Traveling through time and space, wanting to lie down, but being forced to move forward

Chapter 998 The Forgotten Brothers

Soon after the ban was lifted in Linshan Town and things returned to normal, the Red Star Production Team received a postman who delivered Liu Jingxue's parcel list.

Looking at the sender's address, it was sent by my eldest brother Liu Jianguo.

Liu Jingxue suddenly remembered that she seemed to have not contacted her elder brother since the outbreak of the epidemic.

Linshan Town has been lifted from lockdown for a few days, but I haven’t thought of contacting them.

There is no contact with my second brother Liu Jianjun.

Both of them are in the army and are well-informed. I guess they must be aware of the epidemic here. I wonder how worried they are.

My uncle and aunt didn't remind me of this.

After thanking the postman and sending him off, Liu Jingxue felt distressed.

“I guess my brother and sister-in-law sent this package a long time ago, but because of the epidemic, I don’t know where it has been kept for a long time.

I hope they didn’t put anything perishable in it, or it will go bad.”

I looked at my watch and it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

"It's too late today, so let's go to town to pick up the package tomorrow afternoon and call my eldest and second brothers while we're at it.

I hope they don’t curse.”

But even if they cursed, Liu Jingxue could only bear it, because it was her own fault for forgetting about them.

I haven't contacted them for these days to let them know that I'm safe.

Liu Jingxue raised her eyebrows and said, "When the time comes, just say that the production team doesn't allow people to go out, and people in the town are not allowed to move around freely, so we didn't contact them.

Anyway, I didn’t say anything wrong, it was just a time difference.”

Liu Jingxue snapped her fingers. "Just put it this way, and they won't have an excuse to curse."

In the evening, Liu Jingxue went to the cowshed.

"Uncle, aunt, my brother sent a package and I plan to pick it up tomorrow afternoon.

By the way, give my eldest and second brothers a call. Is there anything you want me to tell them?"

When Liu Jingxue mentioned her two sons, Liu Weihua and Wang Xiulan looked at each other.

They also remembered that they had not contacted their son for almost two months.

And I don’t know if they know about the plague.

"Wei Hua, do you think they know that there is a plague here?" Wang Xiulan asked with a glimmer of hope.

However, her expectations were soon shattered by Liu Weihua.

Liu Weihua frowned and said helplessly, "Of course you know.

There is a plague in the country and troops have been sent there to provide support. Other military regions will certainly also be notified.

Tell them to be prepared and to move out immediately if an epidemic breaks out near their base."

"They knew the news, and we hadn't contacted them for nearly two months, so they must be extremely worried.

And this package, I received it not long after it was unsealed, and I don’t know when they sent it.”

Wang Xiulan glared at Liu Weihua angrily, "How can you be a father? Why didn't you remember to let them know you were safe?

If you hadn't received the parcel receipt, you would have forgotten about them."

"You didn't think of them either, so how can you blame me?" Liu Weihua said unconvinced.

At this time, Liu Jingxue, who was standing aside, shrank her neck and moved to the side, trying to reduce her presence so that the couple would not notice her and remember that there was such an unreliable person like her.

Her actions were noticed by Mr. Zou and Mr. Wu.

The two of them rolled their eyes and knew what she was running away from.

Mr. Wu cleared his throat and said to Liu Weihua and Wang Xiulan, "It's nothing, it's not too late to think about it now.

It’s only been a few days since the lockdown was lifted, and many people have gone to report safety to relatives and friends in other places. If you want to contact them, you can’t get a number.

This is just right, everyone has made their calls, and there will be fewer people at this time."

“That’s right, we have just lifted the lockdown, and we don’t know if anyone is carrying the virus yet.

It would be better to wait a few more days to make sure there are no new cases before calling." Zou also echoed.

Liu Weihua and Wang Xiulan had no way to refute what Mr. Zou and Mr. Wu said.

Liu Weihua said somewhat embarrassedly, "How could my husband and I forget about our two sons?

It's been so many days, and I haven't even thought of reporting to them that I'm safe."

“How can you be blamed for this?

Before, Xiulan was thinking about treating the patients, and you were only concerned about Xiulan, so you didn't even think about them.

I had to go back to work in the fields later and I was so tired that I had no time to think about them.

Besides, how can you tell them until the epidemic is over? It will only make them worry.”

"that is.

Now that everything is over, it’s better to contact them.

You guys better stop talking about other things and quickly tell Xiaoxue if you have anything to tell her."

Fortunately, the couple themselves had forgotten to report their safety to their two sons, so it was impossible for them to blame Liu Jingxue.

The two of them only said a few words for Liu Jingxue to convey, repeatedly emphasizing that she should tell them that the epidemic here was over and that they were all safe and sound, and didn't say anything else.

The next afternoon, after a short nap, Liu Jingxue rode her bicycle towards the town.

She hadn't been to the post office for nearly two months, but this time she went there, she still brought some things for Sister Jin.

There wasn't much, just a piece of cured wild boar meat, a cured pheasant, and a cured rabbit.

Anyway, these things are not given to Sister Jin for free, they are used for trading.

Liu Jingxue was thinking that even if her uncle and aunt might leave, she still had some time to stay in the Red Star Production Team, so she had to maintain her relationship with Sister Jin.

After all, if there is any emergency in the future, it would be difficult to trouble Secretary Yan, so I can ask Sister Jin to convey the message.

After trading the items to Sister Jin, Liu Jingxue was not in a hurry to pick up the package, but planned to wait in line and make a phone call first.

Fortunately, maybe because I had talked to Grandpa Zou and Grandpa Wu, they had already made the call a few days before the call, so there were not many people queuing up to make the call today.

Liu Jingxue first called her eldest brother and asked the soldiers to find someone to come over. After agreeing to call back later, she hung up the phone and dialed the office of Captain Zheng of her second brother's army.

What she didn't expect was that the person who answered the phone was not Captain Zheng, but someone else.

According to that person, Captain Zheng was transferred some time ago and is no longer in his original unit.

Liu Jingxue had some guesses in her mind. After all, Captain Zheng was the one who knew about the medicine. Old Zou had said before that the higher-ups would definitely transfer him away and not allow him to have any contact with the outside world to avoid leaks.

It now appears that action has been taken.

Unable to find Captain Zheng, Liu Jingxue asked that person for help and asked Liu Jianjun to answer the phone, but was told that Liu Jianjun was not there.

It is said that Liu Jianjun led a team to Beijing a few days ago to participate in a national competition.

Liu Jingxue remembered that when she asked her second brother to deliver the medicine before the New Year, those people had arranged to hold competitions in various military regions after the New Year. After selecting the winners, these people would go to Beijing to participate in the national competition.

This is naturally to select the best talents to prepare for taking the medicine.

Liu Jingxue shook her head. "It seems that I can't contact my second brother at the moment. I can only wait for him to contact me."

It was still early for the time she had agreed to meet with her eldest brother, so after paying the two phone bills, Liu Jingxue stood at the end of the line and queued up again.

She had to leave. She made two phone calls while waiting in line, and the people behind her were dissatisfied.

Although they were gossiping in a low voice, there was no way they could hide it from the sharp-eyed and sharp-eared Liu Jingxue.