Reborn in 1977

Chapter 318: Is It You?

Unable to refuse the warm invitation, Jiang Tiantian had no choice but to accept the two pottery bottles.

Afterward, the two took sips from their water bottles and sat down on the pile of books to rest.

Chen Fan looked at her and smiled, "Did you come here specifically to help me move books?"

Jiang Tiantian smiled and shook her head, softly saying, "I came to return your handkerchief."

Even though she was usually very poised, she couldn't help but blush at this moment.

Because this handkerchief was used by Chen Fan to wipe away her tears when she cried yesterday, bringing it up now naturally made her feel a little embarrassed.

She was about to reach into her bag to take out the handkerchief when she suddenly remembered that her hands were covered in dust, and her face filled with embarrassment again.

The clean handkerchief was going to get dirty again?

Chen Fan looked at her and, seeing her holding up her hands, instantly guessed why she stopped.

He smiled and said, "It's okay, just put it in your bag first, we'll talk about it later."

Jiang Tiantian blushed and smiled, pretending to be calm, "Then I'll wash my hands and give it to you later."

After a pause, she turned her head to look around, then looked at Chen Fan and asked in a low voice, "Yesterday, there was a rat attack in the cotton mill dormitory area, was that you?"

Chen Fan immediately widened his eyes, "Wow, I was working at the Red Star Hospital at that time, how could it be me?!"

His eyes were wide, but his voice was very soft.

Jiang Tiantian pursed her lips and smiled, looking at him intently, and said softly, "Lili mentioned in her letter that you raise a lot of animals, and the animals all listen to you very well."

Chen Fan still firmly denied it, "No, I just raised two horses, two sheep, two dogs, and a bird.

Besides, Lili and the others are helping to raise the two pigs and a flock of chickens, I haven't even managed them.

And I hate rats the most, I would never raise them."

Jiang Tiantian smiled and said, "And a lot of rabbits and a snake."

Chen Fan's face fell, did she have to write it so clearly?

Jiang Tiantian smiled, but didn't continue to talk about this topic.

Because from Chen Fan's expression, she had already gotten the answer.

Although she didn't understand how he did it, there were countless strange people and things in the world, and driving animals was not too outrageous.

She took a deep breath, then happily said, "Yesterday afternoon, Sister Liu went to Old Li's house, and suddenly dozens of rats jumped out, scratching and biting them all over.

I heard there were dozens of wounds.

If there were only a few wounds, they could just go to our factory's clinic to apply some iodine and anti-inflammatory medicine, but there were too many wounds, and the clinic refused to accept them, telling them to go to the Red Star Hospital for treatment.

Unexpectedly, the Red Star Hospital has strict management regulations, and seeing that they were scratched and bitten by rats so severely, they immediately activated the infectious disease prevention procedure."

Chen Fan pursed his lips and nodded with emotion, "I didn't expect that either!"

Then he coughed and looked at her, asking, "What happened to them later?"

Jiang Tiantian suddenly couldn't help but laugh, "Hehe, you just said you worked at the Red Star Hospital, so you must have seen them, right?"

Chen Fan coughed again, "As a doctor, I must strictly abide by the health and epidemic prevention regulations, so I evacuated as soon as possible, I don't know what happened later."

Jiang Tiantian looked at him intently and smiled, "Later, a lot of things happened.

In addition to the two of them, the people who sent them to the hospital were also quarantined by the hospital.

In addition, people from the health and epidemic prevention station went to the dormitory area to disinfect, and they also went to that room to check the cause.

In the end, the cause was not found, but when they checked the room, they found several pieces of precision parts that had been stolen from the cotton mill some time ago in Old Li's room.

Those parts were all steel and very valuable, and they had all been reported stolen, so the police went to the hospital to ask questions that day.

Old Li confessed without hesitation, admitting that he stole them to sell for money.

Moreover, at that time, he had a high fever and was somewhat delirious, and he answered almost anything he was asked.

Under the police's questioning, he confessed to the crime of accidentally killing his wife because she discovered his stealing and then argued with him."

Speaking of this, Jiang Tiantian slowly exhaled a long breath, looking ahead with unfocused eyes, and murmured, "This morning, news came from the hospital that no plague virus has been found for the time being.

After that person is cured, he will be handed over to the district public security bureau.

Theft plus manslaughter, even if his father is the deputy director of the cotton mill, he won't be able to get out for several years."

Chen Fan was a little confused listening to this.

Good heavens, he really only released the rats, he didn't do anything else, how could it involve so many things?

After a pause of two seconds, he asked curiously, "Since his father is the deputy director, why would he do such a thing?"

Jiang Tiantian sneered coldly and said, "His father wasn't the deputy director before, he was just a small team leader on a production line.

He only rose to that position later.

This person himself didn't have a good upbringing.

He always liked to steal chickens and dogs since he was a child, and he was simply hated by everyone in the cotton mill.

If it weren't for his father, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to find a wife.

Later, he got married, and I don't know if he was annoyed by the preaching himself, or was driven out by his father, so he moved to the old house in the staff dormitory area.

He spends money lavishly on weekdays, and everyone thought it was his father's money, but unexpectedly, a dog can't change its habit of eating shit."

Hearing this, Chen Fan suddenly understood.

There are always people like this, and they are almost everywhere, so there is nothing strange about it.

It's just that he's unlucky, and he just happened to run into the muzzle of a gun.

After saying this, Jiang Tiantian turned to look at Chen Fan and pursed her lips, saying, "Thank you!"

Chen Fan chuckled dryly twice, without speaking.

Jiang Tiantian didn't care whether he spoke or not, turned to look at the piles of books, and frowned slightly, "How are we going to move so many books away?"

Chen Fan stood up and stretched, smiling, "Of course, we'll use a car to haul them away."

As the rising star of the health department, he even had a dedicated tricycle assigned to him, couldn't he borrow a car?!

As he spoke, he walked outside, and Jiang Tiantian quickly picked up her bag and followed behind.

When they arrived at the factory gate, Old Yang immediately walked towards him, "Comrade Chen, how is it, have you chosen yet?"

Chen Fan smiled and said, "Master Yang, you've been waiting for a long time, I've chosen them all, they're piled up over there."

Old Yang nodded, "Okay, I'll go take a look."

After a while, he returned to the corner, and Old Yang looked at the neatly stacked three piles of books, silently calculating in his heart.

Then he coughed and said, "These books have good and bad ones, and many of them are about to rot, so it's hard for me to offer a price."

Chen Fan quickly said, "It's okay, it's okay, since I chose them, then definitely go according to the price of old books."

Old Yang muttered in his heart, 1 cent per catty, that's not the price of old books!

He coughed softly and said, "Like this, I'll have someone pack these books into boxes for you first, and then we'll weigh them to see how heavy they are."

Chen Fan nodded immediately, "No problem."

There are almost 2,000 books here, and textbooks for various majors in vocational schools and universities account for a small half, including elementary and middle school textbooks, which is about half, that is, about 1,000 books.

The remaining half are various professional materials and various "miscellaneous books" such as literature, philosophy, history, geography, art, and fairy tales.

Dragging so many books back can really build a small library.

Here, Old Yang arranged for people to pack and weigh the boxes, and then pulled Chen Fan aside, whispering, "Comrade Chen, I see that you really love books.

There is another batch of books in the warehouse, do you want them?"

Chen Fan was stunned, "Where are they?"

Old Yang beckoned to him, "Come with me."

Then he led him inside.

Jiang Tiantian stood aside, thought for a while, and stood still.

Chen Fan followed Old Yang into a small windowless room at the very end of the warehouse.

Only when Old Yang turned on the light could he see the environment inside clearly.

The area was about thirty square meters, and there were some sundries piled up inside.

Old Yang walked directly to the innermost part, moved away a few chairs, and at the very bottom were four large wooden boxes.

The boxes were not locked, and Old Yang directly opened the lids, and inside were actually books.

Chen Fan immediately took two steps forward and looked at the books in the box, and his eyes suddenly froze.

Two of the boxes were thread-bound ancient books.

Relying on the little skills he learned from Fourth Master Lu, he could tell at a glance that the top few books should be Ming Dynasty prints.

These are good things!

Looking at the other two boxes, they were all foreign books?

At this time, Old Yang walked to his side and said softly, "These books were rescued little by little from countless piles of waste paper by my old leader back then.

He himself doesn't recognize many characters, but he admires scholars very much.

After saving these books, he has been hiding them here, saying that one day when the wind passes and he meets someone who really likes books, he will either sell them or give them away."

Chen Fan blinked and asked, "During the time of breaking the old customs?"

Old Yang nodded, "Yes, it was at that time."

Speaking of which, he sighed, "If you break the old customs, just break them, why smash the good things?

Alas, forget it, we don't understand much, anyway, doing a little is doing a little."

Chen Fan pursed his lips and said to him, "Master Yang, since you brought me in, are you planning to let me take over these books?"

Old Yang hummed, bent down and picked up a book, flipping through it casually, "Look, the riverside is humid, even if there are boxes to put them in, many have been damaged over the years.

If they continue to be left here, I'm afraid they will all be damaged soon."

He raised his head and looked at Chen Fan, smiling, "Over the years, there have been people who come here to pick up books, and there are many of them, but they all only pick up a few useful ones, and don't want the others.

It's rare that you came and picked thousands of books, I guess you're going to take them back to start a library, right?"

Chen Fan laughed, "Almost."

"That's it."

Old Yang smiled and said, "I see that you are also a person who loves books, and we can be considered to be on the same wavelength.

I was thinking of giving you all these books."

After a pause, he added, "Of course, it depends on whether you want them or not."

Chen Fan laughed, "Yes, of course I want them!"

But in his heart, he was thinking that it was a good thing he gave a pack of Yulan filter cigarettes, otherwise he wouldn't have had the chance to get these books.