Chapter 50: Going to the Countryside as Educated Youth in the 1970s 13
[This is a parallel fictional world. Please do not take any similarities between place names and people as they appear.]
Zheng Zhiguo brought his father to Zhang Xiaojia's clinic on time. After the examination, Zhang Xiaojia felt that the operation could be performed. He asked Mr. Zheng to come behind the Chinese medicine cabinet and asked him to sit down. Zhang Xiaojia's movements were the same as last time, but he was more skilled. He inserted and removed the needle, and bandaged it. It only took 8 minutes.
Zheng Zhiguo watched the whole process. Is this all right? His face was full of doubt.
Zhang Xiaojia said, "Uncle Zheng, the operation is done. Go to the He family to find He Wu and stay here for three days."
What Zhang Xiaojia said was exactly what Zheng Zhiguo wanted. He was afraid that he would not be able to control his father when he returned home.
They stayed, and Zhang Xiaojia asked He Xinyan to take them to find He Wu.
Early the next morning, Zhang Xiaojia was about to go to the mountains to collect herbs, and Zheng Zhiguo and Old Man Zheng were about to enter the clinic.
"Uncle Zheng, what's wrong?" Zhang Xiaojia said as he took the old man's pulse. The pulse was normal, there was no problem.
"Xiao Jia, you are very good at acupuncture. The elders of the clan said that your acupuncture and ointment prevented his chronic cold from recurring this winter. Please take a look at my father." Zheng Zhiguo said hurriedly.
After Zhang Xiaojia examined the old man's leg, he asked He Xinyan to give him an injection, and she directed him from the side.
After waiting for fifteen minutes, he took out the needle, applied ointment to the old man, wrapped it with gauze, and said, "Uncle Zheng, just wash off the ointment tomorrow."
That night, Mr. Zheng slept soundly until dawn.
Mr. Zheng quickly became friends with the elderly members of the He family. Every afternoon, he and the He family came to the clinic to receive cupping, acupuncture, drink tea, and play chess.
Three days after the stitches were removed, Zhang Xiaojia checked and found that Mr. Zheng's eyes had recovered very well. He immediately said to Zheng Zhiguo, "Uncle Zheng, Mr. Zheng's eyes have recovered very well. He can see more clearly after getting a pair of glasses. I'll prescribe some more medicine for you. Boil three bowls of medicine into one bowl. One packet of Chinese medicine can be boiled twice a day." "Hurry up and get out. He comes to ask for medicinal wine every day. Now the old man of the He family is asking for medicinal wine too. It's so annoying.
Zheng Zhiguo looked at his father, who seemed unwilling to leave.
Mr. Zheng said, "Xiao Jia, my son is the division commander of the 8372nd Army. Do you want to work as a doctor in the military hospital? With your medical skills, my son can recommend you."
Zhang Xiaojia smiled and said, "Thank you, old man. I am an educated youth who came to the countryside to help farmers. I won't go."
Mr. Zheng looked at his son, wanting him to persuade Zhang Xiaojia. Zheng Zhiguo said unhappily, "Her father is the deputy commander of the Fifth Army of the Nancheng Sea Region and also serves as the deputy political commissar. His rank is higher than mine. She is her father's only child, so it's not my turn to make arrangements."
Mr. Zheng slapped his son with his backhand and said, "You lost to me, son. You actually lost." He turned to Zhang Xiaojia and said, "Xiaojia, sell me some ointment and medicinal wine."
Zhang Xiaojia agreed immediately. "Okay. I'll give you a bottle of ointment. Apply it to the sore area every week. I'll also give you a bottle of medicinal wine. Drink half a liang every other day."
After Zheng Zhiguo paid the money, he took the old man away.
He Xinyan took the 50 yuan in her hand, ran to Zhang Xiaojia and said, "Master, they paid 50 yuan for the medical expenses."
Zhang Xiaojia looked at her with amusement and said, "It's not bad! Medicinal wine is quite expensive, but Uncle Zheng's salary is over 200 yuan a month. Old man Zheng is a retired cadre, so he has a salary and is not short of money. The village is short of talent, so we can earn their money and subsidize our clinic. Just keep the accounts well."
Two flowers bloom, each showing its own beauty
He Fei returned to the dormitory, took out an induction cooker, put a pot on it, put in the seasoning packet, poured in the noodles, put in the mutton and waited for it to be cooked.
There are not many seasoning packets in the space, and I don’t want to let Xiaojia make them. She made these seasonings secretly when he was not around. Is she in this world?
While eating noodles in big mouthfuls, when he crushed the jade pendant, he came into this world. He was in the body of a 7-year-old boy. He possessed the boy's memories and emotions, as if he was the boy.
The jade pendant turned into a birthmark on his arm, inside which was a space with four fields. Each field was divided into approximately 66.67 equal parts, surrounding a lake, and there was also a wooden house. He divided the four fields into four areas, ABCD.
During those three years, he entered the space to farm and realized that the passage of time on the four fields was different.
In area A, the fields are static. If he wants to store things, he has to wrap them up and bury them for preservation. If he leaves them on the land, they will go bad.
In Area B, after the plants are planted, the time that passes is ten times the normal amount.
In Area C, the passage of time is twenty times faster than normal.
D went, and the passage of time was fifty times that of normal.
He had to cultivate the fields himself, and those three years were extremely exhausting for him. After growing the crops, he had to secretly hide the crops in a cave deep in the mountains.
A 7-year-old child went into the space to farm every night, went to the mountains to find caves to store food during the day, and then got lost in the caves, waiting for his parents to find him. He was beaten every time〒_〒
It has been 18 years since he came to this world. He calls the system every day, but never gets a response. Today's technology is too backward and energy is scarce. He now works at the Military Region Science and Technology Institute as a division commander. Fortunately, his mental power is always there.
He now earns 254.8 yuan a month, gives 50 yuan to his family, and occasionally lends it to his subordinates. He doesn't eat much himself, and basically saves 150 yuan. Every time he leaves the army on leave, he sells the food in the space. Now he has nearly 50,000 yuan. When he sees Xiaojia, he can give her the best life. His family in this life is not bad.
Unlike the previous life, there was peace on the surface between Sand Star and the Federation, and the royal family, but in reality everyone wanted to be the boss, and everyone was fighting for the barren star. Xiao Jia and his father were constantly pitting each other, and they also kept taking him hostage.
This life is no longer an antagonistic relationship.
Looking at the note on the table, he remembered that it seemed like his father asked him to get some western medicine before the New Year. He had not had time to come back during this period. He picked up the note and looked at it. He became excited. He waited for her, but immediately regretted it. He should have seen it earlier and wanted to rush home.
He looked at the military uniform on his body. He was a soldier now. No matter what the reason, wearing a military uniform represented responsibility. He had his own responsibilities as a soldier and lay on the bed in frustration.
He Fei thought for a long time about how to contact Zhang Xiaojia. He didn't have a phone, video, or computer. Now it was the 1970s. Looking at the note in his hand, he thought, "Ah~ I can write a letter." He immediately picked up a pen and wrote to her, expressing his longing for her.
When the letter is put into the mailbox, my heart flies with it.
Zhang Xiaojia received a letter from her father with a photo inside. She passed the customs safely and the health pills she sent were kept. He gave her 50 yuan and a letter of praise, as well as hemostatic drugs and sleeping pills, as well as a reward, and told her to wait.
Invisible ink was used on the back of the letter.
He mentioned that things would be even more chaotic outside and told her not to leave the He family. The bad families had disappeared in the 1950s, and only the good ones were left. The people in his photo could be trusted.
The first time, she was severely scolded by her father, who said that she was inconsiderate and persuaded Aunt Leng to divorce. He also said that the consequence of Aunt Leng's divorce at this time was that she almost got into trouble. In addition, Aunt Leng was not ruthless enough. Fortunately, he had helped to clean up the mess. Aunt Leng's ex-husband and his family went to the West City Sand Desert, otherwise Aunt Leng would have gone.
If he could divorce, he would have done so long ago when she was about to go to the countryside as an educated youth.
At the same time, I asked her to subscribe to the Hongguo Daily and read the newspaper. Every time she took a step, she should think about the consequences of the next ten, a hundred, or a thousand steps. She should think again and again whether she could go or not, and not act impulsively.
The last word is that not harming others is our bottom line. If we can help without endangering lives, we must help, but we must never help others and put ourselves in harm’s way.
Zhang Xiaojia plans to ask He Wu to help subscribe to newspapers.
There will be a market tomorrow, and He Xinyan has a task for the He family, which is to buy food. The He family does not have enough food. The busy spring season has just passed, and every family has extra food, so the He family needs to buy some for backup.
"Master, are you still not going to the market tomorrow?"
"No, do you think there are wild boars in the deep mountains?" Zhang Xiaojia asked curiously.
"It's gone, right? It's been raided. When my cousin was a kid he loved to play hide-and-seek in caves deep in the mountains. Every time he went there, he would leave a message for my uncle, asking him to go find him. In order to find him, my uncle would always bring a bunch of men from the He family up the mountain to look for him. But he was lucky. He would always find a batch of food, but would be beaten by my uncle when he got home. During those three years, nothing happened to our He family, and we even had surplus food that was donated to the county. All the elders in the He family liked him and protected him. Since we were little, if we did something wrong together, he would be the only one who would never be punished." He Xinyan said enviously.
Zhang Xiaojia was speechless. She had no shortage of eggs and grain. Xiaocao grew vegetables for her in the yard, and she had plenty of seafood (sent by Aunt Zhu). But she was missing meat! She had never known she loved meat so much! She loved pork, mutton, beef, chicken, and duck.
Especially since she accepted an apprentice and Pangpang lived with her, it was impossible for her to eat meat secretly.
Take it out, He Xinyan and Pangpang can't just ignore it.
"Then I'll go buy meat tomorrow." Zhang Xiaojia's mouth was watering at the thought of eating meat.
Early in the morning, Pangpang also wanted to go. Since it was Sunday, they might as well go together.
When they arrived at the gathering point, all the women of the He family were out, and they had two tractors.
Arriving at the market, Zhang Xiaojia took Pang Pang for a stroll. They really didn't sell chickens or ducks, so they decided to buy chicken and duck eggs. They saw loaches and river shrimps, which were so cheap, only 0.15 yuan per pound, so Zhang Xiaojia bought them all.
Looking at the rice, the He family bought it all before Zhang Xiaojia even made any purchases.
Seeing mung beans, Zhang Xiaojia bought 10 kilograms.
Zhang Xiaojia saw one of the male educated youth and pulled Pangpang over. The more he looked, the more familiar he seemed.
When I opened the original owner's memory, it turned out to be her cousin. After she died in her previous life, her cousin had been taking care of her father and Aunt Zhu.
Her uncle seemed to dislike her father. It seemed that her father married Aunt Zhu only two years after her mother died, instead of waiting for three years. To be fair, her father waited for more than three years, because Aunt Zhu slept with her daughter and the three of them together in the first two years after she came to their house, so they had no contact. However, her uncle would send her a package every year on her birthday.
He was one of the people the original owner owed in his previous life. Looking at his cousin carrying sweet potatoes in his hand, wearing a white shirt and leather shoes, the leather shoes were cracked and the white shirt was washed white.
Wang Xiaoyi secretly glanced at his cousin. She kept staring at him. Did she recognize him?
Zhang Xiaojia didn't recognize him on the road, so he went back to think of a solution.
After returning home and thinking for a while, he went back to his room, took out a bottle of fine medicinal wine, and went to exchange it with the old patriarch for equal value.
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