The villagers' faces were getting better and better. They were able to earn money and were slowly getting money in their hands. Although they couldn't eat their fill right away, these things were things that could be found everywhere in their own vegetable gardens. Who wouldn't be happy if they could exchange these things for money?
You work hard from dawn till dusk all year round, only to receive a few dollars at the end of the year?
The vegetables have been sold for several days, and the money is distributed every two days. Although it's not much each time, it's still much better than the little bit you can squeeze out from under a chicken's rear end. This is the hope the villagers want to see. With something to look forward to, everyone is smiling as they talk and act.
She simply went along twice, and once the villagers were familiar with the route, she stopped interfering.
Recently, what has been on her mind is not this matter, but Cheng Jia in the cowshed next door, whose situation is not good.
Cheng Jia's health was not good when he first arrived. Later, Cheng Jin told him that it was because he was injected with an unknown drug by the person who came later. Originally, he was supposed to be injected with something like an antidote at regular intervals, so his body was still able to maintain a balance.
After Cheng Jia unexpectedly woke up, with his many years of experience, he naturally resisted all of this. He then quickly tried to bring the other party to justice, and naturally put the medicine aside.
Having lost his mind over the years, he felt he had already made a grave mistake, which is why he applied for a transfer for reformation. He didn't tell anyone about his physical abnormality.
After arriving here, Jian Dan was in the open, and Cheng Chao and Cheng Jin secretly sent him things from time to time, so he never had to worry about food or clothing.
In daily work, Jian Dan is so simple that he hardly notices anything. Even if there are any problems, as long as he and Ming's father don't talk about it, Jian Dan really can't find out.
I hadn't noticed it before, but recently, every night I've gone by, I can tell something's not right. The most obvious thing is that Cheng Jia's breathing is much more erratic than before, and he's trembling when he speaks and walks. A few times, even when we've walked quite far away, we can still hear his heart-wrenching cough and the words of comfort from Ming's father and Lao Mu. These are all things that haven't happened before.
They privately went to see Ming's father again and learned that Cheng Jia's condition had been going on for some time. The speed at which he was weakening was so rapid that even those of them who knew nothing about medicine could tell something was wrong.
Cheng Chao went on a mission and didn't return. Lin Dongfang also looked unwell when he came back.
"The situation is not good, what are your plans?"
Although they were reunited as relatives later in life, Cheng Jia was very self-aware. She knew that her experiences over the past few years would not bring glory to her children, and she could also see her son's awkwardness, so she had a very low profile in recent years.
Actually, he was also a very wronged person. In his own view, the stains of the past few years had turned his struggles in the first half of his life into a joke. Naturally, he did not want to affect his child. So even though everyone knew that they had the same surname, apart from Jian Dan and the other few people involved, Lin Dongfang's family, and the village chief and a few people in the cowshed, almost no one would put Cheng Jia together with Jian Dan's relatives on the garrison side.
As for her father, whom she considered her closest brother, it was hard to say how close they were, and they didn't have much opportunity to spend time together. However, she did care for him quite a bit. Because of Cheng Chao's awkwardness, she mostly sent him things secretly. In fact, they rarely even talked or chatted, probably less than Lin Dongfang.
He spun around in place, his face serious. After thinking for a moment, he clapped his hands.
“I’ll ask for leave and get a letter of introduction. I’ll go to the military region first thing tomorrow morning. We don’t know anything about medicine, and we don’t dare to give them any medicine casually. We’ll have to ask them to find a doctor to come and take a look before we feel at ease.”
Lin Dongfang opened his mouth, but then stopped himself from speaking.
He paused briefly.
"Is there something you can't tell me?"
"...Old Mu is an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor. He saw me a few days ago, and his condition was not good. He said that the previous medication was too strong and had almost completely worn down his body. It's a miracle that he's lasted this long; now he's at his last gasp..."
I had a feeling the situation was bad, but I never imagined it would be this serious.
"No, really? What if there's medicine? What kind of medicine do you need? I'll figure something out."
Traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, then what about ginseng? Is ginseng effective?
It was almost unbelievable. Cheng Chao actually had high expectations for his father. When he learned that Cheng Jia was still alive, he didn't say it, but you could tell how happy he was.
She did feel reluctant to part with Cheng Jia, but it wasn't that deep. However, if something really happened to Cheng Jia, what a blow it would be to Cheng Chao.
Lin Dongfang had certainly considered this point.
"Knowing that you and Brother Chao have a good relationship, I specifically asked Lao Mu, and the situation is indeed not very good."
He had known for a long time that his health was failing, but he had always told him not to say it.
The day before yesterday, you were watching closely, and Lao Mu noticed it. He told me about it later, saying, "If you can afford it, give them some good food."
Let's eat something good. Eat whatever you can.
These are the kinds of things doctors say to the families of terminally ill patients.
Simple's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.
What followed was a deep sense of self-blame.
"It's also my fault. I'm always in a rush. If I had stayed a little longer, I might have noticed it much sooner."
Lin Dongfang and Mingzhu exchanged a glance, then shook their heads.
"This isn't a problem that happened overnight. Over the years, especially with the constant manipulation and weakening by drugs, his body has long since given way. In fact, he might have already given up on enduring this for a long time..."
Lin Dongfang and Mingzhu were old acquaintances of the Cheng family. They had met Cheng Jia when they were young, although their memories of her were not deep, they had heard a lot about her from their families.
"When we were kids, he was always a legend. Everyone would give him a thumbs up when they talked about him, and he was the kind of tough guy that people would use to educate their own children."
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