The rural daughter-in-law of the bank president

Chapter 662 I treat you as a friend, but you are thinking about my wife?

Zhang Guixiang couldn't read. She only knew a few words here and there, unable to piece together the full meaning. She frantically shouted, "Hurry up and tell me what's written on you."

Lele bent her index finger, wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes, bit her lip, and said after a long while: "You said that when you were pregnant with me, a monk came to your house to beg for alms."

Zhang Guixiang nodded. "Yes, he said some incomprehensible things. I didn't want him to tell my fortune, but he insisted. I didn't have any money to give him, but he said he had already given it."

Lele took a breath and said, "That's what Dad wrote in the letter. He said that before the monk came to our house, he had already met the monk and gave him two dollars."

Zhang Guixiang was stunned for a moment, her mouth wide open. After a while, she frowned and said, "No, that's impossible. Where did he get the two dollars?"

Lele lowered his eyes and murmured, "He said someone else gave it to him."

"How is that possible? Who would give him two dollars? Two dollars! Do you know how much two dollars was worth at that time?"

Zhang Guixiang didn't believe it at all and added, "Your sister went to elementary school in 1988 and couldn't even afford the five yuan tuition. How could he give a monk two yuan? What did he write? Tell me now! Don't try to fool me!"

Lele bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes, "He said it was given by Xiao Jianhua."

Zhang Guixiang was stunned. The water in the sink was running, and she didn't put down the bowl in her hand for a long time.

He swallowed and asked, "Xiao Jianhua died a long time ago, how can he give it?"

"He said it was given by Xiao Jianhua. After you became pregnant, he went to your uncle's house and left fifty yuan for you, telling you to buy something you wanted to eat..."

Lele couldn't stop crying and her voice trembled.

"Pfft!"

Zhang Guixiang didn't hold the bowl firmly and it fell into the pool. The pool was full and splashed water all over Zhang Guixiang.

Lele hurried forward and turned off the faucet, "You go change your clothes, I'll wash them."

Zhang Guixiang didn't say anything, looking a little absent-minded. She glanced at Lele a few times and went back to her room.

Lele drained the water and turned on the tap again. The water rushed out, and she let her tears flow and burst into tears. Of course, there was more to Chang Jinbao's letter than just that...

On that windy and snowy night at the end of 1982, Chang Jinbao sent his uncle home. After returning, he made a special effort to see Xiao Jianhua.

Xiao Jianhua stayed in a room in the corner. There was no stove in that room, but the chimney from Zhang Guixiang's parents' room passed through this room, so the kang was burning and it wouldn't be too cold.

The quilts on the kang were piled up. Chang Jinbao had drunk too much and was in a daze. He thought there was someone inside and didn't pay any attention.

Chang Jinbao went back to his room, finished his business with Zhang Guixiang, took a nap, and got up in the middle of the night to urinate.

Chang Jinbao could go around the front door to the backyard, or he could go through the house where Xiao Jianhua lived, which led directly to the backyard.

It was so cold, so of course I chose to go through the house.

Chang Jinbao had sobered up and adjusted to the darkness. He entered the house and glanced at the kang. The quilt's raised curve remained unchanged. Chang Jinbao was a little surprised and called out, "Old Xiao?"

No one responded.

Chang Jinbao walked to the kang and looked carefully, but there was no one there!

Chang Jinbao was startled. After all, he had drunk quite a bit of alcohol. If something happened in this heavy snow, he would not be able to take the responsibility.

He didn't even have time to pee and was looking for someone inside and outside.

Not finding it in the backyard, Chang Jinbao went back to the house and checked. All of Xiao Jianhua's things were gone, including his scarf, hat, and gloves. He went to the front door and found that Xiao Jianhua's bicycle was also missing.

Chang Jinbao concluded that the person was gone.

The wind was strong and the snow was heavy. Chang Jinbao always felt uneasy as he left.

But at that time there was no phone at home, so there was nothing I could do even though I felt uneasy.

More than a month passed, and Xiao Jianhua's wedding was approaching, but it was the end of the year and the Animal Husbandry Station still had some publicity work to do, and had to go to the countryside.

Xiao Jianhua went to Zhang Guixiang's elder brother's house and was shocked to learn that Zhang Guixiang was pregnant again. He wanted to go and see her, but he didn't dare to go because he felt guilty about doing something wrong. In the end, he left fifty yuan to his uncle and asked him to pass it on to Zhang Guixiang.

At the end of the year, when men have free time, they like to visit friends and play cards.

The next day, the uncle met Chang Jinbao and secretly gave the money to Chang Jinbao.

There were fifty pink one-dollar bills, brand new.

This amount of money is a huge sum for Chang Jinbao.

Chang Jinbao asked in surprise: "Why does he give us money?"

Only then did my uncle tell me about Xiao Jianhua's pursuit of Zhang Guixiang.

Chang Jinbao is a very traditional man. After hearing what his uncle said, he refused to take the money and angrily threw it away. Then he remembered the apples Zhang Guixiang ate when she was pregnant with her first child. Now he thinks that it was 100% bought by Xiao Jianhua.

Chang Jinbao was furious. He had always treated Xiao Jianhua as a friend, but after all this time, he kept running home because of his wife!

He stopped playing cards and went home angrily.

Zhang Guixiang was suffering from morning sickness during pregnancy and felt very uncomfortable, but she was still busy working.

Chang Jinbao, softened his heart.

Zhang Guixiang is a good woman, gentle and kind, hardworking and submissive, and patient with the elderly and children. She is a good daughter-in-law and a good mother.

Later, Xiao Jianhua drowned. Chang Jinbao heard the news from his uncle and deliberately mentioned it to Zhang Guixiang when he returned home.

Zhang Guixiang remained calm and composed, simply sighing, "People, it's all fate! I just feel sorry for the engaged daughter-in-law; luckily she hasn't gotten married yet."

Chang Jinbao felt that there was nothing wrong between him and Zhang Guixiang, so he stopped worrying about it.

It was late spring and early summer of 83. Chang Jinbao went to the town to buy pesticides. His fellow villager drove a hand tractor to buy fertilizers, and he got on the ride. Besides him, there were several other brothers.

The weather was bad when we went there, and there was a sandstorm when we came back. When we passed by the forest farm, we went to my uncle's house to avoid the sandstorm.

A tractor passed through the desert, and a man covered in dust was walking in the desert.

There was a lot of dust and there was no shelter around. Chang Jinbao was kind-hearted, so he stopped the car and took people with him.

Only after the man got on the car did Chang Jinbao realize that he was a monk.

When we arrived at my uncle's house, he asked a few people to rest in the house next to the backyard.

The monk's blue robe had turned dirty and gray, but the Buddhist beads in his hand were twirled until they shone.

A bunch of men were just chatting.

Chang Jinbao sat cross-legged on the kang and talked about Xiao Jianhua with his uncle. Both of them sighed.

The uncle suddenly remembered the fifty yuan and pulled Chang Jinbao to another room to give the money to Chang Jinbao.

Chang Jinbao refused to accept it and was pulling it apart when the blue-robed monk rushed in.

The monk smiled kindly, "Donor, do you need a fortune-teller?"

Chang Jinbao didn't believe in ghosts or superstitions, and he shouted impatiently at the monk, "No, no!"

The monk was not annoyed and said, "Donor, your forehead is full and your chin is round. You will be rich and prosperous in your later years!"

In rural areas, if people don’t say anything, then it’s fine. But if they do say something, we have to take it seriously.

Chang Jinbao sighed and said, "Don't say anything more. I don't tell fortunes!"