Chapter 311: The little yellow-haired boy flirting with the girl

Gouzi waited at the foot of the mountain early in the morning. She wasn't idle either, holding a small basket to pick wild vegetables, looking at the road leading to the military district from time to time.

No one came, so she continued to get busy.

Seeing a figure approaching, her eyes lit up again.

When she discovered it wasn't the person she was waiting for, her eyes dimmed, and she couldn't hide her disappointment.

People in the village felt her reaction was strange and asked amusedly, "Gouzi, are you waiting for someone?"

Gouzi nodded without speaking and squatted down to dig wild vegetables again.

"Don't go deep into the mountains; if you find something wrong, call for people immediately." People in the village told her.

"Mm-mm." The little girl said obediently.

The villagers left.

Gouzi looked timid, but there was a toughness in her bones. Except for going home to eat at noon, she waited at the foot of the mountain the whole time.

Her grandmother saw her granddaughter returning home dejected and wanted to say that maybe the person had something to do and would come in a few days, but seeing Gouzi's full expectation, she let her be.

If she were to say it, maybe people were just coaxing Gouzi, but she actually believed it.

If those people didn't come, she hoped Gouzi wouldn't be disappointed.

After eating quickly, Gouzi came to the foot of the mountain again.

Don't know how much time passed.

Several people wearing military uniforms walked from far to near.

The monkey-like little girl stood up suddenly and ran forward a few steps, her eyes shining.

The leader was Meng Jiusi.

He looked at the little girl and said, "Is your name Gouzi?"

The little girl clasped her hands together and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. "I am."

She looked behind Meng Jiusi again and again, trying to see a familiar face.

Looking around, she didn't see it, and her eyes dimmed immediately.

"Xiang Yubao has something to do today, so they didn't come." Meng Jiusi explained and took out the book for her. "The person who promised to give you a medical book yesterday was my sister. She is busy with something and entrusted me to deliver it to you."

Gouzi wiped her hands on her pants seams a few times and carefully took the book, excited and nervous, her hands trembling.

"Thank you." She bowed deeply to Meng Jiusi.

"You're welcome." Meng Jiusi's voice was gentle. "Do you know how to read?"

Gouzi shook her head helplessly. "Not, not yet. My grandma said, when I earn money, she'll send me to school."

Meng Jiusi nodded. "Knowing how to read is good for you to recognize medicinal herbs."

Immediately after, he took other comrades to inspect the surroundings.

There were indeed many medicinal herbs at the foot of the mountain, and the types were relatively rich, but unfortunately, the people in the village didn't recognize them and treated them as weeds, which made Meng Jiusi's group feel pained.

Gouzi hugged the medical book and ran back to the village. Before she reached home, she called out.

"Grandma, Grandma, they came, they came..."

The old woman came out of the house and saw the book in her granddaughter's arms at a glance. "This... that comrade really came! He is a person who keeps his word."

She took the book and flipped through it. Although she didn't know how to read, she could understand the pictures. She pointed to a picture she felt familiar with and said in surprise, "Isn't this, isn't this the plantain grass at the foot of the mountain? Look if it looks like it; is this a medicinal herb?"

"It should be." Gouzi said uncertainly.

Gouzi's grandmother didn't say anything else, went back to the house to take money, and hurried to the foot of the mountain.

Meng Jiusi was clearing those trampled medicinal herbs when an old woman staggered toward him.

The old woman had gray hair, her clothes were washed white, and they were full of patches. She held a book in her rough hands; Meng Jiusi was very familiar with that book; it was the one he brought.

"Do you have something?" Meng Jiusi asked politely.

Gouzi's grandmother took out the few small bills she had been clutching the whole way and stuffed them to him. "You take this money, this book... thank you, thank you so much."

Meng Jiusi dodged the old woman's hand. "I delivered the book on behalf of my sister, so I won't take the money."

"This..." The old woman clutched the few cents, her expression uneasy. "It's not good to take advantage of a comrade. No one's money comes from a strong wind. You came specially to deliver the book, which has already troubled you enough; it's not good to take advantage of you again."

Meng Jiusi still refused. "It's no trouble. I am a soldier; I don't take a single needle or thread from the masses. Fellow villager, don't make me commit a mistake."

These words were quite heavy.

Gouzi's grandmother didn't dare to persuade him and hurriedly stuffed the money back into her pants pocket, not forgetting to say to others, "The money is for buying the book, I didn't do anything bad, comrades, don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand..."

Other comrades smiled brightly.

"We all saw it, no misunderstanding." The male comrade who spoke looked at Meng Jiusi with a smile. "Our Doctor Meng is full of integrity and never takes a single needle or thread from the masses. He is a good comrade and a good cadre of the people."

Meng Jiusi looked at him speechlessly. "Stop being poor, hurry up and work."

The teasing young man didn't make fun of him anymore and continued to get busy.

One thing to say, the medicinal herbs in this place were very lush, but unfortunately, many had been destroyed.

A group of people picked while feeling sorry, feeling very pained.

Gouzi's grandmother didn't rush to leave. Seeing several comrades picking the "weeds" that no one asked about, she couldn't help but step forward.

"Comrade, are you picking medicinal herbs?"

Meng Jiusi wasn't surprised and said gently, "Yes, we originally came here to inspect, and seeing that there are many medicinal herbs that the hospital lacks, we wanted to pick some."

The old woman pointed to the grass they were picking and asked, "Is this pig-ear grass a medicinal herb? You lack it?!"

At this moment.

Her concept was hit hard.

The weeds that ancestors had disliked for generations were actually medicinal herbs that could cure diseases?!

Meng Jiusi didn't hide anything. "Right, you call it pig-ear grass; in medicine, it's called plantain, which has the effect of diuresis and detoxification."

He took out another medicinal herb. "This is Prunella vulgaris, which has the effect of clearing heat and improving eyesight."

In just a few words, he introduced several medicinal herbs.

The old woman was stunned.

She didn't expect that the ordinary mountain actually hid so many valuable things.

The people of the brigade lived a bitter life, but they held a golden mountain without knowing it.

"They are all medicinal herbs, so many medicinal herbs..." The old woman's dry, white lips trembled heavily, and tears and snot flowed down.

Meng Jiusi felt a slight bitterness in his heart and said, "Auntie, our hospital lacks medicinal herbs. You can pick them, dry them, and send them to the military district."

Buying and selling were strictly prohibited, so he couldn't speak too directly.

The old woman suddenly came back to her senses and tightly clasped Meng Jiusi's arm. "Comrade, are you telling the truth?"

"Naturally it's true, I have this right." Meng Jiusi gave her a definite answer.

The old woman's wrinkled face was full of smiles, and her turbid eyes brightened a lot.

"I believe you! You are a soldier, I believe you!"

After speaking, she asked hesitantly, "Comrade, do you need a lot? There are medicinal herbs you need in many places. Can I... tell the people in the brigade?"

"You can." Meng Jiusi said, "We need as many as you have."

The old woman's face was full of joy, and she bowed to Meng Jiusi. "Thank you, thank you, Comrade, I'll go tell the brigade leader right now."

She hurriedly ran down the mountain, very fast, not at all like an old woman who was old and feeble.

Afraid that the people from the military district would leave, Gouzi's grandmother had wind under her feet, running all the way to find the brigade cadres.

Learning that the foot of the mountain was full of medicinal herbs and that the military district would buy them, buying as many as they had, the flexible brigade leader immediately thought of the feasibility of planting medicinal herbs.

He didn't waste time and ran to the foot of the mountain without saying a word.

The brigade leader still had some knowledge. Although he was also nervous, at least when facing Meng Jiusi and the others, he wouldn't be so nervous that he stuttered. In order to generate income for the brigade, he also dared to actively strive for it.

Meng Jiusi appreciated people who dared to strive for it from the bottom of his heart and had a good impression of this brigade leader, talking to him about planting medicinal herbs with a gentle attitude.

Half an hour later, both sides reached a verbal cooperation.

They would discuss the details later.

At that time, they would set an agreement.

"Does your brigade have a literacy class?" Meng Jiusi asked.

The brigade leader didn't know why he asked this, nor did he think there was any connection between planting medicinal herbs and literacy.

He didn't talk nonsense and said directly, "Not now, but it's not difficult to organize one. If the comrade insists, I'll notify the brigade members when I go back and organize the literacy class again."

They had organized it before, but the people in the brigade weren't active.

There was nothing to say; when their stomachs weren't full and they lacked oil and water all year round, who had the heart to learn to read?!

Meng Jiusi nodded. "Knowing a few more characters is always good."

"Good, good, good, I'll organize the literacy class later. Comrade, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it."

Learning that the brigade was going to organize a literacy class, Gouzi was crazy with joy. She rushed into her family's thatched hut, her thin and small face full of excited red clouds.

"Grandma, Grandma, the brigade is going to organize a literacy class, I can learn to read!" The little girl said happily.

The old woman was also happy.

Just as she was about to say something, her father said, "You are a girl, what literacy class are you going to? It will delay the work at home, don't even be able to fill your stomach."

With a slap, a broom hit his back.

"Mom, why are you hitting me?" The man was full of confusion.

"You ask me why I'm hitting you!" The old woman swung the broom a few more times, her face fierce. "Who is the head of the family? Is there a place for you to talk nonsense? You don't make progress yourself, why are you talking about Gouzi? What about a girl? I am also a girl, where did you learn such bad habits? I really want to beat you to death!"

"And what did you say, Gouzi doesn't work... so she can't fill her stomach? Is your father a display? If you can't raise a child, why did you give birth to her..."

She scolded while beating, making the man howl.

Gouzi watched for a while before she slowly stepped forward to stop the fight.

"Grandma, don't be angry, being angry is bad for your health."

When her grandmother was angry, it was easy to hurt innocent people.

And so.

Her old face stiffened.

"Idiot, who am I venting for? I am such a powerful person, why do I have such a cowardly granddaughter? It's so embarrassing! When I'm gone, you'll be bullied to death!"

Gouzi's face changed slightly, she raised her thin little face and said unhappily, "Grandma won't be gone!"

Dad can be gone, Grandma can't.

Catching the micro-expression on his daughter's face, her father was so angry he clutched his chest. Unfilial daughter, she was going to anger him to death.

The man clutched his arm full of red marks and left angrily.

It wasn't just him saying it; the whole village said it.

He was quite good to his daughter; he hadn't moved a finger on her since she was small.

Little ungrateful thing, she didn't have him as a father in her heart at all.

She was going to anger him to death!

"You go to the literacy class to listen first, I'll buy you a pen and notebook when I go to the city next time." Gouzi's grandmother said.

Seeing her granddaughter holding that medical book, she instructed, "Be careful with the book, don't break it; this book is not easy to buy."

She actually didn't understand, but seeing pictures in the book, she subconsciously felt it was very precious.

"I know." Gouzi said.

The old woman saw that she was hesitating to speak and frowned. "If you have something to say, say it, don't be hesitant, it looks petty."

Gouzi didn't mind being said so by her grandmother at all. She weighed her words and said, "Grandma, if I encounter characters I don't recognize, can I go ask the educated youth?"

The old woman's eyes were suspicious. "You have the guts?"

Gouzi was silent.

After a long while, she said, "... Yes."

She must have.

She wanted to earn money, and to earn money she had to know how to read, and she had to recognize many, many medicinal herbs. She could do it!

"If you have the guts, then go, I won't stop you. Still the same sentence, don't break the book."

This book was the family's hope, and also the brigade's hope.

The brigade leader didn't say it, but she could see that the brigade leader wanted to keep the book in the brigade office, but the people from the army specifically reminded them that this book was a gift to Gouzi, so the book was able to stay.

Everyone had their own thoughts. Gouzi's grandmother hoped the brigade would become rich, which was not wrong, but there was a premise: it couldn't harm the family's interests.

"Mm-mm." Gouzi nodded solemnly.

She packed the book and went to the educated youth point.

Meng Jiusi's on-site inspection results were very good.

He submitted the report he had written earlier. The hospital was indeed short of medicinal herbs, and now that there was a solution, the leadership of the military hospital didn't waste time and immediately held a meeting to set the cooperation.

The medicinal herb seeds were provided by the military district and handed over to that brigade for trial planting. After gaining rich experience, they would expand the planting area.

The brigade cooperating with the military district got busy. The men cleared the weeds at the foot of the mountain, built fences around, dug some traps, and planted medicinal herbs with their hearts focused on one place.

Gouzi seriously recognized medicinal herbs, picked medicinal herbs, and learned to process medicinal herbs.

The little girl in the countryside was very capable, and within a few days, she was doing it very smoothly.

Getting the first money she earned, tears flowed from the little girl's eyes. She cried and laughed again, her face covered in tears and snot, looking disheveled, but the light in her eyes was soul-stirring.

She excitedly handed the money to her grandmother and proposed wanting to send a thank-you gift to her benefactor.

Gouzi's grandmother also remembered Lin Zhao's kindness and agreed immediately.

"Sending money won't work, it will harm the benefactor. That comrade is a military wife following the army; sending some of our local specialties is definitely right. I'll prepare it, you don't worry about it."

Gouzi: "Grandma, take me with you then."

The old woman looked at her, the little girl's eyes full of determination. "Fine, I'll take you."

Gouzi's father looked at the money his daughter brought back, full of shock. "Can selling medicinal herbs really earn money? And quite a lot."

The man looked at his mother. "Mom, Gouzi's clothes are broken beyond recognition. Does the family still have cloth coupons? Tear off some cloth and make her a new set of clothes."

For his own father's words, Gouzi wasn't surprised at all.

Her father was quite good to her, but he was just unreliable.

Gouzi's mother: "Do I need you to tell me?"

She gave orders to send her son away. "Go to the village and exchange for twenty eggs."

"Got it, I'm off." Gouzi's father hummed a song and went out.

The family earned money, and he was happier than anyone else, even if the money didn't reach his hands, he was still happy.

Halfway through, Lin Zhao and Gu Chenghuai's couple brought the twins to the brigade.

The person who came this time didn't have little Han Shuang.

She only stayed in the army for three days before being picked up by her father.

The Han family's trouble was solved; after all, Chef Han had taken precautions in advance.

Lin Zhao later heard that the process of solving it wasn't so peaceful.

... The person who made small moves wanted to touch Han Shuang's mother, which angered the fierce and good Comrade Old Han. Because of this, the city was once full of wind and rain.

Regarding this, Lin Zhao expressed that he was worthy of being a big brother who had mixed in the underworld.

Brother Han was magnificent outside, but when little Han Shuang expressed wanting to stay in the military district... and play with Xiang Yubao and Heng Bao for a few more days, the look he cast at the Gu family twins was like looking at two little yellow-haired boys who wanted to flirt with his daughter, his eyes full of indescribable vigilance. ===== CHAPTER 312 =====