Chapter 47

Seeing Lu's mother cross the road and walk toward him, Su Xinghui said, "Auntie, you are going to sell eggs, right?"

Lu's mother walked to Su Xinghui's side and nodded, "Yes, the chickens raised at home laid eggs. After selling them, it's good for the family to buy some household items. Cadre Little Su, thank you for the matter last time. These eggs are for you to eat."

Lu's mother seemed to want to give all the eggs in the basket to Su Xinghui, but this basket of eggs was too important to her family. After hesitating for a while, she found a piece of cloth, spread it on the ground, and picked up eggs from the basket and put them on it.

Su Xinghui hurriedly stopped her and said, "Auntie, don't take any more. I can't accept them. I eat in the canteen every day, so I don't need eggs!"

Lu's mother insisted on taking twenty eggs and putting them on the cloth, wrapped the eggs up, and tied a knot so that the eggs wouldn't fall out.

She handed the cloth bag with eggs to Su Xinghui and said, "It's okay. You can also use boiling water to brew an egg drink every morning, which is nourishing. Cadre Little Su, I'm really sorry. You helped our family so much, and I only gave you these few eggs. It's really because the family is waiting for money to use."

No matter how Su Xinghui declined, he couldn't refuse. He was afraid that if he pushed again, the eggs would be broken, so he had to take the cloth bag and took out money to pay Lu's mother, but Lu's mother wouldn't accept it at all. She said she was already very embarrassed, and if she took the money, she wouldn't have a conscience. Besides, twenty eggs weren't worth much money.

At this time, eggs were less than a dime each, so it really wasn't much money, but the old woman's actions still made Su Xinghui's eyes sour.

Su Xinghui asked, "How are Brother Lu and Sister-in-law Lu now?"

Lu's mother said, "Wang Yazi went to the county town to be a bricklayer two days ago, and his wife is still in her confinement period."

Su Xinghui said, "You should still persuade Brother Lu more, don't think about it in the future. Your family's life will definitely get better and better."

Lu's mother wiped her tears, "Hmm, I only hope so. Cadre Little Su, you are busy, I'm going to sell eggs."

Su Xinghui waved at her, and she turned around and walked toward the vegetable market with a stumbling gait. When she turned around, Su Xinghui quickly took out ten yuan and stuffed it into the basket she was carrying on her arm.

Su Xinghui's mood was very heavy. The life of the common people here was really too poor! Looking at the twenty eggs in his hand, he suddenly felt that there was an extra heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

Su Xinghui returned to the township government, took the eggs to the canteen, and handed them to Huang Sao. He only said he bought them himself. These single employees who ate in the canteen handed their food expenses to Huang Sao every month when they received their wages, asking her to buy vegetables and cook. The food standard was not very high, and with these eggs, it was considered an extra improvement in the food.

When Su Xinghui went out of the gate of the township government again, he saw a Santana driving over from the county town direction. He recognized that this was Xu Xiaoguang's car, so he waved his hand.

With a squeak, the Santana stopped beside Su Xinghui. Zhang Cheng got off from the passenger seat, Xu Xiaoguang got off from the driver's seat, then Wu Jun got off from the back row, and finally, another person got off from the other side of the back door. It was actually Xue Qin.

Xue Qin's face was very bad and a bit pale. As soon as she got off the car, she squatted on the side of the road, looking like she wanted to vomit.

Su Xinghui was a bit dumbfounded. It was fine for these three troublemakers to come, but why did they bring Xue Qin along? He said to Zhang Cheng in a very small voice, "What's going on?"

Zhang Cheng also whispered, "It's none of my business. When we came out this morning, we met Xue Qin on the street, and she insisted on following us when she heard we were coming here to see you."

Things had come to this, and Su Xinghui was helpless. Seeing Xue Qin's retching look, he felt a bit pitiful. He stepped forward to help Xue Qin and let her go into the township government to sit and drink tea.

Xue Qin's appearance was naturally because the road was too bumpy along the way. The shock absorption function of the cars in this era could not be compared with later ones at all. Even if the shock absorption function was good, with such bumpy roads, a girl like her couldn't stand it.

After getting off the car and squatting on the side of the road for a while, Xue Qin felt much better, so she stood up obediently and followed Su Xinghui into the township government.

Su Xinghui brought the group into the township government and came to Chen Hongfu's office. Chen Hongfu saw Su Xinghui bringing a few young men and women in and welcomed them warmly, "You must be Little Su's classmates, right? Welcome, welcome!"

Su Xinghui said to Zhang Cheng and the others, "This is our township's Chen Shuji."

After finishing, Su Xinghui introduced the names and work units of the four of them to Chen Hongfu. As soon as Chen Hongfu heard Zhang Cheng's name, he knew that this must be Township Head Zhang's son. After looking carefully, he looked quite like Township Head Zhang, so he reached out to Zhang Cheng first to shake hands with him.

Zhang Cheng shook hands with Chen Hongfu and laughed, "Chen Shuji, I came to your township once last year."

Chen Hongfu said, "Is that so?"

Zhang Cheng said, "Yes, I work in the Finance Bureau. I came with our Section Chief Qian last year and ate with you."

Chen Hongfu suddenly realized, "Oh, yes, yes. Look at my brain. If you hadn't said it, I wouldn't have remembered it. I neglected you last year. Have a good time, eat well, and drink well here today!"

When Zhang Cheng came last year, Chen Hongfu didn't know he was Township Head Zhang's son, so he naturally wouldn't pay too much attention, and it was normal not to have an impression.

Su Xinghui let Xue Qin sit down and poured her a cup of warm water, letting her drink it, which would alleviate her motion sickness symptoms.

Chen Hongfu saw it and said, "Are you motion sick? Our ghost place has too poor roads, I wronged you!"

Xue Qin tried to smile and shouted, "Uncle Chen!"

Chen Hongfu widened his eyes again and said, "Who are you?"

Xue Qin said, "I am Xue Qigang's daughter!"

Chen Hongfu slapped his thigh again and said, "You are Qigang's daughter. You have grown so big and are already a big girl, making Uncle Chen not recognize you!"

It turned out that Chen Hongfu used to be a colleague with Xue Qin's father in the county. They were colleagues for several years, and their relationship was quite good.

Xue Qin said, "Uncle Chen, I didn't expect you to be the Secretary here. Then you must take care of Xinghui!"

Chen Hongfu looked at her and then at Su Xinghui, a knowing smile appearing on his face, "Little Qin, Uncle Chen will take care of Little Su even if you don't say it. This young man has a flexible brain and is willing to do things. But since you said so, Uncle will definitely take care of him even more."

Xue Qin said, "Then thank you, Uncle Chen."

After finishing, Xue Qin also looked at Su Xinghui shyly and timidly.

Su Xinghui felt that his head was about to explode. What was all this? Wasn't this making people misunderstand? However, in this occasion, he couldn't say anything.

He looked at Xue Qin again. Now Xue Qin seemed to have recovered from the discomfort of motion sickness. Thinking of her words just now, he couldn't help but shake his head in his heart. Women, they seem to be born good actors.

After sitting in Chen Hongfu's office for a while, Xue Qin said, "Xinghui, why don't we go to your dormitory to take a look?"