Li Qianqian helped Xiaoyue sit down beside her, then picked up the work Xiaoyue hadn't finished and started working on it herself. She finished cutting the entire basket of green beans. Xiaoyue went into the bean patch and picked some more tender green beans, then said to Li Qianqian:
"We'll have green beans for lunch. The rice is in the small vat. We'll steam some millet rice in the pot in the west room." Li Qianqian hurriedly went inside to cook after hearing Xiaoyue's words.
Xiaoyue picked a small basket of green beans and two scallions, peeled them outside, and brought them to the kitchen. After Li Qianqian finished steaming the rice, she went to Xiaoyue's place to cook the green beans.
Xiaoyue was in charge of adding fuel to the fire. Li Qianqian scooped a spoonful of lard, sautéed chopped scallions, stir-fried the green beans until they turned green, added water, a little salt, and covered the pot. She stopped when the fire was blazing and steam was rising from all sides of the pot.
Xiaoyue told Li Qianqian to rest for a while. Li Qianqian went to Xiaoyue's room, but Xiaoyue was asked to lift up her clothes. The crisscrossing bloodstains on Xiaoyue's body were a shocking sight. Li Qianqian choked up and said:
"Xiaoyue, go to Doctor Hu's and buy some ointment. I'm staying here tonight, so I'll apply it for you when I get it."
Xiaoyue looked at Li Qianqian's face, which was covered in tears like a little kitten, wiped Li Qianqian's oval face with the back of her hand, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll go after I finish eating."
Li Qianqian stayed at Xiaoyue's house. On the third day, the ointment ran out. Xiaoyue thought it was fine to stop using it, but at dusk, Li Qianqian insisted that Xiaoyue go to Doctor Hu's house to buy more ointment.
Xiaoyue left her house and walked to the gate of Old Man Ge's courtyard. She heard a commotion in the courtyard and looked inside. It was Ge Dalin. Xiaoyue was surprised that she could make such an honest man like Ge Dalin argue. So she pushed open the gate and went into the courtyard.
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