"Oh my god! No way! Secretary Song has already prepared the betrothal gifts?"
"Other people's three turns and one ring are just bicycles, but the tricycle Secretary Song gave us has an extra wheel!"
"No way? Could it be that Zhang Chunxue asked Secretary Song to buy it?"
"Who knows..."
For a time, the villagers were not even motivated to go to work and kept discussing this matter.
Zhang Chunxue was tidying the yard at home. When she saw Song Xingzhi riding in on a tricycle, her eyes immediately lit up.
"Tricycle? Is this the tricycle you bought for me?"
Song Xingzhi looked at her with a smile: "Yes, although I can't find a second-hand one, I think a new one should be fine."
He got off the tricycle and patted the handlebars: "I rode here from the county. It feels good and I'm not tired."
Zhang Chunxue walked around the tricycle twice, touching it here and there, really unable to let it go: "Thank you, Xingzhi! It's so kind!"
"By the way, how much is it?"
Song Xingzhi originally wanted to say no, but then he thought that with Zhang Chunxue's personality, it would be impossible for her to accept it so directly.
He thought for a moment: "Uh... one hundred... five?"
"It's a bit expensive, but Haruyuki-nee can pay it back to me slowly... Five dollars a month is fine, I'm not in a rush anyway."
Zhang Chunxue tilted her head and looked at him. "Do I look so gullible? How can this brand new tricycle be bought for only 150 yuan?"
"A better bicycle costs more than this."
Song Xingzhi suddenly felt a little embarrassed and said in a low voice: "Actually... uh, the price of a bicycle is about the same..."
Seeing Zhang Chunxue squinting at him, he could only touch his nose and say, "It's not much different anyway... I asked someone I know to get it for me. It's cheaper than what you can buy on the market..."
Seeing that he had no intention of telling her the truth, Zhang Chunxue felt even more helpless: "What about the receipt for the tricycle?"
Song Xingzhi quickly brainstormed: "Uh, second-hand! No receipt needed!"
Zhang Chunxue was so angry that she laughed: "Who just said it was a new tricycle because you can't buy a used one?"
Song Xingzhi was speechless and couldn't help but sigh: "Sister Chunxue, please let me go!"
"I just... I just don't want to settle things so clearly with you."
His voice dropped a few notches. "And I think... we'll be family sooner or later. If I weren't afraid of you getting mad, Haruyuki-sama, I'd even say no to the money."
But they haven't become a real family yet!
Zhang Chunxue pursed her lips and stopped talking.
Their current relationship is indeed a bit subtle.
Finally, Zhang Chunxue coughed lightly and said, "I'll take the tricycle. I'll give you five dollars a month from now on."
Song Xingzhi immediately smiled: "Okay!"
Before they were together, five dollars a month was for the tricycle.
If the two of them were really together, Song Xingzhi would feel that the five dollars should be pocket money given to him by his sister Chunxue.
Song Xingzhi was still worried about the little mute, so he said goodbye to Zhang Chunxue and left.
Zhang Chunxue looked at the brand new tricycle and thought about his upcoming business journey, and was full of expectations for the future.
Towards evening, Zhou Mingli returned from get off work.
She fed Zhong Yuanyuan, asked Zhong Xiaoxiao to hold the baby and play with her, and then she went to help Zhang Chunxue and chat about some interesting things in the hospital.
Before she knew it, she was talking about the little mute who came to the hospital.
"Today, when I was cleaning the inpatient department, I saw a little boy who looked like he was about seven or eight years old being admitted to the hospital."
"He was covered in wounds. His legs were bitten by wild dogs. It felt like there was no healthy flesh left on his body."
Her face was filled with emotion. "I don't know what happened to that child in the past. He's just skin and bones. So pitiful."
She seemed to remember something and added, "And the child can't speak yet. He's a little mute."
When Zhang Chunxue heard this, his pupils shrank.
"What did you say? A little boy of seven or eight years old, and a little mute?"
She grabbed Zhou Mingli's arm and said, "His leg was bitten, right?"
Zhou Mingli didn't expect Zhang Chunxue to react so strongly. She was stunned for a moment before nodding hesitantly: "Yes, that's right..."
Before she could finish her words, Zhang Chunxue suddenly stood up and wanted to rush out immediately.
Zhou Mingli was so scared that she quickly grabbed her and said, "Mom! It's already evening, where are you going?"
Zhang Chunxue felt cold, looked at the sky outside, then looked at Zhou Mingli and Zhong Xiaoxiao who were completely confused by her action, and her originally high spirits slowly calmed down.
He took a deep breath and forced a smile: "Nothing, let's cook first!"
But she had made up her mind that after dinner, even if it had to be overnight, she would rush to the hospital to see the little mute.
That's her little mute!
But in the previous life, didn’t the little mute appear in the village a year later?
Zhang Chunxue still remembers that at that time, Zhong Xiaoxiao was beaten to death by Wang Laowu. Zhang Chunxue was in a trance because of this incident. Song Xingzhi was completely disappointed in him because of this incident and left the village and returned to Beijing.
At that time, she picked up the little mute. Seeing the injuries all over his body, she thought of Zhong Xiaoxiao who died in a similar condition. She felt pity for him and kept him and adopted him.
She still remembered the day she saw the little mute, with a large, hideous scar on his thigh beneath his tattered trousers.
He is so pitiful.
This adoption lasted for more than ten years. Later, the little mute went out to work. As a person who could not speak, read or write, one can imagine what he would encounter outside.
He could only barely support himself, but he would send part of his salary back to Zhang Chunxue every month.
In the end, the little mute was even willing to donate his kidney to Zhang Chunxue...
But in fact, Zhang Chunxue treated him just averagely before, not at all as well as her three sons. She could only give him food to eat and a bed to sleep on!
Zhang Chunxue never expected that the little mute would appear early in this life.
Could she then save him a year of suffering?
Zhang Chunxue prepared the meal absentmindedly. After eating a few bites, he immediately took a lunch box to fill it with food and prepared to ride his new tricycle to town.
Seeing that she was going out at this time, Zhong Xiaoxiao was even more surprised: "Mom, what's wrong with you? You're acting so strangely today... It's already this late, where are you going?"
Zhang Chunxue patted her head and said, "Mom has something important to do outside. You and your sister, please stay home. Got it?"
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