Before An Xiaocha finished speaking, she was slapped several times by the woman. The woman pushed her and cursed: "You haven't done anything, why did he risk giving you the real question paper? Why didn't he give it to Zhang San and not Li Si? You! You despicable little whore, you killed that damn ghost in my family!"
An Xiaocha didn't know how to defend himself and let the woman push and scold her. His face was swollen and his mouth was bleeding.
"Get out of school tomorrow, or I'll beat you every time I see you!"
"I have nowhere to go."
"Then die!"
The woman roared and spat on An Xiaocha's face. She pushed An Xiaocha to sit on the ground and kicked him several times, but she still couldn't understand her hatred.
"Remember, get out of here tomorrow, or I'll tear your face apart and let you seduce men!"
The woman left with foul words in her mouth. An Xiaocha got up crying and stumbled out of the classroom.
When she returned to the dormitory, she sobbed and packed her things. An Haitang sat on the upper bunk and looked at her. It looked like she was planning to leave.
There are feet of snow outside, and the walking tractors and liberation trucks that usually go into the city to transport goods should have stopped. How can she go back?
After all, she was a cousin. If she froze to death on the road, she would still feel uncomfortable.
But asking her to plead for mercy and let An Xiaocha continue to study would definitely not work. All she could do was to use the money given to her by Wenwu and even out 10 yuan to let her find a way to overcome this difficulty. .
"Here you go." She handed her the money.
An Xiaocha stared at her bitterly, and after a moment of hesitation, he snatched the money away.
"Why are you seeking your own death and looking at me with such resentment?" An Haitang asked.
"An Haitang, don't be proud, I will always make you cry!" An Xiaocha gritted his teeth.
An Haitang chuckled: "Go and make yourself stronger, go against the will of God and change your fate. See if you can make me cry."
An Xiaocha gave her a hard look, stuffed the money into his pocket, and climbed into bed to sleep.
At dawn, An Xiaocha got up, put her package on her back, carried her heavy suitcase, and left the dormitory in frustration.
She turned herself into a monster and tried to kill herself, and An Haitang was helpless. An Haitang calculated it for her. With the money she had, she should be able to stay in a hotel in the county town for a few days. When the snow stopped, there would be no problem in returning to the village.
If she can't go back to the Shen family, she can go back to her natal family. Her aunt still loves her very much. Her natal brother hasn't gotten married yet, and her sister-in-law doesn't reject her, so she won't be desperate after returning to the village.
After An Xiaocha was disqualified from taking the exam, the principal held a meeting in the school auditorium to warn the students to study hard and not allow such bad incidents to happen again in the future.
Yang Jianqiang was criticized in a notice and his teaching qualification was revoked. The first class was temporarily taken over by Teacher Zhu, the head teacher of the third class.
After the meeting, An Haitang caught up with the principal and asked him when he would go to the village to investigate her.
"We won't talk until the snow stops. You can go study in peace first."
"good."
The principal took a few steps forward, then suddenly covered his heart and leaned against the wall in pain.
"Principal!" An Haitang stepped forward.
The principal's face suddenly turned pale as paper, and the pain made him slowly sit on the ground.
"Acute angina!"
An Haitang grabbed his hand and placed it on his pulse. The principal's pulse was heavy and thin, his palms were cold, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Open your mouth and let me see the coating on your tongue!"
"ah--"
"It hurts or hurts?"
"Boring pain."
She had an attack of angina pectoris caused by cold stasis. She took out a silver needle from her waist, took out Tiantu, Jique, and Guanyuan, and used it to guide the tenth vertebra. After the silver needle was inserted, the principal's symptoms gradually eased.
Teachers and classmates gathered around. An Haitang called for help and quickly helped the principal indoors.
A boy ran to the dormitory to get a thick quilt and covered it with the principal.
The principal's wife hurried over and was frightened by the situation. She wanted to call for first aid. The principal waved his hand and said weakly: "It's much better. It's not a problem anymore."
An Haitang took his pulse. His pulse was now stable, and he was indeed fine. The principal's emergency was caused by the sudden cold weather and infection with wind chill.
"You go back, rest, and keep warm. I will send you Chinese medicine later."
"Can you prescribe medicine?" asked the principal's wife.
"Yes, our An family has a unique skill passed down from our ancestors. Just take two orders." An Haitang nodded while pulling out the needle for the principal.
"That's good. You're a good girl. You put what you've learned into practice. I passed the three-shot heart test on you last night." The principal looked at her approvingly.
An Haitang chuckled. These injections seemed easy in theory, but in fact they required a lot of skills. If the Tiantu acupoint was not performed skillfully, the lungs could be punctured if not careful.
An Haitang opened a list of traditional Chinese medicines, which mainly use aromatic and qi-warming drugs for treatment. They are pungent and warm to dispel cold, and are suitable for clearing the heart and yang.
She went for a walk outside the school, picked up medicine at the state-owned pharmacy, and gave it to the principal's wife when she came back.
"Add 8 jujubes, decoct in water and take once a day."
"Haitang, you went to get some medicine. How much did it cost? I'll pay you."
"The total is 1 yuan and 50 cents."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
The principal's wife counted some scraps for her and gave her two yuan for hard work. She pocketed it happily, and she and Jian Junding Youcai could add an egg each at noon today.
*
The sky finally cleared up.
An Xiaocha stayed in a small hotel for three days. When she saw that it was sunny outside, she packed up and wanted to try her luck in the county town to see if she could find a job and settle down in the county town.
After walking around for a while, I didn't want to do the heavy work, but I couldn't do the light work. There was only one private clinic that wanted to recruit a nurse, but there was no salary for the one-month internship period.
She counted the money in her pocket. If the clinic provided food and accommodation, she could still survive by just buying some daily necessities this month.
She signed up, and the landlady put her up in the attic of the clinic.
"Study hard. After the internship period, you will receive a monthly salary of 16 yuan and 50 cents. Your salary will be increased after half a year based on your performance."
The proprietress was a very quick and strong-looking woman. She even found some clothes she didn't wear and threw them to An Xiaocha.
An Xiaocha felt very uncomfortable. She was now acting like a country bumpkin, and she had to wear old clothes donated by the landlady.
"Boss, get the medicine!"
The familiar voice of Wen Wu came from outside. An Xiaocha's heart was shaken, and she hurriedly dropped the things in her hands and trotted downstairs.
"Brother Wenwu!" She ran to him, tears filling her eyes.
"An Xiaocha, why are you here?" Wen Wu looked at her in surprise.
"Brother Wenwu...I...I was fired..." An Xiaocha cried in grievance.
"Why were you fired? What did you do?" Wen Wu asked with a frown.
The landlady looked at Wen Wu, then at An Xiaocha, and said, "Who is this? He's handsome!"
An Xiaocha looked at Wen Wu with resentment and said, "He is... the most important person in my heart..."
