Chapter 49 New Life
"Brother Xing! Is that you?" Su Tong was a little surprised.
Xing Dongyang stood at the door with a smile on his face. "I just came back from town. Can I come in and talk for a few words?"
"Oh! That's convenient!"
Su Tong let Xing Dongyang in, "We are just about to have dinner, come and have something with us, Brother Xing!"
When he walked into the main room, Xing Dongyang found that there were quite a few people in the room and there was a sumptuous meal on the table. He was a little surprised. This was quite different from what he had expected.
He sent Pangdun to the hospital, and accompanied Pangdun's mother, who was at a loss, to complete the examination and hospitalization procedures before returning.
The doctor said that if the emergency measures had not been timely and appropriate, even a god would not have been able to save the child today.
Su Tong's professional first aid techniques kept appearing in his mind. With a belly full of shock and doubts, he rushed here directly after returning to the village. He wanted to ask Su Tong how he knew all that first aid knowledge.
Ma Daming was also a little surprised when he saw that it was Xing Dongyang. He didn't expect Xing Dongyang to come to find Tong Ya. After all, no one was willing to pay attention to this girl.
But he also quickly stood up and made room for him, "Xing Zhiqing! Come quickly! Sit over here!"
Fortunately, this square table is equipped with long benches, otherwise this shabby house might not be able to accommodate so many people coming in at once.
Xing Dongyang nodded and greeted the people in the room. Knowing that his appearance at this moment might be a bit abrupt, he took the initiative to briefly describe what happened during the day.
Ma Daming, Lao Lin and Lao Qi were all building a house in the cowshed today. Only now did they realize that Su Tong had actually saved someone today.
Lao Lin and Lao Qi already knew that Su Tong was skilled in medicine, so they were not too surprised.
Ma Daming, however, seemed to have heard something incomprehensible, and he even stuttered, "Tongya, when will you be able to save people?"
Shitou couldn't bear it any longer and pulled his father's sleeve, "Dad! Your eyes are about to pop out, please stop looking so shameful! Sister Tongya was able to rescue a child from the human traffickers, so what's the point of being able to save people!"
Well, this is blind worship.
Su Tong smiled and changed the subject, "Let's eat first! It will be cold soon!"
"Yes, yes! Let's eat! Such delicious food must be eaten while it's hot! Don't waste it!"
Ma Daming felt heartbroken when he saw the table full of food.
Xing Dongyang had not originally planned to come in to eat, but seeing that Su Tong was well prepared, he did not refuse.
Ma Daming wanted to cry the moment he put the food in his mouth, not only because he was eating meat and rice, but also because it tasted so delicious!
In the past, even when we ate meat, the wives at home couldn’t make it taste this good!
Shitou saw his father's expression and came over to offer his treasure, "Dad, have you ever eaten such a delicious meal?"
Ma Daming sucked the bone in his mouth and glanced at Shitou, "It looks like you've eaten it!"
Shitou groaned a few times but still didn't dare say that he had eaten the pheasant roasted by Sister Tongya, for fear of being beaten.
Xing Dongyang was also extremely surprised. He was not only surprised at the richness of Su Tong's food, but also surprised that her cooking skills were so good.
He and Li Weidong had been eating meals cooked by Xiaoshun's grandmother. These were much better than the meals cooked by the educated youths in their camps, where the food tasted inconsistently. But nowadays there was a shortage of salt and oil in rural areas, so there was no need to talk about taste. It was good enough to have a full stomach.
But the braised rabbit meat made by Su Tong not only uses a lot of oil, but also has plenty of dried chilies and peppercorns, a true Sichuan flavor. The rabbit meat stewed with bamboo shoots is fragrant and refreshing, and I don’t know what kind of herbs are added to it, but it doesn’t have any fishy smell at all.
There was also a bowl of wild vegetables and fried eggs, one was sweet and the other was fragrant. I wonder where she found the ingredients in the middle of winter...
He had been running around outside for most of the day and was very hungry. He could not put his chopsticks down while eating.
Several people ate up the entire table of food, and the remaining egg soup was drunk up by Shi Tou.
Before leaving, everyone felt a little embarrassed. Ma Daming touched his stomach and smiled at Su Tong, "Tongya, the food you cooked is so delicious! To be honest, Uncle Ma hasn't eaten such delicious food for a long time."
Su Tong smiled, took down the pheasant hanging under the eaves, stuffed it into Ma Daming's hand, and asked him to take it back.
Both father and son are upright people. They have been helping her sincerely since she came here, and she just wants to show her gratitude.
Ma Daming refused to accept it, so Su Tong half-jokingly said,
"Uncle Ma, take it! This pheasant is free. I remember that you and Shitou helped me. I'm afraid that if Aunt and Shitou's grandmother remember it, you two won't be able to enter the house!"
Ma Daming touched his head awkwardly. Of course, ever since he helped catch the fugitive and went to the county to see Tong Ya twice, his wife and mother at home would nag him every time they saw him, fearing that he would be affected by Tong Ya's bad luck, and would not allow him to help blindly anymore. As for today's cornmeal, he only sneaked it out because his wife went back to her parents' home...
That was good. He didn't give the cornmeal away, but he ate Tongya's meal, and got a pheasant as an extra meal. Now Shitou treated Tongya like his own sister. Sooner or later, his mother would hear about him helping Tongya cut bamboo. If she knew, she would definitely get a beating...
Forget it, this girl is kind-hearted, so just accept it! I can go back and shut up those mouths at home, and then I can think about helping out more elsewhere.
Ma Daming then went home carrying the chicken in his left hand and the stone in his right hand, looking back every few steps.
When they returned to the main hall, Lao Qi and Lao Lin had already cleaned up the dishes, so Su Tong did not intervene. He turned around and scooped out two bowls of something from the kitchen, and handed one to Xing Dongyang, "Brother Xing, you have something to tell me! Drink some of this medicinal tea and talk slowly."
Xing Dongyang took the bowl and took a sip. It tasted sour, sweet, and spicy. He felt warm after drinking it.
"This is an improved version of ginger and jujube tea. It can dispel cold and dampness, replenish blood and invigorate Qi. Drinking this in winter will keep you warm." Su Tong explained at the right time.
The stoves here all have two burners, and a water jar is placed between the two burners. Generally, the water in the jar is heated while cooking. When the meal is cooked, the water will boil, which can save firewood.
Su Tong used the water jar to boil medicinal tea. He put some inexpensive and effective warming and tonic herbs in it, lit a fire on the stove, and could always have warm medicinal tea when he came back. It was very convenient.
Xing Dongyang drank the medicinal tea in the bowl and felt dazed.
In fact, the whole evening felt a little unreal to him.
Yesterday he heard the educated youths at the educated youth center talking about Wu Tong, saying that she was kicked out of the house with nothing, and she didn't know how long she could hold on, maybe she would become depressed in a few days...
He also said that even if she managed to survive, she would not be treated well. The backward thinking of the countryside and her reputation as a "disaster star" would make her live in the shadow for the rest of her life.
But what did he see tonight...
The lively courtyard, the warm lights, the sumptuous meals, and the warm medicinal tea in his hand, the girl in front of him with a smile on her face, graceful and elegant, everything was peaceful and beautiful, and had nothing to do with the desolate scene he had imagined.
This girl is like a new life and is managing her life very well.
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