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Due to him speaking often, Wang Zipeng had been here recently and his tonsils were often inflamed. Even if he did not speak, he would still feel the pain. Furthermore, as a Secretary of the Party Branch, he had to speak every day, receive the upper echelons every day, and receive the villagers who came to do their work every day. All of these things needed to be said. Zi Peng was in so much pain that he had no other choice. Thus, he thought of going to the hospital to have his tonsils removed. He thought: "It's better to have a long pain than a short one. After everything is over, he has made up his mind."

On March 21, Zi Peng, accompanied by his eldest daughter, Cheng Hua, came to the Army 206 Hospital to perform the tonsil removal operation. The procedure was completed on the same day and the operation was scheduled for 9 a.m. the next day.

The tonsil operation is very simple, you don't need general anesthesia, just local anesthesia. The doctor injected two anesthetics into the ward and began the operation in 10 minutes. He saw the doctor take a small spoon and put it in, scraping off the tonsils one by one. At that time, he didn't feel too much pain, and only after the anesthetic had worn off did he feel a burning pain in his throat …

On the morning of the second day of surgery, Zi Peng's wife, Ding Xiaofeng, along with his two daughters, Tsinghua and Third daughter, went to the hospital to visit Zi Peng. On the third day, the entire leadership of the Taoyuan Village came to visit Zi Peng at the 206 hospital in two batches: in the morning and the afternoon …

Zipeng did not tell Lixia that he was going to the 206 hospital for a tonsillectomy. The first was that she didn't have enough time. The second was that she didn't want her to know that she was worried. But when he was lying in bed, enduring the pain, how much he wanted to see her! It's only been two days since the operation, and you can't drink water or eat anything. This part of the throat was the true path, the path through which food and drink must pass. Unlike other operations, they ate and drank as usual. The more he thought about it in this situation, the more he thought about the good that Riza had done for him. He thought about the road she had walked with him. As he lay in bed, he thought of something else: in her letter to me, she had mentioned that on March 24th she and I would go to the City to have a good talk, and now it seemed impossible in terms of time. Today is March 24th, the anniversary of the movie she and I went to see at the Tonggang Club last year. Since the letter said so, she would definitely go. If she went there, she would definitely go for nothing. That would be a huge blow to her! She had already been mentally damaged by my move these days, and her spirit was fragile, pessimistic, and disappointed. With the failure of her date today, she would be sad, miserable, and lost; she would cry like a tearful person; she would misunderstand me even more... Sigh! What should he do? At this point, I have no other choice but to explain the situation to her after leaving the hospital. I can only apologize to her after leaving the hospital in order to gain her understanding of me …

As Zi Peng thought this, he couldn't help but shed two streams of tears. Seeing her father's tears, her daughter Yu Hua asked in concern:

"Dad, why are you crying?" Zi Peng covered up and said:

"It hurts so much that I had no choice but to cry."

On March 25, Lisa heard some news from the Taoyuan Village, saying that Wang Zipeng had been admitted into the 206 hospital for a tonsil removal operation. After she heard the news, she hurried to the hospital. Why did Lisa learn about it so quickly? It turned out that on March 24th, she had arrived at City at 9am. She thought that she would have a good talk with Zi Peng after seeing him today, so she poured out all of her bitterness to him. Who would have thought that two hours later, he would still be nowhere to be seen. And it was raining, it was cold, and the road was muddy. By eleven-thirty, she felt hopeless, and then she felt disheartened, dispirited, and listless as she walked back. When night came, she didn't sleep at all, her mind was filled with scenes of being with Zi Peng. When he woke up in the morning, his tears had soaked through the pillow. She was unwilling. She had to find out why he had missed his appointment. Even if you don't love me, it doesn't matter. As long as you tell me clearly in front of my face, I, Yu Lixia, won't shamelessly follow you. Why are you tormenting me like this? Thus, after she finished her breakfast, she went to Taoyuan Village and asked for Zi Peng's permission to meet up face to face. However, when she arrived at the village, Zi Peng was not there. She asked around and found out that Zi Peng had gone to the 206 hospital on the 21st.

It was only then that Lixia realized that she had made a mistake. She had been wrong about him, she had misunderstood him. Thus, she came to 206 hospital, disregarding everything else.

Zi Peng was lying on the sickbed. He was overjoyed to see that Lixia had come. His pained expression from before was replaced with a gratified smile. He sat up in bed and made her sit down. If it weren't for his daughter, he would have held her hand and hugged her. Thus, he restrained his impulse. Then he asked:

"Lisa, how did you know I was hospitalized here?" Lixia covered up her panic and said,

"I went to the village this morning to do something. I heard that you were hospitalized here, so I rushed here." At this moment, Zi Peng's mood was very excited as he said:

"Lixia, thank you for coming to see me. Thank you." Lisa looked at him with her big, soulful, watery eyes and said,

"second brother, what are you thanking me for?! Isn't it normal for me to come and see you? In terms of age, you are my second brother; in terms of distance, you are my closest neighbor; in terms of character, you are my most respected person. "Since I know, why haven't I come to see you?"

Just then, his daughter Yu Hua picked up an orange and handed it to Lixia and said:

"Auntie, let's eat an orange. My dad was pretty happy to see you, but he never smiled when you came to the hospital. But ever since you came, my dad has been smiling."

"Thank you, Yu Hua!" Lisa said as she took the orange.

At noon, Zi Peng brought Lixia to the hospital's cafeteria for lunch. Right now, Zi Peng could only drink water and not eat. So he sat across from her and watched her eat.

After finishing lunch, Zi Peng sent Lixia out of the hospital. He held her hand and said,

"I am sorry little sister, but on March 24th, I made you wait for an entire morning. I was going to explain this to you after I got out of the hospital, and apologize for it. Since you've come today, I hope that you can forgive me when I tell you about it. " Lisa looked at him with her beautiful bright eyes and said,

"second brother, I was very angry at the time, but after I knew you were hospitalized, I started to feel like I was wrong about you. In this period of time, second brother needs to be at ease in recuperating. We can talk after you leave the hospital. second brother, go back first. "

After Lixia finished speaking and got on the bus, Zi Peng waved to her and waited for the big guest to leave before returning to the ward.

On the seventh day after Zipeng's tonsil was extracted, he could finally eat congee, ice cream, and so on. He had finally survived this painful period. He stayed in the hospital for 15 days, healed all wounds, and returned home on April 3.

When Zi Peng returned home, he went to work the next day in the village. The village cadres were very happy to see Zi Peng at work. Chun Ming warmly held Zi Peng's hand and asked,

"When did the Secretary Wang return?"

"I was just discharged yesterday. I think since I'm better, I should come to work. The first reason is to see you all. During this period of time, I've been missing you all. The second reason is to fight alongside everyone. "Well, how can I sit at home and watch it when it's time for the Ching Ming Festival and when it's a critical fire break?"

Zi Peng's words made everyone burst out in laughter.

It was the Fourth of April, the day that no one was allowed to burn paper. The village had posted a sign and sign ten days earlier: "Tombs are prohibited during the Qing Ming Festival." However, on this day, there was someone who didn't listen to evil. At nine o'clock in the morning, a fire broke out in the northern grasslands of Taoyuan's team as they were burned by a grave. Fierce fire, thick smoke, fire by wind, wind to help fire. Not long later, they had burned nearly a hundred acres of grass …

At this point, the number of people coming to save the fire increased, no less than a thousand. They have Tonggang's, power plant's, Taoyuan Village's cadres, villagers, district, Rural Government's leaders. There was a long line of people fighting the fire. They used branches, brooms, shovels, and other tools to fight the fire.

Now, the source of the fire was just about to burn its way to the top of the mountain. If they passed the mountain top, they would endanger Taoyuan Village's thousand curtain ginseng, and at that time, their losses would be huge.

As the number of firefighters increased, they put their lives at stake and continued to fight tenaciously in the sea of fire. Finally, the fire was extinguished 20 meters away from the top of the hill, saving Taoyuan Village's Thousand Curtain Ginseng.

A rare fire was put out, burning more than 600 mu of land, and people were exhausted. Look again at the firemen: everyone's face looks as if it's made up, green and black; some pants are burned, some shoes are burned, some hair is burnt, some hands are burned.

As Wang Zipeng moved his home to Peach Blossom Team Four, his connection with Yu Lixia was also cut off. At this moment, Zi Peng's mind was filled with thoughts of Lixia, and he was in a depressed and absent-minded state of mind. So on April 11, he made a special trip to see her.

When Zi Peng went to work today, he said that he wanted to go to ginseng field to take a look. In fact, his real goal was to see Lixia. He first went to the ginseng field to check on the preparations for the ginseng curtain, then came down from the ginseng field. It was not yet ten o'clock when he arrived at her house. When she saw Zipeng, she was so happy that she quickly let him into the house. When he saw that there was no one in the room, he asked Lixia,

"little sister, where did Gui Hong go?"

"Seven teams of hawkers." "No," she said.

When Zi Peng heard this, he was overjoyed. He went up and held Lixia's hand before pulling her into his embrace. He tightly embraced her and passionately kissed her. After a kiss, he and she let each other go and looked at each other. She said:

"second brother, I have been tormented by you. Didn't I agree in the letter I wrote you last time that we would meet at City on March 24th? I waited there bitterly for you all morning. It was still raining, and it was freezing cold to the point that my body was trembling. It was eleven-thirty when I drove back. When I was walking home by myself, crying as I walked, I was crying all the way home. "

Zi Peng could see that she was very emotional, but he couldn't bear it anymore. Thus, he comforted her and said:

"little sister, I am so sorry. You said it was such a coincidence. Early illness, late illness, just in time for us to date before the illness. little sister, it's my fault for making you suffer. I've come here to pay my respects to you. " After listening to Zi Peng's words, Lixia rolled her eyes at him and said:

"second brother, if you had sent me a letter in advance, I wouldn't have suffered so much; I wouldn't have been so depressed." Zi Peng held onto Lixia's hand and caressed it, emotionally saying,

"little sister, time is tight, so I didn't have the time to inform you. Didn't you already go to the hospital to see me? " Lixia rolled her eyes at him again and said:

"second brother, before I went to see you, I had a lot of thoughts about you. Firstly, you thought that I was pestering you so you did not come to date; secondly, you did not love me anymore, so you did not come to date; thirdly, you might not want to go to work, so you did not come to date; and fourthly, you wanted to punish me by making me want to wait here so I did not come to date. As a result of these and other ideas, I went to the village the next morning, March 25, as soon as I got to work. I want to ask him in person, why is that so?

"I came to the village but you were not there. I asked about the Director of Women and she said that you had been staying in the 206 hospital since March 21. It was only then that I realized that I was wrong about the second brother; it was then that I realized that my thoughts were wrong. That's why I rushed to the hospital to see you. In the hospital, you took me to the cafeteria to eat with you … Alright, second brother, no matter what, the pain, the misunderstanding, has finally passed. At noon today, you must eat here. Gui Hong will also be bringing Xiao Wei back at noon. "

Zi Peng could only agree. He sat on the edge of the brick bed and drank water while looking at his' family '. At this moment, Lisa went to her pocket and took out a letter that she had just written, folded neatly, and handed it to him. He said:

"second brother, you are not allowed to look at it now. You can look at it after you return home."

"I'll listen to little sister. I won't watch it now, I'll watch it when I get home." He said with infinite affection. She and she embraced and kissed again. After that, Lixia went to the kitchen to cook while Zi Peng stayed in the house to read.

This year, Lisa took out the money to book her own 'family'. Last year, Zi Peng bought her a whole year's worth of 'family' at a bookstall. So, in November of last year, Lisa took the money and asked Zi Peng to order the 1989 'Family' magazine for her. Zi Peng didn't want money, so she wouldn't accept no matter what. In the end, Zi Peng agreed to her request.

Around 11 AM, Gui Hong and Xiao Wei returned to eat. He was very happy to see Zi Peng reading in his room, so he hurried in to greet him. Gui Hong said:

"The second brother is here, you have moved away, if you come again, you will be a guest."

"I came to take a look at the ginseng, to look at the state of farming, and also to visit your house. When I arrived, Lixia insisted that I eat here. "Well, I won't go." Zi Peng explained.

"second brother, since you moved away, you started to see outsiders. After that, we'll go to the sixth team and eat at our place. Don't go anywhere else. " Gui Hong sincerely said.

"How embarrassing is that?" I feel bad for always giving you trouble. " Zi Peng said.

While they were talking, Lixia put down the table and served the dishes. She had bought fish, meat, and vegetables from Peach Blossom yesterday. She guessed he would be coming in a few days. Thus, he didn't eat even after buying it and just waited for Zi Peng to come eat. As expected, he really did come today. This afternoon, there were scrambled eggs, pork meat fried garlic, stir-fried tofu bubbles, stir-fried fungus, spicy tofu, and stewed fish. There were a total of six dishes. Lixia and Zipeng drank champagne and Guihong drank white wine. Lixia raised her glass and said,

"second brother is here today as a guest, so I don't have anything good to treat you with. It's just ordinary food, please do not mind. Come, let me toast second brother. " After he finished speaking, she drank a glass of champagne. Zi Peng also drank a glass, and Gui Hong drank half a cup of white wine.

After they finished their meal, Zi Peng said goodbye to Gui Hong and Lixia and walked back. Because it was spring and the farm was busy, he didn't want to waste too much of their time. Lixia and Liuzi Peng played mahjong, and Zi Peng said:

"Come back on a rainy and cloudy day. Now is not the time to play mahjong. I will affect your work here."

So he went back to work in the afternoon. Arriving at his office, he took out the letter that Lixia had given him, spread it out on the table, and started reading it carefully.

My second brother, hello:

Do you still love me? Do you know how much I miss you? I have written to you several times because I failed to succeed in my appointment on March 24th. Every time I write to you, I can't help but tear up at the thought of everything you've done to me. Brother, do you remember? April 28th? This time, I took the initiative to go on a date with my brother. April 28th, at 9 AM, I will be waiting for you at the Tonggang Club. If you don't have time, will you let me know in advance?

Dear brother, these days, I think you seem to have lost your soul, I love you to the depths, unable to extricate myself. All day long I miss my brother; all day long I wish my brother would come to my house. I guessed that my brother would be able to come to my house for the next few days, so I went to buy some food from Tao Yuan and waited for my brother to come before eating. My good brother, it has been two years since we met. For the past two years, I have been deeply concerned with my brother; especially with my brother's sincere feelings; and especially with my brother's true love and concern for me, the little sister has never forgotten this. I think about my brother all the time...

Well, let's talk about it when we meet on April 28.

I wish second brother a smooth and happy life!

little sister

Grass of 10 April 1989

After Zi Peng finished reading the letter, waves of emotions surged in his heart. He could not find such a reasonable and loving person, such a good little sister who thought about him every second of the day, even if he were to light the lanterns, he would not be able to find such a person.

Her obsession with him, her true love for him, her deeper love for him than the Yangtze, were all firmly etched in his mind. He made up his mind: I don't care what resistance I encounter; I don't care what difficulties I encounter; I don't care what arguments and pressures I encounter. I have to love her, to care for her, to take care of her; to give her courage, to give her strength, to give her encouragement. Only by doing so would he be able to live up to her sincerity …