Behind them, it was quiet, with no sound. Xu Qinghuan didn’t pay any attention to him. When the medicine was ready and she grabbed a cloth to pour the medicine, Jiang Xingye stepped forward, "Let me do it!"
The remaining work was done by Jiang Xingye. He poured out the medicine, filled a bowl, and took it to the educated youth spot, with Xu Qinghuan following behind. Along the way, neither of them spoke again.
The water used was from the space, and once Shen Jinju drank the medicine, she immediately felt revitalized, her body felt much more relaxed. She hadn’t expected Xu Qinghuan to be so skilled.
Shen Jinju took two yuan out of her pocket and gave it to Xu Qinghuan, "Educated youth Xu, this is all the money I have right now. I don’t know how much the medical fee is, but just consider the rest as a debt. Rest assured, I will definitely repay you."
Shen Jinju said solemnly.
Dong Liangcheng nodded vigorously on the side, "Yes, we will definitely repay you, don’t worry!"
The innocent words of a child, but they inevitably tugged at the heartstrings.
"One dose of medicine is ten yuan, that’s my pricing. One dose should be enough for you. If the lochia hasn’t passed within three days, come find me again," Xu Qinghuan advised, "You can’t, um, engage in anything within a month, you understand?"
Afraid that Shen Jinju might misunderstand and cause trouble, Xu Qinghuan had to bite the bullet and say, "It means no intimate relations for a month!"
Jiang Xingye coughed lightly and turned to leave.
Shen Jinju blushed deeply and nodded reservedly, indicating she understood.
Right now, she no longer had any thoughts of having children!
Having lived two lives, Xu Qinghuan had only been intimately involved with Jiang Xingye. In her previous life, she wasn’t an obstetrician, so advising on these matters indeed put her in a difficult position. She hurriedly said a couple of words, advising her not to touch cold water recently and to pay attention to nutrition, then quickly left.
As long as Shen Jinju drank this bowl of medicinal soup, she would basically have no problems anymore. She wouldn’t need to worry about anything going wrong and harming her reputation.
The two of them walked back without saying anything.
Jiang Xingye, leading the way, occasionally turned his head to look at Xu Qinghuan following behind him like a little wife.
When they reached Xu Qinghuan’s doorstep, Jiang Xingye halted his steps, "Tomorrow morning, I have to go to the county to pick up a few poisoned educated youths. If you want to go to the county, take the tractor."
Xu Qinghuan didn’t want to take the bus at all, so she nodded eagerly, "I want to go, I have two packages that should be arriving soon, I need to pick them up."
"Okay, I’ll wait at the brigade office entrance." Jiang Xingye’s gaze lingered on her face. Though he thought he hid his deep affection well, it showed clearly, with his brows and eyes full of smiles and his lips curved upward, unable to be suppressed.
"Great, do you want to eat at my place?" Xu Qinghuan pointed her fair fingers inside, where Yu Xiaomin was already cooking, and she could smell the fragrance wafting out.
Jiang Xingye looked at her finger, swallowed, and with difficulty, withdrew his gaze, "No thanks, you eat by yourself."
He wouldn’t eat a woman’s soft rice; a man should find a way to earn money to provide the best life for a woman.
Xu Qinghuan was just being polite since they had reached her doorstep, and the house was about to have dinner anyway.
"Educated youth Xu, I haven’t eaten yet, why don’t you treat me to a meal!" Qiu Linghua appeared from somewhere, holding a handful of pumpkin seeds, cracking them as she grinned.
"Want me to treat you to shit?" Xu Qinghuan said bluntly.
Qiu Linghua spat, "You treat Jiang Xiaowu to meat, and me to shit, what do you mean? You really aren’t clean with Jiang Xiaowu."
She thought saying this would shame Xu Qinghuan to death. But what kind of person was Xu Qinghuan? In her past life, many coveted her assets for free, bought hot searches, and spread scandals about her with explosive stories of her having seven times a night. Did she ever feel ashamed?
Even now in the 1970s, where everyone saw purity as more important than life, she didn’t include herself in this.
"I treat people to meat and dogs to shit, is there a problem?" Xu Qinghuan scoffed.
Qiu Linghua was furious, "Alright, educated youth Xu, you’re calling me a dog then!"
Xu Qinghuan said, "Calling you a dog is an insult to dogs, you’re just a lump of shit!"
It was dinner time, with quite a few people holding bowls, coming out to chat while eating outside. No matter how remote the place, the hustle and bustle draws everyone in.
Upon hearing these words, everyone burst out laughing.
Qiu Linghua was so angry she came up to scratch Xu Qinghuan, "You dare call me shit, I’ll fight you!"
Xu Qinghuan kicked out, sending Qiu Linghua flying backward to land on her butt on the ground, instantly howling, "Someone, the educated youth is bullying people, my tailbone is broken, I want compensation!"
She had heard that Xu Qinghuan had an ex-fiancé, and after they broke off the marriage, he compensated her five hundred yuan.
Five hundred! Her family couldn’t even come up with half a yuan, five hundred yuan was astronomical to her.
Originally, she wanted Xu Qinghuan to marry her son, Sun Laizi, otherwise, why would she be hauntingly tangled with Xu Qinghuan like this? She was a moneybag. No, a golden goose.
Last time she saved the educated youths, they each gave her two mao, nine people making one yuan and eight mao. Today for curing Shen Jinju, she heard she got another two yuan.
In just a few days, she had earned three or four yuan.
This golden goose must enter her family’s gate no matter what.
Sun Laizi stood not far away, staring intently at Xu Qinghuan, drooling. How could there be such a beautiful woman in the world? If she was on the kang, wouldn’t that be heavenly!
Imagining the female educated youth’s delicate skin under him crying out, Sun Laizi felt unbearably hot all over.
Bang!
He was kicked flying, and only as he crashed to the ground did he see Jiang Xingye’s fierce and terrifying face, scared into hiding, "Don’t come over, don’t come over, mom! Jiang Xingye is hitting me, mom, save me!"
Qiu Linghua’s tailbone soon recovered, she leapt up from the ground and rolled to her son, shielding him beneath her, "Jiang Xiaowu, what do you want? You, don’t hit my son!"
Jiang Xingye was fierce, grabbing Qiu Linghua’s collar and lifting her to the side, stepping on Sun Laizi’s face, coldly saying, "If you dare look at her with that gaze again, I’ll gouge your eyeballs out!"
He spoke through gritted teeth, not disguising his anger and murderous intent, causing Sun Laizi to tremble all over, "Brother Ye, spare me, I didn’t know, it’s my mom who said I should marry educated youth Xu, it’s nothing to do with me, I won’t dare anymore, I’ll never dare again!"
Jiang Xingye was furious; he didn’t even dare to covet her, yet such a wretch as Sun Laizi dared to have such presumptuous thoughts. To Jiang Xingye, even a thought of desecration towards her was unacceptable.
"Alright, alright, it seems you don’t want your life, so I’ll grant your wish!" Jiang Xingye lifted his foot, threatening to stomp down hard.
Sun Laizi terrifiedly rolled to the side, holding his head, "I won’t dare anymore, I won’t dare anymore, Brother Ye, spare me, I truly won’t dare anymore!"
Crying uncontrollably.