"Yes, yes, I saw Xiulian!" Qi Lei nodded again and again, and said: "I arrived at the county seat at ten o'clock in the morning, found Zhang Cheng to accompany me, and went to Weimin Lane, and happened to see Xiulian at home, and her daughter Pu Jia ......"

Zhenhua excitedly grabbed Qi Lei's arm and asked repeatedly, "How is Xiulian now? Is it okay? Has there been any change? What did she tell you?"

Qi Lei's eyes turned red, and he said in a low voice: "Xiulian is very thin now, and she is skinny...... She was happy to see me...... She cried. ”

Zhenhua felt a pain in his heart, and his eyes were hot, and he asked, "Did Gao Qingchun bully her again?"

"I asked, she didn't say ......" Qi Lei shook his head, wiped his tears, and said:

"Xiulian knew about our situation, and she often wrote to the township middle school and sent it directly to her sister Xiumei, asking us everything. Xiumei also often wrote back to her sister, talking about her hometown. Xiulian also asked about you, and she said...... Hope we are all happy. But when I look at her, I'm very unhappy......"

In the end, Qi Lei's tears rolled down, and he couldn't stop it.

Zhenhua also had a sour nose and asked, "Then did you say that I was going to see her?"

"Of course I said it, but Xiulian said, let's not go. She said that she would write to us in the next two days and tell us something...... "Qi Lei said.

"No, it's Sunday the day after tomorrow, I must go see Xiulian!" Zhenhua decided.

"Okay, I'll ask Fluttershy for leave too, and I'll just say that the day after tomorrow, Zhang Cheng will invite us to drink, and you can tell Yilan about it too. Money, I prepared a thousand yuan, and when I got to the county seat, I bought some things for Xiulian, you don't have to worry about it. ”

"Okay, I'll tell Yilan at night. Zhenhua nodded and asked about the specific situation today.

Qi Lei rubbed his eyes and said carefully: "Gao Qingchun was not at home at that time, Xiulian and her mother-in-law were at home with the children...... Listening to her mother-in-law, Gao Qingchun is unemployed, and now life is very difficult, relying on his father's pension. Xiulian's daughter is very similar to Xiulian, but she is thin and seems to be malnourished......"

Zhenhua listened, and his heart was even more sore.

The most pompous girl in Dongwan Village, the girl with the highest level of education, fell victim to an arranged marriage because of poverty and fell into such a situation......

When the gardenia tree was three righteous people, Xiulian vowed to change the poverty of her hometown, but she didn't expect that in the end, it was the poverty of her hometown that changed her fate!

That night, Zhenhua had dinner at Qi Lei's house.

Both of them were sad, and they didn't know what Xiulian was going to say, so they drank sullenly.

After getting drunk, the two sat opposite each other under the gardenia tree in the backyard of Qi Lei's house and continued to be silent.

This gardenia tree, when Qi Lei was building the house, was originally a little in the way, against the front wall of the kitchen. In order to keep this flower tree, Qi Lei insisted on overriding public opinion, acting alone, and placed the kitchen on the west side.

Gardenias are blooming, and although more than half of the flowering period has passed, they are still fragrant and refreshing.

It wasn't until ten o'clock in the evening that Zhenhua silently turned around and went home.

Yilan had already fallen asleep and was awakened and asked, "Why did you come back so late?"

"Drinking and chatting with Qi Lei, I forgot the time. Zhenhua replied lightly, taking a bath and sleeping.

Yilan sat up, took Zhenhua's hand, and asked softly: "Zhenhua, seeing that you have a bad complexion and a heavy heart, is there anything embarrassing?"

Zhenhua originally planned to hide it from Yilan, but when Yilan said this, he couldn't hide it anymore, and said in a low voice: "The day after tomorrow, I want to go to the county seat with Qi Lei to see a classmate." ”

Yilan frowned slightly, and then smiled: "If you want to see your classmates, let's go and see it, it's not a big deal, why are you so sullen?"

Zhenhua was silent for a while and said, "It's Xiulian, the daughter of a group of Lu Qiangwen, Lu Xiulian." ”

"Xiulian?" Yilan pondered for a moment and nodded slightly: "I vaguely heard about the matter between you, it is said that you and Qi Lei and Xiulian had a good relationship at the beginning?"

"Yes, but between us, it is like brother and sister, nothing else. Zhenhua smiled bitterly and said:

"A few years ago, we just came back from school, and we didn't know how thick the sky was, and we were laughed at by many people for building our hometown under the gardenia tree of Qi Lei's family...... Later, Xiulian married in the county seat, but now, she has postpartum depression and is having a bad time. Qi Lei suggested that I go with him to see Xiulian and unravel her. ”

Yilan nodded: "Then go, I have no objection to the normal exchanges between your classmates." ”

Zhenhua was grateful to Yilan for her generosity and held her hand: "Yilan, you are really virtuous and generous." ”

Yilan smiled: "I believe in your character." Husbands and wives still have to trust each other in their lives. You told me about it, and I don't object to it. If I don't tell me, I'll be angry if I know about it later. Look at your classmates, look at your classmates, the gentleman is frank, go openly, and don't have to hide it. ”

Zhenhua was even more emotional, hugging Yilan: "Yilan, I'm really lucky to marry you." Qi Lei didn't dare talk to Fluttershy about it. Fluttershy is jealous and never lets Qi Lei mention Xiulian's name. ”

Yilan thought for a moment, shook her head, and said, "Isn't Fluttershy stupid? Qi Lei has been doing engineering outside all the year round, and if she really spends all day drinking, she can still manage it? I'm afraid that Qi Lei is looking for a woman outside to have a baby, and Fluttershy doesn't know." ”

Zhenhua smiled: "Qi Lei is not that kind of person. ”

"So, Fluttershy guarding against Reviver all day is completely redundant. Go to sleep. Yilan turned off the lights.

Zhenhua was relieved and fell asleep peacefully.

The son is filial to the father, and the wife is virtuous and the husband is less troubled. It's really important to have a good wife at home. Yilan's generosity and virtuousness made Zhenhua have no worries, and he respected her more in his heart.

Early the next morning, Zhenhua went to Qi Lei again to report the situation.

Qi Lei sighed and said, "If only Fluttershy were like Yilan!"

Zhenhua suggests, "Tell Fluttershy about it, the reason is clear, and Fluttershy can understand it." ”

"Stop, stop, don't mention this matter, it's better to hide it from her, lest the chickens and dogs jump in the end!" Qi Lei shook his head again and again.

Zhenhua shrugged: "Okay, you can watch it yourself." ”

"I've asked Fluttershy for a leave of absence, saying that Zhang Cheng is married and let's go for a drink. Fluttershy doesn't doubt it, and agrees. Qi Lei said with a grin.

Zhenhua nodded and said goodbye and went home.

At noon, when Zhenhua was eating, Wang Xiang next door came back from selling pork, pulled a cart past the door, and shouted: "Zhenhua, there is a letter from you, the one that Cross-Eyed asked me to bring back, and a letter from Qi Lei, you can send it to him!"