Chapter 21 How Lucky He Is
In Qin Zhang's heart, he had long regarded Qi Xinyan as his wife.
Lu Mingze didn't prepare to answer, but Qin Zhang was very persistent: "Tell me, do you like me?"
He laughed at himself and asked, "Qin Zhang, who are you calling your wife?"
"You!" Qin Zhang tried to open his eyes but to no avail: "You are my wife."
"Tell me now, you like me!"
Qin Zhang suddenly grabbed Lu Mingze's arm and said stubbornly.
Lu Mingze felt a little powerless, but he didn't want to argue with a drunkard, so he nodded perfunctorily: "Yeah, I like it!"
Qi Xinyan also likes Qin Zhang, otherwise she wouldn't always go to see Qin Zhang under the pretext of seeing Qi Xinyu.
"Then you are not allowed to like anyone else!" Qin Zhang was obviously satisfied with his answer, so he let go of his hand and lay back on the bed.
Just as Lu Mingze breathed a sigh of relief, Qin Zhang suddenly propped himself up, held his face and pecked him on the lips, then closed his eyes and fell asleep in satisfaction.
Lu Mingze stood there in a daze for a long time, with the taste of Erguotou on his lips.
A little spicy.
He didn't know how Qin Zhang mistook him for Qi Xinyan.
Obviously one of them is a man and the other is a woman.
And they don't look alike.
No matter how uncomfortable he felt, Lu Mingze still turned Qin Zhang over and turned his face to the edge of the bed to prevent him from choking on his vomit.
After doing all this, Lu Mingze sat at the door.
Aunt Li came over to bring some hangover soup. When she heard that Qin Zhang had fallen asleep, she smiled and said, "Mingze, judging from the way Xiao Qin looks, he must really like his girlfriend."
"Next time he sends you back, ask him to bring his partner over to play as well."
Lu Mingze forced an ugly smile: "Okay, I'll tell him when he wakes up."
He placed the hangover soup on the table in the room and wrote a note next to it, reminding Qin Zhang to drink it when he woke up.
Then he left the door ajar and went out.
Now is the peanut harvest season, and he went to the threshing ground to help watch over the peanuts.
The villagers are very united and still maintain the tradition of drying things together as before.
When he arrived, Lu Mingze saw the village party secretary taking a nap in the shade of the threshing ground.
The village party secretary is the previous team leader. After the secretary retires, the team leader takes over the position.
"Uncle!" Lu Mingze walked over and called softly.
The village party secretary opened his eyes and saw that it was him. He snorted in response: "Find a seat for yourself."
Lu Mingze sat down on the small stool next to him: "Uncle, I want to discuss something with you."
"I want to quit my job at the cannery and go to the South to develop my career."
The village party secretary paused as he fanned himself: "Why so sudden?"
"Are you unhappy at the factory?"
Lu Mingze shook his head: "No, I just want to find a more promising place to develop."
"It's a small place, after all, and it's backward. There are more opportunities in the south."
"There are many opportunities in the south," the village party secretary said slowly, "but you are unfamiliar with the place and you can't speak the language. Can you feel as relaxed there as you are here?"
Indeed, going to the South might also be a big challenge.
Many things have to start over again.
But Lu Mingze didn't want to get entangled with Qin Zhang anymore.
The longer he delayed, the harder it would be for him to escape.
"What happened?" The village party secretary saw his dilemma at a glance.
"I see your leader treats you very well. If you go to the south and others see you as an outsider and bully you, you will have no one to protect you."
Lu Mingze smiled and said, "I don't want to stay in my comfort zone."
"I want to go out and try my luck."
"It's normal for young people to have such thoughts." The village party secretary smiled and said, "I had the same thought when I was young."
"At that time, we were building a railway, and we didn't have cars, so we had to walk."
"Eat some dry food on the way, or borrow some fire from the residents along the way."
"I'll sleep at someone else's house at night."
“It’s different now.”
The village party secretary's eyes were filled with nostalgia: "The railway has developed a lot. We can go to the south by just taking a train."
He turned to look at Lu Mingze: "You grew up eating at many different houses."
"The villagers never thought of you being successful."
"Just hope you can support yourself."
"Since you have thought it through, why not go out and try your luck?"
Lu Mingze never thought that he could convince the village party secretary so easily.
As long as my uncle agrees, no one else will have any objection.
"However, uncle has a few points to remind you."
The village party secretary's turbid eyes became sharp.
“First, figure out where you’re going.”
"Others were unfamiliar with the place and were deceived."
Lu Mingze nodded, and he continued: "Second..."
"Don't use the villagers as an excuse."
"We are not the reason for you to leave."
Lu Mingze's heart skipped a beat.
Thinking that my uncle knew something, my hands unconsciously clutched my clothes tightly.
"You have given a lot to the village during these years of working."
"We just gave you a bite to eat, and you worked overtime day and night just to make life better for the villagers."
“We have seen all of this.”
"You don't owe us anything, so don't take money from the village anymore. Keep what you earn."
"I don't know why you want to leave suddenly."
"But I know you must have encountered something. If you don't want to talk about it, I won't force you."
"It's good to go outside for a walk."
Lu Mingze felt tears welling up in his eyes.
How lucky he is.
Even if parents passed away early, there are no relatives left at home.
But he met only good people in his life.
"Okay!" he nodded.
"Turn over those peanuts, and then you can go back." The village party secretary waved his hand and covered his face with a palm-leaf fan: "Isn't your leader still at your house? He is a guest, don't leave him alone at home."
"When you're leaving, tell me hello and I'll tell them."
Lu Mingze stood up, bowed to the village party secretary, and turned around to turn over the peanuts.
After not doing farm work for a long time, the sun gradually set, and Lu Mingze finally turned over all the peanuts and went home.
When he was almost home, Lu Mingze ran into the village rogue.
He wanted to dodge, but the other party came over with a smile.
"Hey, Mingze, you are dressed like an ordinary person, just like the people in the city."
Lu Mingze had no feelings towards this person and even hated him.
When he was a child, he was tricked into going home by this scoundrel, who made him take off his pants and used his mouth to...
He sensed something was wrong and tried to run, but was nearly succeeded by the scoundrel.
Fortunately, the captain at that time heard his cry and rescued him in time.
Considering that this kind of thing is not good for a child, the captain suppressed the matter.
At that time, I just scolded the rogue a few words and warned him not to make trouble again.
After that, Lu Mingze kept avoiding the other person.
Fortunately, after that incident, the scoundrel only said a few words to him when he met him, and did not do anything else out of line.
But Lu Mingze will always remember what the other person said: "Your father is not dead, but he ran away with another man, you know?"
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