Tian Cai and Doctor Hong exchanged addresses and agreed to visit him once a month. She hesitated for a moment before whispering, "If the situation becomes unfavorable for you after you return, you are welcome to continue providing medical support in the countryside. Our Beishan Brigade is a good choice."

Seeing the look Doctor Hong was giving her, she added sincerely, "Really? Our production team leader is incredibly upright and definitely wouldn't do anything like the city's tricks!"

Doctor Hong looked at her and smiled. It was not that he had not thought about taking this little girl as his apprentice before, but since he himself could not protect himself, he thought it would be better not to bring trouble to others. He would teach her as much as he could. "Okay, I will seriously consider it."

He said this, but he didn't intend to go.

Tian Cai also knew that it was unlikely that he would come to Kaoshan Village. If he wanted to go there, he might choose some farther and more remote places. After all, the more remote the places are, the more they lack medical care and medicine.

After saying goodbye to Dr. Hong, Tian Cai carried his luggage and walked towards the team's tractor.

At first, everyone was sad about parting with their new classmates, but after the tractor drove out for a while, they became happy again because they were about to go home.

The same goes for Tian Cai. Others go home once every five days, but she hasn't been back for more than two months. She misses Mimi and wonders if it still recognizes her. How is Qin Ling taking care of it? Has the little guy grown a lot?

The return journey was exactly the opposite of the coming journey. They first arrived at Qingshan Village. They waved goodbye to each other. After getting off the car, Wan Xiuli winked at Tian Cai. She also blinked after receiving the signal and waved goodbye to them.

Well, it’s close anyway, and she often goes to Qingshan Village for medical treatment, so it will be much easier to meet in the future.

“—Oh—ho—”

It was almost noon when Tian Cai and his group arrived at Kaoshan Village. As soon as Zhang Baocai entered the village, he started shouting at the top of his voice. When he started shouting, he scared several girls and they all jumped up to deal with him.

"--Ah, I was wrong, I was wrong, ladies and gentlemen, I was wrong, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts--" Zhang Baocai's lower back was pinched by Qu Ting. He exaggeratedly cried out in pain, making everyone laugh. Qu Ting couldn't help but slap him on the back again, "Just keep pretending!"

"Hehe." Zhang Baocai was not angry even after being beaten. They had been playing together all the time during this period, and they had long since taken it for granted. "I'm just worried that your hand will hurt!"

The tractor took them all the way to the brigade headquarters before leaving. Everyone was anxious to go home. Tian Cai and Luo Xiuyan happened to be going the same way, so they walked home together.

"Do you want to go to Brother Qin's house to pick up Mimi first?"

Tian Cai shook his head. "I'd better go home and put my luggage away first. I'll go pick it up after I'm done packing. Otherwise, it'll keep rubbing against my legs when it comes back, and I won't be able to work."

"That's right. You haven't been home for so long. The house must be covered with dust. I'll change my clothes and go over to help you wipe it off later." Luo Xiuyan had just returned home last week and had brought back a lot of things. Now there were only bedding and some daily necessities in the bamboo basket.

Tian Cai was very happy to have someone to help her with her work, so she readily agreed.

It was almost noon and it was very hot. Several elderly people in the village were sitting under the big willow tree with their children, chatting and looking after the children.

The two men happened to pass by the big willow tree as they came from that direction. The old people saw them and greeted them warmly.

"Doctor Tian and Xiuyan are back? Oh, they've both cut their hair. They look so refreshed with short hair! Are they staying here this time?"

Tian Cai couldn't help but said in a good mood, "I won't leave this year. I've finished studying."

"Doctor Tian is finally back. My waist has been hurting for several days." Grandpa Dongzi said as he patted his lower back. His waist pain is an old problem. He twisted it a few times when he was young but didn't take it seriously. Later he didn't take good care of it, so he got sick. The pain comes back when he works. Sometimes the pain is so severe that he can't even turn over in his sleep. But he is a person who can't sit still.

It was the same this time. A few days ago, I saw a lot of weeds growing in the sorghum field at the entrance of the village, so I went there and pulled it out for half a day. Because I kept squatting and standing up, I couldn't straighten my back that night.

"Okay, Grandpa Zhang, I'll come over and show it to you after I finish cleaning up here."

"Okay, okay."

"Doctor Tian, ​​after you finish seeing Lao Zhang, please come to my house. My son Datou keeps complaining about stomachaches and won't eat. He's still lying at home right now. I gave him all the deworming medicine you gave him, but it didn't seem to help."

Grandma Chen was just considering whether to take the child to the commune and have Doctor Liu or Doctor Tian take a look. If neither of them could cure the child, there was still a doctor from the county town. She was just thinking about telling Old Chen when he came back, but then Tian Cai came back, and she could tell her daughter-in-law that they didn't need to go to the commune.

"Okay, I'll go over after I see Grandpa Zhang."

…

Luo Xiuyan also chatted with the elderly for a while. After they separated, she said to Tian Cai enviously, "Cai Cai, you are really amazing. I don't know how many years it will take me to learn like you."

"What's the big deal? As long as you are willing, you can learn as long as you live." Not to mention that Tian Cai used to hang out in Grandpa Tian's clinic all day long, and how much she heard and saw every day, the original owner also studied for many years. Combining the two sides, Tian Cai felt that she should brag that she had been studying medicine for ten years.

Luo Xiuyan didn't want to hear this. Just as they arrived at the intersection, she hurriedly said goodbye to Tian Cai and said, "I'm going back first. I'll put my luggage away and tell my mother, then I'll come over to help you with the work!"

Tian Cai waved to her and trotted home.

There are no neighbors on either side of her house, but the door looks very clean, as if someone has swept it.

Tian Cai took out the key from her pocket and opened the door. There were already a lot of fallen leaves and dust accumulated in the yard. She first checked the doors of the kitchen and the main room. Seeing that the hidden hair was not damaged, she felt relieved.

The house had been uninhabited for two months. As soon as I opened the door, there was a musty smell. The table and the kang were covered with a thin layer of dust.

Tian Cai opened the doors and windows to let out the smell, stuffed the bedding he brought back into the kang cabinet, changed into some work clothes, and went to the well with a bucket to fetch water.

The first two buckets of water were used to clean the water tanks and stoves, and then I went several more times to fill up both the large and small water tanks.

Tian Cai wet the rag and started wiping the bedroom bit by bit. When he was halfway through, Luo Xiuyan came over and rolled up her sleeves to help Tian Cai wipe.

The two chatted while working. This time there was no one else around, so Luo Xiuyan poured out everything that had been holding back in her heart for a while.

The only thing that worries unmarried lesbians of marriageable age is marriage.

The last time Tian Cai went to Luo's house to find her, he guessed something from Aunt Du's expression, but he rarely saw Luo Xiuyan during that period, so he never asked.

Later, he was busy studying with Dr. Hong, and the two of them had little time to be alone, let alone talk in private.