Chapter 68 That place...something's not right.

He Wei has suddenly come to believe in the concept of retribution, and he is afraid that he will actually experience the kind of punishment he dreamed of.

Hearing that the two female educated youths had fainted because of the tasks he had assigned them, He Wei actually felt relieved; thankfully, no one had died.

He had only agreed to help Madam Liang educate these educated youths out of respect for his superior, and now that they had been educated, he didn't plan to bother disciplining them anymore.

The main problem is that he's insecure. Now, he gets suspicious and fearful at the slightest sign of trouble, afraid that retribution will come.

So he said to Zhou Jianguo, "After this education, the educated youth should realize their attitude problem. Have them write a self-criticism and submit it. From now on, they won't have to work according to the mandatory work points requirement."

Lu Xun was surprised that things went so smoothly; he and Zhipeng hadn't even had a chance to fake illness yet.

However, it would be best if things went smoothly. As for the self-criticism, that's a minor matter; I can just write something casually and be done with it.

He Wei decided to stop helping Madam Liang teach those educated youths a lesson. Fearing that Gou Sheng would complain, he arranged other work for Gou Sheng, asking him to patrol the hills in the area to prevent any team members from sneaking up.

Ning Xuan was very surprised to hear that the other party had so easily rescinded the decision to impose mandatory work points, but then she was happy.

These past two days, she's been working during the day and searching the mountains at night. Even with the energy-boosting pills, she still feels mentally exhausted.

So now that she doesn't have to work, she can use this time to "recover" to search the mountains during the day and only search during the first half of the night.

Now that the issue of mandatory work points has been resolved, Ning Xuan doesn't plan to waste any more time at the hospital, since she can't release the puppet while she's there.

Zhou Jianguo had already returned to the brigade after leaving the commune, leaving Lu Xun and Liang Qingqing to take care of the two patients at the hospital.

So, regarding Ning Xuan's decision to return to the brigade, Liang Qingqing offered a few words of advice out of concern, but seeing that Ning Xuan and Liang Qingqing were determined, she could only help pack their things and then leave the hospital.

The doctor saw that Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia were determined to be discharged and assumed that they were worried about the cost of hospitalization. These days, many people endure minor illnesses and give up on serious illnesses, so the doctor didn't say much.

After consulting with both of them, the doctor prescribed vitamin tablets for Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia to supplement their nutritional needs.

Since she wanted to go all the way, Ning Xuan didn't refuse.

If the brigade leader asks after they return to the brigade, they should say that the doctor has agreed to their discharge, but they need to rest for a few more days.

Spring plowing and harvesting are activities that cannot be easily taken off, but people like Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia, who have a doctor's certificate, can take a few days off according to the doctor's advice.

Anyway, neither of them are strong laborers, so the impact is not significant.

However, He Yuting and He Qiaofang had strong opinions because they also wanted to rest, but their requests for leave were refused.

He Qiaofang originally wanted to pretend to faint, but the doctor saw through her act when she was taken to the clinic, making a fool of herself.

Zhou Jianguo had no choice but to give a brief pep talk before the work started. The main idea was that spring plowing was very important, and the team members should have the right mindset. As long as they could work, they shouldn't think about taking leave or being lazy.

Seeing that He Qiaofang's attempt to feign fainting had failed, He Yuting didn't dare to try again. However, she still secretly asked Zhou Weimin to put a bad word on his father, the scorekeeper. Zhou Weimin agreed on the surface, but he was too tired from work and had no interest in doing such things, so He Yuting's little scheme failed.

Zhou Weimin especially misses the days before the family separated. When he came back from work, he could go straight to take a shower, and his mother would have the meal ready. Now, when he comes back, he not only has to cook, but also boil water for He Yuting.

He once subtly told He Yuting that he was very tired after a day's work. He said it wasn't that he didn't want to do the housework, but he wanted He Yuting to share the burden. However, He Yuting refused.

Whenever Zhou Weimin asked her to do housework, He Yuting would use the same things he had said when he was pursuing her to shut him up. Zhou Weimin was afraid that if he said too much, He Yuting would get angry, so he gradually stopped saying it and endured the housework by himself when he was tired.

After Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia returned to the courtyard, she took out the potion and gave it to herself and Xu Jiajia to drink.

After drinking the potion, the weakness will begin to subside within minutes.

However, she instructed Xu Jiajia not to go out for the next few days, and to rest for at least three days first.

As patients, neither she nor Xu Jiajia could go out, so they asked Lu Xun to help them get some food to thank Liang Qingqing, who had accompanied them to the hospital to take care of them that day.

When they first returned to the courtyard, Liang Qingqing was worried about them and asked if she wanted to help take care of them at night. Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia both declined, saying that they would sleep together and take care of each other.

Ning Xuan said, "We can move around now, and we don't have to do any work, so it's okay. Qingqing, thank you for today~ Let's have dinner here tonight."

As a result, Liang Qingqing knew that the doctor had said Ning Xuan and her companion needed to eat more to supplement their nutrition, so she felt embarrassed to eat there and declined.

So Ning Xuan and the others didn't have time to give her anything, and could only ask Lu Xun to make a trip to deliver it.

As for why Zhou Zhipeng wasn't allowed to deliver it, it was simply because Lu Xun seemed more composed and was more suitable for diplomatic negotiations.

Zhou Zhipeng is a bit more easygoing.

During dinner, Ning Xuan and the others had a small celebration.

Then, after everyone had fallen asleep at night, Ning Xuan skillfully and stealthily ran up the mountain.

Today she plans to search the mountains to the east. There's a saying, "purple aura comes from the east," so maybe people like to hide things on the east side.

After searching all night, they still hadn't found the legendary treasure. With dawn approaching, Ning Xuan felt a bit hungry and decided to eat something before continuing her search.

She planned to search until around noon, then rest for half a day in the afternoon, and continue searching in the evening.

She found a rock, sat down, and took out the food from her storage ring to eat.

Recently, she has been searching the mountains. Since she can scan anything she sees, her system points have increased rapidly in the past few days, gaining tens of thousands of points in just a few days.

With the storage ring, Ning Xuan no longer needed to pay so much in warehouse storage fees, and her system points were consumed much more slowly.

Although she had a lot of points, Ning Xuan still had the habit of scanning and uploading them whenever she felt like it to earn points.

Ning Xuan took out a bowl of eight-treasure porridge. She especially likes sweet food, and she also likes sweet porridge such as eight-treasure porridge and mung bean porridge, and she doesn't find it cloying.

Halfway through the meal, a bright red sun began to rise over the eastern hills.

Ning Xuan thought to herself, "Finally, I have time to enjoy the sunrise. Before, I was so focused on getting back to work that I had no time or mood to watch the sunrise."

As the sun rose, the clouds there were also bathed in a crimson glow. When the sun was fully revealed and its warm sunlight shone down, Ning Xuan was deeply moved.

Looking at the mountains ahead, which seemed to be gilded by the sunlight, Ning Xuan felt a jolt. Something was wrong with that place!