Han Zheng arrived at the Xinhua Bookstore half an hour later. Yun Huaying and the others had already picked out the books they wanted to buy.
Wang Huiyu was the first to see him and asked, "Comrade Han, is Liu Xiu's cousin in the county town?"
"Yes. Liu Xiu went to see her cousin this morning, and something happened right after she left her cousin's place."
Han Zheng did not show up just now. He only sent Zhao Xuelin to the door of Yao Dachun's residence. After he delivered the letter, he rode his bicycle to send him back to the county hospital. He didn't care about anything else.
Since Liu Xiu's cousin was in the county town, no one bothered to interfere. Lin Shan had just finished paying the bill and said to them, "Brother Zheng, we're going to the movies. You and Huaying should go back first."
"OK."
Han Zheng was just about to spend some time alone with Yun Huaying, so he took the pork and other things he had left at Lin Shan's place and asked Yun Huaying, "Huaying, do you want to buy anything else?"
"No, let's go back."
Yun Huaying put the book in her backpack and said to Lin Shan and Jiang Yuan, "You guys go watch a movie. I'll go back and make lard and make dumplings for lunch. You guys can come back for lunch."
"Okay."
Both of them were very happy to have dumplings to eat.
After watching Han Zheng and the others leave, Zhong Furong looked envious: "Lin Zhiqing, Jiang Zhiqing, you three have such a good relationship. You help each other. I envy you so much."
Jiang Yuan looked at her deeply, then glanced at Wang Huiyu and the others beside her, and said, "The atmosphere here at the Youth Hostel is pretty good. Liu Xiu and Zhang Lin, the two troublemakers, don't live here. Sister Huiyu, Tao Jiao, and Yin Mei all have good tempers. They're all diligent and hygienic. The other male Youth Hostel members are also easy to talk to and very helpful. You don't need to envy us."
Zhong Furong now realized she had said the wrong thing and quickly apologized to Wang Huiyu and the others: "Sister Huiyu, fellow educated youth, that's not what I meant. I'm very happy living here. I'm just a little envious of the relationship between the three of them. Yun Zhiqing and Lin Zhiqing are old classmates and friends, so it's normal for them to get along well. Jiang Zhiqing hasn't known them for long, but she's already as close to them as sisters. I envy their pure friendship."
"It's okay, you're envious, but we're also quite envious."
Wang Huiyu is a straightforward person. She puts everything on the surface and can't hide anything in her heart. Although she doesn't live with Lin Shan and the other two, they usually work together and actually get along pretty well.
"Okay, it's almost time, let's go to the cinema now." Li Bin spoke at the right time.
Lin Shan didn't want to talk to Zhong Furong anymore, so she pulled Jiang Yuan away and said, "Let's go see a movie."
Zhong Furong didn't want to go with them. She had already seen Tunnel Warfare before she went to the countryside, and now she said to Wang Huiyu, "Sister Huiyu, I've seen Tunnel Warfare, so I'm not going with you. My parents sent me some winter clothes by mail, and they should arrive today. I'm going to the post office to wait for my luggage."
"Okay, the captain said earlier that the county town is a bit chaotic, so don't wander around alone."
Wang Huiyu would not interfere in her affairs, after all, everyone has their own private affairs, but she still gave her a few more reminders out of responsibility.
"Okay, I'll go back to the team after I get the luggage." Zhong Furong replied obediently.
After they left, Zhong Furong slowly put away her obedient expression, a strange light flashed in her deep eyes, and she walked in the opposite direction with her bag on her back.
In an alley not far away, Han Zheng changed into a worn, wrinkled coat and a straw hat. He stared at the direction Zhong Furong left and whispered to Yun Huaying, "Huaying, you ride your bike back. I'll follow Zhong Furong."
"Um."
Yun Huaying took out a small medicine bottle from her body and gave it to him. She placed her hand over his ear and whispered about the effects of the medicine.
This was a bottle of poison that could be used to protect oneself at a critical moment. Han Zheng carefully put it away and gently pulled her hand, "Huaying, go back quickly and tell grandpa and grandma that I'll be back later."
"Okay, be safe."
Yun Huaying went back first, but left the Xiantian Magic Vine here to help Han Zheng track and find out Zhong Furong's true background.
When she came back on her bicycle, the two elders of the Han family were taking care of their vegetable garden. There were not many varieties of vegetables in winter, only red and white radishes, cabbage, lettuce, Chinese spinach, leeks, etc. They planted a little of each, and planted a total of three or four mu of land, which was enough for the three of them, grandparents and grandchildren, to survive the winter.
"Yun Zhiqing, why did you come back alone? Why didn't the others come back? Did you see my man and the team leader in the county town?"
The person questioning her was Secretary Tian's wife, Xiao Guilan. Yun Huaying stopped her bike and told her loudly, "The other educated youth went to the movies together. I met the team leader and Secretary Tian at the entrance of the county hospital. Liu Xiu was in an accident and was seriously injured and paralyzed by a tree trunk. They are handling her case at the hospital."
"What?"
When Xiao Guilan heard that Liu Xiu was in trouble, she hurried over with a basket full of vegetables and asked as she walked, "How did he get hurt so badly? Did he get hurt like this in a conflict with someone?"
"I heard she didn't get into a fight with anyone. She was walking down the road when a worm-eaten tree trunk fell and hit her in the back. Her spine was shattered and her nerves were damaged. The doctor at the county hospital said she won't be able to stand up again."
"She's so unlucky."
Xiao Guilan didn't like Liu Xiu, but she felt a bit of pity for her, thinking about how she had fallen on such bad luck for no apparent reason. "I heard her family is well-off, with some of her elders being cadres. She's so badly injured, the team should have notified her parents immediately to come and take her back for treatment."
"Her cousin is in the county town, and the team leader has already gone to notify him." Yun Huaying told her.
Xiao Guilan nodded, then thought for a moment and asked, "Liu Xiu went to the county town this morning. Could she be going to see her cousin?"
"I don't know about this. The captain should know. You can ask them when they come back."
When Yun Huaying saw the two elders of the Han family coming over, she called out to them with a smile, told them about Liu Xiu, and then went back with them.
Everyone else was resting today, but Zhang Lin hadn't. She'd been herding cattle again that morning. After the cattle had eaten and were locked up in the cowshed, she heard her neighbors discussing Liu Xiu's situation. Upon learning that Liu Xiu had been seriously injured and paralyzed, they felt no sympathy and hoped that the Liu family would come and take him away so she could move in and live alone, no longer living next to the stinking cowshed.
She had a good idea, but someone acted faster than her.
When Han Zheng came back, the dumplings were already cooked. He bought the pork, and she paid for the flour and sauerkraut. Today the two families had dinner together again.
After lunch, Han Zheng spoke to her privately, "Huaying, there's indeed something fishy about Zhong Furong. I looked up her information before, and her parents are both ordinary workers. But the person she met with today was a cadre from the Revolutionary Committee. When they met privately, the cadre was quite respectful towards her."
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