"Who? Here, don't knock! ”

A woman's voice came from the courtyard, and as the footsteps approached, the iron bolt behind the door clicked, and the iron door was opened a crack.

"You...... What are you doing here? Let's go, he's already up! ”

The woman inside the door was stunned for a moment when she saw Chen Deshui standing outside the door, and hurriedly whispered to urge Chen Deshui to leave, reaching out to close the door.

"Helian, I'...... I'm not here for you! It's them...... Someone in the city is looking for those girls! ”

Chen Deshui showed a look of chagrin on his face, and when he saw that the woman was about to close the door, he hurriedly reached out and grabbed the door, and said hurriedly.

"Xilian, is it the water? Let him in! ”

There were a few coughs in the courtyard, and an old man's voice floated out.

The woman inside the door hesitated for a long time before reluctantly opening the door and letting Chen Deshui in. After Chen Deshui entered, she found that Zhang Xiaoluo and the others, who had been on the other side of Chen Deshui, hurriedly opened the door wider, and motioned for Zhang Xiaoluo and Gao Yaoyao to go in.

Only then did Zhang Xiaoluo see the appearance of this woman named Xilian. She is about forty years old, and she is a little bit beautiful, with a round face and no obvious wrinkles on her face. She was holding a few green onion seedlings still with dew in her hand, and it seemed that she was plucking a few green onions before opening the door, ready to cook.

The courtyard is relatively spacious, and the floor is clean. In the corner of the yard, there are ridges with shallots planted on the ridges. There is a bamboo chair at the entrance of the hall, and on the bamboo chair sits an old farmer in his sixties.

The old peasant was tall, with wrinkled skin, a black ankle-length cotton coat, and a pipe in his hand, looking at Chen Deshui, who was standing in the courtyard with his head bowed solemnly.

The door of the east room was ajar, and several ladies' suitcases were placed in the room. On top of one of the pale pink suitcases, there was a semi-open backpack with black straps hanging down on either side of the backpack.

Zhang Xiaoluo couldn't help but remember that when she first saw Zhang Yu in Zhao Ting's office, she was carrying the backpack.

"Deshui, you're also old, so you don't know the general situation, right? It was you who voluntarily wrote the contract to hire a wife, and sent Xilian to my house, and the deadline should be a few years, right? ”

Chen Mingtang whispered a few words to Chen Deshui who was standing in the courtyard, and suddenly looked up and saw Zhang Xiaoluo and the others standing at the gate of the courtyard, his old face was stunned, and he quickly stood up from the bamboo chair.

"You are ......"

Zhang Xiaoluo had a smile on his face and walked towards Chen Mingtang, who was standing at the door of the hall.

"You're the head of Crockpot Village, aren't you? My name is Zhang Xiaoluo, and I am a support doctor sent by our city hospital, and we are here to meet my colleagues who arrived yesterday. ”

Only then did Chen Mingtang understand that these two young people were colleagues of the little girls yesterday, and he hurriedly stepped up and shook Zhang Xiaoluo's hand.

"Oh, you're all good people! Our village is economically backward and the conditions are poor, but you have helped us a lot when you came this time! ”

Chen Mingtang pulled Zhang Xiaoluo up and was about to go to the hall, but when he turned his head to see Chen Deshui who was still standing in the courtyard, he reprimanded him again.

"Chen Deshui, according to your seniority, you should call me Uncle Sheng, before the contract expires, you have to call Aunt Xilian! Let me know again that you scolded her, and I can't spare you! Are you still stunned? Get lost! ”

Chen Deshui's face was cloudy, and he glanced at the woman who had already entered the house to cook, and reluctantly bowed his head and left the small courtyard of Chen Mingtang's house.

After Chen Deshui let Zhang Xiaoluo and the others sit down in the house, he poured two bowls of boiling water and put them in front of Zhang Xiaoluo and the others, and brought the bamboo chair at the door in and sat down opposite Zhang Xiaoluo.

"The little doctors who came yesterday went to the villages early in the morning and may be coming back soon. Our village has been burning clay pots for generations, but they can't sell them for a few dollars over the years, and only after the autumn harvest will there be some harvest. Therefore, most of the people in the village who want cubs are ...... at this time."

Zhang Xiaoluo listened to what Chen Mingtang said, and then looked at what he did, it didn't look like he was lying. And as soon as he entered the courtyard, he had already observed it, and found no trace of anything unclean.

"Village Chief, the villager who brought us to you just now is ......"

Gao Yaoyao on the side suddenly opened her mouth and asked Chen Mingtang.

"Alas, I'm smiling! His name is Chen Deshui, because there is only one surnamed Chen in our whole village, and he should call me Uncle according to the family tree. Our village is much better now, but in the past few years it has become poorer, unable to eat, unable to feed children, and selling children and daughters has also occurred from time to time. I know it's wrong, but we can't watch the cubs starve to death! ”

Chen Mingtang picked up the pipe in his hand and took two puffs, then knocked a few times on the surface of his feet, and then put the pipe in the dustpan behind him.

"It should be eight years ago, Chen Deshui came to me and discussed with me to hire his daughter-in-law Lu Xilian to give me a wife, the term is 10 years, and the employment fee is 2,000 yuan, in black and white, and according to the handprint. As soon as he counts my cousin near and far, I can't watch my niece and daughter-in-law starve to death. Second, my wife passed away early, and my son had just passed away at the time, and I also wanted to have a warm bed, at least a home, so I agreed. ”

"Wife for !!"

Gao Yaoyao was stunned, 2,000 yuan, renting her daughter-in-law to others for 10 years, is still a man so much older......

Zhang Xiaoluo was not as shocked as Gao Yaoyao, he had seen much more things than Gao Yaoyao! He had experienced hunger that was worse than death, and he knew better what people would eventually do when they were driven by extreme hunger. Everyone thinks it's inconceivable to "eat with children", but who would have thought that when there were no children?

Again, when you don't know what someone else has been through, don't label that person as good or bad based on your own speculation and hearsay.

There was a faint sound of chirping outside the hospital, and Zhang Xiaoluo knew that it should be Zhang Yu and his party who had returned.

Zhang Xiaoluo and the three of them stood up, and when they walked to the gate of the courtyard, the group of frolicking little girls happened to push the door in.

"Hey, Xiao Luo is here? Did you miss me? Ha ha! This beauty is ...... Miss gao? ”

Wang Qi saw Zhang Xiaoluo smiling and standing at the door and scanning over several people, and couldn't help but laugh, and then saw Gao Yaoyao standing behind Zhang Xiaoluo, and asked in a low voice.

Gao Yaoyao once went to the obstetrics and gynecology department to find Zhang Xiaoluo, and Wang Qi had seen her, but she was not too sure. Wang Qi felt that the relationship between Gao Yaoyao and Zhang Xiaoluo should not have reached the point of "husband singing and wife following".

Zhang Xiaoluo glanced at Zhang Yu, who was bowing his head among the little sisters, and then greeted Wang Qi and several other female obstetrics and gynecology doctors, and walked in front of Zhang Yu.

"Little sister of this family, come with me!"

After Zhang Xiaoluo finished speaking, he walked straight towards the edge of the village. Zhang Yu hesitated, then walked behind Zhang Xiaoluo.

Chen Mingtang let a few girls in, stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked at the backs of Zhang Xiaoluo and Zhang Yu gradually disappearing, a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes.