Lan Chen took Zhao Wenfang to the county hospital, while the other educated youths went to rent flatbed carts. The village carpenter was a kind man, and seeing that they had ordered quite a few boxes and wardrobes, he took the initiative to help them deliver the grains to Liu Tiezhu's house.
After Yuan Chun and the other educated youths left, she shouldered her back basket again, heading up the mountain to gather herbs.
In the evening, returning from the mountain, she heard the village women discussing that Zhao Wenfang and Lan Chen had returned from the county, and Zhao Wenfang had cried all the way back.
Yuan Chun saw Zhao Wenfang again three days later.
Zhao Wenfang was weeding and hit her own foot with a hoe, causing heavy bleeding. Wang Zhiqing took her to the clinic, and she cried like a tearful child, insisting on going home.
