Uncle Dewang took the lead in clapping again, and everyone enthusiastically surrounded Chen Zizhou and invited him to his home for dinner. Uncle Dewang was the most excited. He pushed everyone aside, took Chen Zizhou's hand, and dragged him out: "Assistant Chen, first of all
Go to my house, you are the Guanyin Bodhisattva of our village. Come on, I will give you a few toasts."
Chen Zizhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Now that the matter had come to a point, everyone believed that he was alone in finding money to build the road. He turned around and gave Che Zhengguo a fierce look. Seeing the proud look on his face, he swore that he would take good care of him in the future!
Being forcibly dragged to his house by Uncle Dewang, Chen Zizhou did not dare to refuse. After all, he worked in the village and might have to rely on Uncle Dewang's support for many things. Damn it, let's forget about the road construction for now, there is nothing tonight anyway
When eating somewhere, fill your stomach first.
After a winding village road, Uncle Dewang led him to a three-room wooden house and said, "Assistant Chen, we're here. Sit in the house and I'll ask Ling'er to cook."
After entering the house, Uncle Dewang called Ling'er, but no one answered. The old man went outside and called Ling'er loudly. After a while, a crisp girl's voice came from behind the house and said, "Grandpa, I'm behind the house."
Picking peppers, why are you calling me?"
Uncle Dewang said: "I'll be back to cook soon. Tonight, Assistant Chen from the town is having dinner at our house. You wash a piece of bacon, and I want to have a few drinks with Assistant Chen."
"Assistant Chen? Grandpa, why do you want to come to our house for dinner? Secretary Che is really stingy." Following the words, a girl walked to the door. She looked about sixteen or seventeen years old and had a cute face.
She has jet black hair, a pair of big watery eyes full of childishness, a tall nose, slender eyebrows, and a small cherry mouth with a natural reddish color, like ripe strawberries in the mountain stream.
Chen Zizhou's heart trembled at the first sight. What a beautiful girl. She is thousands of times more beautiful than those rouge and gouache women in the city. She also has a pure and fresh temperament than those girls in the university.
When Uncle Dewang saw Ling'er coming back, he introduced him: "Ling'er, this is Assistant Chen. He wants to raise money to help our village build the road to the town. But he is the great benefactor of our village. Please do more."
Cai, I have to have a few more drinks with Assistant Chen on behalf of the whole village tonight."
"Ah, yes, that's it, okay, grandpa," when Ling'er saw Assistant Chen in the room, her big eyes looked at him in surprise. She thought it was another uncle, but she didn't expect him to be so handsome.
Young man, she immediately blushed and couldn't help but secretly glance at Chen Zizhou a few more times.
The girl's eyes naturally did not escape Chen Zizhou's eyes. He didn't expect there to be such a beautiful girl in the village. It was right to come to have this meal tonight. He smiled and asked: "Uncle Dewang, is this your granddaughter? How does it look?
Quite well-behaved.”
Uncle Dewang nodded and said, "Yes, I only have one granddaughter named Ling'er, who is the best-behaved girl in the village. Unfortunately, the family has no money, so she only went to junior high school. His parents worked outside to support the boy's education.
I don’t have any extra money. Alas, I’ve suffered so much. It would be great if I could go to college like you and find an iron job.”
Ling'er's heart skipped a beat when she was praised by Chen Zizhou just now. Now that grandpa said this again, she felt very embarrassed and hurriedly took the bacon and went out: "Grandpa, you said, I went to wash the vegetables."
When Uncle Dewang saw that Chen Zizhou was a fair and frail scholar who could contribute money to help build roads in the village, he thought he was the son of an aristocratic family in a big city and chatted with him about the village affairs very enthusiastically. In this way, Chen Zizhou understood Che better.
In Qianpo Village, in addition to the honeysuckle and atractylodes mentioned by Yu Xiaohong, there are also seasonal mountain products such as mountain mushrooms and fern moss that can be exchanged for some daily money.
After a while, Ling'er came back from washing vegetables and got busy in the kitchen. Chen Zizhou and Uncle Dewang made daily arrangements and soon had dinner. Uncle Dewang went to the east end of the village to get wine, and Ling'er brought the dishes to the table.
Said: "Assistant Chen, when grandpa comes to get some drinks, you can have dinner."
Chen Zizhou stared at her with a smile and asked, "Ling'er, are you angry because you don't go to high school?"
"No, this is the situation at home, and I don't blame my parents. When I get older, I will work outside next year to earn money to help my parents reduce their burden," Ling'er's voice was clear, with a hint of shyness on her face.
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What a good girl. If she really went to work, she was ruined by men outside. Chen Zizhou was very happy to see it. It seemed that he really wanted to build this road so that Ling'er could make money in the village.
To become your own woman.
Thinking about it, Chen Zizhou said: "Don't call me assistant. My name is Chen Zizhou. You can call me Brother Zizhou from now on. Also, working outside is very messy. When I repair the roads in the village, I can also make money."
"Really? Brother Zizhou, you are so kind," Ling'er laughed happily, her two dimples filled with water.
"Well, sister Ling'er, don't worry. Brother Zizhou promised you to build the road within a year. Do you believe me?" I don't know where the courage came from, but Chen Zizhou promised without even saying a word.