"If you need any help, just let me know."
Wei Jiahong wanted to drive Fang Yan home on his motorcycle, so he said this to her as he came out with the keys.
Two days ago, he personally drove his motorcycle to Gouzi Village to pick up Fang Yan, and after she finished her phone call, he personally took her back.
Today was an appointment Fang Yan had made with the leaders; they would notify her after they had arranged the time.
Because it was the first time the leader called Fang Yan, he fully expected that Fang Yan would be persuaded to go to the Northwest to take care of Zhang Jizhou.
He never expected that Fang Yan would not only ignore his advice, but also insist on Zhang Jizhou going back.
Since nothing had been arranged yet, he couldn't tell Fang Yan when he could send Zhang Jizhou back, so he made an appointment with Fang Yan to call her again at 3 pm two days later.
The phone call still went to Wei Jiahong's office.
So Fang Yan came to answer the phone today specifically as agreed.
However, today, she politely declined Wei Jiahong's offer, saying, "Zhang Jizhou was brought here, and there's probably no one to help him pack his change of clothes. I need to go buy him a few sets of clothes and some daily necessities. I don't know how late I'll be shopping. You go ahead with your work, and I'll call a tricycle to go back later."
Because she didn't take any of the Zhang family's old things when she moved, Fang Yan didn't know if Zhang Jizhou had left any clothes at the Zhang family's house before.
Anyway, now, there are no of his clothes in her little courtyard.
Fearing he wouldn't have a change of clothes, she prepared two or three sets in advance.
Fang Yan didn't know what size Zhang Jizhou wore, so she could only buy it based on her intuition.
She hadn't told her family about Zhang Jizhou's serious injuries yet; she needed to go home early to tell them in advance.
She hurriedly bought Zhang Jizhou three or four sets of clothes, as well as some daily necessities such as washbasins and towels.
Then I hailed a tricycle to go home.
"Who did you buy clothes for again?" Zhu Xiuhua felt a pang of heartache when she saw the large and small bags being carried in.
This daughter is quite good at making money, but she's also incredibly good at spending it.
"I bought this for Zhang Jizhou," Fang Yan said, handing half of what she was carrying to her. Once inside, she put everything down. "Mom, where's my brother?"
"Someone just came and said they've got a cartload of firewood; I'm asking him to come and calculate the cost."
Lately, we've been using a lot of firewood, and our small woodshed at home is no longer big enough.
Fang Yan cleared out a space behind the house, put the firewood there, and then laid a thick layer of rice straw on top.
To prevent the firewood from getting wet from frost at night.
Just as Fang Yan was wondering whether she should go to the back to call Fang Jie, she saw him walk in through the main gate.
She called out, "Brother, come here for a second."
Little Yuzai, who was playing at Zhang Zongde's house next door and was about to go home, heard her mother's voice and immediately ran back with Qibei in a flurry. "Mom, when did you get back? I didn't know!"
"Mom just got back too."
Fang Yan took the towel Zhu Xiuhua handed her and wiped away the sweat from his brow.
The winter solstice has passed, and the twelfth lunar month is just around the corner.
But the weather this year is very strange; it hasn't gotten cold at all.
The daily temperature ranges from 15-16 degrees Celsius to 27-28 degrees Celsius.
So kids still play wildly every day until they're covered in sweat.
"Mom has something to say to Grandma and Uncle. Do you want to stay here and listen quietly, or go play with your brother Chuxia?"
After wiping the sweat off Xiaoyuzai, Fang Yan asked him a question.
Little Fish asked back, "Can I speak?"
Fang Yan said, "You can't talk nonsense, it will disturb your mother, grandmother, and uncle's conversation."
Little Fish thought for a moment, "Then I'll go find Brother Chuxia. I'll come find Mom after Mom, Grandma, and Uncle finish talking."
The little guy has become quite talkative lately, his little mouth chattering all day long, like a happy little magpie.
"What's wrong?"
As Xiaoyuzai walked towards the kitchen, Zhu Xiuhua started tidying up the clothes Fang Yan had bought, and asked her, "What do you want to talk about?"
Fang Yan pulled her along, while gesturing for Fang Jie to sit down in the chair next to the table.
Then he spoke up, "Mom, brother, Zhang Jizhou is coming back the day after tomorrow."
"Really?" Zhu Xiuhua's eyes lit up with joy, and she gently patted Fang Yan twice. "Ji Zhou is coming back! Isn't that wonderful? Why do you look like that? You startled me just now."
Fang Jie felt that Fang Yan hadn't finished speaking, so he didn't rush to speak and just quietly looked at Fang Yan.
"Mom, don't worry about what I'm about to say," Fang Yan reminded Zhu Xiuhua before continuing, "Zhang Jizhou is seriously injured and unconscious."
"ah!"
Zhu Xiuhua was immediately frightened and grabbed Fang Yan's hand, "Seriously injured...does that mean very serious? Can you...come back to life?"
Fang Yan didn't want her to worry more, but the truth was, she didn't know if Zhang Jizhou could come back to life either.
Logically speaking, Zhang Jizhou is the male lead, so he shouldn't be a short-lived character.
Fang Yan felt a little guilty because the female protagonist of the book had already been killed off due to the effect of her being the little butterfly.
I wonder if the male lead will also be influenced by himself and "retire" early?
That's not a good statement, and it's hard to say for sure.
Fang Jie was also shocked by the news, his face changed, and it took him a while to calm down before he seemed to come to his senses and asked Fang Yan, "My brother-in-law is so badly injured, shouldn't he stay in the hospital to treat his injuries? Why was he sent back?"
Reminded by him, Zhu Xiuhua immediately realized what was going on. Grabbing Fang Yan's hand, she asked nervously, "Yan Yan, tell Mom the truth, did Ji Zhou do something wrong that led to his being sent back?"
Otherwise, if someone goes to the army and gets into trouble while on a mission or rescuing someone, the military will take care of them.
If you recover and your health is fine, you can stay in the military.
If you are left with a physical disability, you can no longer stay in the military.
The military will either arrange a job for them or give them a demobilization allowance.
To put it bluntly, I've heard that even those who sacrificed their lives received compensation.
Who else would send someone back like Zhang Jizhou, who was seriously injured?
After confirming Zhang Jizhou's departure date, Fang Yan's mind was preoccupied with nothing but preparing some changes of clothes and daily necessities for him. She was also thinking about how to tell Zhu Xiuhua and the others in a way that wouldn't scare them too much.
To be honest, she hadn't considered that Zhang Jizhou's application to go home to recuperate would be mistakenly interpreted as him having made a mistake and being sent back.
Moreover, Zhu Xiuhua and Fang Jie were not the only ones with this idea...
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