"There is gold in that village. Why are you running there all the time? Aren't all the old houses demolished?"

Since Cheng Lie last went back to take a look at his old house, he would go back every week for the next few months. He would ride a tricycle there without driving or riding a motorcycle.

Just that day, I heard from another brother that he saw Brother Lie walking to the countryside with a little girl. Zhang Qiang had reason to suspect that Cheng Lie was having a crush.

"Have you been dating someone lately?"

Cheng Lie held the motorcycle key and shook his head as he walked.

"Yes, just admit it. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. We've been brothers for many years. Besides, whose girl is so lucky that you like her?"

"She is still young and studying. We will talk about it later."

"Yo yo yo! That's true! Take me to see her someday. Is she pretty? Is she still young? How young is she?"

"Sixteen years old."

Zhang Qiang laughed when he heard this.

"Sixteen is not a young age. My sister gave birth to a child when she was eighteen."

"Go away, you think everyone is like your sister, as strong as a cow."

After saying that, Cheng Lie turned around and left, not wanting to talk nonsense with Zhang Qiang anymore.

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This winter was extremely cold, and many elderly people in the village froze to death. When Jiang Lai came home, Liu Shuping had just returned home from a family banquet.

"Why are you back so early today? Where is your sister?"

"I don't know, where are the dumplings?"

"Dumplings and dumplings, you know how to eat them. They have been wrapped a long time ago and will be eaten when your brother comes back from the gift."

Jiang Qiuhe soon came back with a bowl wrapped in white cloth.

"Mom, have you heard that He Xing's grandma fell into the canal? I heard that the fall was quite serious. Should we go and have a look?"

After all, the two families had made arrangements, and it was really hard for He Xing to take care of her alone in the hospital in such a cold weather.

Liu Shuping looked at the hard and cold weather outside and nodded.

"Well, it's time to go and have a look. When Erya comes back, you can take her to the health center for a check-up."

"What kind of health center? He Xing just borrowed a trolley to drag his grandma to the county hospital for treatment."

"Did you fall badly?"

"I heard it was quite serious. The main reason was that after the fall, the old man was frozen all night before he was discovered. It must have been quite painful."

When Liu Shuping heard this, she felt a little anxious.

"What should we do..."

"What's wrong, Mom? What are you worried about? I don't need these two dollars to celebrate my trip."

"That's not it. If his grandma is gone, He Xing and Erya's marriage will either have to be postponed for a hundred days or three years later. What can we do?"

Jiang Qiuhe also frowned upon hearing this.

If you want to get married within a hundred days, you have to get married within a hundred days after the funeral. Erya will take the college entrance examination in half a year, so there is no time to get married.

They got married three years later. Erya was already in her twenties by then, so she was a bit old.

"Erya is back, I'll take her to see the situation first."

As soon as Jiang Qu arrived home, he was taken back by Jiang Qiuhe.

This time she came back in the car of a friend from Hexing. It was a very expensive Santana, and she didn't feel much bumps while driving on the bumpy country road.

In the car, friends and Jiang Qu talked a lot about the opportunities and challenges of this era. Jiang Qu couldn't help but his eyes lit up and his blood boiled. He wished he could graduate from college immediately and join this reform craze.

Just when she was about to share her thoughts with He Xing, Jiang Qiuhe said, "He Xing's grandma fell and is now in the county hospital."

When I went back, I sat on the bicycle again. The iron bars under my buttocks were hard and cold, the wind was biting, the ride was bumpy, my nose and tears flowed, and the key point was that it was very, very slow.

In the past, Jiang Qu had never thought that a bicycle could be so slow, and he had never realized that this country road, which he thought was endlessly long, could be so short.

"Brother, do you know how much a Santana costs?"

"That would be expensive, around 100,000 yuan."

"Hundreds of thousands?! That expensive?"

"Yeah, these are imported cars, and most people with money can't buy them. What's wrong? Why do you ask?"

Jiang Qu shook his head.

"Nothing, just curious."

"You and He Xing will work hard in the future. Maybe you can afford a car in the future. Then I will take advantage of you and take your car to the county and city."

Jiang Qu couldn't help but look at the boundless fields in front of him, thinking of He Xing's future achievements, he said in a relaxed tone.

"Yes, I will."

When she thought of that time, she felt her heart heat up.

When he arrived at the hospital and found the ward, Jiang Qu immediately spotted He Xing sitting by the bed with his head lowered.

She walked forward and patted his shoulder gently.

"It's okay, grandma will be fine."

He Xing's face was haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, and a layer of green stubble appeared on his chin.

Jiang Qu knew that this was the time when He Xing needed her the most, so she stayed with him to take care of her grandma without saying anything.

It's a pity that the old man's condition is still going downhill. In an ordinary family, the family may have taken the old man back to prepare for the funeral. But He Xing is still persisting, paying expensive hospitalization fees every day, and eating the best food.

I just hope my grandma's condition will get better.

Soon, all the money that He Xing planned to save to buy a house in the county town was spent.

He contacted someone to sell the motorcycle, then borrowed more than 1,000 yuan from a friend and continued to persevere.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was approaching, the old man was in a good or bad state, just hanging like this. He Xing was already heavily in debt, and Jiang Qu finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Hey Xing, grandma told me that she wants to go home. Let's take her home."

"No, I discussed it with the doctor yesterday. He said that the city hospital has just introduced a technology called heart bypass, which has not yet been popularized in the country. He said that grandma has a heart problem and if she wants to have a chance to live,

I had no choice but to try this operation, and I decided to leave for the city hospital in two days."

When Jiang Qu heard this, her breathing suddenly stagnated. Looking at He Xing's eyes shining with vitality and joy, she knew that he had made up his mind.

He Xing is a man with strong actions. He will do whatever he says, and Jiang Qu will always support his decision.

But this time Jiang Qu was silent.

Because He Xing already owed a lot of money.

"Going to the city is not a trivial matter. Besides, we have no money to continue going to the city for treatment."

"It's okay. The more than 10,000 yuan I borrowed from the bank can be used for emergencies first."

When Jiang Qu heard this, his tone became sharper subconsciously.
Chapter completed!