Two hours later.
"Huaiyuan, keep an eye on them, I'll go get two Qiangshen Jiantivan."
Looking at her two sleeping grandchildren, Qiao Jiuru quietly instructed Su Huaiyuan, then lay down on the empty hospital bed.
The next moment, she was gone.
A moment later, she reappeared on the hospital bed.
Her speed was so fast that Su Huaiyuan had only been staring at the ward door for a few minutes before the breath he had just drawn in went out.
"I'll take it first. If anything goes wrong, go call the doctor."
Qiao Jiuru sat up from the hospital bed, revealing two dark, soybean-sized pills in her palm, and tossed one into her mouth while instructing her husband.
Her movements were so quick that Su Huaiyuan didn't even have time to stop her before she had swallowed the pill.
Su Huaiyuan observed his wife's expression with extreme nervousness, looking ready to rush out to find a doctor at any moment.
Shortly after Qiao Jiuru swallowed the pill, she felt a slight warmth originating from her stomach, which then spread throughout her limbs. Her previously uncomfortable body felt completely fine after the warmth passed through.
"How is it?! Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?!"
Su Huaiyuan watched his wife for a long time without her speaking, and couldn't discern anything amiss from her expression, so he had to suppress his impatience and ask with concern.
"Huaiyuan, I feel great, very good, exceptionally good. All the previous fatigue and exhaustion seem to have disappeared, and my dizziness, headaches, and numb limbs are all gone. My body feels like it's returned to how it was more than ten years ago."
Qiao Jiuru carefully felt the changes in her body while telling him not to worry; she now felt her mental state and energy were much, much better than before.
Fortunately, this pill was fine.
Su Huaiyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, followed by joy and excitement.
If this Qiangshen Jiantivan could improve the body and help it recover better, then they wouldn't have to worry about their bodies not being able to handle it if they were truly sent down to the countryside later.
"You should take one quickly too."
Qiao Jiuru had brought out two pills, one of which was for him, and urged Su Huaiyuan to take it quickly.
Su Huaiyuan obediently swallowed the pill his wife gave him without hesitation. Not long after, just as his wife had said, he clearly felt the significant changes this pill brought to his body.
This was definitely good stuff.
"In two days, let's try taking it again."
"Okay."
"Xiao Ze and the others should wait until we've taken it one more time before we give it to them."
"I agree. Hua Zhu will be off in two days, so we need to make arrangements for her and Xiao Feng."
"I've thought about Xiao Feng's whereabouts. Tomorrow, I'll ask Zhang Hong to help send Xiao Feng to the military. As long as Xiao Feng joins the military, no one will dare to touch him. In the military, Xiao Feng will be safer."
"The military is also a good place. Xiao Feng studies medicine, so after he goes, he can inherit his uncle's legacy and apply what he's learned."
"My brother also has many connections there; they can protect Xiao Feng."
"What about Hua Zhu?! Should we send her in too?!"
"If Xiao Feng goes in, it won't be good for Hua Zhu to go in as well. I previously thought about asking Lu Dage's connections to send Hua Zhu to a Mechanical Factory elsewhere, but I worried that Hua Zhu, being young, might be tricked or reported. At that time, we'd be too far away to save her. It's better to let her go to the countryside as a Educated Youth."
"Where to?!"
"Baigou Village, Mentou Township, Hua County, Tong City, Ji Province."
"Do we have connections there?!"
"Yes, there are people. Several villages there have received favors from our Qiao family. In my dream, after you all left, only I remained, and for those decades, people from there sent people to take care of me, bringing me local specialties and grain every year. They only learned about our situation later and said that if they had known earlier, they would have found connections to have us sent down there."
Then, Qiao Jiuru quietly and carefully recounted her life for the next few decades to Su Huaiyuan. She only told her husband about her experiences before and after being sent down, without going into much detail about her specific situation living alone for decades.
After Su Huaiyuan listened carefully, he immediately understood and pondered over the arrangements.
"Tomorrow, let Zhang Dage resolve Xiao Feng's matter first. Tell Xiao Feng not to come back; he should go directly into the military, and we'll mail his belongings to him."
"Oh, and Xiao Ru, send him some of those pills too."
Qiao Jiuru naturally nodded in agreement. If it weren't for the tight schedule, with only six days left until they were sent down, she would really want to personally find her youngest son or have him come back.
But, they had too many things to do, and there probably wasn't enough time.
"We also need to send a letter to Baigou Village. The Team Leader should be named Ruan Dashan, and he's a bit older than us."
"How about, Aru, we send Hua Zhu off first? We can register her tomorrow. While these people haven't acted yet and don't have a chance to make changes, it's better to act first."
Su Huaiyuan was not a bookworm, nor was he ignorant of human affairs. Although he hadn't experienced major upheavals, he was knowledgeable, and thus thought it better to act first.
"Tomorrow won't work. If we handle Xiao Feng's matter tomorrow and then Hua Zhu's, it will attract too much attention. Moreover, we haven't discussed the matter of going to the countryside as a Educated Youth with Hua Zhu yet. It's better to ask for her opinion and thoughts first. If she doesn't want to go to the countryside, we can find connections and spend money to send her to a factory far away to work as a laborer."
"Our Hua Zhu is a good child; I think she definitely wouldn't want to leave us."
"I know. Now that we have more certainty, I'd rather keep her under my watchful eye to feel at ease."
"Alright, Aru, don't worry. With so much preparation this time, our family will definitely be fine, not like in your dream."