Chapter 146: Chapter 146: The Happiness of Returning to My Hometown_1
Two days later.
Qin Feng purchased a heap of gifts, drove his Jeep Wrangler, and took Wang Guixiang back to Shanding Village.
They exited the highway at Wanshan County and had just started on the rural road.
The SUV ahead suddenly lost control, drove into a drainage ditch, and its front end was smashed out of shape.
Qin Feng immediately stopped the car and went to help.
There was a father and daughter in the SUV, who both appeared to be unharmed.
The driver, Bao Weijie, was the newly appointed boss of Wanshan County.
Today was his day off, and he planned to take his daughter to the poorest Shanding Village in the county for a visit.
Firstly, he wanted to educate his pampered daughter, to let her see for herself how the children of poor families lived.
Secondly, he hoped to hear the unvarnished opinions of the villagers, ascertain their actual difficulties, and then see how he could help them escape poverty and become wealthy.
At this moment, Bao Weijie’s face was ashen.
It was clear that he was having a heart attack and needed immediate rescue.
Qin Feng quickly opened the car door and carried the man out.
He laid him flat on the ground and started to compress his chest using an ancestral technique.
Bao Tingting, who was initially petrified, finally came to her senses.
Seeing Qin Feng pressing down on her father’s chest, she became anxious.
"What are you doing?"
"I’m saving your dad!" Qin Feng replied, his hands not stopping.
"Saving my dad? Do you even know first aid? Do you know what’s wrong with my dad? Stop right now, and don’t mess around here. If you cause any harm to my dad, you won’t be able to bear the responsibility!"
"Your dad is having a heart attack, and a thrombus has blocked his blood vessel, leading to insufficient blood supply. That’s why he suddenly fainted and drove into the ditch. If you hadn’t met me, your dad would have been gone in two minutes, definitely not waiting for an ambulance to arrive!"
Qin Feng finished the last compression.
"Wow..."
A mouthful of blood spewed out.
Bao Weijie regained consciousness.
Seeing her father spit out blood, Bao Tingting was immediately anxious.
She rushed over and hugged Bao Weijie tightly, sobbing tears like pear blossoms washed by rain.
"Dad, are you okay?"
Bao Weijie wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "I’m fine now, but I need to properly thank this young man, he saved me."
"Brother, you have quite a few chronic conditions; you really should go to the hospital for a full examination. Don’t overwork yourself; you need to take care of your health. You were lucky this time to encounter me. If you’re not so lucky next time, your life could be in danger."
After speaking, Qin Feng turned to leave.
"Stop!" Bao Tingting shouted at him loudly and fiercely, "Thank you for saving my dad, but you’re about the same age as him, so what gives you the right to call him ’brother’? You’re taking advantage of us! Next time, call him ’uncle’, got it?"
"Another time? Who wants to see you again? So ferocious, it would be best if we never meet again. However, let me remind you. As his daughter, if your dad refuses to go to the hospital, you should tie him up if you have to and take him there for a proper check-up. His numerous conditions, although common and not fatal individually, could easily lead to a fatal chain reaction if combined."
Qin Feng was being sincere, with not a hint of exaggeration or jest.
The incident being over, Qin Feng continued his journey in the Jeep Wrangler towards Shanding Village.
Ten years ago, Grandpa and Grandma had passed away one after the other.
After that, Qin Feng seldom returned to Shanding Village.
The young people in the village had all gone to the city to work, leaving behind only the elderly and the infirm.
Aunt Wang Guilin’s family still lived in Shanding Village.
As soon as Qin Feng and Wang Guixiang arrived, Wang Guilin started chattering nonstop, holding onto her long-lost sister and her nephew, Qin Feng.
The taciturn Uncle Lei Fugui quietly went to the chicken coop, caught the old hen that laid eggs, and killed it.
He also took out the wild delicacies they had daringly picked from the mountain but were too precious for the family to eat, intending to dry and sell them, and stewed them with the old hen.
Evening.
Once the wild delicacies and the old hen were stewed, Wang Guilin took down the cured meat that was hanging above the stove and stir-fried a large platter of it.
Besides, she made several other dishes, all of which were Qin Feng’s favorites from when he was a child.
Because they could only have one child, Wang Guilin had only a daughter, Lei Na.
She liked having a son, but since she couldn’t have one of her own, she treated Qin Feng as if he were her own son since he was little.
Her sister, Wang Guixiang, was different; she preferred having a daughter.
Therefore, she couldn’t help but treat her sister’s daughter, Lei Na, as if she were her own.
In any case, although the two sisters were poor, they had a strong bond.
Looking at the full table of dishes, Qin Feng was reminded of his childhood.
He couldn’t help but say, "Thank you, Aunt Guilin!"
"Thanking me? That’s like you’re treating me as an outsider, and it would make me angry, you know!"
Qin Feng promptly went to his bag and took out the gifts he had prepared.
He first took out a gold necklace and handed it to Lei Fugui.
"Uncle Lei, put this on Aunt Guilin! I’ve always heard her saying how she’s spent her life with you and never even had a necklace to wear. Today, you can put it on her."
Seeing the gold necklace that Qin Feng handed over, Lei Fugui knew it must have been expensive.
Thus, he quickly shook his head and refused, saying, "Qin Feng, this won’t do, this won’t do. I can’t accept such a valuable gift!"
"This isn’t for you, it’s for Aunt Guilin. Hasn’t she always treated me as her own son? What’s wrong with a son giving his mother a necklace as a token of filial piety? The necklace comes as a pair, called the ’sister necklaces,’ one for my mom and one for Aunt Guilin. If you don’t put it on for Aunt Guilin, it wouldn’t be fair if one sister had one and the other didn’t—that wouldn’t be right between sisters."
"Brother-in-law, hurry and put it on her. When this brat was little, he was always causing trouble for you guys. Didn’t he spend every summer and winter vacation at your house? Don’t mention just a necklace; he ought to be taking care of the two of you in your old age. If he dares not to treat you as his own parents, I’ll break his damn legs myself!"
"Big sister, this really isn’t right."
"Brother-in-law, you still call me your big sister. Now that our parents are gone, don’t you know that the eldest sister should be like a mother? Are you not going to listen to your big sister’s words? If I tell you to put it on Guilin, you put it on her!"
"Uh... Thank you, big sister! Thank you, Qin Feng!"
Lei Fugui, awkward and clumsy, fumbled around for a good while before he finally put the gold necklace around Wang Guilin’s neck. After he managed to put it on, he gazed at her and giggled foolishly.
For decades, this was the first time he had ever put a necklace on his wife, let alone a gold one.
"Why the silly grin? Does it look good?" Wang Guilin asked.
"It looks great! Really great!"
"You have the nerve to say it looks good, as it was given to me by Qin Feng. If it looks so good, why didn’t you buy me one!"
"Nana is in her senior year of college now, and she’ll be graduating in less than a year. Once she graduates, finds a job, and settles down in the city, we won’t have to worry about her anymore. After that, the money I earn can go towards buying you a gold necklace."
