OBS Chapter 192 Confirmation that Li Jie was infected
Chapter 192 Confirmation that Li Jie was infected
The next morning, Liu Jingxue was woken up by Tuanzi.
"Master, please get up quickly, someone is knocking at the door.
Lao Liu's son has brought you some coal."
Liu Jingxue opened her eyes dazedly, "What time is it outside now?"
"It's seven o'clock," Tuanzi replied.
Liu Jingxue was surprised, "Why is it so early? The people at the coal yard are already working so early."
She quickly got up, changed into outer clothes, wiped her face roughly, left the space and went to open the gate.
Seeing Uncle Liu's eldest son, Liu Qingshan, outside the yard, Liu Jingxue quickly greeted him, "Brother Qingshan, when did you go over there, and how did you buy the coal so quickly?
Is this coal-lighting yard open for business?"
Liu Qingshan smiled naively, "Dad asked us to go there in the early hours of the night to line up and buy those big lumps of coal.
It's said that you are a little girl, and you have to spend a lot of effort to make coal balls and coal flour after buying broken coal flour. It's too troublesome."
He touched his head and said, “The coal yard is not open yet.
But we had done odd jobs at the coal yard before and knew the old man who was the gatekeeper.
The old man is the father-in-law of a leader in the coal yard. He is old, sleeps less, and comes very early every day.
Knowing that we had been outside most of the night, they asked the night shift to sell us coal in advance so that we could come back and rest earlier. "
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she felt that the few cents she spent on labor was well worth it.
They started queuing up in the first half of the night. This kind of crazy mentality is something I have only heard of in modern times, where people queued up overnight to buy train tickets during the Spring Festival travel rush.
"Liu Zhiqing, where should we put this coal?" Liu Qingshan asked.
Liu Jingxue replied, "Put it in the woodshed behind the kitchen."
After saying that, she was about to help unload the coal, but was stopped by Liu Qingshan.
"Liu Zhiqing, this coal is too dirty, and you're covered in black ash.
Don't do anything, I'll do it."
Liu Jingxue did not insist and led the way for him to store the coal.
When Liu Qingshan returned to the coal yard to transport the next truckload of coal, Liu Jingxue asked, "Brother Qingshan, is the coal yard of our coal commune far away?"
"Not far. I drive a bullock cart and it only takes about fifty minutes to go back and forth."
After Liu Qingshan left, Liu Jingxue hurried back to the space to wash up, and then went outside to make a fire and cook breakfast.
The millet porridge was still simmering in the pot when the two Liu brothers came over with the second truck of coal.
The two men helped carry the coal to the woodshed.
"Brothers, my breakfast is ready. Would you like to stay and have breakfast?" Liu Jingxue invited.
Liu Qingshan declined, "Liu Zhiqing, you can eat by yourself, there is breakfast left for us at home.
We still have to go back and clean up, so we won’t delay your meal.”
After seeing the two off, Liu Jingxue went to the woodshed and looked at the coal piled there. It was all coal lumps.
It is said that Xia State is a society based on human relationships, and this can be reflected in every aspect.
Even when buying coal, if you know the people there, not only can you buy it before they go to work, but you can also pick the better ones.
Liu Jingxue once again sighed that her labor fee was well worth it.
I think Aunt Cuihua recommended that I ask Uncle Liu for help because she knew about this.
After finishing breakfast, Liu Jingxue entered the space to practice for a while, and then leisurely went to the educated youth point.
I gave medicine to the three people at the educated youth site yesterday. I have to go and see today if the medicine has worked.
If I fail to stop Li Jie from going into the mountains to search, then I will have to find another way to stop him.
The gate of the educated youth center was closed.
Liu Jingxue went forward and knocked on the door, and it was Zhang Yingchun who answered the door.
Seeing that it was Liu Jingxue, she said happily, "Xiaoxue, why are you here?"
Liu Jingxue said casually, "I have nothing to do at home, so I came to talk to you.
Are you and Xia Lan the only ones at the Youth League Center today?"
Zhang Yingchun shook his head. "There are many more people at the Youth League Point today. In addition to the two of us, there are three more."
Liu Jingxue deliberately asked curiously, "There are three more people, who are they?
Aren’t they selling vegetables anymore?”
"There are two more male educated youth, Li Jie and Fang Dong.
There was one more female educated youth, Wang Lihua.
All three of them have caught a cold and have a fever, and are now lying on the kang."
Liu Jingxue deliberately frowned and said, "How come three of them got sick all at once?"
“What’s this.
Although it didn't snow, it was getting cold.
They run around outside all day long, and they might get caught if they are not careful." Zhang Yingchun said nonchalantly.
“Did they see a doctor?”
Zhang Yingchun lowered her voice and said, "According to those old educated youth, the barefoot doctor in our production team clinic is a fake doctor who can't treat any disease.
In their current situation, it is not convenient for them to go to town by wind.
Besides, everyone else was busy selling vegetables and no one was there to take them there.
So all I can do is drink more hot water to get through these days."
"How serious are their symptoms? If they are serious, they still need to see a doctor to avoid delaying the treatment." Liu Jingxue said with pretended concern.
"It's nothing serious, just a fever, body aches, weakness, and lethargy, nothing else.
They went home and lay down last night, and their condition hasn’t gotten any worse so far.”
While the two were talking, Xia Lan came over.
"I told Yingchun that you should go open the door. Why didn't you come back for so long? It turns out that Xiaoxue is here."
Zhang Yingchun asked, "Why did you come out too?"
"You know you are asking for help, but you still don't come out and continue to serve Wang Lihua like a young lady.
You said that we were just kind-hearted and took care of her because she was sick and miserable, but why did she treat us like she was her nanny?
It's like she has no hands or feet, and we have to do everything for her.
Even when she wants to drink water, we have to bring it to her mouth.
I have never served my parents like this at home, you are really taking advantage of me." Xia Lan said angrily.
Liu Jingxue felt a little strange. Her medicine didn't seem to be that effective. It felt like it had paralyzed the patient.
Logically, Wang Lihua had the lightest dose of medicine among the three.
"Is she so seriously ill? Why don't you let her go to the hospital?"
Xia Lan rolled her eyes and said, "You really believe her, she is just deliberately making trouble for us.
Li Jie and Fang Dong were much sicker than her, but not as sick as she is."
"Otherwise, let's not stay in the educated youth center anymore.
Xiaoxue, let's go to your place and have a chat." Zhang Yingchun suggested.
No, I want to practice peacefully these days. If you come to my place, how can I practice?
But it would be inappropriate to refuse directly. Liu Jingxue frantically thought about how to solve the problem.
Xia Lan shook her head and said, "This is not appropriate.
Although Wang Lihua is annoying, there are still Li Jie and Fang Dong.
They are all educated youths from the educated youth center. We can't just ignore their lives and hide away.
We live under the same roof, and we see each other every day. We can’t go too far.”
Zhang Yingchun curled her lips, "But I don't want to serve Wang Lihua like an old nanny."
"Let's not stay in the house, let's stay in the dining room.
Since Wang Lihua can't see us, she won't ask us to do everything.
She called us, but we pretended not to hear.
If Li Jie and Fang Dong have any problems, we can also lend a hand." Xia Lan suggested.
Zhang Yingchun said helplessly, "This is the only way for now."
Secretly relieved, Liu Jingxue quickly changed the subject, "They went to town to sell vegetables a few days ago, and I don't know if they sold any."
"There should be some results. They already contacted the village chief yesterday afternoon. It seems that someone will come to transport vegetables in the next two days."
It would be good to have results. She was just afraid that if the vegetables were not sold at all, she would be blamed for making this suggestion.