Chapter 24: Lu Xiaoya

Life in the Yu family was very simple. Yu Maode paid attention to health preservation; he ate little meat and many vegetables. Most of the meat he ate was fish. Qingyu Township was located on the banks of the Changjiang River and was named after fish, so there was naturally plenty of fish.

Today, there was a plate of pan-fried small fish on the table. Here, these small fish that never grew big were called mountain-trout fish. They were pan-fried in oil, and then some seasonings like green onions, ginger, garlic, and chili were added to stew them for a while. The taste was excellent.

There was also a plate of stir-fried diced meat with fresh lotus seeds. This was specially stir-fried by Su Cuie for her nephew. Every summer, what Su Xinghui loved to eat most was lotus seeds.

Besides these two meat dishes, the table had some vegetables, but these vegetables were grown by Su Cuie herself. Stir-fried in a country stove and a large iron wok, they had a unique flavor.

There weren't many dishes on the table, but they all suited Su Xinghui's taste, and he ate with great relish.

Yu Maode didn't have a large appetite. After eating some food and a bowl of rice, he went to rest. This was his daily habit. Su Xinghui chatted with Yu Gaofeng. Yu Gaofeng hadn't been admitted to university, so he stayed at home to study traditional Chinese medicine with Yu Maode. He was quite talented in traditional Chinese medicine.

Of course, it was impossible for Yu Gaofeng to practice medicine independently now; he still had to follow his father for at least a few more years.

The two brothers were of similar age and had played together since they were children, so they had a deep relationship. Su Xinghui knew that Yu Gaofeng had already found a partner in the neighboring village, so he asked, "Third brother, when do you plan to get married?"

Yu Gaofeng said somewhat embarrassedly, "I don't know yet, probably in a year or two."

Su Xinghui said, "Give me a heads-up when you get married. I will definitely come."

The two brothers chatted for a while, then heard the dogs in the village barking in unison. They didn't pay much attention; dogs barking was a very common thing and nothing to be surprised about.

However, within two minutes, Su Xinghui heard the sound of a car, and the Yu family's dogs barked loudly. He and Yu Gaofeng went out and saw a taxi driving over and stopping in front of the door.

Su Xinghui didn't find it strange. Yu Maode's medical skills were excellent. Besides people from the nearby villages, many people from the city came to him for medical treatment. This was probably another patient who had come for his reputation.

However, after the patient got out of the car, Su Xinghui discovered that this was actually an acquaintance of his. He shouted, "Lu Xiaoya!"

The patients were an old woman and a beautiful young girl. The young girl was carefully helping the old woman get out of the car. Hearing someone call her name, she looked up and shouted happily, "Su Xinghui, why are you here?"

Lu Xiaoya was Su Xinghui's junior, also studying in the Chinese Department at Jiangcheng University, one year below Su Xinghui. After the summer vacation, she would be a senior.

When Lu Xiaoya was at school, she and Su Xinghui were both cadres of the Student Union, so she had a good relationship with Su Xinghui. She admired Su Xinghui's talent, and Su Xinghui also had a good impression of the pure and beautiful Lu Xiaoya.

Of course, because Su Xinghui had a girlfriend at university, he and Lu Xiaoya only admired each other. After Su Xinghui returned to Shangjun County, the distance between them widened, and they didn't have much contact afterward.

Especially after Su Xinghui learned that Lu Xiaoya's father was the Director of the Provincial Party History Office, he would never take the initiative to look for Lu Xiaoya. He was afraid that Lu Xiaoya would think he was contacting her because her father was a department-level cadre, thereby looking down on himself.

At that time, Su Xinghui was still full of sourness.

Besides knowing that Lu Xiaoya's father, Lu Zhenghong, was currently the Director of the Provincial Party History Office, Su Xinghui also knew that he would have a smooth official career in the next ten years or so.

One of Lu Zhenghong's old leaders was in the capital. During the reshuffle that year, the central government sent a new Provincial Party Secretary to Hudong Province. He had a very good relationship with Lu Zhenghong's old leader. Because this old leader had worked in Hudong, he asked this old leader for advice on many things before coming to Hudong.

And Lu Zhenghong was the one recommended by this old leader to this Provincial Party Secretary. After taking office, he promoted Lu Zhenghong to the position of Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee and member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee within a year. From then on, Lu Zhenghong embarked on the fast track of his official career.

More than ten years later, he even sat on the throne of the Secretary of the Hudong Provincial Party Committee.

Of course, Su Xinghui didn't know many of the inside stories, and many of them were just hearsay. But this didn't prevent him from knowing that Lu Zhenghong was a super potential stock. In this life, he naturally wouldn't be so aloof. Although he wouldn't go to curry favor with Lu Zhenghong, it was still necessary to have a good relationship with Lu Xiaoya.

Seeing the old woman walking with difficulty, Su Xinghui quickly stepped forward to help Lu Xiaoya support the old woman. "Lu Xiaoya, are you here for medical treatment?"

Lu Xiaoya nodded. "Yes, this is my grandmother. She has rheumatoid arthritis. She saw it at a big hospital for a long time without any effect. After being introduced by someone, she came to Dr. Yu. She has already been here several times, and now my grandmother's illness is much better. By the way, you haven't said why you are here. You aren't sick, are you?"

Su Xinghui smiled. "I'm not sick, Dr. Yu is my uncle."

Lu Xiaoya said in surprise, "Really? That's great! How can it be such a coincidence? We are so destined!"

Lu Xiaoya's words were spoken without thinking, but as soon as they were spoken, she felt there was something wrong with her words, and she couldn't help but blush. Fortunately, the old woman didn't notice. Her rheumatoid arthritis was already quite serious, and she was in great pain. She was walking with a limp and had to concentrate to move step by step.

Su Xinghui just pretended not to hear. He carefully helped the old woman into the main room and specifically found a chair with a backrest for her to sit on.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Su Xinghui prepared to call Yu Maode to get up, but he didn't expect Yu Maode to have already gotten up. He went to wash his face and went to the main room to see the old woman. ===== CHAPTER 26 =====