Chapter 173: Someone's been watching me
"This is the last batch of cotton this year. Once it's sold out, it's gone." The salesperson at the cotton and linen counter shouted, "First come, first served. Prepare your money and tickets in advance."
As soon as she said this, people rushed to the counter from all directions, causing a small chaos.
Yu Zhile ignored the discomfort just now and hurriedly took the candy from the salesperson. Then he took one of his brothers by the hand and followed the flow of people to the grain and oil counter.
"Xiaobao, what's wrong?" She felt some resistance and looked down to see Yu Chi slowing down and looking back.
Yu Chi held the small conch in his hand, frowned, and said, "Sister, someone has been staring at me for a long, long time."
Hearing this, Yu Zhile's heart was filled with alarm. He couldn't help but clench their hands and stopped to look around.
Kidnappers love to strike in such messy situations.
Yu Zhile observed carefully for a long time and didn't see any strange people, so he went downstairs with his brothers to look for his parents.
As they disappeared at the stairs, a man panted and squeezed through the chaotic crowd. Unable to find the target person, he scratched his hair in regret.
"I've waited so long, I shouldn't have hesitated." The man muttered to himself.
When others saw his unkempt appearance, they did not hide their disgust and kept their noses covered and kept away from him.
The three siblings walked around the first floor and finally found their parents buying various bottles and jars at the mountain products counter in the corner.
"Mom, are you going to move the supply and marketing cooperative back home?" Yu Zhile asked in surprise.
The rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar they bought were all huge portions, which conservatively estimated would last their small family for half a year.
"I'm planning to treat my brothers to a meal in a few days, so I prepared a little more." Yu Haiguang smiled so much that his eyebrows were not visible. "If you can't use it all, you can save it for later use. It will definitely not be wasted."
Yu Wanqin knew what he was thinking, but she didn't say it out loud, and urged him to move the things into the car.
Yu Haiguang worked with a smile on his face, and at Yu Zhile's request, he drove to Beijing Chinese Medicine Hospital, then stopped on the roadside to wait for her.
"Hey, you are usually well-informed. Do you know what happened in Jing City Hospital? I heard that one ward was surrounded tightly and even Dr. Hu's master came out."
"My uncle said that several soldiers sent a man there last night who was breathing more than he was breathing. He probably won't live for a few more days. But the people who came in and out of that room were all big shots. People from the Qu and Zhou families were basically all there."
The staff on duty at the pharmacy were talking in low voices, but Yu Zhile still heard everything they said.
After hearing what the two said, her breathing suddenly tightened and she suddenly grasped the edge of the wooden counter.
The sudden noise silenced everyone in the pharmacy. After about half a minute, they looked out of the window and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that it was a stranger.
"Comrade, would you like to get some medicine? Do you have a prescription?" the man asked.
Yu Zhile had adjusted his breathing rhythm and responded, "One ounce each of star anise, cinnamon bark, and bay leaves, three ounces each of chrysanthemum and roselle, and a set of herbs for stewing mutton soup."
The man started clacking away on his abacus, while the other man got up to get the medicine.
After a while, the brown kraft paper bag was pushed in front of Yu Zhile. She paid the money and left, but their gossip kept lingering in her mind.
"Are you cold? Why do you look so bad?" Yu Wanqin saw that she looked absent-minded and touched her face. "If I had known earlier, your father would have gone to buy it."
Yu Zhile looked at Yu Haiguang, who also had a worried look on his face, and thinking back to his condition today, he gradually regained his senses.
If the seriously injured person was Zhou Yuesheng or other team members, he should be in the hospital at this time, not here.
"Just stood in the wind for a while." She smiled.
Yu Haiguang was still worried, so he got out of the car and went to a nearby house to ask for a bowl of hot water. He only drove back to the military area after seeing her face gradually turn rosy.
As he approached the gate, he slowed down and prepared for routine inspection, but saw Ye Liang rushing out from the pavilion next to him.
"Brother Yu, Lao Li asked you to go find him immediately. I'm here to send my sister-in-law and niece and nephew back to the family area." Ye Liang said anxiously.
The atmosphere in the car suddenly became tense. Yu Zhile grabbed the backrest of the front seat, and Yu Wanqin also grabbed the hem of her clothes.
Yu Haiguang was more optimistic than them. He said as he opened the car door, "You guys go home first to eat and rest. I'll be back soon."
Ye Liang took over the steering wheel, introduced himself first, and then chatted with Yu Wanqin in a familiar manner.
The weather is fine today, and the afternoon sun is still bright, so the open space between the building and the small courtyard is full of people sitting in the sun to keep warm after dinner. Everyone chats about the recent gossip in the family compound.
As soon as the car approached, it was surrounded by children.
"Goudan, Erwa, brother has a task for you." Ye Liang rolled down the car window.
The two older children came running over happily.
"Take your brothers and sisters to play somewhere else, and don't come around my house and make noises in the afternoon. I'll teach you new tricks next time," said Ye Liang.
The two brothers puffed up their chests, saluted excitedly, then turned around and called away the child who was blocking the car's way.
This caused quite a stir. The adults all recognized Ye Liang and were very curious about the people in the car.
The car slowly accelerated, leaving curious eyes behind, and finally stopped steadily in front of Yu's courtyard.
The people in the main room heard the sound of a car and went out to greet it.
When Ye Liang saw Yu Chuyue, his eyes lit up. Before he could even say hello, Qin Yunbai called him to do hard labor, running to the kitchen again and again.
"Xiao Qin, Xiao Ye, thank you for your hard work." Yu Wanqin quickly familiarized herself with the layout of the house and brought tea to the two of them.
Ye Liang smiled innocently and said, "It's not hard, it's not hard."
As he spoke, he couldn't stop glancing towards the kitchen, following Yu Chuyue's figure.
Qin Yunbai took in all his little movements, frowned and sipped his tea.
"Have you eaten? Stay for something to eat?" Yu Wanqin asked.
Qin Yunbai rushed to respond: "You must be tired after sitting on the train for a whole day, so you don't have to greet us specially, and he is in a hurry to return the car."
Ye Liang stared at him blankly, wanting to say that he had plenty of time to rest today. But then he thought again and felt that the first half of his sentence made sense, so he followed his lead and declined.
The two sat for a while, and Qin Yunbai said goodbye. Before leaving, he waved the potted plant towards Yu Chuyue.
"Qin San, do you know that girl?" Ye Liang put his arm around Qin Yunbai's shoulders as soon as he walked out the door. "What's her name? How old is she? Does she have a boyfriend?"
Qin Yunbai glanced at him without saying a word, leaving him with only a pipe of car exhaust.
In the room, Zhang Wenxin woke up and looked much better than when he got off the train.
Yu Wanqin cooked a pot of noodles with pickled pepper sauce, served a bowl to each person, and then used another pot to boil water for bathing.
After dinner, several people took turns taking a bath.
The hot water washed away some of the fatigue brought by the long train ride, and everyone drank hawthorn water in small sips.
Zhang Wenxin and Yu Chuyue curiously asked Yu Zhile about his work in the art troupe this week.
"I teach them how to put on makeup, adjust and modify their costumes, and sometimes help Teacher Wen watch training." Yu Zhile replied.
She and Lan Yuanyuan followed the dance group managed by Wen Wanbai most of the time. Many funny things happened during rehearsals. She picked out a few of them and told them, making everyone laugh.
"We can go watch the training together this afternoon." Yu Zhile said, "Mom, Xiaoyue and Xiaobao can go too."
This is the privilege given to her by Ye Xiu, with the requirement that she should not affect everyone's training.
Yu Wanqin and Yu Yue shook their heads at the same time. The former planned to pack his luggage properly, while the latter wanted to read the book Qin Yunbai gave him this morning.
Only Yu Chi hurriedly hugged Yu Zhile's hand, fearing that he would be left behind, and said in a baby voice: "Xiaobao, go."
Yu Zhile gave Yu Wanqin a brief introduction to the layout of the family compound and the nearby neighbors, and told her the location of the canteen and its opening and closing times.
At this time, Yu Haiguang pushed the door open and attracted everyone's attention.
He frowned slightly, waved to Yu Zhile, forced a smile and told everyone else to go back to the house and rest first.
The father and daughter walked one after the other to the front yard where the cold wind was howling.
"Zhou Yuesheng is back and he's fine," said Yu Haiguang.
Yu Zhile understood and asked, "Do you need recovery fluid?"
Although it was a question, she directly took out two tubes of recovery solution.
Seeing her conjuring things out of thin air, Yu Haiguang's eyebrows jumped and he alertly scouted the surrounding situation.
Finding nothing unusual, he raised his hand and tapped Yu Zhile's forehead, saying seriously, "Be careful next time."
"There won't be a next time." Yu Zhile raised his finger to promise.
Yu Haiguang stroked the wall of the tube, and the wrinkles between his brows became more and more obvious, but he had not made a final decision yet.
Yu Zhile was aware of his concerns, but she was mentally prepared when she handed over the formula of the recovery solution.
She smiled and said, "It's okay. I believe you. However, I just noticed today that this potion can't cure brain damage."
"It's not that serious." Yu Haiguang replied, "Well, then I'm leaving. I may not be able to come back tonight."
"We'll wait for you to come home." Yu Zhile smiled.
Yu Haiguang was silent for a few seconds, then turned and left.
After lunch, Yu Zhile took Zhang Wenxin and the other two to the training building. When they were going upstairs, they happened to meet the girls from the Hebei Province Art Troupe who were taking a rest in the corridor.
"Good sister, I finally see you not acting with Li Yun."
"The style of the cotton coats you are wearing is really novel. I have never seen them in department stores. Is it a southern style?"
"The clothes are beautiful, and you are pretty too. If you were to make a movie, these clothes would surely become a big hit all over the country."
They surrounded Yu Zhile enthusiastically and asked questions all at once.
Yu Zhile had gotten used to such situations in the past few days and answered all kinds of questions with ease, asking them to go to Lan Yuanyuan to look at the clothing brochure in the evening.
Their rest time passed in a flash, and they could only say goodbye to Yu Zhile and the other two reluctantly.
The two girls who walked the slowest were still talking about not being able to buy the same shirt as the one in the movie in the summer, their tone full of regret.
"Shirts will be sold out nationwide if they appear in a movie. It would be great if our canned food could also be featured in a movie." Zhang Wenxin sighed, "Then we will receive orders from all over the country and rebuild the Sino-Ocean team next year."
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
Yu Zhile and Yu Chuyue both looked thoughtful.
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