Chapter 52: Missing Her Soldier Husband

“Xiaolan!” Xiuying Auntie called out to Li Xiaolan’s back.

Seeing her daughter wiping her tears and entering the house, she couldn’t help but stomp her foot, “This child…”

She was about to explain to Lu Xiaohong, but before she could open her mouth, Lu Xiaohong said kindly, “Xiuying, we all understand Xiaolan’s situation.

Go home and talk to Xiaolan, and I’ll help you look around.”

Xiuying Auntie repeatedly thanked Lu Xiaohong.

Shen Chuning didn’t feel embarrassed, smiled and greeted Lu Xiaohong and Wang Xiuying, then rode her bicycle away.

Wang Xiuying looked at Shen Chuning’s increasingly rosy and healthy complexion and sighed.

This Shen family daughter was really lucky.

It was a pity for her daughter, waiting for so many years, only to end up like this.

Her daughter was already at an age where there weren’t many good choices, she only hoped that someone could introduce a decent-looking man with a slightly better family background.

Ci Hang Brigade was under the jurisdiction of Hongyang Commune.

The commune office was located in a courtyard, and after entering the courtyard, there was a row of brick houses with whitewashed walls.

The walls were also covered with slogans like “Hold high the great banner of the great leader’s thought, and serve the people wholeheartedly.”

Shen Chuning asked where the office in charge of the quarry recruitment was.

Then she went straight to the office.

There was a small blackboard on the wall of the office, listing the work schedule, and a clerk was sorting out the registration list for the quarry recruitment.

Seeing that there was no one else in the office, Shen Chuning stuffed a pack of cigarettes into the clerk who was sorting the registration list.

After telling the clerk her intentions, the clerk readily helped her check the registration list.

Seeing Shen Qingsong’s name clearly on the list, it hadn’t been crossed out.

Shen Chuning was a little angry. Her father was also playing a double game with her.

She quickly told the clerk that Shen Qingsong was old, and they, as his children, didn’t want him to do such dangerous work.

She asked the clerk to cross Shen Qingsong’s name off.

Although the quarry work was hard, it provided meals and a subsidy of fifteen yuan, and many people wanted to go.

Now that someone had voluntarily withdrawn, the clerk saved some screening work, so he readily crossed Shen Qingsong’s name off.

Seeing Shen Qingsong’s name crossed out, Shen Chuning’s hanging heart finally settled.

After thanking the clerk, she was about to leave the commune to go home.

Suddenly, she heard a cry from the next office, “Accountant Peng, Accountant Peng, what’s wrong… someone, quick, someone, Accountant Peng fainted…”

This shout immediately alarmed everyone in the commune.

Shen Chuning also thought about going over to take a look, maybe she could help.

As soon as she went over, she saw an elderly man with gray hair whose head was resting on the desk.

It was obvious that he had suddenly fainted and fell down.

Someone wanted to help Accountant Peng up.

Someone quickly shouted, “Don’t move! Don’t move him, my husband works at the hospital, he said that people who suddenly fall down like this can’t be moved, if you move them, their blood vessels might burst or something.”

After that person said this, no one dared to move Accountant Peng anymore.

“The doctor will still take a while to arrive, we can’t just watch Accountant Peng faint here!” someone said anxiously.

At this time, someone bravely reached out to check Accountant Peng’s breath.

That person’s face immediately looked a little ugly, “Accountant Peng’s breathing is almost gone…”

There was another commotion in the crowd.

Shen Chuning looked at the water bottle on her back.

The water bottle contained spiritual spring water from her space.

On the way here, whenever she felt tired, she would drink a sip, not only did the fatigue disappear instantly, but she also felt refreshed, and her body was full of energy.

Just as she was hesitating whether to give Accountant Peng a sip to see if it would work,

the person who had checked Accountant Peng’s breath reached out again, this time his face was really panicked, “It’s no use, Accountant Peng is not breathing…”

Shen Chuning thought that since they were already at this point, she might as well try, she directly squeezed to the front and handed over her water bottle.

“Comrade, quickly, give this comrade a sip of this water. I put some herbs in this water, maybe it will help.”

The comrade looked at Shen Chuning.

Probably because there was really no other way, they took a desperate gamble and carefully helped Accountant Peng up, took Shen Chuning’s water bottle, and fed Accountant Peng the water.

Everyone around didn’t dare to breathe, only staring at Accountant Peng’s ashen face and pale lips without a trace of blood.

At first, the water from the water bottle flowed down Accountant Peng’s mouth, only a little seeping into his mouth.

But soon, Accountant Peng actively started drinking the water.

Seeing Accountant Peng’s throat move, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, his breathing resumed.

“Accountant Peng is drinking water, he’s saved, he’s saved…”

Someone in the crowd cheered.

Shen Chuning also breathed a sigh of relief, it was good that she could save someone, it seemed that the spiritual spring water really had some use.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone’s attention wasn’t on her, she took her water bottle and left the commune.

She suspected that the person behind Wang Yumeng in her dream was after the spiritual spring water, so she naturally didn’t want the water to be exposed.

If it hadn’t been for saving a life just now, she wouldn’t have taken out the water.

As soon as Shen Chuning returned to the village, she heard the village loudspeaker calling her to the brigade office.

“Comrade Shen, please sit.”

As soon as she entered the brigade office, Team Leader Zhou Conglin greeted her.

Hearing the team leader’s address, she knew that it was about Chen Ziyun.

“Comrade Shen, in view of the fact that educated youth Chen Ziyun repeatedly harassed you, our brigade and the educated youth office have decided after a meeting to send Chen Ziyun to the farm for labor reform for one year.

Do you have any objections to this decision?” Zhou Conglin asked.

Shen Chuning knew that the team leader specifically asked for her opinion because she was a military family member, thanks to Zhou Yubai.

If she was dissatisfied with the handling and made a fuss to the military affairs office,

Chen Ziyun’s matter couldn’t be solved internally like this, if it became a big deal, their entire brigade’s assessment would be affected.

Shen Chuning was naturally satisfied with this result.

She stood up and couldn’t help but shake hands with Zhou Conglin, “Uncle Zhou, thank you for speaking up for me, thank you so much!”

Zhou Conglin was a little nervous before informing Shen Chuning of the result, afraid that Shen Chuning would make a fuss.

After all, Shen’s youngest daughter’s willfulness was well-known in the village.

Unexpectedly, not only did the little girl not make a fuss, but she also kept thanking him, who wouldn’t like such a generous and grateful young person?

Zhou Conglin immediately smiled, “Chuning, don’t be polite with Uncle. Yubai is often not at home because he’s defending the country, if you need Uncle’s help, just come to Uncle, as long as you’re right, Uncle will definitely help you.”

Shen Chuning didn’t expect that just expressing her gratitude would allow her to get close to the team leader.

Leaving the brigade office, she was still sighing that she had found a very valuable soldier husband in Zhou Yubai.

She just wondered what her soldier husband was doing now, and whether he had arrived at the army.