Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

Xu Yan answered Su Wanwan's questions seriously as if he was reporting, which made Su Wanwan unable to remain serious.

"There is no new progress on your father's condition, but I believe the medical technology in the county is reliable. His illness is not serious, but mainly due to his depression. Since he can't see me, his unfilial son, in the county, there shouldn't be too many waves."

Noticing the subtle wording Xu Yan used when talking about Uncle Su, Su Wanwan felt that his attitude had changed slightly. He was no longer as extremely averse to the relationship with his father as before.

"What if your father asks you to apologize to him?" Su Wanwan asked tentatively.

"If you want me to apologize, then apologize. It won't have much impact on me anyway." Xu Yan replied calmly, "I occasionally heard when I was in the county that my father insisted on moving the clinic back home, and it almost affected his life."

"And then?" Su Wanwan asked softly.

"That was all because of me."

In the dead of night, the kerosene lamp flickered slightly, and then returned to its calm state. Su Wanwan cleared her throat: "Don't worry, your father will recover soon in the city."

"Well... I came here tonight not only to give you the money from the sale, but also to share something with you." Su Wanwan already had an idea in mind: "The village plans to let the young people take turns to study in other villages. I have been assigned to Baihua Village, so I may not see you for at least ten days or half a month."

"It just so happens that my father told me about this during dinner. Everything has been packed and we will set off the day after tomorrow morning." Su Wanwan said with her eyes twinkling.

"Really?"

Su Wanwan could sense the same excitement from Xu Yan's low voice: "It's true. Maybe we'll have to work together after we get to Baihua Village."

"Then how do you solve the task of your radio station?"

"I will prepare the key speeches for the next ten days tomorrow, and then they can read them out themselves." Under the dim kerosene light, Su Wanwan noticed that Xu Yan seemed to have grown a lot of hair in the past few days. His previously short hair can now be draped behind his head, completely revealing his smooth forehead.

"Any noise?"

Just as Xu Yan was about to speak, he heard a creaking sound outside the door. It was Zhao, who had gotten up at night, asking whether the room Su Wanwan was in was safe.

"Well, no problem...it might be a mouse..." Su Wanwan's heartbeat unconsciously quickened, and she answered in a low voice, appearing a little nervous.

"What are you whispering to the mouse? Do you want me to help you chase it out?" The footsteps outside the door gradually approached her room. She instinctively grabbed Xu Yan's hand and squeezed it hard.

"Don't worry...it's just a mouse, it won't wake you up, mom, you just take a rest..."

Su Wanwan felt relieved when she heard that her mother Zhao stopped asking questions. If she really found out... God, she couldn't even think about it. In the silent darkness, even though they knew their mother had gone, they looked at each other without saying a word, still feeling terrified.

Xu Yan, who was quick to react, picked up the half-empty cup of tea on the table, dipped it in water, and gently drew four simple words on the table - "I'm leaving first."

Watching Xu Yan leave silently, Su Wanwan looked at the closed window outside the window and the undried water marks on the table. She stared at them quietly for a moment, and then silently smoothed out those marks.

The next morning, the village was already discussing sending young people to neighboring villages for study. Some young people went to the office of Party Secretary Wang to verify the news. After all, everyone had heard that such exchange studies could provide higher work points and relatively lighter labor intensity. For the educated youth sent to the countryside, this was a valuable addition to their resume.

Upon learning of such an attractive opportunity, the young people in the village could not wait and were eager to try it out.

"Okay, we will discuss and decide on the exchange list of each village in the afternoon. You can go about your own business first." As soon as Secretary Wang arrived at work, he was surrounded by a group of excited young people in front of the door to deal with a problem.

"I heard that the third boy of the Xu family in our village has been included in the youth exchange list. Secretary Wang, we have objections. Such a good thing should never happen to him. After all, his problem has not been resolved yet, and the villagers are dissatisfied with it. This time a good job has fallen on him again, what if he takes all the benefits? Doesn't his family already have a car? Doesn't he still need this subsidy?" Several well-informed young men seemed to have inquired about something.

The other young people were ready to leave, but were encouraged by the leaders to stay. Even if these people just gathered quietly, a circle of three people would form outside the office door, and the noise was extremely noisy.

Secretary Wang adjusted his glasses and responded calmly, "This youth exchange activity was not decided by our village, but by the higher-level township commune. Regarding your question, I cannot make a final judgment here."

"Then why did you say before that the decision should be made by the village? Can you and the village chief make the decision directly? And why has it become a decision that needs to be submitted to the township now?" The questioning young man asked persistently, looking at Secretary Wang with a firm gaze.

Tired Secretary Wang gently massaged the soreness on his forehead. He said to the young men who persisted, "You should have seen from the past few days that some decisions are not made by our village. We just put forward our own opinions, but the final decision is not ours."

Faced with the arrival of the village chief Su Yang wearing rags, the young men surrounding the door immediately became less persistent. Although they were dissatisfied, they had no choice.

"Okay, okay, stop messing around. Isn't this a job arranged by the county? Don't just think that I will compromise. Everyone, just go and do your own things!" Su Yang's words seemed to have a deterrent effect.

"Oh, Old Su, you don't know what difficulties I'm facing. It's really a headache to be entangled in so many difficult problems." After the young people dispersed, Village Chief Su Yang and Secretary Wang walked into the office together.

"Sometimes good things can be hidden in bad things. Maybe there will be unexpected improvements in the future." Village chief Su Yang smiled, took out a list from his backpack and pushed it to Secretary Wang.

"I knew you wanted to get some exercise late at night."

Secretary Wang picked up the list and quickly looked through the recommended candidates. He first ticked Su Wanwan's name and said, "Although Wanwan is going to the exchange program, the broadcasting work must continue. Ask her to prepare the language program for next week."

"It's okay, Lao Su. I'm confident in your work." Secretary Wang glanced at the names of the other young people on the list again, revealing a trace of fatigue, and then put down the document: "The commune only named Xu Yan, and let us choose the others in the village. Except for Xu Jia San'er and Wan Wan, the remaining two... I think we need to choose carefully."

He also noticed the impulsiveness of the young people in the village these days. Village Chief Su Yang nodded and said, "At least one of those young people should go."