Chapter 97: Discharge
Although Chu Yan and Chu Hong sound like siblings based on their names, it is definitely impossible for them to have a telepathic connection. However, after spending a long time together, they have developed a certain tacit understanding.
Chu Yan was also a smart man, and he immediately changed his words: "If I see children from the village playing by the river again, I will remind them to be careful."
Chu Hong was satisfied when she heard this, but she still looked serious: "Yes!"
After hearing this, the cousin next door praised Chu Yan: "This kid is not bad."
Chu Hong then added: "Although he didn't help, he was eager to save people. He has a good heart and is well-educated."
She didn't praise him from the beginning because country people are xenophobic.
If they reaffirm that Chu Yan is a good person, they will all feel that they are right and will not feel repulsive.
They were also sure that Chu Yan was going to save them, so at least the children would not reject them.
The other three children all felt that Chu Hong was right and already regarded Chu Yan as a good friend. One of them said he would take Chu Yan to play with firecrackers.
The other one suggested that they go together to catch birds and look for bird eggs.
Another one couldn't wait to roll the hoop together.
In the countryside, children have few toys, and tin frogs and rolling hoops can be considered high-end and classy toys.
Gu Ci understood Chu Hong's good intentions and felt that his girlfriend was a really good girl. She had always taken good care of Chu Chu and the others. Now that they were a couple, she must love Chu Chu and the others as well, which was why she was taking the trouble to curry Chu Yan's favor like she was doing now.
This made his heart pound, and the light in his eyes as he looked at her was brighter than ever before.
Chu Hong couldn't ignore it even if she wanted to. Young guys are just passionate.
It reminded her of the boyfriends she had dated before, which was also quite weird, but she quickly blocked out those images in her mind.
Even though Gu Ci is a good person, I still need to spend more time with him before discussing marriage.
Otherwise, after getting married, you will find out that he is lazy and likes to eat and do nothing, and you two have no common language, and he wants to eat and deprive the whole family, then won’t you still have to get divorced?
Seeing Chu Hong quickly looked away, Gu Ci thought she was shy, so he changed the subject and asked Song Youfu, "Uncle, has the work on the reservoir started?"
Song Laoer thought that Gu Zhiqing had a promising future. He was handsome and sweet-spoken, so he must be very likable.
He responded, "Yes, my eldest brother said that you are smart and can understand what the experts say. I also went to listen, but I didn't understand what they said."
Chu Hong took the opportunity to remind everyone of the importance of education: "That's why we have to go to school to study. Who told you, Second Uncle, not to like studying before?"
Then he said to the four boys, "Our village needs educated people. You must study hard. When you go to high school, you can go to work in a factory, be a driver, or be an accountant."
These are the most popular professions nowadays.
Chu Hong can't say that if she studies hard she will be able to go to university, right?
After hearing this, my uncle thought it made sense. Secretary Song was able to become a team leader and branch secretary only because he had received education.
But Song Laoer doesn't like to study. Even if Secretary Song asks him to be an accountant, he can't do the math?
In addition, Chu Hong's ex-husband went to college and would be able to eat government food in the future, so he also thought it made sense: "You all heard it, right? Go to school for me in a few days."
Families pay more attention to boys in the village and send them to study for a few years.
Otherwise, he might not be able to write his own name or do accounting in the future, which would be a disadvantage for him.
Chu Hong felt that they were lucky as they had the opportunity to take the college entrance examination.
Of course, the premise is that their grades are good enough.
When the oxcart arrived at Lingshang Village, Song Laoer stopped the oxcart by the roadside and said, "Gu Zhiqing, why don't you walk in by yourself?"
If Chu Tong hadn't divorced, he would have been able to drive the ox cart in and go to the Su family for a drink of water.
But now that Chu Tong is divorced, Song Laoer is unwilling to go to Lingshang Village again, for fear that he will see that bastard Su Hongqi and beat him up.
Gu Ci went down with his backpack and thanked them with a smile: "Thank you, second uncle. Take care."
Then he looked at Chu Hong and said, "I will go to work at the reservoir tomorrow."
Chu Hong pretended she didn't hear anything.
Uncle Song mistakenly thought that Gu Ci was talking to him, so he smiled and said, "You are a good kid, very hardworking."
Even he was lazy and didn't want to go to the reservoir to work because he thought it was too tiring.
I didn’t expect that Gu Zhiqing would rush to work right after being discharged from the hospital.
Even though he was driving the ox cart forward, he couldn't help gossiping: "Is Gu Zhiqing's family not doing well?"
"Nonsense." The cousin also followed suit and gossiped: "Look at his new cotton-padded jacket. Does he even have a watch?"
"I heard that his parents are both doctors, so the salary and benefits must be good."
"During the days he was in the hospital, he even bought us some steamed buns from outside?"
At this point, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva and successfully changed the subject: "The meat buns in the state-owned restaurant are really fragrant, with lots of meat and taste really good."
Song Lao Er was unwilling to be left behind: "This bun is made of white flour and meat, how can it not be delicious?"
I couldn't help showing off: "My niece also treated me to shredded pork noodles at noon. There was so much shredded pork, and even the noodle soup was so fragrant?"
The children were drooling as they listened to the story. Even though there was nothing to eat, it was good to just listen to it.
Chu Hong was listening to the two grown men gossiping so much that she could only pretend she didn't hear anything.
When Chu Hong returned home, she didn't see Grandpa Song, but she saw the broken rice and bran placed in the room outside her room.
There are three rooms in the house, each divided into two, forming five rooms and a kitchen.
But there are only three rooms with large wooden cabinets.
But last year, Chu Hong brought back money and tickets from Shencheng and bought a lot of rice, so much so that now the two large wooden cabinets are full of rice.
Only the big wooden cabinet in Chu Hong's room was empty.
She wanted to put all eight bags of broken rice into the big wooden cabinet, but she could only put in seven bags, so the cabinet was filled to the brim.
She thought that she would need to add two large wooden cabinets at home, otherwise so much broken rice left outside would attract rats.
When she thought of mice, she also thought of Xiao Hei, the nemesis of mice.
It snowed a few days ago, and Xiao Hei stayed at home most of the time, and was very smart to curl up by the fire.
But now the weather is clear and Xiao Hei has started to stay away from home again.
Chu Hong didn't go looking for him, for fear that Xiao Hei would pester her for fish and shrimp again.
Just kidding, she also wants to eat fish and shrimp, but there is none, so she can only rely on her imagination.
She felt that Xiao Hei was already a mature and sensible cat, and that Xiao Hei should go find delicious food by himself.
Chu Hong slept for a while, washed all her clothes, and then it was time to cook dinner.
Thinking that there was so much broken rice at home, she simply cooked the broken rice.
When washing the rice, she also found that there was a lot of rice bran floating in the broken rice, but it was just a little bit and she couldn't wash it all away after washing it several times.
Now she can comfort herself: it’s not clean, but I won’t get sick if I eat it.
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