Chapter 45

Xia Lan personally brought a bowl of cold tea and handed it to Professor Rao, while the one who brought cold tea to Su Xinghui was Xia Zhu. She handed a bowl of cold tea to Su Xinghui shyly and timidly, not daring to look into Su Xinghui's eyes.

Su Xinghui took the cold tea and drank it in one gulp. He returned the bowl to Xia Zhu and asked, "Xia Zhu, you talked to your mother about the matter yesterday, right?"

Xia Zhu nodded gently and said, "Yes, we talked about it!"

Su Xinghui suddenly felt that his mood had improved. After he learned about that matter yesterday, he had been thinking about it. Whenever he thought that such a beautiful and pure girl as Xia Zhu was actually going to marry a cripple who hadn't even graduated from elementary school, he felt it was a waste of a good thing.

Now, Xia Zhu had finally escaped such a destiny, and Su Xinghui was very happy. Since his rebirth, he had finally done something meaningful.

Su Xinghui said, "That's great!"

Xia Zhu glanced at him secretly and said softly, "Brother Xinghui, thank you! I will definitely work hard in the future."

Xia Zhu was really full of gratitude to Su Xinghui. She had originally accepted the preparation of marrying a strange cripple, but how could she not have the thought of resisting such a destiny? It was just that the reality of the family made her have to accept such a destiny.

Just when she was close to despair, Su Xinghui appeared. It was he who changed her destiny. Just imagine, could she not be grateful to Su Xinghui?

She also remembered the scene when she told her mother about this yesterday. She said that the village was going to set up a bamboo weaving factory, and she would rely on her own bamboo weaving skills to earn at least several dozen yuan a month in the future. She could support her younger brother and younger sister to go to school, and she didn't have to get married now.

Her mother was very surprised. She had never thought that just by relying on weaving those little toys with bamboo, she could earn several dozen yuan a month? She couldn't believe it.

However, Xia Lan went to her house in the evening. She guaranteed to Xia Zhu's mother that she could earn at least several dozen yuan a month, and if it was done well, earning over a hundred a month was possible. She also said that if Xia Zhu's income in the bamboo weaving factory did not reach over fifty yuan within two months, it would not be too late to let Xia Zhu get married.

Just like that, her mother agreed to Xia Zhu. Actually, Xia Zhu knew, how could her mother not feel sorry for her? How could she be willing to send her own daughter into a fire pit? She was also helpless!

Xia Zhu made up her mind that she must work day and night in the bamboo weaving factory in the future, earn more money, and truly support this family.

Hearing Xia Zhu call him Brother Xinghui, Su Xinghui was a bit stunned, but he immediately accepted this form of address. He laughed, "Okay, then you work hard in the future, you will definitely be able to do it well!"

Seeing the bright smile like sunshine on Su Xinghui's face, Xia Zhu's face turned red for no reason again. She hurriedly squatted down, picked up the teapot, poured a full bowl of cold tea for Su Xinghui again, and handed it to him.

Su Xinghui looked at that big bowl of cold tea and felt that he couldn't drink it anymore, but he couldn't refuse Xia Zhu's kindness, so he could only drink another bowl with a bitter face. When he saw Xia Zhu taking the bowl and wanting to pour it for him again, he hurriedly said, "Okay, Xia Zhu, I can't drink that much!"

Xia Zhu saw the bitter smile on Su Xinghui's face and couldn't help but burst into laughter. She turned around, and her long braid swept across Su Xinghui's face, the end of the braid sweeping Su Xinghui's nose, making him feel itchy. He couldn't help but be stunned.

Xia Zhu went to pour cold tea for other laborers with silver bell-like laughter, and Su Xinghui then came back to his senses.

Xia Lan walked over mysteriously and said to Su Xinghui, "Little Su, looking silly? Is my sister beautiful?"

Su Xinghui nodded subconsciously, "Beautiful!"

Xia Lan laughed, "Then do you want me to go and propose marriage for you?"

Su Xinghui's face also turned red, and he hurriedly waved his hand, "Sister Xia, don't joke!"

Su Xinghui's embarrassment made Xia Lan laugh out loud. I don't know why, but she just liked to see the shy look of this clean college student.

In the following two days, Su Xinghui accompanied Professor Rao to Yezhugou every day to guide the villagers to build houses. His days were fulfilling. He became more and more familiar with the villagers, especially Xia Zhu, who poured cold tea for him every day. Sometimes she would also get some roasted sweet potatoes, boiled eggs, and other things for him to eat. He couldn't refuse Xia Zhu's kindness, and he ate them in front of her every time.

On Saturday evening, Su Xinghui returned to the township government, and Cheng Taoxian told him that someone had called him at noon today. He asked who called, and Cheng Taoxian said it was a woman who said she was Manager Song. As soon as Su Xinghui heard it, he knew it must be Song Qiaoli who called him.

Su Xinghui thanked Cheng Taoxian and went to the office to make a phone call to the Lu family. The one who answered the phone was Lu Xiaoya. Su Xinghui asked her if it was her mother who called him at noon, and she said yes, and then called Song Qiaoli to answer the phone.

On the phone, Song Qiaoli said she planned to come to Menghuling Township tomorrow. Su Xinghui said happily upon hearing it, welcome Auntie Song to come over, and he would wait for Auntie Song at the township government tomorrow.

After finishing the call, Su Xinghui went to Chen Hongfu's room and told him about Song Qiaoli coming to Menghuling tomorrow. Chen Hongfu was naturally very happy to hear it and immediately decided to accompany her personally tomorrow.

Su Xinghui remembered that when he went back last time, Zhang Cheng and the others said they would come to see him this Sunday. He said to Chen Hongfu, "By the way, Chen Shuji, I have a few classmates who might come to see me tomorrow!"

Chen Hongfu didn't care, "Okay, then you entertain them well tomorrow. Do you have money? If you don't have money, come to me to get some."

Su Xinghui said, "Chen Shuji, one of my classmates is Township Head Zhang's son."

At this, Chen Hongfu widened his eyes. Township Head Zhang? Zhang Kaishan? That was his immediate superior. He was the Deputy County Head in charge of agriculture. Little Su actually had such a relationship, so he couldn't neglect them.

Chen Hongfu was sent to Menghuling because he had no one above him. Although Zhang Kaishan was only a Deputy County Head, he had entered the Standing Committee. If he could build this relationship, he would still have someone to speak for him in the Standing Committee when he wanted to be transferred back to the county in the future.

Chen Hongfu immediately said, "Then I will also accompany you personally tomorrow."

After saying this, Chen Hongfu asked Su Xinghui to report to Dong Jianshu and Li Maofare about Song Qiaoli coming to Menghuling tomorrow. As the number one leader of the township government and the Township Head in charge, they would definitely have to participate in the reception work for this matter.

This was also because Menghuling was too poor, otherwise, they wouldn't have the number one Party and government leaders of the township accompany them at the same time just because someone came.

Su Xinghui then reported the news of Song Qiaoli coming to Menghuling for inspection tomorrow to Dong Jianshu and Li Maofare respectively, and both of them agreed to accompany them throughout the whole process tomorrow.

After reporting to the leaders, Su Xinghui went to the office to call Zhang Cheng again. He wanted to confirm whether Zhang Cheng and the others were coming tomorrow. If they didn't come, he wouldn't have to wait. It was really too inconvenient not to have a mobile phone at this time.

After Zhang Cheng answered the phone, he said he had already made an appointment with several classmates to come to Menghuling to see Su Xinghui tomorrow. Su Xinghui said he would wait for them at the township government and told them to set off early tomorrow. Zhang Cheng said Xu Xiaoguang would drive over tomorrow, so they should arrive very early.