Ye Qingshui was let go by him and gasped for a long time.
She lowered her head and wiped her eyes, her face flushed and she didn't dare to look at Xie Tingyu.
This was the only time in her memory that she had done such a thing.
She secretly raised her head to look at him, and was surprised to find that Xie Tingyu's ears were also red.
Not only his ears were red, but his fair face was also faintly red, like a light pink flower, which "bang" exploded in Ye Qingshui's heart.
Ye Qingshui suddenly felt a little more confident.
She touched the watch in her hand and finally made up her mind. She raised her head and taught him a lesson: "Don't spend money recklessly in the future."
When Xie Tingyu heard the little girl scolding him, his heart softened and he was not going to refuse.
He quickly said, "Don't spend money recklessly. I'll give you all the money."
Xie Tingyu hugged her tightly as he spoke, their hearts pressed against each other, and only then did he realize what this warm and pleasant feeling was like.
He took out his own money. Ye Qingshui didn't want it, but she still helped him count and sort it out. After counting, she burst out laughing.
The redness on Xie Tingyu's face that had faded came back again. He said softly, "The money is not much, and I may have to rely on Shui'er for support in the future."
In fact, Xie Tingyu wanted to say that he still had a house and some fixed assets in the capital, and these would all belong to her in the future. But he secretly glanced at her, the little girl with a happy face and smiling eyes, curled her lips and counted the money for him obediently, and Xie Tingyu felt warm in his heart again.
That's good.
After counting the money twice, Ye Qingshui was sure that Xie Tingyu's current assets were 502.315 yuan.
Although it was not a lot, looking back, there were few educated youth in Hongqi Commune who were as wealthy as Xie Tingyu.
The educated youth were very poor. They only received a ten-yuan allowance from the educated youth office every month, about 40 kilograms of food, and a few meal tickets and vegetable tickets, which were barely enough to keep themselves full. Because they were weak, the amount of food they could get from the brigade every year was pitifully small.
In comparison, Xie Tingyu is already considered a very wealthy man.
If it was in her previous life, Ye Qingshui would probably be frightened by this "huge sum of money". However, over this period of time, the money she earned has far exceeded this amount.
Ye Qingshui returned the money to Xie Tingyu.
Xie Tingyu said, "Take it, Shui'er. I'll give you all my money."
His big hands wrapped around her, and his dark eyes stared at her, brooking no rejection.
Ye Qingshui thought of Xie Tingyu's generous and casual personality. He spent a lot of money and liked to give her things. Sometimes the things he gave her were unnecessary.
Thinking of this, Ye Qingshui collected the bills, took out a Great Unity banknote and handed it to him.
"I'll save it for you first. I don't want your money. If you need money, you can ask me for it."
Xie Tingyu emptied his entire body in exchange for ten dollars, but his heart was filled with a feeling of happiness.
He uttered a light "hmm" and rubbed Ye Qingshui's hair.
Ye Qingshui did not hide, and her hair was messed up by him again. She looked at the handsome profile of the man, and the light soapberry fragrance on his body had a warm smell. She thought she should give him more chances.
Don't make a habit of saying no out of fear.
When Xie Tingyu's hand fell on Ye Qingshui's face, Ye Qingshui gently rubbed his slightly sweaty palm and said with a smile:
"I'm going to make dinner."
After dinner.
Xie Tingyu once again saw Ye Qingshui take out the "worn" book. It was a stretch to call it a book. It was more like a book made of carefully bound papers. It was particularly worn out. The paper had been there for a long time, and some parts were even moldy.
Seeing Xie Tingyu looking at her, Ye Qingshui casually said, "This is a book compiled by Teacher Zhou himself."
She told Xie Tingyu about Zhou Cunren's situation.
Xie Tingyu picked up the book, sat next to Ye Qingshui, and read it carefully for half an hour.
Under the oil lamp, the man with clear features had a gaze as strong as a pillar. His slightly furrowed brows and serious look made Ye Qingshui stare blankly for a moment.
After a long time, Xie Tingyu commented: "It is very interesting to read."
"But it's difficult to publish. First, Mr. Zhou's qualifications. Second, his background..."
Ye Qingshui wrung his hands and said, "There is no problem with his qualifications. He used to be a university professor and has a PhD in mathematics. It's just that his composition..."
Having said this, both of them fell silent.
Xie Tingyu couldn't bear to see her disappointed look, so he took her hand and encouraged her, "Give it a try."
Ye Qingshui nodded, "We will each use our own methods to find an opportunity to publish it."
Xie Tingyu couldn't help but smile, "Then I'm definitely faster than Shui'er."
As he spoke, he began to write a letter. He took out a piece of white letter paper from the drawer and wrote slowly:
"Grandma: I am writing to you as if I had met you..."
Ye Qingshui clenched his fists. He didn't expect that Xie Tingyu would actually write a letter directly to ask Grandma Xie for help. Grandma Xie was an educated person. If he asked her about these things, she might actually have some ideas.
Ye Qingshui was not willing to be outdone and began to think as well.
A few days later, Ye Qingshui went to the First People's Hospital in the city. She spent two cents on the registration fee and found a doctor to ask about gastric cancer in detail.
Ye Qingshui wrote down everything the doctor said in a small notebook. Medicine was very cheap in the 1970s, and a prescription sometimes cost only a few cents or even a few cents. Urban workers who came to the hospital with a letter of introduction from their work unit could also enjoy nutritional subsidies for eggs and pork bones from their work unit.
However, serious diseases such as cancer are not included in the list. They require a lot of medicine and chemotherapy, and the cost of medicine is very expensive.
Ye Qingshui walked around the hospital with a heavy heart. When she walked out of the hospital, she saw He Fang. He Fang was supporting a female educated youth at the time. He Fang was obviously surprised to see Ye Qingshui.
She turned pale at first, then asked Ye Qingshui: "Why did you get out from here?"
Ye Qingshui followed her gaze, turned around and saw the words "Gynecology" written in square Song font on the back.
"Come to ask about the situation."
"Is that so..." He Fang thought.
Ye Qingshui didn't say much. She was not familiar with He Fang, so she left quickly.
The female educated youth that He Fang supported was called Shen Yan. Her face was as white as paper. Shen Yan wiped her sweaty face unconsciously and murmured enviously:
"That's great. She and Xie Zhiqing are going to have a child soon... It's true, same person but different fate..."
He Fang's eyes unconsciously flashed back to the scene of Xie Tingyu defending Ye Qingshui at Xie's house that day, and she felt very uncomfortable.
"I don't think she and Xie Zhiqing have a good relationship, otherwise why would she have no one to accompany her for the checkup?"
Fortunately, Ye Qingshui is a married woman, otherwise if the news of her getting a letter of introduction to see a gynecologist in the hospital got out, she would probably be criticized to death.
Shen Yan asked anxiously, "She won't spread this matter, right?"
After all, in the past... Shen Yan thought of the days when she had slandered Ye Qingshui, poked her in the back and insulted her, and then thought about her current miserable situation, and her face turned even paler.
In order to conceal her identity, she deliberately avoided the village clinic and went to the city hospital. But...she didn't expect to see Ye Qingshui here again.
He Fang patted Shen Yan on the back and whispered, "Why worry? You will be selected to be a worker-peasant-soldier student soon. By then, we will not be here anymore."
After hearing this, Shen Yan finally felt relieved.
Who knew that Ye Qingshui didn't take this quick encounter to heart at all. All she could think about was Zhou Cunren's illness.
The next day, she and Xie Tingyu worked together to get Zhou Cunren to the First People's Hospital.
He also brought a bag full of draft paper, which was rough, dark yellow, and very cheap, with a large bag costing only a few cents.
Xie Tingyu said with a smile: "Now Mr. Zhou can concentrate on writing your book. It is very convenient that there is a cafeteria in the hospital. Three meals a day will be delivered to you."
Zhou Cunren whispered to Ye Qingshui: "Shuiya, our Zhou family's treasure is hidden in..."
"Let Ke'er take you there."
Ye Qingshui understood what he meant and shook his head hurriedly.
"No, it's what you want. If you don't want it, I can't live here for a moment. Go away, I don't want to live here anymore, I want to go back to Hongqi Town." The old man threw off the quilt, puffed up his nose and glared.
Zhou Ke pouted, pulled Ye Qingshui's hand and walked out, as stubborn as a bull.
Xie Tingyu, who was standing by, whispered in his daughter-in-law's ear, "Shui'er, take it."
After all... this is a humble plea from an old man in his twilight years to maintain his respect.
Zhou Cunren knew that the girl liked them a long time ago. When Ke'er took out the agate bead for the first time, she couldn't hide the amazement in her eyes. Although, although they are not worth much now.
But at least it can make him feel better.
After Xie Tingyu and his wife left the hospital, the old man who had been stubborn for most of his life finally burst into tears in the hospital.
Crying like a little child.
The old man in the same ward muttered, "Why are you crying? Aren't your son and daughter-in-law treating you very well?"
"We have fruits and eggs. I heard we ordered milk for you? I can't find it even with a lantern! Look at us, we have nothing, not even a piece of fruit."
Zhou Cunren stopped crying, "They are not my son and daughter-in-law..."
After leaving the hospital, Ye Qingshui and his friends took a car back to the county. Zhou Ke took them to a dilapidated abandoned public toilet.
The toilet has been in disrepair and has been abandoned for many years, but because it is located in a remote area and few people use it, the government has no plans to rebuild it for a long time, so it has not been demolished over the years.
So, Zhou Ke shoveled the silt handful by handful with a shovel, under the surprised gaze of Ye Qingshui and Xie Tingyu.
The turned-over soil stinks.
But Zhou Ke's resolute eyebrows did not move at all, as if he could not smell the dirty and smelly smell. At the end of digging, he used his hands to fish out a bucket from under the mud and feces.
He dragged the bucket onto the cart and pushed it towards home. This time was no different from every other time he transported manure.
When passers-by saw it, they just covered their noses and stepped away in disgust.
When he got home, Zhou Ke took it under the faucet and scrubbed it thoroughly several times, then said apologetically in a small voice:
"Grandpa said this is copper oxide, which is the most corrosion-resistant material. It can be buried for decades without any problems." He paused and said anxiously, "Don't think it smells..."
Ye Qingshui would never have thought that Mr. Zhou actually threw his belongings into the manure pit for storage. What kind of person would think of such a mean method? The Red Guards who confiscated the property must have great courage to run to the manure pit to dig for treasures, right?
Thinking of this, Ye Qingshui and Xie Tingyu smiled at the same time.
"Not at all."
Ye Qingshui rolled up his sleeves and joined the group of people cleaning the buckets while sprinkling soapnut liquid with a brush.
The neighbors in the tube building were just like usual. They were used to Zhou Ke always cleaning the dung bucket and had no interest in looking at him. Some even cursed him after he finished cleaning the bucket:
"You little bastard, hurry up and give your aunt a bite. It stinks. Are you going to let people eat?"
After hearing this, Zhou Ke lowered his head and laughed, revealing a pair of fangs.
They cleaned the bucket together and brought it to Zhou's house.
Zhou Ke used all his strength to cut the copper oxide barrel, but he still couldn't.
Xie Tingyu said, "Let me do it."
He observed for a while and found the screw cap. He twisted it with all his strength for about ten minutes. Then, it made a muffled "pop" sound and the lid was opened.
Ye Qingshui wiped the sweat from her forehead.
The moment the lid was opened, Ye Qingshui's eyes changed in an instant, and Xie Tingyu stopped wiping his sweat.
The so-called jewels and precious stones are nothing more than this.
In the sunlight, the porcelain texture is delicate and clear, the glaze is smooth and delicate, the white jade has a lustrous luster, the pearls reflect dazzling light, and there are also colorful agates and jadeites, and exquisite wood carvings.
Even Xie Tingyu was so surprised that he was speechless when he saw it.
He paused for a moment before continuing to wipe the sweat off his face.
He said: "Ke'er, we can't have these things."
Zhou Ke's resolute face collapsed, and tears immediately welled up in his eyes. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed to them.
"You can't do this. Grandpa said that these things can't be taken with you when you are born, and they can't be taken with you when you die. No matter how valuable they are, they are not more important than grandpa's life. If you are willing to treat grandpa's illness and are willing to spend so much money, grandpa will be happy to give it to you."
"Please accept it! If you don't accept it, Ke'er and Grandpa won't be at peace. Grandpa will definitely be discharged from the hospital tomorrow and won't need treatment anymore..."
What are these things worth?
Zhou Ke didn't understand. Maybe it had been valuable once, and had been brilliant for a while, but dead things are dead things after all. No matter how precious it was, it could not compare to the status and dignity that his grandfather had in his heart.
He and his grandfather both wanted to live with dignity, not accepting charity, but also to hold their heads high and live an upright life.
Ye Qingshui looked at Zhou Ke, who was so young but so mature, and looked like an adult at first glance. He had to bear so many burdens at such a young age, and Ye Qingshui's nose felt a little sour.
It was the first time she had met such people, and the grandfather and grandson told her through their actions that they could be even prouder.
People are always different. Springs can bend and stretch. They can jump high when they are proud and bend down when they are frustrated. But jade cannot do that. If you force them to break, they will just break into pieces.
Ye Qingshui thought: It turns out that even the grandfather and grandson don’t believe that their book can be printed and published. They don’t believe that they can make money, and they don’t believe that this disease can be cured...
But I believed her.
Trust her and Xie Tingyu and I won’t report them.
Ye Qingshui helped Zhou Ke up and said in a hoarse voice: "Okay..."
Zhou Ke burst into laughter, wrapped them up with straw paper and put them in Ye Qingshui's green army bag.
Walking out of the dilapidated tube building, Ye Qingshui couldn't help but say, "I will definitely make sure that Teacher Zhou's book is published smoothly."
Xie Tingyu smiled faintly and said softly: "Oh, grandma sent me a telegram..."
Ye Qingshui wanted to ask: So fast?
But after thinking about it, I felt that it was impossible. Communications were so backward in that era. It would take at least half a month to send a letter from here to the capital by surface mail.
Xie Tingyu said in a gentle voice: "Grandma asked you in the telegram how you are. She misses you very much and hopes you can write to her more often."
Ye Qingshui smiled and said, "I'll write to him right away. My grandma wants to send some local specialties to grandma. Last year, she made lychee honey herself, and I want to give it to her to taste."
It is not easy to make lychee honey. My grandma raised bees when she was young and she is very skilled in collecting honey.
The wild bees that have been released now don’t recognize the old lady anymore. She only makes one jar of honey a year, which she used to feed her granddaughter, but now she wants to share some with her grandmother-in-law.
Xie Tingyu smiled and said, "Grandma is so nice."
That’s right… Half a month later, sweet pure honey sent from the countryside in the south was delivered to Grandma Xie. She drank a little every day, and her hands and feet stopped shaking and her mood became better. She happily told everyone she met that her mother-in-law had sent her honey.
Pure lychee honey. Lychees are very rare in the capital, and you can't buy them even if you have money.
Grandma Xie put a smear of honey in her mouth, which was full of the aroma of lychee flowers, mixed with the natural taste of the beautiful and charming small village in the distance, primitive and pure.
Grandma Xie said: "Brother Yu has made a good choice. His wife is sensible, hardworking, and kind-hearted. She thinks about me all the time. When the New Year comes, she cooks delicious food for me every day. She is also very promising and ambitious."
Grandma Xie is so awesome.
Because at that time there was always some gossip in the military compound, criticizing her grandson for not pursuing a good career and choosing to go to the remote countryside, and also for the fact that the granddaughter-in-law of the Xie family was also begged from the countryside.
But that’s all in the past.
Grandma Xie, who was protective of her grandson, wrote a letter to her grandson and granddaughter-in-law. She said in the letter: "My child, when you made that decision, I didn't stop you. Because I knew it was your choice.
You chose to respond to the call of the motherland and resolutely went to the remote countryside. Grandma is proud of you from the bottom of my heart. Everyone's choice is different. Don't be discouraged because you are doing an ordinary career. You must know that you can make great contributions in ordinary positions. Grandma will always be proud of you. "
She wrote to Ye Qingshui: "The bacon you and grandma made together is delicious. Everyone who has tasted it praises it highly and wants to learn the craft from grandma. Of course, grandma doesn't agree... The cakes that Shuiya sent made the children across the street cry with greed. They fought with grandma for snacks. Grandma really hopes that Shuiya can come to the capital again."
The author has something to say:
Shui Ya: When I encounter difficulties, I know how to contact my grandma
Brother Yu is so capable, he has great potential!
I can do it without relying on my grandma!
A few days later, Brother Yu brought a hot copy of Teacher Zhou's Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Handbook sent from the capital.
Looking at Shuiya who is still struggling with pity
Shuiya & Pingshengjun: "..."
I hate this second generation who fights for their grandmother the most
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