Ning Hua stayed at home for a week, her mother refused to go to the provincial capital for hospitalization and chemotherapy, and Ning Hua had no choice but to take her home with a local hospital to see a doctor and prescribe some medicines, but these drugs were only pain and anti-inflammatory medicines, and her mother was getting thinner and thinner day by day.

On the seventh day, the village chief came to send money to Ning Hua's parents as scheduled. Ning Hua watched the village chief and his father talk for a while, and the village chief took out an envelope and carefully handed it to his father, and then left.

"Dad, what did the village chief give you just now, what is in this envelope. Ning Hua asked, pointing to the envelope in his father's hand.

"Oh, this is a poverty alleviation fund from the government. The father showed off with the envelope in his hand.

"Show me. Ning Hua opened the envelope in his father's hand.

"So much money. "There's a stack of bills in there.

"Three thousand yuan, it's been a few months in a row. In the first month, I gave 50,000 yuan at one time, and your mother's money for treatment now comes from here. My father took the money and said happily.

"Dad, you wait. Father stopped his father as he was leaving. "When did this money start to be sent, why haven't I heard you say it before, and it is impossible for him to send so much money at one time when the government alleviates poverty. ”

"Our country has money now, and the government knows the difficulties of our little people, so it has been sent since you came back last time, and it has been sent regularly every month, and now the country is really good to us farmers. "My father has been sighing.

"Dad, how many families in our village have this kind of treatment, and have other families also given money?"

"Other people's conditions are much better than ours, and other people's families haven't trained a college student, so why should the state give them money. The village chief of this money specially explained, and we are one family within a radius of a few miles, and asked us not to talk about it. When my father said this, there was not only a hint of pride, but also some pride.

Ning Hua looked at her father's happy appearance, and felt that the source of this money was very suspicious, what kind of poverty alleviation method could give tens of thousands of yuan at a time and keep it secret, and the time was exactly after she came back last time, and the question in her heart prompted her to ask the village leaders clearly.

Early the next morning, Ning Hua went to the village head cadre center.

In the courtyard, I met the village accountant Xiao, a forty-five-year-old woman who was in charge of the work and finances of the women and children in the village.

"Aunt Xiao. Ning Hua called her from afar.

"Yo, it's Ning Hua, why didn't you stay at home well, why did you come here today. I heard you're getting married, congratulations. "The whole village knew about Ning Hua's marriage with the Wang family next door.

"Aunt Xiao, I have something I want to ask you. ”

"Ask me, what can I ask you to answer, although we are both accountants, but you are a bachelor's degree, I am a college graduate, you are better than me in terms of academic qualifications." Accountant Xiao said teasingly.

"Aunt Xiao is like this, isn't our family poor, and I owe a lot of debts, my parents and they finally trained me as a college student, but now my mother has cancer, I want to ask the village cadres, the state has some special care for us extremely poor families, etc. ”

"Ning Hua, I also understand the situation of your family, your parents are indeed not easy, and now the situation at home has just improved, and your mother is seriously ill again. But you also know that you are not the only one in trouble in our village, our county is also a notoriously poor county, and the taxes collected by the higher level government every year are too busy to take care of themselves. If you really want to treat your mother, I think it's better to wait for you to marry into the Wang family, please beg their family. ”

"Aunt Xiao, you have been a cadre in the village for so long, have you heard of any poverty alleviation funds, or whether there are any funds that go directly from the village chief? ”

"Ning Hua, your family is already a low-income household, and the state has already taken care of you poor households, so don't fight the country's idea. I have been working as an accountant in the village for almost 20 years, and as long as it is a public account, I have to pass a penny. You, don't think about it, go back to accompany your parents, and you will get married in a few months. ”

"Is the village chief here?"

"It's really unfortunate, he just went out today, do you have anything else to look for him?"

"Something, when will he come back. ”

"I don't know, but I heard him say yesterday that he seems to be in town today, and he may not be back until the afternoon. If you want to find him, come back in the afternoon. ”

"Okay, I'll come back after lunch, and I'll see you soon, Aunt Xiao. Ning Hua waved goodbye to Accountant Xiao.

"Hey, it's a pity, such a smart child, still a college student, married to the son of the Wang family next door who didn't graduate from junior high school. Accountant Xiao watched Ning Hua walk out of the courtyard and couldn't help sighing.

In the afternoon, Ning Hua went to the village cadre center after lunch, but the village chief still did not return, she sat on a chair in the office and waited quietly for his return.

At about 3 p.m., the village chief returned.

"Village chief, do you want money in the town today?"

"Don't mention it, let's find a way to solve the road construction by ourselves, what kind of way, you say we can get the money ourselves, do I still run to the government one by one?" The village chief was full of grievances and complaints. Ning Hua was inside, listening to the conversation between Accountant Xiao and the village chief outside.

"By the way, there's someone waiting for you inside?"

"Who. ”

"Ning Hua, a college student in our village. ”

"Isn't she getting married? ”

"Probably for the sake of her family's poor households, she kept dragging me in the morning to ask the government if there was any poverty alleviation fund or something. ”

"Wow, kick. There was a sound of footsteps, and the village chief pushed the door and entered.

"Hello, village chief. Ning Hua stood up and greeted the village chief.

"Oh, it's Ning Hua, when did you come over, I heard that you are engaged to the son of the Wang family in the next village, is it true?"

"It's true, you will get married in three months, and then you will be invited to drink the wedding wine. Ning Hua said shyly.

"So fast, that's really congratulations, the Wang family is good, their family conditions are good. The secretary came in and put down the bag in his hand and made a cup of tea.

"Don't stand, sit. ”

Ning Hua sat down solemnly. "Village Chief, in fact, I came today to ask you something. ”

"What do you want to ask me, a college student? The village chief sat down and said with a smile.

"I saw you send money to my dad yesterday. ”

"Shhhh When the village chief heard this, his face immediately changed, and he stood up and looked outside the door, and closed the door.

"Ning Hua, this matter is a secret, the poverty alleviation of your family is carried out quietly, and no one in the village knows about it except for me, the village head, and your father and mother. ”

"Village chief, since it's poverty alleviation, why don't you let people know. ”

"Because there are too many poor people in our county and our village, the government can't manage it if it wants to. ”

"Village chief, don't lie to me, I have inquired clearly, if the public accounts are all managed by Accountant Xiao, and the roads in our village have not been repaired, how can the government give us such a large sum of money. ”

"Why don't you believe it, I told you, your family is specially taken care of by the higher-level government, and you are the only one in the whole village, in order to keep it secret, the money is directly transferred to my account, of course Accountant Xiao doesn't know. ”

"Village chief, I am also a person who has received a higher education from the state, not those illiterate and ignorant people in the village, I know that this money is not given by the government, and the government will not do things so secretly. ”

"Why do you kid talk like that, the government is trying not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles, why does it become sneaky in your mouth?"

"Village chief, I don't mean anything else, I mean that the money doesn't come from the government's poverty alleviation fund. My mom and dad don't understand, but I know it in my heart."

"Oh, you intellectuals are trouble, I said it's the money the government gives. "The village chief has no excuse to cover up.

"Village chief, you don't have to be embarrassed, I have already guessed who it is in my heart. If someone tells you not to say it, tell me if my guess is wrong or not. ”

The village chief didn't say yes or no, he kept silent.

"Well, you don't have to speak, you just nod or shake your head. If my guess is correct, you just nod your head, and it won't be like you're breaking your promise. Ning Hua found another way to give the village chief a step.

This time, the village chief nodded. "I can't tell you anything else, the man has given you a special explanation. ”

"Okay, I see, village chief. I'm leaving, thank you. She opened the door.

"Ning Hua, Ning Hua. The village chief grabbed her. "Don't talk about this matter, don't really cause misunderstanding among the villagers at that time, and everyone will come to the village branch to ask for money, that's a big deal. ”

"Village Chief, don't worry, I won't say anything. ”

"And don't tell your parents, your family needs money now, your father has a bad temper, if he knows that this money is not sent by the government, I don't think the two of them will accept it. ”

"Village Chief, I know my family's current situation, my family needs money more than you think now, if he contacts you next time, thank him for me, and tell him for me, I will definitely pay him back in the future." ”

When she returned home, Ning Hua's mood couldn't be calm for a long time, except for Bai Yitao, she couldn't think of another person who had such economic strength and was willing to help her silently like this without asking for anything in return, who could give her family 50,000 yuan at one time, and send money over regularly every month. It turned out that he helped her family in this way, in order to protect her poor self-esteem, he went around in such a big circle and concealed it so carefully, if it wasn't for this trip home, she wouldn't know that her ex-boyfriend had helped her family for so long, and even now that she is abroad, she still sends money regularly every month.

Looking at the little bamboo forest where the two had kissed and hugged together, Ning Hua unconsciously thought of him in the distance, Li Xiao, Hong Xiaoyang, Sun Yating, Wei Dongming, and the injuries she had suffered, and two lines of tears gradually flowed out of her eyes.

"Hua'er, why is it so late, crying here alone, is it because of marriage?" The father came over and asked worriedly when he saw Ning Hua, who was crying.

"No, Dad, I'm just anxious about my mother's condition, and I see that my mother is suffering from illness every day, and I can't do anything about it. ”

"You can't help it, it's your mother who doesn't want to go to a big hospital for treatment. ”

"Dad, I want to go back to Changxi tomorrow. "The last time I came to her house, Bai Yitao and Hong Xiaoyang came together, if Bai Yitao did this, then Hong Xiaoyang must know, maybe he paid attention. Ning Hua, she wanted to go back to Changxi to ask Hong Xiaoyang for a clear understanding.

"What are you doing in Changxi again? I quit my job over there. You'll be married in a few months. ”

"Dad, I know, I just went to a friend's place to pick up something, I forgot to take it when I came back last time, and I came back in two or three days. ”

"You can use it for three days to get things, and you will go back the day after tomorrow. ”

"Dad, you agreed, great. Ning Hua said happily.

"I can tell you that your mother's condition is also unstable now, and you will see each less day. We also received the bride price from the Wang family, you have to go back quickly, don't stay in Changxi for too long. ”

"Dad, don't worry, I'll come back after taking my things, and I promise to stay at home with you and Mom in the future. ”

The father and daughter happily hugged each other and entered the house together.

This time, Ning Hua did not come back for seven years......