Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 402 - 401: Everywhere I Look, There Are Acquaintances

Chapter 402: Chapter 401: Everywhere I Look, There Are Acquaintances

"Uncle Team Leader, look at you, always so irritable, that’s not good. Getting angry is harmful to your health..."

"You wanted to see the parcel, you should have just said so. How was I supposed to know if you didn’t tell me? I can’t read minds, can I? Look at you, getting all worked up again, try to control your emotions... Uncle Team Leader, don’t scuffle around, that posture makes me think you want to kick me..."

Li Dahe: "You’re not mistaken, I really do want to kick you."

Lin Nianhe blinked her eyes and shut her mouth.

She was careless and forgot that Uncle Team Leader recently was not to be trifled with.

She obediently opened the parcel, and sure enough, there were two letters inside.

One letter was addressed to Sun Yafei, and the other was unsigned.

She put Sun Yafei’s letter on the kang table and pushed it towards Li Dahe, holding the other letter in her hand and said, "This one’s from another friend of mine, I won’t show you this one."

Li Dahe wiped his hands on his clothes and picked up the envelope.

He carefully tore open the envelope and held the letter at a distance, squinting his eyes as he quietly read:

"Nianhe, reading this letter as if meeting in person, unfolding the letter brings a smile."

"I’ve been in the Great Northern Wilderness for over a month now. The work here is hard, but the comrades are all united and friendly. I’m well taken care of by everyone here. Big Sister is my squad leader, usually... Ah, ’Big Sister’ who is that?"

Li Dahe looked up and asked Lin Nianhe.

"It’s my other friend," Lin Nianhe lifted the letter in her hand, "Just don’t ask anymore, and definitely don’t talk about it outside; pretend you didn’t see this line."

Li Dahe paused for a moment, his eyebrows furrowed as he asked in a low voice, "Is it related to someone here... related to Xiao Sie?"

Having handled the village’s various affairs for many years, Li Dahe had developed a keen insight. From Lin Nianhe’s expression, he knew this person must have a connection with someone close to her... It was related to her, yet she didn’t want to talk about it; he could think of no one unusual other than Sie Yufei, whom he knew once was desperately in love.

Lin Nianhe lifted her gaze from the letter, nodded at Li Dahe, and replied, "It’s his love."

"Sss..."

Li Dahe gasped in shock.

He remembered Sie Yufei’s desperate intensity well and quickly said, "Then you can’t let him find out. Burn that letter once you’re done reading it!"

"Yeah, I know." Lin Nianhe nodded, "You have to help me keep this a secret."

"No mentioning it once you leave this room."

The two were on the same page and Li Dahe lowered his head to continue reading the letter:

"...Please convey to all the uncles and aunties that I am well and they shouldn’t worry about me."

"The Great Northern Wilderness has had several days of snow, snow past my knees—something I’ve never seen before. The comrades made a snowman to stand guard... Ha ha ha, these little bastards sure know how to have fun."

"I received my salary and bought some canned goods for the villagers; it’s not much, but I hope the elders won’t mind... This little rabbit, having some money and spending it recklessly, we’ve had a great harvest, no need for her to worry. Miss Lin, when you write back, you must mention this to her! A young girl should save some money, right? Yes, she is currently provided for by the battalion, but what about later? Can she stay in the battalion forever?"

"Alright, alright, I’ll make sure to convey the battalion commander’s earnest teachings properly, I’ll even write it in your tone."

"Many comrades in the battalion are suffering from night-blindness, Big Sister and I haven’t gotten it; in the evenings..."

"Uncle Team Leader, what is night blindness?"

Lin Nianhe spoke up when she heard this.

Li Dahe furrowed his brows and explained, "It’s an eye condition that renders one unable to see anything at night. It used to be common here in the past. The Doctor said it’s because of not eating enough vegetables."

"Night blindness?" Lin Nianhe frowned.

"Yes, that’s another name for it, but around here we call it night blindness," Li Dahe shook the letter and said, "This illness isn’t severe but isn’t minor either. It usually gets better by spring."

Lin Nianhe vaguely remembered that night blindness was mostly caused by a lack of vitamins. In the Northeast, only one crop is grown per year, and vegetables are scarce in winter. The production team still had their own plots for growing vegetables, and they could forage wild herbs and mushrooms. However, the main task in the battalion was to grow wheat and soybeans, and the food from the communal pot was pitifully low in vegetables.

The so-called "gets better by spring" likely meant that spring allowed for foraging wild herbs, replenishing vitamins, and thus gradually easing the condition.

She spoke softly, "Everyone’s getting it, Yafei will probably be next... If only I could get some vitamin tablets for them."

She did have vitamins, dozens of boxes labeled ABCD, but there was no legitimate way to distribute them. Occasionally she could justify bringing out a bottle or two, but more would be too risky.

"Where could you get so many pills? Do you have relatives in the hospital?" Li Dahe casually said, "Providing pills for an entire battalion? Our little health clinic can’t handle that, only hospitals from the provincial city could get that many drugs."

"You say that, but I don’t have relatives in the hospital, I don’t even know anyone... Oh wait, actually, I do know someone!" Lin Nianhe suddenly remembered someone, her eyes lighting up.

Li Dahe didn’t believe her and replied indifferently, "Right, as if the whole world knows you."

Lin Nianhe straightened her back, and earnestly stated, "We are all comrades born under the Red Flag and grown up in the spring breeze; wherever we look, there are friends and family! All within the four seas are brothers, aren’t they?"

Li Dahe: "..."

"Just keep reading the letter, uncle. The canned goods in the package are from the villagers, and the bag of sugar is mine. Just set it aside for me." Lin Nianhe hurriedly packed up the letter and put on her army coat, ready to leave.

"Hey, where are you going?" Li Dahe stood up and followed.

"To ask around for my acquaintance’s phone number!"

Lin Nianhe said as she already ran out.

Along with the sound of a bicycle, she added, "When you leave, could you close the door for me?"

Li Dahe stood by the door, watching her leave, completely baffled, "Why do you need to ask others for your acquaintance’s phone number?"

Indeed, she had to ask someone else because she and her acquaintance only exchanged a few letters and had never exchanged phone numbers.

"My sister?" Zhou Xu looked puzzled at Lin Nianhe, "Sister Lin, you need something from my sister?"

Lin Nianhe’s hospital acquaintance was none other than Zhou Fenyang, who had been sent to the provincial city for study due to a commendation letter from her.

"Yes, buying medicine," Lin Nianhe nodded, "A girl from our brigade joined the battalion, and wrote back saying many comrades there have night blindness. I’m hoping she can help me buy some vitamins. It’s quite urgent, otherwise, I would have written to her."

In the future, some would hug their entire class to embrace their beloved; she now was looking to send medicine to two people, ending up sending it to everyone.

Lin Nianhe had no financial burdens; she still had the deposit left to her by Zhang Changjiang before his death, which she hadn’t decided how to use. Bai Bo had already taken on the task of building the school, and for a moment, there really wasn’t any pressing project.

Using this money to buy medicine for the comrades in the battalion also counted as a good deed.

Suddenly Lin Nianhe felt like a chivalrous hero robbing the rich to aid the poor.

She even somewhat anticipated someone wealthy telling her, "Harmony brings wealth"!