Although Jiang Qingshan was not around, Yuan Jing and Chen Jianhua still lived in Jiang's house. The villagers not only did not say anything, but were relieved. After all, Niu Guilan was not young anymore, and the two young people living there could help take care of her.
Niu Guilan assigned the task of collecting grass for the pigs and came back early. Seeing Ji Yuanjing, she smiled and said, "Qingshan has written a letter back, and there is one for you, little Ji. Tiedan rushed to deliver it to you."
Yuan Jing smiled and said, "I got it. Tiedan is a good boy."
"Xiao Ji, go wash up. I'll go make dinner. We can eat when Xiao Chen comes back." Since they started cooking together, they didn't eat separately even after Jiang Qingshan left. Niu Guilan knew that these two young people were not good at cooking, so she had nothing to do anyway.
Besides, apart from cooking, all other household chores are taken over by the two young people.
"Hey." Yuan Jing responded and went back to his room, opening the letter with some excitement.
The beginning of the letter was "Dear Comrade Yuan Jing", which made Yuan Jing smile. How could Jiang Qingshan write these words with such a serious face? However, Ji's father always used "Dear Son" to address him in his letters, so Yuan Jing did not find anything wrong.
The letter described what happened after Jiang Qingshan returned to the army to report. He started training the next day after returning to the team. Although the training life was monotonous and boring, it was the life Jiang Qingshan was most familiar with. He also wrote that influenced by Yuan Jing, he hoped to take time out to study after training. Because Jiang Qingshan only had a junior high school diploma, after contacting Yuan Jing and Mr. Zhang, he deeply felt his own shortcomings.
Yuan Jing thought this was good. He didn't mean to look down on Jiang Qingshan for graduating from junior high school. This was caused by the times and the environment. But he thought it was good that Jiang Qingshan used his spare time to study and supplement his knowledge. This would also be of great benefit to Jiang Qingshan's future promotion in the army.
"Before I returned to the army, I often missed the days of training with my comrades. But now that I'm back, I often think of the time when I went hunting in the mountains with you, Yuan Jing. I don't know when we can be together again. Even if we don't hunt, but just talk together, I feel that time flies."
Yuan Jingshen felt the same way. The more he got along with Jiang Qingshan, the more he felt that he got along well with him. Just like what he wrote in the letter, just talking together, or even not saying anything, just sitting together quietly, made him feel very at ease, and time passed by in a flash.
The last signature was "Thinking of you, Qingshan". Seeing these words, Yuan Jing suddenly felt a little hot on his face. Before he could sort out this emotion, Chen Jianhua rushed in: "It's so hot, it's still so hot in September. Yuan Jing, Lin Dong and the others asked me to go to the river to take a bath together, do you want to join us?"
"Okay, let's go together. Tell Auntie, she has already helped us prepare dinner."
"Okay, I'll go and talk to her." Chen Jianhua rushed out again.
Yuan Jing folded the letter and put it back into the envelope together with the letter from Ji's father. Then he took a towel and other items and went to take a bath in the river with Chen Jianhua. Maybe he could catch some shrimps and small fish to make soup.
In the army, Jiang Qingshan, sweating profusely after a day of training, was walking towards the dormitory. Tao Yongguo caught up with him from behind and said, "Okay, Qingshan, you have endured such a heavy workload. I think you will be able to go on another mission with me soon."
Jiang Qingshan smiled and said, "I've already told you I'm completely fine. You're the only ones worrying about me."
Tao Yongguo could only now fully believe it. He walked backwards while looking at Jiang Qingshan and said, "It seems that the old doctor who was sent to your village for reform was really skilled in medicine. The doctor who diagnosed you at the time was also good, but you still suffered sequelae. By the way, I told my dad about it and asked him to ask around. It's a pity to keep such an old doctor in the cowshed in your village."
Jiang Qingshan was stunned for a moment and nodded: "It would be better if we could leave earlier. The conditions there are really bad, and Mr. Zhang and his family are not young anymore."
Although Mr. Zhang had left, Yuan Jing could no longer ask for advice from him, but he believed that even if Yuan Jing knew, he would agree with Mr. Zhang leaving the cowshed.
Even if Mr. Zhang left and returned to the city, Yuan Jing could still communicate with Mr. Zhang for advice. In his opinion, Mr. Zhang liked Yuan Jing more and more and wanted to take him as his disciple. However, considering his own situation and worried that it would implicate Yuan Jing, he did not mention it.
The two walked and talked, and when they reached the mail room, Jiang Qingshan walked over again and asked the person on duty: "Is there a letter for me?"
"Haha, Jiang Qingshan, you are here again. Did you marry a wife this time? You think about your wife every day, so come and see if you have any letter from her. Let me tell you, there is actually a letter from you today, so you don't have to come and ask every day." The staff on duty was questioned by Jiang Qingshan every day, so he couldn't help but make a joke and then handed over his letter.
Jiang Qingshan's mouth curled up, and he took the letter with a treasure: "Thank you."
Jiang Qingshan didn't explain whether he had a wife or not, and whether it was a letter from his wife. Others didn't know his situation, but Tao Yongguo was dumbfounded. When he left the mailroom, he saw Jiang Qingshan turning the envelope over and over again as if he was possessed. He punched him and said, "When did you get married? Or did you already have a wife when you left?"
Jiang Qingshan then looked up at him and said, "No."
"Whose letter is this then? Looking at your precious appearance, it's hard to believe that it's not from your wife."
Jiang Qingshan's eyes sparkled as he said, "The person you met is Ji Yuanjing, the educated youth who lived in my home."
Of course Tao Yongguo knew Ji Yuanjing. Few people who had seen him would forget him. He looked like a young master from the old times. But Tao Yongguo knew a lot about him from Jiang Qingshan. He knew that he was not weak at all. He could even go up the mountain with Jiang Qingshan to hunt wild boars, and he was also very good at doing farm work.
But is there really nothing wrong with Jiang Qingshan's appearance? He pulled Jiang Qingshan and said, "You treat Ji Yuanjing as if he is your wife. When you get married in the future, won't your wife be jealous?"
The smile on Jiang Qingshan's face faded. He turned around and looked at Tao Yongguo seriously. He said, "No." Then he strode forward.
Tao Yongguo at the back was confused. Does this mean he won't be jealous or something else? Tao Yongguo had seen a lot more things than Jiang Qingshan, and seeing him like this, he couldn't help but think too much. Maybe he was just thinking too much.
Of course, Yuan Jing did not start the letter with "Dear XXX", but directly wrote the two words "Brother Jiang". To be honest, Jiang Qingshan was a little disappointed, but he was very happy that Yuan Jing could reply in time.
He turned to the signature at the back and saw only the two lonely words "Yuan Jing". Jiang Qingshan expressionlessly imagined a shy Ji Yuanjing. It must be that Yuanjing was shy and conservative. It didn't matter. He liked Yuanjing no matter what kind of person he was.
There were only two pages, but Jiang Qingshan took half an hour to finish reading it. He wanted to write down every word. If Tao Yongguo had not urged him to go to the cafeteria for dinner, otherwise there would be no food if he was later, he might have read it again from beginning to end.
From then on, Yuan Jing had one more task, which was to write a letter to Jiang Qingshan. Chen Jianhua was busy dating Ma Lili, and had no objection to Jiang Qingshan not writing to him separately. After Yuan Jing wrote the letter, Chen Jianhua just reminded him to say hello to Brother Jiang for him. So Yuan Jing would write at the end of the letter, "Jianhua asked me to say hello to Brother Jiang for him."
At the end of the year, the order for Zhang Heliu's rehabilitation and transfer came down, and a special car came to pick him up to Beijing. Not to mention the villagers, even Zhang Heliu himself was stunned. Looking at the other three old guys in the cowshed who depended on each other for survival, he was reluctant to leave.
He Jingdong was a little reluctant to let Zhang Heliu go, but he advised: "You are already this old, why are you still being so pretentious? How can you be so desperate to stay here and suffer when you have the chance? If you really can't bear to let us old people go, see if there is a chance to get us out together when you go out. But don't let it affect you, or you will be sent here for reform again after just a few months."
The old couple Wang also said, "Yes, what Lao He said makes sense. Take care of yourself when you go out. It's okay for us. Our lives are much better now because of you. I believe that the people in this village will not do anything to us after you leave. I think the educated youth Xiao Ji is a good person. What do you have to worry about with him around?"
He Jingdong added, "I think the higher-ups transferred you because of your medical skills. Isn't that what you want? How can you display your talents if you stay in this rural area? We will go out and meet you sooner or later."
"Okay, okay, I'm leaving. You guys should take care of yourselves. I'll let Xiao Ji take care of you."
He Jingdong and the others also laughed: "I see you've wanted to take Xiao Ji as your apprentice for a long time, why not take him in now? This kid and Xiao Jiang are both good friends."
However, Zhang Heliu did not dare to accept this. He did not know what kind of situation he would face after going out, but he would continue to teach. Finally, Zhang Heliu entrusted the three old guys to Ji Yuanjing and Niu Guozhu, waved to them, got in the car and left.
This made the villagers also feel emotional. They thought that although capable people would suffer for a while, they would eventually move up. Didn’t they see that there were special cars to pick them up? I heard that they were taken to the capital, where they would live a good life. Everyone was very grateful for the help Zhang Heliu had given to everyone during this period, but it was a pity that there would not be such a good doctor in the future and the cost was so low.
Zhang Heliu's departure at most made the villagers sigh a little, but it had a great impact on the educated youth in the team. Which educated youth who came to the team did not want to return to the city? But the chance of returning to the city was slim. Day by day, year by year, they saw no hope. But now Zhang Heliu has returned to the city. Will they have this opportunity in the future?
Chen Jianhua is usually carefree and seems to care about nothing, but this time he was unusually calm.
His relationship with Ma Lili was getting better and better, and they were just about to get married and move in together. If they had no chance of returning to the city, it would have been nice for them to get married and start a family in the Red Star Production Team. But what if they could return to the city? One was from Beijing, and the other was from Shanghai. How could they be together when they were so far apart? This was a very realistic question.
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