Chapter 7 From now on, we will have rice for every meal

The rich woman carried the fish and went upstairs happily.

Chen Hui put the money away and went upstairs happily.

After An Wenyi finished his meal, he ran back and forth in the hospital corridor without a moment's rest.

Seeing Chen Hui coming up, he ran over excitedly: "Brother-in-law? You're back so soon?"

"This brother-in-law sounds very easy to say. Brother-in-law will take you to buy some candy later, okay?"

"Don't run around in the corridor, or you might bump into someone."

Chen Hui pulled An Wenyi back to the ward.

An Wenjing had finished her breakfast, borrowed a book from the nurse and was reading it.

Lin Jiao washed all the lunch boxes and shook off the water.

When the mother and daughter saw Chen Hui, they were surprised and asked, "The fish is sold out? So quickly?"

"Yes, I sold it for one hundred." Chen Hui nodded.

"." An Wenjing was unable to respond for a moment.

Lin Jiao put down what she was saying and looked at Chen Hui very seriously.

"Chen Hui, we all know your family's situation. Wen Jing will follow you in the future. I don't ask for wealth and honor, I just hope that you can live a stable life."

"It's okay to joke around occasionally, but I don't like those people who are arrogant and talk nonsense."

Chen Hui was not surprised at all by Lin Jiao and An Wenjing's reaction.

Factory workers only earned thirty or forty yuan a month, but they could earn a hundred yuan just by going downstairs.

If this happened to Chen Xiaoqiao, he would also think he was bragging.

Chen Hui walked to the bedside and sat down, explaining:
"I really sold it for 100 yuan to an overseas Chinese who was using American money."

"They are on the second floor. They just gave birth to a chubby grandson weighing eight kilograms yesterday. If Aunt Lin doesn't believe it, just go and ask around and you'll find out."

"More than eight kilograms? So amazing?"

"Brother Chen Hui, did you really sell that fish for a hundred?"

Seeing that Chen Hui was not at all intimidated and explained the buyer's situation clearly, Lin Jiao and An Wenyi no longer had any doubts.

I was very interested in the gossip he brought back.

"Of course it's true. Don't worry, you won't have a hard life following me."

"Tomorrow we'll go to Auntie to pick a date and buy some of the things we need."

Chen Hui took out the money from selling fish and handed it to An Wenjing.

After paying the hospital bill, he gave the remaining 150 yuan to Lin Jiao: "Aunt Lin, my parents passed away early, and this is the only family fortune that can be used as a betrothal gift."

An Wenjing counted the money and confirmed that there were ten ten-dollar bills.

Holding the money, he looked at Chen Hui with a smile on his face.

Lin Jiao counted the one hundred and fifty yuan in her hand and then stuffed it back into Chen Hui's hand.

"I am marrying off my daughter, not selling her. Why would I take your money?"

"Don't ask for a betrothal gift. My family is poor and I don't have any dowry for Wen Jing. It's all right if you can live a good life in the future."

After saying that, he snatched the money from An Wenjing's hand and gave it to Chen Hui.

He looked at his daughter and scolded her, "How can I let you manage the money when the man is still at home?"

"Oh my god?" An Wenjing was speechless.

I finally got the chance to manage money, but I feel like the duck in my mouth flew away.

"You said Chen Guangming has old-fashioned ideas, but look at our mother." Chen Hui leaned close to An Wenjing and whispered, then handed all the money to her.

An Wenjing chuckled, "Mom, look, this is what Brother Chen Hui insisted on giving to me."

"Chen Hui, if you give the money to Wen Jing to manage, aren't you afraid that he will help his mother's family?" Lin Jiao asked.

"What do you mean by my natal family or my in-laws' family?"

"I call you mom? Aren't we a family?"

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Lin Jiao was deeply moved, her mouth corners drooped and her eyes turned red.

"Mom, why are you crying?!"

An Wenyi, who was waiting to buy candy, didn't understand. Seeing Lin Jiao about to cry, she became a little flustered. "Who's crying? Don't talk nonsense."

"Let's go, let's go see if the doctor has prescribed the medicine."

Lin Jiao was very concerned about her reputation, so she pulled An Wenyi, who was chattering, away.

Chen Hui and An Wenjing were left alone in the ward, smiling at each other.

Chen Hui nonchalantly grabbed An Wenjing's left hand, which was not hooked to the IV, and rubbed it gently in his hand.

An Wenjing blushed and looked up at the bubbles popping up one by one in the glass bottle.

With money in hand, Chen Hui never went back to the village chief's house to get sweet potato rice.

A few people had a simple meal in the hospital cafeteria, and Lin Jiao brought the food back to the ward for An Wenjing who was still on an IV drip.

Chen Hui took An Wenyi to a shoe repair shop not far from the hospital and bought some maltose.

An Wenyi ate candy and called him brother-in-law all the time, and her voice was sweeter than malt sugar.

There was only one bus from the county town to the hospital in the afternoon. Lin Jiao packed up the clothes and toiletries she had brought with her, and took the bus with An Wenyi.

Chen Hui accompanied An Wenjing to finish hanging the medicine.

I went to the pharmacy to get three days' worth of medicine, and it was around four or five o'clock before I completed the discharge procedures.

"Let's go buy some things." Chen Hui patted the back seat of the bicycle and motioned An Wenjing to sit on it.

"Buying things? Forget it. I've already spent a lot of money these past two days."

An Wenjing shook her head.

The money for hospitalization was pooled by everyone. It would not be good if the villagers saw me buying things to bring back.

"Instead of buying random things, we'll just buy some fabric."

"Who would say anything if I make a new dress for the wedding?" Chen Hui said.

"No need to be so anxious, right?"

An Wenjing said this as she sat in the back seat of the car and raised her hand to tuck her hair, which was blowing in the evening breeze, behind her ears.

"Making clothes also takes time, so it's always better to prepare in advance."

"I'll take you to eat something delicious later, just to celebrate our survival." Chen Hui said as he stepped on the bicycle pedal and left the county hospital with An Wenjing.

"Hmm! Hmm? It was me who fell into the sea. How could you be reborn after the catastrophe?"

"Hold on tight, I'm going to speed up!"

"Brother Chen Hui, please slow down. It's too fast and it's shaking violently."

We had eaten in a hurry at lunch and both of us were hungry at this time.

Chen Hui first took An Wenjing out for dinner.

Two bowls of white rice, one portion of braised pork, one portion of steamed fish, one stir-fried vegetables, and one fish soup.

"Ah, this rice is also fragrant, so delicious."

An Wenjing held the white rice and ate while smelling the hot steam rising up.

The current rice processing technology does not produce very fine rice grains.

It also happens to retain some of the rice aroma, and tastes sweeter than rice that is more than ten years old.

“That’s what you call a meal.”

"Don't just focus on the meal, eat some vegetables too." Chen Hui said, and his eating speed became much faster.

"This rice is really delicious. If I could eat white rice every day, I wouldn't need any vegetables at all." An Wenjing said with a smile.

"Yes, we will eat white rice every day from now on."

Even if it wasn't for An Wenjing, he really couldn't get used to eating sweet potato rice.

"whee."

An Wenjing smiled, her eyes lingering on the dishes, wondering what to eat first.

"From now on, we will have fish and meat for every meal." Chen Hui added.

A young man walked by.

It seemed that seeing that the two were too happy, he could not help but leave a few words: "Eat a good meal, just think that every meal is good, country bumpkin."

(End of this chapter)