The girl who had done something stupid turned pale and her heart really dropped to the bottom. If the driver and the conductor reported her to her workplace and home, losing her job would be a small matter, but ruining her reputation would be a big deal.
"Dear driver, dear conductor, I am really wrong. Please don't go to my company. I am willing to pay you twenty yuan. I can write you an IOU and pay you back when I get paid."
The driver and the conductor were delighted. Twenty yuan seemed acceptable, but they could not ask for the money openly, otherwise they would be reported and lose their jobs.
When Li Huan received the driver's request for help, he immediately knew what he was thinking. He thought that the driver specialized in running the Chuncheng route and might be of use in the future, so he should lend a helping hand.
"Comrade Public Security, this driver and conductor are conscientious and responsible in their work, so I am going to write a letter of praise to their leader. In addition, I will tell their leader that this female comrade has realized her mistake and is willing to pay 20 yuan in compensation."
The public security comrade looked at Li Huan deeply. No wonder this guy was favored by the commune leaders and given the position of village chief. He was indeed a little sly. It was just that they didn't know what this driver could do to deserve his help.
When the driver and the conductor heard this, they were overjoyed. The twenty yuan would finally be in their hands. They looked at Cheng Qiao and Li Huan with gratitude, thinking that these two people must be their benefactors.
The girl wrote the IOU with a bitter face. She would have to pay it back when she got her salary next month, otherwise they would still make trouble at her workplace. This lesson was too profound.
"Comrade Li, Comrade Cheng, how about I take you to the hospital?"
The driver got the benefit and happily grabbed Li Huan and Cheng Qiao who wanted to leave and wanted to send them to the hospital. Li Huan shook his head and said that the medicine Cheng Qiao had was much better than the one in the hospital, so there was no need to go to the hospital.
Seeing that Li Huan and Cheng Qiao insisted, the driver and the conductor did not force them. After Li Huan and Cheng Qiao got in the car, they left quickly. Cheng Qiao borrowed a room at the Public Security Bureau and disinfected and applied medicine to little Cheng Li.
"Baby, disinfection is a little painful, but mommy knows that little Cheng Li is a man, he is not afraid of pain, right?"
Little Cheng Li looked at Cheng Qiao with tears in his eyes, and finally nodded. His mother was right, he was a man and would protect his mother in the future, so how could he be afraid of pain.
Cheng Qiao found a black handbag from the backpack, took out a small bottle of disinfectant cotton swabs from it, and gently disinfected little Cheng Li. The alcohol irritated the skin, and little Cheng Li closed his mouth tightly and said nothing.
After thorough disinfection, Cheng Qiao took out the anti-inflammatory powder and carefully applied it to the wound. The two bloodstains turned into two yellow hillocks, which were particularly ugly.
"Little Chengli is so good. Mommy will give you a big reward later. Ask your daddy to make you a small wooden gun to play with, okay?"
Little Cheng Li's eyes lit up, he liked this toy, but perhaps his eyes were too eager. Li Huan suddenly felt guilty, as he had indeed neglected his son's toys.
"Well, good boy, I'll make two for you when I get home, one long and one short."
Little Cheng Li finally smiled, but the smile hurt his skin, so he immediately held his breath, and only resumed breathing after the pain was over.
Cheng Qiao opened the kettle specially for little Cheng Li and fed him a sip of well water. When the warm well water went into his throat, little Cheng Li felt that the pain on his face seemed to be much relieved.
"Mmmmm, drink."
Cheng Qiao fed him a few more sips, but she didn't dare let him drink too much. If the wound healed too quickly, it would arouse suspicion. For the sake of her son's safety, she had to be cautious.
"Le Le, let's go eat first, and then go to the house in the county town to rest for a while. You ride your bike to take Xuhui home. Your second sister-in-law and I will wait for someone here."
"Are you waiting for Second Sister-in-law's father? What about little Cheng Li?"
Li Le knew it well, but when he saw little Cheng Li's face, he felt a little worried.
"It's okay for Xiao Chengli to follow us, don't worry. Don't tell mom about this for now, or she will be worried to death."
Li Le and Xuhui nodded at the same time. They both knew that Li's mother loved little Cheng Li very much. If they knew that little Cheng Li was hurt on the face, they would definitely be worried.
Several people went to a state-owned restaurant, had a good meal, and then went to the house in the county town together. Li Le was surprised to find that the outer courtyard of the house had been renovated.
"Brother, when did you fix it? It looks so good."
Xuhui looked at the rather grand courtyard in surprise, he didn't expect that his parents actually had a house in the county town, this was too... rich.
"Sleep for a while first, and when you wake up you two go back first."
"No need to sleep, go back now."
Li Le was worried that Li's mother would miss them at home, so he quickly shook his head. Cheng Qiao took out the clothes and food she had bought for Li's mother, Ye Jun, and Xuhui's grandmother, put them in another backpack, and asked Xuhui to carry it.
"Xuhui, wait until I'm stable before jumping on."
Li Le got on the bicycle, and it was crooked at first, but it became steady after a while. However, when Xuhui jumped on, it crooked again for a while. Cheng Qiao was so scared that she stared at him and didn't dare to blink. She didn't feel relieved until she was sure that Li Le could take Xuhui home safely.
"Take Xiao Chengli and have some rest. I'll go find Shouhou and ask him to get more goods out in the next two days."
Cheng Qiao nodded, and after Li Huan left, she locked the door to the second entrance, took little Cheng Li into the space, and coaxed him to sleep before she began to prepare supplies.
Cigarettes and alcohol are essential, and I must not forget the cigarettes I promised to give to Uncle Niu. I first took a pack and put it in my pocket, then took out milk powder, white sugar, brown sugar, sausage, and pork, which are also essential.
As for the rice and flour, she asked Li Huan and the others to prepare them. The rice and flour she took out were a bit white and delicate, and they would easily reveal the secret when put together with the rice and flour that Li Huan took out.
After preparing all this, Cheng Qiao came to the extra room and stood at the door rubbing his hands. He was really looking forward to the feeling of opening a blind box.
Taking a deep breath, Cheng Qiao pushed open the door and saw an ancient blue screen wall with four characters engraved on it: "Ancient Books of Recipes"
Isn't this the ancient book that her master gave her? How did it get here? Cheng Qiao hurried back to the bedroom. She remembered that she put the book on the desk so that she could check it at any time.
The desk was empty. After glancing at little Cheng Li who was still sleeping, Cheng Qiao tiptoed out and returned to the room to observe carefully.
Walking around the screen wall, what comes into view is a whole row of large, quaint cabinets with countless drawers on them, each with a variety of words engraved on it.
Cheng Qiao took a closer look. Health pills, anti-inflammatory powder, hemostatic powder, soul-stabilizing pills...