Lin Miaoyin quickly solved the problem herself and washed her hands under the rusty faucet. Not long after, the old man helped Meng Yuanzheng out.
Lin Miaoyin hurried over to take over and said gratefully, "Thank you, sir."
"It's okay, it's okay. Just learn from Comrade Lei Feng." He replied cheerfully.
Several people returned to the ward. Seeing that it was already five o'clock, she prepared to go get food. Before leaving, she thought for a moment and asked, "Uncle, do you want me to buy you a meal?"
The old man was very happy to hear that and said, "No, thank you, girl. Someone will bring the food to you later."
Okay, she left with the lunch box and thermos.
The old man got out of bed and walked around. He looked at Meng Yuanzheng who was lying there and said, "Young man, how did you hurt your leg?"
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Lin Miaoyin arrived at the hospital cafeteria. There was already a long queue of patients' family members, each holding a lunch box.
She prepared her Mao and grain coupons and waited in line for half an hour before she got a portion of fried eggplant. The meat was so tender that it hurt. The price was really unaffordable. But thinking that Meng Yuanzheng needed to take care of his health and the government would give him subsidies later, she bought a little more meat.
The woman who served the food had an impatient look on her face, with a look of "contempt for the poor" written all over her face. She used a spoon to randomly pick up some meat and vegetables and put them into the lunch box.
Lin Miaoyin held back, paid the money, and left with the lunch box and thermos bucket.
When she has money, she will buy meat and smash the waiter to death, so that she can look down on others.
When she returned to the ward, the person who brought food to the old man had already arrived. He was a young man who looked much more stable than Zhenhua in the afternoon.
The food he brought was luxurious, including steamed fish, a soup, and a vegetarian dish, which filled a small table. The table was placed in front of Meng Yuanzheng. The old man dragged a stool and sat on Meng Yuanzheng's bed, but had not started eating yet.
She walked in puzzled, and the young man greeted her politely, "Hello, comrade, my name is Jianhua, and I'm here to accompany my grandfather."
"Oh, hello, comrade, here you are..." She looked at the table in confusion. The table next to Meng Yuanzheng's bed was still there. It was the one for the old man and his friends.
"I get along very well with this young comrade. Let's put our food together and chat while we eat. Don't worry, I don't have any infectious diseases."
She saw a gentle smile on Meng Yuanzheng's face, so she decided to eat together.
Another table was dragged over and placed on it porridge, pancakes, pickles, and eggplants without any oil from the canteen.
Pour a bowl of porridge for Meng Yuanzheng, put the meat in his bowl, and then help him sit up.
She was too embarrassed to feed him in front of others, so Meng Yuanzheng said he could eat by himself.
The old man said that something had to be shared, and he wanted to eat Lin Miaoyin and the others’ eggplants.
This eggplant is just boiled in plain water with a little salt and sauce. How can it be compared with the old man's dishes? His dishes are obviously made in a very good family.
Lin Miaoyin was a little embarrassed.
"Miaoyin, please give some to me to try." Meng Yuanzheng said.
Jianhua also said, "My grandfather likes this kind of thing."
Upon hearing this, Lin Miaoyin picked up some food for him with clean chopsticks. The old man urged them to try his own food as well. He was not satisfied until both of them had picked up a few pieces with their chopsticks.
While eating, the old man sighed, "When I was young, I could only have such a meal during the Chinese New Year and other festivals."
Jianhua added at the right moment, "My grandfather was a veteran Red Army soldier."
Lin Miaoyin and the other person were immediately in awe.
The old man was talkative. He wanted to chat with people while eating, and he seemed to like Meng Yuanzheng very much.
Lin Miaoyin was eating pancakes and porridge when suddenly a piece of meat fell into her bowl. It was the one she had just gotten from the cafeteria.
When I looked up, I saw Meng Yuanzheng talking to the old man as if nothing had happened.
She ate the meat silently, feeling a little sweet in her heart.
After dinner, I went to get some hot water for Meng Yuanzheng to wash up, and then helped him to the toilet. After the doctor came to check on him in the evening, I prepared to go to bed.
Lin Miaoyin opened the nylon bag, took out the bedding roll she brought and spread it on the floor. Fortunately, it was summer and not cold, so it was okay.
Jianhua seemed to be used to keeping watch in the hospital. He just threw the mat on the ground and covered himself with a blanket.
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They had been staying in the hospital for three or four days and had become familiar with the old man. Zhenhua was the one who looked after him during the day and Jianhua was the one who came at night.
These two people are his grandsons. His surname is Zhu and he is an old Red Army soldier. As he gets older, he suffers from pain here and there. His sons and daughters-in-law are busy in government agencies and are rarely seen. They are afraid that if something happens to him at home, his two grandsons will not be able to handle it. So as long as he feels a little uncomfortable, they will immediately mobilize a group of people to take him to the hospital.
He himself was very interested in Meng Yuanzheng, and the two of them chatted about all sorts of things. Sometimes even Zhenhua would be interested and come to sit in.
During this period, people from the county revolutionary committee also came and commended Meng Yuanzheng, gave him a big red flower, and rewarded him with 100 yuan and 100 kilograms of food coupons.
According to Lin Miaoyin's understanding, one hundred yuan is equivalent to several thousand yuan in her previous life. Now each urban resident is entitled to 24 kilograms of food coupons per month, so these one hundred kilograms of food coupons are enough for them to eat for several months.
The medical expenses and other expenses were also paid by the County Revolutionary Committee, and the visitor also said that Meng Yuanzheng would be in the newspapers.
Meng Yuanzheng said that it was not him but his wife who first discovered that the mountain was about to collapse, and Zhu Zhiqing also discovered it. Although he was the one who entered the mine, the credit could not be attributed to just one person.
Besides, if his wife hadn’t stopped the administrators from going in to cause trouble, the consequences might have been serious.
These words moved everyone again, so they decided to commend both Lin Miaoyin and Zhu Wanqin and put them in the newspaper together, but neither of them received any reward.
Lin Miaoyin couldn't believe that Meng Yuanzheng was so loyal and righteous, and she smiled so hard that her mouth was almost crooked.
Old Master Zhu laughed out loud, saying that he was lucky enough to live in the same ward with a hero, and he would definitely show off to everyone when he returned.
The day before being discharged from the hospital and going home, Lin Miaoyin planned to go to the county department store to buy some things to bring back. It was a rare trip for her, and now she had enough money in her pocket. The county revolutionary committee would send a car to take them home, so it would be a shame not to buy some things to bring back.
She had already thought it through. This money was earned by Meng Yuanzheng with his life, so it had to be used on him. He must be bored lying down every day, so it was a good time for him to start preparing for the college entrance examination. So she would buy him some study materials and some books to help him pass the time.
There are so many things she wants to buy, such as a bicycle and a sewing machine, which are both worth one or two hundred yuan. She doesn't have the money now. A radio should be cheaper, but her house doesn't have electricity, so it would be useless to buy them.
After talking to Meng Yuanzheng, she set off carrying a black backpack. This bag was brought to Niutou Bay by Meng Yuanzheng. It was sturdy and big.
I first asked someone for directions to the department store, and it took me half an hour to get there.
The store was not big and there were not many people. The salesperson saw that Lin Miaoyin was dressed in a rustic way and looked like she came from the countryside, so he didn't even raise his eyelids.
Lin Miaoyin walked in and started shopping.
I wanted to buy so many things, such as mirrors, vanishing cream, socks, sewing boxes, gloves, soap, toothpaste, etc. I bought a whole bag of them, but they were not expensive. I only spent about three dollars when I checked out.
After packing my things, I was about to go to the bookstore. As I passed an alley, I met an old lady pushing a cart, so I went up to her and asked for directions.
"Auntie, do you know where the nearest bookstore is?"
The old lady stopped, wrapped in a headscarf, with only a pair of shrewd eyes showing as she looked at her.
"Do you want to bury the books and chop them?" the aunt asked in dialect.
Why go to a bookstore if you don’t buy books? Lin Miaoyin was confused and replied, “Ah, yes.”
The aunt looked her over again and said, "Come with me."
She originally wanted to ask the old lady to tell her which direction she was going and she could just ask along the way, but seeing that the old lady was pushing the cart and walking away quickly, she had no choice but to follow her.
After walking through the alleys and twisting and turning, it felt like I had arrived at a slum. The houses were low, cramped, and dilapidated, and the eaves above blocked most of the sunlight.
After following him in the dark for a while, she became more and more suspicious, wondering if she had met some human traffickers.
I wanted to turn back, but found that I couldn't remember the way after going around in circles, and I didn't know if the other party had accomplices.
Seeing her stop, the aunt also stopped and turned her head and said indifferently, "We'll be there soon."
The author has something to say: Recommend my own novel "After exchanging bodies with the Immortal Lord [Through the Book]"
Jiang Cai traveled into an old romantic novel about cultivation and became a female villain who coveted the male protagonist.
The male protagonist and the male supporting role both love the female protagonist, but when Jiang Cai opens his eyes, he faces the situation of being beaten to death by the female protagonist's pursuer.
In order to save her life, she shouted, "Don't kill me! I'm in love with the Immortal Lord!"
She survived but failed to become an immortal, so she packed her bags and went down the mountain to go home. However, before leaving, she exchanged bodies with the almighty Immortal!
This immortal is also the ultimate villain in the original work.
The Immortal Venerable got the first place in the assessment for her, but she could only sit in the seat of honor and pretend to be mysterious.
Later, the Immortal Master was practicing, working, and being ostracized by his fellow disciples, while Jiang Cai was watching, eating melons, dealing with the surge of romantic opportunities, and admiring her own (the Immortal Master's) beauty in the mirror.
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After being unexpectedly returned to her own body, she was forced to start teaching herself. However, he found some cultivation secrets inexplicably appearing in his pocket, in the cabinet, and under his pillow.
She held the secret book in her hands and thought, how could the Immortal Lord be such a good villain? Even if he is, I will become the villain's lackey!
Jiang Cai: "Immortal Lord, please hold my thigh."
The Immortal Venerable glanced at her calmly and said, "I heard that you and I are in a relationship?"
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