After being discharged from the hospital, Zhong Ping still needed to be observed for a period until the doctor said he had fully entered the recuperation phase.
Zhong Ping and Gao Ruoyun then had the idea of going home.
"Stay for a longer period. The medical resources in Shanghai are much better than in our hometown, and you'll recover faster," said Chu Fang.
"Hey, the doctor said that next, we just need to exercise more and focus on recuperation. There's no point in staying any longer," Gao Ruoyun replied.
Chu Fang still wanted to persuade the two elders to stay, but Zhong Tingyue pursed her red lips and said, "Going home is good too. The air in our hometown is fresh and suitable for recuperation."
The two elders' decision to return home was thus settled.
Gao Ruoyun turned to Zhong Rou and said, "By the way, Rou Rou, since you're on vacation, come home with us."
"Ah?" Zhong Rou was stunned, but quickly reacted. "Mom, I don't want to go home."
It was summer vacation, and many students came to Shanghai for tourism, buying various accessories. Zhong Rou's stall business was booming, and she was thinking of making a big profit during these golden days.
Now, to give up her stall and return to her hometown, she was unwilling. The shiny silver coins would slip away.
"No way," Gao Ruoyun said sternly. "You must come home with us. You can come back when school starts."
In Shanghai, Chu Fang and Zhong Tingyue both had work to do. Gao Ruoyun was worried that her youngest daughter would cause trouble for them. She knew her youngest daughter's ability to cause trouble was no less than the Monkey King in the Journey to the West.
She had to keep an eye on her during this time.
Seeing her mother's serious face, Zhong Rou had to nod: "Okay."
Meow~~~
"What are you meowing about?" Zhong Rou kicked the tabby cat in exasperation. "Did I give you too much face?"
After being kicked, the tabby cat darted into Zhong Tingyue's arms, and a human-like smile appeared on its face.
It's becoming a spirit!
... ...
The next day, Chu Fang, Zhong Tingyue, and Yang Meina sent Zhong Ping, Gao Ruoyun, Zhong Rou, and Yang Meina's mother, Liu Xia, to the outside of the airport.
"Alright, a thousand miles send-off must come to an end. Let's stop here," Zhong Ping said, turning his head.
Chu Fang nodded: "Okay, call me directly if anything happens, or Zhong Tingyue too."
Gao Ruoyun pulled her eldest daughter a few meters away, glanced at Chu Fang, and hesitated before saying, "Mom doesn't know if she should say something or not."
"Mom, just say it."
Gao Ruoyun said in a low voice, "Your wedding with Xiao Chu is in a few months. Pay attention to your body and pay attention to safety."
"What danger can we have in Shanghai..." Zhong Tingyue subconsciously responded, but before she could finish, she immediately realized the meaning of 'safety' in her mother's words.
Meeting her mother's sharp gaze, Zhong Tingyue finally lost her indifferent expression.
Her cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were lowered: "Okay."
"Okay what? You have to promise me, otherwise, if you have a big belly when you get married, it won't look good." Gao Ruoyun was a conservative person, and so was Zhong Tingyue. "If you want to have children, leave it until after you two are married and do whatever you want."
Zhong Tingyue restrained her shyness: "Okay, I understand."
"That's good."
The two sides said goodbye, and then Zhong Ping and his party entered the airport and disappeared from Chu Fang and the other two's sight.
"Phew... ...they're gone, I'm a little reluctant," Yang Meina said with emotion.
"Aren't you most afraid of your mother? Why would you be reluctant?" Chu Fang asked.
Yang Meina and Liu Xia were a mother and daughter who even argued during the New Year.
Yang Meina bit her lip: "This time in Shanghai, my mother told me a lot, saying that I'm a big girl now, and I'm also in love, and I have to have my own responsibilities and be responsible. My mother seemed to be saying her last words to me."
Chu Fang patted her on the shoulder: "It's okay, if you don't mind, I can be your mother."
"Get lost."
"Okay."
Yang Meina then noticed that Zhong Tingyue's face was flushed, as exquisite as a person in a painting: "Oh, Yueyue, why is your face so red?"
Zhong Tingyue replied: "I drank alcohol."
Chu Fang stuck his head over: "Drank alcohol? When did you drink it? How come I didn't see it? What kind of alcohol did you drink? Let me taste the taste of alcohol on your lips."
Zhong Tingyue entered the car, sat in the driver's seat, and said casually: "If you dare to say another word, I'll kill you."
Chu Fang shrank his neck: "Don't drink and drive, don't drive and drink."
... ...
The plane landed at the provincial capital airport in Central Plains Province.
As soon as Zhong Ping and his party came out of the airport, they saw Yang Meina's father waiting for them outside.
Yang Meina's father asked: "How's the injury?"
"Anyway, it won't be good for a while," Zhong Ping replied.
"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have introduced you to work in that place in the first place, and this kind of thing wouldn't have happened," Yang Meina's father blamed himself very much.
"Hey, Lao Yang, don't say that. It's all his own fault," Gao Ruoyun comforted the other party.
Zhong Ping was speechless: "Gao Ruoyun, can you respect the patient?"
"What did you call me?"
"General Manager Gao... ..."
The group got into the car and went home, and soon returned to the village.
As soon as he returned to the village, Zhong Ping took advantage of Gao Ruoyun's chatting with the neighbors and immediately sneaked into the village's chess and card room.
"Yo ho, who is this?."
"Isn't this my Brother Ping? When did you come back? You didn't tell your little brother. I'll pick you up. No, you don't need me to pick you up. After all, your wheelchair is better than a car."
"My dear brother, you ran fast enough. You lost money and immediately ran to Shanghai. With this speed, you should go to participate in the 100-meter sprint competition. What a pity."
... ...
Everyone in the chess and card room was a friend for many years, and not a single one comforted Zhong Ping. They were all sarcastic, making him roll his eyes.
The owner of the chess and card room came over: "How was Shanghai? Did you have fun?"
"Do you believe me if I say I had fun?"
Zhong Ping recalled that difficult time, working on the construction site in the hot summer. When the typhoon came, the sheds on the construction site flew everywhere, and his underwear was blown into the sky, gone.
Plus the subsequent injury experience, I can only express it with the word miserable.
"Tsk tsk tsk... ..." After listening, many friends shook their heads. "You've already been to Shanghai, why are you hiding from your daughter and son-in-law? They can serve you comfortably."
"That's right." A friend teased, "If I were you, I would go to my daughter, ask my son-in-law for tens of millions to spend, drive a luxury car, and see that prosperous world."
"You still don't know how to enjoy yourself."
Zhong Ping squinted at that friend: "You know everything, you know it all!"
The owner of the chess and card room patted the mahjong table: "Let's play two rounds?"
"Come on... ..." Zhong Ping was about to nod, but immediately shook his head, "I won't, I won't. From today onwards, I will never coexist with gambling and drugs."
One is that he has no money in his hand, and Gao Ruoyun asked Chu Fang not to send him money. He is so poor that he is about to pawn his pants.
Second, Gao Ruoyun said that if she finds him gambling again, she will destroy Zhong Ping.
... ...
At home, Zhong Rou sat on the threshold, looking outside, at the endless corn, sighing.
"How boring."
In the past two years, Zhong Rou spent most of her time studying and living in Shanghai. The friends she made when she was a child now have faded relationships, and the friendship is gone.
Returning to her hometown, she felt particularly bored.
"Rou Rou, let's go to the county town to play?" A neighbor's sister invited her.
"Okay." Since she was idle anyway, Zhong Rou went to the county town with the sister.
