Seeing that he was moving too roughly and had started bleeding again, Zhuang Zhimeng quickly comforted him, "Grandpa Shang, please don't get agitated. Speak slowly, and we'll help you treat your wound first!"
As soon as Zhuang Zhimeng finished speaking, An Qingbai stepped forward to treat Shang Jingshu's wounds. Shang Jingshu pointed at him and asked Zhuang Zhimeng, "Zhimeng, who is this?"
Before Zhuang Zhimeng could speak, An Qingbai directly told Shang Jingshu, "I am Zhimeng's boyfriend. My name is An Qingbai. Hello, Grandpa Shang!"
Shang Jingshu replied, "Hello to you too! You look like a good young man!"
An Qingbai continued working, and smiled slightly at Shang Jingshu.
Shang Jingshu then looked at Zhuang Zhimeng: "Little Zhimeng has a boyfriend now, you have good taste!"
Zhuang Zhimeng also thought she had good judgment, but she put aside her conversation with An Qingbai and asked Shang Jingshu, "Grandpa Shang, what happened to you? How did you get like this? Not only is one sleeve missing, but your foot is also injured?"
Shang Jingshu shook his head and sighed. It was rare to meet an acquaintance, and he also had the desire to confide in someone, so he told Zhuang Zhimeng and An Qingbai about his experience.
"Alas! I've had bad luck with people. I had a deputy who I promoted all the way to his current position, only one rank below me, but I never expected him to betray me!"
Zhuang Zhimeng was furious when she heard this and asked Shang Jingshu, "How did he frame you? You promoted him, and not only is he ungrateful, he treats you like this?"
Shang Jingshu sighed before continuing, "Zhimeng, you know my family has some overseas connections!"
Zhuang Zhimeng nodded.
"This deputy certainly knew as well. I don't know when he put a book on foreign ideas on my study shelf, and then he reported me for being dissatisfied with the current policies and planning to study overseas ideas."
Those people came to search my house and found the book. I explained that I didn't know why the book was there, that I had never seen it before, but no matter what I said, they wouldn't listen and immediately tried to drag me away. This injury happened during the dragging.
Hearing this, Zhuang Zhimeng felt indignant on Shang Jingshu's behalf, "Those people really went too far!"
"That's nothing, Zhimeng, do you know what's most ridiculous?"
What is it?
“They are my children, Zhimeng, can you imagine? They cut off all ties with me right then and there, afraid that I would get involved with them. It's only because your Grandma Song is no longer here, otherwise I would have been driven to my death by them again!”
Zhuang Zhimeng sighed and tried to persuade Shang Jingshu, "Oh! Grandpa Shang, try to think more positively!"
"I'm fine. I can understand their reaction. After all, everyone looks out for themselves!"
Zhuang Zhimeng didn't know how to persuade him anymore; this kind of thing was all too common during this special period!
Shang Jingshu then asked Zhuang Zhimeng, "Zhimeng, do you think it's necessary for me, the top official in Beijing, to study overseas ideas?"
Zhuang Zhimeng naturally sided with Shang Jingshu, saying, "It's really not worth it. Besides, overseas ideas aren't necessarily better than those in our country!"
"Look, even you can figure this out, but those people just wouldn't listen. They wouldn't listen to anything I said, and then I was put on a train and brought here!"
"I don't see you have any luggage?"
"They wouldn't let me bring anything, as if they were afraid I'd bring something. They only let me take a few pieces of clothing, and even my house was confiscated!"
Zhuang Zhimeng sighed and asked Shang Jingshu, "Grandpa Shang, should we tell my grandfather about what happened here?"
Shang Jingshu also sighed, and after thinking for a moment, he said to Zhuang Zhimeng, "Sigh! I should tell Lao Zhuang first, otherwise he will definitely be angry if he finds out later and says I didn't tell him! In that situation, I didn't even have time to explain to Lao Zhuang!"
"I'll call Grandpa later and let him know! If you need anything, just let me know and I'll get it for you!"
"Then I'll trouble you, Zhimeng! I'll let you know if I need anything else!"
"No trouble at all. Qingbai and I brought you some food this time. Please keep it for yourself. We'll come to see you whenever we have the chance!"
"I'll leave the grain here with Zhimeng. We really need it right now. Thank you, Grandpa Shang. But please don't keep coming over. It'll be bad for your reputation. If you see each other outside, pretend you don't know each other, okay?"
"Don't worry, we understand. Even if we come, we'll choose to do it at night when no one is around. We'll keep an eye out for outsiders."
Hearing Zhuang Zhimeng say that, Shang Jingshu didn't refuse anymore. "Zhimeng, thank you!"
"Since you're here, I'll help you if I can. Otherwise, if my grandfather finds out you're here and I don't care about you, he'll definitely scold me!"
"If Lao Zhuang criticizes you, Zhi Meng, just push the blame onto me! Besides, you're Lao Zhuang's darling, he definitely wouldn't bear to say anything to you!"
"Hehe, you're right! Grandpa probably won't bear to scold me!"
"Alright, Zhimeng, you can go back now if you have nothing else to do. Just come visit this old man when you have time!"
"Grandpa Shang, Qingbai and I will be leaving now. We'll come to see you again later!"
Shang Jingshu waved his hand: "Let's go!"
An Qingbai also said goodbye to Shang Jingshu, "Goodbye, Grandpa Shang!"
After Zhuang Zhimeng and the other person left, Jia Shu said to Shang Jingshu, "Old Shang, these two kids are both quite good!"
Shi Jiashu and Liu Huaying were a married couple. They were sent down to Anyang Brigade along with Shang Jingshu.
Shang Jingshu told them about Zhuang Zhimeng: "One of the girls is my friend's granddaughter. She's always been like this, very kind to us! When she was little, she often came to visit our house with her grandfather!"
Liu Huaying said, "That boy was nice too. I saw that he didn't show any disgust when he treated your wound!"
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