Uncle Zhang, Yu Qing thought to himself, and began to consider his options. He remembered the old man who lived at the west end of the village. He had heard that the old man was also a veteran of the war and had lost a leg. Perhaps because of the guilt of being away from home for many years, he was very indulgent towards his youngest son.
The young children in the village all knew how to help with chores at home, but Zhang Desheng would just eat his fill every day and then disappear without a trace; nobody knew where he was wandering around.
Shi Lingheng shook his head at the village chief's suggestion to go to the small county town, saying, "It was just a minor sprain; it's not serious enough to require going to the city."
He pulled up his trouser leg at the ankle, and with a swift and decisive motion, he set his own bones.
The village chief was somewhat surprised and said, "You..."
Shi Lingheng looked up and smiled: "It's nothing. I used to get injured a lot, so I learned how. I'm just afraid I'll have to rest for a while and go back to work when I've recovered."
Yu Qing didn't seem surprised. He had always been that capable and ruthless to himself. No wonder he made her follow him closely, otherwise she would have caused a huge mess.
The village chief nodded and said, "Then you take a break, and you all go to work on time."
Shi Lingheng was helped into the house at the educated youth settlement. Yu Qing had no choice but to go too, and with a forced smile, he instructed, "You should rest well and not wander around, it's not good to get hurt."
He raised an eyebrow but remained silent.
No one noticed that on a scorching afternoon, a figure silently appeared at Uncle Zhang's house at the west end of the village, and then quietly left.
Because Fan Xiaofan's educated youth status was registered in Xiangyang Brigade, the normal procedure should have been to send her to the countryside. However, since the factory was willing to hire her, it was possible, although some procedures had to be completed again.
After all, Fan Xiaofan had previously used the identity of a villager from Xiangyang Brigade, which Li Dafu had arranged for her.
Knowing that it would take three hours to walk and that she would be taking Fu Weidong with her, Fan Xiaofan cleverly borrowed a bicycle and they wobbled along towards the village, arriving around noon.
The old-fashioned bicycles of that era were not very user-friendly for girls, and she herself wasn't very skilled at them.
As they turned the corner, a figure suddenly appeared, and Fan Xiaofan almost bumped into it. Just as they were about to hit someone, Fu Weidong tightly gripped the fairy sister's clothes, and she also subconsciously screamed, about to crash into the wall.
A pair of large hands reached out from somewhere and firmly controlled the handlebars.
He dissipated the momentum of the bicycle.
Fan Xiaofan thought a "car accident" was about to happen, but luckily she was rescued.
"Thanks."
She quickly apologized.
Shi Lingheng coldly released his hand, nodded, and then turned to leave. Fan Xiaofan saw that he was heading to work, scratched her face, and asked, "Are you going to work?"
Fu Weidong jumped off the bicycle with some fear and looked at Shi Lingheng with some curiosity. He had never seen him before when he was in the village.
Shi Lingheng nodded.
Fan Xiaofan looked him over, her cat-like eyes crinkling with a smile: "You're really handsome. You must be a new educated youth, right? Me too."
In her time, girls would always say things like "Hey handsome, little brother," flirting without any real intention of reciprocating; they were very smooth-talking.
Shi Lingheng glanced at her, forcing his eyes to look straight ahead, but his earlobes turned a little red. This girl was shameless and brazen; how could she compliment a man's looks? Was he being teased?
He has never had such a bold woman by his side before.
But was she also an educated youth sent to the countryside?
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