Su Ranran smiled easily and said, "When I was at home before, my parents were both busy, especially my mother, who sometimes had to work night shifts. I really wasn't very interested in being a doctor. I learned about these things through what I heard and heard, not because I really wanted to. I didn't expect that coming here would actually help me. He Zhiqing, what you just said was a bit exaggerated. I really don't know how to treat many patients."
"You learn everything gradually, no matter what you do. Besides, I'm not lying. Last time you were sick, you cured yourself."
Zhang Cuicao said, "That's right, I believe you."
He Wan said, "We've come all this way to the county, let's take a look around before we leave."
"Okay, let's go check out the department store."
"Walk."
He Wan didn't have many shopping needs because she had Lao Yun, so she didn't lack anything in terms of food, clothing, or daily necessities. However, she still bought a pound of glutinous rice strips and two pounds of steamed egg cakes.
Zhang Cuicao said, "I want to buy a bar of soap, but unfortunately I don't have a ticket."
Su Ranran said, "That's true, I want to buy shampoo."
He Wan said, "I have tickets here, you can use them."
Zhang Cuicao asked, "He Zhiqing, how do you have so many votes?"
He Wan smiled: "I receive a subsidy every month, and some coupons, but these coupons are not very useful."
Su Ranran said, "Okay, we can't let you give it to us for free, we'll give you the money."
He Wan didn't stand on ceremony and said, "Okay."
The group bought a lot of things and happily headed towards Dali Village.
As we approached the outermost ring of the county town, we saw Chen Qing carrying a bamboo basket coming from the west.
He Wan figured she must have gone to the black market. She remembered that area was near government offices. The black market couldn't possibly be not far from those offices, could it? That explained it. No wonder she couldn't find the place; it was near the government offices.
In the past, she would go through the mountains to get to the county, but today she happened to encounter a bus.
The county road happened to pass by their village, and after passing through a few more villages, they arrived at their commune. So it only took them half an hour to get there by car.
The day after they returned, it snowed heavily again. He Wan and the others didn't go out much, staying indoors and learning to knit sweaters with Zhang Cuicao.
Chen Qing went out with a bamboo basket on her back. In her system, snow in this era was very valuable. How could she possibly stay idle when such a windfall was falling from the sky?
These past two days I've started harvesting corn and vegetables planted on the wasteland. After a light snowfall, I need to hurry and pull them up.
The wasteland was newly cleared and lacked nutrients, so the cabbages and radishes didn't grow very well.
But it's also a source of income for the village.
After the cabbages and radishes were harvested, they were distributed to each household.
Today, Hewan didn't get a vegetable plot; instead, she went with the villagers to husk corn.
Fortunately, He Wan had gloves; otherwise, her hands would have been ruined by the end of the day.
After a few days, the corn harvest was finished, and He Wan received five cabbages and five radishes.
The educated youth office also received the news. Because they had left the commune's phone number, people from the commune came directly and first found Captain Chen.
Captain Chen led his men over.
The man who arrived was in his early twenties. Upon seeing them, he asked, "Are you Comrades He Wan, Zhang Cuicao, and Su Ranran?"
"Yes."
"The educated youth office has prepared some books for you. If you want to study medicine, one of you can go to the county hospital for a winter study exchange. However, you will need to travel to and from the county hospital every day, and there will be no food rations or wages. Can you endure this?"
Su Ranran said excitedly, "Yes, we can do it, we can hold on."
The young man nodded and said, "Also, if you want to go to the veterinary station for exchanges, you can go there."
"Yes, yes, we're willing to go."
"Alright, go to the Educated Youth Office tomorrow. Director Liu there will make arrangements for you."
"Thank you so much, comrade, for making this trip for us in this freezing weather."
As He Wan spoke, she quickly went back into the house, took out a few White Rabbit milk candies, and gave them to the comrade from the commune.
"No, no, this is what I should do, I can't accept these things."
"It just snowed, and the roads are difficult to walk on. Have a piece of candy in your mouth to warm it up. Don't be shy, comrade."
The comrade couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it. After Captain Chen saw them off, he asked them what was going on. The male educated youths were also looking at them with suspicion.
He Wan hurriedly explained to them, "Captain, I'm a newly arrived educated youth this year. As you know, we educated youth from the city don't know much about these crops. We wanted to use our knowledge and strengths to do something for Da Li Village, so we went to the educated youth office, told them about our current difficulties, and asked them to help us borrow some books on planting and animal husbandry. Who knew Director Liu would be so thoughtful and even get us this opportunity to learn and exchange ideas?"
Su, a educated youth, knew some Chinese herbal medicine. We thought we should learn some systematic health knowledge so that if someone in the village had a headache or fever, we wouldn't have to travel so far; we could treat ourselves.
Moreover, our village is right next to the mountains; we can't waste such a great resource. Once we learn how to plant and raise livestock, and clear land, we can raise chickens and ducks in the mountains. Also, that pond in our village—it would be a waste not to raise fish there.”
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