Rebirth of the Pampered Wife's Daily Life CH8

Chapter 8: Blind

Xia Teng patted her own head, why was she so stupid!

Already owe so much to Xu Lang, if this continues on, she would have to give her next life to Xu Lang too.

Xia Teng had really little contact with the outside world, their village didn't have kindergarten, only a primary school, the teacher was only a volunteer too, the whole first through sixth grade were all taught by her.

Usually it was only the first and second graders that went to class, the rest usually went to work at the farm, herding sheep, and mowing pigweed. And so on.

At that time Xia Teng didn't seem like a girl at all, waking up really early in the morning, going to a further place at the back of the mountain, mowing pigweed, then carrying it back to the teacher's house and hiding it.

Following Teacher Li, she finished listening to the first grader's lessons, went on to listen to the second graders, finishing listening to the second grader's lessons, listen to the third grader's......

In her childhood, there was only pigweed that would never get completely mowed, only heroic Wang Erxiao[1], hateful devils[2], and occasionally the feeling of the parental love described in the textbooks.

After, Teacher Li had to leave, the only primary school in the village, which was in fact just a dilapidated house, also closed down.

When Teacher Li left, Xia Teng was also brought along to the town's junior high, don't know what Teacher Li said to the principal, but after the principal gave some tests to Xia Teng, and made an exception allowing Xia Teng to attend the school.

Teacher Li helped pay for Xia Teng's tuition for three years, Xia Teng would rather get beaten to death than have accepted the money, but Teacher Li really seriously spoke this to Xia Teng.

"If one day, someone like me shows up willing to help you, don't refuse because of shyness or self-esteem, you have to understand, that this could be something sent by God to save you, you need to learn, to grab on to the opportunity, keep growing desperately and then repay it."

Xia Teng didn't disappoint Teacher Li, always maintaining the spot of the grade's number one, and because of her excellent entrance examination results, an exception was made allowing her to attend a high school in the city.

After, attending high school, she had to earn her own tuition, living expenses, and still meet all the demands from her family.

Not enough energy, not enough time, resulting in her grades plummeting to the bottom.

The dreams she would dream at night were all basically the school kicking her out because she had no money to pay for the studies, then she would be forced to marry some man......

Then Xu Lang appeared.

Then there was a future again.

Xia Teng was really preparing for Tsinghua, although her grades right now weren't on par at all.

Xu Lang had the habit of running in the mornings, because he moved to the school's neighborhood, he simply decided to come run at school.

When he arrived at the football field, it turned out there was already someone at the football field.

"He'd barter cloth for thread, no, to me he'd be wed. I saw him cross the ford, but gave him not my word. I said by hillside green, you have no go-between.[3]" The crisp voice echoed in the football field where there were only two people.

Xu Lang couldn't help but smile, then started to run.

Xia Teng was standing at the corner of the northeast's platform, nodding her head feeling pleased while reading aloud, she was also seriously remembering the keywords.

Then she suddenly saw a familiar figure.

Really quickly the other party's running speed increased, Xia Teng didn't know why but her eyes were stubbornly fixed at the other party, as if she was bewitched by the other party's enthusiasm while running......

In fact in the beginning Xia Teng thought she was hallucinating, then she saw the figure wearing black workout gear stop at a place close to her.

"Do you want to run together?" a reserved temperament, a man which you couldn't see any youthfulness of a boy in asked.

Between the platform and the track was a meter high railing.

Xia Teng was in a daze, her head completely immersed looking at the person in front's rare smile, putting down her book she went over the railing.

Scaring Xu Lang.

Xia Teng was really proficient when she went over the railing, landing steadily, this was a rare talent that not many people a bit fat would have.

Seeing Xu Lang's expression, Xia Teng finally came back to her senses, realizing what dumb things she had just done, her face redden, and she quickly ran off.

Xu Lang followed her.

After one lap, Xia Teng felt that she was going to collapse......her whole body started to hurt.

Xu Lang had long passed her.

Xia Teng pushed herself to keep running, looking at Xu Lang who had already passed her by half a lap, Xia Teng suddenly had a surge of lofty spirit and soaring determination. She! Definitely! Needed to pass Xu Lang!

Couldn't help but speed up. But, not even a few seconds after, she heard Xu Lang saying, "Xia Teng, you're running for the first time, don't run so fast."

Xia Teng obediently slowed down.

Xu Lang quickly lapped Xia Teng, also catching up to Xia Teng again, "Slowly add on intensity as you continue in the future. Right now you just started, the intensity shouldn't be so high."

While saying this he passed a towel to Xia Teng, "Have you had breakfast?"

Xia Teng wiped the sweat on her face, "Not yet, I will in a bit."

"Go get your book, then we'll go eat breakfast together." Xu Lang said.

Xia Teng nodded her head, about to go over the railing, to grab her book.

However, because she ran, her legs were sore, she could go over the railing.

Xu Lang lightly jumped, going over the railing, grabbing Xia Teng's book and handing it over to her, then jumped back over once more.

Xia Teng was stunned as she watched his graceful and natural movements, then thought back to her own panda-like movements going over the rail......

Xia Teng had thought that going to eat together meant eating at the canteen, who would have thought it meant going over to Xu Lang's house to eat.

Xia Teng's eyes widen, at the clean and tidy living room, there were a few books placed atop the coffee table.

Xia Teng was a bit lost, this was her first time being at someone's house, more so her first time being at such a pretty house......

"Come, let's clean up and eat." Xu Lang said.

Really early on, Xu Lang already wanted to tell Xia Teng to eat with him, he monitored the other party.

After seeing Xia Teng's family's situation with his own eyes, he was able to approximately guess why Xia Teng had stomach cancer later on, it was because she never ate enough when she was little, and ate too much during adolescence, then after becoming a celebrity, her eating became irregular again.

Xia Teng was in a trance the entire time following him scooping up some porridge, then watched as Xu Lang cooked one to two dishes.

The porridge was shrimp meat porridge, this was the first time Xia Teng had ever eaten such fine and delicious porridge.

The two quietly ate breakfast.

After eating, Xia Teng naturally volunteered to wash the dishes.

"No need, there's a dishwasher." Xu Lang placed the dishes inside it.

"In the future eat with me." Xu Lang said.

Xia Teng: "Why, I'm saying, you're so good to me, I always feel pressed unable to repay you......after all I have already dedicated the later half of my life to you. As for my next life, I also can't be certain on that......"

At this moment Xu Lang, was stunned, why?

Although in his previous life he had done charitable acts, he definitely wasn't some kind of good person.

On the contrary, he hated troublesome things.

So, he never had a girlfriend, and never had kids.

But, he took the initiative to place such a big trouble by his side, why was that?

Because......

Xu Lang looked questioningly at Xia Teng, "I also don't know."

Xia Teng: "......" Forget it, having someone that can blindly treat me so well, this isn't something easily achieved. If I keep asking on, and his eyes heal, I might have to cry......

[1]Wang Erxiao (王二小) from the web: Called the Little anti-Japanese Hero/Little Hero. On October 25, 1942, the Japanese army came got lost when they reached the mountain pass and saw Wang Erxiao grazing cattle on the hillside and asked him to lead the way. Wang Erxiao pretended to be obedient and walked ahead. In order to protect the transferred villagers, he led the enemy into the ambush of the Eighth Route Army. Suddenly, gunshots rang out from all directions, and the enemy knew that they had been fooled, and was furious, stabbing Wang Erxiao with a bayonet. The brave and witty hero Wang Erxiao was brutally killed by the Japanese invaders and sacrificed in Laiyuan County. He was only 13 years old.

[2]Devils (鬼子): This is what the Chinese called the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War afterward this term stayed and became something the Chinese called the Japanese invaders. The full name being "日本鬼子" Japanese Devils.

[3]From the poem 卫风·氓, in the "Book of Songs", the earliest collection of Chinese poetry. From the web: This is a poem about an abandoned woman prosecuting her marriage tragedy. The heroine of this poem recalls the sweetness of the love life and the pain of being abused and abandoned by her husband after marriage, expressing her remorse and decisive attitude. The poem is divided into six chapters, each with ten sentences. What Xia Teng recited was from the first chapter, and she recited the third to eighth sentences.

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