Chapter 047: Open Card
As soon as Captain Wu saw the expression on Mrs. Zhao's face, he immediately understood that there was something really hidden!
"What's going on? Mrs. Zhao, you'd better tell me the truth. If you dare to lie again, I will punish your son Zhao Mazi by making him work on the river for two more years!"
It is Captain Wu who understands the members in these villages best.
This Mrs. Zhao Si is best at being sneaky and cunning, but she also has a soft spot, and her soft spot is her youngest son, Zhao Mazi.
As long as he talked about Zhao Mazi, Captain Wu had almost always an accurate grasp of this old lady Zhao Si.
If Captain Wu said that he would punish her by sending her to work on the river, Mrs. Zhao might not care much. After all, she was already quite old and could just stay there and slack off if she was sent to work on the river or reclaim wasteland. Would anyone really beat her to death?
But if it was her son Zhao Mazi, that would not work. She had been married into the Zhao family for so many years and had only given birth to this one son. How could she not spoil and pamper him?
Zhao Guosheng was born to her husband's first wife. She had been beating, scolding, and oppressing him over the years. As long as Zhao Guosheng was a little disobedient, she would accuse him of being unfilial, forcing Zhao Guosheng's entire family to do whatever she wanted.
But when it comes to her own little son, she would not dare to harm him, nor would she bear to see him suffer the slightest bit. It can be said that the fourth wife Zhao played an indispensable role in making Zhao Mazi the cancer that everyone in Kaoshantun hates.
But Mrs. Zhao didn't think she was harming her son. No matter who in the village said something bad about her son, she would rush out to defend him, even at the cost of quarreling and fighting with others.
Anyway, through the filter of her as a biological mother, her son will always be the best and most outstanding. No matter how many dirty things Zhao Mazi has done, in the eyes of Mrs. Zhao Si, they were all instigated by others. It was all someone else's fault and had nothing to do with her son!
So when Wu Yongbing said that he would impose an additional two years' sentence on Zhao Simazi, Pozi Zhao got anxious and immediately told him everything that she had done behind his back.
"It was more than half a year ago, when the cow had just calved. I was busy looking for a partner for my son, and I didn't give the cow enough fodder. Then the cow started to get sick. She had diarrhea and couldn't eat. She lay in the cowshed without any energy at all."
"I was afraid that if something happened to the cow, the team would blame me and I would not be able to do this job. So, I went to find the kiln woman at Ma Shi Po to ask for help and see how to deal with this matter."
"I don't know who the kiln woman found, but she told me she had a folk remedy that could increase the cow's appetite and make the calf grow stronger. I mixed it with the grass and gave it to the cow to try. Unexpectedly, the cow actually liked it and the disease she had previously suffered was significantly alleviated."
"So in the past six months, whenever the cows refused to eat grass, I would go to the kiln woman to get some folk remedies to feed them. I probably used four or five prescriptions."
"I don't know if what Ye Zhiqing said about the calf being too big and having difficulty giving birth has anything to do with this folk remedy, but it's really just a little medicine to increase appetite, so there shouldn't be any problem, right?"
Ye Qing's eyelids could not help but twitch when he heard what Mrs. Zhao said.
There is no traditional remedy that can help cows increase their appetite. However, cows become noticeably thinner when giving birth, which shows that they did not gain much meat during pregnancy and all the nutrients went to the calves.
This didn't sound right, so she immediately asked anxiously:
"Do you know the specific ingredients of this folk recipe? Or do you have the recipe that the kiln woman wrote? Can you show it to me?"
Mrs. Zhao shook her head:
"She didn't write a prescription for me. She prepared the medicine and ground it into powder and gave it to me. She wrapped it in yellow paper and added a little at a time to the fodder. If you want to see the prescription, it's definitely not there."
Ye Qing suddenly felt disappointed.
She had a strong premonition that the crux of the cow's dystocia problem lies in this so-called folk remedy for increasing appetite!
But without a specific recipe and unclear ingredients, it’s a bit difficult to determine what the cow ate. We can’t just guess.
"But I still have a small half pack of medicine left at home. If you want to see it, Ye Zhiqing, I can go get it."
Mrs. Zhao suddenly remembered something and added a sentence.
These words immediately made Ye Qing's eyes light up, and he said anxiously:
"That's great! Go get it and show it to me!"
Mrs. Zhao turned around and was about to go home. Wu Yongbing was afraid that the old woman would do something shameless again and deliberately destroy the remaining package of medicine at home, so he simply followed Mrs. Zhao home to get the things.
Ten minutes later, the two men came back and Wu Yongbing handed a yellow paper package to Ye Qing.
Ye Qing quickly opened the paper package to check.
This sight made Ye Qing frown.
I saw that inside the medicine package was a pile of medicine foam made by crushing and mixing various Chinese medicinal materials together. It looked black, and as soon as I opened it, a strong smell of Chinese medicinal materials hit my nose. I couldn't tell what was inside.
But if it is a normal Chinese medicine, why is it made into powder? The key is that it is mixed with some inferior Chinese medicinal materials with a particularly strong odor. This does not look like a serious folk remedy at all. Instead, it seems that it is deliberately made like this in order to cover up some special ingredients. It has a smell of trying to cover up but making it more obvious.
Ye Qing pinched the powder and smelled it. The strong smell made it difficult for her to identify the specific ingredients in it. She tentatively twisted a little powder and put it on the tip of her tongue and licked it.
After tasting it, Ye Qing's expression changed instantly.
She immediately raised her head and looked at Wu Yongbing with a serious expression:
"Uncle, try to contact the town police station, or go see Secretary Lai of the commune. There may be something wrong with this medicine!"
Wu Yongbing was stunned.
He had originally thought the same as Mrs. Zhao, thinking it was just a bag of folk prescriptions, how could it be a big deal? But now seeing Ye Qing's serious face, it didn't look like he was joking with him at all, Wu Yongbing couldn't help but shudder in his heart, and immediately realized that something was wrong.
"Why call the police? It's just a folk remedy. What's the big deal? Is it worth making such a fuss? How can a city educated youth like you do this? Do you really take yourself seriously?"
Before Wu Yongbing expressed his opinion, Mrs. Zhao Si became anxious first.
She didn't expect Ye Qing to call the police! Once the police came, she would not be able to hide the fact that she had let the wild boar out and hit the cow. If she was implicated, she might have to go to jail!
When thinking of this possibility, how could Zhao Si and her daughter-in-law remain calm? She rushed forward impatiently and was about to snatch the medicine bag that had just been taken out from Ye Qing's hand and destroy it!
But Ye Qing is a person with special abilities, so how could his reaction ability be worse than that of an old woman?
As soon as she saw Mrs. Zhao rushing towards her, she quickly moved aside several steps.
At the same time, the silver needle in his hand shot out rapidly, and with one needle, the ferocious old woman was stabbed so hard that her legs went limp on the spot, and she fell to her knees on the ground, unable to move.
Wu Yongbing was immediately startled.
He had read the report in the Jicheng Daily about Ye Qing's heroic act of arresting criminals on the train, but he had only read the text and had not seen the specific situation on the scene, so it was still a bit distorted and it was difficult for him to imagine what the scene was like.
But just now, Ye Qing's needle flew out and easily made the mad Mrs. Zhao lose her fighting power. This scene happened so realistically in front of Wu Yongbing, and the visual impact it brought to Wu Yongbing was undoubtedly huge.
At this moment, Wu Yongbing truly realized that the press release written by the reporter from Jicheng Daily did not contain any exaggeration at all, and might even be a bit euphemistic.
This Ye Qing is simply the nemesis of those unreasonable old ladies in the village!
But how come Wu Yongbing actually felt secretly happy about this temper of being able to fight at the slightest disagreement?
Seeing Wu Yongbing staring at her, Ye Qing shrugged and explained:
"We didn't do anything to her. We just pierced her numb point, temporarily paralyzing one of her thighs so she can't walk. She'll be fine in half an hour at most."
Wu Yongbing looked at the fourth wife Zhao who was swearing and getting increasingly angry as she pressed her thigh. He really wanted to laugh, but he pretended to be calm on the surface.
"I'll have Wu Cong ride his bike to the commune in a moment. You said there was something wrong with the medicine, so why did you go to Secretary Lai?"
Ye Qing said seriously:
"Then you divide this package of medicine into two parts. We keep one part in our village, and have Comrade Wu Cong send the other part to the commune, and have Secretary Lai find a relevant unit to test and analyze the ingredients of this package of medicine!"
As he spoke, Ye Qing glanced at Mrs. Zhao and added to Wu Yongbing in a low voice,
"I suspect that it may contain more than just hormones, but also poppy powder!"
After hearing what Ye Qing said, Wu Yongbing looked a little confused. It was obvious that he was not very educated and had no idea what the poppy powder that Ye Qing mentioned was.
Ye Qing had no choice but to use more straightforward words:
"It's the big smoke, opium!"
This time Wu Yongbing understood. He had no idea what poppy powder was, but when he heard about opium, his face changed immediately.
Wu Yongbing's eyes were filled with shock and fear, and his hands holding the yellow medicine foam could not help but tremble. He couldn't believe it. How could such a scary thing appear in the village under his jurisdiction? !
Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Wu Yongbing turned around and ran without saying a word. He didn't even dare to ask his son to do this. He went home, rode his 28-inch bicycle, and rushed to the Hongqi Commune.
Just kidding, if it's really like what Ye Qing said, and it contains opium, then this is a huge problem. I'm afraid the commune alone can't handle such a big case, we have to report it to the higher authorities immediately.
As soon as Wu Yongbing left, Mrs. Zhao became arrogant and ordered Ye Qing to remove the needle from her leg while cursing at him.
Ye Qing came in front of Mrs. Zhao Si, squatted down and looked at her.
She had a smile on her face, but it didn't reach her eyes at all:
"Auntie Zhao, right? I'm actually a very easy person to talk to. As long as they don't offend me, I generally won't use violence against people."
"But if anyone really offends me, I won't be polite to anyone. You dared to secretly release wild boars to harm me in order to set a trap for me before. This has touched my bottom line."
"If you are sensible, you'd better tell the whole village about how you caused the cow to have a difficult birth, admit your mistake in public, and seek forgiveness from the members of the brigade."
"Of course, if you don't want to, I won't force you. At most, I'll let you have an accident, fall flat on the ground, and get a comminuted fracture, or become paralyzed. Then you can spend the rest of your life in bed, so you don't have to run out and cause trouble to others again."
Mrs. Zhao was so angry that her face turned blue, and she stared at Ye Qing with resentment:
"You dare to threaten me? Do you know that this is Kaoshan Village? How can you, a girl from outside, have the courage to threaten me? Do you believe that I can find someone to kill you when I turn around?"
Ye Qing immediately burst into laughter:
"Kill me? Oh, I'm so scared. How about we compete to see who can kill me faster, your people or my silver needle?"
"Those who want to kill me have already reported to the Yanwang Palace. If you want to be the next one, just come over!"
As he spoke, Ye Qing held a silver needle in his hand and waved it in front of Mrs. Zhao Si, saying in a cold voice,
"If you have some sense, just do as I say and apologize in public. If the villagers are not satisfied, you will accept whatever punishment the brigade officials give you. Otherwise, you can expect an accident!"
"I can guarantee that I will make you completely useless without leaving any trace. You will be paralyzed in bed and unable to say a word, but you will have to keep living like a maggot. If you don't believe me, you can come and try it!"
"Just like your Zhao Mazi, who jumped into the Yazi River last time in order to harm Meng Zhiqing. But I didn't kill him directly, and I even spared his life."
As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Zhao stopped cursing. She raised her head abruptly and stared at Ye Qing in disbelief:
"My son fell into the river last time and almost drowned. Yes, was it you who did it?"
Ye Qing smiled arrogantly:
"I don't know what you are talking about. Didn't your son jump into the river by himself and then get tangled up in the weeds and couldn't get out? What does it have to do with me?"
Ye Qing denied it verbally, but the expression on her face clearly said, "It was me who did it. Come and hit me if you dare."
Mrs. Zhao was about to go crazy:
"You damn bitch, whore, I'm going to kill you, believe it or not!"
Ye Qing smiled, and with a flash of silver light in his hand, the thin needle he was playing with flew into the old woman's body.
The next second, the old woman rolled on the grass in pain, her body curled up uncontrollably. She had been so unruly and domineering just now, but now her face turned pale with pain and her features were distorted. She could only kneel at Ye Qing's feet and cry for mercy.
Ye Qing had no expression on his face:
"I just told you that I can make you a cripple without anyone noticing. Do you believe me now?"
Mrs. Zhao nodded like a jerk:
"Believe it, believe it."
Ye Qing asked again: "What do you say about what I just said, asking you to publicly apologize in front of everyone in the village and confess your guilt?"
Mrs. Zhao immediately said:
"Tonight, I will turn myself in. I will accept any punishment the squadron wants to give me!"
That's more like it!
Ye Qing was reluctantly satisfied, and squatted down to pull out the two silver needles from the old woman's body:
"You'd better keep your word and don't challenge my patience. If you really piss me off, I'll let you experience what it means to be unable to live or die!"
As soon as the silver needle was pulled out, the pain disappeared immediately, and Mrs. Zhao collapsed on the ground, her clothes soaked from head to toe.
She looked at the skinny girl in front of her with fear and horror, her whole body trembling like an eggplant hit by frost, and she no longer had the arrogance she had before.
Ye Qing was too lazy to bother with this old woman any more, so he stood up and prepared to leave:
"Get out of here quickly. Remember, don't mess with me in the future. I don't like to be violent with others, but if you insist on coming to me to get beaten, I don't mind loosening up your muscles!"
Only after seeing Ye Qing walking away did Mrs. Zhao finally stagger to her feet and flee like a survivor.
Ye Qing walked back with a smile on her face, preparing to go home to make spicy rabbit head and cold rabbit cubes. However, when she passed the waterwheel mill, she saw Gu Weidong leaning against the door frame at the mill door with a piece of grass in his mouth, staring at her with a faint gaze.
Ye Qing paused and looked back at the grass beach beside the pigsty. She was not sure how much of her scolding of Mrs. Zhao Si had been seen by Gu Weidong.
"You're here to pound the rice? Why don't you let Yang Dazhi, Gu Weibei and the others do it? Your injury hasn't healed yet, so you can't lift heavy objects."
Ye Qing vaguely heard the crunching sound of the water-powered mill grinding grain inside and couldn't help but remind them.
"Dazhi brought it here. He will come back to get it after the grinding is done. I am bored, so I went to the beach for a walk."
The waterwheel mill was not far from the pigpen, but Gu Weidong did not ask Ye Qing what happened there. Instead, he suddenly mentioned something else:
"I have a comrade from eastern Shandong. When his grandfather was young, he worked as a farmhand in a large pharmacy, specializing in making donkey hide gelatin using traditional methods. Another comrade is from northern Shaanxi. His hometown is rich in red dates, and he has date trees planted in his yard. If you want them, I will go find them and see if I can ask their family to bring some over..."
Ye Qing was a little unresponsive at first. He didn't know why Gu Weidong brought up this matter out of the blue.
Just as she was about to refuse, something suddenly flashed through her mind and she remembered the conversation she had with Aunt Gu at Gu's house last night.
At that time, Auntie Gu was reluctant to use her new cotton to make a mattress, and said that she wanted to give her the old military quilt that Gu Weidong had used to make a kang. In order to reject Auntie Gu's suggestion, she casually said that she was lacking in energy and blood as an excuse.
The original body was indeed deficient in Qi and blood, and had suffered too much in the Ye family in the early years, so his physical condition was very poor, and his hands and feet would become cold in winter.
But this matter is not a big deal for Ye Qing. She has been using a little bit of her supernatural power to sort things out every day, gradually repairing her damaged body. It is estimated that she will be able to improve her physical condition to the best condition in two or three months at most.
So she just mentioned it casually to Aunt Gu yesterday, but in fact she didn't take the problem of insufficient Qi and blood seriously at all.
But the speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. She really didn't expect that Gu Weidong would come to her specifically for this matter and even offered to get her donkey-hide gelatin and dates.
This really surprised Ye Qing.
The words of refusal were on the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed them back. After thinking for a while, she nodded and said:
"Then I'll trouble you. Please ask for me how much these things cost, and I'll give you the money when the time comes!"
Gu Weidong recalled the painful expression on Ye Qingshang's face when she handed over the gold leaves and the watch, and guessed that the girl probably didn't have much money, so he said directly:
"No, just consider it as my payment for your medical expenses. Didn't you say you would give me medicinal baths and acupuncture? When can it start? I will be back at home for a month. If possible, please arrange it for me as soon as possible."
Ye Qing was stunned and looked at Gu Weidong without saying a word.
Gu Weidong raised his eyebrows: "What? Is there any problem?"
"no."
Ye Qing replied, turned around and walked into the village.
"I'll take some time out in the next few days to go into the mountains and collect the herbs we need, then we can start."
Before she traveled through time, she was already over 30 years old, and had already developed a thick skin as thick as a copper wall and an iron wall. Gu Weidong thought that provoking her like this would make her lose her footing? Ha, Ye Qing is not so useless. He is just a taller man with a better figure. She has seen all kinds of high-quality young men in her past life!
Ye Qing curled her lips and complained in her heart as she walked towards the end of the village. She absolutely would not admit that the person who felt a slight heat behind her ears at this moment was her!
I started to light a fire as soon as I got home, and soon the spicy rabbit head and cold rabbit cubes came out of the pot with a fragrant smell, attracting the old lady who was quietly sewing shoe soles in the house to come over.
"Qing girl, what delicious food are you making? It smells so good!"
Ye Qing chuckled and quickly picked up a piece of rabbit meat and stuffed it into Grandma Zou's mouth.
The old lady is old and doesn’t usually eat heavy food, but this dish of rabbit meat easily captured her taste buds.
"Oh, this is really delicious. Is it rabbit meat? I didn't know rabbit meat can be prepared like this. Let's go hunting in the mountains tomorrow. We must ask Zhenxing and the others to help us catch a few more rabbits to make this!"
When Ye Qing heard this, his eyes lit up immediately:
"Does the village organize hunting in the mountains every year? When is it usually held?"
The old lady smiled and said, "We have to wait until the month of June. By then, the mountains will be closed due to heavy snow. The animals that haven't stored enough food will come out to look for food, leaving footprints on the snow. We can find them when we enter the mountains. Otherwise, we won't be able to find them since they hide in the woods at other times."
Ye Qing was very excited. She had seen hunting scenes in the snowy mountains on various TV shows and in books, but she had never experienced it herself, so she wanted to see it for herself. In addition, she didn't know how to use a hunting rifle, so she wanted to learn.
But it is only the end of September now, and at this time the village is mainly busy with harvesting, and it is still a long way from going into the mountains to hunt.
"Mid-Autumn Festival is just two days away. How do we usually celebrate it here?" Ye Qing asked the old lady curiously.
Grandma Zou smiled and said:
"We in the Great Northern Wilderness are not like you in Shanghai, especially in the villages. People don't really take festivals that seriously, especially since this is the critical time of autumn harvest. Every household is getting up early and rushing to harvest food. How can we care about any festivals? Having a stew of pork, cabbage and vermicelli in the evening, with a five-nut mooncake, or a plate of edamame, peanuts, mountain red and other snacks, and sitting in the yard to look at the moon is already the best life."
Ye Qing was immediately happy: "That's easy, I'll prepare it in the next few days, and then we'll live like this. We still have a lot of pork at home, so we must stew the pork, cabbage and vermicelli until they are soft, and then serve them after they have absorbed the broth and are full of flavor!"
Grandma Zou is old and cannot eat anything that is too hard. When she heard Ye Qing say this, she immediately smiled so hard that her teeth were showing.
At this time, Auntie Gu came to give Ye Qing a quilt and a mattress. When she heard Ye Qing talking about the Mid-Autumn Festival with Grandma Zou, she immediately became interested:
"Well, then let's celebrate the festival together. Xiaoye, this is your first time in our village. It would be so lonely just for you and grandma to celebrate the festival together. It just so happens that my children are all at home this year. It will be more lively if we get together!"
Grandma Zou used to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival at Gu's house. This year, she definitely had no objection to the idea of spending the Mid-Autumn Festival together. She even smiled and said with emotion:
"Since your son Weidong joined the army, it has been seven or eight years since you last spent the Mid-Autumn Festival at home. This year, you can finally spend some time at home and even catch up with your family during the Mid-Autumn Festival. This is really not easy."
Auntie Gu also nodded, feeling both happy and sad:
"Who says it's not true? I made it to the Mid-Autumn Festival this time, but there's no need to look forward to the Chinese New Year. I'm sure I won't be able to come back."
"Alas, I used to hope that he would have a bright future, but now seeing that his leg is so injured, I wish he could be more mediocre and just be a farmer with no ability or ambition, wandering around in this village all his life. There's nothing wrong with living a peaceful life."
During this time, Ye Qing had gradually become familiar with Gu Zhenxing and his wife, and had a good impression of the Gu family, so she did not reject Auntie Gu's suggestion.
Her eyes fell on the mattress and quilt that Auntie Gu had carried into the yard, her face full of surprise and confusion:
"Auntie, this isn't for me, is it?"
Miao Cuilan smiled and said, "If not for you, then who is it for? Didn't you take the cotton and ask me to make it for you? Last night, your uncle Zhenxing and I helped you to sew the cotton overnight. Xiaonan and Xiaobei happened to be back, so I didn't go to work today. I sent them to replace me and stayed at home to cook. By the way, I sewed the quilt and mattress you asked for."
"Well, take it to your own room and spread it out to see if it works."
Ye Qing was immediately delighted:
"How can I say this? I'm not that anxious. It will be fine if I can finish it in ten days or half a month. Why should I bother you and Uncle Zhenxing to sleep at night to do this for me overnight?"
Miao Cuilan now likes Ye Qing in every way and wants to treat this young lady as her own child. When she heard Ye Qing say this, she couldn't help laughing:
"You have never been to the Northeast, so you don't know how quickly the weather there changes. It may be a sunny day one day, and then it will snow the next day, and then the ground will be frozen everywhere. If you don't prepare your winter quilt in advance, when the snow comes, you will be frozen to death at night. So if you really have to wait for ten days or half a month for your quilt, I'm afraid it will be too late!"
Ye Qing really didn't know much about the climate here. Hearing Aunt Gu say this, he scratched the back of his head embarrassedly.
I have to say that the Gu couple are very serious and meticulous in their work. Ye Qing's cotton quilt and mattress are extremely soft and fluffy, and the stitching is very even. Just hugging them makes you feel particularly warm and comfortable.
After the bed was spread out on the kang, Ye Qing lay down on it and was reluctant to get up.
If we dry the quilt in the afternoon and absorb the scent of the sun, it would be so wonderful to sleep on such a kang at night.
Ye Qing was extremely satisfied with Auntie Gu's cooking skills. She went out happily to thank her and even packed a plate of the cold rabbit cubes she made, insisting on giving it to Miao Cuilan to take home and try.
As soon as everyone left, Ye Qing started preparing lunch. She planned to stir-fry some vegetables and make some tomato and egg soup, and then pair it with rice. That's what she would eat at noon.
As a result, just when Ye Qing finished steaming the rice, someone shouted outside the yard. Ye Qing thought that Wu Yongbing who had gone to the commune had returned, so he ran out quickly. Unexpectedly, what he saw was a familiar military truck and the soldier driver who had met him twice.
Seeing this sweaty, anxious man, Ye Qing's heart skipped a beat. He thought something had happened to Qiao Youqing, so he quickly asked:
"What's wrong, Comrade Xiao Zhu?"
Zhu Jingang asked anxiously:
"Ye Zhiqing, there is a cow having a difficult birth on our farm. I heard that your production team also had a cow having a difficult birth two days ago, and you helped deliver the baby. So our farm manager would like to ask you to come over and take a look. Are you free now?"
Ye Qing was stunned. She had never expected that the news of her delivering a cow in the village had spread to the point that even the Qingshan Farm next door knew about it.
She had met Director Zhao of the Construction Corps next door. She felt that he was a bit serious, but he seemed to have a good relationship with Qiao Youqing.
People have come to her for help on their own initiative. No matter what the situation is, Ye Qing plans to go and take a look.
She nodded to the driver, Xiao Zhu, and said, "Please wait a moment. I have to make arrangements for the elderly at home."
As he spoke, Ye Qing shouted a few times towards the next room. Aunt Gu was also busy in the kitchen. When she heard Ye Qing calling her, she quickly ran out and asked what was going on.
Ye Qing explained a few sentences and then said:
"I'm not sure if I can make it back in time for lunch. The vegetables and rice are ready. I'd like to trouble you to help fry them and serve them to grandma."
As she said that, Ye Qing went into the house, put on her veterinarian's medicine box, and climbed onto the military vehicle after leaving the yard.
At this moment, Gu Weidong and Yang Dazhi came back from pounding rice. When they saw the military vehicle parked at the door, they paused and asked Ye Qing where he was going.
Ye Qing replied that she was going to the farm next door to deliver a cow. Gu Weidong's eyes couldn't help but fall on the driver Xiao Zhu. Then he threw the small bag of broken rice in his hand to Yang Dazhi and climbed directly into the back seat of the military truck.
"I'll go with you."
Ye Qing wanted to refuse at first, but then she thought that she was unfamiliar with Qingshan Town. If something unexpected happened, it would be better to have someone to help her support her waist. So she swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
Zhu Zhigang didn't think so much. His mind was full of the difficult births of cows on the farm. As long as Ye Zhiqing could help deliver the calf smoothly, it didn't matter how many people went.
What's more, Gu Weidong was wearing a green military uniform, which meant he was also a soldier. Zhu Zhigang was definitely not averse to people in the same industry, but rather had a natural liking for him. So when Gu Weidong got in the car, Zhu Zhigang immediately started the engine and drove out of the village. While driving, he did not forget to chat with Gu Weidong:
"Brother, you are also a soldier. Which military district are you serving in? Or is it the Construction Corps? Did you hurt your leg? Is it all right?"
Gu Weidong picked out the things he could say in reply and said a few perfunctory words, but he did the opposite and got a lot of words out of Zhu Zhigang.
Zhu Zhigang was estimated to be around 20 years old, still a naive young man. He was no match for Gu Weidong, a seasoned veteran. He was being held in check all the way and had no time to react.
When they arrived at the next farm smoothly and got off the car, Ye Qing looked at his nose and his heart, without even glancing at Gu Weidong.
She had previously tested Gu Weidong with "Asian Pride", but the guy didn't show any flaws at all at that time.
But through this guy's performance in the car just now, Ye Qing is now 90% sure that Gu Weidong has definitely changed his mind!
A normal guy in his early twenties would not have such powerful and serious rhetoric and deep and hidden scheming. This guy used one trick after another and completely took advantage of his peer Zhu Zhigang.
If it wasn't for the fact that the eldest son of the Gu family was only 23 years old, Ye Qing would never believe that this guy was the same age as Zhu Zhigang!
Therefore, Ye Qing felt that Gu Weidong must be in the same situation as Wu Yueying, and was also reborn or traveled through time!
Wu Yueying came back about a month ago, and since then her personality has changed drastically, and she proposed to cancel the engagement with Gu Weidong.
At that time, Gu Weidong was injured and in hospital. According to the usual laws of rebirth or time travel, the most likely time for Gu Weidong to come back might be the day he was shot in Sheshan and met her.
If this is true, then no matter how Gu Weidong was rescued from the mountains in his previous life, it is absolutely impossible for him to have any intersection with Ye Qing.
This means that she had already become a variable since she appeared in Sheshan that day, and all her subsequent actions to save this big brother had never appeared in Gu Weidong's original memory.
Therefore, she didn't need to test or hide at all, because she had already been exposed by Gu Weidong!
Ye Qing couldn't help but curse in her heart. No wonder this guy kept pestering her and even remained so calm when facing her temptation. It turned out that this guy had noticed that she was one of the same kind and was mentally prepared to deal with it.
Ye Qing even felt that what happened in the car just now was intentional by Gu Weidong. If he didn't want to be exposed, he could have hidden himself more deeply, but he deliberately revealed his flaws in front of Ye Qing, clearly wanting to reveal his cards.
Perhaps it was the tit-for-tat between the two men on the beach at that time that made Gu Weidong realize what was going on. He didn't want to pretend anymore and wanted to reveal his identity directly and play an open game with Ye Qing.
Ye Qing was tired of testing each other and being so nervous. Since everyone knew that the other party had changed his mind, it would be better for everyone to just reveal their cards. This way, both sides could let down their guard and feel a lot more relaxed.
However, the confrontation with Gu Weidong had to be put on hold, as Ye Qing’s current focus was on helping the cows at Qingshan Farm give birth.
After the military truck drove into the farm, it went straight to the farm.
Qingshan Farm is huge. In addition to the vast plantations, there are also specialized breeding farms covering several acres. There are thousands of pigs that are about to be released from the pens, hundreds of young and strong cattle, dozens of cows about to give birth, various types of goats that are luxuriating in the sun, and flocks of chickens, ducks and geese.
Even though Ye Qing was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement after seeing the scale of breeding in this state-owned farm.
With so many poultry and livestock, the agricultural products of this farm must be very rich. Especially after seeing the lambs and those poultry, Ye Qing's eyes lit up and he had already been secretly thinking about these things.
If we could get a few cubs back home and raise them until the middle of next year so that we can eat meat, how wonderful life would be!
However, Ye Qing only dared to think about this idea in his heart.
She did not forget that this is the era of planned economy, and ordinary people are not allowed to raise poultry and livestock at will. Even if they want to raise them, there are various restrictions and requirements on quantity and variety.
Because of this, Ye Qing thought it was better to have less trouble than more, and it would be better not to raise the child at all. She was already a celebrity now, and she couldn't lose the big picture for the sake of small matters and let others catch her in such matters.
When they arrived at the destination, Zhao Jinliang, whom Ye Qing had met before, was already waiting there.
As soon as he saw Ye Qing, Zhao Jinliang immediately came forward.
"Comrade Ye, please go and take a look. The cow has been in labor for several hours and still can't give birth. The technicians on the farm are at a loss as to what to do."
Ye Qing nodded, and without even bothering to introduce Gu Weidong who was following behind her to Zhao Jinliang, she carried her veterinary medicine box and went into the cowshed.
There was a strong smell in the cowshed, and there was not much ventilation. However, there was an electric wire and an incandescent lamp. The cow's delivery room was in the area where the incandescent lamp illuminated the brightest. There were several people gathered in twos and threes inside. When they saw Ye Qing come in, they didn't react much.
Ye Qing looked at the skinny cow lying inside, then looked at the cow's bulging belly, and his eyelids began to twitch uncontrollably again.
In fact, the pregnancy condition of this cow is exactly the same as that of the cow in Kaoshantun.
Even without doing anything, Ye Qing had already guessed that the calf in the cow's belly must be too big, causing the cow to be unable to give birth!
Seeing that the cow's body was wet, it was obvious that her amniotic fluid had broken. In addition, the cow was lying on the ground with a thump, which showed that she obviously did not have much strength to give birth. Ye Qing did not care about any more delays. She rolled up her sleeves and jumped directly into the fence. She took the box of silver needles and went behind the cow. She wanted to insert a circle of silver needles into this cow first, just like she did when she delivered the cow in Kaoshantun before.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?!"
Just when Ye Qing was holding the silver needle and was about to insert the needle, the people who had been surrounding him noticed his action, and immediately a technician wearing glasses rushed up anxiously and shouted to stop him.
"Where did you come from, little yellow-haired girl? Who are you?"
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