With this money, all the problems seemed to be solved.
The problem of where the educated youth lived was completely solved, and the losses were almost fully recovered.
Many families in the village also brought vegetables and potatoes to the educated youth, and some generous families even gave them a few eggs.
The villagers' care and kindness deeply moved the educated youth. At that moment, they felt as if they had truly integrated into the Changhe Brigade and were a real part of it.
Lu Guoan went to the commune to report on his work, while Zhang Yongan went to find Granny Sun to buy a house.
Lu Guoan handed over the village's harvest work to Lu Yuan, asking him to keep an eye on it. Lu Yuan took over the work of recording work points and registering information.
On the last day of the harvest, no one was delayed by the burning of the educated youth settlement; they continued to work diligently to harvest, dry, and store the grain.
After a busy day, Lu Yuan and Wen Moxue didn't have time to enter the space until the evening.
No one else can enter this space. It's not that they can't enter, but that if they do, they won't survive.
The two of them looked at Yang Caihong lying quietly in the open space and felt uneasy.
Wen Moxue, in particular, turned pale and held Lu Yuan's hand tightly.
Lu Yuan held the person in his arms and comforted them gently, "Don't be afraid!"
Wen Moxue shook her head. "I'm not afraid. She deserved to die."
They truly deserved to die. If they hadn't been constantly plotting to harm others, committing murder and arson, they wouldn't have ended up like this.
The two men crept up the mountain in the dark and left her on the edge of the deep mountain. Whether she would be discovered was up to fate.
Although they were said to have deserved to die, their moods were still affected. That night, they lay quietly on the kang (a heated brick bed) holding each other, and neither of them was in the mood to communicate.
Yang Caihong's body was discovered the next day by a group of women and children who had gone up the mountain to collect firewood.
Lu Xiaojun and Lu Xiaoqin were in the group, along with two other female educated youths.
When the brother and sister told Lu Yuan and the others about this incident while delivering firewood, they couldn't help but feel a wave of fear.
"Sister-in-law, you don't know, Yang Caihong seems to have been bitten to death by a wild animal. A large piece of her neck was bitten off, one of her arms was missing, but her hand was still nearby. Her face was pecked by something, and she was unrecognizable. Her eyes were also gone. It looked terrifying."
Lu Yuan drove his tractor to the commune to deliver grain. Wen Moxue was home alone. Hearing Lu Xiaoqin's words, she couldn't help but feel nauseous.
"Oh dear, sister-in-law, are you alright?"
Wen Moxue gagged a few times, then used her body as a shield to pour a cupful of spiritual spring water into it, taking several gulps to suppress the nausea.
"I'm fine."
She paused for a moment and then asked, "Since the face is completely unrecognizable, how do you know that person is Yang Caihong?"
“There were two female educated youths who went up the mountain to collect firewood with her. They recognized the clothes she was wearing. There were also two pieces of clothing next to her that had been torn by wild animals. The educated youths said they all belonged to Yang Caihong,” Lu Xiaoqin said.
Lu Xiaojun sniffled, wiped his nose with his sleeve, and said...
“A former educated youth said that Yang Caihong had been injured on one hand, leaving a half-inch-long scar. There was an identical scar on the other hand, so she was sure that it was Yang Caihong.”
"vomit--"
The thought of the bloody sight of a severed hand sent shivers down Wen Moxue's spine.
Lu Xiaoqin gently patted her younger brother, "You brat, your sister-in-law wasn't feeling well just now, why did you still say that?"
Lu Xiaojun was bewildered. Wasn't his sister just saying that? And wasn't this question asked by his sister-in-law herself? Why couldn't he answer it?
Although they didn't understand, they obediently kept quiet.
Wen Moxue drank a few more sips of spiritual spring water to calm herself down, gave the siblings two portions of firewood money, and two White Rabbit milk candies each before sending them away.
Judging from their words, the person was indeed Yang Caihong. She also remembered that Yang Caihong had a scar on the back of her hand, which she had heard was from when she was working in the fields not long after she went to the countryside and accidentally cut herself with a sickle, leaving a scar after it healed.
When Lu Yuan returned from delivering grain to the commune, he saw his wife lying listlessly on the kang (a heated brick bed). He went over and touched her forehead.
"What's wrong? You don't seem to be feeling well. Are you feeling unwell?"
Wen Moxue shook her head slightly, "The villagers found Yang Caihong; her body had been torn apart by wild animals..."
This makes me feel nauseous again.
Lu Yuan quickly patted her chest, "Okay, let's not talk about it anymore, and let's not think about it anymore."
To distract his wife, he said with a smile, "You haven't taken a pregnancy test these past two mornings. Maybe this is morning sickness."
Wen Moxue blinked her watery eyes a few times, then suddenly exclaimed "Ah!" and pulled Lu Yuan into the space. They went straight to the pharmacy, found two pregnancy tests, and then left the space, rushing to the toilet.
Lu Yuan was both amused and exasperated by her reaction.
A few minutes later, the little girl excitedly ran out of the toilet.
"Ahhh, Brother Yuan, look!"
Two pregnancy tests were handed to Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan had a premonition of something and subconsciously tightened his grip on the tests.
Upon closer inspection, both pregnancy tests showed two red lines.
His hands were trembling slightly; he had long since learned what the two lines meant.
So his wife is pregnant? He's going to be a dad?!
Haha, he's got a baby! He's going to be a dad!
He picked his wife up in his arms and started spinning her around the room, laughing heartily.
"Hahaha, Xiaoxue, honey, we're having a baby! I'm going to be a dad! Hahahaha..."
In his past life, whenever he saw the male and female leads in a drama hugging and spinning each other when they were happy, he couldn't help but complain in his heart, thinking it was very pretentious.
At this moment, he suddenly understood that it wasn't pretentious at all; it was simply a genuine expression of his feelings.
He thought that the happiest thing in the world was to blossom and bear fruit with the one you love.
Wen Moxue was also very happy. At this moment, even if she was being spun around in her arms, she didn't feel nauseous at all.
The two were so happy they forgot themselves. Old Liu heard their shouts and excitedly came over, leaning on his cane, to stop them from making a ruckus.
"Stop spinning her! Put her down. Pregnant women shouldn't be spun around like that."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan quickly stopped, put the person down, and asked with concern, "Wife, are you feeling unwell?"
Wen Moxue felt great at this moment, and shook her head with a smile, "No, I'm perfectly fine."
Lu Yuan felt relieved and turned to Old Liu with a grin, "Uncle Liu, I'm going to be a dad."
Grandpa Liu grinned, revealing his teeth, his wrinkled face blossoming into a chrysanthemum.
"Great, it's good to be a dad now."
Then he instructed the two, "It hasn't been three months yet, so don't tell anyone for now."
The two nodded in agreement. They had also heard this saying: don't tell anyone you're pregnant before three months, otherwise the pregnancy will be unstable.
Although I don't know the basis for this claim, I'd rather believe it than not, and for the sake of the baby in my womb, I'm willing to do it.
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