In the following days, Chen Jiao collected vegetables in the village, and the results were very good. Many families were willing to exchange the extra vegetables for money.
After selecting the daily vegetables, she would go up the mountain to pick wolfberries, mugwort leaves, and mushrooms. Sometimes Chen Tian would help her catch a few rabbits or pheasants in the traps, and she would take them to the city to sell them.
These days, she has accumulated a lot of regular customers, and every time she goes there they are always sold out.
She wanted to tell Cheng that she felt fulfilled and motivated after being so busy every day.
Cheng Xiang was also happy for her.
In the past few days, Cheng Xiang has formulated a tutoring plan to help Zhou Tianxing catch up on the missed classes to ensure that he can pass the final exam smoothly and not repeat the grade.
Cheng wanted to help him review the knowledge in the entire elementary school, and found that his basic knowledge was not bad. Maybe it was because he was helping to take care of the children, which distracted his energy, and he had a little knowledge of the knowledge in the higher grades.
Zhou Tianxing is smart. If Cheng wants to explain a question that he doesn't know, he will immediately understand it, and then he will find some questions of the same type to consolidate.
Children with this kind of active learning mindset are very valuable. Seeing Zhou Tianxing's desire for knowledge, Cheng Xiang was very pleased.
That day, Cheng Xiang looked at Zhou Tianxing's concentration on study and said in a calm tone: "Tianxing, do you know? There are not many things in this world where you will definitely gain something as long as you work hard.
But learning is one thing. The knowledge you learn will be deposited in your body. No one can take it away. It is exclusive to you. Every book you read today and every question you answer is a seed planted. Beautiful flowers will bloom in the future. "
Zhou Tianxing raised his head and stared at Cheng Xiang. They were sitting on a small table in the yard.
The afterglow of the setting sun dyed the entire sky orange and sprinkled down, reflecting on Cheng Xiang's body with her back to the setting sun. She was trapped in the gentle twilight.
Many years later, Zhou Tianxing would think of this afternoon every time he smelled the smell of oranges. He didn't know how to describe it at the time, but later he saw a word and thought it was very appropriate. The years are quiet and peaceful.
He understood Cheng Xiang's painstaking efforts and intentions, and he knew that Xiao Yang and Qing'er had accepted her long ago.
There is also an emotion in his heart that is ready to move, but he is used to silence and doesn't know how to express it. If his elder brother is his solid support, then Cheng Xiang is the light that illuminates him.
He nodded silently. The only thing he could do now was study hard and repay her hard work with his grades.
Suddenly the door opened, and a little boy ran in and shouted to Cheng Xiang: "Auntie, Uncle Xiao He asked you to go to the pig farm, saying there is something urgent."
Cheng Xiang was also shocked. Could it be that something happened to Zhou Tianlei? Otherwise, I wouldn’t have allowed myself to rush to the pig farm when it was almost dark.
"Do you know what's going on?" Cheng Xiang grabbed the little boy and asked slightly anxiously.
The little boy shook his head and said, "I don't know. I was playing nearby just now, and Uncle He asked me to call you. I don't know what happened."
Cheng Xiang rubbed the child's head and said, "Okay, thank you, I'll go right away."
She turned around and saw Zhou Tianxing, who was also worried. She smiled and said, "I'll go check it out. It should be fine. There are leftovers from lunch in the kitchen. You can heat them up and give them to the children."
"I'll go with you." Zhou Tianxing said worriedly.
Cheng Xiang shook his head: "No, I'll just go over and take a look. The child still needs your care."
He turned back to greet Zhou Yang and Qing'er and said, "Listen to my uncle."
Qing'er and Zhou Yang both nodded solemnly: "I understand, mom."
Cheng wanted to go out and rush to the pig farm, feeling a little uneasy along the way, wondering what emergency had happened.
When he walked into the pig farm, everything was calm. He didn't see Zhou Tianlei, but only saw Zhou He sitting on the chair at the door with his legs crossed.
There were several young boys nearby, chattering together.
There was a man squatting on the ground. The backs of his hands were tied behind his back. He squatted on the ground with his head lowered and his face could not be seen clearly.
"Xiao He, what happened?" Cheng Xiang approached and asked.
Zhou He jumped up from his chair when he heard Cheng Xiang's voice.
"Sister-in-law is here?" Zhou Hechong wanted to say with a smile.
"Where's Zhou Tianlei? Did something happen?" Looking at Zhou He's relaxed smile, it seemed that something had happened to Zhou Tianlei.
"Brother Lei went to the city to do some business and should be back soon." Zhou He explained.
"Then, why did you call me here?" Cheng Xiang felt relieved and then asked doubtfully.
"Sister-in-law like this, a while ago, Brother Lei said that someone was peeping at your door and asked me to pay attention.
I arranged for a few people to keep an eye on the place for a few days, but no one was found. Who knew that today, they found this guy squatting under the wall of your house with a sly look, watching you come in and out.
I tied him up and sent him to the pig farm. Brother Lei happened to be away, so I asked someone to call you to come and take a look. Zhou Tianlei said, pointing to the man squatting on the ground.
Cheng Xiang bent down and looked at the man. Although she couldn't see his face clearly, she was sure it wasn't him, because the man she saw before was an older, middle-aged man with a stooped figure and a very vicissitudes of life.
But this man was obviously a strong young man.
"It's not this person," Cheng Xiang said, shaking his head.
"What?" Zhou He shouted in surprise: "It's not him? Are you sure?"
"I can confirm that what I saw before was a middle-aged man, in his 50s." Cheng Xiang recalled.
"Is it possible that two people are spying on you?" Zhou He murmured to himself in a low voice.
Cheng Xiang was also shocked when she heard this. She didn't take that person seriously before, but she didn't see him again later and thought Zhou Tianlei had already solved it.
Now here comes another young man. If this man really has evil intentions and climbs over the wall to enter the hospital, such a strong man, if Zhou Tianlei is not at home, what will happen to Cheng Xiang and the children is really scary to think about.
A trace of gloomy worry crept into Cheng Xiang's mind.
"I told you it wasn't me." The man on the ground defended himself after hearing what Cheng Xiang said.
Zhou He went up and kicked him and scolded: "Even if it's not you, you are not a good person. Why are you squatting under someone else's wall?"
"I was passing by and sat there for a while. What's wrong? That road doesn't belong to him. No matter how rich Zhou Tianlei is, he can't be so domineering, right?" The man argued forcefully.
"Do you know that is Zhou Tianlei's home? Are you from Zhoucun?" Cheng Xiang asked. She had an intuition that this person was not passing by accidentally, but went there after finding out the details.
The man hesitated and said: "Except Zhou Tianlei, who in the ten miles and eight villages has such a big house?"
"He is not from our village. Who from our village dares to have evil intentions in front of your house?" Zhou He said from the side, then directed at the man.
"You stopped by for a rest and squatted there all afternoon? And you secretly peeked into other people's homes? What are you worried about? You'd better tell me the truth quickly, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
With that said, Zhou He and the young boys surrounded him, preparing to beat him.
