Chapter 48

Old Mrs. Zhou coming to her door today must be Zhou Xingxue’s doing.

She had planned to deal with Zhou Xingxue after she finished her work in a few days, but Zhou Xingxue was too active, so she had to speed things up.

Soon after Aunt Shen left, Song Shishi got on her bicycle and went to Qinghe Town.

She first went to the library, handed the documents to Director Zhao, and received her salary. Then she went to mail a letter.

When she saw Meng Xunzhou yesterday, she forgot to give him the letter.

Thinking about it now, maybe it was better that she didn’t give him the letter. Otherwise, it would have been awkward.

“Quick, quick, quick! The patient is in critical condition. Quickly find a compatible A-type blood. This is a big shot. If something happens, none of us in the hospital can bear the responsibility. Go quickly.”

As soon as Song Shishi arrived at the hospital, she saw nurses pushing a mobile bed past her.

To avoid being hit, she quickly dodged to the side.

She just glanced casually at the person on the bed, and she saw a face that was all too familiar.

The reason she was familiar with it was because she had seen a photo of her father, Song Zhenhua, and this person in her father’s study.

The photo was on the bookshelf in Song Zhenhua’s study.

Every time her father talked to her, she could see the photo.

Once, she asked her father who the person was. Her father just said lightly that he was an old friend.

As if by fate, Song Shishi followed behind the mobile bed.

It wasn’t until the person was pushed into the operating room that she came to her senses.

Although she didn’t know the person’s identity, she understood how important he was to her father.

After giving Xu Li the things she brought, Song Shishi went directly to the nurses’ station.

“Hello, comrade. Is there anything I can help you with?” The nurse at the nurses’ station smiled and asked her.

She pointed to the operating room where the person had just been pushed into and asked, “Hello, I accidentally heard that the person who was just pushed into the operating room needs a blood transfusion. Can I donate?”

The nurse was surprised and looked at her, “Are you A-type blood?”

Song Shishi nodded, “Yes. Can I donate?”

“You can donate, but are you the person’s family? Why…” Usually, people rarely come forward to say they want to donate blood for someone. So the nurse subconsciously asked curiously.

“No, I just saw the doctors and nurses pushing him in were in a hurry, so I thought I would do a good deed.”

She just wanted to help. She didn’t expect the person to be grateful to her, and she didn’t know what the person’s identity was.

After all, her father was a high-ranking official in the Beijing Military Region, and his identity was special. She shouldn’t get involved in their affairs.

“Oh, alright. Then come with me.”

The nurse smiled and led Song Shishi to the blood donation point.

…

Shi Tou’s injury still needed to heal in the hospital for a few days, and Xu Li stayed with him the whole time.

Song Shishi couldn’t stay at the hospital all the time. She had to go back to take care of her vegetable patch, and she had to feed the chickens and Little Fifteen at home.

She wanted to leave some money for Xu Li, but she refused, saying that her brother had already given her some.

After giving her a few more instructions, Song Shishi rode her bicycle back.

“Song Zhiqing.”

Halfway there, she met Zhao Mujiang, who was sitting on Uncle Zhang’s cart and waving to her.

“Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhang.”

She got off her bicycle and greeted them with a smile.

“Uncle Zhao, are you going to the hospital to see Shi Tou?”

“Yes, I don’t know how badly that kid is injured. I can’t rest easy without going to see him.” Zhao Mujiang nodded.

He glanced at Song Shishi’s bicycle. Seeing that she wasn’t carrying anything, he asked, “Are you just going back from town?”

“Yes, Xu Li is taking care of Shi Tou at the hospital. I just sent them some daily necessities.”

She had been too busy after returning yesterday, so she asked Yang Huifang to help notify Zhao Mujiang.

So she wasn’t surprised that Zhao Mujiang was going out today.

Zhao Mujiang nodded, but he looked at her deeply, “Then go back quickly. Be careful when you ride.”

“Okay.”

Watching Song Shishi’s retreating back, Uncle Zhang said, “Why do I feel like you’re close to this Song Zhiqing?”

Zhao Mujiang glared at him, “What? Can’t I?”

“Look at your bad temper. You get angry after just a few words.” Uncle Zhang shook his head helplessly.

Zhao Mujiang snorted coldly, “Song Zhiqing is a good kid. Don’t listen to those gossiping women in the village.”

“It’s rare to see you say good things about someone other than Shi Tou. You usually don’t like to meddle in other people’s business, do you?” Uncle Zhang teased with a smile.

“You talk too much. Go drive your cart.” Zhao Mujiang glared at him angrily.

Uncle Zhang just laughed and didn’t argue with Zhao Mujiang. After all, they had known each other since they were young, and they knew each other’s temperament well.

After Song Shishi returned, she went directly to the vegetable patch.

The weather had been good recently, and the vegetables in the patch were growing well.

She had deliberately gone to see the public vegetable patch in the village. Comparing the two, the vegetables grown in the greenhouse were a few days ahead of the vegetables grown in the open air.

She filled a basket with vegetables and went straight to Captain Zhou Jianguo’s house.

The courtyard gate was open, and Aunt Shen was sitting in the courtyard picking vegetables. She must have been preparing lunch.

Seeing Song Shishi come over, Aunt Shen got up to greet her, “Song Zhiqing? What brings you here?”

“Aunt Shen, is Captain Zhou at home? I have something to discuss with him.”

“He’s here, he’s here. Come in.” Aunt Shen smiled and waved to her, then turned and shouted into the house, “Honey, Song Zhiqing is here. Come out.”

“Coming.” Zhou Jianguo responded from inside the house.

Then there was a rustling sound, followed by footsteps, and Zhou Jianguo came out of the main room.

Behind Zhou Jianguo, Zhou Xingxue also followed.

She didn’t speak, her apricot-shaped eyes fixed on Song Shishi, as if she wanted to swallow her alive to vent her anger.

Song Shishi didn’t bother with her. She smiled and handed the bamboo basket on her arm to Zhou Jianguo, lifted the coarse cloth covering it, and said to Zhou Jianguo, “Captain Zhou, didn’t I mention my vegetable patch to you last time? Take a look. These are the vegetables I just picked. How are they?”

Hearing this, Aunt Shen also came over. “Wow, I didn’t realize that Song Zhiqing was so good at growing vegetables. These vegetables are much better than ours.”

“Is this grown using the method you mentioned?” Zhou Jianguo asked with doubt.

Song Shishi nodded, “Yes, I specially picked some for you to try.”

Zhou Jianguo looked at the vegetables and then looked at Song Shishi, “You didn’t just come to give me these vegetables, did you?”

“That’s right. It’s almost the end of the year, right? I was thinking, maybe our village could use this method to grow vegetables. The temperature difference between day and night is big now, which has a great impact on the growth of vegetables.

But the vegetables I grow in the greenhouse don’t have this problem. As long as the method is right, we can harvest a lot more vegetables than others.

At the end of the year, everyone can have a good year.”

From the very beginning when she applied for that acre of land, Song Shishi had already told Zhou Jianguo about her idea.

But Zhou Jianguo had only tried it out, so he only tacitly agreed to Song Shishi’s actions.

Now that he actually saw the difference, he was still shocked.

At the end of the year, several brigades in Qinghe Commune would select “Advanced Brigades” based on the production situation of each brigade.