"Thanks."
He Tingjun asked, "By the way, I remember you educated youth have a home visit leave every year. Do you have any plans to return to Shanghai this year?"
Yun Qiao shook his head: "No. I don't have any relatives in Shanghai anymore, so there's no need to go back."
He Tingjun apologized: "Sorry for bringing up your sad story."
"It's okay. It's not a big deal. My uncle and aunt are right by my side. I don't have to travel so far. It's much easier."
He Tingjun breathed a sigh of relief and said in a relaxed tone, "Then I'll come back and bring you a gift. Is there anything you want?"
Yun Qiao shook his head: "I don't really want anything, just some local specialties, nothing too expensive."
"knew."
He Tingjun said he wouldn't be here long today, and sure enough, before noon, the military jeep that had brought him here in the morning came to pick him up.
The jeep was parked outside the main gate of the headquarters as usual, without even turning off the engine. It just honked the horn a few times to remind him.
When He Tingjun heard the horn, he stood up, put on his military coat, and said goodbye to Yun Qiao.
Yun Qiao sent him out the door.
He Tingjun: "It's cold outside and you're still sick, don't send me off."
Yun Qiao obediently stopped at the door and said, "Then be careful on the road. There's snow on the road, and it'll be slippery if it freezes into ice. Tell the driver to drive slower. Speed isn't important, safety is the most important thing."
"I know." He Tingjun looked at Yun Qiao's face with longing. He was reluctant to leave. He raised his hand to adjust the scarf around her neck, and then said reluctantly, "I'm leaving."
"Hey." Yun Qiao nodded slightly and waved at him with a smile.
He Tingjun turned around, strode away, got in the car, and did not forget to roll down the car window and wave at her, shouting at her: "Come in, it's cold outside."
The jeep started slowly and soon drove away from Yun Qiao's sight.
Yun Qiao watched the jeep disappear from his sight before turning back to the house.
The room was warmed by the heat from the kang. Although He Tingjun only stayed with her for two hours, he did not let himself be idle at all. He first helped her clear the snow in front of and behind the house. Seeing that there was only half a tank of water left in her water tank, he took a bucket to the well and fetched a few buckets of water to fill the tank. Finally, he chopped half a pile of firewood in the remaining time.
I have to say, getting along with this kind of man with life in his eyes, my sense of touch is really full.
Not long after He Tingjun left, Zheng Wenjing came over after smelling the scent.
"Yun Qiao, what did I say yesterday?! I was right, wasn't I? I said your Comrade He must come today."
"With his clingy nature, even if it rains rain, let alone snow, he'll still come!"
Zheng Wenjing sat down on the kang next to Yun Qiao and continued, "But why did your comrade He leave so early today? He used to be reluctant to leave until nightfall, so what happened this time? Has he changed?"
Yun Qiao glared at her coquettishly: "How can you talk like that? Can't I be okay?"
"Yes, of course." Zheng Wenjing chuckled twice. "I was just surprised. After all, he's that clingy person who wants to kick you into his pocket and take you away. He wouldn't let you go unless he really has something to do."
Yun Qiao felt a little uncomfortable with what she said, and whispered angrily, "How can you say it's so exaggerated?"
Seeing Yun Qiao blushing, Zheng Wenjing smiled and teased her a few more times before asking, "How are you feeling today? Are you no longer having a fever?"
Yun Qiao shook his head: "I don't have a fever anymore."
"If you don't have a fever, you'll be sick soon," Zheng Wenjing said. "This snowstorm has been so heavy, the temperature has plummeted. Many people in the educated youth compound have caught colds and fevers. Wear a mask when you see patients these next couple of days to prevent them from catching a severe cold."
"I know, I'm wearing one. This morning, two new educated youth I don't know came to get fever-reducing medicine, and I wore a mask the whole time." Yun Qiao said this, and suddenly thought of Chen Fengxia who came to get medicine yesterday, so he asked, "By the way, you and Fengxia live close to each other. She got some medicine in advance yesterday. She didn't catch a cold today, did she?"
Zheng Wenjing curled her lips: "She's very stubborn. And, the medicine you gave her yesterday was completely wrong."
"You deliberately gave her the medicine and didn't even take her money. In the end, she didn't drink it herself and gave it to Ruan Yuping instead. It's so infuriating!" Zheng Wenjing gritted her teeth in anger. "If I had known this would happen, I should have snatched the medicine away yesterday! I would rather throw it in the trash than give it to Ruan Yuping!"
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