"Is it that serious?" Li Fengying laughed so hard her mouth almost split at the back of her head, "Just think it through, you can’t let anything get in the way of work points. If you ask , if sothing’s not working out, then so be it. There are already two kids, so what if it’s disliked!"
"Ah, pfft!" Zhou Guizhi spat right in Li Fengying’s face, "My son went to the city to beco a worker; he’ll eat governnt grain now. Who needs work points? If you don’t know, don’t talk nonsense!"
"Oh wow!" Li Fengying did not believe it one bit. Being a worker isn’t that easy; otherwise, why would so many educated youths go to the countryside one after another?
"Beca a worker, really? Who are you fooling? What connections does your family have to beco a worker in the city?" Li Fengying felt uneasy; it didn’t make sense that people from her family were in jail, yet Zhou Guizhi’s son could beco a worker!
"Don’t believe it? Fine!" Zhou Guizhi didn’t care whether anyone believed her or not. Over ti, you’d have to believe.
Indeed, Jiang Xingbing and Jiang Xingyong went to the city to beco workers. Jiang Xingbing went to a machinery factory, while Jiang Xingyong beca a truck driver for a transport team.
The whole production team was abuzz; silently, who could’ve expected the Jiang Family produced two workers!
The news reached New United Team, and Li Xiulan’s mother tapped her bowl, "What’s on your mind? The Jiang Family has produced two workers. They’ve sent word wanting to set your marriage date with Xingjun, yet you won’t agree. What are you thinking?"
Li Xiulan bit her lips and said nothing, just lowered her head and ate.
Beside her, her sister-in-law Zou Hongxia signaled Li Xiulan with her eyes, "Let’s talk later, we’re in the middle of collecting crops now, who has the ti for this!"
"Collecting crops doesn’t affect setting the date, does it? The Jiang Family wants the wedding by the end of October, but you won’t agree. How are they supposed to prepare?" Li Xiulan’s mother said.
"Prepare what exactly? What can their family offer?" Li Xiulan said discontentedly, "Both his brothers are married and working on the farm, isn’t that good enough? Why not give him the job opportunity?"
Li Xiulan’s mother thought the sa, but where else could she find a better match than the Jiang Family?
After eating, Zou Hongxia said, "Xiulan, you don’t need to wash the dishes. If you’re in a bad mood, go take a walk."
"What walk, just rest at ho, aren’t we working in the afternoon?"
This year, the production team got harvesters, allowing a break at ho for a al and half an hour of rest.
Li Xiulan pressed her lips, blushed, and went out, walking along the river until she reached the cornfield where soone pulled her in, and she fell into a familiar embrace.
"My mother urged to get married again today. Guowei, what should I do? I’m already yours; I don’t want to marry soone else!" Li Xiulan clung to the man’s shoulders, swaying as he moved.
Zheng Guowei panted as he said, "You, don’t agree. I can’t bear to see you beco soone else’s wife."
Li Xiulan was overjoyed, taking this as the man’s proposal, turned her head, "Then hurry up!"
"Fine, I’ll hurry, I’ll send you up!"
"Who said I ant that!"
...
Jiang Xingye has been so busy lately, his feet barely touching the ground. The threshing machine is produced using an assembly line thod, and all parts are procured from the county or city machinery factories.
Although the production team had chosen so people, Jiang Xingye did not trust others with the initial procurent tasks and ran them himself.
The factory is funded collectively. The production team put out five hundred yuan, and mbers contributed funds to receive dividends by the end of the year, but aside from Jiang Xingye and Xu Qinghuan, few mbers put money in.
Xu Qinghuan greeted two unexpected visitors at the clinic. The younger one appeared around her age, handso and unusual, while the older one had an academic deanor.
"Please sit!" Xu Qinghuan saw the visitors and knew what was up.
"You’re the educated youth, Xu?" Huo Chi couldn’t believe it, casting a doubtful glance at Shao Lizhong, thinking they might have the wrong person?
Shao Lizhong also furrowed his brows, equally skeptical.
"If you’re looking for Doctor Xu Qinghuan from the county hospital, that’s ."
After Zhang Changqing’s hip surgery, he recovered well, and Huo Chi and Shao Lizhong ca to discuss surgery for Huo Chi’s brother, Huo Zui.
"Whom did Doctor Xu learn from? So highly accomplished at a young age!" Shao Lizhong asked.
Xu Qinghuan pondered a bit, "I never had a ntor. The one who taught has passed away. ntion his na, few in the dical field wouldn’t know. It was old Master Zhang Huaishan."
Shao Lizhong showed respect, "Ah, it was Master Zhang. No wonder, no wonder!"
Huo Chi, being young, hadn’t heard of him, but he must have been extraordinary.
But that doesn’t an his disciples are all great. He wouldn’t want soone as young as Xu Qinghuan to operate on his brother. His dad would kill him!
Having seen her, Huo Chi temporarily withdrew the thought, deciding to wait and see Zhang Changqing’s recovery first.
Huo Chi gave Shao Lizhong a look, and they both stood up to bid farewell.
Xu Qinghuan understood their thoughts well, even though she wanted to connect with the Huo Family to gather evidence on Song Wanlin’s affair, she knew pursuing others wasn’t the way. After seeing them off, she busied herself.
"Doctor Xu, Doctor Xu, please help, it’s a matter of life and death!"
An elderly woman rushed in, gripping Xu Qinghuan’s hand tightly, "Doctor Xu, save my daughter-in-law!"
"What’s going on? Tell slowly!" Xu Qinghuan’s hand was tightly held by this woman. Having been here for two months, she was familiar with the production team, but didn’t recognize this old lady.
"I’m from Liaozhong Team, my daughter-in-law accidentally triggered a miscarriage. The midwife said only one can be saved. Our Lao Wei family has single sons for three generations, first had three daughters, this ti finally a son, he can’t be wasted!"
The old lady seed ready to kneel before Xu Qinghuan.
Regardless of being a son or not, a life is a life, and since they sought her out, she couldn’t refuse the case, packed her box, and followed the old lady out.
On the way, she t Xu Manman, "Sis, where are you going?"
Xu Qinghuan glared at her without responding, and Xu Manman watched her distant back with a smile at her lips.
She turned to see Zhou Chang’an, who was gazing painfully yet reservedly at Qu Qiongfang’s back.
At the educated youth point, it was Lu Nianying’s turn to cook today, with two male educated youths assisting, having to help unless they didn’t want to eat.
Qu Qiongfang, after eating a candy that Xu Manman gave her, felt a bit sleepy but didn’t mind much. Being very busy with the harvest and eating poorly, she was truly exhausted.
Skipping dinner, Xu Manman packaged her stead corn bread and vegetables in a lunchbox and brought them to Qu Qiongfang’s room.
Outside, Zhou Chang’an asked Duan Qingi, "What’s happening with Qu Educated Youth, is she sick?"
"I suppose so!" Duan Qingi and Qu Qiongfang had a falling out and treated each other indifferently.
"Could you please..."
"No!" Duan Qingi shook off and left.
Xu Manman approached, "Educated Youth Zhou, don’t worry, Educated Youth Qu just fell asleep and will wake up soon, she’s not sick."
Zhou Chang’an initially didn’t want to talk to Xu Manman, but now there were few female educated youths at the point. He had to ask Xu Manman to pass a ssage to Qu Qiongfang, "I need to trouble Educated Youth Qu with sothing. When she wakes up, could she find ?"
"Then once Educated Youth Qu wakes up, I’ll ask her to look for you over there?" Xu Manman pointed to the bean rack in the backyard.
In the darkness, no light shone, the place was dark like a beast ready to swallow.
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