"Sister-in-law, how is A-Ling?"
Zhou Qingshan's wife, Huang Erniu, Chen Suwen's sister-in-law, came to visit Zhou Ling with a dozen or so eggs.
"You know, this whole mess has really put Ah Ling through a lot." Huang Erniu looked at Zhou Ling, who was still lying on the bed, and handed the eggs to Chen Suwen.
"But thanks to Ah Ling, otherwise Jinbao would have been taken away by human traffickers without anyone noticing."
"A-Ling, take good care of yourself. You can't get sick or develop any health problems," Huang Erniu said to Zhou Ling as she sat by the bed.
“If we women develop any health problems, we'll suffer during childbirth and those few days every month.”
Chen Suwen: "..."
Zhou Ling didn't react much to what her aunt said, nor did she offer any rebuttal.
Huang Erniu chattered on and on for a while, and then the outside became lively again.
"Fourth Uncle, Fourth Aunt, thank you so much for saving my Jinbao. If it weren't for Fourth Uncle, my Jinbao would never have come back."
Zhou Jinbao's father brought two jin of pork and a basket of eggs to thank Zhou Qingyun for saving his son.
If Zhou Jinbao's only precious son were lost, his mother would definitely go crazy, and his father wouldn't feel any better either.
"Thank you, Fourth Grandfather." Zhou Jinbao was much more energetic now and was very grateful to the Fourth Grandfather who had saved him, appearing very affectionate towards him.
Zhou Qingyun looked down at the chubby little boy and smiled, "It's good that you're alright."
Chen Suwen took the pork and eggs, saying, "Be more careful in the future; the child is still very important."
Human traffickers are truly deserving of death; it is because of them that countless families have been torn apart.
Zhou Jinbao was relatively lucky; he was found shortly after being abducted. The women and children who were not found suffered even more.
Zhou Jinbao's grandmother's lips twitched as she watched Chen Suwen accept the gift so quickly, but she didn't say anything sarcastic.
Although she didn't get along with Chen Suwen, since the man from that woman saved her grandson, she couldn't say that it was wrong for him to accept the gift as a token of gratitude.
The thank-you gift was originally meant for them, so she accepted it.
Zhou Jinbao's parents were extremely grateful to Zhou Qingyun, while Zhou Min was whispering to her sister.
"Sis, will you marry the soldier who saved you?" Ten-year-old Zhou Min asked with a gossipy expression.
Actually, she had a good impression of the soldier who saved her sister; he was handsome and a soldier.
I wish her sister would marry him.
In Zhou Min's opinion, there weren't many people who were good enough for her sister. If her sister didn't marry that soldier, there weren't many people in the surrounding brigade who were good enough for her.
"What are you saying?" Zhou Ling reached out and ruffled her sister's hair upon hearing her words. "They saved my life, how can I repay kindness with enmity?"
Judging from her sister's description, the soldier must have come from a good family. He only saved her, so why should he have to marry her?
Most importantly—
“They might be married or have girlfriends. Do you want your sister to become a homewrecker?” Zhou Ling pinched her cheek.
"Hmph~" Zhou Min huffed as her sister pinched her cheek. "My sister deserves the best."
Zhou Min leaned over and hugged her sister's waist. "Sister, I don't want you to get married."
After my sister graduated from high school, everyone around her said that she was going to get married and that she wouldn't come back for a very long time.
This made Zhou Min very unhappy.
Her sister has to stay at home forever; she wants to be with her sister forever.
Zhou Ling gently stroked her younger sister's head, "I don't want to get married so early either."
Although her parents favored her older brother and younger brother, they treated her well.
Although she occasionally has to work in the fields, most of the time she only needs to do housework at home and doesn't need to work in the fields every day like other people.
Compared to other girls her age in the same brigade, she was much luckier.
Therefore, she has a very deep affection for her parents and does not want to leave them at all.
Getting married means she has to go to someone else's house, live with a group of strangers, and be far away from the people she knows.
This frightened Zhou Ling.
Even if she wanted to marry someone who lived close to her home, it wouldn't work, because she had no interest in her neighbors and had no desire to start a family with them.
Also, her mother's relationship with the neighbors wasn't very good. From a young age, she knew what kind of personalities the aunts and uncles around her were and how they treated their daughters-in-law.
So Zhou Ling hesitated; she didn't want to face a mother-in-law who would torment her daughter-in-law.
She gets quite scared when it comes to marriage.
The two sisters hugged and talked. Outside, Zhou Qingyun and Chen Suwen saw off Zhou Jinbao's family, including his sister-in-law Huang Erniu.
"You go ahead with your work, I'm going to the county." Zhou Qingyun stood up and said to Chen Suwen, he planned to go to the scrap metal recycling station to see if he could get anything.
Actually, you might not find much scrap metal at a recycling station. After all, during the Great Leap Forward, they even collected household pots and pans.
Nowadays, scrap metal recycling stations may not have much scrap metal, and they may not have things like discarded bicycles or radios.
Zhou Qingyun was just going to try his luck.
In my past life, I worked in a machine factory. If I wanted to make something, I only needed to apply to the factory; there weren't many troublesome things to do.
Now that I've lost my job at the machine factory, I have to work hard to find whatever I want, which is really troublesome.
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