CHAPTER 282: CHAPTER 281: CHANGES OF THE HUMAN HEART

"Ah Fang, you’re busy with your own things, is there any vegetables at home? If not, go pick some from our place."

"Oh, thank you. They suddenly came, and we really weren’t ready. I need to quickly send Ah Zhi to cut some meat and bring it back," said Cha Zhenfang, then grabbed two handfuls of candies and put them in the hands of the Saozi who had just spoken, asking her to help distribute them.

She turned around and went back into the house to boil water. The custom here was to use three cups of tea to greet distinguished guests.

"Why did you suddenly come back? Hope it’s not something with Ying Hui," Little Grandmother asked in bewilderment as soon as they entered the house.

"I’m on a mission this time and just happened to come over here. It’s the first year of my marriage with Xiao Wan, I should come to see you. I couldn’t make it during the New Year because I was on duty. Now that I have the chance, I’m here to visit you."

"It’s good if nothing’s wrong. You should come to meet people. We originally should attend your wedding, but the road is too far. I am too old to handle the journey back and forth."

A distinguished guest arrived at the Liang Family, and they were busy at home. Liang Zhi borrowed a bicycle from the village and went to the town to cut two jins of meat, bought some fish balls, and hurried back.

Cha Zhenfang was busy in the kitchen, working hard, while Han Yi and Little Grandmother were chatting in the living room.

Mostly, it was about understanding the situation of Xiao Wan and her family over there.

"Did you see that? That’s Da Qian Men brand cigarettes, fifty cents a pack!"

"So expensive! Ah Wang really is remarkable, found someone in the city, and he’s even a soldier."

"Thirty years on the east side of the river, thirty years on the west. Now the Liang Family has become capable and prosperous. Did you hear from Ye Qing when she came back for New Year’s, saying they opened a big restaurant over there that’s even better than those state-owned ones, making great money."

"The son will soon graduate from college, and he’s going to be assigned a job in the future, becoming someone who works in a public institution."

"I think Li Fugui will have trouble soon. Everyone knows he bullied Liang Hongmei’s family all these years. Didn’t Old Liang get killed by him in the past? Now they have a son-in-law who’s a soldier."

"Be careful not to let them hear this, otherwise you’ll be in trouble."

"Who’s afraid of him? The election is coming soon, and most people in our village don’t want to elect him as the village chief."

Han Yi planned to stay at the Liang Family for a day, had lunch, and was taken by Liang Zhi to rest at his own house for a while, then in the afternoon he was taken to Lin Wan’s house at the back.

The first thing Han Yi noticed was how dilapidated it was, so run-down that if it rained heavily outside, it would likely rain lightly inside.

"My aunt raised Ah Hui and Ah Wang by herself; life was very difficult, so the family had no money to renovate the house. This house was left by my second grand-uncle, it’s decades old. Despite having no money, my aunt still managed to get both of them into high school. Unfortunately, both got admitted at the same time, and originally Xiao Wan was young, my aunt wanted her to wait a year, but Xiao Wan was stubborn and didn’t understand my aunt’s difficulties, so she ran away alone. Fortunately, nothing happened, after a month she realized her mistake, went to the neighboring town and started selling food to earn money. She stopped studying and focused on supporting Hui’s education. But later ran into a gangster, couldn’t do business and came back."

"Did they get hurt?" Han Yi could guess who the gangster was; Han Yi regretted not helping her more at the time, but if he did, she might not have gone to S City later. He didn’t expect his wife had endured so much hardship growing up.

"My aunt and Xiao Wan weren’t hurt, but Ying Hui suffered quite a bit. Fortunately, nothing serious happened."