Chapter 300 Nobody Wants to Treat Us
The day Huo Chenzhou's superior was demoted was quiet and peaceful; there was no one else there except Huo Chenzhou.
The family looked travel-worn and their faces were etched with the marks of time.
I heard that they were sent down to Yunnan Province to plant rubber trees.
Huo Chenzhou said, "You just need to get through this period. Things will definitely get better and better in the future."
"I didn't expect you to come and see me off. Let's talk about the future later. Anyway, life is all about dealing with things as they come."
He had a glorious past, and many people would fawn over him. Now that he's gone, the people around him have become indifferent, and only Huo Chenzhou comes to see him.
Huo Chenzhou watched their departing figures, narrowed his eyes, and ultimately said nothing.
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That day, after Shen Zhixia got off work, she was walking and chatting with Aunt Qian when she suddenly heard a scream from ahead: "Let me go!"
Chen Gang quickly grabbed her and pulled her to his side, saying, "I'll give you a hundred yuan as a bride price and marry you. Then you won't have to suffer here. Do you think you can do these rough jobs?"
The young girl was delicate and her face was a little dirty, but judging from her figure, she was from a wealthy family and had a refined air. Her hands were also very well-maintained, very white and small. She bit Chen Gang's hand, and Chen Gang felt the pain and was about to slap her.
At this moment, Aunt Qian couldn't stand it anymore. She stepped forward and slapped Chen Gang across the face: "Chen Gang, what are you doing? You're robbing innocent women here. Be careful, or I'll report you to the factory."
Aunt Qian was a big, strong woman. She did manual labor at the factory, lifting boxes of canned goods with ease. Chen Gang was still a little intimidated by her.
"What are you doing? Can't you see they're from the Lin family?" Chen Gang said, frowning.
This is the family that was sent down to the countryside. In less than a few days, they have become pale and emaciated.
Shen Zhixia saw an older woman and quickly took the little girl into her arms, then looked away.
When people are sent to these places, they usually just work all day, but after they finish their work, they probably won't even get any food.
These are unusual times, and everyone is treating those who have been sent down to the countryside very badly, showing no kindness whatsoever.
Aunt Qian, bursting with a sense of justice, said: "So what if they were sent down to the countryside? Such young girls, and you think you can ruin them? Look at you, you're so old, your head is almost bald, and you still want to marry a young girl? I think, 'Pah!'"
Chen Gang immediately broke down: "How am I old? I'm only twenty-seven!"
His hair suddenly went bald, which terrified him at the time, but he eventually accepted it. When he combed his hair, he would cover the bald spot on the left side with the slightly thicker hair on the right. He thought that this would be enough to deceive himself. Over the years, apart from that bastard Su Qiang who mocked him, no one else dared to mention his hair.
As a result, Aunt Qian brought it up again today, which really angered him.
He just looks older than he is; he's not old at all.
Aunt Qian glanced at him and said slowly, "You're not old yet? You're almost thirty."
Chen Gang was deeply hurt. He said angrily, "She was the one who came to me for help first. Shouldn't she have paid a price for it?"
The girl looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. She said softly, "My nephew is sick, and I want him to buy me some medicine."
Aunt Qian said, "Did you hear that? She just wanted you to help her buy medicine, she didn't say she wanted to marry you."
Chen Gang sneered, "In my opinion, what she meant by that was that she wanted to use her as a bargaining chip."
Aunt Qian looked at him as if he were a fool.
Chen Gang almost jumped up: "They have nothing, no money, why should I help them? The only thing she's worth is her, she has nothing else."
The little girl took off her earring and said, "I can give you this."
Chen Gang glanced at it and said disdainfully, "No."
Shen Zhixia noticed a pair of white jade earrings. They would have been quite valuable in a prosperous era, but this was a chaotic one. It was best to avoid jade and antiques, as these things could easily be labeled as bourgeois and reported. That's why Chen Gang had been so dismissive.
Chen Gang stared at the young girl in front of him with a cold look in his eyes. The Lin family members were all good-looking, and he wasn't the only one eyeing them. Many people had their eyes on them. They were good-looking and couldn't stand the hard work, so it was a good opportunity to spend some money to buy them as wives.
Lin Xiao was the prettiest among them, and he had long harbored feelings for her, but she stubbornly refused to comply. Despite her miserable circumstances, not even having enough to eat, wouldn't it be better for her to be with him? He didn't know what she was rejecting, but one day, he would make her willingly follow him.
Aunt Qian disdainfully tried to shoo him away: "You should leave now. The young lady doesn't like you. Don't stay here any longer."
Chen Gang sneered, "Hey Qian, don't forget, this is a member of the Lin family. Are you sure you want to go against me for someone like that? Besides, she's the one who asked me for help. Look around, who else is willing to help them?"
Aunt Qian said impatiently, "I don't care who they are. It's wrong of you to force the young girl here. I just can't stand people like you. It's just helping them find a doctor, right? I'll help them find one."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao's eyes lit up. She looked at Aunt Qian and said gratefully, "Thank you."
Aunt Qian glanced at the woman behind her, who was holding a two- or three-year-old child in her arms. The child's cheeks were already flushed from the fever.
A look of sympathy crossed her eyes: "Okay, I'll take him to see a doctor."
Chen Gang said angrily, "No one here will help them get medical treatment. I think you're just dreaming."
Aunt Qian didn't care about any of that. She felt sorry for the little child, so she picked him up and felt that his whole body was burning hot. She exclaimed, "Why is he so hot? How long has he had a fever? Haven't you given him any medicine?"
Lin Xiao shook her head and said, "No one is willing to treat us."
The woman behind her looked up and sighed, "We've already been to the clinic and the pharmacy, but no one is willing to treat my child."
Aunt Qian frowned deeply: "How can this be? I don't believe it. If someone is sick, they won't treat them? And this child is so young."
She was about to take her child to the health center for treatment. Shen Zhixia hesitated for a moment but still followed. Since having a child, she had become very soft-hearted towards her child, especially seeing such a young child who was so sick that even his breathing was weak.
When Aunt Qian brought her child to the health center, there really wasn't anyone willing to treat him.
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