The next morning, Tian Cai went to the cowshed. Tingting was still sleeping in the inner room. She went over to take her pulse and found that her body had basically returned to normal.
Old Man Ju and a few others were twisting straw ropes in the house. This was a task assigned to them by Zhang Defa. They would be used in the spring, so it would be bad to let the people in the cowshed be idle.
Tian Cai called him outside and told him about his visit to Zheng Wang's house last night. After listening, Mr. Ju was silent for a long time before saying, "Let's leave it at that. Please, Doctor Xiaotian, please don't tell anyone. Tingting has suffered a lot since coming here with me. She's a sensitive child by nature. I don't want her to live with other people's gossip. That would only harm her."
Tian Cai did not try to persuade them much. He advised others to stand up and testify bravely. Most of them were just talking without any hesitation. At this time, anyone who stood up would really be driven to death by the gossip in the village, not to mention a little girl from the cowshed. Besides, Tingting had no memory of how she fell into a coma, and could not even provide a confession or testimony.
Even if they reported the matter to the police, the police and public opinion would naturally favor the poor peasants over the capitalists. Not only would Tingting and Mr. Ju not get the fairness they wanted, they might even offend the people in Kaoshan Village.
This is something they don't want to see.
"Okay, I'll talk to the captain." Tian Cai gave a few more instructions before leaving.
Mr. Ju sent her away, looked at her receding back, and sighed.
Tian Cai went to Zhang Defa's house as soon as she came out of the cowshed. Gao Huijuan and the two old people in the Zhang family were not talkative people. Usually, many people came to Zhang Defa to do things or seek justice, and it was rare to hear any gossip from their family. However, this matter concerned the girl's reputation, so she decided to go over and tell them, which was safer.
"Let's do this first. Keep an eye on Tingting for the next two years. If Zheng Wang dares to make a move again, he will be chopped off." After hearing what Grandpa Ju meant, Zhang Defa sighed and said this.
Grandma Zhang also nodded and said, "Let's keep this to ourselves and don't tell anyone!"
Tian Cai chatted with them for a while and gave Grandpa Zhang an acupuncture injection on his rheumatic leg. After a while, he went home.
It’s so pleasant not to have to go to the county. I have so much extra time that I don’t know what to do.
Tian Cai washed all the bed sheets, quilt covers and pillowcases in the house, and also took apart and washed Mimi's little cushion, and hung them together in the yard to dry. Since the weather was good these two days, they would dry quickly.
While Tian Cai was happily basking in the sun, Commander Yu and Old Man Qian also began to prepare to go to Kaoshan Village. The reason they gave to the outside world this time was to visit each brigade before the thaw, and help solve some practical difficulties, so as to prevent some places from only reporting good news and not bad news, which would cause more suffering to the farmers and delay the spring plowing.
After a brief meeting with a few people from the county party committee leadership team, he took the two people and boarded a bus bound for Qianjin Commune.
County Magistrate Liang smiled and waved to Commander Yu in the car. The car quickly turned and made sure that it was out of sight. Then he put away the fake smile on his face and sat in the back seat of the jeep with an expressionless face.
The driver waited for the county governor to get in the car before closing the door and getting in from the front. "County governor, where are we going now? Back to the office?"
"Why would I go after he's gone?" County Magistrate Liang unbuttoned the top button of his Mao suit and leaned back in the back seat, feeling relaxed. "Didn't they say Yu Zhengguo was dying? I think he's just a little thinner, but he's in good spirits and doesn't look seriously ill."
"That news came from his family before. I guess he's recovered now," the driver said as he drove. "I don't know what the higher-ups mean. Why are they transferring someone from the military here? These matters can only be handled by a veteran Party member like you who's worked in the local area for so many years. Sending an outsider here would leave him clueless."
County Magistrate Liang was flattered, a hint of pride flashing across his eyes, but he spoke in an official tone, "Hey, Xiao Liu, this kind of thinking is unacceptable. We all work for the country. As long as it benefits the people, it doesn't matter who is in charge. I don't care."
The driver flattered, "You, the County Magistrate, are truly enlightened. Otherwise, you are the County Magistrate!"
County Magistrate Liang looked outside and snorted complacently. It was better that Yu Zhengguo was not here. The first secretary had gone to the city for a meeting, and he had the final say in the entire county committee.
Commander Yu's trip to the countryside was like throwing a small stone into the county party committee's circle, causing only a slight ripple.
The two sons and daughter-in-law of the Yu family also left Huang County early this morning. Since Commander Yu was fine, there was no need for them to stay here. The four of them packed their luggage and went back.
Commander Yu and several others took a bus all the way to Qianjin Commune, and then changed their means of transportation from the bus to the tractor prepared in advance by Li Tiegang. He also prepared a large cotton-padded jacket to keep warm, and wrapped himself up all the way to Kaoshan Village.
"arrive!"
Li Tiegang got out of the car first, turned around and helped the disheveled Commander Yu and Mr. Qian get out of the car. Zhang Defa heard the sound and came out to greet them, and the group entered the yard.
After noon, Tian Cai heard that there were guests at the captain's house. He didn't know if they were his relatives, but those people came on a tractor.
Commander Yu and his two companions stayed at Zhang Defa's house. Tian Cai, like many people in the village, appeared to be there to watch the fun, but in fact he had found an opportunity to sneak into the room and give the so-called guests acupuncture for the sixth day.
"Commander Yu, you guys are really fast. I thought you would arrive tonight at the latest!" Tian Cai inserted the needles one by one, and then freed his hands to grind the herbs.
"It's better to be early than late, haha!" Yu Weiguo had been sitting for a long time today and his waist was a little sore. He hadn't felt the feeling of being able to stand up for a long time, and he accidentally over-exerted his waist.
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