1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Chapter 345 Jia Zhang knows that Jia Dongxu has passed away

Qin Huairu sat down obediently and finished her lunch under Yi Zhonghai's scorching gaze.

At the same time, in the corner of the cafeteria, Li Dahu noticed the unusual behavior of Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai.

He keenly noticed that Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai did not seem to have a simple master-disciple relationship.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Li Dahu couldn't help but squint his eyes in the direction of Qin Huairu, as if the Qin Huairu in front of him was someone he had never met before.

How could she become like this today!

Li Dahu didn't even realize that his hand, which was holding the chopsticks, had tightened a little.

For the first time, there was disgust in his eyes when he looked at Qin Huairu!

After work in the afternoon, Yi Zhonghai became more considerate to Qin Huairu. The bright smile on his face showed that Yi Zhonghai was in a really good mood.

However, the better Yi Zhonghai's mood was, the more uneasy Qin Huairu felt.

"Huai Ru, there's no rush to learn these. Sit down and rest for a while..."

Now, Yi Zhonghai is only thinking about the child in Qin Huairu's belly.

This is his first child, so there must not be any accidents.

Qin Huairu glanced at Yi Zhonghai, hiding her inner uneasiness, nodded obediently, and sat down beside him to rest.

Yi Zhonghai picked up the workpiece on the ground and happily started operating the machine.

During this period, there was always a smile on the corner of his mouth that was difficult to conceal, and when he looked back, he would look at Qin Huairu affectionately.

Their eyes met, and Yi Zhonghai's eyes were filled with deep love.

Qin Huairu hurriedly avoided Yi Zhonghai's gaze and turned to look at the other side of the workshop like a shy girl.

In the workshop, the roar of machines is deafening.

Qin Huairu was already feeling uneasy, and at this moment the feeling of uneasiness became even stronger.

At the same time, Jia Zhang, who was far away on a farm in the northwest, was deeply trapped in his own suffering.

The howling wind swept across this barren land, blowing up yellow sand all over the sky.

Jia Zhang's thin figure seemed particularly small in the wind and sand, and her face was engraved with the vicissitudes of life and the hardships of life.

Her once plump figure has long disappeared.

At night, Jia Zhang lay on the cold, hard kang, covered with a thin quilt, but she couldn't get warm.

She looked at the faint moonlight coming through the small window and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

Recently, she has been haunted by nightmares. In her dreams, Jia Dongxu's figure is looming, and his eyes are full of resentment and reluctance, as if he has something to say to her.

Every time she woke up from a dream, Jia Zhang would break out in a cold sweat, and her heart was shrouded in a deep sense of uneasiness.

Under the dual torture of heavy labor and harsh environment, Jia Zhang was on the verge of physical and mental collapse.

She really couldn't stand this kind of miserable life that seemed to have no end, so an idea came to her mind - she wanted to go back.

She thought that if she became seriously ill, she would attract the attention of the farm manager, and then maybe she would find a chance to go home.

That day, the sun had just risen and everyone at the farm had gathered, but there was no sign of Jia Zhang.

At this moment, Jia Zhang was holding her stomach, curled up in the corner of the kang, humming constantly.

The farm manager rushed over after receiving the news, and frowned slightly when he saw Jia Zhang's painful expression.

He had been on the farm for so long and had seen too many people sent to labor camps. In order to avoid working, they would do all kinds of weird things.

So when he saw Jia Zhang, who was holding her stomach and seemed to be in great pain but looked very relaxed, he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.

He asked someone to invite the farm doctor to come and treat her.

The doctor gently pressed Jia Zhang's abdomen and asked, "Does it hurt here?"

Jia Zhang pretended to be in great pain and shouted loudly: "It hurts so much, it hurts so much, I must be seriously ill, you have to send me to the city to see a doctor!"

At this time, the doctor stood up calmly, looked at Jia Zhang coldly, and said: "Jia Zhang, stop pretending here. You are not sick at all! You perform this kind of performance every now and then. You just can't stand the hardship here and want to find an excuse to avoid labor. I have seen this kind of trick many times."

Then, the doctor looked at the person in charge and said, "Meng, she is not sick at all. If there is nothing else, I will go back first. I am so busy!"

"I'm sorry, Doctor Li, I didn't know she was pretending, I'm so sorry..."

"Humph! Forget it, I won't bother with you!"

After saying this, Dr. Li walked away without looking back.

Jia Zhang's thoughts were exposed and her face turned pale instantly.

The person in charge looked at Jia Zhang, who had lost weight, sighed helplessly, and said, "Jia Zhang, you'd better be honest, work hard, and strive to complete your reform as soon as possible. If you continue to be stubborn, your sentence will most likely be extended." After that, he turned and left.

Jia Zhang looked at the person in charge's departing back, her eyes full of despair.

"Woo woo...I want to go home, I want to go home..."

In the following days, Jia Zhang became taciturn, sickly and listless.

She mechanically repeated the heavy labor every day, which made her physically and mentally exhausted and she felt like a walking corpse all day long.

The person in charge no longer had any temper towards Jia Zhang. Seeing that Jia Zhang's condition was getting worse day by day, the person in charge took the initiative to talk to her.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you have been performing very poorly recently. Your daily workload is not up to standard. If you continue like this, I'm afraid you will never be able to leave here..."

Jia Zhang slowly raised her head and tears fell down.

"Leader, I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong..."

"I just miss home and want to talk to my family. Please be kind and let me call home."

"Please, Boss, I just need to make a phone call..."

"I promise, as long as you let me make this call, I will work hard and never slack off again!"

The person in charge felt a little sorry for her pitiful appearance.

After some thought, he finally nodded and agreed to Jia Zhang's request.

When Jia Zhang saw that the farm leader agreed, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

With excitement, she followed the person in charge to the farm office.

With trembling hands she picked up the receiver and dialed the number of the steel mill.

There was a series of beeps from the other end of the phone, and each beep seemed to hit Jia Zhang's heart.

She held the receiver tightly, held her breath, and waited for the familiar voice to sound.

"Hello, this is the steel mill office. Who are you looking for?"

"I, I'm looking for Jia Dongxu! Please let Jia Dongxu answer the phone!"

"What? You want to find Jia Dongxu!"

"Yes, I'm looking for Jia Dongxu. I'm his mother, Jia Zhang. Please help me call him."

Then, the person on the other end of the phone was silent for two seconds, and then came a sentence that Jia Zhang would never be able to accept in her life.

"Well, maybe you don't know, Jia Dongxu has been dead for more than a month..."

This news was like a bolt from the blue, and instantly devastated Jia Zhang.

Her hand loosened and the receiver fell to the ground with a clang.

Her body swayed a few times and she almost fell.

Upon seeing this, the person in charge rushed forward to support her.

Jia Zhang's lips trembled and tears welled up in her eyes. She could not believe that her son had left this world.

After a while, Jia Zhang burst into heart-wrenching tears.

"Woo woo, Dongxu..."