Li Chuang waved his hand and said, "Xiaomin, your child is young and should go to bed. I'll talk in the yard."

He pointed to the side and said, "This is the deputy director of our educated youth camp, Sister Shi, Shi Weihong. I have something to ask you. Sorry to bother you during the New Year."

Shi Weihong beside him also said, "Sister Xiaomin, I'm so sorry to come here so late."

Lian Xiaomin waved her hand: "It's not too late, it's not even eight o'clock, everyone sleeps late on New Year's Eve, what do you want?"

Shi Weihong was very generous and said that the weather was quite cold and she was afraid that others would get cold if they stood outside for too long, so she spoke quickly.

"We have a female educated youth named Pei Ziqiu, she's only sixteen. She caught a cold two days ago and has had a low-grade fever that hasn't gotten better."

"After dinner today, she suddenly had a high fever. Now she is almost confused. No matter what we do, her temperature won't go down. I'm afraid something bad will happen to her. But it's Chinese New Year and there's no clinic in the village. We thought we'd ask a few nearby houses to see if they have any medicine."

Li Chuang also said: "Yes, if there is nothing, we have to borrow a bullock cart to send it to the commune hospital."

Lian Xiaomin nodded, and seeing how anxious they were, she said, "So that's what's going on. I actually have two fever-reducing pills at home. I'll go get them for you."

When the two heard this, they were overjoyed.

I asked several families just now and no one had the answer. So Song Chaoyang went to the Zheng family next door to ask.

Li Chuang said, why not go and ask Lian Xiaomin at the foot of the mountain.

The little girl looks like a meticulous person, and my brother and sister-in-law have taken very good care of her. What if she is pregnant?

So Shi Weihong followed him, and unexpectedly, it really existed!

Now Pei Ziqiu no longer has to bear the consequences. What would happen if something happened to such a young and well-behaved girl and she became mentally ill?

Several warm-hearted educated youth said that if it didn’t work, they could just harness the car and send them to the commune.

Now I have antipyretic medicine, I hope it can reduce the fever.

Otherwise, it would take three or four hours to drag the car in the snow and ice, and you would be almost frozen to death.

Soon, Lian Xiaomin quickly went back to the house, took out two pills, wrapped them in a piece of paper, and handed them to Shi Weihong.

The two people were overjoyed and were extremely grateful. Shi Weihong said excitedly: "Xiaomin, if you have any problems in the future, come to the educated youth center and call Sister Shi. The village is big and we are all close. Just let me know if you have any problems!"

Li Chuang also said, "Thanks to you, Xiaomin. We would like to thank you on behalf of Xiao Pei. When the weather is good, you are welcome to bring Xiaofu and Xiaoya over to play. You should go back to the house quickly. It's quite cold."

Lian Xiaomin nodded and told them not to worry and to go back and check on little Pei Zhiqing.

She also sighed in her heart, at the age of 16, she ran here to be an educated youth, and her family was willing to let her go? I don’t know what such a weak girl has experienced.

After seeing Shi Weihong and Li Chuang off, Lian Xiaomin locked the gate and returned home.

However, before I took off my shoes and got on the kang, the door was knocked again.

Oh my god, who is this? Who can wish me a happy new year?

Lian Xiaomin thought, no one came to her house during the Chinese New Year, why are they lining up here tonight?

But she had nothing to do and didn't know what to do by herself. She was bored, so she put on her coat and went to open the door.

"Who is it?" Lian Xiaomin asked as she walked out.

"It's me."

As soon as he heard it, it was Zhang Wenyong's voice. He quickly took two steps and opened the door: "Brother Sanyong, why are you here so late? Happy New Year!"

Zhang Wenyong carried a bag and walked in while saying, "Happy New Year! I just returned to the village at noon today. There were too many people during the day, so I guess you must have gone home by now. The tiger skin saltpeter I mentioned earlier is ready. I'll bring it to you."

They went to the west room together. Lian Xiaomin couldn't wait to open the bag and look at the tiger skin. She was very curious.

Zhang Wenyong took out another lunch box and opened it. It was filled with sweet and sour pork, which looked as if it had just been freshly cooked.

"Brother Sanyong, where did you get this? Did you just come back from a state-owned restaurant?" Lian Xiaomin looked at the sweet and sour pork and her eyes lit up.

The person opposite smiled and said with a bit of pride: "Who can go to work on the night of New Year's Eve? Of course I made it myself. I didn't give it to anyone else. I occupied the kitchen and served it all."

Lian Xiaomin was about to go to heat the kang, so she didn't move. She just picked up a piece of food with two fingertips, put it in her mouth and started chewing. She ate so quickly that she almost choked.

"Smells good! It's delicious. Can you make this?" The man with puffed cheeks asked while chewing. He took two pairs of chopsticks and continued to eat meat. His attention was on the lunch box.

It was Zhang Wenyong who lit the kang. If it wasn't lit, someone would have frozen to death in the room.

She ate three big pieces of sweet and sour pork immediately, and then Lian Xiaomin went to the east room and brought back two bottles of canned fruit, which were given to her by Zhang Wenyong last time.

With two clicks, he unscrewed the lid, inserted two spoons, and placed it on the kang table.

If you like hawthorn, push the bottle of canned peaches to the other person.

After brewing some tea, the two of them sat cross-legged on either side of the kang table, head to head, eating and chatting.

The two of them quickly finished a lunch box of sweet and sour pork. To help digest the food, Lian Xiaomin stuffed two hawthorns into her mouth and, while chewing, she unfolded the tiger skin on the kang. She couldn't stop looking at it, and when she touched it, it felt a little hard.

Recalling the time when they went into the mountains to hunt, the two of them talked and laughed endlessly.

Zhang Wenyong was eating canned peaches and finished half a bottle in just a few bites.

He also said that when he got home today, he heard that Xiao Lingzi had been kidnapped a few days ago. Unexpectedly, she was found unharmed the next day from the distant Jianye County. It was so fast that it was hard to believe.

He also heard Chunxiu say that Yufang told her that Xiaomin also went outside to look for Xiaolingzi.

Xiaofu and Xiaoya were left at Yufang's house. Xiaomin searched everywhere until midnight but couldn't find them. She came back very late and took the kids back early the next morning.

Zhang Wenyong put down the spoon, looked up at the person opposite him, stared at him for about five seconds, and then asked quietly, "Did you save Xie Ling?"

Lian Xiaomin was a little surprised, but then she thought that the other party was probably just cheating her.

However, after a moment of silence, she immediately raised the corner of her mouth and smiled: "So what."

She ate another hawthorn, which was sour and sweet, her favorite.

This time it was Zhang Wenyong's turn to be stunned. He never expected that Lian Xiaomin would admit it directly!

He just had some guesses and was just testing her out.

Now, I don’t know what to say.

Looking at the little girl who was still eating hawthorns heartlessly, Zhang Wenyong felt depressed, and he directly pulled the can over.

Lian Xiaomin raised her head, her mouth tightly shut, still puffing out her cheeks like a little squirrel, chewing hard, looking at him with her smiling almond eyes...