The village chief came here mainly to praise these two people. After he finished speaking, he ordered a few more young and strong people and shouted to the mouth of the river embankment. Father Chu came uninvited and followed the village chief with Xiao Xiao, intending to take a closer look.
The village chief naturally had no objection. He waited for Chu's father to take a few steps and then approached, "Old Chu, you have raised a good daughter. I really deserve your respect!" After that, he gave a thumbs up.
As soon as he said these words, Chu's father felt indescribable happiness in his heart, which was even happier than when he ate white flour steamed buns during the Chinese New Year. He felt as if he was light and light when he walked, and his back was a little straighter, as if the people behind him were also looking at him with praise. Look at him.
His smile became more and more kind, "Everywhere, we have watched this child grow up. She has not had to worry about adults since she was a child. She is very well-behaved! I only found out about her saving people today. This child has done such a big thing. No one said anything when I got home.”
The village chief laughed, and naturally followed the compliment again. As he talked and laughed, he was getting farther and farther away from the Chu family.
In the Chu family yard, the people who joined in the fun had seen and heard enough, and happily went to work. Chu's mother pulled Chu Ye to the corner, and just when she opened her mouth to ask something, her neighbor Aunt Wang came over and pulled Chu Ye happily, no matter how satisfied she looked.
"Hey, Xiaoye has done something big. Auntie, I have to praise you. You've done a great job!" Chu Ye pursed his lips and rolled his eyes, filled with starlight.
Just this simple sentence made her heart feel as if it was being dried in the sun and warmed. How many years had it been since she had been praised so warmly and sincerely?
The grinding life day after day in her previous life had made her heart numb. She once felt that life was just counting the seconds from day to day, filled with endless insults and fights.
Now there are people who are willing to sincerely praise her and tell her she is doing well, and she has a young body and can create a different future.
Chu Ye shifted his gaze and looked at Mu Zhiqing, who was surrounded by many people and looked at a loss.
Here, Aunt Wang pulled Chu's mother out of the yard. Some friends she was usually friendly with also hurriedly came over and walked into the fields together talking and laughing. As a result, there were fewer people in the yard.
Chu Ye did not rush out. Instead, he turned around and walked back to the house. He put the food stamps he had just received and the red flower on his collar in the room before going out in a hurry. What she didn't notice was that behind her, Mu Zhiqing also followed quietly.
Just now, many people had left the yard, and there were far fewer people around Mu Zhiqing. If anyone observed carefully, they would find that even if he was squeezed in the crowd, Mu Zhiqing was always observing Chu Ye with his eyes. So when Chu Ye stepped out of the courtyard, he immediately made an excuse and followed him out.
The dirt road in the field was difficult to walk, and Chu Ye walked very fast. At first, he could still see silhouettes of people, but after a while he looked up and saw that the front was empty except for the weeds rustling in the wind, which was inexplicably scary. Just when he was secretly upset, half of Chu Ye's body appeared behind the tree in front of him.
She seemed to have known for a long time that there was someone behind her and was not surprised at all. She stood behind a tree five meters away and asked cautiously, "Why are you following me?"
No wonder Chu Ye asked this. Sometimes, in order to rush for time, she would choose to take a path to the fields. This path was made by humans, with trees and weeds on both sides. Villagers who have not lived here for a long time would not notice it. On the road here, this person seemed to be following her.
Chu Ye suddenly made a sound that scared Mu Zhiqing. When he reacted, a bright smile appeared on his face and he extended his hand, "Hello, my name is Mu Jiajun. I know you saved me, so I wanted to come and thank you."
After saying that, he seemed to realize that his behavior of following Chu Ye was inappropriate, and said very embarrassedly, "I'm not a bad person. I saw that there were many people in your yard, and I couldn't find a chance to thank you, so I thought of following you. Let me tell you in person.”
Chu Ye frowned and glanced over him. He was wearing a light blue shirt, a gray woolen knitted vest, and dark gray polyester pants underneath, which was incompatible with this land.
She could tell that this educated youth had an extraordinary background. His clothes alone were not affordable for ordinary people. Even among the educated youth, his family background was probably one of the best.
She looked at the extended hand and knew that it meant shaking hands. This was the way these educated youths liked to say hello, but she was still a little uncomfortable with it. Besides, the educated youth's hands were still wrapped with gauze. After hesitating, she saw the educated youth suddenly shook his head. He retracted his hand and scratched his head in embarrassment.
He smiled and said, "Hey, I didn't see clearly just now. My hands are a little dirty." He walked to Chu Ye in three steps and two steps. His gray-blue eyes were full of sincerity, and he looked like an inexperienced person. Master.
"I want to thank you for saving my life. Without you, I might have drowned in the water. By the way, my savior, I don't know your name yet."
"My name is Chu Ye." After saying that, she turned around and continued walking forward. It seemed that what she thought in her previous life was right. Mu Jiajun was a young master who was loved by his family. He looked like a fool who could be deceived.
Footsteps followed closely, followed slowly, and voices kept coming, "Your name is so nice. How old are you this year?"
"Fifteen years old."
"How many years have you been in school?"
"Graduating junior high school this summer."
"Is it true what you said last night about coming out to look for books?"
Hearing this, Chu Ye paused slightly. After a moment, he walked forward as if nothing had happened, "Well, it's true."
After a while, Chu Ye walked along the path to the field where he was going to work, but Mu Jiajun had already said goodbye to her at the last intersection.
The weather in March was still chilly, and Chu Ye was wearing a thin jacket made of blue cloth. This was her third sister's old clothes and was left for her to wear after she was a child.
At this time, there were many people in the field. Chu Ye found a place close to Chu's mother and started working with a hoe. After a winter of rain and snow, the land became solid. The soil had to be loosened and holes dug before the seeds could be buried.
In her previous life, Zhao Xuesong didn't work, and she was the only one who went to the fields. She was already familiar with spring plowing and autumn harvesting, and when to do what.
However, this time she still overestimated herself. Unlike her previous life, where she was used to farm work and her hands were covered with thick calluses, now her hands looked like they had thin skin and tender flesh. After just a while of hoeing, the tiger's mouth became red. , she could only take a short rest and continue working.
The sun was already high above the head without noticing, and the warm sunshine made people feel warm, and their stomachs began to growl. Not far away, Chu's mother shouted, calling Chu Ye to go home for dinner.
The two of them were speechless on the road. When they got home, Chu's father was already sitting in the yard, smoking a cigarette alone. When he saw the two people entering the house, Chu's father got up, closed the yard door, and went to the main hall.
In the main hall, Chu's mother was preparing to light a fire for cooking. Chu Ye took out the food stamps from under the pillow and placed them on the dining table.
Father Chu watched her movements and took a long puff of his cigarette, "What you said two days ago, were you really dreaming about it?"
As soon as these words came out, Chu Ye naturally knew what she was referring to, and she nodded.
Father Chu stood up and walked around the small room. After a while, he continued to ask, "Then what you said about the Zhao family is also true?"
"That's what the Bodhisattva said. He also said that if you don't believe it, go and ask around."
He said this with certainty, as if he was sure that such a thing was true. But regardless of whether this is true or not, this is not what Chu Ye should know.
Whether it was the river embankment bursting or the Zhao family losing their child recently.
In the morning, Chu's father followed him upstream and saw the breach in the river embankment. As the village chief said, one area was gnawed away by termites. Then there was heavy rain in the upstream county last night and the water level rose. This led to an increase in the amount of water here. , eventually leading to floods.
But this kind of natural disaster was predicted by Chu Ye two days in advance. She could not have known that the river embankment had been gnawed away, nor could she have known that the rain was so heavy that it broke the river embankment. Could it be that the Bodhisattva in Chu Ye's dream was real? Is there really such a strange thing in this world?
He couldn't help but think that Chu Ye had a high fever a few days ago. They invited the village doctor to come over and prescribed medicine, but it didn't feel better at all. It wasn't until they called the goddess and slapped her with a peach tree branch that she woke up.
Is everything Chu Ye said true? He planned to find time to go to the next village to inquire about it.
Soon after the family had lunch, Chu's mother specially took out a small bag of white flour, poured water into it and kneaded it into a dough, kneaded it and put it in a basin to ferment.
"Your brother is out of school in the afternoon, and we will steam buns for him in the evening." Chu's mother smiled. This has become a tradition in the family. My brother is in junior high school in the town and comes back once a week. Today happens to be Friday. Every time When he comes back, Chu's mother will take out the white noodles hidden at home as a reward for his brother's hard work in studying.
It was another half-day of work in the afternoon. When Chu Ye got tired, he would take a break. Little by little, he had hoeed a lot of places.
In her previous life, she stopped going to school in the second half of the second semester of junior high school. At that time, the fever subsided and her family introduced her to a blind date. Chu's mother persuaded her that working every day would help her family. Besides, her younger brother was also in school, so the family was under great pressure. When the graduation certificate was issued in the summer, she would be considered a junior high school graduate, so there would be no impact.
After listening to what her family said, she felt that what Chu's mother said made sense. This was the case at this time. Even if you went to school, you still had to work. After all, after junior high school, you would still have to go on a blind date. Many girls in their village were like this. She never thought anything was wrong, but now, she no longer thinks so.
The sun was setting in the west, and the air was getting colder. After finishing the day's work, they had to go to the score office to register their work points. For people like her and Chu's mother, seven points were counted per day. Chu's father didn't work in the morning, so he only had five points recorded.
When the three of them walked to the door of their house, they saw Chu Guangyao sitting in the yard, writing homework with a pencil. Next to him was Mu Zhiqing, whom he had just met in the morning.
I don’t know where this man went in the afternoon. His clean trouser legs were stained with a lot of mud and grass. He looked tired. At this time, he lowered his head and said something to Chu Guangyao.
The sound of pushing the door attracted their attention, and Chu Guangyao walked over first, "Father, mother, this brother was helping me with my homework just now. He said he came to see my sister."
Mu Zhiqing quickly stood up and addressed people politely. After a few words of greeting, Chu's mother was anxious to steam the steamed buns and took Guangyao into the house. Chu's father saw him glance at Chu Ye several times and knew that he had something to say, so he left the room Leave it to two people.
Chu Ye frowned and looked at Mu Zhiqing holding a black leather bag in his hand, wondering why he came to find him.
The man who was a whole head taller than her lowered his head and opened his leather bag. He first took out a purple iron box and handed it to Chu Ye. "This is chocolate. I brought it from home. I don't like eating it very much. I give it to you." .”
Seeing that Chu Ye wanted to refuse, he quickly said, "Just think of it as me thanking you for your life-saving grace. If you don't accept it, I will keep bringing you things until you accept them."
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She only found it funny that the person in front of her was threatening. How could she force someone to collect something like this? Besides, if it was something she really didn't like to eat, why would she come all the way to bring it?
But the person in front of him was so sincere, Chu Ye thought that if she really didn't accept her, he might really come here every day. Besides, if she hadn't taken action, he would indeed have died in the water. She could still afford a box of chocolates.
(End of chapter)