CHAPTER 73: CHAPTER 73: IT TURNS OUT WE REALLY ARE DESTINED

By the time they handed in their tools and came out, they happened to meet Bai Suli, who was returning from work.

However, upon seeing Yunyi, Bai Suli subconsciously stopped what she was doing.

For the sake of beauty, she had worn a short-sleeved shirt made of Dacron fabric that day. Now, her arms were covered with numerous red welts and small red bumps, itching so badly that she had to scratch and slap them.

Yunyi glanced at her and then left with Geng Erhong.

It wasn’t until they had walked some distance that Geng Erhong gloated, "This morning, Li Zhiqing even warned her, but she said that Li was just jealous. Now look at her! She didn’t listen to advice. It serves her right that she’s itching so badly."

As the two of them were talking, an auntie nearby greeted them with a smile, "How’s it going? Can you still handle the work in the fields?"

Yunyi replied with a smile, "It’s alright. It’s just really stuffy in the fields, and the corn leaves keep scratching my face."

Another auntie chimed in, "The Zhang Family in the village makes straw hats. You should go get one to wear. It can provide some shade."

After speaking, she pointed to the straw hat on her own head. "It’s this kind of hat; it can also help shield you from the sun."

Geng Erhong asked, "Auntie, where does the Zhang Family live?"

The auntie stretched out her arm, pointing towards the village entrance. "It’s the house with the black gate at the village entrance."

No sooner had she finished speaking than she nudged the woman next to her. "Guihua, isn’t that your third son and his wife?"

Upon hearing this, the woman beside her looked over and then hurried forward excitedly. "Third Son, you’re back? Why didn’t you send a message home in advance?"

"Mom, we’ve come back to take care of some things."

"What’s so urgent that you had to come all the way back yourselves?"

"Well, Juanzi’s grandma fell ill a while ago, and it’s gotten worse these past few days. They’ve been keeping it from Juanzi. You know Juanzi was raised by her grandma; the old lady has been constantly asking for Juanzi lately. It was her paternal aunt who couldn’t stand it anymore and finally told Juanzi in secret."

"It must be her stepmother who didn’t want Juanzi to come back. That woman’s heart is more complicated than a beehive."

"Mom, let’s go home first. Juanzi is pregnant, and she had a little incident on the train a few days ago. She’s also been subjected to a lot of sarcasm and ridicule at her parents’ home. I’m worried her body can’t take it."

"Really pregnant?"

"How could it be fake? But it’s still early on. Juanzi has always been frail, and the doctor said this pregnancy needs to be carefully managed."

"Good, good, it’s wonderful that she’s pregnant, just wonderful. Let’s go home, and Mom will cook something delicious to nourish you both."

As Yunyi and Geng Erhong were whispering to each other, they heard someone exclaim excitedly, "Baotong, it’s the young woman who saved me and the baby on the train!"

Hearing this, Yunyi looked over, a thought flashing through her mind: Could it be such a coincidence?

A glance confirmed it—my goodness, it really was the couple from the train!

Xie Juanzi, her face alight with excitement, said, "Sister, it’s really you! I didn’t expect to see you again so soon."

"You know each other?"

"Mom, she’s the one who saved my Juanzi’s life!"

Xie Juanzi hurried over to Yunyi, momentarily forgetting her mother-in-law. "Sister, things were so rushed that day. I only knew you were an Educated Youth. I didn’t even get your name."

Yunyi smiled. "My name is Chuyunyi. It seems we truly are fated to meet."

Gong Baotong, his face beaming with a smile, said, "Comrade Chu, I had no idea you were assigned to our production brigade as an Educated Youth."

Gong Baotong’s mother, Zhao Guihua, asked anxiously, "Third Son, what happened?"

Gong Baotong then recounted what happened on the train. "Mom, at the time, there wasn’t a single doctor to be found on the entire train, and I was frantic. If Comrade Chu hadn’t intervened, Juanzi and the baby in her womb would likely have been in grave danger."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Guihua was terribly frightened. She patted her chest for a long moment before she finally calmed down.