Chapter 107 Chapter 107 Chapter 107 Chapter 107...

Chapter 107

As mentioned before, Zhang Zhang was a premature baby with some developmental issues. Although Weisheng took good care of him, these issues were still a potential risk.

Weisheng has been very busy in the past few years, especially in the last two or three months. Not only has the workload increased, but I have also felt a lot more pressure.

It was not until more and more candidates received their admission letters, especially when none of the students in the village whom she had taught for several years failed the exam, that Weisheng finally put his heart at ease.

She was afraid that her wishful thinking would not only fail to help those candidates, but also make her a laughing stock.

As soon as I relaxed, I felt discomfort all over my body. They say doctors don't treat themselves, but Weisheng still took his own pulse with a very objective attitude.

Afterwards, I prepared some medicinal food and some Chinese medicine for myself, but my body was overloaded. What I needed most was rest rather than continuing to work while taking the medicinal food.

Just now, Weisheng felt a sharp pain in his heart. After realizing that something was wrong, he immediately took medicine. However, before the medicine took effect, he fainted.

However, Weisheng was not unconscious from the beginning. She fell asleep only after she heard Pang Sihai's voice and knew he was coming.

The town hospital couldn't find anything. The initial diagnosis suggested fatigue, exhaustion, and malnutrition. The hospital then gave Weisheng a nutrient solution that wouldn't cure him, but it wouldn't kill him either. They kept him in the ward for observation.

The villagers, especially the village chief, had witnessed Weisheng's race against time over the past few years. The other villagers had watched helplessly as Weisheng grew thinner day by day.

When I heard the doctor from the town hospital say this, I didn't doubt the diagnosis at all.

The village chief went to handle the hospitalization procedures, left Pang Sihai here to look after Weisheng, and drove the donkey cart back to the village.

It’s time to stew the chicken, duck and other vegetables at home.

On his way back to the village, the village chief met many villagers who had heard the news and were heading to the town. Some of them followed the village chief's advice and went back to the village to kill chickens and ducks, while others still wanted to go to the hospital to check on Weisheng before returning to the village.

Weisheng took the medicine he had prepared, and before he fell asleep, he knew Pang Sihai was by his side, so he really relaxed and let himself fall into a deep sleep.

He slept from morning to evening. By the time Weisheng felt so weak that he had to wake up, the red glow of the sunset had already covered the entire ward.

Staring blankly out the window, Weisheng was confused and dazed for a moment.

Weisheng only came to his senses when he saw Pang Sihai put his hand on her forehead and then touched his own forehead.

"woke up?"

"…Um."

After responding softly, Weisheng slowly turned her head to look around. At a glance, she recognized that this was a ward in the town hospital.

There are a total of six beds in this ward. Except for the one he is lying on, several acquaintances are sitting or leaning on the remaining beds.

Four godmothers, two sisters, a sister-in-law, the village chief's aunt, and Old Aunt Wu in the backyard...

When they arrived at the town hospital, Pang Sihai and the village chief were worried that too many people in the ward would affect Weisheng's rest, so they found a way to open a separate ward for Weisheng.

They were originally worried that others would disturb Weisheng's rest, but after changing the ward, they found that if they did not change Weisheng's ward, the ones who would be disturbed would definitely be other patients.

The village is very close to the town. Many families in the village have bicycles, and the village chief drives a donkey cart back and forth. So everyone who heard the news came to the town hospital.

The sheer volume of customers alone was enough to disturb the public. Plus, every time they came, they'd have to chat a bit, either talking about Weisheng, or talking about what they'd cooked for her, or how they'd taken care of her these past few days...

Just like now, at first everyone thought that Pang Sihai was going to touch his forehead to check his temperature like before, but when Pang Sihai half bent over and spoke softly, everyone in the room sat up and surrounded Wei Yan's bed, asking all kinds of concerned questions.

Everyone had to touch Weisheng's face, touch her ears and hands, and then stroke her head along Weisheng's forehead.

Everyone's movements were gentle, filled with cherishment and heartache. Weisheng was so moved that he even thought of the word "patina".

Weisheng, who was embarrassed by himself, smiled softly at everyone, then raised his hands with great effort, wanting to take his own pulse.

Pang Sihai saw what Weisheng was going to do and was the first to react and help.

One hand was still receiving an IV drip, but fortunately that didn't affect her pulse diagnosis. However, she had slept too long, and her hands and feet were weak, so the pulse diagnosis took several times longer than usual.

After a while, Weisheng smiled at the people waiting for her diagnosis and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm just tired. My body is sending me a warning. I just need to rest well from now on."

Upon hearing Weisheng say this, everyone except Pang Sihai breathed a sigh of relief. Pang Sihai carefully and seriously observed Weisheng's expression before asking, as if to confirm, "Really?"

Weisheng nodded and raised his hand to Pang Sihai with an obedient look on his face, "Really!"

"We have some slack time when we're out working, but you, a girl, are busy from morning till night taking care of the village school, without a single day's rest. Especially in the past few months, you've become incredibly thin."

"Who said it wasn't? Look at this little face, there's not even a trace of blood on it."

Seeing that Weisheng had woken up and everything was fine, everyone in the room started talking about how hard Weisheng had worked and how tired he was in the past two years.

Although he kept talking, his hands were busy.

Some people fetched water for Weisheng to wash, some helped Weisheng sit up, some put clothes on Weisheng and combed his hair, and some opened the food they brought and prepared to feed him.

Weisheng was woken up by holding his breath. He got up and went to the bathroom first. After that, he sat on the bed and let his godmother and others feed him.

After dinner, Weisheng was about to be discharged from the hospital. At first, everyone disagreed and wanted her to stay in the hospital for two more days. But Weisheng said that she was a doctor and she had all the medicines prescribed by the hospital at home, so she could get them herself when she got home.

And you can have a good rest at home, so you don’t have to come to town all the time.

In short, there were many reasons to be discharged from the hospital, but the reasons for staying seemed somewhat pale in comparison to Weisheng, a barefoot doctor. So Weisheng asked Pang Sihai and the people who came on bicycles to return to the village first, and then he would drive the village donkey carts to pick her and her godmothers, aunts and grandmas.

…

Back in the village, Weisheng dealt with the villagers who knew she was back, and at night she continued to eat the soup and water provided by the hundreds of families. Jiang Yu and several of her sisters and sisters-in-law, who had married into the village, had originally wanted to sleep alone that night, so they arranged to stay with Weisheng for a day each.

Starting from the next day, people from the town and other villages came to visit him after hearing that Wei was sick.

People from the base also came, not only the candidates who had participated in Weisheng's college entrance examination sprint class before, but also their families, the junior leaders in the army who often sent things to Weisheng, and a doctor from the base hospital who was on duty today.

The doctor was the one who taught the medical knowledge training class at the base. He examined Weisheng thoroughly and then told everyone with a serious face about his condition, which Weisheng had never told anyone.

Premature babies have congenital developmental problems and their cardiopulmonary functions are weaker than normal people.

If I take good care of myself, I should be able to die of old age. If I continue to overdraw my body like before, I don't know what will happen.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and the atmosphere was frozen for a moment. Weisheng glanced at Pang Sihai's dark face and said with a smile, "If Pu hadn't been raised and cared for by everyone since birth, I'm afraid he wouldn't be alive today."

"Zhang Zhang!"

"Zhang Zhang!"

Seeing Weisheng still able to say this with a smile, everyone felt a little uncomfortable, especially Pang Sihai, whose heart felt like it had been roughly twisted into a dough twist, and he felt indescribably uncomfortable.

Seeing that there were many people around, Weisheng changed the subject. Everyone knew what she meant, so they followed her lead and talked about other things. After the first wave of visitors had left, Weisheng called the old village chief again.

Weisheng had been looking for a teacher for the village primary school a long time ago. After choosing for a long time, he found that a female educated youth who had married a village member a few years ago was the most suitable.

Let me first talk about what Weisheng thinks.

The first is the age and marital status of the female educated youth. The second is the performance of the female educated youth’s children.

The female educated youth was in her early thirties. She got married ten years ago and had a son and a daughter with her husband. However, because she suffered heavy bleeding during childbirth that year, she will never have children again.

If he chose a male teacher, Weisheng worried something bad might happen. If he chose a younger female teacher, she might leave the village in two years to pursue careers elsewhere. If he chose an unmarried woman, she would likely marry and have children soon.

Children are most difficult to take care of before they are three years old, and Weisheng is also worried that the new teacher will not be able to balance family and village school.

In the end, Weisheng looked for a suitable candidate in the village according to the conditions he had set in advance.

Then this female educated youth was picked out by Weisheng.

She takes excellent care of her two children, who also excel in their studies. Furthermore, the children can speak not only the local dialect of Xing'an Village but also Mandarin.

In his second year as a village primary school teacher, Weisheng began teaching in Mandarin and required the children to speak Mandarin throughout their time at the village primary school. Therefore, being able to speak Mandarin was a mandatory selection criterion.

After the college entrance examination was resumed in October, Weisheng discovered that the female educated youth had no intention of taking the college entrance examination, and only then did he finally decide on the candidate.

Weisheng is planning to start another college entrance exam sprint class on March 1st to prepare for the college entrance exam in early July, so the village primary school must get rid of the property as soon as possible.

Weisheng: "...I will also monitor the village primary school for another two years. If she is found to be unsuitable, the old village chief will apply to the town and ask them to send a more professional one."

Now I have told the village chief all my thoughts and considerations. As for whether there are other candidates in the village... Weisheng has done his best, and the rest depends on God's will.

After listening to Weisheng's considerations, the village chief sighed in his heart that Weisheng was so comprehensive, but at the same time he felt sorry for her for thinking so carefully about all these things.

The village chief had no objection to the candidate Weisheng had suggested. After all, Weisheng had said that although she would no longer teach at the village primary school, she would still keep an eye on the situation there, so there was no need to worry about the children being delayed.

After this was said, the village chief went to discuss the matter of the educated youth enrolling in the village primary school with the village party secretary and others. Pang Sihai, who had been sitting in the main hall staring at the fire pit, waited until the village chief left before coming over with a bowl of freshly brewed malted milk.

Seeing that it was malted milk again, Weisheng wanted to sigh.

I've been sick lately, and visitors have given me lots of powdered milk, malted milk, and canned snack boxes. Pang Sihai and everyone else are trying to get Weisheng to drink the malted milk and powdered milk like water.

Thinking of the row of small soup cans placed on the window outside the house, Weisheng subconsciously touched his face again.

Those small soup cans are filled with various nourishing soups made by each household. Now that the weather is still cold, they can be kept outside, but you still have to eat two cans every day.

If you continue to supplement like this, won’t your body grow sideways like a pig that has eaten fattening feed?

Seeing Weisheng's eyes full of resistance, Pang Sihai thought for a moment and placed the malted milk on a small table nearby. He then sat down in the seat where the village chief had just sat. "Sometimes, I really wish time would pass faster."

Weisheng tilted his head and asked him with a smile, "Will it be next year in a flash?"

"Yeah." Pang Sihai nodded, and then asked Weisheng if he had decided which university and major to apply to next year?

Weisheng: "I want to go to Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong. As for my major, I haven't decided yet. I'll decide when I apply."

It's only February of 1978, and there's only a year and a half left until the Gaokao (National College Entrance Examination) in 1979. If you still don't have any ideas by then, just go with the flow.

Pang Sihai frowned when he heard this. "How do we choose that place?"

“It’s a bit far, but coastal cities will also have more development opportunities in the future.”

Pang Sihai: ...It’s still too far.

Sighing, Pang Sihai walked up to Weisheng and gently patted his head. "Ever since you fell into the water that year, you've become a completely different person. You have big ideas, a stubborn temper, and you don't listen to anyone..."

Weisheng lowered his eyes, then slowly raised them again, staring directly at Pang Sihai. His expression was a bit more complex that Pang Sihai couldn't understand, "So do you like me now or... my old self?"

Pang Sihai didn't expect Weisheng to ask this, but he still thought about it for a while. In the end, he didn't say who he liked, but said lightly: "I feel more distressed about you now."

Weisheng smiled and said nothing more.

…

Pang Sihai's vacation was short, but he spent all of it on Weisheng. After the New Year, even though Pang Sihai was still worried about Weisheng, he had to leave.

However, after he returned to the provincial capital, he still wrote a letter every now and then and sent things to Weisheng every few days, for he was always worried that Weisheng could not take care of himself.

Pang Sihai never doubted that Weisheng would not be able to get into university, but he was always worried about Weisheng's health and safety, and worried that she would encounter some trouble.

Sometimes Pang Sihai really wanted to put Weisheng in his chest pocket so that he wouldn’t be worried about her when he couldn’t see her.

Meanwhile, in Xing'an Village, Zhang Yuhua was surprised that Weisheng would recommend her for a teaching position at the village primary school. She was pleasantly surprised and nervous, looking forward to the job while also worrying about her ability to perform well.

After seeing off the village chief and the party secretary, Zhang Yuhua went to Weisheng's house with a basket of homemade plum cakes.

Weisheng had been waiting for Zhang Yuhua. When the person arrived, the two of them first exchanged polite greetings, and then got down to business and talked about the teaching arrangements of the village primary school.

Weisheng copied the lesson plans for grades one through five, as well as the cram school preparation for fifth grade, and all the exam papers she had given over the years. Once she was done, she packed the originals in a waterproof bamboo box and handed them over to Zhang Yuhua.

"...I'll need it in the next two years of middle and high school. I'll give it to you when I sort it out."

Zhang Yuhua had never expected Weisheng to be so honest. She was touched by his trust and openness, but she still asked Weisheng anxiously, "Can I do it?"

Weisheng didn't say whether Zhang Yuhua was capable or not, nor did he offer any words of encouragement or approval. Instead, he said with a calm smile, "You are the one I carefully selected and spent several years to finalize. You should trust me."

Just this one sentence is worth a thousand words.

~

Zhang Yuhua went back to prepare lessons, and Weisheng rested for a few more days. On February 20th, Weisheng took Zhang Yuhua to the village primary school to resume classes.

Weisheng introduced Zhang Yuhua to the classmates very solemnly, and then asked Zhang Yuhua to find a place to sit in the classroom, and she continued to teach the children in the village primary school.

Like some teachers in later generations, Weisheng would give a basic test every time he came back from vacation, and only then would he start formal classes after the test.

She demonstrated to Zhang Yuhua using a rhythm that she and her students were accustomed to. Zhang Yuhua also understood Weisheng's intention and studied very hard.

On February 27, Weisheng arrived at the village primary school but did not enter the classroom. Instead, he passed the podium to Zhang Yuhua and turned to go to the health center not far away.

Weisheng didn't attend Zhang Yuhua's class, mainly because he was afraid she would get nervous if she saw him. But Weisheng didn't really abandon her, and instead quietly installed a micro surveillance camera at the back of the classroom.

After staying in the clinic for a while and seeing that the class had already started in the classroom, Weisheng locked the door of the clinic and went to the village chief's house.

I rode the village chief's bicycle to the town and had a talk with the town leaders. After that, I still arranged the location of the college entrance examination sprint class in the village committee compound.

There is no other reason, it’s just because the sprint class is arranged in the village, which makes it convenient for Weisheng to go to and from get off work.

The town wanted Weisheng to teach at the town high school, and the Gaokao sprint class would also be arranged there. Weisheng explicitly told the town leaders that she would take the Gaokao in 1979, but she wasn't sure if the Gaokao sprint class would continue until then, and whether her body could withstand such intense work.

Because of this uncertainty, the town leaders were reluctant to say anything.

They went to town high school with great fanfare, but Weisheng dropped out because he couldn't handle it anymore, so it was a bit of a backfire.

On March 1st, Weisheng's college entrance examination sprint class started again. This time, in addition to the candidates who failed the exam before, many new candidates came.

Weisheng brought a loudspeaker he made himself and continued to give supplementary lessons to the candidates using the same rhythm as before.

After finishing classes all day, Weisheng would go to the village primary school in the evening to give extra lessons to the junior high school students. Several of these students had very good grades and were all going to take the junior high school entrance examination this year, so Weisheng took a few sets of college entrance examination papers for them to do.

Although it might seem like forcing things to happen, Weisheng still told their parents and let them take part in his college entrance examination cram school.

As long as they can keep up with the pace of the college entrance examination sprint classes, those children who are taking the junior high school entrance examination this year may not be able to try their luck in the college entrance examination.

Some people thought Weisheng was just daydreaming, while others thought it was okay to give it a try, but quite a few people were making bets in private.

They want to know whether this year's college entrance examination cram school can create another miracle.

Yes, it’s about creating another miracle.

In the 1977 college entrance examination, a total of 91 candidates from Songbei Town were admitted to universities, and 67 of these 91 people were from Weisheng’s college entrance examination cram school.

This year, there are more applicants, and the number of candidates attending Weisheng's college entrance examination cram school exceeds one hundred.

While everyone was paying attention to this matter, Weisheng also set up a sign-in and sign-out attendance system and a mock exam every ten days.

Weisheng checks the attendance book every ten days, and the attendance book is kept with the candidates who come to the base. They are responsible for counting the number of attendance days each month for the candidates in the college entrance examination sprint class.

Every month, Weisheng would post the attendance list and the list of candidates who had taken the baseline attendance test at the back of the classroom.

After four months of being busy like this, Weisheng led everyone to estimate their scores after the college entrance examination, and then he closed the college entrance examination sprint class.

In order to have a good rest, Weisheng went into the mountains on the pretext of collecting herbs, and then entered the space in a blind spot.

After staying in the space for five full days, Weisheng finally came out.

During this period, if Weisheng saw someone going up the mountain from the living room window, she would ask them to help her send the herbs she collected back home.

In this way, everyone knew that Weisheng was in the mountains and was safe.

July and August are the two hottest months of the year in Songbei Town, but at this time of year in previous years, after Weisheng had given the village primary school its summer vacation, he would use the summer vacation time to open tutoring classes for the village's junior and senior high school students.

This year, not only are there no high school students in the village, but even the prospective high school students have been sent to the college entrance examination by Weisheng.

It can be said that this year's summer vacation is the most relaxing vacation Weisheng has ever had.

On the other hand, Pang Sihai knew from the correspondence that Weisheng was currently on vacation. Worried that she would be too idle to attend cram school again one day, he sent a letter to Weisheng.

One of Pang Sihai's leaders was looking for a Chinese medicine doctor to treat his wife who had not been properly cared for after childbirth.

Pang Sihai was a smart man, so he would definitely not take on such a task. But in order to trick Weisheng to the provincial capital, he used this as an excuse to ask Weisheng to come to the provincial capital to help.

Now that I'm in the provincial capital, I can have a good rest for a while.

I happened to be free and it was just a small matter, so Weisheng had no reason to refuse.

So, like before, he sent his dog and cat to the space, killed his three hens, and made smoked chicken overnight. After that, he packed his luggage and set off for the provincial capital with the three smoked chickens.

As soon as Weisheng arrived in Liquan City, he saw Pang Sihai waiting there. He thought to himself: Fortunately, I didn't save trouble by putting the luggage in the space. Then he smiled and waved to him.

Because it was not convenient for a man and a woman to stay in a guesthouse, Weisheng and Pang Sihai took the train to Shangning that night. Afterwards, Pang Sihai took Weisheng back to the tube building on a bicycle.

It was still the inner room Weisheng had lived in. The bedding hadn't been used for two years, so Pang Sihai had taken it apart, washed it, and dried it in the sun. Now it felt soft and had a sun-kissed scent.

After a good night's sleep, Weisheng asked Pang Sihai the next morning when he would go to his leader's house. Unexpectedly, Pang Sihai told Weisheng that his leader's family had just hired a Chinese medicine doctor, and he was taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor.

Pang Sihai: "Let's wait and see in a few days. If the medicine prescribed by the doctor doesn't work, we'll go there again."

Weisheng said "Oh" and started talking about other things with Pang Sihai.