When strangers come to see the doctor, Song Yan says he won't see them, and no one dares to cause trouble, since there are so many women in the knitting group every day!

Everyone consciously protected Song Yan. Having her around made things so much easier for everyone!

Sun Akun's wife said her husband had knee pain. Song Yan gave her a folk remedy: apply a hot compress of salt and scallion roots daily. Change the scallions every day, but reuse the salt. In less than ten days, the pain was gone.

The illness was cured after spending the price of two catties of salt.

Song Yan only treats minor illnesses; she says she can't treat serious illnesses. Everyone is content with this.

The storeroom in the courtyard where Lao Zeng lived was filled with the medicinal herbs that Song Yan had collected.

The medicines here were all taken from her spatial storage.

She would go for a walk in the woods and return with medicinal herbs on her back. She only stopped gathering herbs when she became heavily pregnant.

She delivers whatever her patients need, and if she doesn't have it, she lets them buy it themselves.

Captain Wu said he would give her a work point equivalent to that of a medic, but Song Yan refused no matter what.

To be honest, practicing medicine and treating patients is something she enjoys. The key is that she also gained other benefits.

As Song Yan treated patients and delivered medicine, the second spring's water grew increasingly dark and its flow diminished. Song Yan collected a large amount of it.

Song Yan had a premonition that the more concentrated the spring water, the stronger its effects should be.

Days passed by slowly like this.

In November 1976, two educated youths arrived: a male, Zhao Guoqiang, and a female, Su Cuihua. This was the last batch of educated youths to come to Qingshan Brigade.

Aunt Feng's illness was basically cured. Most of the medicine she took came from Song Yan's place; a few that weren't available were bought by Guo Gang. At the end of 1976, Aunt Feng passed away.

Aunt Feng asked Guo Gang to try his best to find food and supplies to give to Lao Han.

Guo Gang was unfamiliar with the area, so he just followed Xiao Hu around. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to get anything.

Song Yan estimated that Guo Gang had thoroughly investigated the black market.

Aunt Feng knew that Song Yan would definitely not accept the money. Song Yan did not expect that before Aunt Feng left, she asked Guo Gang to borrow a jeep from the county armed forces department. Aunt Feng took the jeep to the arsenal to see Wei Aiguo and brought him a lot of food.

The arsenal had strict rules and regulations, and Aunt Feng could only wait for others in the reception room. Even the reception room wasn't a place for just anyone to enter.

Aunt Feng was personally received by the factory director of the arsenal.

Guo Gang produced his special identification, proving that he was Chief of Staff Xu's bodyguard.

Chief of Staff Xu is not a leader here, but given his rank, how could the factory director not treat him with caution?

Wei Aiguo always received letters from the Zhejiang Provincial Military Region, the envelopes unsigned. But the factory director knew that these letters must have come from high-ranking officials in the military region.

With Aunt Feng's arrival, some people are having a headache.

When Wei Aiguo was assigned here, because of his military merits, it was definitely not appropriate for him to be an ordinary worker. There were some concerns about putting him in charge of management related to business operations.

The existing middle-level managers are already used to it and haven't noticed anything unusual about the current work style. They're unclear about Wei Aiguo's situation. Whether to give him a middle-level management position or move him to logistics requires careful consideration.

To be on the safe side, we assigned him to work in the cafeteria.

There's a guy named Jiang Hongwei in the cafeteria who's been eyeing the deputy director position for a long time. If he doesn't get the job, everyone else will be in trouble. Everyone thought with him around, Wei Aiguo wouldn't last long. They figured he could find something to mess up and get rid of Wei Aiguo. Then Wei Aiguo could just be a worker and that would be fine.

But I never expected Jiang Hongwei to be such a good-for-nothing.

During the last inspection by higher-ups, Director Bai specifically requested to see Wei Aiguo because he was a combat hero who had received military merit. Rumors circulated afterward that Wei Aiguo's former superior and Director Bai had served in the same trench.

Jiang Hongwei knew this and became quiet, as did those who couldn't gain anything from the deputy director's arrival.

Wei Aiguo was very conscientious and responsible; he meticulously calculated the inflow and outflow of supplies in the canteen. This infuriated some people; without losses, there was no profit to be made…

After Aunt Feng passed away, 1976 came to an end. Many significant events occurred this year. This aligns with the history Song Yan knew, so the changes of 1977 are on the horizon.

Song Yan always urged Wei Aiguo to study. With Song Yan's foundation, she would have no problem getting into university. Wei Aiguo hadn't finished high school, so Song Yan taught him little by little.

Wei Aiguo was a studious person to begin with, and he obediently listened to his wife and studied. Because now he had the time.

Old Zeng analyzed Wei Aiguo's work at the arsenal and advised him to remain inactive and wait for any eventuality. This spy was adept at infiltration; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to catch him after so many years.

The New Year was approaching. Many people came to visit Song Yan's home, all bringing gifts.

They only raise a few chickens a year, and each family's chickens are quite precious. Many people give her a hen, and some even give her feed.

Everyone knows that Song Yan's family keeps two dogs, which require a lot of food.

There was nothing more to be done; Song Yan had truly shut himself away from visitors.

But everyone's gratitude was genuine. They even threw the things over the wall...

…

In mid-April of 1977, Wei Erzhuang's wife gave birth to a boy.

Aunt Wei murmured, "No wonder so many people brought you things; they're truly grateful. Even if Erzhuang's wife had a daughter instead of a son, she would still thank you. She couldn't have given birth to anything without you."

Song Yan laughed, saying it was as if she were a man who could get her pregnant.

"What are you laughing at! Chen Xiaodong's mother should also thank you. I heard her daughter is pregnant too." Aunt Wei hugged Wei Yuetang and gave her chubby granddaughter, nicknamed Yueyue, a big kiss. "Our Yueyue is so adorable."

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