"Uncle Yan, Mom, dinner's ready." It was Chang Le's voice.
Bai Xiaoyue stood up and pulled Yan Ci aside, saying:
"Let's go and try the children's cooking."
Chang Le and Yan Ruyi prepared dinner together: carrot and potato stew, cabbage soup, and steamed buns.
Bai Xiaoyue took a bite and said, "It tastes good, I like it very much."
Chang Le asked with delight, "Mom, is it really delicious?"
Bai Xiaoyue nodded: "Yes, I really like to eat it."
Chang Le was very happy: "From now on, I will cook for you every day."
Ruyi whispered, "I'll cook too."
Chang Le patted Ru Yi on the shoulder: "Then let's cook together."
With Chang Le, such a cheerful person, by her side, Yan Ruyi is slowly becoming more willing to speak and her personality has become more outgoing.
After everyone finished eating, Chang Le and Ru Yi went to the kitchen to clean up, and then Ye Changxing arrived.
Bai Xiaoyue asked, "Changxing, why has it taken so long? It's been a month already."
Ye Changxing lowered his head and said, "Auntie, Uncle Yan, I'm sorry to have troubled you for so long."
There were just too many things to do and I couldn't get away. For a while, I was investigating the Jiang family with everyone.
I'm with them every day, and I don't dare to wander off for fear of arousing suspicion.
Later, they stopped investigating the Jiang family, so I started thinking of ways to deal with it.
However, we haven't been able to find a suitable place or a reliable person.
I was too naive. I thought that putting Jiang Nan in a car and taking her somewhere else would be enough. I didn't realize she was still so young and needed someone to take care of her.
Yan Ci asked Ye Changxing, "Did you come here today because you've come up with a solution?"
Ye Changxing shook his head: "Not yet. I was thinking that it's not good for Jiang Nan to stay here all the time, so I rented a house and came to pick her up."
Bai Xiaoyue didn't speak, and Yan Ci asked again, "Then what about after that? How long can you hide?"
Ye Changxing said dejectedly, "We can only take it one step at a time."
Yan Ci: "What are those people saying about the Jiang family?"
Ye Changxing: "They knew that Grandpa Jiang was dead, and they searched for the Jiang family for half a month without finding anything. They have stopped searching for the time being."
Bai Xiaoyue got up and called Yan Ruyi in.
Ruyi didn't know why her aunt had called her. When she entered the room and saw Ye Changxing there, she froze.
When Ye Changxing saw Bai Xiaoyue bring in a girl, he didn't recognize her as Jiang Nan at first glance.
The second thing that struck me was shock. Jiang Nan had cut off her two little braids and was now sporting short hair that reached her ears, with bangs covering her forehead and a rosy complexion.
Although she was wearing an old cotton-padded coat, it fit her well, and she looked very energetic, almost like a completely different person from before.
Bai Xiaoyue said to Yan Ruyi:
"Your brother Ye wants to take you to live in the city."
Yan Ruyi lowered her head and said, "Auntie, I don't want to go."
Bai Xiaoyue and Yan Ci exchanged a glance, looked at Ye Changxing, then at Yan Ruyi, and sighed.
Bai Xiaoyue said to Yan Ruyi, "Go out without worry, we'll discuss this."
Yan Ci said to Ye Changxing:
“Bringing her to the city isn’t a perfect solution either. If she doesn’t want to go, let her stay here for now.”
Ye Changxing: "It's good, but I'm afraid that if things come to light, it will implicate you and your aunt."
Bai Xiaoyue said, "Her current identity is Yan Ruyi, our relative, so there shouldn't be any problems for now."
He briefly explained Jiang Nan's new identity to Ye Changxing.
Ye Changxing was very excited when he heard this:
"Auntie, you are so kind. Meeting you is Jiang Nan's good fortune, no, no, it is Ruyi's good fortune."
Yan Ci said, "She's here. Don't come here during this time. Go back now!"
Ye Changxing left without saying goodbye to Yan Ruyi.
Before he left, he left Bai Xiaoyue 60 yuan, saying it was for Ruyi's living expenses.
Yan Ruyi settled down in the Yan family home, and Bai Xiaoyue and Yan Ci felt as if they had gained another daughter.
Bai Xiaoyue and Yan Ci went to Uncle Bai and registered Jiang Ruyi's household registration in the Hongxing Production Brigade.
Uncle Bai readily agreed, and to thank him, Bai Xiaoyue gave him a large piece of pork when she slaughtered the pig for the New Year.
New Year's Eve arrived quickly, and Bai Xiaoyue invited her parents and Wen An and his wife to come here to celebrate the New Year.
The three families lived next to each other, which was very convenient and made the place lively. The couple started preparing early.
Several former educated youths in the courtyard were also preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner. Liu Aiguo brought Li Xinru with meat and grain, saying that he wanted to celebrate the New Year with everyone.
Li Damin went to a commune member's house and exchanged a chicken for one. Everyone then slaughtered the chicken and plucked its feathers, creating quite a lively scene.
Li Xinru sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) and felt waves of pain in her stomach, realizing that she might be about to give birth.
However, they had only been married for a little over six months, and had only been having a relationship with Liu Aiguo for a little over seven months.
She had to think of a way to make it look like an unexpected premature birth. She went out of the house into the yard, looked around and saw that no one was there; everyone was in the kitchen.
She tried to sit on the ground in the yard and pretend to fall, but she only took two steps and before she could even squat down, she fell flat on her back.
That's fine, no need to pretend, you really fell.
Li Xinru lay on the ground screaming, and everyone rushed out of the kitchen.
Liu Aiguo was heartbroken to see his wife lying in the yard: "Xinru, the road outside is slippery, what were you doing out here?"
Li Xinru's face turned pale: "Aiguo, my stomach hurts, I might have a premature birth."
Hearing her say that, everyone gathered around, and Liu Aiguo carried his wife into the house and placed her on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Luo Xiaowei exclaimed, "Xinru's pants are covered in blood! Get her to the hospital right away!"
Fang Wanzhi said, "How can we go out in this freezing weather?"
Liu Aiguo said, "I'll go to the Party Secretary to borrow the team's tractor. You guys help me keep an eye on Xinru."
Li Damin stopped him and said, "Aiguo, you stay here with your wife. I'm going to find the Party Secretary. I can run fast."
Li Damin rushed to Secretary Bai's house like a whirlwind:
"Secretary, Li Xinru, a former educated youth, fell and bled a lot. We'd like to borrow the team's tractor to take her to the hospital."
Uncle Bai frowned upon hearing this: "Wenyi, who drives the tractor, is not home right now."
Today is Chinese New Year, and all the children have gone back to the old house. Wenyi just ran out.
Li Damin: "Secretary, what should we do? This is a matter of life and death, please help us."
Uncle Bai called his eldest son over: "Wenli, go and ask Yan Ci to deliver it."
The family slaughtered a pig for the New Year, and there was some excellent pork belly. Bai Xiaoyue was frying the pork to prepare steamed pork belly with preserved mustard greens.
She also fried a pot of meatballs, and casually fed one to Yan Ci, who was tending the fire.
"Aci, is it delicious?"
"tasty."
There was a knock at the door outside the courtyard, and the two stopped what they were doing and went out to see what was going on.
Bai Wenli hurriedly said to Yan Ci:
"Yan Ci, Li Zhiqing fell down. Wenyi isn't home. Dad wants you to take them to the hospital."
Bai Xiaoyue quickly went back into the house to get Yan Ci a hat, scarf, and gloves, and gave him instructions:
"It's cold, drive slowly. We'll be right back after you get to the hospital. We'll be waiting for you to come back for dinner."
Yan Ci nodded: "Don't worry."
Yan Ci drove a tractor to take several educated youths to the hospital entrance.
Liu Aiguo rushed into the hospital carrying Li Xinru, shouting, "Doctor, help!"
The on-duty doctor told him to put the patient on the bed and perform the examination first.
Liu Aiguo said anxiously:
"My wife fell and tripped. She's not due yet, she's still more than two months away from her due date. Please ask the doctor to help her keep the baby on the way."
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