Chapter 32: Don’t let him search for another lifetime…
Chen Xiang stood there, and suddenly looked back at the main entrance of the steel factory.
Looking at the magnificent and gorgeous buildings, which were so out of tune with the current era of recession and scarcity, she couldn't help but smile, and sighed with a hint of self-mockery, why should she care about a stranger she didn't even know?
Even if the Guan family and Zhou Dongmeng had a friendship in the previous life, that does not represent the current situation.
Why did she have to rack her brains to figure out who he was looking for?
But Chen Xiang was in a dilemma.
She bit her lower lip, her mind moving again.
Actually...
From the brief encounter just now, I found that Guan Di is indeed a nice person. Although his face is as cold as ice, his kind nature can always be revealed from the details.
She might not be able to help with finding someone, but she would definitely pray for the Guan family.
Just consider it as repaying the kindness that Master Guan had shown her in the hospital in person in her previous life...
I hope to find someone with the strength of the Guan family.
It shouldn't be too difficult...
Chen Xiang turned around and faced south. She clasped her hands together, with her fingertips resting on her round chin. Her eyes, moist and lively like a deer's, closed slightly.
On her chubby round face, her expression was serene and pious. She said silently in her heart: "Merciful and compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South China Sea, Chen Xiang wishes that Guandi can find that person in this life."
"I hope the Bodhisattva can help Guandi more in the dark. I will do more good deeds in the future."
Don't let him search for it again...
Chen Xiang slowly opened her eyes, and saw light. The bright sun at noon was a little dazzling, but it made Chen Xiang look happy and in a good mood.
She wanted to -
No wonder we have to close our eyes when making a wish, because after making a wish and looking at the world again, we feel that the light in front of us is hope.
I hope...all your wishes will come true!
After making her wish, Chen Xiang left the steel factory pushing the tricycle with only the stove and the iron pot left. Everything was sold out.
When she reached the other side of the road, she stepped on the pedals, straddled the seat, and rode home.
The way back was much smoother.
The road was flat and straight, and Chen Xiang rode directly from the steel plant to the commune in one breath. Actually, she hadn't reached the commune yet, but she was almost there.
Chen Xiang rode a few times, passed a fork in the road, and then stopped by the roadside to take a break.
She got out of the car, picked up the kettle, opened the lid, tilted her head back and drank sip by sip.
Just as she was drinking water, a voice came from the rice field behind her: "Xiao Xiang! Xiao Xiang!"
Chen Xiang was stunned and paused in her drinking action.
It seems like someone is calling her?
Chen Xiang put down the kettle, wiped the water from the corner of her mouth, and turned her head to look behind her.
She saw a blurry figure walking towards her from a distance. He waved at her and called out a few times, "Xiao Xiang..."
“…”
Chen Xiang narrowed her eyes and tried hard to keep her sight on that figure.
Suddenly, her eyes widened in shock.
Mother-in-law?
Chen Xiang hurried down the path to the ground and walked towards Zhou's mother, responding as she walked: "Mom!"
"Why are you here—?"
In the 1980s, the north was covered with endless rice fields.
But it is still winter now, and there is nothing in the earth, only a few handfuls of straw roots remain in the ground.
After walking for a distance, Chen Xiang stopped and waited for Zhou's mother to come over.
She asked again: "Mom, are you here to pick me up?"
"Yeah, I saw you didn't come back so late, I was worried about you, and I couldn't stay at home anyway, so I came out to pick you up. I can also help you ride the bike, so you can rest."
Mother Zhou walked quickly and arrived in front of her daughter-in-law in a blink of an eye.
I don't know how long she stayed outside, but her cheeks and nose were red from the cold, and she was only wearing a pair of thin woolen gloves with loose fingers.
He also had a small bag on his shoulder.
I don't know what it is.
Zhou's mother came closer, panting, and saw her daughter-in-law reaching out to take the cloth bag on her shoulder, but she quickly dodged it.
Mother Zhou: "You don't have to carry it. I'll carry it. It's not heavy at all."
The woman pointed in the direction of the tricycle, indicating that she should turn back. As she walked, she continued what she had just said: "But I'm in a dilemma when I reach the fork in the road ahead. I don't know which road you're taking. After thinking it over, I'll just wait for you here."
Chen Xiang and Zhou's mother returned to the path side by side.
After hearing what Zhou's mother said, she was deeply moved: "Mom, you don't have to come to pick me up. It's freezing cold now. What if it freezes?"
"Besides, I'm not a child. If I get tired of riding, I'll just rest on the side of the road."
Zhou's mother smiled and said, "It's okay. I'll pick you up. You'll have someone to talk to on the way home. It'll help you relieve your boredom. And it's not in vain. Look how much rice I picked up."
As she spoke, Zhou's mother took off the small cloth bag on her shoulder and opened it to show her daughter-in-law.
Chen Xiang lowered her head and took a look.
Only then did I realize that the cloth bag was filled with rice grains that my mother-in-law had picked from the land, mixed with black mud.
She recalled the first day she married into the Zhou family.
The bowl of white rice I ate...
Was it also picked up bit by bit by my grandma in the rice fields?
Chen Xiang felt sad and distressed, and she pursed her lips subconsciously, but she quickly concealed it. The girl raised her eyes to look at Zhou's mother and smiled brightly: "You picked up so much?"
Mother Zhou tightened her grip on the bag again, her wrinkled face showing satisfaction: "Right, this will give us three bowls of rice, enough for two meals for our family."
Chen Xiang put her arm around her shoulders, leaned in and said coquettishly, "Mom, you are so awesome... I'll come with you to pick them up when we have time."
Zhou's mother was not willing to let her come: "What use are you to pick up!"
"Your fair and tender skin will be tanned by the sun, and that will be so ugly..."
Chen Xiang: "I can't get tanned by the sun."
"That won't work either."
The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law argued with each other, and after a few words, they went back to the tricycle.
Zhou's mother didn't bring any water when she went out in the morning.
After wandering around in the open air for so long, she was already thirsty. While she was looking for a water bottle in the car, she suddenly realized something.
Zhou's mother was surprised: "Where are the sweet potatoes?"
Chen Xiang bent down to find the kettle and opened it for her: "Sold."
"All sold?"
Zhou's mother was so shocked that she didn't even bother to drink water: "Two bags of sweet potatoes, how many pounds do they weigh? They're all gone in just one morning?"