His predecessor failed

After seeing He's mother and Lin Wu off, Su Zhuzhu packed up and went to work at the clinic on time every day.

Without having to do heavy farm work every day, Su Zhuzhu was in a good mood when she went to work every day. With her excellent skills, she soon gained recognition from the barefoot doctors in the health center.

I originally thought that this delicate and weak little girl was stuffed in through connections, but I didn't expect that she was really capable, especially in treating external injuries. She was clean and neat, not afraid of dirt or tiredness, and was very respectful to the old doctor.

The other educated youths at the Youth Institute knew that Su Zhuzhu went to work at the health center and did not have to work in the wind and sun. They were certainly envious and jealous, but mostly envy. However, who could blame her for having such a skill? She played an important role at the critical moment, while they could only continue to work in the fields and did not know when it would end.

Zheng Qiwen and other educated youth who went to the countryside with Su Zhuzhu were very happy for Su Zhuzhu. They even went to the health center together to check on her. They all had a very happy chat.

Soon, the train that He's mother and Lin Wu took arrived in Beijing in the afternoon. When they got out of the station and saw the person at the door, they were surprised. They thought it was a guard coming to pick them up, but they didn't expect it to be He Qiaojin.

Helping to load the things into the car, and when everyone was seated in the car, He's mother could not help herself,

"You little brat, isn't your unit so secretive that we can't even contact it by phone? Do you still have time to go home on leave?"

He Qiaojin was driving. He looked at his mother in the rearview mirror and didn't ask why she was in Beijing. He just asked how the trip to H Province was and whether it was hard.

Having the topic diverted, He's mother was not in a hurry for the time being. She would have plenty of opportunities to ask when she got home. However, when asked about going to H Province, He's mother and Lin Wu were very happy to share.

It was basically Lin Wu, the co-pilot, who was doing the talking. From the experiences on the road to the customs and habits of Qingfeng County, from the game in the mountains to the aquatic products in the lakes and ponds, it could be said that it felt like a déjà vu of the three days and three nights.

Lin Wu kept talking to He Qiaojin, and He's mother occasionally interrupted to add a few words. The two of them sang in unison and talked about everything. It was completely like a trip to H Province, but they tacitly agreed not to mention Su Zhuzhu at all.

They had already arrived home, but Lin Wu hadn't finished talking yet. He Qiaojin was really losing his temper, so he pointed at the two wooden boxes and asked He's mother,

"Where should I put these two things?"

Lin Wu immediately picked up the box and went to the kitchen. There were still several boxes of hot food in the box that had not been finished, so he handed them to Aunt Yang together with another box that had not been opened. As for how to cook them, Su Zhuzhu had put a note inside, and they just had to wait for the old man and He's father to come over in the evening to eat together. These were all specially brought by Su Zhuzhu for everyone.

Lin Wu was chatting animatedly with Aunt Yang, while He's mother was talking to He's father and old man He on the phone, and they didn't look tired from the journey at all.

He Qiaojin stood in the living room like an idiot, and no one paid any attention to him.

He scratched his hair a little irritably, but didn't want to leave, so he could only sit down on the sofa.

After He's mother and Lin Wu finished their work, He's mother went to wash up first so that they could have dinner when the old man and others came back.

He Qiaojin took the opportunity to hook Lin Wu's neck and lead him out, all the way to a big tree in a remote corner of the compound.

"Tell me, what's going on? I haven't even come back yet, but I've been scolded like a traitor. People say I'm a heartless man who broke off the engagement and forced that little girl to go to the countryside to suffer. What's going on? I had agreed with that little girl that she could just go back to Su City and find a new partner. Why did she go to the countryside?"

"Brother Qiao Jin, you were the one who wanted to cancel the marriage, and you still feel wronged. Zhu Zhu didn't even complain about being wronged, so how come you can't even compare to a lesbian?"

Lin Wu curled his lips. Brother Qiao Jin really looked down upon everything now!

He Qiaojin felt that Lin Wu deserved to be punished recently. He had become bolder and dared to side with outsiders. In the past, Lin Wu would never say anything he said.

"Brother Qiao Jin, don't look at me like that. Even if we grew up together, you are the one who did this. You know how much of an impact breaking off an engagement has on a lesbian. What's more, Zhuzhu is my sister now. Bullying her is bullying me!"

"How did I bully her? It was all agreed upon at the beginning and she agreed. I didn't force her. Besides, this kind of engagement is just a joke from the elders. Can you take it seriously?

Lin Wu thought about it and felt that Qiao Jin had not considered the seriousness of the matter, so he decided to talk to him.

"Brother Qiao Jin, since you can't figure it out, let me tell you my thoughts. If you still can't understand, go ask Uncle He and Aunt He. Uncle He and Aunt He will always know better than me."

"Speak, I'm listening!"

"First of all, as soon as you came back, you privately proposed to break off the engagement with Zhuzhu. From your perspective, you think you respect Zhuzhu very much, but from Zhuzhu's perspective, the situation at that time was that she was staying at home and had to ask for help from the old man and Uncle He. As a girl, she couldn't refuse your proposal no matter how shameless she was. Secondly, you broke off the engagement, thinking that Zhuzhu would find another marriage in Su City and everything would be fine. Have you ever considered that it is so easy? After being broken off the engagement, what good man can get married again immediately? Accept it. What if I end up marrying the wrong person in such a short time? It's all your fault. Finally, you know that Zhuzhu's parents are in trouble. Although we know there's no problem, others don't know. Aunt He asked someone to find out, and the Su family was smashed. Zhuzhu didn't even dare to go back home when she returned to Su City, and she was afraid of bringing trouble to her uncle's family, so she lived in a guesthouse with nowhere to go. It's time to go to the countryside again, and there's only one month left. Anyway, if she doesn't go to H Province, she will go to the Northeast. Going to H Province is better than going to the Northeast. At least she won't freeze to death! And..."

Lin Wu was just about to pour out everything in his heart, but He Qiaojin couldn't bear to listen anymore. With just these words, he really felt that he was undoubtedly a heartless man.

"I know all this. Now tell me how the people are doing over there."

He Qiaojin interrupted Lin Wu impatiently, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took two deep puffs.

Lin Wu's eyes rolled, although he felt that Zhuzhu took good care of him, that was because Zhuzhu was independent and had a positive attitude, so he couldn't say that, otherwise he would make Qiao Jin feel guilty, and the guilt would make him feel uncomfortable every day. Besides, Zhuzhu did suffer in the countryside, and had to work in the fields. She became thinner and darker, and her clothes were shabby. There were not many supplies in the countryside, and she was really far from the lady she used to be.

I tried to imagine the sadness, and finally my eyes turned red.

"Zhuzhu had to work in the fields every day and go out before dawn. She was small and weak, and her skin was delicate. She had to work until dark before she could return to the shabby little house of the educated youth institute. It was only after I went there that newspapers were pasted on the walls. Brother Qiao Jin, you know that you have to chop firewood and cook by yourself in the countryside. I heard from those educated youth that the first time they went to chop firewood, Zhuzhu almost lost it in the mountains. The firewood they picked up was too heavy to carry, and in the end it was the male educated youth who helped carry it back. So Zhuzhu paid others to help her later. But the Su family was in such a hurry at the time, and she probably didn't have much money left after spending so much."

Lin Wu paused again at this point.

"Brother Qiao Jin, can you lend me some money? I've used my allowance this month and my previous savings to buy things for Zhuzhu, and I'll keep the rest for her. The money in the passbook is hard to move, and I only have a few dollars on me right now, so I have to wait until next month's allowance is paid!"

He Qiaojin choked. Having been in the army for a long time, he really didn't expect there would be so many problems. He thought that as long as both of them agreed to cancel the engagement, it would be fine. He never considered that a delicate girl would encounter so many difficulties after her engagement was broken off. Moreover, he hadn't even mentioned it to them. He had to shoulder everything by himself.

"How are you? Have you been bullied?"

"She even asked Zhuzhu if she was bullied. She's just a little girl with a little money on her and no relatives. I heard from her aunt that there are all kinds of monsters in the countryside. She might be bullied one day. But she's fine now. Before she came back, her aunt went to warn the team leader, fearing that the team leader might not be able to take care of her sometimes. If something happens, it will be terrible."

He Qiaojin rummaged through his pockets irritably, stuffed a handful of money into Lin Wu's pockets, then turned and walked towards home.

He rushed home today on purpose, it was certainly not a coincidence. After talking to Mr. He last time, he asked about the time when Mother He would be back. Although he said he didn't care, He Qiaojin couldn't get over the thought that an innocent and delicate girl might suffer because of him. Although he didn't want to get married, he didn't want to hurt anyone either.