Qin Feng looked at the young woman and felt a chill run down his spine.
The young woman was Lin Xiaocui, the daughter-in-law of his neighbor, Uncle Zhang San!
Lin Xiaocui was a woman with a tragic fate. She lost both her parents at a young age and was adopted by Uncle Zhang San.
She had just entered high school and come of age when, in order to repay a debt of gratitude, she married Zhang Sanbo's son with cerebral palsy to help him carry on the family line.
However, on their wedding night, Zhang Sanbo's son suddenly died for unknown reasons, and Lin Xiaocui became a widow.
That wasn't all. Later, when Uncle Zhang went up the mountain to collect herbs, he accidentally broke both legs. To save his life, his right leg was amputated.
Uncle Zhang's wife was frail and sickly, so the burden of taking care of the two elderly people fell on Lin Xiaocui.
At the prime of her life, she was reduced to a village widow.
They work from dawn till dusk every day farming and also taking care of their elderly parents.
They get up earlier than oxen and go to bed later than dogs!
Uncle Zhang and his wife are only around sixty years old now. If nothing unexpected happens, they should live to be at least seventy or eighty.
Lin Xiaocui is almost thirty years old, and it's estimated that her life will remain the same.
From the time Qin Feng could remember until he went to Binhai High School, he was always Lin Xiaocui's little shadow.
If that were all, Qin Feng wouldn't have felt a chill run down his spine upon seeing Lin Xiaocui.
What made his scalp tingle was that he had bathed with Lin Xiaocui and studied her physiological structure.
Moreover, it happened during my junior high school years. Although we didn't go all the way, we did almost everything that was supposed to be done.
Qin Feng even made a solemn promise that when he became successful in the future, he would definitely marry Lin Xiaocui.
However, after he went to high school in Binhai, he gradually forgot about Lin Xiaocui.
If he hadn't seen Lin Xiaocui now, he probably wouldn't have remembered any of these things.
Lin Xiaocui walked up to Qin Feng, raised her right hand, and grabbed Qin Feng's left ear.
"Oh, you've gotten quite the brat, huh?"
"You haven't been back for so many years, and you don't even know how to greet your sister-in-law anymore?"
"Have you become so successful that you look down on me, a simple country woman?"
Qin Feng smiled wryly. "Sister-in-law, I'm all grown up now, can't you give me some face?"
Lin Xiaocui looked at Qin Feng with a smile. "Hehe, what face do you need in front of us?"
"Who among these people didn't watch you grow up?"
We've seen you at your most embarrassing moments!
"So what kind of face do you want?"
Qin Feng looked helpless. Lin Xiaocui wasn't like this before. He guessed that she had accumulated a lot of resentment because he hadn't been back for so many years.
"Sister-in-law, you can't say that!"
"I'm a grown man..."
"Hehe!" Lin Xiaocui tightened her grip, grabbed Qin Feng's left ear, and pulled him out of the crowd, heading towards the village.
In the eyes of the villagers, Qin Feng was in a terrible state, and they all looked at him with pity.
Lin Xiaocui has become extremely shrewish over the years, almost like a fighting machine. She will confront anyone who doesn't do her bidding!
Perhaps this is a protective shield that Lin Xiaocui has put on?
After all, she was a widow with no one to rely on and had to depend on herself for everything.
Lin Xiaocui grabbed Qin Feng's ear and led him into a bamboo grove before letting go and stopping. Then she looked at Qin Feng with a half-smile.
"Hehe, you've been living a very comfortable life in the big city all these years, haven't you?"
"Tell me, how many women have you slept with over the years?"
Do you have a steady girlfriend now? When do you plan to get married?
Qin Feng chuckled dryly. "Sister-in-law, you don't know!"
"Life in big cities is tough!"
"I can barely feed myself, how can I possibly think about finding a girlfriend?"
Lin Xiaocui's expression suddenly turned serious, and her gaze was fixed on Qin Feng's face.
Qin Feng felt a chill run down his spine under Lin Xiaocui's gaze, and his heart pounded with guilt.
He had a strange feeling that the woman opposite him seemed to see right through him.
"Qin Feng, do you know?"
Lin Xiaocui's face showed a hint of sadness as she sighed softly, "I went to Binhai more than a year ago and happened to see you groveling before a woman!"
"I remember that woman wanted to buy a bag worth more than 20,000 yuan, but you didn't have enough money, so she started making a scene!"
"And you..."
"Sister-in-law, please stop!" Qin Feng sighed softly. "I've already broken up with that woman!"
He never expected that Lin Xiaocui would go to Binhai to look for him, and that she would see him bowing and scraping before Lu Yunxi.
He remembered that the bag Lu Yunxi wanted that time was indeed worth more than 20,000 yuan, and he still borrowed money from online loans to buy it for Lu Yunxi.
Looking back now, I realize how utterly pathetic I was back then.
Given the circumstances, it's no wonder Lin Xiaocui didn't show up.
No wonder Lin Xiaocui said some strange things when she called him that night.
No wonder Lin Xiaocui never called or texted him again after that.
There was even a time when he suddenly thought of calling Lin Xiaocui, only to find that Lin Xiaocui's phone number was no longer in service.
Lin Xiaocui was stunned for a moment, then asked suspiciously, "You really broke up?"
Qin Feng nodded. "It's true, we broke up last month!"
Lin Xiaocui stared at Qin Feng with a flickering gaze and asked, "Why do you want to break up?"
"You were so good to that woman, you couldn't have been the one who initiated the breakup, could you?"
Qin Feng hesitated for a moment, then sighed softly. "It's a long story, I'll tell you another time!"
Lu Yunxi is dead, and he doesn't want to talk about the past anymore.
Lin Xiaocui didn't press the matter and changed the subject. "Did you come back this time for something?"
"Don't tell me he came back to visit us, I won't believe it."
Qin Feng looked embarrassed. It seemed that in Lin Xiaocui's eyes, he was a heartless and ungrateful guy.
“I came back for two reasons: first, to visit you; second, to do something for the village; and third, to find a kind of wild fruit.”
Lin Xiaocui glanced at Qin Feng and scoffed. "At least you have some conscience!"
"Tell me, what do you plan to do for the village?"
Qin Feng smiled slightly. "I plan to start a project to help the village escape poverty and become prosperous!"
Although with his current net worth, he could easily give away billions to the villagers, he felt it was not advisable.
If people get something for nothing, many will likely spend money recklessly. And what happens when the money runs out?
What will the villagers rely on to make a living?
Farming?
Wouldn't that mean going back to square one?
Therefore, the best way is to create a project that allows villagers to earn money through their own hard work.
This is the principle of teaching someone how to fish rather than giving them a fish!
Lin Xiaocui asked suspiciously, "Didn't you just say you weren't doing well in Binhai, that you couldn't even make ends meet?"
"So what project are you planning to do?"
"Is this just empty talk and empty promises?"
Qin Feng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've been in Binhai for so many years, I still have some connections."
"Once I've come up with a suitable project, I can attract investment with just one phone call."
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