The 1970s Little Village Girl [Through the Book]

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On the way He Min sent He Fengjiao home, she looked normal, as if she didn't see He Dong carrying her on his back, and only asked a few questions about her injuries.

He Fengjiao felt guilty after seeing He Min's shocked face, but on the way home, he just cared about her injuries and didn't mention anything about her and He Dong.

When they were almost at He Fengjiao's red brick house, He Min saw He Dong behind him preparing to go to his own cowshed, so she called him: "He Dong, come with me to send Jiaojiao home."

He Dong was stunned for a moment and said: "I'm not going, sister, you send her back."

He Min's eyes turned cold in an instant, "What's the matter with going there?"

He Dong glanced at He Fengjiao, who looked innocent, and sighed: "Then go."

Then, He Min carried He Fengjiao on her back, followed by He Dong, and walked slowly to He Fengjiao's house.

At this time, only Li Hongmei and He Ersao were in the red brick house. When they saw He Min carrying their baby He Fengjiao, they hurried over to greet him: "What's wrong with Jiaojiao? Why did you need Comrade He to carry you back?"

"Jiaojiao, didn't you go up the mountain with Zhang Hongyu's group of educated youth? How come you are like this?"

He Fengjiao answered truthfully: "I twisted my foot on the mountain just now. Fortunately, Comrade He helped me. But my foot hurts when I walk, so Comrade He carried me down the mountain."

He Fengjiao was referring to He Dong.

He Min then said, "It just so happened that He Dong and I also went up the mountain. We saw Jiaojiao sprained her foot. We thought that the comrades in the educated youth dormitory had not finished picking fruits, so we took Jiaojiao down the mountain first."

This sentence cleared the suspicion that He Fengjiao and He Dong were alone together.

Li Hongmei saw that He Fengjiao's foot was still wrapped with herbs, so she said: "He Min, thank you two for your help. Fortunately, you know a little bit of medical skills and bandaged Jiaojiao in time, otherwise Jiaojiao would have suffered a serious injury. This time, we are really grateful to you. Tell us how we can thank you."

He Min smiled: "It's nothing. Compared with the help you, Aunt Li, have given me, these are all trivial matters."

He Min glanced at He Dong, who had been silent beside him, and then said: "Since Jiaojiao has been sent back, we will go back too."

"By the way, there are some herbs for external application here. I will crush them and send them to you later. I will change the medicine for Jiaojiao tonight, and then change it once a day."

Li Hongmei: "You are so thoughtful. You even picked the medicine for the next few days."

Mrs. He smiled and said, "Otherwise, how can you be a doctor!"

Li Hongmei said, "It is a blessing for us to have Comrade He Min in our production team!"

He Fengjiao looked at the knotted cloth rope under her feet and couldn't help looking up at He Dong who didn't speak.

He pursed his thin lips tightly and his eyes were cold, as if he had ignored the people and things here.

After a few polite words, He Min led He Dong out of the red brick house. The two walked one after the other without saying a word.

He Min took them to an empty place behind the village and asked angrily, "When did it happen?"

He Dong met He Min's questioning eyes, without even wrinkling his brows, and just pursed his lips without saying a word.