The silly elder sister was gritting her teeth and using all her strength to carry the brick on her back. Only by completing the quota every day could she get 50 cents.

She wanted to earn more money and buy some pork for Chen Qi.

Although the pork in the commune does not require meat stamps, it still costs 1 yuan per pound. Not to mention that when school starts in September, it will cost money for the three younger brothers and sisters to go to school.

The silly elder sister is anxious.

Her parents are gone at home. Before her father passed away, he held her hand and asked her to take good care of her younger brothers and sisters. She personally agreed.

As long as she promises something, no matter how painful or difficult it is, she will definitely do it.

Chen Hua stood on it and couldn't bear it anymore. He cried and ran to the silly eldest sister, "Sister, wuwuwu, eldest sister~~~~"

Chen Qi and Chen Shu also followed behind, running towards their silly elder sister.

The silly eldest sister looked up and saw her younger brothers and sisters running to see her, with earthen pots in their hands, obviously coming to deliver food to her. This made her very happy and felt that her family cared about her, so she slowly

He put down the bricks he was carrying.

"Why are you here? It's such a hot day, go back quickly."

Chen Hua immediately hugged the silly elder sister: "Sister, I don't want you to carry bricks, let's go home, I don't eat meat, I don't want to eat meat, wuwuwu~~~"

Chen Shu also burst into tears: "Sister, I won't carry bricks anymore. I like to eat sweet potatoes. I will eat sweet potatoes every day."

The silly eldest sister hugged the heads of her younger sister and younger brother and said with a smile: "Silly, it's good for my eldest sister to be here. Isn't she just working hard? Look, my eldest sister is very strong."

Chen Qi gritted his teeth, walked to the red brick, squatted down and prepared to carry it on his back.

The silly elder sister was startled when she saw it: "Second brother, what are you doing? How can you intellectuals do this kind of rough work? I know how to carry it. Put it down, be careful not to miss it."

Chen Qi refused to admit defeat: "Sister, if you can carry it, I can carry it too. I can't let you endure the hardship alone. We are all part of the Chen family."

After saying that, Chen Qi had hung the strap made of hemp rope on his shoulders, gritted his teeth and held his breath, "Get up! Ah~~~~~"

With a loud roar, the 60 red bricks moved, but before Chen Qi could stand up, because the bricks were too heavy, he fell straight back, and his butt suddenly sat on the ground.

You can't even get rid of gravity.

The workers at the nearby brickyard laughed loudly when they saw it, "Why, the second son of the Chen family, can't even carry 60 bricks?"

The coworkers' jokes made Chen Qi's face turn red. He didn't believe it, so he squatted down for the second time, preparing to try again.

The silly elder sister on the side became even more anxious:

"Second brother, don't listen to them. You are a scholar who holds paper and pen. You can't compete with us old men. Put it down quickly. The eldest sister will carry it. You will be easily injured like this."

"Sister, it's okay. I didn't master the method just now. Now I have. Try again, one, two, three!!!"

As a result, Chen Qi not only failed to pick up the bricks, but lost control of his balance and fell backwards. The red bricks spilled out and several pieces were broken.

Both Silly Sister and Chen Shu and Chen Hua nervously helped him up: "I told you not to carry him or not. It's fine now. He's not hurt, right?"

After Chen Qi stood up, he looked back and saw the broken bricks on the ground. Not to mention the frustration in his heart, he was not even as good as a woman.

"Sister, I, I just want to help you..."

The silly eldest sister wiped the dust off Chen Qi's body and said with a smile: "Okay, eldest sister knows your kindness, now go home obediently."

Chen Hua handed over the earthen jar in his hand, "Sister, let's eat first."

"Okay, let's eat first and I'll take a rest."

The owner of the brickyard saw the four brothers and sisters of the Chen family enjoying the shade of a tree and chatting happily from a distance. He was filled with emotion and said to the people next to him:

"Did you see that the second, third, and fourth children of the Chen family are all good at reading? Even though they are in a state of decline now, they will definitely be successful in the future. When the work is over, let's pay an extra cent to the silly elder sister."

After lunch, the silly elder sister continued to work in the brickyard, and Chen Qi and the others had to return home.

Haidong Province is a national pilot, and the household responsibility system started in 1981. However, the mountainous areas are different from the plains, and the land allocated to each household is too small, which is basically only enough for food rations.

Therefore, the silly elder sister’s income from carrying bricks is currently the Chen family’s only cash income.

No matter how hot and tired she is, the silly elder sister has no choice at all. Township enterprises have not yet emerged these days, and she can't find a place to work if she wants to.

When the three brothers and sisters Chen Qi returned home, they were all in a low mood and no one felt comfortable. At this time, a man's voice suddenly came from the door:

"Is the second child of the Chen family here?"

Chen Qi looked back and saw a strange middle-aged man standing at the door, asking questions cautiously.

"I am Chen Qi, who are you, uncle?"

"Oh, I'm from Liandong Village next door. I heard that you are a technical secondary school student in the health school. Could you please help me look at my finger? I really can't bear the pain. The doctor from the commune asked me to go to Keqiao Town Health Center.

It's too far for surgery..."

When Chen Qi heard that he was here to see a doctor, he asked out of habit: "What's wrong with your finger?"

The uncle stretched out his hand and saw that the tip of his right middle finger was swollen like a small carrot.

Chen Qi understood at a glance: "Hey, uncle, you have paronychia. It has suppurated. You need a minor surgery immediately, otherwise the infection will spread easily."

Acute suppurative paronychia is often caused by Staphylococcus aureus infection, mostly caused by local injuries, such as careless ingrown toenail manicure, trauma, nail biting, periungual barbs, etc.

When the uncle heard this, he quickly laughed and said:

"A technical secondary school student is a technical secondary school student. You can tell at a glance that I have this disease. I am dissatisfied with you saying that I was in so much pain that I couldn't sleep at night. I couldn't go to the fields to work. My work at home was delayed. It was all because of my wife.

I'm alone. I heard that you are a top student in the medical school, so I just want to ask you to help me."

Technical secondary school student, it sounds like a curse now, but in 1981, it was definitely a compliment to you.

Chen Qi thought that she was idle, and she should help the villagers. In this way, when he was not at home, everyone would show her face and take care of her eldest sister and younger siblings.

In addition, he also wanted to test whether his golden finger worked.

"Okay, uncle, you sit here while I get the tools and I will help you solve this problem now."

The surgery for paronychia was very simple. In his previous life, it was a minor outpatient surgery that could be handled by the surgery department of a community hospital or a secondary hospital. However, for the mountain people in 1981, it was a huge problem.

The barefoot doctors in the village can't treat the disease, and the doctors at the commune health center can't bear it, so they can only go to the central town health center or a big hospital in the city.

But starting from the mountains, it requires walking dozens of miles of mountain roads, which takes at least 5 hours one way. Even for old farmers who are accustomed to walking on mountain roads, this is a huge test.
Chapter completed!