Chapter 021 The family must be together
Even after Ye's father personally wrote his name on the volunteer form to help Xinjiang in front of many neighbors and city newspaper reporters, he was still in a trance.
It is clear that not long ago, he was a good husband and a good father praised by everyone in this tube building. He had a job that everyone envied and a harmonious family of children. In the near future, he might even be promoted and get a raise, become the director of the workshop, and realize his lifelong ideals and ambitions.
But why, in just a few days, everything turned upside down, with family members going crazy, paralyzed, and committing crimes, and in order to protect himself, he had to move far away?
Father Ye looked at the neighbors who were applauding and congratulating him, and threw words of praise at him without paying. He then looked at his relatives who were terrified and at a loss, and for a moment he actually doubted his life.
Just yesterday, when he went to work at the silk reeling factory early in the morning, he learned that something big had happened in the factory.
The day before, his eldest son was arrested by the Revolutionary Committee and his wife suddenly collapsed, so he had to stay at home for a day.
As a result, after he was absent for just one day, the atmosphere in the factory changed drastically. Everyone had strange expressions on their faces when they saw him, and they gathered in groups of three or five to point at him and talk about something.
Ye's father felt something was wrong and asked a colleague with whom he had a close relationship to inquire about the situation.
The colleague dodged and stammered, and it took him a while before he told him the truth.
It turned out that just after he asked for leave from the factory yesterday, a wave of red armbands arrived at the silk reeling factory.
As soon as the red armbands arrived at the factory, they went straight to the factory security department and said that they had received a report under their real name that Li Rulan, the team leader of the silk reeling factory's logistics and procurement department, had a bad work style, had promiscuous relationships with both men and women, and was even pregnant with that man's illegitimate child.
As soon as this news came out, there was an uproar and everyone was stunned.
Not to mention the workers in the factory, even Li Rulan herself was confused.
Pregnant? How could she not know? This is ridiculous. She has had an IUD for many years. How could she be pregnant?
Li Rulan denied it on the spot and said it was nonsense and a slander against her reputation. She demanded to confront the whistleblower face to face.
The red armbands have no intention of covering up for the person who reported the incident under his real name. The fact that he dared to report under his real name shows that he is very sure of the truth of the incident and is not afraid of it spreading.
So in front of many workers, the red armband said:
"This is the report letter written by Ye Lijun, the technical team leader of your factory's No. 3 workshop. You are colleagues in the same factory, and he dared to sign his own name, which means he must have seen this. Whether it is a slander against you or not, as long as you come with us and check whether you are really pregnant, the matter will be clear!"
Having said that, the man with the red armband came up rudely and tried to pull Li Rulan away.
When Li Rulan heard this, her face turned pale and she was so angry that she wanted to curse her mother.
She had no connection with that Ye Lijun at all. There were thousands of people in the entire silk reeling factory, and it was impossible for her to know every worker. But this man was biting her like a mad dog. Was he mentally ill?
The key point is that Li Rulan herself knew that what she and Yang Wenchang did in private was indeed shameful, so she could not justify herself and did not dare to follow the red armband.
If she really went to the Revolutionary Committee, who knows what methods they would use to interrogate her?
Li Rulan refused to leave, but the more she insisted, the more impatient the red armband became, and the more suspicious his eyes looked at her:
"Comrade Li, you don't want us to call a doctor to your silk reeling factory to feel your pulse in front of so many people and verify your identity on the spot, right? Please cooperate with our work and don't make things difficult for us!"
Because there were people from the security department in the factory, the red armbands were relatively polite to Li Rulan and did not use force directly.
Originally, Li Rulan was not afraid of the test because she knew it was impossible for her to get pregnant after having an IUD.
But the atmosphere was so tense at the moment, and the two men who came to pull her red armband might have just smoked before, so as soon as they got close, the residual smell of smoke immediately hit her nose.
She didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but she just felt the smell of smoke was extremely stinging. At that moment, a feeling of nausea suddenly came over her, and she subconsciously reached out to cover her mouth.
When she covered her face, everyone looked towards Li Rulan at once.
Li Rulan's face suddenly turned pale.
At this moment, a string in her mind suddenly broke, and she suddenly remembered that when she was pregnant with Yin Zhao, she also couldn't stand the smell of smoke.
Moreover, her period seemed to be delayed for a few days.
Li Rulan suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, and a look of panic unconsciously appeared in her eyes.
She subconsciously looked towards the crowd, wanting to ask Yang Wenchang for help.
But Yang Wenchang had already run away after hearing the news, fearing to be involved, so how could he show up at this time?
Li Rulan had no choice but to pray madly in her heart over and over again, hoping that she would not be so unlucky to fall into the trap, and then go with the red armband.
After Li Rulan was taken away, there was an uproar in the silk reeling factory. Everyone was wondering what the grudge between Ye Lijun and Li Rulan was, and who Li Rulan's adulterer was.
Yang Wenchang was also looking for someone to investigate Ye Lijun.
Because he knew that Li Rulan was wearing an IUD, and because they rarely walked around the factory together and acted like strangers, Yang Wenchang was still very confident at this time and was not worried that the fire would burn him.
But Li Rulan is his woman after all. For someone to bully him like this is like slapping him in the face, isn't it?
So Yang Wenchang was very angry and immediately decided to take action against Ye Lijun!
Ye Lijun took a leave of absence from the factory that day. Everyone thought that Ye Lijun knew that the red armbands were coming to arrest people and deliberately hid away.
Yang Wenchang naturally thought so too.
He was not in a hurry. As long as Ye Lijun was still working in the factory, he would always find a chance to play a trick on him.
So, when Ye's father came to the factory the next morning, not long after, the quality inspection team came to find fault. After finding a mistake, they stopped his work.
Afterwards, no one knew who reported to the factory leaders that Ye Lijun's son had been arrested by the Revolutionary Committee for privately storing banned books and destroying Weiren publications.
The factory security department immediately called Ye Lijun over and said that his son had committed such a serious mistake and that he, as a father, had an unshirkable responsibility. Such things had a very bad impact on the silk reeling factory, so the factory decided to deal with the matter seriously. This would serve as a warning and let other workers in the factory go back and control their families!
Then Ye's father was removed from his position as the technical team leader in the factory and was punished by being forced to clean toilets for half a year.
The dismissal and punishment came so quickly that Ye's father didn't even have time to react. By the time he came to his senses, he was already in the public restroom.
He stood at the toilet door holding the broom, smelling the foul odor. For a moment he felt extremely sad and angry, and immediately wanted to find the factory leader to reason with him.
But before he could take any action, the colleague stopped him and secretly told him an inside story.
"You don't know yet, do you? Li Rulan hasn't come back since she was taken away by the Revolutionary Committee yesterday. I heard that she was found to be pregnant!"
Father Ye was really shocked: "What?!"
The colleague gave me an expression that said, "The report already said that you are pretending."
"You are really amazing. Every time you report something, it's accurate. Li Rulan was so arrogant in the purchasing department before, she almost walked away arrogantly. Now she is finished. It is unknown whether she can come out of it in one piece. How did this woman offend you that you have to treat her like this?"
Ye's father immediately explained: "I really didn't write this report. I know nothing about it!"
But who would believe this?
When the colleague saw that Ye's father was being targeted, he felt sympathy but also thought that this guy was really stupid.
You said you knew the inside information, so why not just retaliate secretly? Why do you have to report it with your real name? Isn't that just making yourself a target?
After some hesitation, the colleague decided to tell Ye's father a secret, so that the old man would not be kept in the dark even after being fired:
"Do you know that if you screw Li Rulan, you will be screwed too? Why do you think Li Rulan was able to work in the factory's logistics department and become the head of the purchasing department? I heard that she is related to the factory director or deputy director, and she has a strong background! You killed someone with a letter of accusation, can the factory leaders let you off?"
The colleague told Ye Lijun the secret in a low voice, but looked at Ye Lijun as if he was a fool.
Father Ye was struck by lightning. It was as if something had suddenly dawned on him, and he instantly understood what was going on.
Someone must have discovered the secret of Li Rulan's pregnancy and was in competition with him in the factory, so he was framed by someone under the pretext of reporting Li Rulan's pregnancy!
Get rid of him, and that person will benefit greatly!
If you count it this way, then the only people who can do this are the technical team leaders of the other workshops and the deputy team leader of his workshop.
But Ye's father was just suspicious about this. There were seven suspects in the seven workshops of the silk reeling factory, and he was not sure who did it.
But now everyone in the factory believes that he did it, and he has no way to defend himself. This makes Ye's father feel aggrieved and frightened. He doesn't know if he can continue to stay in the silk reeling factory after this incident.
At the same time, a scandal occurred in Yantang Old Street that shocked the entire street and alley.
After learning that Ye Hong was dumped by the boy from the Hu family, Ye's mother was extremely angry and unwilling to accept it. She even had a stroke on the spot. She had to lie in bed and receive a large bottle of medicine before she recovered.
Before leaving, the doctor who gave her the IV repeatedly warned her not to get excited or stimulated again, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
But how could Ye's mother not be excited? Whenever she thought about her eldest daughter's good marriage being ruined, she was so angry that she couldn't sleep at all.
So after thinking about it all night, Ye's mother got up from bed in the morning and went to the Hu family to make trouble.
Ye Hong was in a bad mood and fell asleep very late the previous day, so she had no idea that her mother had taken the initiative to go find Hu Jiadong to settle the score.
The reason she broke up with Hu Jiadong was that she was in Cao's camp but her heart was with Han. She was obviously dating Hu Jiadong, but she was still thinking about Bai Yueguang in her heart. She felt so guilty about this that she couldn't even speak, and of course she couldn't tell Ye's mother about it.
So Ye's mother unilaterally concluded that it was Hu Jiadong who had played a trick on her eldest daughter. She could not tolerate the Hu family's bullying, so of course she had to go to the Hu family to seek justice for Ye Hong.
She stood in the alley of the Hu family, not only banging the door, but also putting her hands on her hips and cursing in the street. She not only cursed Hu Jiadong, but also cursed the entire Hu family's ancestors for eighteen generations.
After she made such a fuss, all the neighbors in the alley came out to watch the show.
The Hu family still had some dignity. Not long after, Hu Ziqiang's wife came out with a gloomy face and asked:
"What do you want?"
When Ye's mother heard what the wife of the Hu family said, she thought she was afraid, and her attitude became even more presumptuous, and she even threatened arrogantly:
"Either you give my daughter 500 yuan as compensation, or you find a way to get my eldest son Ye Zhigao out of the Revolutionary Committee. Otherwise, I will let my daughter report your Hu Jiadong to the Revolutionary Committee for being a hooligan. It's up to you to decide!"
Originally, the Hu couple had planned to let their son take the blame first, and then find an opportunity to slowly punish Ye Hong after the matter was over. However, Ye's mother's threatening words immediately irritated Hu Ziqiang's wife.
"Just see what happens? Oh, I'll let you know how I see what happens!"
Hu Ziqiang's wife had a bad temper and was not someone to be trifled with. Upon hearing what Ye's mother said, she sneered, turned around and went back to the house, and came out of the house not long after.
Holding a bowl of paste and a stack of paper in her hands, she began to paste on the wall in front of many neighbors.
At first, Ye's mother didn't understand what Mrs. Hu was doing until a neighbor read out what Mrs. Hu had put up.
All the unbearable words fell into the ears of Ye's mother. She could hear them clearly while standing in the crowd. After she found out what those papers that Mrs. Hu had pasted on the wall were, she suddenly felt like the clown in the circus. She was so embarrassed that she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
The world was spinning around her and she fell to the ground again.
But this time she was not so lucky. Ye's mother suffered a second stroke and her hands and feet became stiff and half of her face was paralyzed.
By the time Ye Hong in the tube building heard the news and rushed over to stop it, it was already too late.
Looking at the diaries posted all over the alleys, and feeling the gloating laughter and malicious looks from the people around her, those naked eyes fell on her, as if they wanted to strip her naked on the spot.
Such a huge stimulation caused Ye Hong to completely collapse emotionally. She rushed up like a madman and started to tear off the papers on the wall. Her eyes became crazy and she cried, laughed and shouted. Not long after, she became mentally disturbed and became abnormal.
The incident happened so quickly that no one could react.
When the neighbors realized that something had happened to the mother and daughter of the Ye family, they realized that something was wrong. Even Hu Ziqiang's wife panicked.
Immediately, neighbors came to help send them to the tube building. The twins didn't wait for Ye's mother to come back and make breakfast. They had put on their schoolbags and were ready to go to school on an empty stomach, but they were also frightened by the chaotic scene. Naturally, they couldn't go to school.
After Hu Ziqiang's wife realized that she had gotten into trouble, she rushed to the street office to find Hu Ziqiang for help.
By the time Ye Lijun heard that something had happened at home and hurried back from the silk reeling factory, the entire Ye family was on the verge of falling apart.
In just two days, his wife had a stroke and was paralyzed in bed, his eldest daughter went crazy, his eldest son's whereabouts in the Revolutionary Committee were unknown, he was dismissed from his job and became a toilet cleaner, and his twin babies could not even raise themselves.
It's like this family is cursed by bad luck, with bad things happening one after another.
Not only was his family going to collapse, his job was also in tatters. When he returned to the factory, he didn't know if his boss would bully him again. The future was bleak and there was no hope at all. Father Ye sat on the ground with a pale face, not knowing what to do.
It was at this time that Hu Ziqiang came to visit with several leaders from the Yantang Old Street and Ningzhou Street Revolutionary Committee.
It turned out that after receiving the aid application from the Ye couple, Yantang Old Street held a special meeting to discuss the matter and decided to select the Ye couple as advanced representatives who are brave in dedication and make them a living signboard of the street, so as to encourage and guide other citizens to actively participate in supporting the border areas.
But just when the matter was about to be confirmed, news came from the street office that the eldest son of the Ye family had been arrested by the Ningzhou Revolutionary Committee.
The Ye couple were supposed to be promoting the positive image of the old street, but their son actually broke the law and was imprisoned as a labor camp prisoner. Isn't this just ridiculous?
How could the Yantang Old Street Revolutionary Committee allow such a thing to happen? So they immediately arranged for people to negotiate with Ningzhou.
Of course Ningzhou didn't respond at first. After all, they had captured this person with great difficulty. If you just let him go, wouldn't we get nothing at all?
Moreover, this person dared to privately destroy the publications of Great People. Who knows if there is any ulterior motive behind it? Could he have been instigated by spies? If we dig deeper, we might be able to uncover some serious case.
The Yantang Old Street Revolutionary Committee certainly knew that this was just an excuse, but if they didn't show some sincerity, the other party would never give in.
So the people below came together and decided to just unite the two streets. After the success, they could publicize it together and claim the achievements together. This way, it would be good for everyone.
The Ningzhou Revolutionary Committee realized that there was something to be gained here. After weighing which of the two things would be more beneficial, they stopped making excuses and agreed to Yantang's request without saying a word.
The main reason was that after Ye Zhigao was arrested, he had always refused to admit that the handwritten erotic book was not his. After the Ningzhou Revolutionary Committee compared the handwriting on the manuscript with Ye Zhigao's handwriting, they also confirmed that the manuscript was indeed not his.
Ye Zhigao suspected that someone might have secretly stuffed the book into his pile of books when he was packing up his books after graduation. In any case, he refused to plead guilty and claimed that he had never read the contents.
Because Ye Zhigao's investigation has reached a deadlock and no one can be convicted, it will take some time to close the case. Ningzhou is having a headache over this matter, and now that a ladder has been delivered from Yantang, don't they have to hurry up and get down the slope?
So the directors of the two revolutionary committees, together with Hu Ziqiang, the director of the Yantang Sub-district Office, formed a group to go to the Ye family to act as lobbyists.
Originally, the Revolutionary Committee's plan was just to persuade the Ye couple to cooperate with their propaganda. Little did they know that on the way there, Hu Ziqiang suddenly came up with a new idea.
If they really want to promote it vigorously, the influence of the Ye couple alone is not enough.
If we can convince the entire Ye family to go out and support national construction together, that would be real big news. It would definitely cause a sensation in the entire city or even the country, and the positive publicity effect would be amazing!
When the two directors of the Revolutionary Committee heard this, they looked at each other and their eyes instantly lit up with green light.
Since the two of them were able to become directors of the Revolutionary Committee, they were both shrewd people who were well versed in the art of wielding power. They certainly knew how much benefit Hu Ziqiang's idea could bring to them if it was handled properly.
It’s just that the two directors of the Revolutionary Committee are a little worried. Although they want political achievements, they don’t want to do anything that forces or embarrasses others. Isn’t it a bit too much to ask the whole family to go to the border areas? How could the Ye couple agree to it?
However, Hu Ziqiang vowed and assured that his persuasion would surely make the Ye couple give in.
Then, when they arrived at the Ye family's door, Hu Ziqiang took the lead in apologizing to Ye's father, saying that his wife was impulsive and did things without considering the consequences. She posted Ye Hong's diary on the wall for everyone to see, which resulted in irreversible consequences. He felt very sorry and expressed his willingness to give financial compensation.
The directors of the two revolutionary committees also echoed and spoke in favor of the Hu family.
After all, Ye's father was a commoner. When he suddenly saw that the leaders of the Revolutionary Committee and the Street Office were so friendly, he was a little overwhelmed. He immediately waved his hands to say that the fault was not with the Hu family, but with his wife and eldest daughter who were unreasonable first. He completely forgot that his wife had a slight paralysis on one side of her body and his eldest daughter was still crazy and unconscious.
Hu Ziqiang is worthy of being an official in the street office for so many years. What he is best at is dealing with neighbors. This time he did not speak in an official tone, but stood from the perspective of a father who cares about his children, and "spoken from the heart" with Ye Lijun, explaining the situation to him with reason and emotion.
If the Revolutionary Committee investigated Ye Zhigao's situation, he would definitely be sentenced to hard labor. By the time he finished his sentence, the whole neighborhood would know about his deeds. With a criminal record, he would definitely not be able to find a job or get married, and his life would be over.
As for Ye Hong, once the diary incident came out, she was ruined and her reputation was also in tatters. In addition, her mental state was also in trouble. It would be no good for her to continue staying in Yantang. It would be better for her to go somewhere else to see if her madness could be cured. No one would know about her condition in other places. After she recovered, she could find a husband and get married. Then she would have overcome this hurdle.
With what happened to the Ye family, people around them will definitely point fingers at them, which is not conducive to the twins' life and study, and even more detrimental to Ye Lijun's promotion and salary increase. So even if it's just for the sake of the children, the only way out for the Ye family now is to move away from Yantang as soon as possible, preferably far away. Going to a foreign place may be a way for them to survive.
In fact, Ye's father didn't listen to what Hu Ziqiang said. He didn't care at all about whether it was detrimental to the growth of his children.
But one thing really hit home with him: if he wanted to get a promotion and a pay raise, he had to "risk his life to survive."
He felt that what Hu Ziqiang said was right. He was now equivalent to a half-marginal person in the silk reeling factory. It would be impossible for him to return to the workshop as a technician or even a technical team leader. Moreover, he was hated by his leaders. What awaited him in the factory in the future would only be endless troubles, both open and covert. If he did not want to be humiliated and tortured, the only way was to leave the silk reeling factory.
But if he quit the silk reeling factory, where could he go?
So what Hu Ziqiang said was right. He had no way out in Shanghai, so he might as well burn his boats and bravely go to the northwest with his wife and children.
Maybe there he would have the opportunity to realize his ambitions. Anyway, it was better than staying in a silk reeling factory and cleaning toilets for the rest of his life!
So, Ye's father stopped struggling and obediently agreed to the demands of both revolutionary committees.
Cooperating with the Revolutionary Committee to do publicity, they took their whole family to the frontier, becoming known as a model of dedication and a five-good family, and restoring the Ye family's shaky reputation!
Therefore, after many twists and turns, what Ye Qing was waiting for was this outrageous commendation and farewell party with loud drums and gongs in the alley.
Although she accidentally overheard the conversation between the two red armbands and had a general understanding of the matter, she was unable to obtain more specific details.
But it doesn't matter.
The important thing is that, in the end, she finally saw the Ye family get their retribution, and the whole family went to Xinjiang to help. She was quite satisfied with this ending.
Didn't these people complain before that the original owner was spoiled and could not endure hardship, selfish and had no sense of the overall situation? It just so happened that this time their wish came true. The whole family, young and old, opened up their minds and went to the bitter cold place for team building. Let's see who is still complaining!
Ye Qing ate the melon and left. Even after he walked away, he could still hear the reporter on the stage asking:
"Didn't they say there's a young lady in this family who signed up to work in the countryside? Why don't you come out and show yourself? Let's take a photo together!"
Ye Qing quickly quickened her pace, fearing that she would be discovered by the crowd behind her. As for taking pictures, she would not take them. She did not want to be in the same frame with the Ye family and be given the title of "Advanced Model Five-Good Family". She felt embarrassed.
After returning to school, Ye Qing continued her itinerary.
First, she took the wild fruits she brought back to say goodbye to several fishermen, and also gave Old Man Wu the bait he asked for.
As bait, Ye Qing simply got some biscuits bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, and some leftover steamed buns from a state-owned restaurant. He crushed them all together and mixed them together, then added some chopped grass that had wood-type supernatural powers to make it. After all the mixing, he had made a "unique fish bait".
She didn't go anywhere else but to People's Park, and sure enough, there were several old men sitting by the lake.
Ye Qing divided the wild fruits into several equal portions and gave each person a bag.
When the old men were not paying attention, he secretly handed the bait to Old Man Wu and winked at him cunningly.
Old Man Wu understood immediately and put the bait into his trouser pocket, grinning from ear to ear.
Ye Qing did not stay in People's Park for long because she still had things to do.
The Revolutionary Committee has sent the banner to the Ye family, and the reporters have taken photos that will be published in the city newspapers immediately. This means that everything has been settled and there will be no more changes.
So Ye Qing had no scruples and directly stuffed the letter in her bag that exposed the adultery between Li Rulan and Yang Wenchang at the silk reeling factory into the mailbox of the Revolutionary Committee.
Li Rulan was still counting on Yang Wenchang to use his connections to rescue her. She was dreaming. She had harmed so many scientific researchers in the expert team of the institute. It would not be enough to kill these scumbags and bitches. They should be locked up immediately and be finished with them together!
Afterwards, Ye Qing went to the hospital again.
Considering that he was almost caught by the policeman last time, Ye Qing learned his lesson this time. Not only did he change his clothes and comb his hair into a bun, he also put on a medical mask, stopped carrying a shoulder bag, changed his clothes, and deliberately walked with big movements, so that he would not be discovered.
She went to the intensive care unit and asked to see old lady Chen Huizhen again. She also gave the nurse a Fuji apple.
The nurse remembered Ye Qing, and this time her attitude was not as serious as last time:
"It's you, Comrade Ye. Mrs. Chen's family mentioned you to me yesterday and asked me to take you in directly if you come again."
Ye Qing was not surprised because she knew Chen Youde. Old lady Chen's daughter-in-law Liao Yun's attitude towards her was rude at first but respectful later. Even if she disliked her, she always greeted her with a smile.
But this does not change Ye Qing's opinion of Ms. Liao.
Chen Youde is a good person, but Ye Qing doesn't like her nephew's wife. Since they are not the same kind of people, there is no need to have any dealings with each other, so she has to return the reward for sending this person to the Ye family, so as to avoid being criticized in the future because of this matter.
Ye Qing went to the intensive care unit and finally met old lady Chen again.
Medical technology at that time was relatively backward, and there was no way to perform stent surgery to restore coronary blood flow. In addition, Mrs. Chen was old and had suffered from coronary heart disease for some time, so she could only receive general basic treatment and slowly recuperate.
Therefore, the old lady's recovery was a little slow. This was because Ye Qing secretly passed a breath of wood-related supernatural power to her when he gave her first aid that day. Otherwise, the old lady would have died long ago.
Although Ye Qing didn't like Liao Yun, she had a good relationship with Chen Youde, so she still came to visit the old man and brought a bag of wild kiwifruit.
The old lady was still very grateful to Ye Qing. As soon as she saw Ye Qing coming, she asked her daughter-in-law to quickly move a chair for Ye Qing to sit on, and also made malt milk for Ye Qing to drink.
Liao Yun curled her lips and hesitated for a long time without moving.
Fortunately, Ye Qing was not here to eat and drink for free, so she didn't care. She approached the old lady and checked for a while, then exchanged a few words and was about to leave. Before leaving, she did not forget to remind the old lady that the bag of kiwis she brought was an easily digestible fruit rich in vitamins, so the old lady should eat more.
The kiwi fruit also contains wood-related supernatural powers, which can help the old lady's condition, but Ye Qing cannot say this explicitly. She has already done her best to do this. As for whether the patient and her family listen to it or not, that is not something she can control.
After leaving the ward, Ye Qing winked at Liao Yun, and Liao Yun followed her out. Then Ye Qing directly stuffed the twenty big group tickets she had counted in advance back into Liao Yun's hands.
"I appreciate your gratitude, but as I said before, I saved people based on my conscience, not for any reward. You can take the money back, and this matter ends here. Don't worry, I will go to the countryside to join the production team tomorrow, and no one will bring this matter up again!"
Having said that, Ye Qing left.
For fear of running into the policeman again, Ye Qing went downstairs with trepidation. When he passed the same staircase he took last time, he unconsciously quickened his pace.
As a result, nothing happened on the floor where the policeman was. However, when she went down to the first floor, at the corner of the stairs, she accidentally bumped into another tall man who was rushing upstairs.
“Ouch—”
With this collision, Ye Qing felt like he had hit a wall. He fell backwards and staggered for several steps before he stood firm.
"Are you okay? I'm sorry, I was so busy reading the letter that I walked too fast and didn't pay attention to the road..."
The man shook his head and apologized quickly.
Ye Qing raised his head, and after seeing the man's appearance clearly, his expression froze slightly.
This seemed to be the man who ran out of the ward where the policeman was last time and chased her. If I was not mistaken, he should be the colleague of that policeman!
Fortunately, Ye Qing was wearing a mask, otherwise the inappropriate expression on her face would definitely be exposed.
She quickly waved her hands to show that she was fine, bent down, picked up the letter that had just accidentally dropped on the ground, handed it to the other party, and then stepped aside to make way.
The man took the letter, said "thank you" and continued to rush upstairs. Before he even reached the door of the ward, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Boss, your boyfriend from your hometown sent you a letter!"
Ye Qing couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this.
The tall guy must have been shouting at the injured policeman in the ward.
Boss? That policeman looked quite young, at most in his early twenties, but he was actually an official? At this age, was he a captain of a detachment in the Public Security Bureau?
Ye Qing thought again about the time when she was picking up the letter for the tall man and her eyes inadvertently glanced at the envelope.
——Gu Wei Dongshou.
This Gu Weidong, is this the policeman's name?
Ye Qing smiled, didn't think much about it, and quickly walked a few steps and left the hospital.
It was really late when they got back to school. This time Ye Qing really followed Song Chunhua to the cafeteria to have a good meal. After the two of them had a plain dinner, they returned to the dormitory and Song Chunhua began to help Ye Qing pack his luggage.
In order to travel light, Ye Qing eliminated all the things that he didn't need to bring.
For example, she didn't bring any cotton quilt or cotton shirt.
The weather in September was relatively good. When we went to the Great Northern Wilderness, we could at most wear autumn clothes. We didn't need thick quilts or large cotton jackets. These things were heavy and took up space, so Ye Qing didn't buy them.
She originally went to the Ye family and asked them to prepare ten kilograms of cotton for her because cotton was hard to come by these days and every household might not be able to collect even a kilogram of cotton in a year, so she deliberately made this request to make things difficult for the Ye family.
But in fact, she had no shortage of anything related to plants, whether it was food or cotton, they were all things she could easily solve, and there was no need for her to carry these things on the train and add trouble to her journey.
But she did this, and after Song Chunhua counted the luggage she had prepared, she couldn't help but scold her on the spot:
"Didn't I tell you to prepare according to the list I made? Look at what you bought! These things like vanishing cream and soap are flashy. Why did you buy so much? With this money, why don't you buy more brown sugar or white sugar?"
Ye Qing quickly begged for mercy.
I swear to God, she has suffered for ten years in the apocalypse, and skin care products and soaps are things she has always wanted but cannot buy. Plus, these are the things that Old Man Chen and his men stuffed into her tickets when she was in the People's Park. If she doesn't use the tickets, they will expire, and she may not be able to spend them when she takes them to other places, so she might as well use them up before going to the countryside.
As for brown sugar and white sugar, how could she, a wood-type mutant, not be able to handle this thing?
In short, Song Chunhua kept nagging about the things she prepared all night long.
Ye Qing did not refute, but just listened with a smile. Then she gave Song Chunhua another massage at night. After Song Chunhua fell into a deep sleep, she stuffed the snakeskin bag of Red Fuji and Snow Pear apples she brought back from the mountains under the bed, and hid the pile of grain coupons that Song Chunhua had given her under the pillow again.
With the help of the dim desk lamp in the dormitory, Ye Qing took out all the money she had saved in the past few days and sorted it out.
The dried fruits sold to the machinery factory were purchased at a price of 0.15 cents. More than 5,000 kilograms of mountain products were sold for a total of more than 750 yuan.
Adding the money that Ye Qing originally had, the total was about 1,320 yuan.
Ye Qing put the twenty or so yuan in change and the remaining grain coupons into her shoulder bag, and according to the method of that era, she carefully sewed the remaining thirteen thousand yuan into the underwear she would wear on the train tomorrow.
Only after finishing all these did she fall asleep peacefully.
The next morning, before five o'clock, without disturbing Song Chunhua, she got up quietly, left a note, and rushed to the train station with her luggage bag.
After walking on the road for nearly an hour, an early bus finally came out. She got on the bus and sat for a few stops before she arrived at the train station smoothly.
The train departure time was 7:15, so she had to check her ticket and enter the platform to wait for the train before 7:00. By the time she arrived at the train station, it was already 6:50.
A large group of passengers carrying large and small luggage swarmed into the station. Ye Qing's feet were almost empty and he was completely pushed in by the crowd behind him.
When she finally arrived at the platform, she finally had a chance to catch her breath. She quickly put down her luggage and took deep, slow breaths.
At this time, the train had not yet arrived at the station, and Ye Qing was looking around the entire train station.
Mainly what the train station looked like in the 1970s, she had only seen it on TV.
As a result, when she looked around, she noticed a green train parked across the platform, and a uniformed conductor was loudly urging passengers to get on the train quickly.
There were many people standing on the platform, among whom there were six figures carrying heavy bags, who were particularly eye-catching and familiar.
Perhaps because Ye Qing stared at this side for too long, one of the six people noticed it and looked towards her.
Upon seeing this, the man's gaze suddenly fixed, and his originally numb expression instantly became excited.
Soon, the six people in the group looked towards Ye Qing one after another, and their gazes met for a long time across several railroad tracks.
Ye Qing really didn't expect that the joking idea she had when she was in the Revolutionary Committee to sign up Ye's parents to go to Xinjiang would actually come true. She actually predicted it right.
The Ye family really took a special train to the Northwest on the day she went to the countryside!
At this moment, seven people stood on two adjacent platforms and looked at each other from afar. One went north, and six went west. From then on, they went their separate ways and perhaps would never meet again in this life.
Ye Qing could see his father opening his mouth as if he wanted to shout something, and he could also see the resentment in his mother's eyes and the jealousy and resentment of his other brothers and sisters.
But Ye Qing didn't care anymore.
From this day on, the Ye family will become a thing of the past, and Ye Qing will be a free person. The sea is vast for fish to leap, and the sky is high for birds to fly. No one can stop her anymore!
Listening to the conductor's whistle behind him, Ye Qing's lips curled up into a smug and relieved smile. Before getting on the train, he waved his hand provocatively at the six people:
——Have a pleasant journey, bye bye!
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