Su Wei got in the car, started the tractor, drove it onto the road, the two of them opened the tractor's trailer door, and then got in the car and drove home.
They parked the forklift and tractor outside the gate, got out, and walked into the house.
Back home, Su Wei and Chen Hong washed their faces and then went back inside to change into clean clothes.
Back in the yard, my mother had already cut the watermelon open, and the family sat down to eat it.
Working in the summer causes a lot of sweating, and Su Wei's throat was burning with thirst. It was so comforting to come home and have watermelon to eat.
After finishing the watermelon, Chen Hong went to the kitchen to cook. He said, "Auntie, don't cook tonight. I bought some vegetables and steamed buns on my way here. I put them in the kitchen; just plate them."
Chen Hong's actions moved Su Wei. This man was so thoughtful, and she felt as if she had finally found the right life partner.
Su Wei's mother said, "How could I let you spend so much money!"
"Mother, Chen Hong isn't an outsider. I'll go to the kitchen and plate the food so we can eat."
After Su Wei finished speaking, she stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
Chen Hong was overjoyed. He wasn't stupid; Su Wei's words clearly showed that she had accepted him.
Over the months they dated, Chen Hong saw the unique charm in Su Wei. Her naturally flawless personality was infused with feminine tenderness and resilience. Her simple and honest nature contained the gentleness and strength of a young woman, which was incomparable to other girls. During this time, he truly found his true love, and Su Wei felt the same way.
Su Wei's mother said, "Xiao Chen, sit down and rest for a while."
Chen Hong pulled up a stool and sat down opposite the old lady. Su Wei's mother asked, "Who lives in your family?"
Chen Hong said, "My parents both work at the neighborhood committee office, and I have two younger sisters who are in college."
Upon hearing this, Su Wei's mother's face showed a hint of inferiority and disappointment. With Chen Hong's family being so well-off, could he really be interested in her daughter?
She said, "Your family is really well-off. Look at my home, it doesn't even look like a home. I'm afraid my daughter isn't good enough for you. Don't think too much about it. I'm not being sarcastic; I'm just telling the truth!"
Chen Hong said, "Auntie, you're overthinking it. I'm looking for someone to share my life with, not someone of equal social standing. I genuinely love your daughter. Please believe me, Uncle, I will treat Su Wei well for the rest of my life."
Su Wei's mother said, "I believe you. As long as you don't mind that my family is poor, I have no objections."
Just then, Su Wei and her sister each brought two dishes to the table and placed them on it.
She heard everything her mother said. She wondered how her mother would react after learning about Chen Hong's marital history, but she hoped it would be the same as what her mother had just said.
After the family finished dinner, the two of them went outside. Chen Hong said, "Su Wei, are you tired? If not, let's go to the brick factory to haul bricks."
“The brick factory owners have all gone home by now. How can we haul bricks if the people watching the factory aren't in charge?” Su Wei paused for a moment and said, “How about this, I'll go back and call my sister, and we'll go to Shahe to haul sand!”
Chen Hong said, "Is your sister too young to handle this? I just want to be alone with you. Let's go, just the two of us?"
"Okay, I'll go home and get two shovels, and also tell my parents about it!"
After finishing her sentence, Su Wei turned around and went home. She gave her parents some instructions, took two shovels, and left the house.
She walked to the gate with a shovel, threw it on the truck, and said, "Drive the forklift behind my tractor. Tonight, deliver the forklift to the pig farm. Tomorrow, use the forklift to help Dongqing unload the overhead crane. The forklift will be used up in two days. After that, I'll send it to the machinery factory."
Chen Hong said okay, got in the car, started the forklift, and followed Su Wei's tractor toward the pig farm.
They drove to Dongcun, where Su Wei delivered the forklift to the pig farm. Then, the two of them got back into the car and continued driving towards Shahe.
After Dongqing's family finished dinner at the restaurant, the two older sisters and their respective families went home. Dong Sanmei went home with her eldest sister. Dongqing said, "Yuzhu, you go home first. I have some things to take care of and will be back a little later."
Li Yuzhu said, "Wait a minute, I have something to tell you. Do you know why my mother came today?"
Dongqing said, "Isn't it normal for Mother to visit her daughter? Does she have something else to do today?"
"Let me put it this way: Sun Hao's father called off the wedding yesterday morning, and my mother came today to confront me. What am I supposed to do now?"
Li Yuzhu finished speaking with tears in her eyes. The endless blind dates were driving her crazy.
Dong Qing wasn't surprised by what he heard. He said, "You were bound to drag this out sooner or later. What are you going to do next?"
“I don’t know what to do. All I know is that my mother will keep trying to set me up with men.” Li Yuzhu paused for a moment and said, “If nothing unexpected happens, Sun Hao will come to my house tonight to tell me about this. I can’t let him come to my house to find me. I’ll go to the bus station to meet him. You have something to do.”
Dong Qing said, "I'm so sorry to trouble you. You go ahead, I'll go back as soon as I'm done."
Li Yuzhu nodded after hearing this and walked towards the bus station.
Li Yuzhu arrived at the staff living area of the bus station, went upstairs to Sun Hao's dormitory, but the door was locked and no one was inside. After asking around, she learned that he had gone out on a bus and had not yet returned.
Li Yuzhu went downstairs and walked out of the bus station, looking like she had lost her soul as she walked home.
Su Wei and Chen Hong drove the tractor to Shahe. She drove the tractor directly to the beach and turned it around there.
This time was different from the past when we came to Shahe to haul sand. In the past, two vehicles could tow each other out, but when one vehicle came to the river to haul sand, we didn't dare to fill the vehicle completely on the beach at once, because if it was full, we really couldn't drive it out.
It's a joke that two people can load such a big truck; it took them a long time to load even a little less than half of the truck with sand.
"We can't keep pretending; if we pretend too much, we won't be able to expel it."
After Su Wei finished speaking, she got into the car, started the engine, and turned on the headlights. She reversed the car a little so that there was more space in front of the wheels, making it easier to start. Then she put the car in first gear, released the clutch, and slammed on the accelerator, pressing it all the way to the floor.
Not bad, the tractor struggled through the sand to reach the road.
There was a stone-paved road leading from the beach to the river dock, with sand on both sides. Su Wei parked her car on the road to load it.
Since the tractor couldn't be fully loaded in one place, we dug two large pits on both sides of the road, but the locals didn't want that. So we loaded some sand and drove the tractor forward a little. In this way, the tractor was fully loaded when the tractor was almost out of the sandy beach.
The two of them were exhausted after loading the car full.
Neither of them usually does physical labor, and neither of them could handle loading twenty tons of sand. It was summer, and their clothes were already soaked with sweat.
The two went to the river to wash their faces. Su Wei lay down on the sand and said, "Let's rest a bit before we go. I'm exhausted."
Chen Hong lay down beside her, on the soft sand, as if nestled in his mother's embrace.
At this moment, the bright moon hung lazily in the eastern sky. They gazed at the stars and relaxed their tired bodies.
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