Chapter 034 Hongmen Banquet
"How is it? Is the person still alive?"
The old dean was almost the first one to jump up, and rushed over to ask anxiously.
How afraid are you that I'll mess up this operation and cause someone to die?
"The operation was successful and the patient is in good condition, but he is still in critical condition tonight and needs to stay in the sterile ward for observation overnight."
"If the situation is stable tomorrow, the next thing to do is to prevent infection after the operation. If the recovery is fast, the stitches can be removed in half a month to a month."
The old dean didn't believe this at all and thought Ye Qing was deceiving him. He didn't want to talk to Ye Qing anymore. He pushed Ye Qing away, changed his clothes, did the disinfection, and rushed into the operating room.
There was only a little finishing work left in the operating room, so Ye Qing didn't care about it, because as soon as she came out, she noticed that sitting in the corridor outside the operating room, in addition to Captain Wu, Tao Qingxiang and the nurses and doctors from the hospital, there was also Teacher Qiao.
Ye Qing was puzzled. It had been several hours since the operation. Didn't the professor say he was in a hurry to go back to Wusong City to do some work? Why was he still sitting here?
But Ye Qing couldn't take care of him for the time being. She went shopping in the town today and walked back to the village. After returning to the village, she killed pigs and rescued people. After coming to the county, she had a three-hour operation. She was in a state of high mental tension the whole time.
Now that she could finally relax, she felt a wave of fatigue quickly coming over her, and her hands began to tremble uncontrollably.
No matter how powerful the supernatural core is, it can't help this sickly body.
Ye Qing couldn't help but sigh in his heart. After sitting down, he quietly held his wrist, injected his supernatural power into his wrist to relieve the pain, and leaned against the wall with his eyes closed to rest.
As if they had noticed that Ye Qing was running out of energy, Captain Wu and Tao Qingxiang were about to grab her and ask about the situation inside, when Professor Qiao spoke up:
"Let her rest for a while. A normal person would be exhausted after working on an operating table for such a long time. Look at how her hands are shaking. I'm afraid she must be exhausted."
After waiting for such a long time, he finally received the news that the operation was successful. Professor Qiao did not stay in the hospital any longer. He stood up and walked out of the hospital. Suddenly, he remembered something and said to Ye Qing who was resting with his eyes closed:
"I will bring you the seeds you want when I return from the provincial capital tomorrow."
Ye Qing quickly opened his eyes and looked over, but Professor Qiao didn't say any more, just waved his hand and walked away.
Ye Qing didn't go to see him off either. She was so tired that she sat on a chair in the corridor and fell asleep soon.
By this time, the battlefield inside had been cleaned up, and Li Yunbo was pushed out of the operating room. The anesthetic had not yet worn off, and he was still in a coma. The nurse was preparing to send him to the sterile ward.
Tao Qingxiang followed quickly and wisely. Captain Wu also wanted to go and take a look, but as soon as he stood up, he was grabbed by the arm by the old dean who came out with the bed.
"Hey, hey, hey, comrade farmer, excuse me for taking up a moment of your time. I want to ask you which commune you are from. Can you tell me what happened to this patient today? Why is he injured like this?"
Captain Wu thought that it was a necessary procedure for the hospital to understand the patient's specific situation. When he heard the old dean ask this, he quickly stood still and told the old dean everything about the wild boar attack in the village today. He also explained where Li Yunbo was from and when he came to Kaoshan Village to join the team. He added details about every detail.
But slowly, Captain Wu realized that something was wrong.
Because the old dean was not interested in what he said about the wild boar coming down the mountain and where Li Yunbo came from, he quickly turned the topic to Ye Qing and asked him about his age, origin, interests and hobbies. The more he talked, the more excited he became, as if he had discovered some rare treasure.
The reason why Wu Yongbing could serve as the head of the production team in Kaoshan Village for so many years was not only because of the recommendation of the Wu clan members who made up the majority of the people in the village, but also because he had a quick mind.
At this moment, the old dean seemed to be curious about Ye Qing's affairs. This reaction was obviously wrong. Wu Yongbing's heart was immediately alarmed and he entered a level 1 combat readiness state.
No, what does this old man mean? He has discovered that Ye Zhiqing is capable, so he wants to dig into their Kaoshantun, right?
Wu Yongbing's expression froze instantly, and his respect and enthusiasm for the dean immediately dropped to freezing point.
What a joke! Their Kaoshan Village finally had a capable person, and he was counting on this Ye Zhiqing to build a health station in their village, and even develop it. Now there's not even a shadow of the health station, and someone wants to abduct the health station director he had found. How can that be possible?
If it weren't for the fact that they are still on someone else's territory and Li Yunbo is counting on them to take him in and treat him, I'm afraid Wu Yongbing would have turned hostile on the spot.
The old dean didn't know that his thoughts had been discovered by Captain Wu. He really wanted to grab the good seedling. But as soon as he entered the operating room and heard the two doctors who assisted him describe Ye Qing's performance during the three-hour operation, he realized that he had made a mistake.
This seemingly unknown little girl, from whom no one knew which medical family she came from, was more powerful than all the doctors in their hospital.
Especially her flying needle technique, if it is really as described by the two doctors, it can reduce intraoperative bleeding from the incision and alleviate the patient's pain. Then it is an auxiliary plug-in tailor-made for surgical operations.
You know, if this technology can be popularized nationwide, it means that all future surgical operations can be protected. Not only can the success rate of most operations be greatly improved, but even some difficult surgical problems can be easily solved.
This technology will definitely cause a sensation in the industry! If the only person who has mastered this technology comes from Jiaotan County People's Hospital, does that mean that Jiaotan County can also rise with this living signboard and become a key medical unit that attracts national attention?
When the old dean thought of this, his heartbeat quickened uncontrollably and his eyes glowed green.
The two leaders, who come from different industries, different levels and different units, both have false and polite social smiles on their faces, but in fact they each have their own ulterior motives and want to hold the good seedlings in their own hands!
Ye Qing didn't know that because of her, Wu Yongbing and the old dean were secretly competing with each other and almost came to a fight.
She slept for about half an hour, and when she opened her eyes again, she felt that she was finally alive again.
At this time, Li Yunbo had already woken up in the sterile ward. The nurse said that the patient was in good condition and his mood was relatively stable. Only then did Ye Qing feel relieved.
Seeing the time, it was already past three in the afternoon. Ye Qing's stomach was growling with hunger. He then realized that he had been so focused on saving people that he hadn't even had time to eat lunch.
When talking about lunch, Ye Qing thought of the wild boars she had hunted today.
By this time, all the pigs must have been slaughtered in the village. The thought of using fresh offal to make a hot pot of butchered pork dishes, and adding some sauerkraut and vermicelli to it, made Ye Qing drool uncontrollably at the thought of it.
"Captain, we can go back now. If we don't leave now, we will miss the bus back to town." Ye Qing urged Wu Yongbing.
Li Yunbo's surgery has been completed. There is no point for so many of them to stay in the hospital. They might as well go back and eat wild boar meat!
There are only three buses passing through Qingshan Town in Jiaotan County every day, one in the morning, one at noon, and one in the afternoon. The afternoon bus leaves at around 4 o'clock. If you miss the bus, you will have to stay in the county for one night.
After Ye Qing's reminder, Wu Yongbing realized that he could not delay any longer, so he quickly took out ten yuan from his pocket and gave it to Tao Qingxiang:
"All hospital expenses will be paid by the production team first. How the expenses should be divided up will be discussed with a few production team officials after I return home."
Ye Qing also gave a few reminders about the precautions after the operation, asking Tao Qingxiang to be more patient and careful in caring for the patient.
Tao Qingxiang was afraid that he would forget, so he quickly wrote down everything Ye Qing said in his notebook.
By the time Ye Qing and the team leader hurried to the county bus station, the bus to Qingshan Town had already left the station. If the team leader hadn't been shouting at the top of his voice while chasing after the bus, the bus would have probably run away.
The shabby bus swayed all the way and finally brought the two back to town before dark. As soon as they got off the bus, they saw the captain's second son, Wu Cong, craning his neck to look over here at the street corner. When he saw them get off the bus, he immediately waved at them happily and shouted:
"Dad, Ye Zhiqing, this way!"
It turned out that seeing that Wu Yongbing and his group had not returned for such a long time since entering the county, the old branch secretary was a little worried, so he asked Wu Cong to leave work early and ride a 28-inch bicycle to the town to pick them up.
"All five wild boars have been slaughtered. The old secretary even weighed them. How much meat did you guess? It's more than 1,100 kilograms!"
"The old branch secretary made the decision and gave Ye Zhiqing a leg. The remaining pork was divided among the families according to the number of people. In addition, the offal, bones, heads and tails that no one wanted were put into a big pot in the sun-drying field and boiled into several big pots of sauerkraut vermicelli and pork offal soup. Every household could have a free meal of slaughtered pigs in the evening!"
"When I came out just now, the pig was already being stewed. Let's hurry back so we can start cooking the meat!"
As soon as Wu Cong came up, he excitedly showed off to his father. He was happier than when the production team distributed grain at the end of the year!
As soon as these words were spoken, not only did Ye Qing's eyes light up, but even Captain Wu couldn't help but speed up his movements. Obviously, no one could escape the temptation brought by killing pigs.
There were three of them riding a 28-inch bicycle, so it was impossible for a girl like Ye Qing to sit on the front crossbar. So Captain Wu had to sit in the front. After Wu Cong got on the bike, Ye Qing trotted to the back seat. Then the bike tilted to the side and twisted several times before it stabilized.
The bicycle bumped along the bumpy road. Ye Qing was nervous all the way, but he finally returned to the village smoothly before six o'clock.
As soon as he returned, Ye Qing clearly felt that the spirits of the villagers in Kaoshantun were different.
When Ye Qing first came a few days ago, everyone was probably exhausted from the daily harvesting, so everyone's face was pale and their expressions were numb, and they looked like they had no energy at all.
But at this moment, everyone on the road was in high spirits, chatting enthusiastically with anyone they met, with their backs straight, and they looked obviously full of energy.
This is not surprising. There are about 300 households in the Kaoshantun Production Brigade. After distributing more than 1,000 kilograms of wild boar meat, each family can get about 3 kilograms. It's not a festival, but suddenly they can eat so much meat. Who wouldn't be as happy as if it were New Year's Day?
When Ye Qing thought of the pork and pork offal she had been given, she couldn't help but feel overjoyed and her pace quickened.
But what she didn't expect was that before she reached the end of the village, some villagers in the village spotted her, and soon a group of aunts and uncles surrounded her enthusiastically, pulling her to chat, and the questions they asked were more outrageous than the last, which frightened Ye Qing so much that her pupils trembled and she ran away in panic.
"Xiaoye, do you have someone you like in the city? If not, would you consider meeting someone in our village?"
"What do your parents want from your future significant other?"
"Xiao Ye, what kind of family do you want to marry? Are there any strict requirements for dowry and job?"
"Xiao Ye, the educated youth, would you like to consider my son? My family has been poor peasants for three generations, and my son is in good health and looks good. Would you like to meet him?"
"Xiao Ye, the educated youth, is my nephew from my mother's side. He is hardworking, capable, and able to endure hardships. He is good at taking care of everything at home..."
Oh my god, Ye Qing was speechless. What happened? They haven’t seen each other for just a few hours. What has upset these aunts and uncles?
Thanks to Ye Qing's small stature and agility, he quickly found a gap and escaped from the crowd, then ran away when no one was paying attention.
After finally escaping back to Grandma Zou's yard, Ye Qing couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his head and patted his chest repeatedly to calm down his emotions.
Who could have imagined that the aunties and grandmas in these villages would be so crazy, one after another turning into matchmakers and vying to introduce a partner to her. They were treating her like Tang Monk's flesh, and they all wanted to trick her home and eat her dry.
Ye Qing was almost speechless. Have these aunties made a mistake? She is still a sixteen-year-old child. What kind of person are they talking about?
As a result, when she turned around, her eyes met those of Aunt Gu who was standing under the eaves.
When Auntie Gu saw her coming back, she immediately ran over to greet her:
"Xiao Ye, my Wei Dong——"
"stop!"
Ye Qing was overwhelmed when he heard this opening remark. He thought that Aunt Gu was trying to promote her son like other aunts and aunts out there, so he immediately interrupted Aunt Gu anxiously.
"Please stop talking. I'm not interested in the person I'm talking to, and I don't have any intention of getting married and having children in Kaoshan Village for the time being. Please stop talking!"
Auntie Gu was stunned:
"Ah? What do you mean by talking about a partner? I want to ask you, I heard that drinking soup made from pig bones can supplement calcium, is this true?"
"Your uncle Zhenxing went to the commune this afternoon and received a call from the army, saying that my son Weidong had injured his bones during a mission and might have to return to the village to recuperate in a few days."
"Your uncle Zhenxing specifically asked the doctor at the health station in the commune, and he said that if you have injured your bones, you need to supplement calcium. I just wanted to ask you if eating bone soup can supplement calcium. If it can, there are a few bones left from the wild boars killed in the village today. I'll go buy them all."
Ye Qing then realized that she had been too sentimental and had misunderstood. Auntie Gu was not there to promote her own son to her.
She couldn't help but blushing and was so embarrassed that she almost kicked out of the two-bedroom, one-living room apartment.
However, what Auntie Gu said just now also made her instantly grasp a strange and important piece of information.
Was Auntie Gu's son really injured during the mission?
It seems that the questions Wu Yueying asked Political Commissar Hao at the Wu family were not aimless!
If this is the case, could it be that Wu Yueying was reborn or traveled back in time, and knew in advance that Gu Weidong would be injured in this mission, so she was so anxious that she shouted that she wanted to cancel the engagement?
But this doesn't make sense. If it's just a bone injury, then it should recover with care. It shouldn't be necessary to cancel the engagement, right? Is there some other hidden story?
This thought flashed through Ye Qing's mind for a moment. Seeing that Aunt Gu was still eagerly waiting for her to explain, she quickly said:
"Auntie, pork bone soup is indeed nutritious. It can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, improve spleen deficiency, and nourish the body. But if you want to rely on it to replenish calcium, that's not very realistic. This thing can replenish calcium, but the effect is average."
"If you really want to supplement your son's calcium, I suggest you see if you can get milk or goat's milk. If that's not possible, start with beans, nuts, fish and shrimp. The calcium content of these foods is much higher than the pork bone soup you mentioned. In particular, shrimps and crabs in the river, as well as clams and snails, are extremely rich in calcium."
Auntie Gu laughed immediately after hearing what Ye Qing said:
"Then I'll buy back those pig bones. As for the beans, nuts, fish, shrimp, conch, and clams you mentioned, they're easy to get. We already grow soybeans and black beans in our own plots. We can pick nuts in the mountains. As for fish, shrimp, conch, and clams, we can ask your uncle Zhenxing and Dazhi to go to the river to catch them tomorrow!"
Having said that, Aunt Gu hurried over to the threshing ground, for she was afraid that those large bones would be stolen by someone.
When Ye Qing returned to the house, she saw the pig leg, offal, pork cheek and pork bones that the old branch secretary had promised to give her already placed in the house. Ye Qing picked up the pig leg, weighed it, and nodded.
The old branch secretary was quite reliable and gave her everything he promised. This leg of wild boar alone must have weighed about 20 to 30 kilograms, enough for her and the old lady to eat for a long time.
She chuckled and shouted to Grandma Zou in the house:
"Grandma Zou, let's go. I'll take you to the threshing ground to eat pig slaughter food!"
The old lady knew about Ye Qing killing wild boars when the scorer from the village came to deliver pork. Now when she heard that there was pig food to eat, a smile immediately spread across her face.
Today, the old branch secretary decided to have everyone get off work early, and all the people in the village gathered in the threshing ground for a feast.
Kaoshantun is located at the foot of Changbai Mountain. It is not true that there is no meat to eat, but if the village organizes strong laborers to go into the mountains to hunt, they have to wait until late autumn when the animals have gained weight. In other words, it is still difficult for each family to have some meat before the busy farming season is over.
However, the busy farming season consumes a lot of physical energy. Without food in the stomach, how can we have the energy to work? Therefore, everyone was just holding on during this period, and life was very torturous.
Now they could suddenly have a big meal of greasy meat, and each family could get a few pounds of meat. The whole village was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
When Ye Qing led Grandma Zou over, they saw eight temporary stoves built on the threshing ground. The firewood under the stoves was burning very vigorously. Eight large iron pots on top were bubbling with hot water. The aroma of slaughtered pigs filled the air. When the members of the threshing ground smelled that fragrance, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Eight big pots were filled to the brim with all kinds of ingredients thrown into them. This is how Northeastern big pot stews are done. In addition to pork offal, pig cheeks, and big bones, there are also vermicelli, sauerkraut, sun-dried beans, potatoes, and mushrooms. Every family took out all the dry goods stored at home.
In order to divert attention, the members built a bonfire in the sun-drying field. A group of people sat around the bonfire and spontaneously organized to celebrate together. The aunts, aunts, and young wives were not shy at this time and would go up from time to time to sing, dance the yangge, or perform a crosstalk or something. In short, the field was extremely lively and the children's screams and cheers were about to break through the sky.
As soon as Ye Qing appeared, people in the village immediately surrounded her excitedly. Ye Qing's heart tightened, thinking that these villagers were coming to her to introduce someone again. She was about to speak, but unexpectedly, the next second, a group of female comrades lifted her up, shouted continuously, and threw her into the air.
A group of male members and children outside joined in the fun. Ye Qing was caught off guard and kept flying up and down in the air. She felt dizzy, but looking at the bright smiles on these people's faces, she was unconsciously infected by them.
People's joy was so real that Ye Qing felt as if all the physical and mental devastation she had suffered in the past ten years of her life had been healed and smoothed out at this moment.
People of this era are so easily satisfied that a meal of meat can make them so happy. This is the voice of the common people and the truest reflection of their people's livelihood.
When Ye Qing first came into this world, all he thought about was how to survive and live a good life after going to the countryside.
But at this time, Ye Qing began to waver vaguely. Perhaps, her sophisticated and selfish idea was wrong. She was blessed with supernatural powers by God and came to this era. She couldn't just think about whether she could live a good life. If so, it might be a waste of her abilities and this opportunity to travel through time.
How to make good use of her abilities and lead the farmers to live a good life with meat every month, perhaps this is the real meaning of her traveling through time.
Ye Qing was having a great time with the villagers of Kaoshantun, but a group of educated youth stood on the periphery not far away, watching with mixed expressions this joy that did not belong to them.
Although these city kids were happy to have meat to eat in the evening, they could not understand why the people in Kaoshan Village were so excited. They did not fit in with this village and had always been wandering outside the group.
So now seeing Ye Qing getting along well with the villagers so quickly, they felt jealous and disdainful, respectful and confused, worshipful and fearful. All kinds of emotions were intertwined. In short, their feelings towards Ye Qing were very complicated.
As for Yin Shuang and Li Juan, who went to the countryside with Ye Qing, there is no need to mention them.
At this moment, the two of them had only one thought, which was regret.
If they had known that Ye Qing was a strong man who could do farm work, treat illnesses and even fight wild boars, they would have clung to Ye Qing's thighs before going to the countryside!
With such powerful abilities, anyone with eyes knows that Ye Qing will definitely be very successful in the countryside. If they had established a good relationship with Ye Qing before going to the countryside, they would be able to benefit from him and enjoy the good life!
But how can one know this in advance?
People are like this. If you only have a little bit of ability, you may be envied. But if your ability is so strong that others can only look up to you, there will be fewer jealous people around you.
Just like right now, after realizing the huge gap between themselves and Ye Qing, Yin Shuang and Li Juan completely changed their mindsets. Unless their interests were really touched, neither of them wanted to confront Ye Qing again, because they knew that no matter in a literary or physical fight, they would not be Ye Qing's opponent.
So Li Juan glanced at Yin Shuang who was standing not far away without making a sound. Her eyes were dim, and all that was hidden in them was viciousness and calculation.
Compared to the undercurrents between this pair of fake sisters, the reaction of another person was much more practical.
This person is Wu Yueying.
Wu Yueying never imagined that Ye Qing, a suspected time traveler whom she had previously regarded as an imaginary enemy, a thin and weak dwarf, a smiling and seemingly kind female educated youth from the city, was actually so brutal and cruel that killing a wild boar was easier for her than killing a chicken. Isn't this too perverted?
At this moment, Wu Yueying no longer cared where Ye Qing came from, nor did she care whether she was a time traveler.
With such ability, she is a powerful partner. If she could bring this woman into her entrepreneurial camp, would she still be worried about not being able to get entrepreneurial capital?
Taking advantage of the fact that the policies were not liberalized in the past few years, they could secretly go into the mountains to hunt, and then sell the hunted meat on the black market at a high price, saving up start-up funds for seven or eight years. When the spring breeze of reform blew to the Great Northern Wilderness, they could take this entrepreneurial capital to the south and frantically grab land and make money!
The more Wu Yueying thought about it, the more she felt that this was the best way for her to get rich and rise again after her rebirth, so the look in her eyes when she looked at Ye Qing was full of determination, and she never thought about whether Ye Qing would refuse her alliance.
Ye Qing laughed and joked with the people in the village for a while before being let go.
A group of old educated youth there finally found an opportunity and came over to ask Ye Qing about Li Yunbo's situation.
Ye Qing told them that Li Yunbo had successfully undergone surgery and was admitted to the sterile ward for observation. Logically, knowing that Li Yunbo had luckily saved his life, these people should be happy for Li Yunbo, but for some reason, she felt that the atmosphere among the old educated youth was a little off.
She subconsciously looked towards Meng Jia in the crowd.
Among this group of old educated youth, she only knew Meng Jia, so if there was any problem, she could only ask Meng Jia.
Meng Jia also noticed Ye Qing's gaze. She pursed her lips and secretly winked at Ye Qing.
Not long after, the two of them took advantage of the fact that no one in the crowd was paying attention and quietly sneaked into the corner of the sun-drying field.
"What's going on?" Ye Qing couldn't help but ask as soon as they met.
Meng Jia's expression was gloomy, with anger, fear, and anxiety flashing across his face from time to time. It took him a while to suppress his emotions:
"When those wild boars jumped down the mountain today, I and the educated youth were working in the fields. It was only when the wild boars rushed to us that we realized the danger and we immediately ran away."
"The wild boar was originally heading for Jian Ming. I was not far from him at the time. Jian Ming wanted to use me as a back cushion, so he rushed over to pull me."
"But didn't you remind me to pay attention to those people who had good grades in the public examination last year? So I never dared to let my guard down. I was already on guard against Jian Ming. As soon as I saw him rushing towards me, I knew what he wanted to do, so I immediately dodged."
"Jian Ming failed to hold me back, so he pushed Li Yunbo who was standing next to him out. Li Yunbo could have gotten away, but it was Jian Ming who ruined him!"
After hearing this, Ye Qing couldn't help but gasp.
She never expected that the truth behind Li Yunbo's injury was that he was backstabbed by his companions.
This Jian Ming is too disgusting, isn’t it?
"Then why don't you report to the captain?"
Such a big thing, but these educated youth kept it a secret. Are they stupid?
Meng Jia shook his head. "Jian Ming is not a simple person. He has a very good reputation among the old educated youth, and many of them have very good relationships with him. When this incident happened, he explained that he was in a panic and accidentally pulled Li Yunbo, and then Li Yunbo lost his balance and was thrown out. He didn't mean to do it. The old educated youth believed him and said that it was not his fault."
"We old educated youth are not as popular as you are in the village, and the team leader is the most impatient to deal with us old educated youth. If the matter between Li Yunbo and Jian Ming gets out, the team leader will definitely be very angry, and his impression of us old educated youth will only be worse."
"More importantly, let's not talk about this matter. Li Yunbo was simply injured by a wild boar while working. Even if the villagers disliked the old educated youth, the cost of Li Yunbo's surgery in the hospital had to be borne by the entire production team or commune, and the educated youth office."
"But if the team leader knew that there was infighting among the educated youth involved, the people in the village might not believe that Li Yunbo's injury was caused by work, and the production team might even refuse to pay for the treatment. Then the matter would become even more complicated."
After listening to this analysis, Ye Qing also felt that what Meng Jia said made sense.
It's not easy for every household these days. If the team pays for the treatment costs, the money distributed to each household at the end of the year will definitely be less. Who would be happy about that?
If this matter were to be made public, the villagers in the village would certainly argue about it, and the relationship between the villagers and the old educated youth would definitely become increasingly disharmonious. In the future, they would probably really become hostile to each other and completely divide the country.
Ye Qing frowned, but didn't say anything else. No wonder the atmosphere among the old educated youth was so strange. He guessed that although the matter seemed to be harmonious on the surface, the old educated youth were not stupid and they probably had different opinions in their hearts.
But the matter seemed to be settled peacefully, but who had asked the parties involved about their attitude? Ye Qing estimated that when Li Yunbo recovered from his injury, he would have more trouble with Jian Ming.
But whether it was a fuss or not had nothing to do with Ye Qing. She was a little curious about who this Jian Ming was. He sounded like a very cunning person.
She felt that she had to pay attention, identify herself with the person, and remember Jian Ming's appearance. If she had to deal with this person in the future, she would try to stay away from him, so as not to be tricked by him without knowing it.
After finding out what was going on, Ye Qing wanted to go back to find Grandma Zou. Dinner was about to start and she was a little impatient.
Who knew that at this moment Meng Jia suddenly grabbed her again:
"Hey wait a minute."
"You and the new female educated youth named Yin Shuang are from the same hometown? Are you on good terms?"
Ye Qing was stunned: "We are from the same place, but we are not familiar with each other. What's wrong?"
When he heard that he was not familiar with her, Meng Jia breathed a sigh of relief.
She couldn't help but remind him, "That's fine. Pay attention. Something's wrong with this female educated youth. This morning she said she had a stomachache and her period came, so she couldn't go to work. She asked for leave from the team and stayed at home to rest."
"Later, when Li Yunbo got into trouble, I went back to the village and saw her sneaking down the mountain with a basket in her arms. I didn't know what was hidden in it, but she ran to the end of the village in a hurry."
"Don't you live at the end of the village? I'm not sure if this matter has anything to do with you, but I think I should remind you."
Thinking of how this Nikifish heroine had provoked him on the train before, Ye Qing's face suddenly turned unhappy.
Thinking that Yin Shuang was going to make a comeback and do something to her, Ye Qing nodded and thanked Meng Jia.
At this time, the team leader and the old branch secretary finally arrived at the drying field.
After checking the eight iron pots and making sure that the butchered pigs and vegetables inside had been stewed until they were completely soft and tasty, the captain waved his hand and announced that it was time to eat.
So everyone came in with their own bowls and chopsticks, and began to line up consciously under the shouting of the brigade cadres.
The eight large pots were full of food, and everyone could get a big spoonful of butchered pig dishes and soup with their bowls and chopsticks, which were paired with various dry grains, rice, or steamed buns that everyone brought with them. People from the village scattered in the threshing ground, found a place to gather in groups of three or five, and then squatted, stood, or sat on the ground and started to eat happily.
Some people are so cunning that they would like to finish their meal quickly and then ask for a bowl of thick soup or something at the bottom of the pot to take home and use it to make noodles or vegetables the next day.
Ye Qing and Grandma Zou couldn't eat like that, because just as she was about to drag Grandma Zou to queue, they were stopped by the team leader.
Then the two were led to the tool room.
The tool room had been arranged. The table usually used to record work points had been moved out, and four long benches were placed around it with bowls and chopsticks on them. The team leader, several cadres, and the chef who was preparing the pig slaughtering dish today all gathered at this table, obviously preparing to have a separate meal.
As soon as Ye Qing and Grandma Zou arrived, they were led to the top.
"Auntie Zou, Xiaoye, come and sit down!"
"Before eating this slaughtered pig meal today, we must first toast to our great contributor!"
The captain was in a good mood when he saw Ye Qing. He moved a stool for her, served her rice, and even poured her some liquor.
Ye Qing was so scared that he quickly moved the wine glass away, indicating that he couldn't drink it, and just poured a glass of boiled water into his own glass to pretend.
Her body is still in adolescence, and drinking is not good for bone growth. In order to tear off the label of "dwarf" in the eyes of others, she must grow taller. She cannot touch things like alcohol for the time being.
Seeing that Ye Qing didn't want to drink, the team leader didn't force him, but the old uncle and several other production team cadres stood up and toasted Ye Qing with a glass of wine.
Ye Qing was extremely embarrassed and awkward. She quickly stood up and at a loss also drank water instead of wine. However, this kind of socializing was what she was least good at. After drinking the water in the glass, she sat down stiffly, not knowing what to say.
But the captain was different. Once he drank, it was as if he had opened a locked chatterbox, and words came out like wheels, so fast that it seemed like he couldn't stop.
His eyes sparkled as he recounted everything that had happened after he went to Jiaotan County Hospital today. He almost praised Ye Qing to a higher level. At the end he added that Ye Qing's skills were so great that the dean of the county hospital had considered poaching him. But no matter what the old dean was thinking, he saw through it at a glance!
Then, the old man raised his cup towards Ye Qing again and asked with a smile:
"Ye Zhiqing, you have changed your name to Uncle Wu now, so Uncle Wu has to have a heart-to-heart talk with you today. I have already submitted the application for the health station today. You will not break your promise to me, right?"
"You can see that this is the situation in Kaoshan Village. If the health station doesn't have someone as capable as you, it will definitely not be able to run. So I'll be frank with you. Once someone enters my village, I won't let them go easily. No matter if they are the director of a hospital or the mayor of a county, no one can stop them!"
What else did Ye Qing not understand? This old fox had created such a big scene, specially inviting her to sit at the table, and even calling so many production team cadres to toast her. How could he be celebrating her meritorious service? It was obvious that he was afraid that she would abandon Kaoshantun and run away, so he specially organized a "Hongmen Banquet" to set her up, right?
She just wanted to have a good meal of slaughtered pigs. Is it easy for her?
Knowing that the special skills she showed in the hospital today might have made the captain feel uneasy, Ye Qing quickly assured the captain:
"Uncle, just put your mind at ease. I have come to Kaoshantun, so I will be a part of Kaoshantun from now on. As long as the villagers of Kaoshantun don't despise me, I will not go anywhere else and will stay here. I will definitely be the director of Kaoshantun Health Station!"
This is exactly what Wu Yongbing wanted to hear. If technology was not underdeveloped and there were no things like mobile phone recorders, Wu Yongbing would have recorded Ye Qing's words as evidence!
No matter what, with Ye Qing's guarantee, Wu Yongbing felt at ease. Imagining that they would soon have a medical station of their own in Kaoshantun, Wu Yongbing was filled with longing. The more he thought about it, the more beautiful and happy he became. He was so happy that he couldn't help but pick up the glass of wine and drank another glass happily.
As a result, before I could even finish the glass of wine, a sharp female voice suddenly came from outside:
"Captain, I want to report it! Yin Shuang stole a wild boar from the mountains and hid it in the abandoned hut at the end of the village!"
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