"Captain." Li Xiyue went to the yard before going up the mountain. "How is your injury?"
Xu Guoqiang touched his forehead and said, "Your aunt rolled an egg on my forehead and it's much better now."
It's rare that she still remembers his injury and still has some conscience.
"This medicine can reduce swelling and dissolve blood stasis. Take it home and apply it three times a day." Li Xiyue handed him a box of ointment.
Xu Guoqiang took it and saw the small, light green, round porcelain bottle. It was very delicate and beautiful. He opened it and saw a light brown plaster inside. He looked through the bottle and said, "I haven't seen this medicine before. Is it also distributed by the commune?"
“I developed this myself.”
Xu Guoqiang exclaimed, "You can also make medicine? That's amazing."
"I tinkered with this when I had nothing to do. Captain, give me some feedback after you use it and see if there are any improvements needed."
"Okay, I'll use it later."
Li Xiyue asked with a smile: "Captain, since you trust me so much, aren't you afraid that there might be problems with the medicine?"
"I don't even trust your medical skills, who else can I trust?" Xu Guoqiang has more confidence in her than in himself.
Li Xiyue was very happy to be trusted unconditionally by him.
As the two were talking, Xu Dawei came over and said, "Doctor Li."
Li Xiyue didn't like him and nodded in response, "Captain, it's alright then. I'll go up the mountain to collect herbs first."
"Okay, be safe."
After they left, Xu Guoqiang pushed his bicycle to another team and asked, "Why are you looking for me if you're not going to watch over everyone else going to work?"
Xu Dawei said with a smile: "Captain, there is something..."
"You want to plead for your cousin and let her get a lighter job?" Xu Guoqiang knew his purpose before he finished speaking.
Xu Dawei chuckled twice, "Captain, nothing can be hidden. Look, she's been doing pretty well recently. How about..."
The girl kept pestering him and crying since early morning. He had no choice but to shamelessly go to Xu Guoqiang.
Xu Guoqiang frowned, “No.
Xu Dawei asked anxiously, "Why, Captain? Yes, she did something wrong, but she was punished, and she knows she was wrong. She's a young girl, she really can't do the work in the pigpen."
"Dawei, the medicine in Tian Lingling's hand was given to her by Xue Min, right?" Xu Guoqiang looked at him and asked.
Xu Dawei was shocked. How did Xu Guoqiang know this? When he came to his senses, he opened his mouth to deny it, but when he met Xu Guoqiang's sharp eyes, he couldn't say the lie that was on the tip of his tongue.
"Although this matter hasn't been made public, you and I both know it. Anyone with a bit of common sense can figure out that since Xue Min did something like this, I'm lucky enough not to punish her. There's no way I'm going to give her an easier job."
"Dawei, you've been the vice-captain for four years now. You should understand a lot of things even if I don't tell you. You'd better tell your cousin to be quiet. Otherwise, don't blame her, you'll also have to bear the brunt of the consequences."
The bicycle went away, but Xu Dawei stood there in a daze, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
Yes, if even he could think of it, how could Xu Guoqiang not have thought of it after so many years as the team leader? Although Tian Lingling didn't say how she got the medicine, any smart person could guess it.
But he still thought Xu Guoqiang didn't know, so he shamelessly came to plead for Xue Min.
To bring shame upon oneself.
"Cousin, how is it? Did the captain agree?" Xue Min had been waiting not far away. After seeing Xu Guoqiang leave, he walked over to ask about the situation.
Xu Dawei met her expectant eyes and was furious. "You think that what you do is unnoticed by anyone, but you are just deceiving yourself. You have done stupid things and still want to leave the pigpen. Don't dream on. Stay here and do good. If you cause trouble again, you will be forced to live in the pigpen from now on!"
After he finished cursing, he left without looking back.
Xue Min was scolded severely and left angrily.
"Xue Zhiqing, why are you here so late?" When they arrived at the pigpen, Grandma Yu, who was in charge of feeding the pigs, complained, "Even the children have brought back baskets of pig grass. You're such a grown-up, but you can't even compare to the children."
Xue Min was furious and instinctively wanted to retort, but then she remembered that the other person was the captain's mother, so she didn't dare to offend him. She had to endure it and said, "I was a little unwell, so I got up late. I'll get to work now."
When Grandma Yu heard that she was not feeling well, she didn't say anything more, but reminded her: "It's too hot. Hurry up and shovel away the pig manure and clean the pigpen. The pigs have just finished breeding, and they can't be too hot."
After she finished speaking, she took the pig grass into the house, chopped it up and cooked it.
Although pigs are not as precious as cows, they are also very valuable. During the Chinese New Year, the people in Xujia Village rely on these two pigs for meat.
Xu Guoqiang didn't trust others, so he handed the two pigs to his mother to take care of.
But Grandma Yu was old and could not do heavy work, so she was only responsible for chopping grass for the pigs and cooking pig food.
The children in the village are responsible for collecting grass for the pigs, while the members take turns feeding the pigs and cleaning the pig pens.
But most of them were members like Xue Min who made mistakes and were punished to work here.
Xue Min was a little crazy when he saw that the toilet was full of pig manure after just one night.
She covered her mouth and nose with a cloth, picked up the shovel, opened the door and started shoveling the manure.
The two pigs had been hungry all night. When they saw someone coming, they thought it was someone to feed them, so they kept howling at Xue Min and bumped her with their snouts from time to time.
Xue Min chased the pigs away several times, but they still surrounded him. He was already very angry, and now he could no longer bear it, so he took a shovel and hit the pigs.
With a bang, the pig screamed and started to make a mess in the pigsty.
The other pig was frightened and started to be beaten as well.
"ah--"
Grandma Yu heard the noise and came out to see that Xue Min had fallen head over heels in the pig manure, with his face and body covered in pig manure.
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