Hearing the laughter of the two children, Li Xiyue's heavy mood finally eased. This is how children should be.
At that moment, she felt that her decision was right.
"Laidi, Erniu, don't tell anyone about this, especially not the adults in the family, understand?" Li Xiyue gently instructed.
The two children nodded obediently, "Sister, we understand."
Li Xiyue held up a little finger, "This is our secret, let's pinky swear."
The two children quickly extended their little fingers and made a pinky promise with her, "Pinky promise, a hundred years from now, never to be broken."
The three of them exchanged a glance and then burst into laughter.
Back at Uncle Xu's house, Uncle Xu had clearly been waiting for a long time. "Yueyue, where have you been?"
Li Xiyue made up a random excuse to brush it off, and then asked, "Grandpa, how is Uncle Jianmin doing?"
"He agreed to let you treat him," Uncle Xu said with a smile.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Xiyue decided to treat him again the next day.
On my way home from work, I overheard villagers talking about Zhao Xiaoli.
"I heard that the female educated youth Zhao was sent to a farm for reform through adultery."
"She was never a good person to begin with. She stole things before and then framed good comrades. It's not surprising that she would do something like this."
"I wonder whose family she stole from?"
"I heard it's not from our brigade..."
"Zhao Xiaoli is gone, so there's no one left in the cowshed, right? We'll have to take turns working there again."
"well……"
Li Xiyue guessed that Xu Guoqing had probably let it slip by accidentally. But it was good that the villagers thought that way, so they wouldn't suspect Zhao Xiaoli's sudden disappearance.
Back at the educated youth settlement, the others hadn't returned yet, so Li Xiyue rolled up her sleeves to prepare a meal.
First, I rinsed the rice and put it in the pot. Then I washed a few potatoes and put them in as well. I covered the pot and started a fire.
Just as they got the fire going, Huang Xinrui and the others returned, talking as they entered the yard.
“Zhao Zhiqing, you’re with Zhao Xiaoli every day, how could you not know he’s cheating on you?” This was Huang Xinrui’s suspicious voice.
Zhao Guohua said, "I don't know. I'm only there during the day, not at night. She couldn't possibly be cheating on me in broad daylight, could she?"
"That's true."
Wang Jiaxing laughed and said, "Alright, why bother with her?"
The sound of washing hands came from the well. A little while later, Huang Xinrui and the others entered the kitchen, chatting and laughing as they prepared dinner.
The next day, Li Xiyue and Uncle Xu went to Xu Xiangyang's house.
Xu Xiangyang looked at Li Xiyue gratefully, "Thank you for being willing to treat my uncle."
“Li Zhiqing…” Gao Xiulan excitedly grasped Li Xiyue’s hand, “I’m entrusting this to you.”
When I got to Xu Jianmin's side, I saw that he was in much better spirits than before, and his complexion had also improved. Most importantly, he was willing to come out.
This is the best step we've taken.
To put it bluntly, his illness is a knot in his heart. Once that knot is untied, everything will be much easier.
“Comrade Xiangyang, please remove the blanket and roll up Uncle Jianmin’s trouser legs. I want to see his legs,” Li Xiyue said.
Xu Xiangyang did as instructed.
Li Xiyue pinched Xu Jianmin's leg and found that he was just too thin and his muscles had not atrophied, which put her mind at ease.
She took out silver needles and inserted them into the acupoints on Xu Jianmin's legs one by one.
Xu Jianmin was stunned by her nimble movements. Her skills were far superior to those of Uncle Xu Liu. She was indeed a person with real abilities.
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