Chapter 13 Lifesaver
Zhao Lusheng took the lead, and soon everyone present also apologized to Lu Jinkun.
"Lu family boy, we are also at fault in this matter. I'm sorry!"
"We believed Huang Juan's words and wronged you. We're so sorry!"
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"I don't want something like this to happen again in the future, otherwise I won't let it go so easily." Lu Jinkun said coldly.
Everyone was apprehensive, and Zhao Lusheng took the lead in assuring them, "Jin Kun, don't worry. If anyone dares to gossip in the village, I will be the first one to catch them."
Lu Jinkun chuckled, "Okay, I'll take note of what Uncle Zhao said."
After he finished speaking, Lu Jinkun turned around and left, and Yang Yuejin and Hu Tiezhu hurriedly followed.
The matter was resolved, and Zhao Lusheng asked everyone to go to work and the crowd dispersed.
He looked at Wen Si Ning and sighed, "Don't be afraid, the bad guys have been caught. I'll ask Sister Huaiyu to help you move your luggage later. Until your brother comes back, you can stay at the village chief's house. It's unfair for you to share a room with Sister Huaiyu."
Zhao Huaiyu is the daughter of the village chief Zhao Lusheng, a few years older than Wen Yan.
Wen Sining waved his hand and refused, "Grandpa Village Chief, although I don't know much, I'm not completely stupid. I can take care of myself in life, so there's no need to trouble you."
Zhao Lusheng was a little surprised when he heard her say that. "But, can you take care of yourself?"
Wen Sining nodded. She thought of her grandmother and quickly asked Zhao Lusheng about the situation.
"Grandpa Village Head, are there any educated youth from the city who have moved to the countryside in our village?"
Although Zhao Lusheng didn't know why she asked this, he still told her the truth.
"Yes, a group of educated youth will come to our village tomorrow afternoon."
Hearing this, Wen Sining's eyes lit up. She knew that her grandmother must be among this group of educated youth!
"Grandpa Village Chief, I also want to go to the fields and earn work points!"
Zhao Lusheng frowned, his face full of disapproval. "No, your brother sends money back every month, so you don't have to work so hard. Besides, if something happens to you..."
Before he could finish his words, Wen Sining interrupted him, "I promise I won't hold the team back, I'll take care of myself, and I won't cause any trouble."
Despite Wen Sining's assurance, Zhao Lusheng still disagreed.
Wen Sining once heard her grandmother say that in that era, everything was organized as a collective, and the main economic system was based on collective economy. The centimeters earned by each person could be exchanged for food or cash at a specific time. In order to have food to eat, almost every member of every household would go to the fields to earn work points.
Thinking of this, Wen Sining continued to persuade: "I will ask Sister Huaiyu to help me write a letter to my brother and ask him to stop sending money. Since I am a member of the village, I should work in the fields with everyone and earn work points so that I can eat."
"Grandpa Village Head, you see, although I've been supported by my brother for these years, the money he sent home was all swindled away, and I was also badly bullied. I've finally come to understand that relying on others is not as good as relying on myself. My brother needs more money to take care of things in the army than I do. I'm alone anyway, so as long as I have something to eat, it's good to go to work every day."
Hearing Wen Sining's sensible words, Zhao Lusheng looked relieved and finally did not refuse.
He sighed and said with a smile, "Xianxian, you have really grown up!"
Well, let her be, as long as she is happy.
At worst, he could ask the team leader to assign her some simple tasks.
"Okay, if you want to work, go ahead."
Wen Sining smiled and nodded, "Grandpa Village Chief, I'm fine living alone, so I won't bother you and Sister Huaiyu anymore. It's time for me to grow up and learn to take care of myself."
Zhao Lusheng shook his head helplessly, "Okay, whatever you say."
At worst, he could ask the neighbors to pay more attention to and take care of her.
After seeing Zhao Lusheng off, Wen Sining breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at the mud house behind her, and hope gradually lit up in her eyes.
I'll be able to see Grandma soon! She will definitely change the fate of Grandpa and Grandma!
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Soon it was the afternoon of the next day, and Wen Sining went to the village entrance early, ready to wait for her grandmother to arrive.
Zhao Lusheng stood at the entrance of the village and paced back and forth.
"Village head, Lao Liu broke his leg last night and can't drive the truck. What should we do? The educated youth are still waiting for us to pick them up at the train station."
"The only one in the village who can drive is Lao Liu. Lao Liu broke his leg, and no one else can drive!"
Zhao Lusheng was also anxious. The village was nearly two hours' drive from the train station. If they didn't drive there now, the educated youth would have to stay at the train station overnight.
When Wen Sining arrived, he happened to hear their conversation.
No one knows how to drive, which means grandma can't come to the village.
Wen Sining can drive, but she can only drive automatic transmission. Large vehicles are all manual transmission, which she can't do. Besides, even if she can drive, she can't volunteer.
She is just a teenage girl and mentally retarded. If she says that she can drive, she will probably be mistaken for a spy and arrested by the police.
She can't do that.
Wen Sining tried hard to recall the past events that her grandmother had talked about with her.
I remember my grandmother said that she encountered many unexpected things on her first day in the countryside.
For example, encountering thieves, human traffickers, etc. on the train, or some of the educated youth accompanying the train evading tickets and boarding the train.
For example, they sat at the train station all night before finally waiting for the car to pick them up.
That very night, all the cash and bills they had on them were stolen by thieves.
If the train doesn't come soon, they might starve to death at the station.
"Ningning, thank goodness you have Grandpa Lu. He happened to be driving a truck to the train station to deliver goods. When he heard we were going to the village as educated youth, he let us get in the truck without hesitation and drove us all the way to the village entrance."
The Grandpa Lu that grandma mentioned was not only her savior, but also the savior of their Wen family.
Grandma said that Grandpa Lu was the first person in the village to earn ten thousand yuan.
Unfortunately, he made too many enemies, and after being framed, he gave all his belongings to his grandmother, who had lost her husband and was pregnant at the time.
It is also thanks to this money that the Wen family's lives are getting better and better.
From childhood to adulthood, my grandmother always mentioned this benefactor.
Wen Sining even remembered that when she was young, her grandmother took her to sweep the grave of this benefactor.
But she was too young at that time and could not read at all.
Every time she recalled the tombstone in her memory, there seemed to be a thick fog in front of her eyes, blocking the words on it.
What was that Grandpa Lu's name? Wen Sining couldn't remember it for a moment.
It’s not her fault that she couldn’t remember it, mainly because her grandmother had never mentioned Grandpa Lu’s full name to her.
Thinking of this, Wen Sining simply asked the village chief, "Grandpa Village Chief, is there any family with the surname Lu in our village?"
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