The raging storm finally stopped at noon that day. When my colleagues returned from the county theater after the contracting meeting, I had already finished lunch, sat on the earthen sofa of the preservation class, and started to do exercises in the "High School Chemistry Workbook".

"Xiao Wu, why didn't you go to the meeting?" The excited squad leader Xu pushed the door and asked unhappily when he saw me in the room.

"I came back halfway through the air, and there were too many people inside and couldn't breathe." I replied lightly.

"Why didn't we see you?" Old Master Huang stepped into the door and everyone entered one after another.

"I saw you sitting in front with the electrician team. If you couldn't squeeze over, you sat in the back with the shaking person." I continued to work on the questions.

The bathroom opened that afternoon, saying that it was to congratulate the successful convening of the contracting conference. I took a bath in the bustling crowd with the people who were coming. When I rode back to Xizhangzhuang, Sister Hong had already prepared dinner. At the dinner table, I briefly talked about the situation of the contracting conference. Sister Hong listened calmly and silently did not speak.

After dinner, Sister Hong rolled up her sleeves to clean up the dishes, turned her face and said softly: "Brother Wu Ping, let's take Xiaozhuang to the provincial capital for medical treatment?"

I looked at Sister Hong in surprise, and my mind didn't turn around for a while, "Okay - have you made up your mind?"

"Well... we'll leave at the end of this month, how do you see?" Sister Hong stopped and stared at me with her clear eyes.

"At the end of this month... OK, when will we bring Xiaozhuang back?" I felt a warm current surge in my heart, and I was happy that Sister Hong finally made up her mind.

"Okay, we'll make up like this. As for when to pick up Xiaozhuang, I want to... go when I'm leaving." Sister Hong picked up the thermos, poured half a basin of hot water, and soaked the dishes and chopsticks to wash in it.

"I have contacted my father these days and asked him to ask his third grandfather's address and asked them to help contact the hospital in the provincial capital." I stood up excitedly.

Sister Hong nodded quietly with a gentle expression.

The night after the storm showed a rare peace, and occasionally a few dog barkings came from around, which further highlighted the tranquility of the village. After many days of anxiety, Sister Hong leaned against my arms and fell asleep quietly. With her gentle breathing, her long eyelashes were trembling slightly. Looking at her beautiful and beautiful face, thinking about her melancholy and uneasy, a kind of unspeakable bitterness broke out in my heart.

In early summer, the land of Huaibei is lush with trees and vitality. The gentle breeze blows the canal beaches with lotus fragrance. The bright sunshine puts a layer of shining pearls on the rippling canal water. The wheat has turned yellow without realizing it. Next is the busy season when the old and young bent down. I wrote a letter to my third grandfather whom I had never met, and sent it out according to the address given by my father, waiting for the reply anxiously. Sister Hong saw that I was worried about gains and losses, and couldn't help but comfort me. Grandpa San was in poor health and probably was not convenient to reply. As long as we had the address of Grandpa San's house, we went to the provincial capital to find it myself, so we would not have to worry about not being able to ask for the place.

In the following days, Sister Hong got up early and went to bed late. She washed the things she could wash at home, brushed the things she could brushed, removed the things she could remove, and dried all the things she should have dried. The landlord, Carpenter Liu, and the old couple, looked at all this and couldn't help but mutter in their hearts. The old lady finally couldn't help but knock on our door.

"Xiaozhuang, what are you doing? Are you planning to leave our Xizhangzhuang and move to live elsewhere?" The old lady asked carefully with concern.

"Who said you want to move? Your two elders are so kind to us and live here so comfortably. As long as you don't dislike us, we will live here for a long time." I felt a heat in my heart and quickly explained.

"That's good--" The old lady glanced at Sister Hong, and was still a little worried, "But you are so busy all day long, why are you doing this?"

"Auntie, we are going to the provincial capital to see Xiaozhuang. It may take some time to go, so we will sort out the things we should wash and dry." Sister Hong raised Xueyan's arm and wiped the water droplets on her forehead.

"That's right, why didn't you say it earlier?" The old lady opened her frown when she entered the door after hearing Sister Hong's words. "Since you three come to live in my house, we are angry when we are old couples. These days, your uncle saw you two washing and drying, thinking you wanted to move out, and kept sighing, unable to get excited about anything, and always angry with me. Now it's OK - you are not going to move out, haha, I'll go and explain it to the old man now..."

"Auntie, you two are our relatives, Xiaozhuang's grandparents. As long as Xiaozhuang gets better, he will definitely be filial to your two elders." Sister Hong said the emotional part, her voice choked a little.

"We will treat Xiaozhuang's illness and come back soon." I said sincerely to the kind-eyed and bodhisattva-hearted old lady.

"This is great. Look at how gratifying Xiaozhuang's child is. He will definitely be able to overcome this hurdle and get better. Your uncle said that in the future, our family will be given to Xiaozhuang's child." The aunt held Sister Hong's hands and said excitedly.

"Thank you and my uncle, thank you really..." Sister Hong's tears were filled with her eyes, and her handsome phoenix eyes were full of gratitude.

After washing a large basin of clothes, Sister Hong stood up and gently pounded her waist. I couldn't bear to persuade her: "Sister Hong, why are you doing this? We haven't been back for a year or two, why are we so struggling so hard?"

Sister Hong raised her chin and smiled at me: "I don't know how long it's been. You... are not a person who likes to do laundry and cook."

"With a good wife like you who is hardworking and virtuous, I am still afraid that I can't eat and no one can do laundry?" I continued Sister Hong's words and joked casually.

Sister Hong's pupils flowed like autumn water, and she silently picked up her washed clothes and walked out the door. I didn't think deeply at the time, thinking that she was numbing herself by constantly working to relieve her inner anxiety and worries.

The next day, we took the leave report signed by our respective squad leader and made an appointment to come to the director's office on the second floor of the workshop. The follower in the workshop glanced at it and deliberately said to us with a bitter face that the contracting in the factory was about to begin, and the original salary standards and employee benefits were not counted. Now everything is done according to the rules set by the contractor. If you insist on taking leave, your salary will be gone.

"What the hell is your logic!" I slapped the table and pointed at the follower and said angrily, "We are going to treat the child and save the child's lives. If you don't pay a penny, how can we live? This schini mill is still in the country, and it is not his own. "

The follower shrugged his shoulders and glanced at me disdainfully: "This yarn mill belongs to the country, not to you Wu Ping. Now that the yarn mill is contracted, it is Director Cui who has the final say. He stipulates this way, and we can only do this."

"Since the yarn mill is still from the country, how can we not implement the national regulations?" I suppressed my anger and continued to argue.

"Don't say these useless things. If you don't accept it, just tell Director Cui?" The follower wave waved impatiently, as if he was not concerned about his own affairs.

"Damn it, I'll go find Mr. Cui with you!" I sealed his collar and suddenly lifted the follower up.

"Wu Ping, let go..." Sister Hong exclaimed and rushed up and grabbed me.

Sister Hong's fair cheeks flushed and her beautiful phoenix eyes were filled with grief and anger. Looking at her painful and helpless look, my right hand tightly clenched loosened, and the follower fell on the ground with his feet and collapsed on the chair.

"Let's go." Sister Hong gently held my arm.
Chapter completed!