As July arrived, the heat was unbearable. Due to bad weather, heavy rains continued. Lu Shiyi and his team members were trapped on the mountain and could not enter the county town for a while.
"Wife, you have been walking around the window several times. Don't you feel tired?" Lu Shiyi looked at the documents in his hand, while Su Jin walked back and forth with her hands behind her back.
"I can't settle down. It's been raining for four days now, and I have a feeling there's something wrong with the fields." Su Jin turned and looked at Lu Shiyi, muttering, "When will the weather clear up? Last time, the prey incident caused a commotion in the villages down below, and they didn't even hold a meeting to teach them a lesson."
Su Jin was indignant on behalf of Lu Shiyi and his team members. The villagers clearly wanted to make Lu Shiyi take the blame just to save their own skin.
"Wasn't there an apology announcement over the brigade's loudspeaker two days ago?" Lu Shiyi comforted Su Jin.
Su Jin has been easily angered recently, and Lu Shiyi tried his best to calm her down. The rain was heavy and the road on the mountain was slippery, so he didn't want Su Jin to go back for the time being.
"Ayi, this is different. That day, more than a dozen people came to denounce you, and now you've pushed out one person from the Fourth Squadron. Where are the others apologizing?" Su Jin complained. "Even the old men often go into the mountains to dig traps. Shouldn't we give them a share of the prey?"
Lu Shiyi put down the pen in his hand, stood up and walked to her side.
"Wife, I don't care about these names. We should all work together to prepare." Lu Shiyi put his arm around her waist, and she calmed down after listening to his persuasion.
Su Jin leaned back and relaxed her whole body. It had been raining continuously for the past few days and many elderly people were experiencing body pains. These were the sequelae of their previous hard work.
"Ayi, I've put a few jars of tiger bone wine in the bedroom. You can give them to the elderly." Su Jin softly told Lu Shiyi, "I think the overcast and rainy weather will make them feel sick."
Lu Shiyi hummed, "Grandpa and Dad will be hurt too. I asked Liu Chuchang to bring back a few jars of tiger bone wine, one of which is for his grandfather."
Su Jin finally felt relieved after listening to Lu Shiyi's muttering.
At the foot of the mountain, the Fourth Brigade's headquarters was holding a meeting, and the veterans were hurriedly looking for Lu Xin.
"Axin, we rushed here because of the weather." The old masters were anxious. After the summer harvest, they should have planted sweet potatoes or potatoes.
"If it rains for a few more days, we will miss the time to grow food." The old masters were worried because the food distributed this year would not be enough to support them next year.
In the past few years, either there was drought or it rained during the last period of summer harvest, and there was never any good weather.
"Axin, when Lu Shiyuan was here, he would take grain from Shiyi every year, and the amount was much different from what the village reported." The old master once wanted to ask Lu Shiyi for help again.
The Huangwen leader made a fuss a few days ago, so they were reluctant to talk to Lu Shiyi.
"Why don't we tell Shi Yi's family?" The old masters thought that Su Jin would be easier to talk to than Lu Shi Yi.
Lu Xin shook his head: "Shi Yi's daughter is about to give birth. If we go to Shi Yi, he might not get angry. But if we provoke his wife, he will probably step on his bottom line."
Several people were silent. Lu Xin was a cautious person, in contrast to Lu Shiyuan's greed and boldness.
"Then I'll listen to you and not look for Shi Yi anymore," the old masters said directly. "Village head, please write an application for relief grain. Once the rain stops, send it to the commune immediately. If the other brigades also apply, relief grain will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis."
Lu Xin promised, "I'll write it in a moment. I'll go to the county town as soon as the rain stops."
On the mountain, Lu Shiyi didn't let Su Jin leave the house again. He went to the kitchen to make lunch, and the two sat at the table in the dining room to eat.
"Xiao Jin, this rain may not stop for a few days." Lu Shiyi said worriedly, "Everyone, take advantage of the summer harvest to plant next year's food in the fields and private plots. If you plant too late, you may not be able to harvest before the temperature turns cold."
Su Jin ate lunch and acted coquettishly towards Lu Shiyi: "Ayi, I'll accompany you to visit the elderly. I have a lot of plasters in my box. I brought them from home to relieve fatigue after work."
After lunch, Lu Shiyi held a jar of tiger bone wine in his right hand and asked Su Jin to put away the rest.
"Take the plaster and go see the elderly people." Lu Shiyi introduced the elderly people on the farm to Su Jin. Most of them were people Lu Shiyi knew, and some had even worked with Lu Bairen.
After listening to Lu Shiyi's introduction, Su Jin changed into clothes for going out and put on rain boots.
"Ayi, do you want to give another gift to the elderly people you know?" Su Jin asked Lu Shiyi.
Lu Shiyi shook his head: "When we entered the mountains, we didn't bring much stuff. These bottles and jars are all the same. It would be fine if we reduced one stall."
After hearing this, Su Jin nodded obediently. Lu Shiyi took a raincoat from the side and put it on her, and then took an umbrella from the door.
"Ayi, it's raining so heavily outside, and it's so stuffy in the old people's room?" Su Jin looked at the mosquito coils on the shoe cabinet and took a box away.
The couple walked out of the house, Lu Shiyi walked on the outside and let Su Jin walk on the inside.
"Xiao Jin, go see Grandpa Ping first. He and Grandpa used to work together. I'll prepare some more plasters for him later." Lu Shiyi watched Su Jin reach into his backpack and pat the outside of the bag.
She walked out in the rain, Lu Shiyi held the umbrella with his right hand, and Su Jin held his arms tightly with both hands.
He looked at Su Jin walking cautiously and slowed down his pace.
"Wife, let's not rush, let's walk slowly." Lu Shiyi originally wanted to go there alone and didn't want her to accompany him.
The ground is slippery when it rains, and you can fall even if you wear rain boots.
I came to Grandpa Ping's house and heard his groans of pain.
"Grandpa Ping, I'm Shi Yi. Can I come in?" Lu Shi Yi knocked on the door and instructed, "I brought medicine!"
"Come in." said an old voice.
Lu Shiyi pushed the door open and saw Mr. Ping lying on the bed, groaning in pain.
"Grandpa Ping, I brought my wife to see you." Lu Shiyi said as he sat beside the bed.
"Let your wife come too." Grandpa Ping said, holding back the pain, "Shi Yi's wife, I'm leaving this time in your care."
Grandpa Ping heard from Lu Shiyi that Lu Bairen felt much better after drinking Su Jin's tiger bone wine.
"Grandpa Ping, I'll go to the kitchen and cook some porridge and side dishes for you. You can eat them before taking the medicine." Su Jin took a few painkiller pills from the space and put them into the porcelain bottle. "This is the medicine my grandpa often takes when he has a lot of pain. If you want..."
"Thank you, Shi Yi's wife. As long as it can relieve the pain, it will be fine." Grandpa Ping couldn't bear the pain any more. As long as it could relieve the pain, it would be fine.
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