Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 193 Hesitation and Confusion

"Cai Shaocheng must die. Song Yongan, if you are not willing to help me, then I will do it myself. I will make him swallow his thing with his own mouth."

For Yu Xinmei, who has been going smoothly for the past two years, Cai Shaocheng's rejection of her in public on Sunday morning was a humiliation to her.

She couldn't swallow this humiliation, and she was able to endure it until today when she met Song Yongan to tell him because she was afraid of delaying his work. This was already the maximum she could tolerate.

In her mind, whether the man in front of her today agreed or not, he could not stop her revenge.

Song Yongan frowned tightly. As expected, he sighed silently in his heart.

He knew that if he didn't give a clear answer, his mission would be declared a failure. Not to mention getting information from Cai Shaocheng, he couldn't even get into the obsolete database he was planning to work on.

But this woman actually only gave him one choice, and that was unconditional support.

Want support?

He reached out and picked up the chopsticks on the bowl, picked up a fried dough stick, dipped it in soy milk, opened his mouth and took a bite.

A fried dough stick costs four cents, sweetened soy milk costs five cents, and if you want unsweetened soy milk, a bowl costs two cents.

If he wanted to eat enough, he would need at least two fried dough sticks and a bowl of sweet soybean milk, which cost 13 cents, and he would also need two taels of food coupons.

It is absolutely impossible to eat at a restaurant without money.

Although food coupons are very expensive in the ghost market, they are required to be paid for meals and some other things in the regular market, and there is no fixed price.

The amount of food coupons that city dwellers could get each month was fixed. During those particularly difficult years, the food coupons were directly distributed to individuals, who could then use the coupons to buy food at grain stations.

In recent years, the domestic grain production has increased a lot, and buying grain has returned to the original way, where people go to the grain station to buy grain with grain books.

For city dwellers who eat commercial grain, each person has a fixed monthly grain quota.

For those who do heavy manual labor, the monthly grain ration does not exceed 60 kilograms, which is the highest among all groups.

But the work they do is also the most dangerous, and they even have to deal with toxic and harmful substances that can cause great harm to their bodies.

Next are those doing heavy manual labor, whose monthly ration of food does not exceed 50 kilograms.

Then there are those who do light manual labor, that is, workers in ordinary factories, such as ordinary workers in instrument factories, who do not exceed 40 kilograms per month.

For those working in government agencies, shops, and other mental workers, the weight should not exceed 32 kilograms.

Song Yongan and Yu Xinmei both belong to this category, while the Social Affairs Bureau where Li Yancheng currently works and the Public Security Bureau where Jin Zhihai works are both classified as light manual laborers. They can now buy 35 kilograms of rationed grain every month.

Finally, there are clear distinctions between students of different ages, unemployed residents, and children of different ages.

If you want to buy grain through formal channels, you can only go to the grain station with your grain book, but it doesn’t mean you can buy whatever you want.

Within the prescribed quota, only 30 percent of the purchase is fine grains, and the remaining 70 percent is coarse grains.

So in places like the north where noodles are the main food, people are reluctant to eat the white flour they buy and have to save it.

Why save it? To make dumplings for Chinese New Year.

People in the north may live a frugal life at ordinary times, but dumplings are a must for almost every family during the Chinese New Year. Even if there is no meat, you can just make vegetarian dumplings. At this time, white flour is very important.

Grain was purchased with grain books, so where did the grain coupons on the market come from?
You can exchange it at the grain station.

As long as you want, you can take your grain book to the grain station and exchange all the rationed grain for this month for grain coupons.

This is how the food coupons circulating in the market came about.

In this case, the food coupons exchanged will only be for the local area. If you want to exchange them for national food coupons, you must get a letter of introduction from your unit, stating that the person exchanging the food coupons is going on a business trip and how many days they will be away. The staff at the grain station will estimate how many food coupons are needed, and only then can you exchange them for national food coupons.

It is precisely because national food coupons are difficult to exchange that the prices in the ghost market are high.

Many ordinary people may not have seen what the national food coupons look like in the decades since they were circulated, because they really did not need them.

After swallowing a fried dough stick with a grunt and drinking two sips of soy milk, Song Yongan finally spoke.

"What are you going to do? It's obviously not realistic for me to take action."

Seeing that Song Yongan did not reject her proposal, Yu Xinmei, who had been frowning all the time, finally looked a little better.

"I can do it myself, but you should know very well how we are going to leave. If I take action here, it means that your mission will fail completely, and what we have to do is to leave Jing City immediately."

Yu Xinmei's return to rationality made Song Yongan feel a little relieved.

For him, the failure of the mission was not a big deal; what was scary was that this woman would not care.

"Don't worry, eat first and let me think about it."

"it is good"

After picking up another fried dough stick and taking a bite, Song Yongan inadvertently turned his head to look out the restaurant window. Just with this casual glance, two young men who were talking across the street caught his attention.

They were two young men who looked to be in their twenties. One was riding a bicycle, jumping with his legs on the ground, and the other was standing beside him. The two were talking about something.

It looked like he met an acquaintance on the way to work, and since it was still early, he stopped to chat.

But Song Yongan dared to guarantee with his head that he had seen the young man standing there without riding a bicycle when he was crossing an intersection in the east district of the city just now.

He is very confident in his eyesight and memory.

I ride my bike from Yangchao to Dianhai every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and this has been going on for more than two years.

He hadn't seen this young man for more than two years. His sudden appearance today made him immediately understand his current situation.

Exposed! It must have been exposed.

Having been in this business for so many years, he was mentally prepared for this day to come.

But when it really came, he still felt a little suffocated.

But how was it exposed?
Li Yancheng's appearance suddenly appeared in his mind.

That should be correct. The doctor must have seen something that day.

Yes, it must be his relationship with Yu Xinmei that attracted people’s attention.

It's still like this, he will never have any illusions anymore.

"New Plum"

"Ok?"

"We have been exposed. Your wish to kill Cai Shaocheng may not be realized for the time being."

"You...what did you say?" Yu Xinmei, who had just taken a bite of a fried dough stick, was shocked by Song Yongan's words. She couldn't close her mouth, and the fried dough stick that she had just bitten into her mouth fell into the bowl of soy milk on the table.

"Don't turn your head and look around, and don't make a fuss. Someone outside is paying attention to us."

"So what should we do? Should we hide? Is there no way you can help me? You thought about it for a long time and came up with this idea?"

Having been with Song Yongan for four years, Yu Xinmei thought that this guy said this on purpose because he didn't want to help her get rid of Cai Shaocheng, and rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Leaving Beijing, we will never run out of fuel if we keep the green mountains, but I need to go back to get some things first, money, food coupons, and our new identity certificates and letters of introduction."

!!!

Seeing Song Yongan's serious expression that didn't seem fake, Yu Xinmei paused slightly.

"Old Song, are you serious?"

"Nonsense, would I joke with you about this kind of thing?"

At this moment, no matter how scheming Yu Xinmei was, no matter how bad she had become in the past two years, no matter how prepared she had been mentally, she still felt scared.

And because of nervousness, his originally dark face turned pale in an instant, and he couldn't help shaking when he spoke.

"Old... Old Song, you... you won't... you won't leave me alone, right?"

"If I wanted to abandon you, I wouldn't have told you. I can just leave secretly after dinner." Song Yongan felt a little regretful. He overestimated the mental quality of this woman. The way she looked now, others could tell that there was something wrong with her.

I should not tell her, but go back to pack my things and then come to pick her up.

That's right, he really didn't plan to go alone.

Sometimes it really makes it much easier to do many things when you have a woman by your side.

Therefore, unless he was left with no other options, he would not abandon Yu Xinmei on the way to escape.

"New Plum"

"what?"

When Yu Xinmei heard Song Yongan calling her, she looked at him, as she was so nervous that she didn't know where to look.

"Listen to me. First of all, I will not abandon you. I will definitely take you away from Beijing. And you can rest assured that I have already made full preparations for how we will leave here.

Secondly, you must try to calm yourself down now. When others see you like this, they will know that something is wrong.

Finally, follow me and take a deep breath, inhale...inhale...inhale...inhale..."

Seeing that Yu Xinmei's complexion gradually returned to normal and the panic in her eyes gradually disappeared, Song Yongan felt relieved.

They must keep this woman calm and not show any strange expression. Otherwise, if the person being followed notices that something is wrong, they will be really finished.

The time for breakfast is limited, and he can't sit in the restaurant with Yu Xinmei all the time.

Next he quickly outlined his initial plan.

"Xinmei, listen carefully to what I'm going to say next. After dinner, when you go out and return to the hospital, you must behave the same way as before. You don't have to do anything deliberately. Just walk along the roadside as usual. If you see acquaintances, chat with them. Don't show any strange expression.

After returning to the hospital, you should see patients and visit friends as needed. After lunch, go back to your residence to rest. In the room, put on two more sets of underwear, but don't make it look too bulky. You don't need to bring anything else.

Then go to the public toilet in the northeast corner of your dormitory area. Remember, it is the one in the northeast corner. When there is no one in the toilet, climb out from the back wall of the toilet.

There are demolition ruins behind that. I took you there in mid-March, remember?"

Seeing Yu Xinmei nod, Song Yongan continued, "Walk out of the ruins, go out from the west road, and then wait for me at the intersection. You must be there before one o'clock, not too early. Do you hear what I say clearly?"

"Listen...I heard it clearly."

"Come on, repeat it to me."

……

After hearing Yu Xinmei's complete repetition of what she had just said, Song Yongan nodded with appreciation.

You can be nervous and afraid, but you can't panic. You have to remain calm in times of crisis. This is what he likes about Yu Xinmei.

"Xinmei, I will definitely avenge Cai Shaocheng for humiliating you. Don't worry, I will leave a message for Baofeng later, asking him to help you deal with Cai Shaocheng while he carries out his sabotage plan."

No one expected that Song Yongan could directly contact the person who was carrying out another mission.

Because according to the existing information and the confessions of those previously arrested, there is no horizontal connection or hierarchical relationship between all the undercover groups. It can be said that they are unaware of each other's existence.

Even though we know that there must be other people, we don't know what mission they are going to perform, let alone who they are specifically.

Song Yongan didn't know at first. Except for Yu Xinmei, who was recruited by him, he really knew nothing about other people in Jing City. He had never participated in any mission that overlapped with other groups.

This is the first time to deal with special project data of the instrument factory.

Because it was the first time, after receiving the mission, he contacted his superior using the agreed method and asked him to find a way to get him the information of the person who carried out the sabotage mission.

He himself didn't know why he did this.

In view of his good mission completion rate and his own safety factor, his superior violated the rules and gave him the contact information of the person code-named Storm.

Although he didn't know how much information the Social Affairs Bureau had, in order to be prepared, he had to leave a message to remind the man code-named Baofeng, and ask him to help him get rid of Cai Shaocheng.

Song Yongan's words made Yu Xinmei's eyes flash with gratitude. She didn't expect that even after all this, this man was still thinking about revenge for her. If it wasn't the wrong occasion, she really wanted to throw herself into his arms.

Comrade Lao Song has no choice.

No matter if he was just making empty promises or something else, he had to stabilize Yu Xinmei first. On the road to escape, this woman had to be on the same page with him, otherwise it would be very easy for something to go wrong.

……

Five minutes later, the two walked out of the hotel together.

After saying goodbye at the door, Song Yongan unlocked his bike, got on it and rode away, while Yu Xinmei walked along the roadside towards the hospital. Everything was as usual.

On the way back, in order to confirm his judgment, Song Yongan stopped the car and walked into a department store that had just opened on the roadside, and bought a pack of cigarettes despite the salesperson's contempt.

After coming out of the store, he glanced around casually while lighting a cigarette.

Sure enough, the young man sitting on a bicycle across the street that he saw when he was eating in the restaurant just now was pedaling leisurely not far behind him.

This made him even more certain that his judgment was correct.

Ugh……

Old Song sighed silently in his heart. This day had finally come.

Twenty years of leisurely life came to an end. Although he had already arranged his escape route, he had no idea what the future would be like.

Having lived here for so long, despite the material scarcity and lack of entertainment, he has long been accustomed to all of this. Now that all of this is about to be broken, his heart is actually full of hesitation and confusion.

He was confused, and Yu Xinmei was even more uneasy.

After returning to the clinic, when she was alone, her heart was filled with regret.

She thought of her parents and the husband who loved her so much. It was her restlessness that shattered her once happy life.

Soon, she shook her head and put it all behind her. The arrow has been shot and there is no turning back. She now has no choice.

……

At 11 o'clock in the morning on April 1st, Li Yancheng and Su Xiaotong did not even have lunch, and took the car sent by the Qin Provincial Bureau to the county town where the Luo family was currently located.

They couldn't stay in Qin Province for long. They still had a lot of work to do at home, so they had to rush back as soon as possible. They had to seize every moment to visit the Luo family. If possible, they would leave here tonight and board the train back to Beijing.

The driver knew the way, so they didn't have to worry too much. More than an hour later, they arrived at the gate of Weibei County Forest Machinery Factory.

It was just time to get off work, and after asking around, they finally found the courtyard where the Luo family was currently staying.

The small courtyard where the Luo family lives is full of bungalows, with a total of five families living in it, all of whom are employees of the forest machinery factory.

His family of eight was squeezed into a room of more than 20 square meters, which was not even as big as Li Yancheng's main house. It was really a bit cramped.

At present, the Luo family consists of Luo Yang’s wife Sun Yiqing and Luo Ting, who are both unemployed and are responsible for taking care of the children at home. Grandpa and Mrs. Luo, as well as Luo Yang and Luo Ting’s husband, work in the factory.

Four people earn wages to support eight people, no, nine people, including Luo Min who lives in the countryside. If we compare it based on their previous salary levels, it is definitely the best.

But now the four of them are at the lowest level.

Mr. Luo is a clerk at the lowest level, with a monthly salary of only 23 yuan. The old lady works in the factory staff hospital and receives a salary as a health technician, but it is also the lowest level, 28 yuan.

Luo Yang and his brother-in-law Guo Songshan are both first-level workers, and their salary is 35.5 yuan, which is the highest among the four.

The total monthly income of four people is 122 yuan, and this money is needed to support nine people, which means that the average income per person is less than 14 yuan per month.

It is definitely enough, but compared to other dual-income families, their lives are definitely tight.

The problem their family is facing now is not money, but housing. Eight people are squeezed into a room of less than 30 square meters, including their son, daughter-in-law, daughter, and son-in-law. It's a little better now that the weather is cool, but when summer comes, they really don't know what to do.

The Luo family had just finished lunch. Sun Yiqing and her elder sister-in-law were washing dishes at the sink in the yard when they heard the sound of a car outside the yard and someone seemed to be asking something. They both looked up at the gate of the yard at the same time, but saw nothing, so they ignored it and continued washing the dishes while talking about the children.

(End of this chapter)