Zhao Rongsheng was silent for a moment, then spoke: "The captain called me over today and told me something. The gist of it was that we might be able to go home."
Jiang Qiuli cried because of this, because they had waited for this day for too long.
Three years ago, the sudden news of his demotion caught them off guard. No matter how unjustly he was accused, no one believed him. He became a tail of capitalism, a victim of the "Four Olds" campaign to scare the monkeys with a chicken.
After the news of his demotion came out, his son and daughter both published in the newspapers to cut off all contact with him. The huge blow made Jiang Qiuli's health collapse. And Shen Yibei, who had followed him here when he was so young, had been struggling to survive day after day with only plain rice and clear soup.
During the years he spent in the bullpen, Zhao Rongsheng had always hoped to clear his name and live an upright life under the sun. Originally, after two years of waiting, he had almost given up, but Gao Zhifu suddenly told him that they might be able to go home?
However, compared to their previous selves, they now did not feel so happy about leaving, because they knew the people from the old Song family and Xu Zhijin who was in the same situation as them, which made them reluctant to leave here.
Shen Yibei was stunned when he heard the news. He had been here for a long time and had gradually forgotten about this matter. Unexpectedly, this day came so suddenly.
"I wonder if Lao Xu can..." Jiang Qiuli said, wiping her eyes.
Zhao Rongsheng sighed and said, "I don't know yet. Let's see if Lao Xu will mention it to us later. However, the captain only said it's possible, so we can't guarantee it..."
Zhao Rongsheng didn't say anything else. Before there was any definite news, these were just fantasies.
"Don't think about it, let's just stay the same as before."
Jiang Qiuli thought about it. After all this thought, it was a false alarm that they weren't on the final list. However, she had come to terms with it now. It didn't matter where they were. However, she still hoped Zhao Rongsheng would shed the label of a capitalist.
Shen Yibei lowered his head and said nothing. His mind recalled the little ones of the old Song family and Baoya with smiling eyes, and he pursed his lips.
After that, life in the bullpen seemed to have not changed at all, and remained the same as before.
Later, Jiang Qiuli would use the rice and flour sent by Feng Guizhi to make some delicious food, such as making an egg pancake, making hand-rolled noodles, and stewing an egg soup... After eating well, the complexions of several people improved.
Especially Xu Zhijin. When he was first sent to the cowshed, his back always looked depressed and lonely. But now, after meeting Zhao Rongsheng and becoming Shen Yibei's teacher, he has regained his hope for life and restored his previous appearance, looking gentle and elegant, a teacher's unique quality.
Even Song Yuangang said when he saw it: "You seem to be different from before."
Xu Zhijin had a faint smile on his face and did not answer.
The Song family still didn't know what happened in the cowshed. That night, a few of the children came back excitedly and handed the pheasant to Feng Guizhi.
"Grandma, look, Brother Yibei helped us catch a pheasant!"
"Grandma, can we have shredded chicken noodles tonight?"
Seeing the little ones' bright, expectant eyes, Feng Guizhi looked up at the sky. It was almost dark now, and it would be a bit rushed to kill and pluck the chickens, so she said, "It's a bit late today, and the pot is already cooked. Let's eat it later."
Although the little ones were very greedy, they had already caught the pheasant and it was only a matter of time before they could eat it, so they could wait.
He nodded and agreed: "Okay."
"When it's done, I'll send some to Brother Yibei so he can have a taste. This pheasant was caught by Brother Yibei himself."
"I won't eat the chicken leg that Third Brother said he would give me. I'll give it to Brother Yibei~!"
Feng Guizhi saw that the pheasant had not been killed yet and they had already made up their minds, so she couldn't help but laugh: "Okay."
After that, the pheasant was put into the chicken coop. There was also a little pheasant of similar size in the coop. It was the little pheasant they had hatched before.
However, they had worked so hard to raise it to this size, so they were reluctant to eat it and kept it inside.
Yuanbao said beautifully: "Wait until Feifei grows fatter, then we'll eat it."
Baoya on the side nodded in agreement.
A few days later, the National Day holiday was drawing to a close, and Song Jianshe and Li Qingyan returned to the county town. Before leaving, Shen Yibei handed him all the matsutake mushrooms he had found—four in total—along with some other herbs. Finally, taking Feng Guizhi's pancakes and boiled eggs, the two of them walked away into the mist.
Last year, when I knew they were gone, Yuanbao was a little depressed, but now I have gotten used to it.
When I woke up in the morning, I saw that Song Jianshe and Li Qingyan were not there. I knew they had left, so I rubbed my eyes and got out of bed.
The holidays were over, and the children returned to school. They woke up early every day, ate breakfast, and went to school. Baoya watched them walk away, then went back to the house to play with Tiantian. If Feng Guizhi was free in the afternoon, she would take her to the back mountain to find Shen Yibei.
The days passed quietly like this, which was pretty good.
However, ever since Shen Yibei heard what Zhao Rongsheng said that day, he knew he might be leaving soon. So when he was with Baoya, he would always try to make her happy. At the same time, he also worked harder to find matsutake mushrooms and other valuable items to give to Song Jianshe. This was also his last thing for them.
However, at the end of October, something suddenly happened in the Hongqi Production Brigade, breaking the original peace - Wang Jincai's son Maodan was poisoned!
Maodan is six years old, but his family isn't well off, and he has an older brother. So, he hasn't been to school yet and has been staying home all his life. Then, while the adults were at work, he somehow found a half-empty bottle of weed killer. Not knowing what it was, he thought it was something drinkable, so curiously he opened it and took a sip.
Pesticides definitely don't taste good, so he took two sips and put it down. Then he felt a burning sensation in his throat. Maodan felt a little uncomfortable and ran to the well to drink a few big gulps of water. He touched his throat and felt better.
He didn't understand what had happened. He was afraid of getting beaten if he told the adults, so he secretly put the things back to their original place. Then he didn't think about it anymore, put it in his heart, and ran out to play.
It didn't take long for him to feel something was wrong with his body. He felt dizzy and wanted to vomit. He couldn't even stand up and collapsed. Then he started vomiting. After he had vomited out all the contents of his stomach, he started vomiting white foam. He was already unconscious.
The children around were all terrified. They had never seen such a scene before. They started crying and ran to find adults.
"Mother, mother, Maodan is dying, wuwuwu... Mother, come quickly, Maodan can't live..."
"Something happened, something happened, someone come quickly!"
"Help me, wuwuwu... Maodan is dying, help me, please come quickly..."
When the children shouted like this, the adults in the field were frightened.
The child must have been ignorant and yelled, "What are you talking about? Bah, bah, how can you curse at someone like that?"
"What happened? What happened to Maodan?"
"Don't cry, don't cry, tell me what happened slowly."
The little ones stopped crying and sobbed, "Just now... just now we were playing with Maodan under the old locust tree, and then Maodan fell to the ground with... "
"We called him, but he...he didn't respond. Wuuuu, Mom, is Maodan going to die?" After saying that, she started to sob again.
After hearing this, the adults realized the seriousness of the matter. They no longer cared about coaxing the children and hurriedly called for help.
"Hurry up, go call Maodan's father and mother."
"I'm going to find Old Yang."
"Hurry up, you guys go quickly, I'm going to check on Maodan over there."
Li Changgen went to look for Wang Jincai, but he was some distance away. He ran for his life all the way. When he saw the figure, he shouted from a distance: "Maodan's father, hurry up, stop busying yourself, Maodan is in trouble!"
"Maodan's father, come with me quickly, something happened to Maodan!" Li Changgen was sweating all over his forehead, gasping for breath, and could hardly speak.
The people in the field ahead heard it and thought it was a bit serious, so they quickly told Wang Jincai: "Jincai, Changgen said something seems to have happened to your Maodan. You should go and check it out."
"What? What happened to Maodan?" Wang Jincai was stunned and asked quickly.
"I don't know. Changgen is there. Go ask him."
Wang Jincai quickly dropped his work and ran to find Li Changgen: "What's wrong? What happened to Maodan?"
"He fainted and was foaming at the mouth. It sounds serious. Lao Cheng and the others have already passed away. I hurried over to inform you. We don't know what exactly happened yet."
Wang Jincai panicked upon hearing this, and hurriedly ran with Li Changgen towards the old locust tree. Maodan's mother, on the other side, also heard about this and hurried over with tears streaming down her face. Many other members of the brigade, upon hearing about this, had already left their work and followed to see if there was anything they could do to help.
Feng Guizhi and Mao Danniang worked very close to each other, and she had heard about this incident, and she couldn't help but feel worried. She followed behind and ran into Song Aiguo and Chen Xiuxiu on the way. Worried, Feng Guizhi asked Song Aiguo to go find Zhao Rongsheng.
Song Aiguo was stunned
, then nodded in agreement and hurried to the Yuejin Production Brigade.
Doing so was actually somewhat dangerous, but it was a life after all. If it was delayed, Feng Guizhi would not be able to get over the hurdle in her heart. She could only pray that Maodan was okay and that Zhao Rongsheng would not be needed.
Chen Xiuxiu listened silently. She trusted Feng Guizhi's decision. Furthermore, as a mother herself, she could understand the situation firsthand and couldn't just stand by and watch someone get into trouble. So, at this point, she couldn't afford to worry about the danger.
When Feng Guizhi and the others arrived, many people had already gathered by the old locust tree. Old Yang was also there, watching over Maodan. Maodan was now completely unconscious, with no reaction at all. There was white foam at the corners of his mouth, his face was terribly pale, and even his breathing was much lighter.
"What's wrong? Will my son be okay?" Maodan's mother asked, covering her mouth with her hand, her voice trembling.
Old Yang's face was gloomy, his brows furrowed, and he said seriously, "Hurry and send him to the town hospital. If we hurry, maybe he can be saved."
As soon as these words came out, Maodan's mother couldn't hold it in any longer and cried out loudly: "My son! You were fine before you left, how come you have become like this now? Hurry up and open your eyes and look at your mother, my son!"
Wang Jincai, who was standing by, shuddered as he listened. He didn't quite understand what it meant to hurry up and perhaps he could still be saved...
The people in the surrounding teams were also stunned by the news. Who could have imagined that... But no matter how much they couldn't believe it, it had already happened. Thinking about what Old Yang had just said, the people in the team quickly called out to Wang Jincai:
"Jincai, the most important thing now is to rush Maodan to the town hospital! There's no time to delay!"
However, it takes half an hour to walk from here to the town, not to mention that they have to carry the hairy eggs. Everyone feels that there is little hope, but no matter how slim it is, they have to try their best and can't just watch and watch.
"etc......"
The author has something to say: I don’t know where I clicked just now, and I forked the document, and the next few hundred words are all gone. . .
I can do it, I won’t cry, wow!!! [wipe tears]
(The poisoning content is fictitious)
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