"I didn't ask you to advise them. They're all adults, and they're all living their own lives. We can't interfere with how they raise their children."
Sister Ya-jun is a sensible person; if she really encounters a difficult situation, she won't stubbornly remain silent.
Moreover, do you know what the best thing about the conditions here compared to Liujiatun is?
A simple thought popped into his head.
“For us, nothing is particularly important, but for Sister Yajun, the most important thing is to earn work points. In the village, only one person earns work points, but here, one person earns work points and one person makes money.”
Mingzhu nodded and then shook her head.
"Yes, that's important, but do you know what makes her happiest?"
Let me tell you, it's not about work or making money, it's about the hospital. We thought there would be a clinic or hospital in the military region, but we didn't expect it to be so, so close. It's right outside the compound. How many hundred meters is it?
Seriously, we were discussing it on the way here. They all said the conditions here were harsh, so we imagined it would be tough – no water, living in thatched huts, and so on. But what we saw here, aside from the houses, was a pleasant surprise. But the biggest surprise was the hospital! Seriously, getting to the hospital here is so convenient.
Jian Dan suddenly realized what was happening and sat up abruptly.
"Her biggest concern is still the children."
"Yes, now you understand how that feels, right?"
Mingzhu also sat up, leaning against the wall in a crooked posture.
"On the day we arrived, when we learned that the clinic was right outside the compound and that we could go to see a doctor, Sister Ya-jun cried."
Then she told me that just for this reason, coming here was the right decision. If they were to encounter something like this again, they wouldn't be so desperate.
Do you know what it feels like to hold your child in the middle of the night and have nowhere to turn for help?
In recent years, Sister Yajun and the others have truly experienced this: taking their children to find Old Chen, then knocking on Uncle Liu's door to beg him for a bullock cart, and then, in the dark and stumbling, heading to the commune.
I've heard of this kind of thing several times. Seriously, like that time when it was raining heavily, the rain was so heavy outside that we could barely hear anything inside. Liu Jiefang was so anxious that he ran out without even putting on a coat, just wearing a tank top. His house is so far from mine, I don't know how many times he fell. He was covered in mud and water from head to toe. I don't know how long he knocked on the door. As soon as Lin Dongfang opened the door, he knelt down.
It was dark and the road was slippery, so Uncle Liu dared not let the cattle out.
Then Liu Jiefang carried the child and trudged to the commune, and by the time he arrived, it was already dawn, you know?
When Lin Dongfang returned, he said that when Liu Jiefang arrived there, he was covered in mud, but the child in his arms was wrapped up tightly, and only a tiny bit of his hair was wet.
The night shift doctor hadn't even finished his shift yet, and he was stunned when he saw them, you know? That time, Xiao Jiaojiao had a fever, and it's said that if it had been half an hour later, it would have been pneumonia, especially since her constitution was already very weak. Pneumonia could have taken half her life.
The doctor said that the child's life was saved by her father.
Simple silence.
“I didn’t know any of this. I thought that I had seen the most authentic life during those years in Liujiatun. Now it seems that I only saw a little bit of the edge.”
"You can't say that. The year you went to the countryside was probably the most difficult time for Liujiatun. I heard about it. At that time, they couldn't get enough to eat and people were almost starving to death. It was the grain you brought that saved them. Later, you went up the mountain to help them find a lot of food, hunted, and set up greenhouses. That's how you helped them get through the crisis."
After that, things gradually improved, especially in the year or two before you left. Because of the mountain products, greenhouse vegetables, and handicrafts, life was known as good in the commune. If you want to talk about hardship, you saw their difficulties in those years. But, I can only say that everyone has their own difficulties.
The world is full of countless difficulties; every step is fraught with peril. As the saying goes, everyone has their own destiny. Even the same problem is encountered in different ways by different people.
"That's true, but when did you start studying Buddhism?"
Mingzhu casually picked up an orange from the kang table, peeling it while chuckling.
"What Buddhism? You overestimate me. Aren't Buddhist teachings all derived from reality? Maybe it's because I've experienced it and seen a lot of other people's suffering, and that's how I've come to understand it."
"What do you mean you've seen too much? It's like you've seen all the suffering in the world. By the way, Sister Zhuzhu, how is Uncle Ming doing now?"
You know, I'm prone to forgetfulness after pregnancy. From the moment I got pregnant, I started forgetting things as soon as they happened. Now, with this little one keeping me tied down, I can't remember anything. If he comes back and doesn't tell me, and you don't tell me anything about what's going on outside, then I really won't know anything.
She genuinely hadn't thought of it. She wasn't the type to worry about others, and now that she had a baby, she didn't have the energy to worry about others. It was only when Mingzhu mentioned her experience that she suddenly remembered.
"I know, I know you too well,"
Mingzhu shook her head. Having known each other for several years, she understood Simple perfectly, if not 99%. Especially considering his personality, she wouldn't stoop to such polite words.
"Don't worry about it. Later, when the school was recruiting teachers, my dad was transferred here. Anyway, my dad is just a writer. He doesn't know anything else, but he's not afraid of things in books. Now he's in high school and he's so busy that he can't even take care of me, his daughter, and this naughty boy."
In the end, both I and my dad owe our existence to you; otherwise, we'd still be in Liujiatun right now.
Sigh, actually, the work is secondary, but I've heard things have changed a lot over there. All the businesses have shut down, and the new educated youth aren't very well-behaved. The atmosphere in the village...tsk tsk! Everyone says it's not as good as when we were starving; at least then we dared to speak up. Now, we have to be careful what we say.
Having heard Qin Qinghuai mention it briefly, it wasn't surprising.
"Yes, but thankfully, there are troops stationed here to keep things under control. It's probably just minor skirmishes. As for a real attack with weapons, they probably wouldn't dare to do it."
"Yes, it's tough on those villagers. They were making money and getting into their best, and then this happened out of the blue. Now they're back to square one. They must feel even worse and hate those people even more."
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