Dressed Like a Pretty Daughter-in-law From the 1970s

Chapter 25: Fight whoever you catch

 The educated youths in the courtyard all came out to ask a few questions after hearing the news. After receiving the news that the person was fine, they breathed a sigh of relief and looked at An Zhixia with complicated eyes.

 She finished her meal calmly and quickly, and went with her brother to deliver meals, new clothes and quilts.

This is her first time there, and she can really see the lowest treatment in this era.

 A low house made of mud bricks with a straw roof and palm-sized windows. The room was cold and bone-chilling, and there was a faint stench of livestock wafting from the side.

There was originally no kang here, but Fang Yuan fumbled and made one for the children. It was not very nice, but it allowed them to wear thin cotton clothes to survive three cold winters.

The light of the setting sun is only lightly spread, and most of it is isolated outside the house.

 In fact, the environment is not that terrible, but it is a constant reminder of their miserable experiences, so there is an inescapable sense of depression and despair. An Zhixia felt that if she stayed here every day, she would go crazy.

Fang Lixi was lying on the bed, his chest was **** with a belt, and two little girls were lying next to him talking. One person holds each other's hand, for fear that the person will leave again if they don't notice.

 The An family brothers and sisters sent something, but Fang Yuan did not refuse and quietly added an item to the ledger in his heart.

An Zhixia learned from her brother that medicines in the hospital were very scarce and they were usually digested internally. The doctor only gave the child two bottles of water and observed him for a day. When he saw that there was no fever or other symptoms, he prescribed some vitamin C and sent the child back.

She couldn't take out the anti-inflammatory medicine, bone-setting capsules, and shark chondroitin, a supplement that promotes bone healing, so she removed the capsules and melted the particles inside into the rice porridge. Therefore, An Zhixia put extra brown sugar in the millet porridge prepared for Fang Lixi to cover up the medicinal smell.

“Cough, cough, cough,” an old woman in her forties or fifties coughed while holding a bowl and walking into the house on crutches. Her clothes were starched and turned white, and although there were many patches, the stitching was fine. Her hair, which was dyed with silver frost, was meticulously combed and fixed with a black card.

The dull face has ravines eroded by time, but compared with the children's skinny skin and frostbite, it has the dignity of a city person.

An Zhixia frowned slightly as she looked at it, feeling something was strange.

"The child just came back and didn't eat, right? I made some fish porridge and soaked it in the nest to eat. It's light and nutritious." She put the fish porridge that exuded fishy smell on Lame Tuzi beside the bed, and then she realized that there were many fish porridge in the room. There were two people, and there was still a table of untouched food.

She pinched the corner of her clothes awkwardly: "My ears are not very good, so I didn't hear any guests coming to your house."

“Auntie, these are the newly arrived educated youths from the Educated Youth Courtyard, the An family brother and sister,” Fang Yuan introduced in a slightly raised voice. "Zhiqiu, Xiaoan educated youth, this is Aunt Ke who lives next door. She used to be the accountant of N City Brewery. She was transferred here with Uncle Gu."

 The An family brother and sister politely called out to someone.

"Hey, you are all good children," Aunt Ke smiled and nodded, "There are many people who are the icing on the cake, but those who can provide help in times of need are valuable. Fang Yuan is a person who values ​​love and justice, and his good intentions will definitely be rewarded. To If it weren't for his usual care, we old guys would have been ground to nothing."

An Zhiqiu waved his hands and said, "The children are innocent, so we will help them."

An Zhixia's face was cold, "Comrade Ke, what you said is wrong. The organization has certain reasons and purposes for you to receive re-education. The village chief is generous to the people, and the villagers are simple and friendly, and they cannot do things that are annoying."

 Compared to other places, the lives of people in Hetang Village are relatively easy. The work is definitely dirty and tiring. People in this era, at this age, and have been engaged in accounting, shouldn't they be more careful about misfortunes coming from their mouths?

Aunt Ke's face froze, her body trembled, and her mouth twisted: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I, I don't mean anything else. It just means that Fang Yuan, the kid, takes good care of us. We old guys are old enough. , my body bones have not been beaten, I..."

An Zhiqiu tugged on An Zhixia's clothes and did not let the girl continue to criticize others. Instead, she nodded and said with a smile: "Aunt Ke, don't be nervous. My sister wants to say that it is not easy for anyone. Comrade Fang Yuan usually has to take care of three children. How much time can I spare to help you? It’s better to rely on yourself.”

Aunt Ke nodded and touched Fang Lixi's head: "You must learn to be good in the future and don't go to dangerous places again."

Fang Lixi responded with a smile, "Grandma Ke, please take the fish porridge back. I just finished drinking the millet porridge and I'm not hungry yet. The fish porridge won't taste good when it's cold. You and Grandpa Gu also need to replenish their bodies." ”

Aunt Ke shyly picked up the bowl and said, "Okay, Grandma Ke will give you something delicious next time."

After the people left, Fang Yuan was silent for a moment, and then said, "I am young and strong, so it doesn't matter if I do more work."

"Are you not in the way?" An Zhixia's anger suddenly rose, and she pointed at the children on the kang with a sneer and said: "But what about them? If you are young and strong, then go to home to earn more food, because your own children are so hungry that they are skin and bones. You're covered in sores from the cold, but you still care about other people?"

Fang Yuan pursed his lips tightly and looked at the three children who were a little confused, looking in a daze.

"It's cold and the food gets cold quickly. You guys eat first and we'll come back tomorrow morning." An Zhiqiu pulled his sister out and asked in a low voice, "What happened to you today? Who are you trying to catch?"

An Zhixia Chang sighed and rubbed his stuffy chest, "I can't stand it. He lives a hazy life and can take care of the elderly people next door until they are white and healthy, but he can't keep the children fed and clothed? I Not only do I want to scold him, I also want to kick him."

An Zhiqiu rubbed his sister's head, but was slapped away. He smiled helplessly and said, "Why are you angry about other people's affairs? Everyone has his own way to go. We can control it for a while, but we can't control it forever. Besides, , what we see and think is not the truth.”

An Zhixia nodded listlessly, and suddenly felt that the image of the big boss in the article suddenly collapsed, and he fell from a **** to a common man, losing his sense of awe.

 I was very disappointed, and there was a vague pain in my heart.

Looking at his appearance, she could also guess that Fang Yuan must have been the kind of proud man in the past. He was once high-spirited, caring about the country, and had lofty aspirations. But overnight, everything he owned turned into nothingness and was brutally beaten. He was severely suppressed in the bullpen of a small mountain village.

 How many people can accept such ups and downs?

She could even imagine that if the three children were not here, he would probably do something that would cause the enemy to die. His life truly corresponds to the ancient saying: When heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to this person, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions.

This kind of process and transformation is too painful, too sad and lonely.

 But the children are innocent too, An Zhixia secretly wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes.

 (End of this chapter)