“Originally, I didn’t know the situation at the Lanjiang Brigade, so I didn’t dare to go there rashly.
Now that I have this car, I can just go there directly. What I have heard is just what others say, and I may not know how true it is. It is better to go there and see it for myself.
But the letter of introduction may need to be re-made."
Their letter of introduction was from Chunjiang County, which was thousands of kilometers away. No matter what they were here for, no one would care.
Lu Cheng nodded, "Then what do you want to do?" Think about the content first, and then just carve a carrot seal for the official seal.
"It's still about the pharmaceutical industry. The pharmaceutical factory is investigating the planting of medicinal materials." She is familiar with this area and it is not easy for her to be exposed.
As for the different accent, that's easy to explain. Just say she was newly assigned here.
After all, no one can forge this car.
The two had planned to go directly to the Lanjiang Brigade, but because they didn't know the way and had no navigation, they ended up going too far and ended up at the Tongjiang Brigade next door.
There were many people in the village who spoke dialect, and the two men tried very hard but couldn't understand.
The last female educated youth who passed by came over and told them about the road to Lanjiang Brigade and some of the conditions there.
"We are close to the Gobi Desert, and sometimes the sandstorms cover the paths.
The Lanjiang Brigade needs to walk about twenty miles from the road outside the village towards Ning County. There is a small fork in the road. Follow that fork and walk north for about thirty miles.
The educated youth was from Suzhou, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Her name was Zheng Xiuying.
She should have been a gentle woman, but now she has the unique strong character of the Northwest.
I don’t know how long I’ve been here, but my skin is so rough and I have severe frostbite on my hands.
Perhaps because they were both educated youth, Qin An Ning felt a little more pity for this girl who was less than 1.6 meters tall.
After understanding the situation, Qin Anning took out two boxes of frostbite cream and gave it to her. "This is very effective in treating frostbite. Apply it after washing your hands every day. It will be effective in three to five days."
It was obvious that the Tongjiang Brigade was not wealthy; even the clothes of the educated youth were covered in patches.
"I, I...thank you!"
Zheng Xiuying was short of money and was too embarrassed to accept it. If her hands were not so painful and itchy that she could not bear it, she really did not want to take it.
"You're welcome. You've already told us the news, so let's just exchange it."
Before getting in the car, Qin An Ning pretended to take out a bag of biscuits from her bag and stuffed it into her hand.
Zheng Xiuying's skinny appearance makes people feel distressed.
"I can't take it. One thing is one thing. I can console myself with the two boxes of frostbite cream. That's the reward for showing me the way. If I take the cookies, I'd be greedy."
Zheng Xiuying insisted on her principles, and Qin Anning had no choice but to take back the cookies.
Qin Anning thanked him solemnly and drove away with Lu Cheng.
Afraid of missing the road, Lu Cheng drove very slowly this time and finally saw the path that Zheng Xiuying mentioned.
After the car turned onto the small road, Qin Anning's heart could no longer calm down.
Sitting in the car, his fingers nervously gripped the seat, his eyes looking around from time to time.
Even though the temperature was over 20 degrees below zero, beads of sweat appeared on her nose.
Lu Cheng noticed that something was wrong with Qin Anning, so he stopped the car on the side of the road, grabbed her arms and asked her to look at him, "Ningning, what's wrong with you?"
"Lu Cheng, I, I don't know what's wrong, I just can't calm down.
My mind is full of random thoughts. I’m worried that my grandparents might…”
"Ningning, Ningning, listen to me." Lu Chengyang raised his voice and said with certainty, "Grandma and grandpa will be fine. We will see them soon. Don't scare yourself with your imagination."
Qin An Ning threw herself into Lu Cheng's arms, wrapping her arms around his waist, "Let me lean on you for a while."
For her grandparents, they haven't seen her for more than three years. For her, it feels like a lifetime away from her grandparents.
Although she had no memory of this life in modern times, she had all those memories after being reborn.
My grandparents were both young masters and young ladies from large families, and they had never suffered any hardship since childhood.
Even though the assets shrank a lot after the public-private partnership after liberation, they still had enough food and clothing thanks to the dividends.
In an instant, the world changed drastically and they fell to this point. Qin An Ning didn't dare to imagine what they are like now.
Lu Cheng hugged Qin An Ning tightly and coaxed her gently, "It will be fine. They love you so much, how could they bear to make you worry."
Now that we've come this far, we have to go see our grandparents.
Qin An Ning kept persuading herself in her heart. After calming down, she went back to the space to wash her face. After she had packed up, the two of them drove on to continue their journey.
When the car arrived at the entrance of the village, many villagers gathered around and asked questions.
The two of them couldn't understand the local dialect that was being chattered about.
Someone called the team leader, who was a man in his forties with the look of a treacherous person. Qin An Ning didn't have a good impression of him the first time she saw him.
"Who are you and what are you doing in our team?"
The team leader's Chinese is not very standard, but we can still communicate.
Lu Cheng showed his forged letter of introduction and said, "We are technicians from the city's pharmaceutical factory. We are here to learn about the situation in each brigade and make some records of the medicinal herbs we can pick."
Seeing the captain's indifferent expression, Lu Cheng added hastily, "Let's investigate and find a suitable place to grow medicinal herbs."
"Growing medicinal herbs?" The captain became interested when he heard this.
Seeing that the two men had extraordinary demeanor, were wearing new clothes and driving a small car, the last trace of doubt in my heart disappeared.
He enthusiastically brought the people to the team headquarters and introduced the local arable land planting and other conditions.
He also introduced the medicinal herbs that can be collected here, such as gourd root, dodder seed, and Cistanche deserticola.
Qin An Ning took out his notebook and made some notes from time to time. He also asked about the output and quality of the medicinal materials.
After this communication, the team leader became more convinced that Qin Anning and Lu Cheng were technicians from the pharmaceutical factory.
Lu Cheng glanced at the time on his watch and asked Qin An Ning, "It's getting late. We still have to rush back to the county. It's time to go."
"No, now that you're here, you should at least have a meal." The team leader tried his best to keep them and wanted to make the Chinese medicinal materials deal go through, as their village was really too poor.
Qin Anning was a little embarrassed. "We came here to investigate, and we can't just listen and not see. How can we write a report when we get back if we haven't even seen what the surrounding terrain is like?"
The captain quickly replied, "Right, right, right. I'll take you around the village first, and then we'll explore the surrounding areas tomorrow. Since we're doing an investigation, we need to see more, right?"
"Then we can't go back tonight. Do we have to stay in the village?" After Lu Cheng said this, he glanced outside and showed a little disgust.
Although the team leader was a little unhappy, he could understand it. It was normal for people from the city to look down on them from the countryside.
He smiled and promised in a flattering manner, "Don't worry, I will definitely arrange a clean place for you to stay."
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