Chen Hong's love was nipped in the bud by her mother.
Later, when she was twenty, she started driving passenger transport. Many boys pursued her, but she was busy earning money with the bus and didn't have time to get to know them.
Chen Hong only remembered that before she was twenty-three, many matchmakers came to propose marriage to her family. But when she turned twenty-five, no one in her hometown wanted to marry her.
It just so happened that Yu Hai proposed marriage to her. Her family thought that he was decent-looking and had a decent figure. Chen Hong was considered an old maid in the countryside.
Girls her age, some of whom already had two children, agreed to the marriage.
Chen Hong had no idea which family she had ever been engaged to; her mother managed all the family affairs.
She never told Chen Hong or sought her opinion, which is an important reason why Chen Hong and her mother have never gotten along in their two lifetimes.
Chen Hong admitted that she had also developed feelings for Zhou Yi. After all, how many normal women wouldn't be attracted to a handsome and dashing man?
Perhaps if she misses out on the I Ching, she will never taste the sweetness of love in her life!
After a restless night, Chen Hong finally fell asleep, exhausted, just before dawn.
Chen Hong felt like she had just fallen asleep when she was awakened by the frantic barking of her dog and the loud banging on the door. She sat up abruptly, wondering what had happened.
I hurriedly got dressed, without even washing up, and ran to the front gate to check the situation.
Upon opening the gate, they found the village chief and Zhou Yi standing there.
The village chief looked anxious: "Chen Hong, hurry back and change your clothes, then drive your Uncle Wang Ruisheng from the west end of the village to the hospital."
Last night, the wind was so strong that a sycamore tree in his yard broke off and went into the house, breaking your Uncle Wang's leg.
"We just carried him out of the house; the village clinic can't treat him, he needs to be taken to the city hospital."
"Oh, oh, I'll go back and change right away. Wait for me a moment, I'll be quick!" Chen Hong realized what the village chief was saying. At this moment, she was still wearing her home clothes and slippers.
Zhou Yi chimed in, "You haven't washed up yet, have you? Give me the car keys, I'll go take the patient to the hospital, you stay home and take care of the children!"
Uncle Village Chief said, "How could I possibly accept that? You've already helped the village half the night before. Why don't you go back to the hotel and get some sleep? Your clothes are all dirty."
Chen Hong asked Zhou Yi, "You went to the scene last night? Then listen to Uncle Village Chief, go back and change your clothes and rest!"
Zhou Yi shook his head. "It's okay, I'm not tired. I'll go. The family can't do without you."
I'll change my clothes after I drop that person off. At the hospital, I need to help carry patients; there's blood everywhere, so you shouldn't go.
The village chief watched their back-and-forth exchange and seemed to understand something. "It seems Comrade Zhou is not an outsider. Chen Hong, why don't you leave Comrade Zhou here to take the patient? What are you waiting for? Go get the keys."
Chen Hong quickly returned to the living room, took out the car keys from her purse, and handed them to Zhou Yi. "Uncle, you need to arrange for someone from our village to accompany him. This is Zhou Yi's first time in Rongcheng, and he's not familiar with the roads."
As the village chief and Zhou Yi walked out, the village chief said, "Alright, don't worry about it. I know everything. Go back and get ready to make breakfast!"
After seeing the village chief and Zhou Yi off, Chen Hong quickly went back inside to wash her face, brush her teeth, and change her clothes. She first went to the kitchen to cook a pot of seafood porridge and a pot of salted duck eggs, and then went to the backyard to check the chicken coop, duck coop, and vegetable garden.
Seeing that everything seemed fine, I fed the chickens and ducks before returning to the kitchen to continue cooking.
I scooped a handful of pickled cowpeas from the sauerkraut jar, washed and chopped them, stir-fried them with minced meat, added a plate of pickled cucumbers, and took out a dozen or so water chestnut and beef sesame cakes that I bought in Jinan.
Just then, Yu Yang got up and finished washing up. He went into the kitchen and saw his mother still busy. He asked her,
"Mom, I think I heard the village chief and Uncle Zhou arrive just now. Where are they? Did something happen in the village?"
As Chen Hong served him porridge, she said, "There was a strong wind last night. The sycamore tree in your grandfather Wang Ruisheng's house at the west end of the village broke and injured the old man's leg. They came to drive our car to take the patient to the hospital."
Be careful when walking under the big tree today, and watch out for branches that might break off in the wind and fall and hurt you. There's no school today, what are your plans?
Yu Yang looked at Chen Hong strangely, "Mom, don't we have guests at home? I need to stay home with Uncle Zhou."
Chen Hong was speechless. "Does he, an adult, need a child like you to accompany him? Go eat breakfast, and then do what you're supposed to do. Do you have homework this weekend?"
Yu Yang: "Mom, I'm in kindergarten now! It's just a little craft project, and I'll finish it after school on Friday. I'm the only man in our family, so if I don't keep Uncle Zhou company, who will?"
Chen Hong asked him curiously, "Yu Yang, tell me, do you really treat Uncle Zhou like a farmhand, or do you like him?"
Startled, Yu Yang quickly stepped forward to cover Chen Hong's mouth, saying, "Only the two of us know about this farmhand incident. You mustn't tell anyone. It would be terrible if Uncle Zhou heard it!"
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