Starting from 1950

Chapter 115 Is Wu Xinxue Sick?

Although I am concerned about the situation on the front lines, I still have to do the work that needs to be done.

Although Zhou Zheng approved Su Yang's two-day rest, knowing that the frontline soldiers were living in poverty and lack of food and clothing, how could Su Yang possibly be so greedy as to rest himself and let the rats ruin the food during these two days?

Therefore, resting was out of the question, and Su Yang even wanted to extend the time he spent catching rats every day.

"Attention all factory workers! Attention all factory workers! Our factory's security department has formed a hunting team and, despite the hardships, traveled all the way to Xifeng County, successfully hunting over 2,000 jin (approximately 1,000 kg) of meat for us. After a meeting of factory leaders, it has been decided that this meat will be sold to our factory workers at market price. Those interested can bring cash to the canteen entrance after get off work to purchase it!"

Attention all factory workers...

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When Wu Xinxue's familiar voice blared from the loudspeaker, the entire factory erupted in an uproar!

Most people had already anticipated that the factory would be selling meat to everyone today.

After all, many night shift workers saw the meat when it was brought back last night, and it was the most talked-about topic when everyone came to work today.

However, when they actually heard the broadcast, many people couldn't help but get excited.

It's because they haven't eaten meat in a long time.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, meat is still not available in vegetable markets, state-run stores, and supply and marketing cooperatives.

Many people knew that the security department had formed a hunting team to go to Xifeng, but no one had high hopes, since the hunting team only had a dozen or so people, while the factory had more than 1200 employees!

Now that they have confirmed the news, many people are no longer in the mood to go to work and are using the excuse of going to the toilet to find out more.

The most people came to Su Yang to ask for information. He was originally just honestly killing rats in the warehouse, but not long after the announcement, he was surrounded by a lot of people.

Everyone bombarded him with questions: how much meat the factory planned to sell to each person, what kind of meat it was, and at what price.

This wasn't exactly a secret, and Su Yang told him the truth based on what he knew. However, different people kept coming to him, asking him the same questions over and over again.

He was so annoyed that he could only go to the broadcasting room to find some peace and quiet.

"Wow!" Little White tugged at Wu Xinxue's trouser leg with its paws, trying to climb onto the desk to take a look.

Today, after Su Yang brought it to the flour factory, he gave it to Wu Xinxue and then took his slingshot to hunt rats all over the factory.

The broadcasting room was small; it explored the ground in less than an hour and now wanted to climb onto the table to take a look.

To everyone's surprise, Wu Xinxue acted as if she hadn't heard anything, and just stared blankly at a letter on the table.

"Wow!"

Xiao Bai urged her again, and Wu Xinxue finally came to her senses. She bent down and picked it up, but instead of placing it on the desk, she put it on her lap.

Her eyes were still fixed on the letter on the table, or rather, the telegram, signed by Luo Pojun.

Wu Xinxue knew who Luo Pojun was; Su Yang had mentioned him to her many times, saying that Luo Pojun took good care of him.

"What could it be? It can't be..." Wu Xinxue's hand reached out several times to open the envelope and see what was inside, but she pulled it back each time.

As the announcer for Limin Flour Factory, who disseminated policies daily, she knew, of course, that she couldn't just peek at a regimental commander's letters.

This letter was delivered when I first started working.

When her superiors delivered today's broadcast script to her, they happened to find a telegram from Luo Pojun to Su Yang, so they sent it over as well.

Limin Flour Factory did not have a telegraph machine, so it was common for telegrams from other units to be forwarded by higher-level units.

Why was it sent to Su Yang? And why did it have to be from the front lines...?

Wu Xinxue bit her lip, her expression conflicted.

Su Yang had told her about his telepathic connection with Xiao Yu, and he hadn't kept it a secret from her these past two days when he was lying in bed at home connecting with Xiao Yu.

After each encounter, Su Yang's expression was always grim, and Wu Xinxue could guess that the situation on the battlefield was not optimistic.

Last night she had a dream that Su Yang went to the battlefield again and never came back. When he finally returned, he was using crutches...

"No! We can't let that kid go to the battlefield again!"

Wu Xinxue slammed her hand on the table, her eyes resolute!

"Whoa!" Little White was startled and raised its little head, its bright blue eyes looking at Wu Xinxue's face.

"Yes! That's it! I refuse to believe that even though I'm terminally ill, that brat would dare abandon me to go to the battlefield!"

Wu Xinxue clenched her fists, looked down at Xiaobai, and murmured to herself, "Xiaobai, don't you think so?"

"Wow!"

"You also think what I did was right? Is that right?"

"Wow!"

"What's right?"

Su Yang pushed open the door to the broadcasting room and immediately saw Wu Xinxue talking to Xiaobai. He couldn't help but ask.

"It's nothing!" Wu Xinxue quickly shut up.

Su Yang walked over in a few steps, and with a glance, he saw the letter on the table with his and Luo Pojun's names on it.

"Huh! A telegram from Old Luo?" He picked up the envelope and tore it open to read.

The telegram mentioned two things. One was that Xiaoyu had been taken to the military headquarters. Luo Pojun was unaware that Su Yang already knew about this, so he sent a special telegram to Su Yang to tell him.

Another thing is that the 352nd Regiment will be setting off in a few days!

Su Yang's expression turned serious upon seeing this; the next battle was finally about to begin!

He recalled that our side seemed to have suffered heavy losses in this battle, and couldn't help but worry about his comrades in the 352nd Regiment, wondering how many old friends would be buried far from home this time.

Su Yang sighed heavily.

Wu Xinxue kept observing his expression, and seeing the solemnity and worry on his face, her heart couldn't help but tremble.

Is Su Yang going to the battlefield again?

She recalled her dream from last night, and then the fleeting thought that crossed her mind just before Su Yang came in.

"Sister Xinxue! Xiaobai will stay with you. I'll go get busy now!"

Another major battle is about to begin on the front lines!

Su Yang couldn't go to the front lines, but he wanted to do what he could to help.

After much thought, he made up his mind to return to his old ways of working day and night shifts, spending 15 hours a day catching rats.

If the rats destroy less food, the soldiers on the front lines can eat more!

Having made up his mind, he turned and left!

"Su Yang! Are you... are you coming back to have dinner with me tonight?"

Wu Xinxue called out to Su Yang before he left, her voice still trembling.

"Go back!" Su Yang waved his hand behind him and disappeared.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xinxue felt a little relieved.

"Looks like he's not leaving today yet; there's still time!"

She took a deep breath, placed Xiaobai on the table, opened the drawer and began rummaging through it, taking out a small makeup mirror, foundation, the oddly colored lipstick Natalia had given her, and other miscellaneous items all at once.

Xiao Bai tilted his head and looked for a long time, but couldn't figure out what she wanted to do. So the little guy gave up and started exploring the desk.

After leaving the broadcasting room, Su Yang returned to the finished goods warehouse.

Seeing someone else trying to approach him to ask about selling meat at the factory, he immediately frowned and said, "Why don't you just take some money after get off work and go to the canteen to buy it? Can't you even wait half a day?"

This was the first time the other employees had seen Su Yang angry, and they were all stunned.

Su Yang ignored them, loaded a mud pellet into his slingshot, pulled back the pin, and released it!

"Squeak!" A passing rat was shot in the head, twitched a few times on the ground, and then fell silent.

Su Yang began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the task of exterminating rats.

Even the toilet, which he never liked to go to before, he stayed in for a full half hour this time, killing seven or eight rats.

By the time he finished get off work, his afternoon score had also exceeded 50.

After registering the spoils at the security department, the day shift workers had already left.

He also planned to finish work and go home to his family compound for dinner, then rest for a while before returning to the factory for the night shift for two or three hours.

To my surprise, as soon as I got home, I heard a series of coughs coming from inside the house.

"Cough cough cough! Aunt Mei, I'm fine. You go back and rest. I can take care of myself."

After a series of coughs, Wu Xinxue's weak voice came through.

"What are you saying, child? I have to wait for Su Yang to come back and hand you over to him before I leave, right?"

Is Wu Xinxue sick?

Su Yang's expression changed, and he pushed open the door and entered.

"Sister Xinxue, are you sick? Where exactly does it hurt?"