Chapter 006.

Servant Danling had just finished reading the letter to Zhen Zhen when Zhong Minfen and Chen Qingmei returned.

They were not only back by themselves, they were followed by a number of village women.

Zhong Minfen just entered the courtyard gate and asked, “Is it a letter from Huai Ming?”

Just now, someone had seen the postman coming to the village, and when she heard about it, she thought that it might not be a letter from Shui Huai Ming, so she came back.

The others had nothing else to do and came along to join in the fun.

Zhen Zhen and Shi Danling stood up together.

Shi Danling shook the letter paper in her hand, “It’s a letter from Third Uncle.”

Zhong Minfen smiled with her eyes and said before she came to her feet, “Quickly, Lingling, read it.”

Seeing that so many people had come at once, Shui Danling was a little embarrassed.

However, she often stood up to read in school, so there was nothing she couldn’t handle.

When everyone else had taken a bench and sat down, she stood in the crowd and pinched the paper and read it with a sense of humor.

After listening to the letter, the courtyard was immediately lively.

An old lady laughed and said to Zhong Minfen: “Sister Servant, you’re going to the city to enjoy your happiness.”

Zhong Minfen couldn’t hide the smile on her face, “I’m an old man with old legs, where can I go?”

Emotions are contagious, and everyone in the courtyard had thick smiles on their faces.

Zhen Zhen naturally also sat next to her and laughed, lowering her head and continuing to hook her sweater.

Xiuzhu rubbed against her, “Zhen Zhen, you’re going to enjoy yourself.”

Zhen Zhen smiled and said, “Mother can enjoy her happiness.”

Hearing this, Zhong Minfen looked at her again and said, “What do you mean, I can enjoy my happiness? You can’t take what Huaixia said to heart. You heard what Huai Ming wrote in his letter, and he asked you to come over. When his house is divided up, pack up your packages and go to the city. Hurry up and try to have a baby this year.”

Zhen Zhen couldn’t help but blush when she heard about having a baby.

Xiuzhu was next to her and saw it most clearly, and laughed out loud, “Zhen Zhen is blushing.”

When the others looked at Zhen Zhen’s face, Zhen Zhen’s face became even more colorful.

Embarrassed, she raised her hand and patted Xiuzhu.

Because of the presence of the little child, the women didn’t say anything dirty.

They all laughed and talked together, saying that Zhen Zhen was lucky.

Married to a man like Shi Huai Ming, simply beautiful.

Zhen Zhen thought.

If we can really be together.

Indeed beautiful.

***

After the New Year days passed, the village resumed labor production.

At the moment, we don’t sell bean sprouts or fried goods, and there’s nothing else to do at home, so Zhen Zhen followed Shui Huaizhong and Chen Qingmei to work in the production team every day.

Although the rumors about her didn’t stop, most people were very polite and enthusiastic when facing her.

After all, no matter what, she was still a member of the Shih family and Shih Huai Ming’s wife.

Of course, there were also the kind of people like Hong Mei, who would pour cold water on her from time to time with sour words.

Regardless of what others thought, regardless of what Hong Mei said, Zhen Zhen did not take it to heart.

The day is not for others to see, she did her own on the line.

After the first month of the year, the family also agreed to go to the city with Mr. Huai Ming.

He had just stabilized in the city, so Zhong Minfen and Zhen Zhen went there first.

As the day of departure approached, Zhong Minfen said over dinner, “Zhen Zhen, I won’t go to the city, I’m not well enough to go that far. When Huai Ming has his family vacation, you guys come back to see me.”

Zhen Zhen had been prepared to go with Zhong Minfen, but when she heard her say she wasn’t going, she felt uneasy.

She pinched her chopsticks and froze for a moment, then said, “Mother, if you’re not going, is it appropriate for me to go alone?”

Zhong Minfen laughed, “You are his daughter-in-law, what’s inappropriate?”

Indeed, there is nothing inappropriate, but thinking that she will have to go to the city alone, facing a big city like that that is completely unfamiliar to her, she still can’t help but feel a little panicked.

Zhen Zhen pursed her lips, “I am afraid that I will be alone in the city …….”

Fear can be a lot of it, so one did not say out.

Zhong Minfen still smiled and said, “There is Huai Ming, don’t be afraid.”

Zhong Minfen decided things, others can not persuade.

After finishing dinner and cleaning up the cookhouse, Chen Qingmei went to her room and asked her, “Mother, are you really letting Zhen Zhen go alone?”

Zhong Minfen nodded her head and said, “What do you think I’m going to do now? Don’t you think it’s in the way? They haven’t seen each other for so many years, so they need to spend more time alone together to make their life better. It’s not good for me to get involved.”

Chen Qingmei thought about it makes sense, also nodded.

Zhong Minfen changed her breath and said, “I don’t care what Huai Ming thinks, in my case, getting married is not a child’s play, getting married is a lifelong couple. If he’s like his father, even if he becomes a general, I won’t recognize him as my son.”

After saying that she thought of something, she suddenly stretched her head and called, “Ling Ling, come over here for a moment.”

Serving Danling heard the sound and quickly ran over, entering the door and asked, “Grandma, what’s wrong?”

Zhong Minfen looked at her and said, “Go get a pen and paper and help grandma write something.”

Servant Danling answered “Eh” and turned around to run out.

When she came back, she had a pencil and notebook in her hand.

Zhong Minfen made her stand by the box and asked her to write as she said.

She said slowly and in a low voice, “San’er, I’m not well these days, so I can’t go to your place with Zhen Zhen. I don’t worry about anything else, but I can’t worry about Zhen Zhen. She stays in the countryside and has never traveled far, let alone to such a big city. So when Zhen Zhen arrives, you have to treat her well and don’t let her suffer.”

Zhong Minfen probably said this much, Shui Danling helped her write it down.

After writing it down and tearing off the paper and folding it up, she looked at Zhong Minfen and said, “Grandma, will you take it to the mail tomorrow?”

Zhong Minfen laughed, “You’re silly, let your third aunt bring it.”

Shi Danling slammed her head.

She was indeed stupid.

Zhong Minfen instructed her again, “If you give it to your third aunt, just tell her that I told your third uncle why I’m not going to the city, and don’t say anything else.”

Servant Danling nodded, “Grandma, I know.”

Zhong Minfen smiled again, “When your third uncle and third aunt have settled down in the city, and the days are well spent, and I’m in better health and able to play, we’ll go over there together.”

Servant Danling was happy to hear this and said in a clear voice, “Yes, yes.”

If she could go to the big city once, the children in the village would envy her to death.

Chen Qingmei also sat next to her and laughed, still repeating the same sentence, “Huai Ming really has a future.”

While they were talking, Zhen Zhen came over.

She raised the curtain on the door to look in and asked curiously, “What are you talking about?”

Serving Danling raised her hand and shook the paper in her hand, “Grandma wrote a letter to Third Uncle, Third Auntie, you bring it to Third Uncle.”

Zhen Zhen knew that she, Zhong Min Fen, had always been a man of her word.

So she didn’t say anything more about letting Zhong Minfen go along and nodded, “Okay.”

Although she was nervous, she didn’t beat a retreat in her heart and say she wouldn’t go, she had originally wanted to go and find Squire Huai Ming.

When she entered the house and sat down, Zhong Minfen took her hand and instructed her, “When you get to Huai Ming’s side, no matter what you need, just talk to him directly, don’t be afraid of the trouble and don’t say anything. Don’t condescend to yourself, do you hear me?”

And no matter what will really happen there.

Zhen Zhen didn’t want Zhong Minfen to worry, and nodded at her, “Mother, don’t worry.”

Zhong Minfen stared at Zhen Zhen, “Don’t coax me, listen to my words.”

Zhen Zhen, “I’ve always listened to you.”

This is true.

Zhong Minfen pats the back of Zhen Zhen’s hand, “Don’t think about anything, go enjoy your happiness!”

Zhen Zhen laughed out, still nodding her head at Zhong Minfen, “Uh-huh!”

Thinking of Zhen Zhen going to such a faraway place, Zhong Minfen was still a bit reluctant to let go.

She was afraid that she would be wronged outside, and wanted to tell her a lot of things, so she said a lot of things.

In the past two days, Zhen Zhen did not go to the production team to work, but stayed at home with Zhong Minfen, accompanied her to do housework and sewing, accompanied her to talk to her, so that Zhong Minfen will have to say all the words finished.

The day before they left, Zhong Minfen and Zhen Zhen went to the market and bought some delicious food.

In addition to making a table of good food in the evening, but also wrapped pork and celery dumplings, the whole family for Zhen Zhen practice.

Shui Xingguo ate the dumplings one by one, stuffing his mouth bulging.

Shui Danling also ate well next to him, celery and pork was her favorite.

Swallowing the dumplings in her mouth, she told Zhen Zhen, “Third Aunt, if you miss us, find someone to write to us.”

Zhen Zhen listened and nodded to everything the family had told her over the past two days.

Of course, she had made all the preparations in her heart, and no matter what happened there, she would accept it with open arms.

After dinner, Zhen Zhen packed her bags in her room, while Zhong Minfen and Chen Qingmei came over to help her.

Because the journey was quite far, she didn’t bring much, just a change of clothes.

In addition to the clothes, the rest was dry food for the three meals on the road.

In addition to buns and sweet potatoes, Zhong Minfen also packed a few pieces of peach cake and glutinous rice cake for Zhen Zhen.

After packing up, Zhong Minfen stood and thought for a while, “Is there anything else that I forgot to bring?”

Zhen Zhen had never traveled far, much less gone out on her own, so she was still a bit uneasy.

After thinking for a while, she said to Zhen Zhen, “Where is the letter of introduction? The letter of introduction must be kept safe, this is the most important.”

Zhen Zhen packed up the letter of introduction and the money ticket and put them in the pockets of her clothes.

With everything packed, Zhong Minfen was relieved, and patiently told Zhen Zhen, “Zhen Zhen, don’t be nervous, just rest when you get on the train, and Huai Ming will pick you up when you get off the train.”

It’s a lie to say that I’m not nervous, I’m nervous anyways.

But Zhen Zhen held Zhong Min Fen’s hand and nodded at her, “Mother, you don’t have to worry. Although I can’t read or write, I have a mouth that will ask and ears that will listen, I’ll send a letter home when I get there.”

Zhong Minfen nodded her head as well, “Good good good, this is good this is good.”

Because they were leaving tomorrow, Zhong Minfen and Chen Qingmei pulled Zhen Zhen to talk for a while longer tonight.

By the time the two finished talking and went back to their room, Servant Danling had long been so sleepy that she kept yawning and shedding tears.

When they left, she said a few words to Zhen Zhen and fell asleep.

Zhen Zhen couldn’t sleep, and the thought of going to the city made her nervous.

Lying on the bed, she tossed and turned, her mind could not help but think of many things.

When she thought of something, she opened her eyes suddenly, then gently lifted the covers and got up.

She had indeed brought everything she needed to bring, except for one thing she hadn’t.

She put on her clothes and got out of bed, lit the oil lamp and took the silver key pressed under the mattress, went to the writing table and sat down.

Using the key, she unlocked the drawer in the center of the desk.

Pull open the drawer, and what came into view were two marriage certificates.

Zhen Zhen held the marriage certificate under the lamp for a while, and then got up and put the marriage certificate into the package.

Blow out the light and go to bed, lying on the bed with eyes closed and thinking for a while, before barely falling asleep.

She slept until the rooster crowed in the morning, and when she opened her eyes, she was completely awake.

Without sleepiness, she naturally did not fall asleep, and got up to wash and cook and feed the chickens.

Zhong Minfen got up and went to the stove room, saw Zhen Zhen pulling the bellows and asked her, “Is it true that you didn’t fall asleep?”

Zhen Zhen sat behind the stove, her face reflecting the red light, smiled and said, “No, fell asleep.”

Zhong Minfen scooped up the rice bran and mixed it with the chicken food, “I also wanted to see Huai Ming, but my old arms and legs can’t move, so Zhen Zhen, when you see Huai Ming tomorrow, help me take a good look at him. I haven’t seen him for so many years, I don’t know if he’s changed.”

”Well, I’ll be able to see Servant Huai Ming tomorrow.

Thinking of this, Zhen Zhen’s heartbeat couldn’t help but speed up.

She suppressed her heartbeat and answered, “Okay, Mother, I’ll help you take a good look at him.”

Zhong Minfen mixed the chicken food and went to feed the chickens by the chicken coop, and Chen Qingmei just happened to come out of the house.

She came over to take the basin in Zhong Minfen’s hand, but was avoided by Zhong Minfen.

Zhong Minfen poured the chicken food into the nest separately and told her, “You’re tired from working every day, so sleep a little more.”

Chen Qingmei let out a long yawn, “I’m used to it, I can’t sleep.”

She said, turning to go to the cookhouse to help Zhen Zhen.

This morning was no different from every other morning as usual.

But it was the last meal Zhen Zhen cooked and ate at home before she left for the city.

After breakfast she put her parcel on her back and set off, and the family came together to see her off and take her to the head of the village.

There were other people in the village who saw her, some said hello and some came along to see her off.

Those who only greeted her knew that Zhen Zhen had gone to the city to look for Shui Huai Ming.

When they walked past, they couldn’t help but say with envy, “How many lives did Zhen Zhen save in her previous life?”

The next person answered, “In one lifetime? I think she’s been blessed for eight lifetimes.”

Of course, there are also sour ones, “Whether it’s a blessing or not is still unknown.”

What if you go for a short while and then come back?

Zhen Zhen stood at the head of the village and said goodbye to Zhong Minfen and the others.

Zhong Minfen took her hand and urged her for a while before letting her get on the donkey cart.

Zhen Zhen got on the donkey cart and waved to Zhong Minfen and the others, “Mother, sister-in-law, you can go back quickly.”

Zhong Minfen and the others did not leave, but watched from the village head as the donkey cart walked away.

Only when it was far enough away to be out of sight did Zhong Minfen turn back and say, “Let’s go.”

***

The donkey cart belonged to the production team, and the donkey cart driver was Shui Huai Zhong.

The donkey cart is from the production team, and the donkey cart is driven by Shui Huizhong. Shui Huizhong has been treating Zhen Zhen as her own sister, and has said many words of instruction to her on the way to the road.

This is like sending a girl from his own family to her in-laws.

Zhen Zhen sat on the donkey cart and watched the village get farther and farther away from her, and her heart was sad to see it go.

She took a deep breath of air mixed with the smell of soil, raised her hand and pulled her gray woolen scarf up a bit to cover half of her face.

It was already evening when Shui Huizhong drove Zhen Zhen to the train station in his donkey cart.

The donkey cart was tied up outside and sent Zhen Zhen to the platform, where he watched her get on the train and sit down, waved to her and waited for the train to blow its horn and go away before he drove the donkey cart home again.

Zhen Zhen started to get nervous when she stepped into the door of the train station.

Sitting on the train and watching the scenery recede out the window made her heart beat even faster.

She sat quietly on the seat, holding the package to block half of her face, and kept looking out the window to take a deep breath.

After the deep breaths relieved some of her tension, she withdrew her eyes and turned her head to look into the carriage.

When she retracted her gaze, she happened to meet the gaze of the man sitting on the opposite side.

The man across from her took the opportunity to talk to her and asked with a smile, “First time riding a train, huh?”

Zhen Zhen remembered what Zhong Minfen and the others had instructed her before she left.

Telling her not to talk too much to strangers when she came out, after all, she didn’t know if these people were good or bad people.

So Jen shook her head and didn’t respond.

The man on the opposite side tried to talk to her some more.

Jenny shook her head all the time and didn’t make a sound, so the man felt bored and stopped talking to her.

Jen then just stayed in her seat and defended herself against everything.

At night, she sleep is not solid, can not hold out when squinting for a while, a little bit of movement will wake up.

When the sky slowly brightened, she was busy picking herself up again and continued to look out the window.

According to the train’s approximate travel time, she would arrive at the station around noon.

Sensing that she was about to arrive at the station, she pricked up her ears, afraid that she might have passed the station if she hadn’t been paying attention.

She asked the conductor several times in advance to prevent her from passing through the station.

The steward remembered her, and when the train was about to arrive, she came over to remind her, “Comrade, the next stop is Xicheng Station.”

Hearing this, Zhen Zhen couldn’t help but be happy and nervous, and responded to the steward with a smile, “Thank you.”

When the stewardess left, Zhen Zhen carefully took out the red scarf in the package and carefully put it around her neck.

Afraid that the scarf is not very regular and pretty, she looks at the very light reflection of the window glass and organizes it several times along the way.

Immediately will be able to see him.

Zhen Zhen’s hands holding the package hooked together, subconsciously squeezing back and forth.

By the time the train arrived at Nancheng station, her heart was beating even more into her throat.

Gently taking a deep breath to relax, she got up and followed the flow of people off the train.

And the further out, the more violent her heartbeat became.

After getting off the train, Zhen Zhen was nothing but nervous and confused.

Servant Huai Ming said that he would come to the train station to pick up the people, so she didn’t run around, just stood on the platform and didn’t move.

She held her breath and looked around, searching for Squire Huai Ming in the crowd.

As she stood on her tiptoes, her breathing and nerves tightened to the extreme.

She did not find Squire Huai Ming as she had hoped, but after the train whistle sounded, she suddenly heard a voice from behind her, “Zhen Zhen.”

This voice ……

was him?

Zhen Zhen suddenly froze.

Stiff for a moment she held her breath and slowly turned around.

Raising her gaze to see the person calling her, she once again fixed her eyes and froze.

Before this turn, there were five years between them.

Five years, Servant Huai Ming has changed a lot, he is now wearing a military uniform, become more straight and hard, more spiritual and handsome.

As if metamorphosed, his eyebrows were like knife carvings, and his eyes were full of the maturity and stability of having experienced great storms.

Zhen Zhen looked at the service Huai Ming stayed for a while.

Returning to her senses, her face heated up, and she called out in a small voice, “Third brother.”

The sun-drenched wind blew up a corner of her red scarf, and the red veil brushed against her peach-pink face.