Chapter 130 Li Guangming Comes to Find Us
Lying in the truck bed, Zhao Aiguo was deathly pale, his head was covered in sweat, his face was contorted in pain, and his lower body was covered in blood.
Song Lubai saw the broken, pale bones beneath the blood-soaked trouser legs.
Seeing this scene made her heart tremble, and her teeth began to feel sore and weak.
How much pain must Zhao Aiguo be in right now!
My leg is broken, how will I walk in the future?
Liu Fengshou wiped his sweat and urged, "Lu Shuangshuang, come on up quickly, let's go!"
The tractor Zhang Jian was riding on returned.
Zhang Jian shouted from the car, "I know a shortcut that leads directly to Shicheng. Don't waste your time at the clinic; they can't handle this kind of injury."
Zhang Jian jumped off the tractor and got on the front tractor. "Go, go quickly."
Lu Shuangshuang got on the tractor and, with trembling hands, wrapped Zhao Aiguo's wound tightly with a cloth, causing Zhao Aiguo to scream in pain.
Lu Shuangshuang cried and said, "Bear with it, the blood can't keep flowing like this."
Zhao Aiguo was in so much pain that he lost consciousness and couldn't hear what the people around him were saying.
Liu Fengshou said, "We need to get to the nearest clinic to stop the bleeding first. Shicheng is too far away, I'm scared..."
Zhang Jian waved his hand: "Then let's go to the clinic first, hurry up!"
The tractors had all left, and those who had seen the wound and remained in the same spot were trembling.
Song Lubai couldn't stop trembling. Zhao Aiguo's injuries were terrifying. His lower body was torn and mangled from his thighs down, with broken bones that looked like they had been crushed, some even shattered.
It's a miracle that Zhao Aiguo is still alive.
"What happened? Did it get caught in the tractor?"
The women were quite frightened.
Li Huijun clutched her chest and said, "Look at that wound, it's a miracle the person is even alive. What will become of them? Sigh..."
Not long after, the main force returned carrying farm tools.
The company commander and political instructor looked very serious after learning about Zhao Aiguo's accident.
There are other people in charge at Guhekou, and they don't spend much time there keeping an eye on things.
Early the next morning, the instructor walked to Guhekou, while the company commander rode his bicycle to the farm headquarters.
The instructor went to Guhekou to find out what happened yesterday. When he arrived, the person in charge told him that the field Zhao Aiguo had plowed with his tractor was uneven and there were several wolves hiding in the reeds. The tractor overturned and he was pulled into it.
The instructor saw the large amount of blood on the ground and couldn't imagine Zhao Aiguo's situation at that time.
The valley mouth was shrouded in dark clouds, and the wards of the health clinic were filled with gloom and despair.
Lu Shuangshuang cried her heart out.
Because Zhao Aiguo stopped breathing shortly after being taken to the clinic.
The company commander's legs went weak in the ward.
When the people of the 25th Company learned of Zhao Aiguo's death in the afternoon, they were all very saddened.
Zhao Aiguo was a kind-hearted man who always greeted everyone with a smile. He would always agree to help anyone bring things from the farm headquarters and got along well with everyone. He had only been married for a short time, so how could he have been so unlucky as to have this accident?
Hearing the crowd calling Zhao Aiguo a hero, Song Lubai thought to herself, whether he is a hero or not is not important, what is important is that a person is alive.
Such a vibrant person, gone just like that.
People died while digging a canal at Guhekou, and the leaders of the Sixth Farm all went to Guhekou.
Someone from the 25th Company complained: "That reed bed is about a hundred meters away from where we're supposed to dig. It's not an obstacle at all. If Engineer Li hadn't insisted that we clear the reed bed, Aiguo wouldn't have gone to plow that land. Just to make the surrounding land look neat and tidy, he insisted on digging, which scared the wolves out. The truck overturned, Aiguo was dragged inside, and then he was mauled by the wolves..."
The person who filed the complaint choked up and couldn't continue, remembering Zhao Aiguo's miserable state that day...
Engineer Li is a water conservancy professional and the chief person in charge of the Guhekou project.
When accused of filing a complaint, he did not utter a single word of defense.
A human life is heavier than ten thousand pounds, and any attempt to justify it would only aggravate his sins, even though he never expected such an accident to happen.
There are many wolves in the Gobi Desert. They always roam around when tractors are plowing the fields, waiting for small animals such as rabbits, mice, and lizards to escape after their dens in the grass are overturned. Once they catch them, they can have a delicious meal.
After more than ten years of development, the branch farms around Shicheng main farm were thought to be free of wolves by now, especially since there were so many laborers in the Guhekou area. Who would have thought that they would encounter such bad luck?
Next came a safety training session that lasted for an hour or so.
Before we knew it, it was already mid-October. The weather was still hot at noon, but it was very cold in the mornings and evenings, so cold that we needed to wear a sweater under our coats.
Since her lover died, Lu Shuangshuang has been listless these days.
Song Lubai sat under the shed in front of the brick house revising her article, while Liu Xiaolan sat beside her reading the newspaper and correcting her stutter.
A listless Lu Shuangshuang approached and said, "Song Lubai, someone is looking for you."
Song Lubai looked around and spotted a man pushing a bicycle in the dugout area.
She was a bit far away and couldn't see her face clearly, so she didn't know who had come looking for her.
When he got closer, Li Guangming saw her and grinned foolishly at her.
What brings you here?
Li Guangming said, "I've been resting these past two days, so I thought I'd come and see you."
Lu Shuangshuang called out from not far away, "Don't stand over there, come under the shed and have some water."
Song Lubai gestured with her chin for Li Guangming to follow, and she took the lead.
Li Guangming took out a bag of raisins from his cloth bag and said to Song Lubai, "These raisins are newly harvested this year, and they're very sweet. You should try some."
"Hey comrades, you should try some too, it's really sweet."
The female cooks gathered around, each grabbing a small handful, and after eating, they all said it was sweet.
Li Huijun asked, "Raisins are hard to come by. Where did you buy them?"
Li Guangming said, "I work at the Shicheng Transportation Office, and some of these are among the goods I've been transporting recently. You can buy some of them."
Song Lubai sat there without saying a word.
She felt that Li Guangming was too innocent for someone in their twenties.
People just asked him where he bought it, and he even left his workplace behind.
Although there's no need to keep your workplace a secret, and introducing yourself by saying your workplace is more formal and polite, Li Guangming still gave her the impression of being incredibly naive.
"You and Xiao Song have known each other for a long time, otherwise why would you come all this way to find her?"
Song Lubai answered first: "We are both from Yangcheng, and we have known each other before."
After chatting for a while, Li Huijun, while eating raisins, said, "Alright, alright, everyone go back to cook. It'll be time to get off work soon."
After everyone left, Song Lubai looked at Li Guangming and said, "Shut your mouth, you're laughing so stupidly."
Li Guangming's face turned bright red.
stupid?
She said he was stupid?
What's wrong with him?
Li Guangming stammered in defense of himself, "I'm not stupid."
Song Lubai whispered, "Yes, you're not stupid. If you're not stupid, why would you tell others your whole situation? Didn't you learn your lesson last time? I think you're just old for nothing. I feel like you don't know as much as I do about what you can and can't say when you're out and about."
Li Guangming scratched his head, puzzled, and asked, "What did I just say that I can't say?"
Song Lubai patiently said, "You only met these people once, so just maintain basic politeness. You've revealed your job. If they ask you to buy something and bring it over, will you buy it or not?"
Li Guangming said without hesitation, "Of course I'll buy it for them."
Song Lubai frowned: "Your route is through Shicheng and Urumqi, which isn't convenient to get here. Why did you agree to their request? Why are you taking on so much trouble for yourself? Do you owe them anything?"
Li Guangming glanced at her cautiously: "If I need to come to you again in the future, helping them bring things is just on the way, and I don't find it troublesome."
Song Lubai: "Don't think about me, just think about yourself. I don't want to become anyone's burden for no reason."
Li Guangming thought to himself, "If she weren't here, I wouldn't have come here at all."
Afraid of upsetting her, he said gently, "Okay, okay, I won't bring them anything."
Song Lubai wanted to ask, "Are you stupid?"
Is she telling him not to help others? She doesn't want him to continue being so naive. If he continues to be so naive, he seems so easy to fool, and he'll be fooled again in the future.
However, looking into Li Guangming's clear and innocent eyes, she couldn't bring herself to say such hurtful things.
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