Chapter 269: Faking Death 1
When Yike came back from the carpenter's house, Ziyi had already returned home. He was just about to go out to look for Yi Ke when he saw Yi Ke walking towards him from afar.
"Wife, where have you been? You look so happy."
"I went to the carpenter's house and asked him to make popsicle molds. His wife is a wonderful person." Yi Ke briefly talked about what happened at the carpenter's house.
In the evening, Yike told what happened in the cowshed in the afternoon.
"You've taken her pulse. Is her body really unable to hold on?" Ziyi asked with a frown.
"Well, if I just lie down and don't work, I should be able to hold on. Alas, how is that possible?"
"Yes, today the team leader asked Captain Wang Jianjun to arrange for her to load manure tomorrow."
"That's even worse. Bending over like this and exerting force will make my stomach uncomfortable."
"Yes, I'm afraid she won't make it tomorrow."
Yike became even more irritated. She paced back and forth in the room, sighing.
Ziyi went over and took Yike to sit down. "If you feel bad, we can save her. You forgot that we said we would help these people. Since we want to help, let's be good people and help her get through this difficult time."
"How can we help? Her situation cannot be solved by sending some medicine or food."
"You, why do you only think about this? Have you forgotten how you got to the mountains?"
"I fled to the mountains. Yes, can we let her live in the mountains?"
"Yes, we let her and her son go to the mountains, but we didn't let them escape. We faked their death so as not to alert other people to go to the mountains to investigate."
"Fake death, how can I fake death? I don't have any fake death medicine."
"You are too clever for your own good. Why do you need to take medicine? Isn't there a saying that goes 'first cry, then make a fuss, then hang yourself'? We asked her to go to the captain and cry, and tell him that she is pregnant and can't do the work of loading manure. The captain will definitely criticize her, but she has to continue working. Then we asked her to pretend to faint, and then she would be carried back. Then she wouldn't have to work. At night, we asked her to take the child to the river to leave footprints and a shoe, and it would be best if she wrote a suicide note. When everyone knows about it during the day, even the body can't be found in the river. Who among them knows it is fake? Who would have thought that the person is in the cellar in the back mountain?"
"Husband, you are so smart. You can think of such a solution." Yike hugged Ziyi happily.
After the two of them discussed it, they took flashlights and went to the cowshed in the back mountain.
In the cowshed, everyone was worried about asking Wu Feifei to collect manure tomorrow. Old Su had been working on loading manure for several days in a row and his old waist felt like it was going to break, not to mention that Wu Feifei was pregnant.
"Xiao Ye, what do you think we should do about this? Otherwise, we should go and help beg for mercy." Old Su said in a low voice.
"I think it may not work. I can only rest these few days because the guy named Ziyi said a few good words when I was begging for mercy that day. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to rest these few days."
Everyone fell silent.
"Mr. Su, Brother Ye, I have to go to work tomorrow. I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble. It's okay, I can do it." Wu Feifei touched her son's head, her eyes filled with reluctance.
"Fei Fei, I promised Brother Xu that I would take good care of you. Well, if I could do the work for you, I would definitely go."
"Brother Ye, I understand. From now on, I'll leave Chao'er in your care."
"Oh! Don't worry, if there's a bite for me, there's a bite for him."
Xu Chaoqun opened his eyes and watched the adults talking in his room, but he could not understand a word they said. He just felt warm nestled in his mother's arms.
When Ziyi and Yike entered the cowshed, all they saw was a cloud of gloom.
"Young man, young lady, where are you coming from?" Old Su asked.
Ziyi handed over the bag. "Here is some rice, a packet of salt, and a small piece of meat. You can cook it to replenish your body. Your labor is very intensive, and your body will not be able to hold on if you don't eat well."
"Thank you! Thank you! If you hadn't delivered food on the day we arrived, we wouldn't have been able to hold on until today. With only the three kilograms of food given by the brigade, so many people would have to eat weeds in two days at most. You two are good people, and no matter how much we say now, it can't express our gratitude. Young man, young girl, all we can say now is thank you." Old Su stood up and bowed seriously to Ziyi and Yike.
The others also bowed to Ziyi and Yike with gratitude, and the little boy Xu Chaoqun followed suit and bowed to the two.
Ziyi stopped everyone from bowing and joked that only those who came closer would accept bows, and he hoped he would live a long life. Everyone was too embarrassed to bow.
A little girl reached out and touched Xu Chaoqun's head lovingly, then took out a handful of dried fish and gave it to him. The little boy looked at his mother, and Wu Feifei said, "Sister is a good person, so accept what she gives you. Remember to repay her when you grow up."
Xu Chaoqun took the dried fish and said to Yike like a little adult: "Thank you, sister. I will definitely repay you when I grow up."
Yike couldn't help but touch his head again and said, "Okay, good boy. Sister will wait for you to grow up."
"Yeah." Xu Chaoqun nodded vigorously and ran to his mother to show her his treasure.
"Comrade Wu, Yi Ke came back and told me what you said to him this afternoon. We discussed it and found a way to help you."
"Really!" Wu Feifei's voice suddenly increased.
"Shh, keep your voice down." Comrade Ye spoke quickly.
"Oh, I, I'm so happy, sorry!" Wu Feifei immediately lowered her voice.
"I want to ask, what is the relationship between you guys? Because if we help her and someone reports it, we will become the same as you."
"Don't worry, little brother. Although we are not from the same unit, we all knew each other before. Our families had been in contact with each other before the accident. We were transferred together because of our relationship just to take care of each other." said Mr. Su.
"Then I feel relieved. I just want to ask Comrade Wu, if I let you live in the mountains, would you be willing?" Ziyi asked.
"You mean for me to escape?"
"It's not running away, it's death. You and the child are faking your death, but actually you and the child are going to live in the mountains. We know some hunters in the mountains, and they live in the mountains. People outside the mountains don't know about it. After you go in, I will ask them to take care of you, and I will also send you food from time to time, so that you and the child can be safe, and Chaoqun will not be without a mother. What do you think?"
Wu Feifei said incredulously: "You mean the golden silkworm sheds its shell?"
"Yes." Yi Ke nodded affirmatively.
"Okay, for the sake of the child, I agree. But how do I fake my death?" Wu Feifei chose to fake her death without hesitation.
"Don't you have to go to work tomorrow? When you go to work, ask the production team leader to change your job. Regardless of whether you are given a new job or not, you must pretend to be fainted and ask them to send you back. You can also say that you need to rest, so don't think about fainting after doing some work. You can't work at all."
Yi Ke suggested, "You'd better pretend to faint when you ask the captain to change your shift. I'll go there tomorrow and feel your pulse. Tell them you can't work. They all know I have some medical skills."
"Okay, if you guys didn't tell me, I would really be ready to work until I fainted, so it would be more realistic."
"Haha, that wouldn't be fake death, that would be real death. How come your own body doesn't have any control?" Yi Ke said sarcastically.
Yike has been in a bad mood since last night, and he got angry when he saw that she didn't protect her body.
"I'm sorry! I will take good care of my body in the future."
"It's best to know. This is a pregnancy-maintaining medicine. Just take it according to the instructions I wrote." After saying that, Yike retreated behind Ziyi.
Ziyi told them some more details and then the two of them went back.
That night, Yike didn't have any nightmares again.
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