Rebirth in the 70s: A military wife who was married into a vegetative state

Just when Yu Luyuan was about to ask a few more questions, Dr. Zhang, who was writing and drawing with his head down, suddenly stood up.

"Comrade Yu, you come with me for an in-depth check, and I'll confirm it again."

Yu Luyuan stood up and said, "Okay."

Doctor Zhang picked up the crutches leaning against the wall. These crutches had never been put to use since they came to Yu Luyuan's ward.

"You'd better hold on tighter, don't fall halfway."

Liao Mingyan took the initiative to take the crutches and walked over to support Yu Luyuan: "I will hold it for him first, and then I will use the crutches when he can't hold on any longer."

"Okay." Dr. Zhang had no objection and led the two of them out of the ward.

-

Worried about missing their meal, An Nian and Li Youmei hurried back after consulting on their admission qualifications.

At home, Yu Shengnan has prepared meals.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I've already put the food in the pot to warm." As she said that, she reached out to stop An Nian from entering the kitchen. "Sister-in-law, let's eat ourselves first before we talk. Brother, who is thick-skinned and thick-skinned, will be fine if he is hungry for a while!"

"Okay, I'll put the information away first."

An Nian hesitated for a moment and said immediately.

"Okay! Sister-in-law, hurry up. I'm going to bring the food to the table. Let's eat it while it's hot."

An Nian turned around and went back to his room, putting away the things he brought back from school.

In the morning, she and Li Youmei went to the county middle school. Not only did they get the information they wanted, but they also brought back a lot of paper and pens.

"Nian Nian, come and eat quickly."

Li Youmei packed three bowls of rice and called her in the direction of the room.

"coming."

An Nian walked over quickly, sat down, and started eating.

"How about it? I'm pretty good at cooking, right?" Yu Shengnan, who has rarely had the chance to cook since she was pregnant, proudly showed off.

"It's delicious!" An Nian took a bite of garlic-flavored cabbage. "It has a crisp texture and a good taste."

"Hahahaha, sister-in-law, you are still the best. The seasoning for this side dish is Lao Meng's unique recipe, and I also stole it from him."

Yu Shengnan smiled, gave her mother a chopstick, and started eating herself.

"Mom, you and your sister-in-law went to the county middle school and saw Principal Lin? What did he say?"

What Li Youmei mentioned before was that he was related to the county middle school. He was talking about Principal Lin of the county middle school. He turned out to be from Li Youmei's village.At first, Principal Lin was just an ordinary mathematics teacher. Later, after being introduced by Li Youmei, he met Meng Yishan.

Meng Yishan's parents had been working in the county for many years and had many friends. These relationships were naturally left to Meng Yishan after his death.

Principal Lin had a good relationship with Meng Yishan after arriving in the county, and the two families moved closer.

"He made several test papers for Nian Nian. He felt that Nian Nian's foundation was a bit weak and he was afraid that she would not be able to keep up with the progress. He said it would be best to study at home for half a year and wait until August before enrolling with the new batch of students."

"Ah..." Yu Shengnan blinked, "What are your plans, sister-in-law?"

An Nian took out a piece of paper from his pocket: "Principal Lin wrote some must-read books for me. I plan to go to the recycling bin to look for them."

"Now that the college entrance examination has resumed, it is a bit difficult to find textbooks. I still have a few textbooks from before, but they may not be complete. Sister-in-law, I will dig them out for you later."

"Okay. Thank you, little sister."

"Hey, our family doesn't speak the same language. Sister-in-law, you drink some shredded pork soup. I put some peas in it. It's quite fresh and sweet."

Yu Shengnan likes An Nian very much. An Nian is younger than her. Although she calls her sister-in-law, she actually looks after her as a younger sister in her daily life.

A bowl of soup was filled and placed in An Nian's hand.

An Nian smiled gratefully at her, stopped talking, picked it up and drank heavily.

Because she wanted to deliver food to Yu Luyuan early, An Nian ate a little faster at lunch. When she put down her bowl and chopsticks, Li Youmei and Yu Shengnan had only eaten half a bowl of rice.

"Nian Nian, are you full?"

Li Youmei asked a little anxiously.

"Mom, I'm full."

An Nian walked out of the dining room, went to the kitchen stove, opened the lid of the back pot, and took out the three aluminum lunch boxes that were hot inside.

"Nian Nian, take this bun and eat it."

Before An Nian went out, Li Youmei stuffed a big hot meat bun into her hand.

Seeing that she wanted to refuse, Li Youmei smiled and said: "Whether you are hungry or not, a bun is not enough, you can just eat it as snacks."

As she spoke, she reached out and touched An Nian's pocket.

"Why don't you pack some snacks?"

So, when An Nian walked out of the door smoothly, in addition to the lunch box bag she was carrying, she also had a large meat bun with thin skin and large fillings, and her coat pockets were also stuffed with candies.

An Nian touched his pocket with his right hand, and the smile on An Nian's face was extremely happy.

Lowering his head and taking a bite on the meat bun, An Nian's steps became brisk as he ate the steamed bun with rich sauce flavor, and he would jump up and down from time to time when no one was around.

Having lived in this era for a long time, An Nian has long forgotten that his true age is actually several hundred years old.

She truly lived like a 20-year-old. It was the first time in her previous life and this life that she was so alive.

-

An Nian was not surprised at all when she saw Liao Mingyan in Yu Luyuan's ward again.

After she returned home last night, she told Li Youmei that Liao Mingyan came to visit Yu Luyuan, and Li Youmei prepared some extra meals at noon today.

If you happen to meet Liao Mingyan, these meals are enough for two grown men.

If Yu Luyuan is the only one, An Nian can bring the rest back, and they won't be wasted anyway.

An Nian stepped into the door of the ward and shouted towards the parallel bars.

"Brother, come over and eat."

Liao Mingyan wanted to refuse, but was interrupted by An Nian: "Brother Liao, I brought you a special portion today. Mom made it specially. Come and try it together."

There was no special table for eating in the ward, so An Nian took down the horizontal board of the bed and pushed out the bedside table. The horizontal board was placed on top and turned into a suitable table.

An Nian placed the lunch box on the horizontal board, opened it, and handed chopsticks to the two of them.

Seeing that Yu Luyuan was not using a wheelchair or crutches, he walked over naturally.

An Nian's eyes widened suddenly: "Brother, are your legs getting better?"

"Ah."

Yu Luyuan had some inexplicable emotions. He was obviously exhausted at this time and his legs were so sore that he still had to show it off.

An Nian watched him spinning in circles in front of her with surprise. Although she had guessed it last night, she didn't expect that Yu Luyuan could really recover so quickly.

Then, An Nian became a little worried again.

She already knew that being too different in this world would lead to rejection.

An Nian bit her lip and asked, "Brother, what did Dr. Zhang say?"

Yu Luyuan didn't notice anything unusual about her. He sat down next to her and said with a smile.

"Dr. Zhang said it may be because I exercise all the year round and have good physical fitness, so I recover faster than normal people."

An Nian looked at his expression and saw no problem. He felt slightly relieved and the smile on his face became sweeter.

"That's good. If we recover sooner, we can return to the village sooner."

"Go back to the village? Aren't you going to study in the county middle school?"

Yu Luyuan frowned and stopped his chopsticks.

"The teachers at the county middle school thought that my basic skills were not very good and I couldn't keep up with the progress of the entrance examination. They wrote me a reading list and asked me to complete the basic skills at home first."

Liao Mingyan, who was sitting by the bed and had never had a chance to talk, came over and looked at An Nian curiously.

"Sister, are you still studying? How tall are you this year?"

In the past half month, An Nian has eaten well and slept well. While he is rich in nutrition, he has also replenished his spiritual energy.He has gained a lot of weight, and his height of 1.6 meters finally no longer looks like a paper figure that can be blown away by a gust of wind.

His age has also changed from looking fifteen or sixteen years old before to his current seventeen or eighteen years old.

The sides of the fair and tender cheeks even had a little looming baby clothes bulging out, making them look more rounded and beautiful.

An Nian looked at him and smiled: "Brother Liao, I am 20 years old this year. I have never had the opportunity to study before, and I plan to go to the first grade of junior high school."

Liao Mingyan was stunned for a moment. Isn't An Nian Yu Luyuan's sister?I have always heard that Yu Luyuan’s family’s conditions are quite good. How come they don’t have money to educate their sister?Could it be that the countryside favors boys over girls?

He had such a guess, but he definitely couldn't say it in front of Yu Luyuan, so he had to laugh.

"The first year of junior high school is pretty good. Now that the college entrance examination has resumed, many people in their 40s and [-]s have picked up textbooks again."

"Yeah." An Nian pursed her lips and smiled.

Yu Luyuan saw the two of them chatting happily, frowned without any trace, and interrupted at the right time.

"Nian Nian, will my brother accompany you to buy books this afternoon? If you want to get all the basic books, you can only go to the waste recycling station, which is the most comprehensive."

"Okay." An Nian had this plan, "Brother, can your legs bear it?"

"It's okay, I'll go with a cane. Take a rest when you're tired." Yu Luyuan looked at her with a smile, "You don't think Big Brother is a drag, do you?"

The two of them didn't spend much time together every day, and Yu Luyuan really couldn't bear to separate them like this.

Even if there is an extra light bulb between the two of them, Liao Mingyan, he still wants to stay with An Nian for a while.

"No!" An Nian replied quickly, "Brother, please help me look at the book list? Can these book lists be found in the waste recycling bin?"

Reaching out to take the list, Yu Luyuan looked down.

Liao Mingyan also came over to look at it: "Hey, why is it written in such detail? Sister, this teacher is very responsible. He even asked you to start with a first-grade elementary school book."

"Yeah." An Nian pursed her lips in embarrassment, "The teacher said that my pinyin foundation is not very good."

An Nian now has a photographic memory, but she didn't have the opportunity to study systematically before.

During the exam this morning, Principal Lin discovered that An Nian could solve difficult questions, but he would make mistakes in very basic knowledge.

The current college entrance examination actually tests more basic knowledge, and this part accounts for the largest proportion of scores. If An Nian wants to get good grades, he must start from scratch.

"It doesn't matter, big brother will teach you. Let's take our time."

Yu Luyuan carefully folded the book list and handed it back to An Nian.

"When we buy the book, we will learn it bit by bit."

"Okay." An Nian nodded vigorously, expressing his determination to learn.

Liao Mingyan saw that the two of them were a country of their own again, sighed secretly, lowered his head and ate his own meal.

In the afternoon, with Dr. Zhang's permission, Yu Luyuan got the opportunity to go out briefly.

Although he has not been back to the county for many years, compared to Liao Mingyan, a stranger, and An Nian, who has never left the village, this county, which has not changed much, is very familiar to him.

Yu Luyuan led the two of them along the county road and turned into the lane inside. At the end of the lane were two large iron gates, which were half closed at this time.

Opening the door, it's like another world inside.

A pile of things two people high occupied all the sight.

The three of them walked around and saw an old man sitting in the inner room holding a newspaper and looking at it carefully with reading glasses, and a young girl squatting next to him sorting things.

"Grandpa Zhao, how have you been in health these past few years?"

Yu Lu smiled from afar.

The old man whom he called Grandpa Zhao put down the newspaper in his hand and stared at Yu Luyuan for a while with his eyes narrowed before suddenly grinning.

"Yu boy! Hahahaha, why are you back? Didn't you go to join the army?"

"I'm coming back to visit my relatives."

Yu Luyuan didn't say anything about his injury. He stepped forward to hold the old man's hand and sat down following his strength.

"Xiaoju, hurry, hurry, bring two benches over here."

The little girl squatting next to him responded, jumped up, and took two bamboo benches from the corner.

An Nian and Liao Mingyan sat down and listened to Yu Luyuan and Old Man Zhao reminiscing about the past.

"Grandpa Zhao, have you learned how to read newspapers now? I remember that you couldn't read a single Chinese character before."

Yu Luyuan approached him jokingly and glanced at the newspaper in his hand.

In this era, most of the people who can be assigned to do waste recycling work are of good quality, and those who are illiterate are the best.

"How can I understand? I just look at the picture above."

Old Man Zhao didn't hide it at all and turned over the side he was looking at just now.

Several people easily saw the picture in the newspaper.

Today's newspapers are also quite interesting. In addition to the normal science popularization, reports, and manifestos, some also publish how to make farm tools, furniture, etc.

What Old Man Zhao looked at was the dismantling diagram of the furniture.

"In the past, if we apprentices wanted to learn the secrets of making furniture, we had to work for our master for at least three years..."

Old man Zhao was a carpenter when he was young, and the disassembly pictures in the newspapers now represent their living expenses back then.

"Socialism is better. All this knowledge can be published in newspapers, hahahaha."

Back then, craftsmen were at the lowest level, and it was not easy to have enough to eat. Who would have thought that one day these low-level things would be reported to the newspaper.

In Old Man Zhao's memory, the newspapers published content that he could not understand such as "Zhihu Zheye" and "Kong Yiji".

Yu Luyuan chatted with him for a few words and introduced An Nian and Liao Mingyan.

Old Man Zhao smiled and nodded: "Are you here to look for books too? There are a lot of people coming here looking for books during this period. Why don't you go to that pile and look through it yourself? There are books piled there."

An Nian followed his finger and looked over. There were things piled in the open air of the scrap station that could be exposed to rain. Books were piled in the shed. They were piled up in piles, and the edges could not be seen at a glance.

The underside of the shed is also designed to be elevated, so that even on rainy days, water cannot soak through.

The three people walked into the shed and found that many people were already rummaging inside, and everyone was immersed in their work.

Yu Luyuan looked at the pile of books, intending to improve his efficiency.

"Let's search separately. If you find the textbook, put it here. Finally, compare it and buy the most complete one."

This arrangement is very reasonable. An Nian and Liao Mingyan nodded in unison.

An Nian chose the stack of books on the right, found an open space, and started rummaging.

The pile of books is too high and there are a lot of them, and there is no classification at all. It’s like searching through the sand in a big wave.

Fortunately, An Nian and the three of them were very patient.

Half an hour later, An Nian had moved several meters to the right and found three textbooks on the book list.

Moving his eyes over the stack of books, An Nian saw a book in the upper right corner. Looking from below, it read "Junior High School Mathematics" on the cover.

An Nian's eyes lit up instantly, and he stepped up to pull out.

When her hand touched the book, a hand on her left also took the book.

"It's mine! I saw it first!"

Before An Nian could say anything, the other party started shouting.

And the voice was incredibly familiar.

An Nian turned around and looked over, startled by her unkempt appearance: "An Qian? Why are you here?"

The circles under An Qian's eyes were black and blue, and her long and aimless search had made her extremely nervous.

When she saw An Nian, her eyes widened in shock, and her heart suddenly thumped.

"An Nian?!"