Chapter 29

Sheng Kangning felt very embarrassed.

After all, she was just an outsider, so she just looked at everyone else.

I silently said to myself, I am just a freeloader, a passerby who is just here to watch!

Sheng Kangning regretted coming to have this meal.

Sheng Kangning had originally thought that if Brother Chu went to the Great Northern Wilderness, they could still take care of each other, but now that he saw this, he decided to give up!

A man as outstanding as Brother Chu is bound to have many women who are attracted to him.

It’s better to stay away from him in the future.

Su Manzhi’s mother was a little slow, watching her man leave in a hurry. In the end, she couldn’t just turn around and leave, so she smiled awkwardly:

“Nanzhou, I’m sorry about this. We misunderstood you!”

I couldn’t say anything else.

Su’s mother left with a look of shame on her face.

After everyone left, Fu Yunhua snorted coldly:

“They should know what’s best for them!”

Chu Nanzhou calmly stood up and prepared milk powder for Xiaobao, not affected at all. He didn’t say a word about Su Manzhi.

Chu Nanzhou’s father, Chu Wenzong, said with a smile:

“Alright, let’s eat! Hurry up, or the food will get cold and lose its taste!”

Halfway through the meal, the phone in the living room rang.

Fu Yunhua went to answer the phone. After answering the call, Fu Yunhua turned his head and looked at Chu Nanzhou and shouted:

“Son, your phone is ringing, come quickly!”

Chu Nanzhou stood up and walked over, took the phone. He didn’t know what was said on the other end of the phone. He only heard Chu Nanzhou hum twice and then ended the call.

After dinner, Fu Yunhua invited Sheng Kangning to stay.

Sheng Kangning smiled and said:

“Aunt, I haven’t bought some things yet!”

Fu Yunhua said, “I almost forgot. You still have to go to the countryside. You need to prepare some things. So, tell me what else you need and I will prepare it for you. You are a little girl. You are going all the way to the Great Northern Wilderness to go to the countryside. You will be too tired to carry too many things. It is better to travel light and bring less things on the road. When you arrive, send me a telegram.

Send me your address and I’ll mail it to you. Wouldn’t that be easier than carrying it with you on the train?

Also, the winter in the Great Northern Wilderness is very cold, so you must prepare a thick quilt. Don’t prepare a thick quilt. I will make you a thick quilt weighing eight kilograms, which will ensure that you will not be cold in the Great Northern Wilderness in winter! How is it?

Oh, and you don’t have to buy clothes or anything like that. Auntie will buy them here and mail them to you.”

Seeing that his mother still had a lot to say, Chu Nanzhou smiled and interrupted her:

“Mom, that’s enough. I’ll take Kang Ning home first. I have to go out for something soon! Xiao Bao will stay at home for now. He can play for about half an hour, then he should go to bed!”

Fu Yunhua smiled and nodded:

“Got it, don’t worry! Go slowly on the road!”

Sheng Kangning and Chu Nanzhou walked out of the Chu family’s courtyard one after another.

Chu Nanzhou took something out of his pocket and handed it over:

“Here!”

Sheng Kangning took it and looked at it. It was a train ticket, and a sleeper berth!

A little startled voice:

“Sleeper berth tickets are hard to buy now! Brother Chu, how come you are so awesome! You can even get sleeper berth tickets!”

Chu Nanzhou smiled:

“It just so happens that there is an old comrade at the train station. I asked him to help buy it. Keep it. I will take you back to the ancestral home now. My things in the ancestral home have been packed up. Your room and Grandma Ning’s room have never been touched. They are locked! I will give you the key later.

If you don’t want to go home, you can live here first. The house has been rented for five years. The rent is 80 yuan per year, which is 400 yuan in total for five years.

Should I give it to you directly or save it for you?”

“Brother Chu, if it’s convenient, please save it for me! I have some change on me!”

Chu Nanzhou was silent for a moment and asked:

“Aren’t you going to go to the Zhiqing counter to buy something later?”

Sheng Kangning smiled and said:

“That’s enough. Just buy some daily necessities. It won’t cost much. Brother Chu, is Auntie’s health not good?”

Chu Nanzhou hummed:

“I can see. My mother just came back from the hospital a week ago. She has a serious heart disease. She had been taking medicine before. Her condition is basically under control, but she has run out of medicine.”

Sheng Kangning asked curiously:

“Can’t I buy more?”

Chu Nanzhou looked at Sheng Kangning and said:

“At first, the medicine my mother took was prepared by Aunt Ling Qing. After Aunt Ling Qing passed away, Grandma Ning helped to prepare it. After Grandma Ning passed away, we also took this prescription to find another Chinese medicine doctor to prepare it, but the effect of the prepared pills was very mediocre. Later, my mother’s condition became serious and she had to be sent to the hospital!

My mom wants me to leave Xiaobao at home, but my mom’s health is really not good. Besides, Xiaobao is a boy, and boys are better with me. Let’s go, I’ll take you home first!”

“Brother Chu, do you still remember the recipe?”

Chu Nanzhou nodded:

“Of course I remember. I’ve traveled to many places with the recipe in the past two years. Are you asking this?”

“Brother Chu, I want to try, but don’t hold your hopes too high. After all, my grandma and I have only been studying medicine for a short time. I need time.”

“Okay, I’ll write the recipe for you later!”

Sheng Kangning didn’t make any promises and say that she could do it.

I just made a secret decision in my heart that when I arrived in the Great Northern Wilderness, I would find a way to find some medicinal herbs and make medicine for my aunt.

Chu Nanzhou rode his bike to take Sheng Kangning back to the Ling family’s ancestral home.

First find the letter that Grandma Ning wrote to Sheng Kangning and give it to Sheng Kangning.

Sheng Kangning couldn’t wait to open the letter.

“Little Ningning, when you read the letter, you are already eighteen years old and an adult. Grandma is relieved but also regretful. I was unable to accompany you to grow up. It is because of my poor health. I am sorry for you, but,

I know that our Kangning is a sensible and brave child! You must remember what grandma is going to say next.

Your grandparents love you, your mother, and your father whom you have never met also love you!”

“Yes, you read that right. Your biological father is not Sheng Hongqi. Your father’s last name is also Sheng. He was a soldier, an exceptional soldier, and he sacrificed his life for his country.”

“Your mother and your father had been married for only half a year when your father received a mission and had to leave immediately. That separation became a farewell forever!

Your arrival made your mother both happy and sad. She was happy that they had a child of their love, but sad that you lost your father when you were born. In order for our baby Ningning to grow up healthily, your mother finally decided to marry Sheng Hongqi, who worked as a boiler maker in the hospital.

“Your mother’s marriage to Sheng Hongqi was pre-arranged. It was a fake marriage! It was fake. Your mother only wanted to give you a complete family.”