Chapter 43 Cowshed

Old Lady Ji couldn't help it anymore, so she picked up a broom and was about to chase the people away, but was stopped by Shen Ruoqing.

"Aunt Ji, don't be so angry. Look at Ruoqing, she is much more sensible..."

"Mom, don't be in a hurry to chase us away. My eldest brother is still in the hospital. It costs 80 cents a day to stay in the hospital. In total, we have spent more than ten or twenty yuan." Shen Ruoqing said quietly.

Although Liu Peng said nice things before, he didn't mention Shen Xiangdong's medical expenses at all. After all, Shen Xiangdong was injured because of Liu Peng, so shouldn't Liu Peng pay for the medical expenses? Old Mrs. Ji also realized that Liu Peng didn't dare to come in person before, but just sent someone to deliver a basket of eggs. Wasn't it because he was afraid that his family would blackmail them? The words sounded nice, but in the end, he didn't want to pay for the money at all!

"Yes, our Xiangdong suffered so much to save you, shouldn't you pay for the medical expenses? And his leg was broken and he couldn't walk for three months, and he can't make any more centimeters, shouldn't your family make some compensation?" Old Lady Ji said bluntly. "Don't even think about getting married, pay for the medical expenses, don't even think about marrying my little boy, even if you want to marry my little girl, that's not allowed!"

Liu Peng regretted coming to Shen Xiangdong's house. He didn't expect that Shen Xiangdong's medical expenses would be so expensive. It would have been better if Shen Xiangdong could not be saved at that time.

"Indeed, the medical expenses should be paid by my family, but my family is in financial difficulty right now, so the brigade will advance the money. When my family has more money in the future, we will definitely make up for it."

It sounds good that the brigade will advance the money and he will make up for it later, but everyone knows that the Shen family has another compensation payment, which is definitely not paid by the brigade. Liu Peng pretended that he didn't know about it. It would be difficult to ask him for the money later.

"Then just write a receipt. I used my old man's compensation to pay for this. Writing a receipt will save us from disputes in the future." Old Mrs. Ji didn't buy it. "I've already spent 15.5 yuan, and there are still five days of hospitalization fees to follow up. The total is 19.5 yuan, plus nutrition fees and lost wages. Just give me 30 yuan. Write the receipt."

"Why do you need so much?" Liu Peng asked sharply.

"How is this too much? I'm still counting the least! Xiangdong has a broken bone and can't move. Does he need someone to take care of him? Does that mean there's one less person to earn a cent? My boss is your savior. Is your life not worth even 30 yuan?"

Liu Peng looked unhappy, but he had no choice but to write a promissory note in front of Old Lady Ji. Of course, the promissory note was written by Shen Ruoqing, and Liu Peng signed his name.

When Liu Peng left, Old Lady Ji spat fiercely on the ground.

"Puh, what a thing! How dare you covet my sweet baby!"

"Mom, don't be angry. It's ugly to have wrinkles when you're angry."

"Mom is already old, what's the point of talking about good looks or bad looks? By the way, did you look good when you went to pick up those educated youth today? How were those educated youth?"

Shen Ruoqing thought for a moment and said, "They are all the same as us, with two eyes, a nose, and a mouth. There's nothing special about them, but one of them seems to be quite good-looking. I'm afraid the new educated youths are not used to our environment. There are three male educated youths and three female educated youths."

Somehow, Shen Ruoqing thought of Mu Bai's face.

"The educated youth can't do any work, and we're sending three female educated youth? Food is already in short supply this year... Forget it, it's none of our business anyway."

Educated youth point.

"Why are there only adobe houses? Look, the dust on the walls is about to fall off. I think the people in this village don't care about us at all." Yang Pingfang said with a frown.

"We are all here to support the construction, not to enjoy ourselves." Mu Bai said calmly, "You should tidy up your rooms quickly."

There are three adobe houses, two large ones and one small one. The large one can accommodate three or four people, and the small one can accommodate two people.

Yang Pingfang and Shu Lijuan both wanted to live in that small room alone.

After the final draw, Shu Lijuan lived alone, Yang Pingfang and Qian Damei shared a room, and the three male educated youth shared a room.

The village didn't give them a pot, but only two clay pots, and they had to add everything else by themselves. A few people got together to discuss how to pool their money and buy an iron pot to cook together.

Mu Bai paid for the iron pot, and the others contributed money. As for the oil and seasonings, everyone went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the county town to check.

"You guys go. My package hasn't arrived yet. I'll go to the county town in two days." Mu Bai said.

"There are still many things missing among these educated youth. Comrade Mu, why don't you come with us to take a look?" Shu Lijuan said.

"It's okay. I can just ask someone in the village to exchange some small things for me. You guys go ahead. You can just bring the things back when the time comes."

In that case, no one cared about Mu Bai anymore. Captain Tang said that it would take two hours to walk from here to the county town.

After they all left, Mu Bai took out some cakes from his backpack, walked out of the educated youth center, and went to the cowshed with the people on his back.

Hao Dezhong was talking to Grandma Hao when there was a knock on the door. Hao Dezhong was still wondering if it was the Liu family girl again, but when he opened the door, he saw someone he didn't expect.

"Xiaobai, why are you here? How did you find this place? Go back quickly, go back quickly, this is not the place you are supposed to be."

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He was surprised at first, then pretended to be angry and frowned. He looked around, found no one, and drove Mu Bai out.

"If that evil creature knew you came to see an old man like me, wouldn't he be so angry? We finally drew a line between us. You shouldn't have come here."

"Grandpa, it's no use for you to chase me away. I've already signed up to come here, and I'll stay here forever." How could an old man like him push Mu Bai away? Mu Bai turned sideways and walked into the house easily. "Grandma, I brought you your favorite Beijing Eight Pieces."

"You kid..." Hao Dezhong sighed and followed him into the house.

"Xiaobai, why are you here? Ahem, you shouldn't have come to see us old couple." Grandma Hao looked at her grandson and tears of excitement came to her eyes.

"Grandma, why are you coughing again?" Mu Bai glanced at the much thinner grandma and felt very upset. If his mother hadn't reported grandma...

"It's much better now, thanks to the girl from the Shen family. My cough used to be even worse than this. It's getting better now." said Grandma Hao.

"Why did you go to the countryside this time? Logically speaking, your family shouldn't allow you to go to the countryside? Would she agree to let you go to the countryside?"

"I signed up on my own. It's okay to go to the countryside. I don't have to worry about the smoke and gas at home."

"You fool, you came all the way here just to see us, old couple. Now that you've been seen, listen to grandpa and send a telegram home to ask your family to bring you back. Going to the countryside is no joke."

(End of this chapter)