Send me to the countryside? Turn around and make you homeless!

Guan Jianguo knew about Zhao Xiaoliu's illness the day he came back, but since the Zhao family didn't work, his life wasn't much better.

His adoptive father Qian Zhong has not been in good health in the past two years and has to take medicine every day. The money he earns from odd jobs in the county is used to buy medicine in addition to the daily expenses of the two of them, so he has no spare money.

He had earned three dollars in the past few days and was planning to lend the money out after the Zhao family got off work in the evening, but he didn't expect that Tan Yuan would be quicker than him.

In terms of physical strength and speed, Bian Jianguo is faster than Tan Yuan.

If they want to go to the county to see a doctor, they must have a letter of introduction. Without it, they won’t be able to get a bus even if they go to the commune.

Tan Yuan hugged Zhao Xiaoliu and rushed into the brigade headquarters.

There was only an accountant left in the brigade office. The brigade leader was transporting sweet potatoes in the mountains. As for Secretary Zhou, he was still in the commune, nagging the commune leaders.

Accountant Zhang was not happy to see Tan Yuan coming in such a hurry.

"What's the point of being so irritable?"

"Accountant Zhang, can you give me a letter of introduction? This child is dying and needs to go to the hospital!"

The fire is almost burning my eyebrows, how can I remain calm and elegant?

"Hiss... Whose child is this? How did he become like this..."

This little red face doesn't look normal at first glance.

"Zhao's Xiaoliu, I heard he's had a recurring fever these past few days. I have to rush him to the county hospital."

When he heard that the fever had lasted for several days, Accountant Zhang didn't bother to ask any more questions. He quickly took out a stamped letter of introduction from the drawer, wrote the reason on it, and gave it to Tan Yuan.

Population management is now strict, and the brigade's letter of introduction generally requires the seals of both the brigade leader and the secretary.

However, the team leader and the secretary do not stay in the team all the time. In order to prepare for emergencies, they will also prepare some letters of introduction at the team headquarters. The seals are all stamped, and they can be used as long as the reason is filled in.

"Do you want me to go with you?"

As he said that, Accountant Zhang put away the pen in his hand, pulled out the chair under him, and was about to leave with Tan Yuan.

He was not afraid that Tan Yuan would run away. When the educated youth went to the countryside to work in the fields, their household registration followed them. Even if she ran away, where could she go?

But I just thought that Tan Yuan was a lesbian after all, so it would be helpful for him to go with her and make some decisions.

He was even more secretly complaining in his heart, thinking that he didn't know what was going on with the Zhao family. They didn't even think of coming to the brigade to report such a big thing happening at home. If they let the child continue to burn, he would probably be burned into a fool.

As soon as the two men walked to the locust tree at the entrance of the brigade, they saw an ox cart parked there waiting early.

There is only one family in the village that has an ox cart, and that is Old Man Zhao's family.

Could it be that his master has returned?

"Hurry up and get in the car. I'll take you to the county."

If you take a bus to the commune, you have to take a detour, so it’s better to drive a ox cart directly to the county.

"Hurry, hurry, get on the ox cart."

When Accountant Zhang saw that the person driving the cart was Guan Jianguo, he didn't hesitate at all. He lifted his legs and sat on the ox cart.

Tan Yuan didn't think much about it and sat on it.

The ox cart belonged to the Zhao family, but this was not Guan Jianguo's first time driving an ox cart. The cart ran fast and steadily. On this kind of mountain road, the speed of the ox cart was actually not much slower than that of a car.

Before dark, the group finally arrived at the County People's Hospital.

The child was sent for examination immediately, and Tan Yuan took the money in her pocket and paid a five-yuan advance for the medical expenses.

The spending power of five dollars is definitely not low, and it should be enough. If it is not enough, she can only go to the bank to withdraw some money.

She originally thought that ten yuan would be enough to go to the countryside. Even if she wanted to spend money, there was nowhere to spend it. Besides, her subsidy would be sent to Huaiyin Brigade next month anyway, so she wouldn't have to worry about it. She never expected that there would be so many places to spend money.

After paying the thank-you fee from the Shuwaizi Brigade, plus the money she earned from exchanging eggs for eggs in the brigade, and the five yuan she paid today, she didn't have much money left.

Just after paying the fee, Tan Yuan turned around and ran into Guan Jianguo who had just parked the ox cart and walked in.

Suddenly, the two of them faced each other and were stunned for a moment.

"Is the money enough? I still have some for you to take."

Guan Jianguo handed all the money he had earned in the past few days to Tan Yuan, a total of three yuan, all in change, which was crumpled up by him, and placed it in the palm of his hand, between the two of them.

"No, I've brought enough."

Before today, she might have continued, but after hearing what Grandma Wang said about him, she decided not to do so.

Anyway, she is considered a wealthy person now, and she can afford to pay only five dollars.

Not to mention that Zhao Xiaoliu might have become what he is now because of her, so this money is what she should give.

Anyway, after Nian Lin returns to the city, she will find a way to follow him back to the city. Then she can find a way to do some small business of speculation, and then she will have no shortage of money.

Tan Yuan was both generous and magnanimous, so Guan Jianguo said nothing and kept his hard-earned money.

Since Tan Yuan has brought enough, he can save the money for other things.

The two did not argue about this matter, but went to the ward together.

Accountant Zhang has been guarding the ward. Zhao Xiaoliu has been given a fever-reducing injection and is now on an IV drip. His face is not as red as before.

"The doctor said the child was brought in a little too late. His life is saved, but he doesn't know if the burn has caused any brain problems."

Accountant Zhang sighed in his heart again.

It's all because of poverty. If it weren't for the lack of money, the child wouldn't have been sent to the city even though he was burning for so many days.

The Zhao family made a fortune a few years ago, and then borrowed some money from everywhere to buy an ox cart. The commune had a big market once a month, and the ox cart could be used to transport people, at two cents per person.

During normal work, if an oxcart was needed, the brigade would borrow it. Each time, each person's work points would be recorded separately, and they would also be given fifty cents.

It is by saving up these sums that the Zhao family can find enough money to send their children to school.

But it was precisely because they had to send their children to school that the Zhao family was so poor that they didn't even have money to send their children to the hospital for medical treatment.

"Does this happen often in our brigade?"

In her previous life, she had lived in dire straits and had always lived in a youth educated camp. She had no idea about the situation in the brigade members' families. She didn't even know that the Zhao family had a child named Xiaoliu.

"Alas, it's all because we, the cadres, are useless."

Accountant Zhang sighed again. What else could they do in this remote place?

Just like this locust plague, if it weren't for the sweet potato field found by Tan Yuan and her friends, their brigade might have gone hungry this year.

What could they do? Ask the commune for help? The commune was just as poor. There were so many brigades, and everyone had come through the same thing...