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Chapter 41 Marriage in Exchange for a Place to Stay
She knew that Tian Hu was not married.

They also knew that Tian Hu's family was poor, and that he was an orphan with no parents.

After my father is discharged from the hospital, he needs a quiet place to recuperate.

She certainly couldn't bring her father to the next production brigade, since she also lived in a youth compound and a dormitory there.

There was simply no way she could take care of her father.

So she turned her attention to Tian Hu, who had saved her life last year.

Even though she felt it was wrong to bully honest people like this, she really had no other choice.

Yesterday morning.

Zhang Qing found Tian Hu.

She took the initiative to ask him if he was married. If he wasn't married and didn't have anyone he liked, could he consider her?

Zhang Qing was afraid that her frank proposal would make him suspect that she was no longer pure, so she quickly assured Tian Hu that she was very pure.

During the years she was sent to the countryside, it wasn't that no one wanted to date her, but she remained steadfast and never dated anyone, not even touching a man's hand.

She persisted in this way simply because she firmly believed that one day she would have the opportunity to return to the city.

Now that her father is in trouble, she has put the idea of ​​returning to the city out of her mind.

The most important thing is to find a place for Dad to recover from his injuries.

The father and daughter were here with no one to rely on. The only solution Zhang Qing could think of was to marry herself off and find a place for her father to settle down.

Having no parents and still unmarried at the age of twenty-six, Tian Hu became her best, and only, choice...

Tian Hu wasn't stupid; he knew that Zhang Qing only married him to appease her father.

But he wasn't foolish enough to push away the woman who came to him for help.

He agreed to marry her.

I got the certificate and the marriage certificate that same day.

Zhang Qing told Zhang Wenxin that Tian Hu had saved her life, and she had long harbored feelings for him but hadn't dared to express them. Now that he was injured and Tian Hu was busy taking care of Zhang Wenxin at his bedside, she decided to confess her feelings to him...

Zhang Qing hadn't finished speaking.

Tian Hu, who had just returned from fetching hot water, interrupted her.

"It was Comrade Zhang Qing who I liked first."

The tall man stared intently at her. "After I saved you last year, I often inquired about you. I was the one who fell for you first."

These words were not only spoken to Zhang Qing, but also to Zhang Wenxin.

"But I'm just a peasant struggling to make a living in the fields, while you're a sent-down youth from the city..."

How could a young educated youth from the city, who was still a primary school teacher, possibly be interested in him?

The two men readily admitted it, and it's unclear what Zhang Wenxin was really thinking.

In short, after Zhang Wenxin was discharged from the hospital, he moved into Tian Hu's home.

Many people in the village looked at each other in bewilderment upon hearing the news.

Tian Hu, an older bachelor, originally thought that he could only marry widows, second-time or third-time brides in his life.

Unexpectedly, he married a former educated youth who was a teacher in the next production brigade.

This made some of the villagers, who toiled in the fields every day, quite unhappy.

Why didn't any of the men in their family marry educated youth from the city?

Although this educated youth had a father with questionable status, we cannot ignore the fact that she was a teacher in the next brigade and earned 22 yuan a month.

Twenty-two yuan!
On average, it's about the same as the full work points a strong laborer earns every day working in the fields.

Why didn't such a good thing fall into their laps?
Those petty people are incredibly jealous.

But no matter how jealous you are, you can only keep it to yourself.

They dared not offend Tian Hu.

That big guy, if you offend him and he slaps you, you might really get slammed into the wall and you won't be able to stick it off.

Tian Hu's house.

He put Zhang Wenxin on the kang (a heated brick bed), asked Zhang Qing to stay and talk to him, and then went out to cook something.

Hearing noises coming from the kitchen, Zhang Qing felt embarrassed to stay there any longer.

"Dad, I'll go check the kitchen. You lie down and rest first."

Zhang Qing tucked the blanket around Zhang Wenxin, adjusted the pillow, and then turned and left the room.

Tian Hu's house was a small courtyard surrounded by three main rooms and two side rooms.

One of the side rooms is his kitchen.

The other room was a storage room, with tall piles of firewood inside. There was also a lot of firewood piled up in the kitchen area, which could be used to heat the kang (a heated brick bed) when cooking.

Zhang Qing came out of Zhang Wenxin's room and walked to the kitchen.

Tian Hu is cooking noodles.

He kneaded the dough himself to make knife-cut noodles.

When Zhang Qing went in and saw this, he rolled up his sleeves to offer his help.

"No need, you go out and rest, I'll have it ready in a bit."

Tian Hu told her to leave the kitchen.

Zhang Qing did not leave as instructed.

"I can help."

Her cooking is alright.

Seeing this, Tian Hu moved aside.

He didn't leave the kitchen either.

Zhang Qing washed his hands and took over the work.

Tian Hu squatted to the side, helping to start the fire.

The two, who had just become husband and wife, were not very familiar with each other and didn't know what to talk about for a while.

For as long as Zhang Qing kneaded the dough, Tian Hu remained silent.

Zhang Qing...

She disliked this somber atmosphere very much.

However, she was new to the area and had brought her injured father with her, so she was in the wrong and dared not make too many demands on Tian Hu.

The two remained silent until evening.

After serving Zhang Wenxin in the toilet and letting him fall asleep, Zhang Qing and Tian Hu also went back to their rooms.

Tian Hu's room is the one on the north side.

In the middle is the room where he stores his grain; it's locked and he doesn't usually open it.

There was a kang (heated brick bed) inside, but it was piled with his winter food, so it wasn't convenient to set it up for someone else to live in.

Moreover, he secretly didn't want to sleep in a separate bed from Zhang Qing.

Even if the two of them did nothing, he still wanted to lie on the same kang (a heated brick bed).

Perhaps, one day she will be able to accept herself?
He can wait.

With these thoughts in mind, Tian Hu returned to his room.

Zhang Qing had already washed up briefly.

She was putting her clothes in a small box next to the kang (a heated brick bed).

She was visibly nervous when she saw Tian Hu come in.

Tian Hu lowered his eyes and placed the oil lamp in his hand on the table.

"I'm going to wash up."

"You should go to bed first."

After saying that, he turned and left the room.

Zhang Qing replied with an "okay," and took the opportunity to take a deep breath.

She folded the clothes a little slowly.

But it's only a few pieces of clothing; even if it takes a while, it should be ready in no time.

Zhang Qing folded the clothes and put them in the box she had brought.

She thought for a moment, then took out the set of clothes she usually wore to sleep in from the small box.

I opened the blanket, crawled under it, took off my clothes, and changed into my pajamas.

After taking a shower, Tian Hu stood outside for a while, taking several deep breaths, and then checked on his father-in-law before returning to his room.

The oil lamp was almost out.

There was a bulge under the quilt on the kang (a heated brick bed); that was his wife, with whom he had just received their marriage certificate.

Although she was covered with the quilt she had brought, she was lying on his kang (heated brick bed).

Tian Hu asked softly, "Do you still want to get up?"

(End of this chapter)