"Yes, I understand, aunt."
Cheng Qiao still accepted the gold bracelet. It would be dangerous to keep it with Li's mother, so it would be better to keep it in her own space and take it out when Li Huan's sister Li Le gets married.
"As for the betrothal gifts, I can't afford much, but I still have 200 yuan, so when you are discharged from the hospital, I will ask Aunt Wang to propose marriage, and I will send the betrothal gifts in two days, and you and Li Huan can get married after the autumn harvest."
When Li's mother saw Cheng Qiao accepted the gold bracelet, she finally felt relieved and quickly arranged the time for matchmaking and the betrothal gift. This is called taking advantage of a victory.
Hearing Li's mother say that the bride price was 200 yuan, Cheng Qiao felt even warmer. In Xiangyang Village where people only earn a few dozen yuan a year, a bride price of 200 yuan is already a sky-high price.
She also knew in her previous life that Li's mother only had about 300 yuan in her hands, and in the end she gave all the money to her.
"Okay, Auntie, you should go back early. Tomorrow is the autumn harvest. You need to make some delicious food and have a good rest, otherwise you will be exhausted tomorrow."
"Well, I'm leaving now. You should be careful on your own."
"It's okay, this is a hospital, nothing will happen."
After Li's mother left, Cheng Qiao quickly took out a big white steamed bun and started eating it. She had only eaten an apple from morning till now, and she was starving.
"Cheng Qiao, I'm here to get you some food."
Li Huan's voice was heard at the door. The last bite of the big white steamed bun was stuck in Cheng Qiao's throat. She couldn't swallow it or spit it out. She rolled her eyes in pain.
Li Huan quickly put down the lunch box in his hand, put his arm around Cheng Qiao, and patted her back hard with the other hand, but Cheng Qiao still felt very uncomfortable.
Li Huan took the teacup again. Fortunately, there was water in it. He quickly handed it to Cheng Qiao. Cheng Qiao took a big sip and gulped it down. Fortunately, the white flour buns were made of fine flour and were quite soft, so he finally swallowed it.
"Cheng Qiao, what are you eating? Why is it stuck in your throat? I know, maybe my mother came here."
Li Huan was so scared that sweat covered his forehead. He secretly hated himself for being too reckless and scaring Cheng Qiao. Cheng Qiao was almost choked to death in his hands instead of being trampled to death by the cow.
"Your mother gave me this."
After catching her breath, Cheng Qiao took out a red cloth bag from under the pillow, hoping to divert Li Huan's attention. Sure enough, Li Huan knew what it was at a glance.
He quickly ran to the door and looked outside. Seeing that no one was coming, he smiled and told Cheng Qiao to hide it. It was great that Cheng Qiao accepted his mother's gold bracelet. She would be his fiancée from now on.
"Where have you been?"
"I'm going to get you some food. Look, the food in the cafeteria is pretty good today. There's braised crucian carp, fried pork with leeks, and steamed corn bread. You can put the fried pork with leeks on the steamed corn bread and eat it. It tastes great."
Cheng Qiao looked at the food in confusion, wondering why it took so long to get the food. But she didn't say anything. Just as she was about to start eating, Li Huan had already taken out chopsticks, put the fried pork with leeks into the steamed bun, and handed it to Cheng Qiao, then picked up the teacup to boil some water.
"You should eat quickly too. After you finish eating, go back. We will have the autumn harvest tomorrow. Don't tire your mother and sister out."
When Cheng Qiao saw Li Huan coming back, she pushed the remaining steamed buns and dishes to Li Huan. One steamed bun was enough for her, because she had just secretly eaten the big white steamed bun. As for the braised crucian carp, she disliked it because it had too many bones.
"You eat too little. Look how thin you have become. Eat a little more. If not for yourself, think about the babies here."
Li Huan's voice was very soft, but his face was filled with satisfaction and hope, and his eyes were sparkling, which made Cheng Qiao jealous and warm-hearted.
“Doctor’s Rounds”
Two people appeared at the door, one was a doctor and the other was a nurse. Li Huan quickly stood up and made room in front of the bed.
"Cheng Qiao, how is the injury now? Do you feel anything strange?"
"Hello, doctor. I feel a little dizzy, nauseous, and confused."
"This should be a mild concussion after the injury. You will be fine after two days of rest. If you really feel uncomfortable, come and call me. I am on duty tonight."
"Then I'll stay tonight to keep her company. Otherwise, if she feels unwell, I won't feel at ease knowing that my fiancée is the only one in the ward."
"You can stay with me overnight, but you can't close the door. Otherwise, if someone reports you, you'll be in big trouble. Not to mention your fiancée, even your spouse can't do that."
The doctor had a good impression of Li Huan. Few men in rural areas were willing to give up their earnings to accompany a woman during the busy farming season, let alone his fiancée.
Li Huan sent the doctor out and stuffed a pack of cigarettes into the doctor's pocket. Don't ask Li Huan how he knew the doctor smoked, you can tell by looking at his yellowish fingers.
The doctor touched the pocket of his white coat and smiled knowingly. He also knew what this guy was planning. If necessary tomorrow, he would say a few words for this guy.
"Cheng Qiao, I'm going to go out and see if there's any meat to buy. I'll go back to the village in the afternoon to see what's going on at the Chen family. Wait for me to come back in the evening and help you get dinner."
"Oh, okay, go ahead."
Li Huan left quickly, and Cheng Qiao also lay down. Her head really hurt. Even though she took painkillers, the painkillers only work for a limited time. Once the time was up, the pain would come back again.
Li Huan rode his bicycle to a house in a remote area of the county town, took out the key and opened the door. It was a two-story house. It looked shabby from the outside, and even the walls were about to collapse.
There was a lock on the main door at the back, so Li Huan took out the key and opened the door. The structure of the second courtyard was very simple, with the main hall in the middle and a room on each side. There was also a back door in the main hall, and walking out of the back door was the backyard of the house.
Li Huan entered the room on the right. There were many homemade wooden racks in the room. On the racks were dozens of bags of rice and flour packed in urea bags, each bag weighing fifty kilograms.
There were also strips of pork belly hanging against the wall, about fifty or sixty of them. Judging from their quality, they must have been slaughtered not long ago. Li Huan picked out ten of them.
He brought out another bag of rice and another bag of flour and tied them to the rear rack of the bicycle. Then he put the selected meat into a torn bag and tied it to the front gear.
After thinking for a while, he took out bags of rice, flour and a few pieces of pork and placed them in the room on the left. Then Li Huan sat on the doorstep, took out a pack of cigarettes, took out one and put it in his mouth, but did not light it. Skinny Monkey would bring people to buy rice and meat soon, so he had to wait here.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, there was a knock on the door. It was the code that had just been changed, one long and five short knocks. Li Huan stood up, walked to the door, and looked out through the gap in the door. It was indeed the skinny monkey, followed by two men and one woman.
"Come on, come in."
Li Huan trusts Shouhou very much. Although this guy looks a little weak, he is actually very strong and very smart. No matter whether it is the An Tiao or other people in the black market, no one can escape his eyes.