Zhang Lin was silent, yes, in what name did she care about him?
She took out a wad of money from her bag and handed it to Cheng Xiang: "Please give this money to Xin Chen."
Cheng Xiang didn't answer: "Xin Chen doesn't need money."
He needed his sister, and in the last moments of his life, nothing gave him more peace of mind than finding her.
But this woman seems to have something unspeakable and doesn't want to admit it.
Zhang Lin said nothing and put the money into Cheng Xiang's hand: "Isn't he thinking about that school? Give him the money, even if I donate it to the school, it's up to him to spend it how he wants."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Cheng wanted to chase after him for two steps, but the man was already far away.
I just felt upset all afternoon and was not in the mood to cook. I made a simple dinner. After the children had finished eating, I asked Zhou Tianlei to take care of the children, and then he rode his bicycle to school alone.
Xin Chen was preparing lessons in the office. Zhou He was sitting on a stool on the side with his legs on the table, reading a little book, laughing while reading.
Xin Chen just looked at him, shook his head with a smile, looked up and saw Cheng Xiang, and asked in surprise: "Why are you here?"
Zhou He saw Cheng Xiang and quickly took his legs back from the table: "Sister-in-law, why are you here?"
"Why are you here? Are you off work?" Cheng Xiang thought, maybe Zhou Tianlei has gone home now?
"Oh, Brother Lei went to socialize with the town leaders. Chen Tian went with him, but I didn't go. Why did you come over so late, sister-in-law?"
Cheng thought he didn't expect Zhou He to be there, so he stayed where he was and blinked, "I'll come find Teacher Xin."
"Is something wrong?" Xin Chen asked.
Cheng Xiang bit his lip and looked at Zhou He who didn't know what to say.
"What's wrong? Am I here? Am I hindering you?" Zhou He saw the twinkle in Cheng Xiang's eyes and said sourly.
Cheng Xiang chuckled and shook his head: "It won't interfere."
While taking out the money from his pocket, he put it on Xin Chen's table: "Someone gave me a sum of money and asked me to give it to you."
"Who?" Xin Chen looked at Qian and asked doubtfully.
Zhou He looked at her strangely, and Cheng Xiang muttered slightly: "Zhang Lin."
A trace of surprise flashed in Xin Chen's eyes, and he quickly regained his composure: "She always remembers me saving her, but it's actually just a trivial matter."
He believed that Zhang Lin's frequent appearances and giving of money these days were all due to the smooth rescue by the river that day.
"He said you can't spend the money, so just treat it as a donation to the school." Cheng Xiang said frankly.
Xin Chen smiled gently: "Okay, I'll accept it."
Zhou He smiled crookedly at the side: "You, you can always become someone's savior without realizing it, and make people miss you."
Xin Chen just smiled and said nothing.
The three of them sat and talked for a while, and then Cheng Xiang got up and planned to go home.
"Xiao He, it's getting dark, please send Teacher Cheng back," Xin Chen thoughtfully told Zhou He.
Zhou He picked up his coat and put it on and said, "Okay, sister-in-law, I'll take you back." Then he told Xin Chen, "Stop writing, take a rest. I'll see sister-in-law off and come back later."
"You don't have to come back, just go home." Xin Chen persuaded in a slow voice.
Zhou He stared: "No, I have to watch you take medicine."
After saying that, he accompanied Cheng Xiang out.
The two of them were riding bicycles and walking slowly on the country road.
Zhou He was silent for a long time and asked: "Sister-in-law, what do you think is the relationship between Zhang Lin and Xin Chen? Why is she so nice to him?"
Cheng Xiang hesitated for a moment and said, "Just like you, I'm trying to save someone's life."
Zhou He smiled: "Do you believe what I said to coax Xin Chen?"
Cheng Xiang didn't say anything, and Zhou He continued to ramble: "That year, Xin Chen came to the village, a fair and timid young man. All the other educated youths could live in the educated youth camp, but he was the only one who was thrown into the cowshed. He was a fair and timid young man. The little scholar, less than half a year old, is black, dirty, smelly, and skinny as a bone."
"Other educated youths were lazy and playful, and some male educated youths were causing trouble and hooking up with the older girls in the village. All in all, it was a mess. He was the only one who was polite, honest, and polite to the villagers. He didn't even raise his eyelids when he saw the older girls. one time."
Zhou He thought of Xin Chen at that time and chuckled, "Did you know? A few of us lined up to pee by the river. When he saw it, he took off his coat in a panic to help us block it."
Cheng Xiang chuckled, and Zhou He realized that he had overstepped his bounds, and quickly said sheepishly: "Oh, I'm sorry, sister-in-law, I'm so bald. I just wanted to say that he is like this, like this..." Zhou He searched for a while, trying to find a word to describe Xin Chen. After holding it for a long time, he said: "How come such a pure and pure person ends up living in a remote place like ours? What a pity."
Zhou He sighed with regret.
Although his words were inappropriate, Cheng Xiang agreed with him. Such a person with a gentle breeze and bright moon should have a quiet and beautiful life, but things were unpredictable. This was the tragedy of that era.
"Tell me, would he be happy if he found his sister?" Cheng Xiang asked Zhou He slowly.
"Definitely, this is his greatest wish."
"What if her sister does something bad, such as something that violates morality? Can he accept it?"
Cheng Xiang asked hesitantly.
Zhou He rolled his eyelids and said: "I guess not. He is very old-fashioned and talks about shame and dignity. He also mentioned that their family comes from a scholarly family with a strict family tradition and a clean family tradition. She and her younger sister have been punished since they were young. Education, you can't do anything that is morally wrong. You see how cautious he has been until now. Even if he eats an egg from someone else, he feels like he owes a huge debt. But this time he actually accepted money from that woman. I feel very good about it. Accident."
Cheng Xiang listened silently without speaking.
After a while, I walked to the door of my house and saw a man standing at the door smoking a cigarette and pacing back and forth.
Seeing Cheng wanting to come over, he threw down the cigarette in his hand and came over.
Seeing Zhou He next to him, he frowned, looked at Cheng and asked, "Why are you with him?"
Cheng Xiang smiled slightly: "I went to find Teacher Xin. Xiaohe sent me back."
Zhou Tianlei had just seen the two of them riding side by side on a bicycle, and he felt very irritated. He had never cycled side by side with his wife like this.
Zhou He smiled with a smile on his face: "How did you talk to the town today?"
Zhou Tianlei ignored him, took the car from Cheng Xiang with one hand, and held Cheng Xiang's hand with the other: "Let's go home."
While being pulled forward by Zhou Tianlei, Cheng Xiang turned around and said to Zhou He: "Xiao He, thank you for sending me back. You should go back quickly. Teacher Xin is still waiting for you."
Zhou He took two steps forward and said with a smile, "It's okay, I can go back later."
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Tianlei led Cheng Xiang into the door and slammed the door shut and locked it.
Zhou He was blocked outside the door, stunned, and said to himself: "Then I will go back first."
