In his past life, Qian Youdong dealt Xie Ming a heavy blow: raping a woman was a grave crime in any era.
He didn't want to let go of any of the Qian family members who helped Qian Fen cover up the rumors in the village.
In the end, Xie Ming still felt that he should bring Qian Youdong back to the village first, so he took the opportunity to go to the county for a visit.
Although it's called a steel plant, in order to catch up with other counties and cities, they fenced off a piece of land around the city and built rows of makeshift blast furnaces.
Some furnaces look like kettles, others like chimneys... their different shapes are all for the purpose of producing molten iron.
The stoves that Xiangyang Village was responsible for were all "big-bellied" – small inlets and large bellies. If someone fell in, they would be burned to ashes without any chance of being saved.
As Qian Youdong carried his load up the scaffolding, he suddenly felt dizzy and wondered if he was just tired. But then he thought it was impossible; he only went up to the furnace once a day and spent the rest of the time sitting in the back "supervising," how could he be tired?
He originally wanted to put down his load and take a break, but he also realized that things weren't going so smoothly at the factory lately. If someone reported him for being uncooperative, that would be a real problem. So Qian Youdong gritted his teeth and carried the basket forward.
The road they built here has a large furnace and wide scaffolding, so two people can walk side by side without any problem.
At this moment, Chen Fu, who was walking next to him, followed quietly and glanced at the people standing below.
Qian Youdong put down his load and in that moment of distraction, his vision went black and he fell straight into the furnace.
"Ah—someone's going to fall in!"
Suddenly, the people below cried out in alarm.
People around looked up and saw a person swaying as if about to fall into a furnace with a temperature of over 1,000 degrees Celsius.
"Dad!" The Qian family's sons were so frightened they almost lost their souls.
The leader standing below shouted, "Chen Fu, quickly save people!"
After preparing for a long time, Chen Fu stepped forward, gathered his strength in his dantian, and kicked the man off the scaffold with all his might.
The place where Qian Youdong fell happened to be where the second and fourth sons of the Qian family were standing. He landed on the two fleshy cushions, and screams of pain immediately followed.
Chen Fu pulled his leg back, recalling what Xie Ming had said when he met him at the factory gate that morning: "That guy isn't in very good health either. If he falls into the boiler, you'll all be investigated. If anything seems amiss, you should strike hard. Not only will you make him suffer, but the Qian family will also be extremely grateful to you."
He didn't know what Xie Ming had done, but he still believed that Qian Youdong would definitely get into trouble today, so he kept a close eye on him almost all day. And it really did happen; he developed a strange sense of awe towards Xie Ming.
Chen Fu's leg didn't retract to its original position, and the team leader below wiped his sweat and began to praise him for his quick reaction.
They knew which to choose: injury or death. Of course, the two men whose legs were broken as a cushion for the other man thought Chen Fu was right.
As for why they didn't hold onto the other person? Is there even a question? What if they couldn't hold both of them and they both fell in?
When Qian Youdong regained consciousness, he was in so much pain that he couldn't breathe. But when he saw the molten iron rolling by, he knew that if he fell in, he would only turn into a wisp of black smoke. So he had to make a statement.
For more than a decade, he had never felt so frustrated yet fortunate, as if a large piece of cotton was stuck in his throat, something he couldn't swallow or spit out.
But the problem didn't end after he apologized and thanked them. The two sons of the Qian family got into trouble because of him, and the factory also wanted him to bear some responsibility. It was truly a double loss.
What he found even more unacceptable was that an accident is an accident, and Qian Youdong had to give a self-criticism report to all the workers, which was like stripping him of his dignity.
In the past, such trivial matters would have been no problem for him. Given Master Xie's status, how could a small factory have the right to make things difficult for him? Qian Youdong finally realized that the problem was serious.
After such a serious incident, Qian Youdong and his sons were all hospitalized. Xie Ming also received a telegram from the city at this time, saying that his parents were coming to the countryside to see him.
He knew without a doubt that the problem lay with Master Xie; otherwise, how could he have let the "hostage" slip out of his sight?
After thinking it over, he decided to go live in the county for a while, since his parents had been very good to him in his previous life.
But before going to the city, she needs to speed things up with Qian Fen's matter. Right now, she hasn't gotten together with that movie show guy yet, and the two of them have only just met, though there's a hint of flirting between them.
That day, Qian Fen went out as usual and saw Xie Ming, who was covered in dark skin, carrying a hoe back from the field.
"Why did you bring the hoe back?!"
Qian Fen frowned and immediately began to question him, her disdain evident in her eyes.
"Oh! The stove was turned on at the end of the village yesterday. The storekeeper went to work. We were told this morning that everyone should keep their farm tools at noon and return them to the warehouse in the evening."
Xie Ming's honest answer revealed his simple and honest nature.
Qian Fen couldn't understand it. Was the farm really that tough? How could the gentle young man in the white shirt and holding the books have turned into someone who looked just like any other man in the village in just two months?
"Then wash it clean before taking it back," she said, pointing at the hoe, her words clearly intended to embarrass Xie Ming.
Even the main house of the Qian family was built with money from the Xie family. Although it was cleaner than others, it still had plenty of mud.
Moreover, the other members of the Qian family went back in the same way, so why is Xie Ming required to wash himself clean?
"Mud-legged fellow, mud-legged fellow... Do you know what a mud-legged fellow is? This is me. It's no use looking down on me now, you're going to be tied to me for the rest of your life."
Xie Ming looked at her sarcastically.
Qian Fen regretted her words immediately afterward, as it was he who had asked for the marriage.
The Xie family was a family she couldn't possibly be related to. If it weren't for their kindness, she wouldn't even have the honor of serving them tea and water.
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