Chapter 244

On the field of hope

"Our hometown is in the field of hope. Smoke rises from the newly built houses, and a small river flows beside the beautiful village. There is a field of winter wheat, and there is a field of sorghum..."

I was humming a song on the radio. On both sides of the road, there were endless cotton fields.

The tractor went back and forth, working in the fields, with blue smoke coming out of its chimney.

"Okay, okay, I'm here. Aunt, uncle, goodbye. Don't worry about me at night. I will go back by myself." Liu Xiaohong got off the car at the gate of the People's Hospital.

Nie Weimin held the steering wheel and looked sideways.

If there weren't three light bulbs at the back, he would have whistled.

She is so tall, with long straight legs, a perky butt, and a ponytail swinging behind her. She is simply the perfect dream lover.

Nie Weimin said that this was the girl he had been eyeing since childhood, and she must be the one.

Seeing that Nie Weimin was not driving, Nie Gong thought that if his eyes had legs, he would have chased after the girl long ago. He could not help but remind him, "Weimin, when it comes to relationships, you always have to let go of one before you can start another."

"Hong Jiu and I have already broken up." Nie Weimin said, "If I want to pursue someone else, it's my right."

"Can't you wait a few more days?" Nie Gong said, "Aren't you sad at all about breaking up with Hong Jiu?"

"If we can get along, then we can talk. If not, then we can break up. What's there to be sad about?" Nie Weimin asked Nie Gong.

After a long pause, he continued, "There are many girls chasing me abroad. The reason why I chose Hong Jiu is because, firstly, she is a girl from our autonomous region. Secondly, she and I have the same job. I don't want her to stay abroad. I want her to go to Dongfeng City with me. That's it."

"This selfish scumbag, ah, don't stop me, I want to beat him to death." Chen Lina said.

After Nie Weixing finished pumping water into his father's mouth, he had to pump water into his mother's mouth. "He just came back. Can you please stop beating him to death? Dad, Mom, you are actually very open-minded people."

"Have I become a nasty old mother? Nie Gong, have I become a nasty old mother now?" When Miss Chen heard that Wei Xing despised her, she leaned her head against Nie Gong. "I have always told myself that I should be an open-minded, charming mother that children like."

"Mom, mom, don't be like this. You are so beautiful, charming and open-minded, really." said Nie Weimin.

Just at this moment, Chen Lina's pager rang. She looked and saw that it was Hong Jinbu's home calling. The message said that he was sorry and could not treat her to dinner today, and they should get together again another day.

Chen Lina dressed herself up beautifully. "Can you cancel the dinner tonight? Wouldn't that be a waste of my beautiful Xiang Lian and beautiful dress?"

When Nie Gong heard that the dinner was cancelled, he was also very angry. "Hong Jinbu used to be a very reliable person. Has he become unreliable after coming to Beijing?"

"Reliable, really reliable, will they release that perverted rapist Song Jin from prison one after another?" Chen Lina asked Nie Gong.

Nie Gong was a bit depressed about this. Because of a rapist like Song Jian who could be sentenced heavily, he had to contact Hong Jinbu and inquire about him every two years. Every time, he had to spend a lot of time to convince Hong Jinbu to contact his subordinates and not reduce his sentence.

In short, Hong Jinbu is different from Nie Gong. He doesn't seem to be so pure in his faith.

"Since the dinner has been cancelled, Wei Min, you go to Hong Jiu's house to apologize to her. I will take your mother and Wei Xing to go shopping in the mall, and then go to Ulu International Hotel for dinner. We will stay in Ulu tonight, and you can take the shuttle bus back to the mining area by yourself." said Nie Gong.

"Why don't you take me with you?" Nie Weimin looked confused.

The three light bulbs at the back had expressions of disdain on their faces, and the worker took the steering wheel back from the guard. "We'll get indigestion if we take you with us."

"I just came back from the United States, Dad. You haven't seen me for five years. How could you bear to leave me alone like this?" Nie Weimin was stunned. Where were the parents he promised to love? Was he still his biological son?

"Here, take my pager. If you can't find us, call the Provincial Party Committee Guesthouse. We'll stay there tonight." Chen Lina said, waved her hand, and the family of three drove away.

Nie Gong thought that a naughty kid like Wei Min really went to apologize to Hong Jiu, but in fact, he stood on the street for a while, turned around, and ran to the People's Hospital.

The little pig raised by Chen Lina has always been running after one place since he was little.

In Hong Jinbu's house, little girl Hong Jiu was crying.

"He is not as good as you say. I could have found a white boyfriend and stayed in the United States. It was you who persuaded me that he was good and considerate. What else did you say?

Oh, we are of different races and cannot intermarry, that’s why I fell in love with him. Dad, you see he has no sincerity at all. He didn’t even call me when I announced the breakup. No, I want to go back to America.”

"You are Chinese, a descendant of Yan and Huang. You can go to the United States to learn advanced knowledge and productivity, but you cannot marry an American. Otherwise, you are worshipping foreigners and you are a traitor." Hong Jinbu slammed the table and yelled at the girl.

Hong Jiu also did not give in. "What about you? You are an extreme leftist. You always use your self-righteous set of ideas to demand me to reconcile even my marriage. What I want is a man who will pamper me, love me, be mature, stable, and tolerate everything about me. Nie Weimin is obviously not that. He can't even take the initiative to make peace after a quarrel. You actually want me to get engaged to him."

"His father is Nie Bozhao. The relationship between Nie Bozhao and the secretary is like that of a master and a disciple. Dad is now in the most critical and difficult stage. If he wants to take another step forward, he must rely on Nie Gong as a weight. Even if you don't want to marry him, you have to marry him." Hong Jinbu slammed the table again.

Jiu Zhaonan also said, "Jiuer, your father is currently the most senior among his classmates. He is still young and has room for promotion. If he can make further progress, your and Weimin's future will be limitless."

"I don't want any future. I just want a man who loves me and tolerates me unlimitedly, but Nie Weimin is obviously not that man." Hong Jiu was almost crying with anger.

Hong Jinbu was about to go crazy. "If you want Nie Weimin to respect you, then I have to be promoted two levels. If I want to be promoted to vice-state level, Nie Weimin's family will dare not respect you. Not only will his whole family respect you, he will have to listen to you for the rest of his life, because your father is more powerful than his father."

"What I want is love from the heart and unconditional kindness to me, but you, an old-fashioned person, look at everyone like a prisoner in Talimu Prison. You have mental problems and a disease. You need treatment," said Hong Jiu.

"I don't care what you say. Go to the Bingtuan Hotel now. I must invite the leaders to have a meal together and announce your engagement." Hong Jinbu said.

Hong Jiu refused, "If you force me again, I will return to the United States immediately."

As she spoke, she went upstairs, still kicking off her slippers.

Hong Jinbu and Jiu Zhaonan stared at each other for a long time, but ultimately he was no match for his daughter, so they had to come to an agreement and slowly persuade their daughter.

I called the leaders one by one. Of course, I couldn't say that my daughter's engagement would be cancelled. Instead, I said that the two children had just returned home a few days ago and were in poor health due to the jet lag and the new environment, so the engagement banquet would be held later.

As for Nie Weimin, the two of them made a series of life-threatening calls to Chen Lina, asking him to come and apologize to the young lady, ask for reconciliation, ask for forgiveness, and allow the two of them to get engaged smoothly.

But the little bastard Nie Weimin was running around in the People's Hospital at the moment and didn't notice that the pager in his pocket was ringing non-stop.

"No, I have to go to the United States. I want to rescue Jun Qiang." He Min was lying on the hospital bed, with liquid hanging on the head of the bed and a urine bag hanging on the foot of the bed. She was sobbing quietly. "It's shameful, too shameful. Three children went out to the mining area, and only my child didn't come back. I have no face to see anyone."

I didn't even dare to cry out loud, He Min, I completely broke down.

Liu Xiaohong pushed him to do a CT scan. Seeing a long queue in front of the CT scan building, she fed He Min a sip of water and said, "Uncle He, please, can you stop crying? You haven't lived your whole life as He Junqiang. Can you put him aside and live your own life bravely?"

"He is my life. For him, I went through so many connections and found so many people. I even got him a job in Dongfeng City. He should have been in a management position right away, but he didn't want to come back. He would rather work in the United States than come back."

"What leadership position? Uncle He, you really have a lot of connections. Let me ask you, how did you get your hands into our Dongfeng City?" Liu Xiaohong was stunned.

He Min boasted proudly again, "I knew Junqiang would come back, so I opened a restaurant in Dongfeng City. The food is not expensive. I specially entertain people from your unit who come out for dinner. You must have eaten the food at the Red Star Restaurant. It's Sichuan style. Isn't it delicious?"

Liu Xiaohong looked at He Min with disdain. "Then I have to be thankful that He Junqiang didn't come back. Otherwise, if you two really wanted to sell state secrets, you could probably sell out the entire national treasury."

He Min howled to the sky, "Jun Qiang, he failed my hope."

"It's good to be disappointed, it's wonderful to be disappointed, it's great to be disappointed. By the way, Uncle He, how come you didn't die from your heart attack this time? If you were to die, I guarantee you wouldn't feel so much pain, really." Liu Xiaohong said.

After he finished the CT scan and looked at the report, it turned out that there was nothing serious. The doctor said that the blood vessels were a bit narrow and it was probably blocked by a blood clot, but it was not serious at the moment. He should be fine after taking some medicine to open it up.

"My bed is no longer available, Uncle He, get up." Liu Xiaohong even untied his urinal. "You don't need to wear a urinal, why do you wear this?"

"I'm afraid of being laughed at. Xiaohong, go to the director and give him a red envelope so that I can stay a few more days. Really, if I leave the hospital like this, people will laugh at me to death." He Min refused to get up.

Liu Xiaohong pushed him around and ran for a long time. She was almost exhausted. She pulled back the quilt and started yelling, "Your son has ruined my relationship and my reputation. I am still here to serve you, and now you want me to bribe the doctor. Bullshit! Get up now."

"Xiao Hong, keep your voice down." He Min said, "What do you mean by stuffing money in? How can you speak so loudly?"

Liu Xiaohong was so angry that she stamped her feet. She grabbed him and said, "We participated in the primary election together. I was elected, but He Junqiang was not. But he became good friends with our instructor. I asked him to tell Nie Weimin that I was waiting for him in Dongfeng City. But now all my colleagues in Dongfeng City know that Nie Weimin is my boyfriend. Nie Weimin is back with his girlfriend. We have to work together in the future. My colleagues will laugh at me. Tell me, does your son deserve to be pinched to death a thousand times or ten thousand times?"

The corridor of the CT room was already crowded, with many people watching.

He Min was scolded and dared not say anything. She just stood up obediently.

"She threw away her own urine bag and went to see the doctor with the prescription in her hand. I was really angry the more I thought about it," said Liu Xiaohong.

"What's so funny? Do you know what America is? It's paradise. I'm proud that my family is strong and stays in America."

Mrs. Wang Geming, an old lady in her seventies, is still so energetic and capable.

Holding up her passport, she said, "Not only is the military strong in the United States, I can also go to the United States to visit my relatives. Minmin, you have nothing to cry about. We are old but our hearts are young. We must also have an American dream. See, passport, I have a passport now."

He Min suddenly became excited. "Mom, mom, we really have a passport. Then we can go to the United States to see the military."

Wang Geming whispered to He Min, "The Urumqi Public Security Bureau informed the higher-ups and made a special case for us. We were told that we were visiting relatives, so once we leave, we don't have to come back, really."

They themselves don't think there is anything wrong with such ugly faces.

When the people in the hospital corridor heard that two people from this place were going to the United States, they were envious and curious and crowded over to take a look.

"Visiting relatives, my eldest grandson is in the United States, he is a scientist." Wang Geming said with a smile.

He Min put his passport on his chest and said, "We go to the land of capitalism just to criticize and despise them, really." He was probably thinking in his heart, why not try white women, maybe they taste good.

Liu Xiaohong held a urine bag and put it on He Min's head with a snap. "Uncle He, I wish you a smooth journey, get lost halfway, everything goes smoothly, fall to the ground, laugh all the time, and die of laughter. Be happy every day, have cramps in your legs, and everything goes well. I wish you to hit a wall when you do things."

When she came out of the corridor, she was still cursing because she kept looking back at He Min, who seemed sad but was actually very happy inside. She almost knocked down a little baby who was rushing around.

After she helped the baby to steady himself, she almost fell down herself.

Fortunately, someone reached out and held me up.

In the hospital lobby, the two young people met again. Nie Weimin was looking for Liu Xiaohong all over the world. He ran all over the hospital and was sweating profusely.

"Don't be angry. America especially needs people like Wang Geming and He Min. Really, let them go. Isn't there a saying that goes, if you love someone, send him to America. If you hate someone, you should also send him to America. We should send them off abroad.

Because they will eventually experience homesickness and racial discrimination there, and have to put on a brave face and tell people in China that they are doing well, looking good on the surface but miserable on the inside. "Nie Weimin said, handing over a popsicle.

Liu Xiaohong tore open the cardboard and took a lick, and the two of them sat in the noisy corridor of the hospital and ate popsicles.

The pager is still whirring.

Nie Weimin was excited and nervous, thinking, do I have to calm down for some time after a breakup? If I really have to calm down for some time because of Hong Jiu, what if Liu Xiaohong is chased away by someone else?

Ten thousand years is too long, we must seize the day.

Nie Weimin thought to himself, "Dear Grandpa Mao, please tell me quickly what I should do."