I had lunch with Lin Tao in Sanheying at noon and came back in the afternoon.
Yun Qiao gave Lin Tao a bottle of canned yellow peaches as a thank you gift.
Fang Liqiu sent the canned food to the Ye family during the Chinese New Year. There were about ten bottles in total, with various flavors. Aunt Li Baiqiu gave her half of them.
After the Chinese New Year, the educated youth who went home to visit their families returned one after another.
Chen Fengxia came back on the seventh day of the New Year. Yun Qiao was a little surprised that she came back so early.
"Sister Fengxia, it takes four days just to travel from Shanghai to here by bus. Didn't you come here from home on the second or third day of the Lunar New Year?"
Chen Fengxia nodded and said, "I took the bus to Harbin on the evening of the second day of the Lunar New Year."
"Why don't you stay home for a few more days?"
Chen Fengxia smiled wryly and shook her head. "I can't stay any longer. My sister-in-law gave birth to another baby, and there's no room for me to sleep at home. Every time I go home, I sleep on the floor in my parents' room."
Yun Qiao sighed and comforted her a few times.
Chen Fengxia, however, is more open-minded: "There's nothing we can do about it. Housing conditions in the city are just like this, and every household is so crowded. I won't rush home to visit my family during the Lunar New Year anymore. Sleeping on the floor in winter is too cold."
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the company began to arrange for the educated youth to go to work.
Yun Qiao was no longer assigned to the chicken farm, but was assigned to work under the women's director Jiang Ling as her assistant.
Although I’m an assistant, I don’t actually have to do anything.
Jiang Ling only gave her one task, which was to study.
The date for the health worker examination has been set, which is March 3rd of the Gregorian calendar, which is also the Lantern Festival of the lunar calendar.
Jiang Ling asked her to study hard during this period, give her all in the exam, and try to pass it in one try.
So Yun Qiao settled down in Jiang Ling's office and came to study every day.
However, before the medical worker examination, a pair of uninvited guests arrived in the company.
The people who came were an aunt and nephew, carrying large and small bags of things. Accompanied by the commune leaders, they were invited to the team headquarters by Company Commander Yang and Instructor Zhao.
Yun Qiao was also brought to the conference room by Jiang Ling.
As soon as she entered, Instructor Zhao introduced her to the aunt and nephew, saying, "Comrade Ye Yunqiao is here. She's the person you want to see."
The middle-aged woman dressed as a cadre said excitedly, "It's her! It's her! I've seen the photo."
"Me what?"
Yun Qiao was confused when she saw the middle-aged woman dressed as a cadre suddenly step forward and kneel down in front of her.
She knelt on her knees, placed her hands in front of her on the ground, and banged her head hard on the ground, kowtowed to Yun Qiao.
Yun Qiao was startled and hurried to help her: "Ah, Auntie, what are you doing? Get up quickly, get up quickly."
Yun Qiao's forceful support failed to lift the man up. He turned and looked at Jiang Ling with a pleading look: "Director Jiang, help me."
With Jiang Ling's help, Yun Qiao finally helped the man up.
"Comrade Ye, do you still remember me?"
Luo Jilan spoke excitedly, looking at Yun Qiao with eyes filled with deep gratitude, "My name is Luo Jilan. Last October, you saved my life at the Shanghai Railway Station!"
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