Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 299 Small gains
"It can't be said that there was no harvest at all. Cao Wanquan said that in the courtyard where Guan Xiaofeng's family used to live, there was an old man who made a living by ventriloquism."

"Before? Do you mean the area that was hit by artillery fire?"

"Yes, it is right there. Now it is impossible to find people who lived there back then."

Su Xiaotong spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Hey, why did you think of coming to the backyard? Aren't you going to stay in the front yard clinic for the whole day?"

"It suddenly occurred to me that there's someone who might know if Guan Weizheng's voice will change."

"Who?" Su Xiaotong asked anxiously when he heard Li Yancheng say this.

"The little kid who told me last time that there was a tunnel in the well house."

"You are talking about...Ren...Ren Mingxue."

"Bah"

Li Yancheng snapped his fingers. "That's right. Judging from the fact that he even knows the secret passage for Guan Weizheng to enter and exit the yard, he is also likely to know whether Guan Weizheng's voice will change."

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go."

Su Xiaotong grabbed Li Yancheng's arm without saying a word and ran towards the central courtyard.

"My dear Director Su, do we need to be in such a hurry now? Are you really so anxious?"

Li Yancheng said helplessly as Su Xiaotong pulled his arm and ran towards the central courtyard.

"Ugh……"

After hearing this, Su Xiaotong slowed down his pace, sighed deeply and said, "It has been twenty days since this case happened.

It can be said that there is almost no way out and we can only rely on guessing and inference.

But even if we have to rely on this, we have to make the inference more reasonable, right?

I am certainly anxious to fill those gaps.”

"In that case... let's run! We should go and come back quickly so as not to delay getting off work."

After saying this, Li Yancheng ran towards the gate leading to the central courtyard, leaving Su Xiaotong standing there blankly, with the emotion on his face still not fading.

"Hey, this kid..."

Watching the figure disappear at the backyard gate, Su Xiaotong seemed to realize what had happened. He smiled and shook his head, then raised his foot and chased after it.

Two minutes later, a jeep drove out from a gate with a hum.

"Yancheng, didn't Lao Xu just tell you?"

Su Xiaotong, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, suddenly thought of the phone call that Lao Xu received in the director's office, turned around and asked.

"Are you talking about Director Shen calling for personal help?"

"Yes, it seems I told you. What did you say?"

"I can help, but if the case is solved through my interrogation, the credit should go to my brother."

"Snapped"

Su Xiaotong raised his hand and patted Li Yancheng on the shoulder.

"That's what I'm telling you. It's useless for us to take the credit from the police. It's time for your brother to move up. Having a real friend in criminal investigation will be convenient if anything happens in the future."

"This depends on your help, Director Su. Please find a way to help my brother get promoted." Li Yancheng said with a chuckle.

He himself knew that this was simply impossible and was just joking with Su Xiaotong.

"I wish I had that ability. The situation over there is different from ours. You should know that they are more deeply involved with the local authorities. The business is guided and managed by the ministry, while the personnel and financial power are in the hands of the local authorities.

If I worked in other units, it would be okay, but in our unit, if I dared to reach out to that side, Director Zhong would beat me to death without anyone else. "

The nature of the work of the Social Affairs Bureau is rather special. In order to ensure its independence and purity, financial expenditures are made separately and personnel matters have nothing to do with the local authorities; they are all managed directly by the headquarters.

This is to avoid getting too involved with the local authorities and allowing those with ulterior motives to use the power of the Social Affairs Bureau to do something.

It is strictly forbidden for outsiders to put their hands in, and of course, people inside are also forbidden to put their hands out.

"Xiaotong, what do you three leaders think of the deputy chief of our pre-trial department? I have to go to study in half a month."

Of course, Li Yancheng knew the actual situation and did not continue the topic.

"Hong Bing and Tie Cheng, who do you think is more suitable?"

"Zhang Hongbing, Liu Tiecheng"

Li Yancheng read the two names, thought for a while and said, "It's up to you to decide. I think both are fine."

"It doesn't really matter. It doesn't matter who goes. The main thing is to solve the salary issue. As long as you are in the pre-trial department, it will be fine."

"I told you to say this. I won't be here for the next six months."

"Didn't you read your notifications?"

"Look, what's wrong?"

"You are different from other students of the same period. They are full-time students, but you are part-time students."

"What do you mean?" Li Yancheng turned around in surprise and glanced at Su Xiaotong who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"It means that if there is work, you can always come back."

"Can we still do this? Will the General Cadre School agree? I remember it was written in the notice that during the school training period, it is strictly forbidden to take leave except for the funeral of an immediate family member."

"There are always special cases. Of course, this usually only applies to a very small number of local cadres in Beijing who have special circumstances. Your situation is one of the rare ones. As far as I know, Mr. Fang has personally communicated with them.

If you are from other places, you can only either drop out of school completely or simply not attend the course and give the place to others.

And this will be assessed in the end. If you fail the assessment, you will definitely be demoted and it will be recorded in your file. Basically, once you have this record, you will never be promoted in this life."

Hearing this, Li Yancheng grinned. He thought he could stay in school for half a year this time, but it seems he was overthinking it.

"Huh? So if you say so, I can go home after class tonight?"

"I will definitely ask you to drive over when the time comes, in case there's an emergency. If you want to go home at night, just go home. Just don't be late or leave early when you have nothing else to do."

"This is good!"

"Ha, you're so reluctant to leave your wife."

"You are willing to be separated from my sister-in-law for half a year."

"Well... this isn't a job requirement."

"Tsk, stop it. You don't say what's really in your mind." Li Yancheng turned his head and gave Su Xiao a look of contempt.

"I just can't bear to leave my wife. We've only been married for less than a month."

Su Xiaotong shook his head with amusement: "Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by others when you say that?"

"What's the matter? I'm just telling the truth."

After glancing at the rearview mirror and seeing that there was no car behind him, Li Yancheng turned the steering wheel and parked the car on the roadside at the gate of the instrument factory's staff quarters.

"You wait in the car. I'll go ask the guard to see if the child has returned. Today is Saturday, so he should be out of school early."

"No need to ask, they must be back. Look at those kids across the street, they are all wearing primary school uniforms." Su Xiaotong raised his chin and gestured towards the other side of the street.

As he spoke, he opened the car door and got out.

Li Yancheng turned his head and looked across the street. It was true. Those students from the third primary school were playing games at the entrance of the alley. Judging from their sweaty foreheads, it was obvious that they had been playing for quite a while.

……

Little boy Ren Mingxue had indeed returned home. When he heard a knock on the door, he opened it and saw who was standing outside. His eyes lit up at first, then dimmed again.

Li Yancheng looked at the child with some regret. No matter what Guan Weizheng had thought before, when he was alive, he was always a playmate of the child.

Now that he is dead, Ren Mingxue has completely lost his only friend.

The news made the child sad for several days.

He has no idea about crime or lurkers yet. The only thing he knows is that he will have no friends in the future, no one to talk to him, no one to play with him.

"Ren Mingxue, don't you welcome us?"

"Uncle Public Security, you don't keep your word."

"Why don't I keep my word?" Li Yancheng simply squatted down and spoke to the child at the same level.

"You promised me not to tell anyone the secret I told you."

"It is my uncle's duty to catch bad guys. Guan Weizheng and his mother have both broken the law. He helped others do bad things. We must stop him."

"But...but...I will have no friends then."

"Uncle came here today for two reasons. One of them is to take a look at your leg and see if I can heal it for you."

"Uncle, you are lying. You are a police officer, not a doctor."

Ren Mingxue curled his lips. He didn't believe what Li Yancheng said at all.

"Let me show you this picture of me."

Li Yancheng took out his work ID from his pocket and pulled out a one-inch bare-headed photo.

This photo was taken when he was working at the First Hospital. He was wearing a white coat and a white hat.

"Eh? Uncle, are you still a doctor?" "Yes, uncle used to be a doctor."

"But my parents took me to see many doctors, and they all said that my leg could not be cured."

"That's because their level is not good enough. Uncle is better than them."

"Really?" Ren Mingxue's eyes lit up.

"Uncle, can you really heal my leg?"

"Then you have to let your uncle take a look first."

"Oh, uncle, please come in. And this uncle, please come in as well."

"Hey, this kid is pitiful enough, don't lie to him again."

Looking at the hope burning in the child's eyes, Su Xiaotong couldn't help but whisper in Li Yancheng's ear.

"I do plan to treat his leg. It's definitely impossible to cure it completely, but as long as his parents cooperate, I think it will be enough for him to walk without crutches."

"Are you serious?" Su Xiaotong widened his eyes with a look of disbelief.

"Just look at me. I couldn't trick this kid last time. Even if I'm not a human anymore, I can't just talk nonsense about this kid's legs."

"Uncle, please sit down. I'll pour you some water."

"No need, Mingxue, come here. Didn't uncle just say that I have two purposes for coming here today? One is to show you my legs, and two..." Li Yancheng grabbed Ren Mingxue's arm.

"Uncle, do you still want to know about Guan Weizheng from me?"

This child just doesn't like interacting with others because of his physical condition, he is not stupid.

When he opened the door and saw that it was Li Yancheng, he knew that this police officer must have come to ask about Guan Weizhen again.

"Yes, uncle still wants to ask about Guan Weizheng."

"So uncle, was it true what you just said about showing me your legs?"

At this time, Ren Mingxue was afraid that this police officer would cheat him again.

"It's true. Uncle definitely didn't lie to you this time."

"Oh, it's okay, uncle. Didn't I tell you that my parents took me to see many doctors, and several of them said that my condition could not be cured. Thank you for comforting me, uncle.

Uncle, if you want to know anything else about Guan Weizheng, just ask me. I will tell you as soon as I know. "

In the young minds of children, it is natural to think that the older a person is, the higher his or her level is.

This child is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed. Su Xiaotong frowned and looked at Li Yancheng. He just hoped that this brother would not fool people this time.

Li Yancheng smiled and rubbed Ren Mingxue's head, then reached out to pull up his pants and looked at his right leg.

The muscles in the right leg have obviously atrophied, and the affected limb has also shortened significantly.

Polio is mainly caused by damage to the gray matter of the spinal cord, which invades the motor neurons of the central nervous system.

If the degree of muscle atrophy is relatively mild, a slight limp may occur when walking, or equinus may occur, manifested as an unstable gait and lameness. At this level, the person can still walk independently without the help of crutches.

The leg muscles of Ren Mingxue had been severely atrophied. Li Yancheng touched him and luckily found that his legs were not deformed, otherwise he would have needed surgical intervention.

But no matter which type it is, it has already affected the patient's spinal cord. It is basically impossible to cure it completely. The best you can do is improve the symptoms.

In the case of Ren Mingxue, if everything goes well and his parents are willing to cooperate with the treatment, the best situation in the future would be that he could walk on his own without crutches, but it would still be impossible for him to jump around like other children.

Li Yancheng did not tell the children these words. He planned to wait here until the young couple came back and talk to them to see what they thought.

"Ren Mingxue, do you know if Guan Weizheng can do ventriloquism? For example, he can imitate the sounds of animals or the way girls talk, and he can imitate them very well."

Pulling him to sit on a chair and helping him with his crutches, Li Yancheng began to ask questions.

"Ventriloquism? Imitation of animal sounds? Imitation of girls' speech?"

Facing the question, Ren Mingxue frowned deeply. He bit his finger and thought for a long time before he raised his head timidly and asked, "Uncle, does Xue's words count?"

Ok?
There is a way!
Li Yancheng and Su Xiaotong looked at each other.

"Have you ever heard Guan Weizheng imitate adults in speaking?"

"Yeah, I've heard of it!" Ren Mingxue nodded heavily: "Once we played the Railway Guerrilla in our yard, and he imitated the speech of an uncle in the movie, and it was very similar.

We used to play together, and when he told me stories, he would imitate the way the adults in the stories spoke, and they were very similar.”

It’s on!
Xiao Mingxue's words brought a hint of joy to the faces of Li Yancheng and Su Xiaotong.

From this point of view, it is basically certain that Guan Weizhen is a ventriloquist. Based on his growing up experience and the fact that he always had to pretend to be a fool, it is most likely his mother who taught him ventriloquism.

It is very likely that Guan Xiaofeng learned this from the old man who used to travel around in her family's yard.

Unfortunately, because it happened before liberation, there is no trace of the old man now, and he is very likely dead.

Otherwise this is a very strong indirect evidence.

But it's acceptable now, as long as it can make their inference more reasonable.

"Thank you Mingxue."

"You're welcome uncle, can I help you?"

"of course can."

"hey-hey"

"Mingxue, is there anyone in school still calling you by that nickname?"

When Xiao Mingxue heard Li Yancheng ask this, his eyes lit up.

"Without the uncle, our teacher Tian criticized several students who liked to give others nicknames in class the next day, saying that they should not call others nicknames casually in the future, which is impolite and disrespectful to others.

After our teacher said that day, gradually no one called me a cripple anymore. "

Children nowadays are still quite afraid of their teachers and they listen to everything the teachers say.

The kind that dares not run east or west.

One word from a teacher is worth ten from parents.

Looking at the innocent smile on Xiao Mingxue's face, Su Xiaotong frowned, stood up and walked to the window to light a cigarette for himself.

"Sincerity"

"Ok?"

Li Yancheng turned his head and looked at Su Xiaotong who was standing in front of the window.

"Are you sure? If not, I'll ask the people at the headquarters to take a look."

Although the words were incoherent, Li Yancheng still understood that he was referring to Xiao Ming's legs.

He could understand why Su Xiaotong reacted so strongly, because his son was only three years younger than Ren Mingxue.

"Let me try first. I'm 70% to 80% sure that I can help Mingxue get rid of his crutches and walk on his own."

Now Ren Mingxue understood, and the light in his eyes became brighter than before.

He turned to look at Su Xiaotong who was standing in front of the window, then turned back to look at Li Yancheng.

"Uncle, will I be able to walk without a cane in the future?"

"Uncle, try hard, okay?"

"Thank you uncle"

"Silly boy," Li Yancheng smiled and rubbed his head again, "It won't be too late to thank me when you don't need a cane to walk anymore."

Just as he finished speaking, there was a sound of a key opening the door of Ren's house.

"Mom, the police are here."

"Hey, Mingxue..."

Ren Mingxue's mother just opened the door and walked into the house. She saw two police officers in the room and stood at the door at a loss.

"Hello, Comrade Wang Wanli. I'm Li Yancheng, and this is my colleague, Su Xiaotong. We've met before. Do you remember him?"

"Oh, oh, I remember now. You went to our workshop with another person to look for me before."

After remembering who Li Yancheng was, Ren Mingxue's mother was visibly relieved.

A lot of things have happened in the family compound during this period, including arrests and suicides. Anyone would feel uneasy when they suddenly find two police officers at home as soon as they enter the house.

"Comrade Public Security, didn't you say you had already questioned my son at school last time? Why is this happening today?"

Ren Mingxue's mother walked over to Ren Mingxue who was sitting on a chair, held his little head in her arms, looked at Li Yancheng and Su Xiaotong and asked hesitantly.

"I'm really sorry. Today, I suddenly had something to ask Ren Mingxue again. We have already asked everything. Mingxue helped us a lot."

"I'm glad I can help you, then..."

"It's like this, Comrade Wang Wanli, we have finished asking Mingxue questions here. Next, I want to talk to you."

"Talk to me? I'm not familiar with Guan Xiaofeng and her son. We haven't even spoken a few words."

"No, you misunderstood. We weren't talking about other people. We were talking about Mingxue, his legs."

(End of this chapter)