Zhao Honghui turned on the light and got up to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, Ye Xingchang, who had been waiting outside, slipped inside.
Zhao Honghui closed the door, saw the quilt in his hand, and said with a wry smile, "Your own quilt?"
"No, it's a spare. There's no time to heat the kang now, so you'll have to make do with this for now." Seeing that he was dressed neatly, Ye Xingchang guessed that his old injury must have flared up again. "How's your leg? Is it serious?"
"Just a little bit, it's nothing."
After the two made up the bed, Ye Xingchang told him to lie down in the blankets, saying, "I'll go get a cup of hot water."
Knock knock!
The knocking started again.
Ye Xingchang opened the door and saw Xie Yuyao, who was wrapped in a military overcoat.
"How is he?"
"It's alright." Ye Xingchang stepped aside to let her in.
Seeing her sitting on the bed, Zhao Honghui quickly asked, "Are you too cold to sleep? Take this blanket and cover yourself with it."
Xie Yuyao quickened her pace and pressed down on his hand that was pulling back the blanket. "I'm not cold. Is your injury acting up again? Are you in a lot of pain?"
"It's nothing, just a little soreness," Zhao Honghui said casually, not wanting her to worry.
"Then I'll go get you a cup of hot water."
Ye Xingchang: "I'll go pour it."
"I'm wearing more clothes, so I'll go first." Xie Yuyao went out a step ahead of him, afraid that he would go first.
With Zhao Honghui in front and Ye Xingchang behind, she couldn't cheat them both, so she resorted to tampering with the water when pouring it.
Xie Yuyao's behavior aroused Ye Xingchang's keen senses, but it was as if a thick fog surrounded him, making it impossible to understand why.
Not long after, Xie Yuyao came in carrying a cup of hot water.
Ye Xingchang glanced at her, his gaze lingering on the water glass.
Zhao Honghui took the cup and slowly drank it all. It tasted exactly like plain water, with no difference in flavor.
But he knew that there was more to this water than met the eye.
Seeing that he had finished drinking, Xie Yuyao said, "I'll pour you another cup."
"good."
After she left, Ye Xingchang, seeing that there was nothing for him to do, went back to his room.
Upon seeing the tea room, he paused, hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards his bedroom.
If she truly harbored malicious intentions, she would have had plenty of opportunities to target Honghui; she wouldn't have acted on her own turf.
Zhao Honghui drank two cups of hot water and his body warmed up. "Alright, Yaoyao, go back and get some more sleep."
"Okay, you should lie down and sleep too."
Just now, Xie Yuyao was awakened by the crackling sound of the wind blowing against the window and felt the chill in the air; the temperature had dropped!
She immediately thought of Zhao Honghui's leg injury, put on her clothes, and took the general's coat to cover him.
Even now that she has two layers of blankets, she still kept the military overcoat, saying, "Wear it when you get up tomorrow morning, and don't get cold."
Zhao Honghui naturally refused, but he couldn't persuade her otherwise. Watching her open the door and leave, the words she wanted to say stuck in his throat.
*
Snowflakes began to fall from the sky, swirling and turning the earth into a silver-white wonderland.
Zhao Honghui's powerful biological clock woke him up early. With proper warmth and the protection of the spiritual spring water, his left leg only felt slightly uncomfortable.
He started planning the matter of fine grains.
If Yao Yao has a lot of fine grains, she can spare some to exchange for coarse grains with the Fifth Regiment, thus turning them into cash.
The money from selling ginseng yesterday is almost gone. If we can sell more grain, it will be enough for Yao Yao to live on for a while.
Another question is, under what name and in what manner should he connect with the Fifth Regiment in the safest and most secure way?
As dawn broke, the sky remained overcast and devoid of sunlight. Zhao Honghui heard the door next door open and knew that Yao Yao had gotten up, so he threw off the covers, got dressed, and got out of bed.
Xie Yuyao stood under the eaves on the second floor, reaching out to catch the snowflakes dancing in the air.
A few snowflakes landed on my palms and fingertips, and a gust of cold wind blew them away or melted them, leaving only a cold, knife-like sensation on my fingertips.
This scene reminded her of her past life when she was in college, and her classmates from the south excitedly pulled her to play in the snow when they first saw snowflakes.
I wonder how they are doing now, and whether they have found their other half.
When Zhao Honghui opened the door, he saw Yao Yao lost in her memories, and the longing on her face made him feel uneasy.
Whom did she think of? Could they leave this world and return to where they came from?
That's right, he has already determined that Yao Yao is not from this world, and the various inconsistencies in her appearance have been explained.
Zhao Honghui stretched out his arms from behind her, encircling her in front of him, and whispered sweet nothings in her ear.
A reluctant voice whispered in my ear: "Yaoyao, don't leave me."
"Okay." Xie Yuyao regained consciousness and her heart softened.
She has found her other half and hopes that her friends far away will also be happy and successful.
On the path outside, Ye Xingchang and his friends returned from their morning exercise run, and the two of them went downstairs to wash up.
After breakfast, we heard the sound of a car outside. It was Hui Zi arriving in his van.
He brought Zhao Honghui a set of his own warm clothes, and considering Yu Wenbo, he also brought a blanket.
After exchanging pleasantries, Zhao Honghui went back to his room to change his clothes before going to the hospital to pick up the person.
In the county hospital ward, Yu Wenjiang and Li Weidong, who had been taking care of him the night before, had packed their things and completed the discharge procedures, and were ready to leave at any time.
The funding from above has been allocated, and all the donations have been put together. After paying for the treatment, there is still a dozen yuan left.
The remaining money can cover long-term expenses such as follow-up examinations and medication for a while.
When Xie Yuyao and the others arrived at the county hospital, Li Weidong politely said to Huizi, "Comrade Jiang, we're troubling you again."
"Don't mention it! It's snowing, so I brought a blanket." Hui Zi took the blanket out of her bag.
"I'll go borrow a wheelchair."
Soon, Li Weidong returned pushing an empty wheelchair. The crowd helped Yu Wenbo into the wheelchair, covered him with a blanket, carried him downstairs, and pushed him into a van.
Half an hour later, we arrived at the entrance of the educated youth compound.
Xie Yuyao took off her military overcoat and gave it to Yu Wenbo to wear, as he was the weakest and couldn't withstand the cold.
"Use mine." Zhao Honghui tried to take off the thick coat that Hui Zi had brought, but Xie Yuyao stopped him.
"You're practically a patient yourself, so don't argue with me. I still have a blanket." With that, Xie Yuyao wrapped the blanket around herself.
Hearing the noise, the people in the youth quarters came out to help.
Seeing Xie Yuyao's expression, he burst out laughing.
Xie Yuyao stomped her foot in annoyance, then wrapped herself in a blanket and ran back to her house in the backyard to change into warmer clothes.
Watching her retreating figure, Zhao Honghui smiled and carried Yu Wenbo into the educated youth compound.
The newly built youth dormitory has three dormitories, two of which are for men.
The brigade leader considered that Yu Wenbo, being an injured soldier, was more likely to be accidentally injured if he shared the same kang (heated brick bed) with the other educated youths.
With his third brother also taking care of him, the six men couldn't even fit on one kang (heated brick bed).
So they simply built an extra room all at once, and specifically instructed that an empty room be reserved for Yu Wenbo and his brother.
As for the girls' dormitory, since Xie Yuyao and Yang Shumei have moved out and there is still room for them, no additional buildings were added at this critical juncture.
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