Chapter 014 The character cannot collapse
Because I was delayed by the exam, it was almost ten o'clock when I came out of the principal's house.
It would definitely not be safe for a little girl to walk home at night so late at night, so Song Chunhua insisted that Ye Qing stay in her dormitory for one night.
Ye Qing didn't want to go home to deal with the Ye family in the first place, but now that someone has taken her in, she is of course more than happy to do so.
Worried that Ye Qingnian was too young to succeed, Song Chunhua started to get busy after returning to the dormitory.
First, she gave Ye Qing a list of items that he should prepare for his trip to the countryside, and then she demonstrated to Ye Qing her various experiences and techniques of hiding money, such as making interlayers for underwear, hiding money inside quilted soles when sewing shoe soles, and gluing money between the pages of a book, etc.
While she was busy with these things, she did not forget to nag and constantly reminded Ye Qing to be more careful when he went to the countryside, not to trust anyone easily, and to try to mind his own business when encountering problems. It is safest to protect yourself.
Looking at the nervous and anxious look of this teacher, she was just like a mother who was about to send her daughter on a long journey. Compared with the indifference and coldness of the Ye family towards the original body, such a strong contrast really made Ye Qing feel extremely ironic.
Feeling this special care, Ye Qing's nose couldn't help but ache, and he couldn't help but reach out and gently hug Song Chunhua:
"Teacher Song, thank you so much. I will write to you often when I go to the countryside!"
Song Chunhua's eyes unconsciously softened.
She loves children very much, but after teaching for so many years, students are more in awe of her than close to her.
This was the first time a student hugged her and acted like a little girl, which made Song Chunhua feel very happy:
"Then you must keep your word. Don't go wild after you come to the countryside and forget about me, your teacher."
"That's definitely not the case!"
Ye Qing quickly patted his chest and promised, "As long as you don't mind me being annoying, I'll send you one letter a week!"
After some joking around, Teacher Song's anxiety was finally relieved. After washing up, the two of them turned off the lights and prepared to go to bed.
Ye Qing had been rescuing people in the woods yesterday and had not slept much the whole night. Logically, he should have been able to fall asleep quickly.
But when she lay in bed, she didn't feel sleepy at all.
She remembered the rumors about Teacher Song.
Teacher Song is only in his early thirties, but he has always lived alone in the school's staff dormitory.
It is said that her ex-husband is a professor who studied abroad.
But in the first year of the movement, the professor was sent to a farm for forced labor.
Before being sent down to the countryside, Teacher Song decisively divorced her husband and published an advertisement in the newspaper to draw a clear line between herself and her ex-husband.
The timely publication of this newspaper statement prevented Teacher Song from being implicated by her ex-husband.
But it was precisely because of this statement that she was subject to controversy. Countless people accused her of being cruel and ruthless behind her back, and there has been no end to the rumors surrounding her over the years.
Although Ye Qing had only been in contact with Song Chunhua for a few hours, she felt that this teacher was definitely a gentle, kind, conscientious and responsible teacher, as she cared so much about her students.
Such people would never turn against each other when disaster strikes.
Ye Qing guessed that the divorce and the newspaper announcement were probably decisions that Song Chunhua and his wife had to make after careful consideration and negotiation.
After all, only by doing so can one of them escape unscathed, which is better than both of them being arrested and sent to labor reform.
So after so many years, Teacher Song has not looked for another partner. She is still waiting for her husband to return safely so that they can continue their relationship.
Ye Qing recalled the head teacher's reaction when she hugged Song Chunhua before.
It can be seen that there is joy in Song Chunhua's eyes.
She must be eager to have a child of her own.
But she couldn't let go of her feelings for her husband and couldn't betray him and start over when he was in prison, so she could only transfer her motherly love to her students as much as possible.
Ye Qing admires such people from the bottom of his heart.
The outside world is in turmoil, and many people are swept up in the times and choose to bow to their fate, but Teacher Song has always been clear about what she wants and is not influenced by others at all.
Fortunately, the darkness will always pass, and the professor will be rehabilitated and return in a few years. Teacher Song’s stubborn waiting is not meaningless.
Ye Qing thought silently in his heart that after returning to the countryside, he would definitely communicate more often with Teacher Song to encourage her to maintain an optimistic and positive attitude and get through the long winter nights.
In addition, if possible, she would also ask someone to find out where the professor was sent to.
If she could find it, she would have to think of a way to send more things over. The conditions in the cowshed were harsh, and she might die before dawn.
After thinking about this all night, Ye Qing got up before dawn the next day.
There were only four days left before going to the countryside, and Song Chunhua knew that Ye Qing had a lot of things to do, so she didn't try to keep him.
But before Ye Qing left, the teacher still said that if Ye Qing had nowhere to go in the next few days, he could stay at her place at night.
Ye Qing's eyes suddenly became filled with sadness.
This teacher Song is so warm and caring that it makes people feel distressed.
After leaving school, the first place Ye Qing went to was the recycling station.
She had to go to the scrap yard to find a few more medical books so that she could take them to the countryside to fool people.
Since you want to establish yourself as a top student, you must stick to it to the end, and your image must not collapse.
Ye Qing had already made up her mind that after going to the countryside, she would rely on her professional medical knowledge and skills to try to get into the commune health station and eat state-funded food.
But this is not so easy to accomplish. She must plan carefully step by step.
After all, her external identity is just that of a junior high school graduate.
Who would believe that a middle school graduate who went to the countryside to study and work could understand pharmacology and medical skills? Who would dare to entrust their life and property to a young girl who had not even finished high school?
Therefore, she had to start by going to the countryside to instill in the public a strong impression that she was a strong self-taught learner, and at the same time let people who knew her know that she was interested in medicine, so that when she recommended herself as a doctor in the future, it would not seem out of place.
Ye Qing came to a waste transfer station in Xicheng District, which was much larger than the waste recycling points set up in various streets. But perhaps because she came too early, the waste collection station was not yet open for work, and there was only an old man who was in charge of the warehouse.
When the old man heard Ye Qing say that she wanted to get some waste paper to light the stove, he didn't even raise his head. He just said, "Newspapers are three cents a pound, and books are five cents a pound," and then waved his hand to let her in.
It is called a warehouse, but in fact it is just a shed. The waste materials placed in each shed are different, and the classification work is done very meticulously. Compared with this period, the garbage classification in later generations is nothing compared to that in this period.
Ye Qing easily found the book display area. Once she entered, she was dazzled by the wide variety of books.
Ye Qing stood in the shed in a daze for half a minute, not knowing where to start.
The main reason was that right after the Four Olds were destroyed, most of the ancient medical books before the Republic of China were destroyed. Even if there were a few that were not destroyed, no one dared to take them out openly for fear of being labeled a feudal tumor.
This means that Ye Qing has very few medical books to choose from.
Fortunately, in this era, a best-selling book was published - the national health guide "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook".
As a training material for barefoot doctors, this book is definitely the first choice for half-farmer and half-doctor rural doctors to learn basic medical methods.
Perhaps because it has sold millions of copies, this book is not only available at Xinhua Bookstore, but Ye Qing also found several copies at the scrap yard.
But it would be useless to have too many of these things, so Ye Qing picked out the one with the best condition.
However, just having this large book to decorate the house is definitely not enough. Unable to find the publication, Ye Qing had to change his thinking and focus on mimeographed materials and handwritten notes.
She was really lucky. After searching for almost half an hour, she actually found a stack of thread-bound manuscripts in an inconspicuous corner.
This pile of books looked very simple and rough from the outside. They were sewn with white sewing thread, and the stitches were crooked and of varying widths. They must have been sewn by the copyist himself.
But as soon as he saw the cover, Ye Qing felt like he had found a treasure.
"Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Northern Hebei", "Quick Acupuncture Therapy", "Medical Abilities", and "Jintang County United Hospital Academic Activity Materials", these four books, just by looking at the names, you can tell that they are all books related to medicine.
Ye Qing hurriedly pulled the four books out of the pile of books.
As a result, when he pulled it out, a book with a red cover that was pressed on top also came out.
The book hit Ye Qing's feet and the pages scattered. She subconsciously squatted down to pick it up.
After this, Ye Qing's expression couldn't help but reveal a bit of weirdness.
Pan Jinlian, Li Ping'er, Pang Chunmei, just a quick glance and several names suddenly appeared in Ye Qing's eyes.
Isn’t this the Jin Mei that Lanling gave birth to?
Looking at the fake cover wrapped in the red insurance book, Ye Qing was so embarrassed that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
I almost forgot that this was a relatively conservative era, and colored books were considered banned. Once you were caught reading such books, you would be arrested for hooliganism, and in serious cases you would even have to go to jail.
But this kind of books cannot be banned. For every policy, there is a countermeasure. Just like the book in Ye Qing's hand, he couldn't find a purchasing channel, so he just copied it by hand and circulated it.
To be honest, this manuscript is quite delicately made, with □□ as the cover. Judging from the appearance alone, it is almost indistinguishable from the real Red Protection Book, which shows that the person who copied this thing put a lot of thought into it.
But Ye Qing didn't dare to touch this hot potato. After taking a quick look at it, he quickly put it back where it was.
When they went out to pay the bill, the old man did not check what books Ye Qing had taken. He just weighed them according to the rules and collected the money.
The five books weighed less than three pounds, but they had to be calculated as three pounds. Ye Qing paid 15 cents, took the books she had selected and left in a hurry.
After coming out of the scrap yard, Ye Qing prepared to go shopping in the department store.
Originally, Ye Qing planned to bring less luggage and buy anything he needed after arriving in the countryside.
The main reason was that she had no place to put the things she bought, and given the way the Ye family behaved, if she took the things back, she might not be able to take them with her.
But now Ye Qing has no such concerns, because she plans to leave them all with Song Chunhua and take them away when she leaves.
After all, Shanghai is a big city, and the goods in department stores are relatively complete. She can buy most of the items on the list that Song Chunhua gave her here, but when she goes to the countryside, she doesn't know which poor valley she will fall into, and she may not be able to spend even if she has money and tickets.
However, there is a risk in going on a shopping spree, and that is that your wallet will visibly shrink.
Ye Qing actually had about 120 to 130 yuan in cash in her hand, part of which was from her previous earnings from selling fish in People's Park, and part of which was from what she had confiscated from the two spies. However, because she had to prepare so many things, she quickly spent more than half of the money.
Ye Qing suddenly remembered something at this time. It seemed that someone still owed her money.
She is not a fool, and she must get back the money she paid.
It just so happened that the People's Hospital was not far from the school. After Ye Qing put the things he bought back into Song Chunhua's dormitory, he decided to go to the hospital to collect the debt.
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