kvmb Chapter 380 In short, none of them had an easy time!
Chapter 380 In short, none of them had an easy time!
Qiao Manman's mung bean soup wasn't thick, but it was exceptionally sweet, which warmed He Yanfeng's heart.
"Sister-in-law, from now on, just let me know if you need to send letters or packages, and I'll take care of it for you!"
"Okay, you can stand guard now, I'm going back!" He said as he left, then saw a group of children playing hide-and-seek downstairs. He waved to them and invited them home for some mung bean soup.
The children waited excitedly at the door, drank the sweet soup, and thanked her with smiles.
Qiao Manman gave each of them a piece of dried sweet potato and told them to go play. She went to the vegetable garden and picked some vegetables herself.
I had just gotten back and was about to cook when I heard the adults next door ask the child, "What did you eat at Deputy Regiment Commander Lu's house?"
"The mung bean soup is so sweet, and there are also dried sweet potatoes!"
"His wife is quite generous!"
"Aunt Qiao is so kind; she even applied frostbite cream to us last year."
"Yes, that's right! Are we still having lunch? Should we skip a meal and save some food?"
"No, I'm hungry. I want to drink mung bean soup, mung bean soup with lots and lots of sugar."
"Ha, you've even picked one out, you're something else! Go, take two cornbread buns to your Aunt Qiao."
The child ran off and knocked on the door. Qiao Manman quickly welcomed him in, accepted the steamed buns, and brought him a bowl of mung bean soup.
It's about reciprocity.
I thought Lu Yuan wouldn't be back at noon, but to my surprise, he and Da Huang appeared at the door right on time.
Qiao Manman ate with them, and Lu Yuan said, "Brigade Commander He has something to discuss with you."
"What's the matter?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to establish a Chinese medicinal herb planting base? Commander He applied for a piece of land with the higher-ups..."
"Although, I've never grown Chinese medicinal herbs before, so it's best to consult an expert."
"Yes, they just want to invite you over for a chat, and maybe we'll need to do some on-site inspections."
Qiao Manman nodded: "Okay, I'll go there this afternoon."
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After a bumpy journey, Meng Peiyu finally arrived at the farm that Meng Hongsheng and Liang Fanqi had transformed.
As soon as he arrived at the door and identified himself, he was given a disdainful look: "Meng Hongsheng? You'd better hurry up, you might still get to see him one last time!"
"What?" Meng Peiyu was shocked and pushed the other person aside to rush inside, but was stopped: "Who are you? You think you can just walk in!"
Meng Peiyu patiently gave a wink to the person next to her.
The man took out a letter of introduction: "Excuse me, comrade, this is Meng Hongsheng's colleague. I've come to ask him something."
The farm manager coughed lightly and put the envelope underneath the letter of introduction into his pocket. He squeezed it; it was quite thick.
"Since it's official business, go ahead and come back as soon as possible!"
"Okay, thank you!"
Seeing that Meng Peiyu was having difficulty walking, Sang Sheng said "excuse me," picked her up, and strode inside.
Meng Linyu lowered her voice: "Sister, Comrade Sang is too amazing!"
Meng Peiyu wasn't in the mood to talk about these things with her, and said, "Go ask where Mom and Dad are!"
"Oh, I'll go right now!" Meng Linyu grabbed someone at random, and as soon as she spoke, the person stared at her lecherously.
Sang Sheng kicked him and shouted, "Lead the way!"
The man fell flat on his backside, and seeing that Sang Sheng still had such strength while carrying someone, he chickened out.
He patted his bottom, got up, and reluctantly led the way.
Before long, they arrived at the shack where the Meng family lived.
The wooden planks were stuck crookedly in the ground, and the thatch on the roof was scattered and unevenly laid.
The muddy ground was damp, and from inside the house came Liang Fanqi's suppressed sobs: "Old Meng, Old Meng, wake up!"
I'm sorry, I shouldn't have impulsively stabbed you.
I don't care what others say, as long as you wake up...
"Guohao, Guohao, is the water boiled yet? Quickly feed your dad some!"
Meng Peiyu looked at the boy next to her, who was so thin he was practically skin and bones, and didn't recognize him at first. She realized he was her younger brother.
Meng Guohao responded, picked up the earthenware pot, turned around and saw his sister, and stood there dumbfounded.
"Sister..." The voice choked in her throat, and she couldn't call out for a long time.
Her fingers were scalded red, but she still steadily placed the earthenware pot on the ground and rushed over: "Sister, you've been arrested too?"
Meng Peiyu asked, "What's wrong with Dad?"
"I got infected! I did heavy work the other day and it reopened my wound. It rained yesterday and I got a fever."
"There are no doctors here, and we don't have any medicine..." Meng Guohao became more and more aggrieved as he spoke, his eyes red and swollen.
Meng Peiyu patted Sang Sheng, signaling him to put her down.
Sang Sheng nodded, put the person down, and carefully helped him up.
Meng Guohao immediately noticed something was wrong: "Sis, what's wrong with you?"
"I got a little injured, but it's nothing!" Meng Peiyu didn't want to say more and limped into the house.
Liang Fanqi was completely focused on Meng Hongsheng and didn't notice the commotion outside.
Seeing a group of people blocking the light from the doorway, she looked up and burst into tears: "Why did you take so long to come? Your father is dying, and our family has fallen on hard times!"
Feeling deeply guilty, Meng Peiyu limped over to Liang Fanqi and knelt down, saying, "Mom, I'm sorry!"
Liang Fanqi thought her eldest daughter felt guilty about the family troubles while she was away.
Meng Peiyu regretted not telling Suo Wenrui her identity beforehand, which led him to attack her family.
The mother and daughter hugged and cried for a while before Liang Fanqi asked, "Why did you come? You're married now, how could family matters affect you?"
Or is Chen Junyan plotting to divorce you?
"No, Junyan is fine, he..." He probably doesn't know about the Meng family's affairs yet.
"Let's not talk about him. How's Dad? Let's get ready and go to the hospital!"
Liang Fanqi was in great pain: "He's gone from all over. What can we do if we take him to the hospital? We can't just cut out his intestines!"
Meng Peiyu pursed her lips, smelling the stench of rotting flesh, and felt very sad.
Ask the system: "Do you have a solution?"
"Sorry, host, the system can only check in; it does not have a healing function."
"Then I'll sign in! I have so many chances left, I'll sign in every single one! I need fever reducers, anti-inflammatory drugs, rice, flour, cooking oil..."
"Yes, host. Congratulations on obtaining 100 jin of dandelions..."
"Congratulations, host, you have obtained 100 jin of Forsythia..."
"Congratulations, host, you have obtained one hundred shoe covers and two pairs of rubber shoes..."
"Congratulations, host, you have obtained 100 jin of French snails and 100 jin of Oncomelania snails..."
After listening for a while without getting any fever-reducing medicine, Meng Peiyu became anxious: "I need Analgin, Analgin!"
"Sorry, host, the system failed to sign in with Analgin. Why don't you try boiling some dandelion water?"
That stuff clears heat and detoxifies; it might work!
Meng Peiyu quickly untied the bundle, took out dandelion, and asked Meng Guohao to boil water.
He comforted Liang Fanqi, saying, "Mom, it's okay. Dad will definitely pull through. Don't worry too much."
In practice, keep the system mentally checking in with Analgin.
Liang Fanqi wiped away her tears, looked at Meng Linyu with a complicated expression: "Weren't you sent to the countryside? Why did you come here too?"
"Mom..." Meng Linyu felt guilty and didn't know how to explain.
Fearing she might reveal something about Northeast China, Meng Peiyu changed the subject: "Mom, Li Wanwan and Suo Wenrui are dead, and Li Zhong has gone mad."
Everyone who harmed our family has paid the price.
Including her cold-hearted uncles, aunts, and uncles-in-law, they either suffered financial losses or were demoted.
In short, none of them had an easy time!