After Lin Dingding left, Yan Chu drank the medicine she made, lay down on the kang, closed his eyes and meditated, thinking about his two tasks along the way.
The protagonist of the main quest is by his side, so let’s not think about it for the time being. What gives him a headache is the side quest, saving the life of Yuanchen’s biological father, Yan Xun. In Yuanchen’s memory, there are not many memories about his father, except In addition to those almost forgotten images before the age of 20, there are only a few inked pictures after the death of the other party.
What kind of character, what kind of person the other party is, and what kind of emotions he has for his son who has severed ties with his biological mother since he was young, all these are unknown to him at this time.
Yan Chu calculated the time in his mind. At this time, Yan's father had been sent down for reform for nearly ten years. Five months later, he would receive the obituary of his death. As an educated youth, he can't leave the production team at will, let alone save a dying person.
Fortunately, there is no penalty for failure of the side mission, otherwise Yan Chu would have had enough headaches.
He opened his eyes and saw that the roof was stained with yellowish-brown stains that leaked because of the rainy weather. He sighed, got up from the kang, put on his cotton-padded jacket, picked up the original body and put it in the cabinet that belonged to him. With the pen and paper in his pocket, he buried himself in the letter.
Under the circumstances that he couldn't go out at will, if he wanted to save the original father's life, this might be the only way.
There are no fewer literati and scholars who died in this parallel space than in the world he lived in. A large part of the reason is that they can't bear the disparity in status and the difficult life, and part of it is because they can't find any hope for the future. I have sentenced myself to death. When a person's heart dies, his body will not be far from decay.
Yan Chu didn't know what kind of situation his father was in this world, and now he could only run into a dead mouse and try it out.
*****
"Yan Chu, how are you? Are you still burning?"
The educated youth who lived in the same room as Yan Chu came back, and Lin Qingshan, the leader, wiped the mud off his shoes at the door, and asked Yan Chu while washing his hands.
They belonged to the third production team of Hongqi Commune. There were 11 educated youths in the team, four girls and seven boys. Now, there are only four young guys living in the educated youth courtyard, and two little girls who came later.
Lin Qingshan is the oldest among the educated youth living in the educated youth courtyard. He has a stable and enthusiastic temperament. He is very prestigious in the educated youth team. He is a big brother. He also treats other educated youths as younger brothers and sisters. Heart.
No, Yan Chu was still sick, so he couldn't help asking a few more questions.
"It's okay, the fever has subsided, and I can go to work with you this afternoon." Yan Chu got up from the kang before they came back, and changed his clothes.
"I just cooked rice, let's eat together." Yan Chu is an out-and-out urbanite, and he has never seen an earthen stove in the countryside since he grew up. Fortunately, Yuanshen has been in the countryside for a long time. He still knows the basics of boiling water and cooking.
His simple two sentences have attracted the attention of other educated youths. You must know that the original body is sick every now and then, not only because the body is really not suitable for the living environment here, but also partly because it is because it can't bear it. Sick and lazy.
These educated youths were basically used to the fact that Yan Chu would be sick for two or three days when he got sick, but this time he unexpectedly offered to go to the fields to work uncharacteristically.
"It's really the sun coming out from the west." The last young man who came in glanced at Yan Chu and muttered in a low voice.
Hearing his tone, there was a hint of contempt and sarcasm.
Yan Chu is not angry, who made Yuanshang such a failure in life, they are also educated youths, they work tirelessly in the fields, if you pretend to be sick and dodge in the house alone, normal people will not be very happy in their hearts, besides Yes, according to the memories Yan Chu has, the rations of the educated youths are all put together, and they eat together for every meal.
At this time, the food distribution is based on the work points. Originally, he spent less time working in the fields, so he earned less work points. The little food distributed to him must not be enough for a young guy. I'm ashamed to talk about him, let him take advantage of that much.
Not to mention just muttering in a strange way, Yan Chu couldn't get angry even if he pointed at his nose and scolded him face to face.
"Chen Jun, don't say a few words."
Lin Qingshan, as the big brother, naturally had to stand up to mediate the conflict. He patted the educated youth who spoke just now on the shoulder, and said to Yan Chu with concern: "Be careful when you work in the afternoon. If you feel uncomfortable, tell us quickly. .”
He is six years older than Yan Chu. In his opinion, Yan Chu is just not used to life in the countryside. After a long time, he will naturally change. It is even more important for Yan Chu to propose to work in the fields today. It proved Lin Qingshan's point of view. This made his worrying big brother very happy.
Yan Chu helped several people hold the bowls and chopsticks, lowered his head, and complained all the time in his original body. In fact, he wrapped himself too tightly, blocking all those good intentions outside the armor.
The lunch at noon was relatively simple, with sweet potato porridge, blanched cabbage, and other than that, there was only a plate of pickles pickled during the Chinese New Year last year. Yan Chu didn't feel uncomfortable eating it. meals. As for the other educated youths who had been working in the fields for half a day, they didn't even care whether they looked good or not, and Xilihulu poured porridge and stuffed vegetables into their mouths.
After eating, I lay down on the kang for a while, and when the broadcast in the brigade headquarters rang, I had to go to work again.
Lin Guangguo always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
"Dad, are you thirsty? I'll pour you tea."
Hearing that familiar voice, Lin Guangguo finally figured out what was wrong. This afternoon, his precious girl came to refill his water more than a dozen times. He said why he kept running to the latrine today. Too much.
This person’s hands and feet tend to get cold when winter comes. Those who have enamel cups in their homes are used to letting children who are not working take a hot water bottle to pour hot water.
Lin Dingding is the most idle child in the Lin family. She comes to the field every now and then to fill up the hot water for her father and brothers. Usually, three or four trips in one afternoon are enough, but the number of times Lin Dingding came to the field today Obviously a bit over the standard ah.
"You little girl, you treat your father like a buffalo."
Lin Guangguo couldn't bear to refuse his daughter's kindness, so he drank the remaining water in the cup in one gulp, and waited for her to pour water for himself. When he looked up, he found that his daughter was holding a thermos pot and didn't know where to look.
He looked in the direction of Lin Dingding's line of sight, and saw the young man standing out from the group of people even though he was working with a hoe in the field, he got it, he understood everything.
The girl turned outward, this girl is using her own father as an excuse to visit her lover.
He snorted dissatisfied, isn't it just his appearance? When he was young, he was also the team member of the third team. I don't know how many girls like him.
But Yan Chu's child seems to be a little different today. He has been in the field for so long, and he has not seen him resting on the field ridge halfway.
"Okay, let's go back, your father and brother are full, and there is no need to send water to the field later." Lin Guangguo hummed to his daughter.
Lin Dingding didn't expect to be so obvious, and hurriedly helped his father and several brothers fill up the hot water in embarrassment, and ran away in a hurry.
"Actually, I think Yan Chu is pretty good too. As for high school students, there is not even a high school student in our village." Lin Dingding's eldest brother, Lin Dingnan, is simple-minded and loves his younger sister, so he wanted to help her beat his father's side drum .
"What do you know, you idiot?"
Lin Guangguo didn't have the patience for his son to treat his daughter, so he yelled at him: "Hurry up and work for me, or I will deduct your work points."
Well, it's just too good, this is not a good match.
Lin Guangguo looked at the back of his daughter leaving, and sighed, feeling helpless.
*****
"team leader."
Yan Chu's body was about to fall apart when the off-work announcement sounded, but he still remembered that after he had finished his work, he reported to Lin Qingshan and quickly followed Lin Guangguo to catch up.
"Yan Chu, what's the matter?"
Lin Guangguo didn't know why the other party stopped him, handed the hoe to the son beside him, and asked Yan Chu after pushing them away.
"I have a letter, and I want to get rid of the captain and send it for me."
There is a post office in the county, and it is the busy season of farming, so Yan Chu can't ask for leave to go to the county, so he can only hand the letter to Captain Lin Guangguo, and the postman from the county post office will come to the commune every two days to pick up the mail to be sent Parcels, each production team is registered by the team leader.
"This is a letter sent to Longsheng Farm. I remember you are from the capital, right?"
Lin Guangguo opened the simple office belonging to the captain in the brigade headquarters, looked at the address on the envelope Yan Chu handed over, and asked suspiciously.
This year is different from the past. Lin Guangguo, as the captain of the brigade, has the right to open and read any suspicious letters. He saw that what Yan Chu handed over was not just a letter, but also a small package. I don’t know what it contained. thing.
"My dad was doing renovations on the Longsheng farm. It's cold now. I didn't know how he was doing there, so I took apart a piece of clothing and made him a pair of knee pads and gloves to send over." The knee pads were made by Yan Chu in the morning. , Yuan Bo bought the gloves from the county town for himself to wear.
Lin Guangguo paused for a moment. He remembered that when Yan Chu came, it was written that his parents were both cadres.
Looking at the depressed mood of the other party, Lin Guangguo roughly guessed the truth. I am afraid that the column of father written on the file is not the biological father, but the stepfather.
This recognition made Lin Guangguo's impression of Yan Chu a bit better. This child can have a stain on his father's identity, and he will always remember him during the reformation, instead of trying to keep a distance from him. Filial piety is extremely rare.
Lin Guangguo is a big bastard, he knows that there have been fierce disturbances outside these years, fathers are not fathers, sons are not sons, he only knows that if a person can't even recognize his parents, this person is no different from a beast.
This behavior of Yan Chu severely brushed up the favorability in Lin Guangguo's heart, and even made Lin Guangguo think that his previous understanding of Yan Chu was too one-sided. This is obviously a good boy who is filial and sensible. For a moment, he decided to re-observe him.
Did he just say that his girl followed him in everything, and the boy he liked for no reason was a bad guy.
Lin Guangguo felt a little more relieved, and he looked at Yan Chu with a much more relaxed look.