The couple ate in silence. This was the only full meal they had in the past two or three years.
It is incomparable to their previous life, but after experiencing hardships, they feel that a bowl of porridge at this time is so sweet. Although the steamed buns made of two-grain flour are a bit irritating to the throat, they are much more delicious than the steamed buns made of black flour.
"I'll go shovel the snow with you later," Shi Kaiji said. "I'm feeling much better now, and my cough isn't as severe anymore. I can help you."
Zhu Ruiyun shook his head. "Don't go. You're in the hospital. Be careful the doctor might kick you out and stop treating you."
"No, I'll talk to the doctor and he'll agree." Shi Kaiji laughed. "Do you think everyone is like you, always unreasonable?"
"I reason with others, but I don't want to reason with you." Zhu Ruiyun rolled her eyes at him, but their eyes were filled with affection, as if honey was flowing.
After eating his fill, Zhu Ruiyun washed the lunch box and put it on the table.
The couple carried this lunch box with them and did not dare to leave it at home. They were afraid that the red rust marks would get in and destroy it at any time. This was their only means of eating.
"You take a rest first, I'm going to work!" Zhu Ruiyun would never agree to let her husband help her with the work.
Shi Kaiji had no choice. He knew what his wife cared about, so he reached out and shook her hand. "You are fine, and I am fine too."
"Um!"
The two separated reluctantly.
Zhu Ruiyun went to the place where she was working. After she left, the shovel was put away by Qin Xiao's men and placed next to the door of the state-owned restaurant.
Zhu Ruiyun took a shovel and started working.
The snow was difficult to shovel. She was wearing thin clothes and her body was as thin as a piece of paper. She looked like she would run away if the wind blew.
She could only pry it out bit by bit with a shovel.
The sky gradually darkened, and seeing the endless road, Zhu Ruiyun felt her heart burning. If she didn't finish today's work, she wouldn't be able to go home or bring food to her husband.
"Zhu Ruiyun, where is your husband?" A person from the committee came over with two middle-aged people, a man and a woman.
"He is sick in the hospital. The doctor asked him to be hospitalized and he can't come for the time being. I will help him with his work." Zhu Ruiyun didn't dare to look up.
They were paraded through the streets, had garbage thrown at them, had their heads shaved in the Yin-Yang style, were forced to carry manure, and were sent to sweep garbage and shovel snow on the streets... If it weren't for her husband who repeatedly comforted and encouraged her, she would not be alive today.
She died a long time ago!
She stayed because her husband was still alive.
"It's snowing so heavily these past few days, and your husband is sick again, so you should take good care of him for the time being. Someone else will do the snow clearing for now, and your future work will be reassigned."
Zhu Ruiyun thought there was something wrong with her ears. She looked at the person who came in disbelief, and found that the other person was not as malicious and fierce as before.
Without waiting for Zhu Ruiyun to speak, the man began to instruct the man and woman to shovel the snow.
The two men were not in good condition either. After shaking for a while, they had no energy at all. They looked like zombies, with expressionless faces and dull eyes.
"Yes!" Zhu Ruiyun didn't dare to look any longer. After he finished speaking, he took two steps back.
In the heavy snow, the man and woman began to shovel snow, which was exactly what she and her husband had done before.
"Hurry up and do it. You are not allowed to go back for dinner until the snow is cleared." Another young man from the committee walked over with his hands behind his back and kicked the woman in the butt.
Zhu Ruiyun just felt his whole body tremble.
The woman didn't dare to react and shoveled the snow with all her strength.
Zhu Ruiyun didn't dare to look any longer, for fear of getting into trouble. She didn't dare to stay either, and walked towards her residence with her head down.
The door was blown open by the wind and snow, and Zhu Ruiyun entered the house. To her surprise, no one came to the house to cause trouble today.
She breathed a sigh of relief, quickly turned around to close the door, and leaned against it, unable to recover for a long time.
I can't believe I have such good luck.
But in fact, she came back.
She was going to make some porridge. There were a few vegetable leaves in the cellar that she had picked up from the vegetable market. They were cabbage stalks that others had chopped and discarded.
She planned to stir-fry these vegetables and eat them with porridge.
The porridge can be made thicker.
The girl gave them a lot of food coupons, vegetable coupons, cotton coupons and industrial coupons. She could go buy some things for her home tomorrow. She had a feeling that those red rust stamps would not come to smash their house for the time being.
Just like the girl said, it will be fine!
Zhu Ruiyun just felt full of energy.
She ate a little herself, packed porridge and vegetables into another lunch box she had hidden away, locked the door when she went out, and then walked towards the hospital step by step.
When passing the area where the street was being swept, Zhu Ruiyun saw the two men with red rust seals talking to the young men from the various committees. He was so scared that he wanted to take a detour, but he was afraid of being seen by the three men and angering them, so he had to bite the bullet and move forward.
"Wasn't this the person sweeping here before? Why did he change?" One of the people with red rust seals saw Zhu Ruiyun, raised his chin towards her, and asked the young people from the various committees.
"We've been told by our superiors not to sweep anymore. The two people they got in their place are adulterers, and they're perfect for this job."
Zhu Ruiyun listened and did not dare to stay, and walked away in a hurry.
When she arrived at the hospital, her heart was still pounding.
She didn't know who greeted her, but Zhu Ruiyun felt that this matter must be related to the girl and her husband. She didn't even ask what their names were.
At that time, she was filled with despair, feeling that she and her husband were stuck in a quagmire for the rest of their lives and would never be able to turn things around.
She said that she would thank others when she had the chance in the future, but in fact, she never thought that there would be such a chance in the future.
Thinking about it now, I feel so ashamed.
Seeing his wife's bad face, Shi Kaiji felt like a knife in his heart. After all, he couldn't remain as calm as he appeared on the surface, but he didn't dare let his wife see through him. He smiled and asked, "Why did you come back so soon? What happened?"
There was no one in the ward at that time, only Shi Kaiji was staying there.
Zhu Ruiyun whispered the story to Shi Kaiji, "Do you think it could be that young couple? We really owe them so much."
Zhu Ruiyun couldn't guess the identity of the young couple. He always felt that they were too young to have such ability.
"Whether it's true or not, we'll know in the future. So, you see, there are still more good people in this world, and things will get better!"
Shi Kaiji touched his wife's cheek, which was no longer smooth, and comforted her, "Don't think too much. We just need to remember their kindness. I hope that in this lifetime, we will never need to repay this kindness."
They hope that all those who are good to them can live in peace and prosperity for the rest of their lives. They would rather owe this kindness for a lifetime than go through fire and water for their benefactors when they are in trouble.
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