Reborn in a virtual world, before the house was taken away

Chapter 130 Back to the Commune

After Ma Mingchuan finished speaking, Miao Qiucui nodded in agreement without hesitation. Zhang Xiumei looked at the other educated youth present, and most of them shared the same sentiment.

After exchanging glances with the other two, Zhang Xiumei also assured the educated youth:

"We have received your instructions. The most urgent task now is to send Lü Yulan to the hospital for examination. The team will then proceed with the next steps after the examination results are available. Do you have any objections?"

After she asked, even Zhuang Shan didn't say anything. After all, going to the hospital meant leaving the educated youth compound. As long as she didn't live under the same roof as them, there was nothing wrong with it.

After everyone agreed, Zhang Xiumei brought up Jiang Hongjun's matter again. Since Jiang Hongjun's situation was different from Lü Yulan's, she first inquired about Ma Mingchuan's case.

"Jiang Hongjun had been recovering quite well before, so why did he suddenly have a relapse?"

Ma Mingchuan was also helpless and had no choice but to reply to Director Zhang:

“We were also puzzled. He had been staying indoors for the past few days and his mental state had been recovering well. We don’t know what happened today, but he suddenly had an attack, and judging from his appearance, it seemed like he was really suffering from some kind of severe pain.”

Thinking of Jiang Hongjun's expression that afternoon, Ma Mingchuan shuddered, as if he had suffered some great pain. Ma Mingchuan felt some sympathy for him, but sympathy was one thing, but he wasn't the only one in the educated youth compound who was against it; everyone was against it, and there was nothing he could do to help.

Ultimately, everyone agreed that if Jiang Hongjun continued like this tonight, they would have to move him to another location, and they would discuss the specific location later.

By the time Hu Fangming told Feng Qingqing about the decision made by the educated youth institute and the brigade cadres, it was already the morning of the next day.

I heard that last night, Lü Yulan was sent to the commune hospital overnight. They had no choice but to send her; otherwise, no one would want to live with her anymore.

Hu Fangming recounted the whole story to Feng Qingqing in detail, then sighed and said:

"I don't know what happened at the educated youth compound, but this kind of thing actually happened. It's too scary."

Feng Qingqing, however, spoke with a calm expression:

"With more people, there's more trouble; just be careful."

Then Feng Qingqing changed the subject and said to Hu Fangming:

"How about we go to the commune today? I need to buy some more daily necessities, and the weather is getting colder. Let's see if there's anything we need to buy."

As soon as she finished speaking, Hu Fangming jumped up with joy. She was a restless person, and she was overjoyed to hear that she was going to the commune. Since she had been sent to the countryside to work, she had rarely had any free time. Moreover, the thought of having a good meal at the state-run restaurant at noon made her mouth water.

Seeing how happy she was, Feng Qingqing's mood improved considerably.

Since it was getting late, the two quickly tidied up, locked the door, and went out.

When the two of them arrived at the brigade headquarters, they had already missed the daily oxcart to the commune because it was a last-minute decision to go there, so they had to walk to the commune.

The two weren't too disappointed, as this was something they had expected.

The two walked along the country lanes, chatting as they went, and soon arrived at the commune.

After arriving at the commune, Feng Qingqing needed to go to the commune hospital first, and Hu Fangming, having nothing else to do, went with her.

Upon arriving at the commune hospital, Feng Qingqing first went to see Nurse Wu. Nurse Wu was also happy to see Feng Qingqing. Since there weren't many people around, the two sat down and chatted.

Nurse Wu was mostly curious, and she asked in bewilderment:

"Were you a sent-down youth in Lanshan Brigade?"

Feng Qingqing nodded, and Nurse Wu slapped her thigh, exclaiming in surprise:

"Your brigade is really unlucky. First it was the brigade leader's family, then the educated youth, and they all had strange illnesses."

Feng Qingqing had only wanted to gather some information, so upon hearing what she said, she quickly replied:

"That's right. After our women's director went back yesterday, many commune members were concerned about the situation of the brigade leader's family. They were all a little scared."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Nurse Wu with a hopeful expression, but Nurse Wu waved her hand dismissively.

"What's there to be afraid of? It's just food poisoning, it's just that this family..."

But she shook her head before she could finish speaking:

"I'm afraid my body will be ruined."

Feng Qingqing was shocked. She hadn't expected it to be so serious. She had only thought it would have some impact, but she hadn't expected it to be like this.

Nurse Wu then explained:

"They've been poisoned for too long; it's a miracle they even survived. What else can we hope for? It's just that their son... he's quite..."

She thought for a moment before saying:

“I’ve never seen anything like this before. We just lifted him up a little normally, and then he started howling like a banshee. At first, we thought he was deliberately messing with us, but then we found out that he had a broken bone.”

The expression on her face still seems unbelievable to me now. Who could have imagined it on a grown man like that?

Upon hearing this, Feng Qingqing sneered inwardly. "You've always been so arrogant. Now let's see how you suffer through the rest of your life. It must be unbearable. You'd be worse than dead."

Then the two started talking about Lü Yulan, and Nurse Wu said:

“That woman is mentally ill. She’s already been sent to the county hospital for examination. Our commune hospital can’t do it. You don’t know how much trouble she’s caused since she came last night. If you ask me, what’s the point of the examination? She’s obviously mentally ill.”

After saying that, I was still a little annoyed.

Feng Qingqing smiled and comforted her:

"Why are you arguing with someone like that? Didn't they say when he could come back?"

Nurse Wu found Feng Qingqing's words reasonable and, after thinking it through, laughed first before saying:

"I don't know, but the examination should take no more than two or three days. For someone like her, I think it will be even faster."

After Feng Qingqing understood the situation, the two chatted for a few more minutes before parting ways.

While the two women were chatting, Hu Fangming, bored, had already wandered off to explore.

After leaving the hospital, Feng Qingqing wandered around and found Hu Fangming. The two of them went to the supply and marketing cooperative together. It was already late in the morning, and those who wanted to buy had already done so. There weren't many people, just a few scattered individuals, not even as many as the sales clerks.

Feng Qingqing went straight to the food counter. She had money and didn't want to skimp on herself. Seeing that the counter had a lot of things for sale, she bought more, including sponge cakes, candies, melon seeds, and peach crisps. Hu Fangming also bought some of each. The sales clerks treated the two of them differently because they were so generous.

Feng Qingqing went to the general merchandise counter and bought a bottle of clam oil. Winter was coming soon, and she couldn't do without it.

Feng Qingqing bought some cotton, fabric, and daily necessities before leaving the supply and marketing cooperative with large and small bags.

Although the two had bought a lot of things, at Hu Fangming's insistence, they still went to a state-run restaurant for lunch, something they had been longing to do for a long time.