The next day. It was just beginning to get light.
"Attention, members! Attention, members! Get up quickly! Get up quickly! Each household, please send a representative to the threshing ground for a meeting immediately."
The village loudspeaker broadcast the message three times before stopping, waking Lu Yuan and his wife. They checked the time; it was only a little past five. He pulled his wife back into his arms and gently patted her back.
"It's okay, we don't need to go, let's go back to sleep."
Pregnant women are naturally sleepy, and nestled in a warm embrace, they fell asleep instantly. Lu Yuan also took a nap before getting up.
After getting ready and having breakfast, I drove to the commune clinic, this time alone.
Upon arriving at the ward, Song Minghao and Han Wenzhao were still there, but Nurse Yu was nowhere to be seen. Wu Jinglan was also present.
"Oh, Assistant Lu is here!" she greeted him with a smile.
Lu Yuan glanced at her and said with a forced smile, "Hello, Madam Secretary, what brings you here so early in the morning?"
Wu Jinglan chuckled, "Look at what you're saying. I came here specifically to see He Zhiqing and Hong Zhiqing, and I even brought them gifts. My husband, Lao Li, is just too busy today. He has to prepare for receiving county leaders, otherwise he would definitely have come in person."
Lu Yuan glanced at the things on the table: two cans of malted milk powder, four bottles of canned fruit, two boxes of biscuits, and a few wilted apples.
Tsk, they certainly know how to treat a patient properly.
"Then I really have to trouble you, Madam Secretary. I remember your son lives next door, right? Is his injury serious? Should I go and check on him?"
Wu Jinglan gritted her teeth. What kind of young master is this? Is it okay to call someone that now? Is this an attempt to harm them?
"Assistant Lu, my rascal's name is Li Wei, you can just call him Awei. His injuries have been treated by the doctor, and he has a mild concussion, but he's fine now. The doctor said he just needs to go home and rest in bed, so we were discharged and went home last night."
"Oh, I see. I thought you were discharged because you couldn't extort money from us anymore."
Wu Jinglan: ……
My teeth are itchy, I want to bite someone.
While this is the truth, what kind of good person speaks so bluntly? How can we have a friendly conversation like this?
"Assistant Lu is joking! Who do we think we are? How could we possibly do something like extorting people?"
Lu Yuan gave a half-smile, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, and directly told them to leave.
"Since the secretary's wife has already visited, we won't keep you any longer. We're being discharged today."
He asked the doctor, and they said that neither of them needed to be hospitalized; they could just go home and rest. Besides, his father, a skilled doctor, and his wife's spatial water would help them heal faster.
Wu Jinglan's eyes lit up. Discharged from the hospital? Does that mean they won't pursue the matter further?
"Alright, then I won't bother you any longer. I'll go settle the medical bills at the health center. Once my son Awei is healed, I'll have him come visit you. As the saying goes, no fight, no friendship. You're all around the same age, so you should have a lot in common."
Lu Yuan scoffed and didn't reply, and Wu Jinglan didn't care either, since her words were just polite.
When Wu Jinglan was about to leave, He Shenghua and Hong Xia asked her to take her things with her, and Lu Yuan gestured for them to accept them.
Wu Jinglan was even happier. Accepting the gifts meant she was truly willing to reconcile, so she left with a smile.
She didn't know that, in Lu Yuan's eyes, accepting gifts simply meant that you had done something wrong and should compensate him.
He told the two of them, "Take the things with peace of mind. Consider them as nutritional supplements they are giving you. It is what they are entitled to give. Even if they don't give them, I will ask for them for you."
"There should still be money inside." Hongxia, with her sharp eyes, also noticed two envelopes under the malted milk powder.
Lu Yuan picked them up and looked at them. Each envelope contained 20 yuan and 5 jin of grain coupons.
"Tsk, so stingy, trying to pay a beggar with this little bit of money! I'll have them pay you both more later."
The two looked at each other, wondering if 20 yuan was too little. They might not even be able to save 20 yuan in a whole year.
And this isn't about money.
"Comrade Lu, I don't want their compensation, I just want them to give us justice."
Lu Yuan finally understood; the two had misunderstood that accepting the gifts meant they wanted to reconcile.
"Don't worry, we will seek justice and take what we owe them. This is what they are entitled to."
The two were skeptical.
"Alright, we'll get justice for you today. Go home first. The county head and several other county leaders will be visiting our Changhe Brigade later. We'll head back now and I'll talk to the county leaders about this."
The two were completely relieved.
Lu Yuan exchanged a few words with Song Minghao and Han Wenzhao before leaving the health center with the two injured patients.
The two were still a little dazed and reserved sitting in the car. It was their first time riding in a car, and they secretly looked around at everything inside while trying their best to remain calm.
Lu Yuan struck up a conversation with the two of them, asking, "Are you getting used to raising rabbits?"
"I'm used to it, very used to it."
Hongxia felt that raising rabbits was much easier than working in the fields, so what could she possibly find difficult?
"Have you encountered any difficulties?"
"Not at the moment."
Lu Yuan nodded slightly, "If you have any difficulties, just say so."
"We will."
Lu Yuan glanced at the two people sitting in the back seat through the rearview mirror and a smile played on his lips. These two were interesting.
He had previously thought that He Shenghua would sit in the front passenger seat because of the difference between men and women, so he opened the car door for him. However, He Shenghua said that he wanted to sit in the back, claiming that the back was more spacious.
Ha, we're all men, don't think he can't see through his little schemes.
The car arrived at the village quickly. He first took the two to the educated youth settlement, gave them a few words of advice, and then drove home.
Not long after he got home, Lu Yuanchao rushed over and called him to go to the brigade headquarters.
"Quick, Brother Yuan, the county magistrate and a group of leaders have arrived and want you to go there right away."
So fast? You're here pretty early.
Lu Yuan remained calm and said, "No rush, you go ahead first, we'll be there shortly."
Not in a hurry? Of course not! His dad and the others are almost frantic. Wasn't he supposed to be in charge of reception? But all the other leaders have arrived, and he, the receptionist, hasn't even arrived yet.
"Brother Yuan, hurry up, I'm going back now." With that, he dashed off.
Lu Yuan asked Gao Weishan to pack the medical kit. "Dad, come on, take the medical kit and let's go see the two injured people."
"Okay, I'll go take a look," Gao Weishan said with a smile.
He knew exactly what his son was planning, so he simply went along with it.
Wen Gang accompanied them on this trip; Su Tingxiao and the other three were not at home. They went out to observe the terrain of the village and the situation of the entire brigade.
I first took my dad and Wengang to the educated youth settlement, and then ran to the brigade headquarters.
The route was a bit roundabout, and we had to do a 100-meter sprint when we were almost at the brigade headquarters. By the time we arrived, we were already panting heavily.
He was panting heavily as he shook hands and exchanged pleasantries with the leaders.
"I'm sorry, County Chief Luo, and all the leaders, I'm late. I was indeed delayed by something today. I went to the commune early this morning to pick up two injured educated youths and just got back from the commune."
Dean Gao had originally said he would personally come to the brigade headquarters to wait for the leaders, but he's currently examining two injured patients and will come over immediately afterward.
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