Upon hearing Wang Xiuer's introduction, Fu Wan's gaze fell on the young man standing to the side.
He had short, ear-length hair and wore a military green Lei Feng hat. Because the brim was too big, Fu Wan could only see his left eye.
His gaze was distant and indifferent, and when it met Fu Wan's eyes, Fu Wan couldn't detect his emotions.
To a stranger, especially a gay man, Fu Wan simply nodded and greeted him, "Hello, comrade!"
"Hello."
The sound was incredibly clear and crisp, like snow melting on a high mountain and falling onto a rockâcrisp yet with a touch of distance.
Fu Wan immediately sensed something was wrong; the voice didn't sound like a man's.
"You're a lesbian?!"
The man nodded without offering any further explanation.
Meanwhile, Wang Xiuer, who was standing next to her, started recounting how she met Fang Min.
"Oh, Wan, you have no idea! Luckily we ran into Comrade Fang today, otherwise Aqing would have been kidnapped by bad guys!"
"Auntie, what's going on?"
Upon hearing Wang Xiuer's words, Fu Wan's face immediately darkened, and she instantly forgot about the concepts of male and female comrades.
No wonder Fu Qing looked timid; he had been frightened.
"Isn't today the first day of the lunar month? Just like before, I took Aqing to the Mazu Temple to burn incense early this morning."
After offering incense, I didn't see any tractors going that way, so I took Aqing to the bus station to catch a bus back to the village. It was my fault, though. I suddenly needed to pee, but it cost two cents to pee at the bus station, which I couldn't bear to pay, so I ran to the nearby public toilet.
The public restroom was too dirty, and Aqing didn't want to go in, so I asked her to wait for me at the door.
Who would have thought that in just a few minutes, an old woman would have set her sights on Aqing? If Comrade Fang hadn't passed by and pinned the old woman to the ground, Aqing would have been drugged and abducted by that damned old hag!
Several hours have passed, but when Wang Xiuer talks about it, she is still so frightened that she keeps patting her chest.
God knows how terrified she was when she came out of the bathroom and saw Fu Qing sitting on the floor, looking dazed.
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan roughly understood the ins and outs of the matter.
"Thank you so much, Comrade Fang. If it weren't for you, Aqing would have really suffered!"
The old woman abducted Fu Qing simply because Fu Qing was in her prime and had a uterus that could bear children.
This wasn't the first time Fu Wan had encountered something like this, but every time she did, she felt an urge to kill those human traffickers.
Especially these old women, how could they, as women themselves, bring themselves to do such a thing!
Fang Min was somewhat at a loss for words in response to Fu Wan's thanks, and could only nod in reply.
Fu Wan could tell that Fang Min was not good at speaking, and just as she was about to say something more, Wang Xiuer pulled Fang Min in front of Fu Wan.
"Oh, Wan, look at my memory! I forgot to tell you, Comrade Fang is here to see you!"
"Looking for me?"
Fu Wan was surprised. She had originally thought that Wang Xiuer had brought Fang Min back to the village because Fang Min had saved Fu Qing. But thinking about it, it made sense; if she really wanted to express her gratitude, she wouldn't have needed to bring her back to the village.
"Comrade Fang is looking for me...?"
"Comrade, Captain Zhao sent me here!"
Zhao...? Fu Wan suddenly realized what was happening and immediately cursed in her mind.
Zhao Gang told her he would introduce a veteran to work for him, but he didn't tell her it was a woman!
And she's such a cool and stylish lesbian!
Seeing that Fu Wan was too shocked to speak, Fang Min was also at a loss.
She rarely interacted with others, and after serving in the military for many years, she devoted herself wholeheartedly to serving her country.
"Comrade Fu, the team leader told me you needed more people to do the work, so I came over..."
"I can do anything. If you don't need me, I can go back to farming!"
"I like it, I like it!"
Fu Wan grabbed Fang Min's hand. She had previously thought that it wouldn't be appropriate for Fu Qing, a girl, to go to the farm with Fu Jian. Now that she knew it was a woman who was coming, she was overjoyed!
"Comrade Fu, please don't force yourself to agree yet. Let me explain my situation first."
Fang Min lifted the brim of her hat, revealing the cotton cloth hidden under her hair.
She took off the piece of cotton cloth and looked at Fu Wan with neither servility nor arrogance, saying:
"I am blind; I can only use one eye."
Wang Xiuer hadn't noticed Fang Min's eye injury before, and was immediately startled.
Seeing Wang Xiuer's astonished expression, Fang Min couldn't help but close her one healthy eye.
When she returned to the village before, none of the passersby who saw her eyes were terrified. That's why she deliberately covered them with cotton cloth.
"Oh my god, that must hurt so much!" Wang Xiuer looked at Fang Min with a pained expression.
Fu Wan's eyes were also a little red. "Comrade Fang, you were wounded on the battlefield. This is a glorious medal."
I'm not forcing myself at all; I'm just a woman who's capable of getting things done.
Although your eyes are injured, your heart is not. You still possess all the skills you need, and I believe you can achieve even greater success in a different arena!
These words stirred Fang Min's blood. Looking at the enthusiasm on Wang Xiuer and Fu Wan's faces, she couldn't see a trace of disdain in their eyes.
"You...you don't mind that I'm blind in one eye?"
She asked tentatively, and Fu Wan and Wang Xiuer both shook their heads.
"So what if you lose one eye? Everyone gets injured in an accident."
Fu Wan said hurriedly. Fu Qing understood what she meant and even showed her hand to Fang Min, indicating that she had a scar from a fall when she was a child.
To be honest, Fang Min was able to come to Fujia Village because of the orders Zhao Gang gave her as the team leader. Of course, there was also a small part of the reason that she couldn't stand staying in the village anymore.
"I don't plan to think about personal matters either. Doesn't your village mind that I'm like this?"
She mustered her courage and spoke up. Fu Wan thought she was going to say something, but she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Personal issues are a matter of personal privacy. What right does our village have to look down on them?"
"I'm hiring you to work. If you do your job well, I'll pay you a salary. That's our relationship. We won't interfere with anything else."
Seeing that Fu Wan didn't seem to be exaggerating, Fang Min finally felt that her trip had been worthwhile.
To be honest, the villagers in her village were not unaware that she had been wounded on the battlefield.
But after she went back, not long after, many aunties and older women came to her house to introduce her to potential partners. After she refused, they kept cursing her behind her back.
Some children, because of the adults' indulgence, even went to the fields and destroyed what she had planted.
Fang Min was having a terrible headache. Just as she was thinking about how to deal with these unreasonable villagers, Zhao Gang called.
With the words "I've already bought your train ticket," Fang Min had no choice but to pack her bags and take the train over.
However, it seems that the job Zhao Gang found for her has a pretty good working environment.
Whether it was Fu Wan, the boss, or the villagers of Fu Family Village, even the villagers who had come over to gossip just now showed no malice on their faces.
"Alright, then I'll stay. Comrade Fu, please assign me a job!"
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