After lunch, Zhao Guohua and Huang Xinrui went back to their rooms for a nap, leaving the kind-hearted Wang Jiaxing to clean up the kitchen. Li Xiyue wasn't sleepy, so she stayed to help him.

The two chatted casually, and when Li Xiyue thought of Lin Rou, she asked, "How is Lin Rou doing now?"

"How do you know Lin Rou?" Wang Jiaxing asked in surprise.

Li Xiyue then told me about her meeting with Xu Xiangyang's uncle, "I know everything about Xu Xiangyang's family, Wang Zhiqing, you don't need to hide it from me anymore."

“It’s not that I want to keep it from you, it’s just that the captain has repeatedly told us not to discuss it in private.” Wang Jiaxing sighed and said, “But since the former deputy captain told you on his own initiative, I suppose it won’t hurt for me to say a few words.”

Li Xiyue nodded, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Wang Jiaxing smiled and said, "Actually, apart from you three new educated youths, this matter is not a secret in the entire Chunfeng Commune."

While washing the dishes, he slowly recounted: "Shortly after Lin Rou did those despicable things, her house caught fire. Her husband died in the fire, and half of her face was burned. Although she survived, she was disfigured. Her in-laws thought she had cursed her husband to death and beat and scolded her a lot. Over the years, she has lived worse than a dog."

"The fire was an accident?" Li Xiyue thought it was impossible for it to be such a coincidence.

Wang Jiaxing looked outside and, seeing no one, whispered, "Everyone knows it was Comrade Xiangyang who did it; that family even reported it to the police."

"And then?" Li Xiyue pressed.

Wang Jiaxing said, "Because of the feud between Lin Rou and Comrade Xiangyang's family, the police also determined that Comrade Xiangyang was responsible. That day, a carload of police came to arrest Comrade Xiangyang. The brigade cadres protected Comrade Xiangyang, and the villagers also stood up to testify that he had never left the village. The police had no evidence, and the village was protecting him, so the police did not dare to clash with the people."

"It seems that there were also rumors that soldiers were secretly protecting Comrade Xiangyang. Since the police had no evidence to prove that Comrade Xiangyang was responsible, they could only close the case as an accident."

Li Xiyue was deeply moved when she thought of that scene.

Xu Xiangyang's father was a martyr who sacrificed his life for the country. His only child was being bullied like this, so his comrades couldn't possibly ignore it. Also, his mother saved all the children in the village, so the villagers would naturally protect Xu Xiangyang and his nephew.

No wonder the villagers were so secretive about Xu Xiangyang's family affairs; no wonder the brigade leader repeatedly forbade anyone to discuss these matters in private; no wonder everyone advised her to stay away from Xu Xiangyang.

Xu Xiangyang was willing to sacrifice his entire life to avenge his uncle; he was a man of great courage and integrity.

Everyone would say he did a great job.

Even Li Xiyue felt a sense of satisfaction and relief upon hearing about Lin Rou's fate.

No one escapes the wrath of Heaven; retribution may be delayed, but it will surely come.

Lin Rou's fate was entirely her own doing.

After helping Wang Jiaxing clean up the kitchen, Li Xiyue went to Uncle Xu's house.

"Yueyue, you're back?" Uncle Xu smiled so broadly that his white beard trembled when he saw his granddaughter whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Li Xiyue asked with a smile, "Grandpa, did you miss me?"

"I miss you, I miss you every day, I just want you to come back soon." Uncle Xu said with a doting look on his face. "I heard you brought a dead patient back to life. Girl, you're really capable, no wonder you're my granddaughter!"

Li Xiyue laughed heartily, "That's right, only your granddaughter is so outstanding."

The grandmother and granddaughter shamelessly praised each other. After they finished, Li Xiyue took out some money from her pocket and said, "This is the disaster relief subsidy issued by the county. Please give it to the team committee."

Barefoot doctors were part of the production brigade. Generally, there were two situations: one was that they received work points, but the money they collected from treating patients had to be handed over to the brigade committee, and they also had to work during the busy farming season.

One option is to obtain a certificate of full-time employment, which means you don't need to work and you only need to pay a fixed amount of money to the team committee each month.

She hasn't passed the assessment yet and isn't officially a barefoot doctor; she's receiving work points from the team. Therefore, the disaster relief subsidy for this mission has to be handed over to the team committee.

Li Xiyue didn't care about five yuan.

However, she does not have to hand over the income from treating other patients, as that income is not included in the disaster relief subsidy.

She has earned more than 20 yuan these days, and has deposited it all into her spatial bank.