On a country lane.
Looking at the silent Chen Yansheng, Yu Bingjie hesitated several times before speaking.
“Bingjie, is there anything you want to say to me?”
Chen Yansheng noticed Yu Bingjie’s expression and asked.
Thinking of the unpleasant scene in the Chen family courtyard just now, Yu Bingjie bit her lip:
“Yansheng, Yuting is against us being together. Wasn’t it a bit inappropriate for you to slam the door and leave?”
“Why don’t you go home first? Let’s not see each other for a while.”
Seeing Bingjie’s somewhat hesitant expression, Chen Yansheng took her hand and comforted her, “Bingjie, I’ll slowly work on my sister’s mindset.”
“At least now my parents agree to us being together, and we can now openly say to others that our two families are engaged.”
Hearing Chen Yansheng’s words, the worry on Yu Bingjie’s face lessened a bit.
Uncle Chen and Aunt Xiulan did indeed agree to their relationship.
As long as Sister Yuting agrees, she can marry Chen Yansheng openly and legitimately.
“Are you really not going back during this time?” Yu Bingjie asked.
“I’m not going back. I’ll use this time to focus on hiking and trading mountain products,” Chen Yansheng said.
“Once I make money and become a millionaire, my sister will naturally agree.”
Seeing Chen Yansheng say this, Yu Bingjie nodded obediently: “Yansheng, I’ll go with you to climb the mountain.”
Their family also has many empty rooms, enough for Chen Yansheng to live in.
Since they are already engaged, they are not afraid of their reputation being affected by being seen together every day.
“Bingjie, guess how much we sold that old ginseng we dug up on our way down the mountain today?”
To reassure Yu Bingjie, Chen Yansheng also mentioned the ginseng digging incident from that morning.
“How many did you sell?” Yu Bingjie asked curiously upon hearing this.
“This number!” Chen Yansheng made a “6” gesture.
“600 yuan?” Yu Bingjie’s fair and pretty face was full of surprise.
She knew this old ginseng was valuable, but she never expected it to be this valuable.
“No, it’s not 600, it’s 6000!” Chen Yansheng corrected, a smile playing on his lips.
How many?
6000?
This time, Yu Bingjie was completely stunned.
This isn’t old wild ginseng at all!
This is clearly untreated gold!
“Yansheng, you’re not lying to me? This old ginseng really sold for so much money?”
Yu Bingjie still asked incredulously.
“Of course…” Chen Yansheng knew that Yu Bingjie found it hard to believe, so he immediately recounted in detail what had happened at the Longfeng Teahouse that morning.
Upon learning that Chen Yansheng had introduced the owner of a teahouse in the county town and even saved the owner’s father’s life with ginseng, they discovered that Chen Yansheng had also introduced him to a teahouse owner in the county town.
After spending half of the 6,000 yuan on medicine and the other half as a thank-you gift, I finally felt at ease.
“Yansheng, you’re really lucky. If it weren’t for that incident, this old ginseng wouldn’t have sold for so much money.”
Yu Bingjie quickly analyzed the key to why old ginseng was so expensive and exclaimed in amazement.
Seeing how intelligent and quick-witted Yu Bingjie was, Chen Yansheng’s lips curled up.
My sister told me that Yu Bingjie was admitted to university a few years ago, but because Uncle Yu didn’t have the money to support her, and because her family’s political background was not good, her university admission was rejected.
Otherwise, Yu Bingjie would already be a high-achieving female college student about to graduate.
My wife is beautiful, has a great figure, is gentle and virtuous, and is also intelligent.
Where can you find such a wonderful girl in the surrounding area?
“If you ask me, it was only after I got together with you that my financial luck improved.”
“Old people don’t often say this, but you must have a lucky fate for your husband!”
Chen Yansheng smiled and teased Yu Bingjie.
Hearing Chen Yansheng’s burning gaze, Yu Bingjie’s face immediately turned red.
She rolled her eyes at Chen Yansheng: “You’re so glib. How come I never noticed you were so sweet-talking before?”
“Isn’t it because my lips became sweeter after I kissed you?” Chen Yansheng’s lips curled up.
Upon hearing these explicit words, Yu Bingjie quickly covered Chen Yansheng’s mouth, her face flushed with embarrassment: “You still dare to say that…”
“Okay, okay, I won’t say anything more.”
Seeing his wife’s shy expression, Chen Yansheng chuckled.
From the corner of a distant tiled roof, a cold gaze was cast in this direction.
Seeing the two being so affectionate, Wang Mazi felt like he was being cuckolded.
“Those damned dogs!”
“What kind of bullshit marriage contract is this? It’s clearly a lie!”
“Chen Yansheng, you’d better earn 10,000 yuan within 7 days!”
“Otherwise, I’ll sell your woman to my lame, crooked-faced cousin!”
Chen Yansheng was unaware that someone was spying on his intimate moments with Yu Bingjie.
After returning to the Yu family’s courtyard, Chen Yansheng started chopping firewood.
Although Yu Bingjie’s younger brother, Yu Jie, is mentally challenged, he can still help with some things within his ability.
When he saw Chen Yansheng chopping firewood, he helped him pick up the wood and straighten it.
Yu Bingjie was also telling her mother about what had happened at the Chen family.
“Since Yansheng’s parents have agreed to your relationship, you are now officially engaged. From now on, when you go out together, you will be a legitimate couple, and you won’t have to worry about people gossiping or saying that you are having an affair.”
“However, Yuting has always been a girl with her own opinions. She is also Yansheng’s older sister, so she definitely hopes that her younger brother will marry well.”
“Don’t blame Yuting either.”
After listening to her daughter’s words, Aunt Mei sighed softly and offered some words of advice.
“Mom, I won’t. I’m already very satisfied with Uncle Chen and Aunt Xiulan’s approval.”
“I will try my best to gain Sister Yuting’s approval.”
Yu Bingjie said solemnly.
Aunt Mei nodded slightly and turned to look at her son, who was enthusiastically helping Chen Yansheng chop firewood in the yard. Although her son’s movements were a bit clumsy, Chen Yansheng did not show any disdain.
With such a good son-in-law, if he can really be with his daughter, Yu Jie won’t have to worry about being taken care of for the rest of his life.
Even if she dies, she can rest in peace.
After chopping firewood, Chen Yansheng went into the kitchen to cook dinner.
With rice, oil, meat, and vegetables in hand, Chen Yansheng found cooking quite easy.
Before long, a plate of fragrant braised pork, a plate of stir-fried pork with green peppers, and a plate of stir-fried bok choy were served.
“Wow, brother-in-law, your cooking smells amazing.”
Yu Jie lay on the small dining table in the yard, smelling the food as he spoke to Chen Yansheng in a simple and honest manner.
“Xiao Jie, don’t talk nonsense. Brother Yansheng, isn’t he your brother-in-law?”
Yu Bingjie had just finished tidying up Chen Yansheng’s room with her mother when she heard her younger brother’s words. Her face turned red, and she corrected him.
Upon hearing this, Yu Jie said somewhat naively, “But didn’t you roll over the haystack?”
“My mother said that if a man and a woman roll over a haystack, they are husband and wife.”
Upon hearing Yu Jie’s words, Yu Bingjie’s face immediately turned red.
Chen Yansheng never expected that Yu Jie, who seemed so simple-minded, could actually say something so logical.
At this point, Yu Jie added, “You all say I’m stupid, but actually most of the time I’m quite smart.”
Yu Bingjie blushed, glared at Yu Jie, and said, “Don’t talk like that, go get the bowls and chopsticks.”
Yu Jie made a face and then went into the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks.
Watching Yu Jie’s retreating figure, Chen Yansheng couldn’t help but ask Aunt Mei:
“Aunt Mei, has Xiao Jie’s illness been present since childhood, or…?”
All he knew was that Yu Jie was mentally challenged. Although he was 12 years old, he only had the mental capacity of a five or six-year-old child. But he didn’t know the specific reason why.
Hearing Chen Yansheng’s words, Aunt Mei’s expression was somewhat complicated. After a few seconds of silence, she sighed softly:
“Xiao Jie used to be a very smart kid…”
It turns out that Yu Jie was very smart when he was a child. He could walk and run when he was just one year old, and he could speak when he was one and a half years old.
At the age of three, he would help with farm work and cut pitcher plants.
When he was five years old, he could recite ancient poems after hearing Yu Bingjie recite them only once.
Uncle Yu even began to groom Yu Jie as a pillar of the nation.
However, a high fever caused Yu Jie to suffer brain damage, leaving him with the mental capacity of a 5-year-old.
Uncle Yu was also affected by this incident and began to become lazy and unwilling to work.
“It’s not congenital; it’s brain damage from burns…”
After listening to Aunt Mei’s words, Chen Yansheng’s face showed a thoughtful expression.
In this day and age, congenital brain diseases are indeed very difficult to treat.
However, if it is acquired, then the treatment is much easier.
After all, since the 1980s, CT and MRI technologies have become widespread globally, and these high-tech medical devices can already be seen in hospitals in big cities.
Significant breakthroughs have also been made in microsurgical procedures.
If there were enough funds, Yu Jie could be sent to a hospital in a big city for brain surgery to treat his brain injury.
Restoring his intelligence to that of a normal person is not a fantasy.
Thinking of this, Chen Yansheng told Aunt Mei and Yu Bingjie the information he knew.
Upon hearing this, both of them showed a look of surprise and delight, not even noticing that the chopsticks in their hands had fallen to the ground.
“Yansheng, are you telling the truth? Can Xiaojie’s illness really be cured?”
Aunt Mei was so excited that she was incoherent.
Chen Yansheng nodded seriously: “In hospitals in big cities, neurosurgery is already being performed. Xiao Jie’s illness is not difficult.”
Yu Bingjie grabbed Chen Yansheng’s hand and pleaded, “Yansheng, can you save my brother?”