Seeing that Bai Xiaoyue was very worried, Yan Ci got up and went out:
"Honey, don't panic. Stay home and I'll go to Wen'an's house to see what's going on."
The person who came to see Bai Wen'an was Du Heping. He wanted Bai Wen'an to be his secretary.
Secretary Du has been reinstated to his original position, but his former secretary is temporarily unable to return to work.
I think Bai Wen'an's ability to stick to his principles back then was commendable.
He's currently unemployed and working in the fields. I don't want his talent to go to waste, so I want him to come and be my secretary.
After listening to Secretary Du explain the purpose of our visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Bai were very excited. Their son had been staying at home for a year, and finally he could go out to work again.
All those books I read weren't for nothing.
After discussing it with Wen Tong, Bai Wen'an agreed to become Secretary Du's secretary.
After listening to Yan Ci's explanation, Bai Xiaoyue frowned.
"Wen'an is going to work for the government again, isn't he afraid?"
Yan Ci embraced his wife and said:
"Wen'an is an ambitious and idealistic young man who wants to contribute to the country and prove his worth, which is normal."
Bai Xiaoyue said, "I know, it's just that the environment is too complicated, and you could get into trouble if you're not careful."
Yan Ci didn't respond to his wife's words, but gently patted her back.
Bai Xiaoyue optimistically said again:
"The schools have reopened and the government is starting to return to normal. These chaotic days should be coming to an end soon."
Yan Ci listened to his wife's rambling and simply held her quietly.
As the weather turns cooler, Wen Tong wants to prepare thick quilts and cotton-padded clothes for her father.
She wanted Bai Xiaoyue to accompany her to the supply and marketing cooperative, but Bai Xiaoyue refused.
Wen Tong asked, puzzled, "Sister, what are you so busy with? You don't even go to the supply and marketing cooperative."
Bai Xiaoyue replied, "I'm not busy, I just don't want to go outside."
Uncle Xiang can't use new things either; just give him your old bedding from home.
Wen Tong sighed:
"I'm just worried he'll be cold. I feel sad just thinking about the kind of life he lived before and the kind of life he lives now."
I want to be as nice to him as possible.
Bai Xiaoyue said to Wen Tong:
"Then have Wen'an buy it back. Anyway, I'm not going, and you shouldn't wander around either."
"If something happens, even if Wen'an quits his job, he can't save you."
Bai Xiaoyue wouldn't go with her, and Wen Tong herself didn't dare to go either, so she packed up two old quilts from home.
When Bai Wen'an returned that evening, the two quietly delivered it to Xiang Zhennan's courtyard.
Xiang Zhennan was taken aback to see the two of them and quickly invited them inside: "What brings you here?"
Bai Wen'an placed the bedding on the kang (a heated brick bed), and Wen Tong replied:
"Dad, it's getting cold, I've brought you a blanket."
Xiang Zhennan waved his hand and said, "Don't come over here, I'm fine."
Wen Tong asked, "Dad, how did you get here? Why are you alone? Where is the rest of the family?"
Xiang Zhennan smiled and said:
"You and Mom are here, so I came. There's no one else at home!"
When the turmoil began, the Xiang family was the first to be purged, as Xiang Zhennan was said to be a big capitalist.
For her own benefit, the first wife, Yang Suyun, immediately severed ties with Xiang Zhennan.
She also reported to the organization that she was being oppressed by the Xiang family.
She originally had a childhood sweetheart, but the Xiang family forced her to marry Xiang Zhennan.
She also said that her son, Xiang Yunfei, was not a member of the Xiang family. She and her son had no relation to Xiang Zhennan whatsoever.
Xiang Zhennan spoke casually, as if these matters had nothing to do with him.
Upon hearing this, Wen Tong's mouth gaped open wide enough to fit an egg, and she remained speechless for a long time.
Wen Tong, worried that her father would be upset, said, "Dad, you have to think more positively."
Xiang Zhennan clapped his hands and said:
"I'm not sad at all, I feel very relaxed now."
Don't come looking for me, lest I implicate you.
Just take good care of Mom.
Wen Tong went home in tears, and afraid that her mother would see, she went straight to her room.
Bai Wen'an didn't know how to comfort his wife, so he could only quietly hold her.
After the autumn harvest, the grain was distributed, and Bai Xiaoyue bought a lot of grain.
She also gave Li Mingyue 50 yuan so that Mingyue could buy more grain.
After all, grain could be bought in the village without coupons, and now that she no longer works at the supply and marketing cooperative, grain coupons are hard to come by.
It was getting cold, and Yan Ci was preparing to go hunting in the mountains, but Bai Xiaoyue wouldn't allow it.
"Aci, it's chaotic outside right now, so it's better not to go up the mountain."
Yan Ci insisted, "Wife, I won't sell them. I'll just hunt some pheasants and rabbits for ourselves."
Weiguo can't help buy meat now, and there are no ration coupons. The family has elderly members and young children, all of whom need nutrition.
Yan Ci then took Wang Weiguo up the mountain with him and taught him how to dig traps.
As the two walked up the mountain, Yan Ci taught Wang Weiguo some hunting techniques.
As Yan Ci was speaking, he sensed movement behind him. Looking around, he saw two figures behind him, and he pulled Wang Weiguo aside to hide.
As the two approached, they were revealed to be two men.
Wang Weiguo recognized the two men as Xiang Zhennan and Cui Yunchen, who had been sent down to the countryside.
The two men, their brows furrowed and faces filled with anxiety, rushed up the mountain.
After they left, Yan Ci and Wang Weiguo took a different route into the mountains.
They were lucky today; in no time, they caught five pheasants, three rabbits, and two roe deer.
Yan Ci felt that they had enough to eat for a long time, so he went down the mountain with Wang Weiguo.
Halfway up the mountain, Yan Ci heard a sound coming from the hillside below, which sounded like a person crying out in pain.
He told Wang Weiguo to stop and wait while he went down to see what was going on.
Yan Ci went down the hillside and saw a person curled up in a ball. Upon closer inspection, he saw that it was Cui Jingzhi, an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor who had been sent down to the village.
Cui Yunchen and Xiang Zhennan rushed up the mountain; it turned out they were looking for someone.
Yan Ci helped him sit up: "Grandpa, what's wrong?"
Old Master Cui said with a bitter face:
"Young man, I accidentally fell from up there and injured my foot, I can't move it."
Yan Ci quickly climbed up and said to Wang Weiguo:
"Weiguo, take the things back first. It's not good if others see them."
Below is the old traditional Chinese medicine doctor who was sent to the countryside. He injured his leg, and I carried him back.
Wang Weiguo asked, "Yan Ci, are you sure you can manage on your own? This road is not easy to travel."
Yan Ci nodded and waved to tell him not to worry.
Yan Ci went down the slope again to carry Cui Jingzhi up, and then carried him all the way back to the courtyard where he lived.
Cui Jinxiu was home alone when she saw her father being carried back. She was shocked and asked, "Dad, what happened to you?"
She quickly invited Yan Ci into the house and asked him to put her father on the kang (a heated brick bed).
The old man's injury was quite serious; he had a deep wound on his ankle.
Cui Jinxiu brought hot water to clean her elderly father's wounds.
Old Master Cui sat back on the kang (heated brick bed), finally feeling a bit warmer, and then said to Yan Ci:
"Young man, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, this old man wouldn't be here alive today."
Yan Ci: "Grandpa, it's cold now. At your age, it's best not to go up the mountain. It's very dangerous."
Grandpa Cui nodded: "I know, I won't go up the mountain anymore."
Yan Ci looked at the old man's feet and said:
"Do you have any medicine at home? The wound is deep; I need to apply some medicine."
Grandpa Cui gave a wry smile: "It's because we don't have any medicine at home that I thought I'd take advantage of this time to go up the mountain and try my luck. Sigh..."
Yan Ci remained silent for a while before saying, "Then you should rest well, I'll go back now."
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