Chapter 386 Warmth Talisman
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Listening to Tang Yue's words, Lai Xiang couldn't hold back her tears any longer and started to flow. She wiped her tears while forcing a smile, "Xiao Yueyue, I'm fine."
Tang Yue now knew how to comfort others, especially when that person was her good friend. "Sister Lai, don't be sad. Everything will be fine."
Tang Yue first took out a yellow talisman paper from her pocket, and then took out a fine brush and ink. When Tang Jianye saw these things, he immediately looked outside the house. Fortunately, there was nothing outside.
Tang Yue quickly drew a few strokes on the talisman paper. Neither Tang Jianye nor Lai Xiang understood what she was saying. Then Tang Yue handed the talisman paper, which was not yet dry, to Tang Jianye and said, "Stick it on the roof."
Although the wooden house is a bit low, it is only low for a man like Tang Jianye. He has to bend down a lot to enter the door of the wooden house, and the height is only a few centimeters higher than Tang Jianye's head.
Tang Jianye took it and looked at it from front to back. There was no paste on it, so how could it stick? Meeting Tang Yue's dark gaze, Tang Jianye didn't dare to delay for a second. Without caring about the position, he touched the talisman paper with a "snap".
Then Tang Jianye opened his eyes wide in disbelief, because the rolling heat wave spread out with the talisman paper as the center. Because Tang Jianye was closest, his face was exposed and he felt the warmth first.
Soon, Lai Xiang also felt that the cabin seemed to be much warmer than usual. She looked at Tang Yue in disbelief, opening her mouth several times, not knowing what to say.
Tang Yue lowered her head and drew a few more. The talisman was strange; it vanished immediately after the warmth flowed out. Actually, Tang Yue had added a layer of concealment. These days, such things are taboo, and Sister Lai's current situation makes them even more dangerous.
After drawing the talisman, Tang Yue put the things away. The temperature in the wooden house had risen. Lai Xiang felt that her hands and feet were slowly regaining sensation, but they were itchy, but she didn't say anything.
Tang Yue pulled Lai Xiang to sit on the bed covered with a thin mattress, "Sister Lai, why do you live in such a place?" They were in the northeast near the border. It started snowing almost as soon as October arrived. The snow outside was very thick. If it weren't for special tires, the car would not be able to move at all.
In winter, the farmers here don't go out at all, and all stay at home. But in such an environment, they only allocated a wooden house like this to Sister Lai. This is to make Sister Lai die.
Lai Xiang quickly shook her head. "No, no, Xiao Yueyue, listen to me first. They didn't assign me here. I applied for it on my own initiative."
Seeing that Tang Jianye and Tang Yue were both looking at her, she continued, "When I came here yesterday, I secretly inquired about it. The cowshed where my parents live is not far from here. If I lived with those educated youth, there would be no way for me to go see them.
So I told them I had a skin disease and that if they came into contact with me, they would be infected. They were so scared that they didn’t want to live in the same room with me.”
"Housing for the educated youth was already very tight, and there was no room available for me. Naturally, I had an infectious disease, and the villagers on the farm didn't want to live near me.
The captain thought for a long time before remembering that there was a simple wooden house here. He also said that such a place is completely uninhabitable in winter and people might freeze to death. It was I who insisted on coming here.
Tang Yue still frowned, "Sister Lai, you have nothing here. It's not safe for a girl like you to live alone."
Lai Xiang smiled and said, "Yeah, that's what the captain said too. But it doesn't matter. I said I'll just have to get through this winter. When spring comes, I'll have someone build me a yard with a higher wall. That way it'll be safer."
Tang Yue sighed, but she had to be able to survive this winter.
As they were talking, the team leader came over with a few men from the village carrying a lot of firewood.
Tang Jianye went out to greet him, "Thank you, Captain for your hard work."
The team leader put down the firewood on his shoulder and said, "Hey, you're welcome. I arranged the educated youths too late last night, so I didn't send the firewood to Lai Zhiqing. Lai Zhiqing, were you okay last night?"
Lai Xiang had already left the cabin. "Thank you, Captain. I'm fine."
"Well, that's good."
The captain's attitude today was much better than yesterday. Lai Xiang knew that this was because Tang Jianye was wearing a military uniform and driving a military vehicle.
Tang Jianye spoke to the captain on the side, "Captain, this is my relative. The little girl wanted to support national construction and came to our coldest and most miserable place. She has great ambitions, but after all, she was raised in pampered conditions. I hope the captain can take good care of her."
He shook hands with the captain. The moment Tang Jianye and the captain shook hands, he felt something between his hands. He shook it calmly. His attitude was better than before.
"Comrade, you're too polite. Since Comrade Lai has come to our farm, we are from the same village. I will naturally take care of him if I can. Don't worry about that."
Tang Yue walked forward and said, "Captain, can you ask the villagers to help build a house for my sister Lai? This wooden house is not warm even if we burn firewood. It is impossible for one person to spend the whole winter here."
The team leader was in a dilemma. "Comrade, it's not that we don't want to help. It's just that it's freezing cold. The ground is frozen several feet deep. We can't dig at all."
Tang Yue understood this, but she thought of a solution. "Captain, every household in the village should have a stockpile of earthen bricks, right? Can you give them to us? I can exchange them for grain."
Also, can you find some strong laborers to help us? I'll give each of them a pound of flour for today's work."
Before the captain could say anything, the men who followed him to deliver firewood could no longer stand. How could such a good thing happen?
"Little girl, are you really going to give me a pound of flour for a day's work? We really believe it."
Tang Yue smiled and nodded, "Really? I keep my word." Then she pointed to the military vehicle beside her and said, "Everyone is inside. If you come and help with the work for a day, I'll give you a pound of flour."
Tang Jianye thought Tang Yue's decision was extravagant, but since the little girl had said it, he naturally wouldn't refute it. The captain thought it was feasible, "Comrade, if you really decide this, then I will go back and call for help."
"Well, Captain, please go and call them. Also, please help me collect the mud bricks. Also, Captain, can we build three houses here?"
"Ah? Comrade, this ground is impossible to dig."
"We'll dig the land ourselves. Just tell us if we can build here." The team leader paused for a moment. "We can build it, but won't Lai Zhiqing return to the city? If she leaves, this house won't belong to her anymore."
Tang Yue agreed, "That's natural. We all understand that."
The men who followed him were already urging the team leader to go back and collect the bricks and call for help. "Then you wait a moment, I'll go back and call for help. The day is very short."
After they left, Lai Xiang hurried back to the cabin to look for his luggage and took out some money. "Xiao Yueyue, I don't have many food coupons left. I'll give you some money first, and later..."
Tang Yue's face fell, "Sister Lai, what are you talking about? Do you have to be so polite to me?"
Lai Xiang was very stubborn. Tang Yue sighed, "Sister Lai, I've never been so polite to you before when you bought me a TV, a sewing machine, or something."
Lai Xiang didn't know what to do with her hands. Tang Yue held Lai Xiang's hands, which had already suffered from frostbite, and asked, "Sister Lai, have you visited Uncle Lai and Aunt Lai?"
When Lai Xiang mentioned this, tears welled up in her eyes again. "Last night, time has passed. They, wuwu, were not doing well."
Tang Yue knew that Lai Xiang came more than half a month later than her parents. She patted her on the back and said, "Sister Lai, don't cry. Let's understand the situation clearly before we know how to help them."
Lai Xiang wiped away a tear, "My parents are both sick. When I went there last night, they could barely get out of bed. Luckily, I brought some medicine and gave it to them.
Their bedding was very thin, and they were all frostbitten. I came back and brought all the bedding to them."
Tang Yue said that it was impossible for Lai Xiang to be completely unprepared. It turned out that the conditions on her parents' side were too difficult. "Is anyone bullying them?"
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