Chapter 99 Looking for Someone
A soldier? With a gun?
"Where are the people?"
Shitou scratched his head. "I heard that they seemed to be catching someone in this area, but they haven't caught anyone yet... He sent you home and went to the team with my dad. They will organize militia to search the mountains soon..."
"My dad said he went over after hearing the gunshots, and then he saw the soldier had rescued you! Sister Tongya, what happened? Who hurt you like this? Why was there a gunshot? Was the bad guy killed? My dad didn't have time to tell me, he just said it was a good thing you set the fire. Sister, did you set the fire?"
Shitou asked a lot, but Su Tong seemed to be thinking about something.
"Sister Tongya? Did you set the fire?"
"Shi Tou, other questions should wait...please do me a favor first..."
Su Tong closed his eyes and took a moment to calm down before speaking in a hoarse voice:
"Go to the brigade right now and find the soldier... and tell him something."
He whispered a few words in Shi Tou's ear. Shi Tou nodded, touched his head and went out.
"Aunt Cuifen! Can you help me see if Lao Qi is outside..."
“Yes! Yes!”
Su Tong's voice was not loud, but Lao Qi and Lao Lin outside the door responded in unison. Lao Qi leaned in and said, "Girl!"
Although Lao Lin had difficulty walking, he still insisted on sticking his head in.
Ever since Xing Dongyang came during the day, they have been worried that something might happen to Su Tong.
They kept the brazier and the kang burning brightly, but they didn't expect that after guarding for most of the night, they would still come back with a girl covered in wounds.
They dared not show up when there were many people around, and only dared to listen to the movements inside the main room when there were fewer people around.
Su Tong turned his head and looked at the two old men. He wanted to laugh, but his nose suddenly felt sore.
"I'm fine. I'll be fine in a few days... Lao Qi, go to the medicine cabinet in the kitchen and find me some medicine... I'll tell you the dosage, pack one first, and then make a batch for me... Then I'll need to make a batch of cold-dispelling decoction for Brother Xing to take."
The two old men had been drinking Chinese medicine with Su Tong for so long that they basically knew all the herbs in the house and were no problem at all boiling the medicine. Now that Su Tong had woken up and received a task, they happily went to prepare.
Su Tong calmed down again, opened his eyes and said to Aunt Cuifen:
"Aunt Cuifen, please go and help me deliver the medicine that Lao Qi packed to my second uncle's house. Just say it's for Qiuyu to drink. No need to say anything else."
Aunt Cuifen nodded in agreement, took the basin and went out. After a while, she came back and looked at Xing Dongyang on the other side of the kang and said:
"I'll wait for Shitou to come back before I go. You can't be alone here."
Su Tong knew that she was trying to avoid suspicion, so he didn't insist.
She was exhausted after making all these arrangements. It was almost dawn, and she fell headfirst onto the pillow and quickly fell asleep.
When Lao Qi called her to take medicine, she found that Aunt Cuifen and Shitou had already returned. Aunt Cuifen was putting a towel on her head. It turned out that she had started to have a fever at some point.
Su Tong drank the medicine and originally wanted to check Xing Dongyang's pulse, but he didn't expect that he didn't have enough energy to keep up. His eyes turned dark and he fell into a deep sleep again.
Just as the sky was getting light, someone was knocking on the door outside the courtyard.
Lao Qi and Lao Lin didn't sleep much that night. As soon as they heard the noise, Lao Qi got up, fearing that the noise would be too loud and wake up Su Tong. In total, she only slept for two hours.
I didn't expect that there were several educated youth standing outside the gate.
Lao Qi knew that the leader was Li Weidong, who was often with Xing Dongyang, and the female educated youth next to him was Zhang Yaping.
"Is Brother Dongyang here?"
Zhang Yaping asked anxiously when she saw the yard door open.
Lao Qi was stunned for a moment, but before he could answer, Zhang Yaping pushed him aside and rushed in.
He rushed to the main room door and started knocking on it, "Brother Dongyang! Brother Dongyang! Are you in there?"
The door opened quickly and Shi Tou appeared behind the door with red eyes. Just as she raised her finger to ask her to keep her voice down, Zhang Yaping pushed her away and rushed into the east room.
Li Weidong and his companions looked a little embarrassed, but they didn't say much and followed him in.
As soon as Zhang Yaping entered the room, she saw Xing Dongyang lying on the kang, then she saw Aunt Cuifen who was looking at her in surprise, and Su Tong who was lying on the other side.
She felt a little embarrassed, but also a little angry, so she rushed over and pushed Xing Dongyang.
"Brother Dongyang! Why are you sleeping here? Come back with us!"
"Brother Xing is covered in wounds! Can you be gentler?" Shi Tou said angrily as he followed behind him.
Zhang Yaping withdrew her hand in surprise, only to find that Xing Dongyang's face was covered with bruises and his hands were full of broken skin and scratches. She didn't know how serious the injuries on his body were.
Shitou walked to Xing Dongyang's side, pushed Zhang Yaping out, and said angrily in a low voice: "
Brother Xing was injured in the mountains, and my dad carried him back! He fainted for a long time last night and almost didn't recover. He just fell asleep now. Why did you push him so hard? And yell! Can't you be quiet! "
Zhang Yaping didn't expect this to happen. She was a little flustered and at a loss for a moment, so she had to look back at Li Weidong.
Li Weidong then stepped forward and explained why they came.
It turned out that Zhang Yaping had been feeling uneasy after Xing Dongyang left, but she didn't dare to chase him, so she had to return to the educated youth point.
When Xing Dongyang still hadn't come back to see her in the evening, she went to Xiaoshun's grandmother's house again, only to find that Xing Dongyang hadn't come back yet.
She then began to panic.
Zhang Yaping only knew that after Old Man Tian met Wu Jiafu, they quickly reached an agreement to arrest Wu Tong. Although she sympathized with Wu Tong, this matter was not handled properly by Wu Tong's family. The marriage did not go through and the betrothal gift was not returned. This was definitely wrong. As an outsider, she could not say much. Fortunately, she was released later.
She only knew that those people had a plan, but she didn't know when they would take action.
She originally thought that Brother Dongyang had gone to the Wu family to ask Secretary Wu to mediate, or that he had tried to find a way to notify Wu Tong.
When they couldn't find Xing Dongyang, they realized belatedly that Wu Jiafu and the others might have already taken action. If Brother Dongyang really wanted to save Wu Tong, he might have confronted them directly.
Zhang Yaping finally panicked, and just at this time Li Weidong and others also came back. She hurriedly told them that she couldn't find Xing Dongyang, and then found the Wu family accompanied by Li Weidong and others.
Only Wang Guilan was at the Wu family, but she said that Old Man Tian had gone home and Wu Jiafu had gone out to play, so she hadn't seen Xing Dongyang and couldn't ask any more questions.
Several people searched the village for a long time but couldn't find anyone.
Li Weidong and his group entered the village after Ma Daming. They just missed the opportunity to go up the mountain to put out the fire and knew nothing about what happened on the mountain. They had to go back one by one.
It was almost dawn when the village suddenly called for the militia and there was a commotion. Li Weidong got up again and went to inquire. Only then did he get the news about Xing Dongyang and called a few educated youth to come over.
At least I have to confirm Xing Dongyang's safety before I can feel at ease.
When Li Weidong finished speaking, Xing Dongyang had already been awakened by the noise in the room. He had a dazed look in his eyes and was obviously not in good spirits.
Li Weidong stepped forward and asked a few questions. Just as he was about to persuade him to go to the hospital, he heard a commotion in the yard outside again.
Shi Tou ran out to take a look, then ran in in panic.
"Oh no! Sister Tongya's mother is here to cause trouble again! She brought a bunch of people with her!"
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