now, and she saved someone in front of those foreigners. She's not qualified, but you are? Stop saying those things, it's so embarrassing for people to hear..."

Man's wife: "..."

This scene also occurred in the homes of many families in the compound.

Even Zhou Lei read the newspaper and told his family about it after he got home from get off work.

Aunt Zhou glanced at Yuan Juan and said, "I told you that girl was capable, and it really is. She's even in the newspaper. From the first moment I saw her, I knew she was extraordinary. She has a strong will, and people with strong will can succeed at anything! That person who is always complaining and has a bad mind, she couldn't even do a good job."

She didn't name names, but Yuan Juan wasn't stupid; she could easily tell that the old hag was implying that she had ulterior motives.

After she became pregnant, this old hag didn't curse her openly, but started making veiled accusations.

Yuan Juan touched her belly. "My cousin is quite capable, but I don't know why she hasn't gotten pregnant yet."

When talking about his child, Zhou Lei became a little proud. "So what? No matter how good Jiang Zhou is at fighting, so what?"

When it comes to getting his wife pregnant, he's way better than him!

While Aunt Zhou was cooking outside, Yuan Juan pulled Zhou Lei into the inner room and said, "Give me some money."

"What do you want to buy again?" Zhou Lei took two yuan out of his pocket and handed it to her. "Use it sparingly."

Yuan Juan took the money and reached into his pockets. "Give me twenty."

Upon hearing that it cost twenty yuan, Zhou Lei's eyes widened. "What do you need twenty yuan for?"

Yuan Juan began to whine, "The New Year is just over a month away. As your son-in-law, you should at least send some money back to my parents to show your filial piety. They didn't ask for anything when we got married."

Then they'd have to dare to come and ask for it, right?

Zhou Lei was reluctant. As a son-in-law, he could only afford to buy them a couple of sets of cloth to make clothes for them during the New Year, or buy a piece of meat and two pounds of fruit. He would never give them twenty yuan right away.

If we give it to them this time, will we have to keep giving it to them next time?

He's a son-in-law, not a son.

He has no right to take care of his father-in-law and mother-in-law in their old age.

"I don't have any money on me; my mom keeps all the money."

Yuan Juan might have believed this two months ago, but she doesn't believe it now. Zhou Lei has a bankbook hidden at home; how could he not have money?

"Old Zhou..."

"What are you doing? What are you dawdling around in the house for? Aren't you going to eat or not?" Aunt Zhou called out loudly from outside the door.

Zhou Lei quickly stood up. "Eat first, don't let my son go hungry."

Yuan Juan: "Zhou Lei!"

"Dinner's ready, Mom! What delicious food did you make?"

"Your favorite cabbage stew with glass noodles..." Zhou's mother glanced into the room and asked her son in a low voice, "What did you say when you were pulled inside?"

"They didn't say anything."

"You want your money now?"

Zhou Lei: "..."

His mother is practically a tapeworm in Yuan Juan's stomach.

Zhou's mother pursed her lips: "Don't be silly, or your daughter-in-law will move all our things to her parents' house."

"cannot."

"Of course she'll be in the news. We've been getting constant letters from her family; they'll definitely be asking her for money..."