Chapter 10

After I returned home, the results of my parents' health check-ups came out. Mom had a tumor in her breast. After the surgery at the hospital, the pathology results came back benign. I let out a sigh of relief but still decided to take my parents for regular check-ups every year. Even though Mom had just undergone surgery, she didn’t complain about the pain. However, when she saw the cane in my hand, her eyes instantly welled up with tears. "Qian Qian, what happened to your leg? What exactly happened? Were you bullied?" Hearing this, Dad clenched his fists and said, "Don’t worry, I’ll avenge you. Even if I have to risk my life, I’ll make them pay!" I was speechless. "Dad, this is a society ruled by law. What are you going to do, beat someone up?" But Dad replied, "I don’t care about any laws. As long as I’m still breathing, no one is allowed to bully you!" I choked up and hugged both Dad and Mom. "It’s nothing, I just twisted my foot by accident, actually, it’s already better." With that, I tossed the cane aside and jumped around freely, moving with ease. Only then did Mom and Dad relax. I then told them that after this injury, I planned to stay in my hometown and not return to the big city to fight for a career. I expected them to oppose it, but to my surprise, they agreed. "Staying at home sounds good. I heard on the news that the country is planning to develop agriculture, doing something with collectives—I'm not sure exactly, but I asked around, and they said that work is great for college graduates from the village. "Dear, even though the family is poor, we have everything you want to eat from the land. Your uncle’s son also came back from the big city, planning to raise pigs or something. Yesterday he sent over a sheep. We have so much fresh vegetables and meat, we can’t even finish it all!" I was stunned. Because I had planned to use the more than 200,000 in insurance compensation to start rural farming. I didn’t expect that my parents would bring it up first. I immediately gave them a thumbs-up. "You really thought of everything. No wonder you’re the parents of the genius, Li Qian!" Both of them rolled their eyes in unison. Aunt teased, "Isn’t that right? Ever since we heard you were coming back, they’ve been so excited they couldn’t sleep at night. Especially your dad, he even went to the town to get a haircut, saying he wanted to show up in front of you looking handsome. "But, since he couldn’t sleep, he got sleepy while getting the haircut. His head drooped, and the barber’s hand shook, so now the back of his head is missing a patch of hair, hahahaha!" Dad shot Aunt a glare, covering the back of his head so I couldn’t see. I laughed so hard my stomach hurt.