"Mom, what about that? Let me tell you something."
On this day, after dinner, the dishes were cleared, the garbage was emptied, and the water was carried, the three of them were as usual again. Wang Yan was reading at the end of the kang, Zhou Bingkun was flipping left and right in the middle, and Li Suhua was sitting on the end of the kang talking about her knitted woolen pants.
Zhou Bingkun's words interrupted Li Suhua's babble: "Look at you kid, just tell me if you have anything to do."
"Then I said, don't be angry."
Li Suhua looked at Wang Yan, who was also confused, and put down the needle and thread in his hand: "What did you do again? Whether you are angry or not, you tell me first and I will listen."
"Then what I said?" Zhou Bingkun sat up and covered himself with the quilt: "I have found a partner."
"Having found a partner? That's a good thing. Look at you, why am I angry about such a good thing? How old is the girl? Where is her family? Is she educated? How many people are there in the family? What do they do? "Li Suhua's happiness was written on her face. She gave her old son a symbolic slap and asked a series of questions to check her household registration.
"Mom, don't be impatient, just listen to me. That's right, there's something wrong with this girl." Stabilizing his agitated mother, Zhou Bingkun took a deep breath and took the risk: "That Tu Zhiqiang I told you before Wasn't it because he was shot for beating someone to death? Then I went to visit their house and met Tu Zhiqiang's wife. After Tu Zhiqiang died, she returned to her parents' home. There was an old mother and a blind brother at home. .Isn’t this Tu Zhiqiang’s kindness to me before? I just wanted to help as much as I could, so I went there often..."
"I don't agree." Before he could finish speaking, Li Suhua shook his head repeatedly, and the happiness just now turned into a serious face: "Bingkun, you are still young, and our family's conditions are not bad. You haven't found a little widow yet. . If we really marry that little widow into our family, what will the neighbors think of our old Zhou family? And your father, it’s not like you don’t know his father’s temper. Although he is an old party member, I have spent most of my life with him. , sometimes, he is more thoughtful than a bitch like me. If you want to marry such a woman, he will not agree, and he may even kick you out of the house. "
"Mom, I know everything you said. But I really like Zheng Juan, Mom, her name is Zheng Juan. I really like her, and she and Tu Zhiqiang didn't get the certificate. I... couldn't help it, and now she is pregnant. Already, it’s been almost five months.”
"What the hell? Are you five months pregnant?" Li Suhua suddenly became excited, sat upright, glanced at Wang Yan who was also surprised, and then slapped her hard and shouted: "Oh, you little brat, I Why did it look wrong before? You asked your brother to ask you. You said you were so squeaky. Who would have thought that you hid such a big thing? You... wait for your father to come back and see if he Kick you to death..."
Wang Yan said, "I don't know anything." Zhou Bingkun deserved to be beaten for doing such a thing, but he still stood up and stopped Li Suhua: "Auntie, auntie, don't fight now. Everything has happened, and there is no point in beating him now." . Bingkun, this girl is already five months pregnant, why are you just telling me now? What have you been doing so long ago?"
"Yeah, why didn't you tell me earlier? You told me when the house was on fire?" Li Suhua was so angry that she stretched out her legs and kicked.
The beating by his own mother was neither painful nor itchy. Zhou Bingkun said nonchalantly: "Mom, it's too late and I don't dare to say anything. Although Zheng Juan didn't get the certificate from Tu Zhiqiang, she also stayed at Tu Zhiqiang's house for a period of time. Can't you agree? . Later, I lost control of myself and let someone get pregnant. I didn’t know what to do. You said I should beat her. Her mother believed in Buddhism and refused to beat her. She said she could give the baby away. You don’t know , Mom, Zheng Juan’s blind brother was picked up later and he was kind-hearted. He doesn’t know about this yet, so don’t tell anyone.
Zheng Juan was also considerate of me and said that it was just like that. If she could afford to raise the child after birth, she would raise it. If she couldn't raise it, she would give it away. She didn't ask for any status from me. I didn't have any idea at that time, so I didn't say anything. Now her belly is getting bigger day by day, and I feel uncomfortable, Mom. You say that people don’t do this for their own purposes and that they don’t do it for other reasons. If I really didn’t give people my status, I would be too much of a beast.
Besides, mom and brother, you don’t know that Zheng Juan is still a good girl. Tu Zhiqiang likes men, so he married Zheng Juan just to hide her from others, and he never touched her at all. Anyway, I have done everything. I, Zhou Bingkun, dare to take responsibility. No matter what others say or think, Mom, I am determined to marry Zheng Juan. When my dad comes back, whether he beats me to death or kicks me out of the house, I can't let her go to Zheng Juan. "
Li Suhua pointed at Zhou Bingkun, too angry to say a word. There used to be Zhou Rong, which was enough to cause trouble. This is good, Zhou Rong has just finished his work, and the old son is getting into trouble again. She just wanted to have a good family, but in the end, either she had to sever ties with her family, or she was going to be kicked out of the house. Why was it so difficult?
"Auntie, auntie, hold on. Everything has happened, and even beating Bingkun to death is of no use. We don't know what this Zheng Juan is like, so we have to meet her first. Really. Speaking of which, we are the ones who are sorry now." Wang Yan patted her back and rubbed her arms: "And you should think better of it, auntie, the child is now five months old, and there are four more to come. Yue, you will be a grandma, and there is a third generation in Lao Zhou’s family. If you look at it this way, wouldn’t this be a good thing, right, aunt?”
After this breath of anger, Li Suhua panted violently. She looked at her old son who looked worried but did not dare to disturb him angrily. Without saying a word, she slapped her roundly and said, "You, you are not letting me go every day." Take it easy."
This is a real big talker. Zhou Bingkun grimaced in pain, but still giggled. He knew that this matter was in the past with his mother: "What should we do now, Mom?"
"What else can we do? Your brother is right, this is our fault. Hurry up and find time to bring that girl back to me. No matter what, we can't be sorry."
Zhou Bingkun nodded: "Mom, then I will bring her over tomorrow?"
"Okay." Li Suhua turned to look at Wang Yan: "Xiaoyan, give me some water."
Wang Yan responded, turned around and drank the cold boiled water, poured hot water from the thermos, mixed it, and gave it to Li Suhua.
She was really thirsty. She drank a lot of water from a large pot, and then lay down on the bed: "Every day, there is no one to worry about, turn off the lights and go to bed!"
Zhou Bingkun lay back on the bed obediently and remained motionless.
Wang Yan put down the quilt, lay down on the edge of the kang, and casually pulled out the light cord.
It was only less than eight o'clock. It was definitely early to go to bed at this time, but Li Suhua didn't want to look at Zhou Bingkun. Although she agreed, she still needed to digest it herself.
In the darkness, you could clearly hear Li Suhua's heavy breathing, and you could feel that Zhou Bingkun was suppressing himself, holding it in for a long time before spitting it out.
After a while, around nine o'clock, Li Suhua suddenly said: "Bingkun, does that slap from mom just now hurt?"
"It's okay, Mom. I'm thick-skinned, so it's no big deal. Besides, this is my fault. I kept it secret for so long, so I deserve a beating."
Zhou Bingkun was crying a little, but Wang Yan on the side knew that it was just the grievance caused by the care of his old mother. He recognized Zheng Juan, the child in her belly, the old lady Zheng's mother, and the blind Zheng Guangming. At the same time, he deceived his biological mother. He was condemned for being unfilial and unfilial for his love for her, and he was full of pain with nowhere to express his pain.
"Are you wronged? You're a big man now. You're going to be a father. Why are you still crying?" Li Suhua reached out from the quilt and rubbed his old son's big head: "You deserve a beating. You're so big. I just kept it secret until now. Fortunately your dad is not at home, otherwise he would really kick you to death with his bad temper."
"It's all my fault. You should kick me to death."
"What nonsense are you talking about? If your dad really dares to kick you, I won't be done with him if I don't take care of him." Li Suhua sighed: "You said it so suddenly, Mom is still a little confused." Bing Bing Kun, is that child really yours?"
"Mom, how can I still lie to you? It must be true. Didn't I already tell you that Tu Zhiqiang likes men, and we already have a crush."
"Don't say that. Mom is old and can't bear the excitement." Li Suhua waved her hand and said, "Bring her here tomorrow, Mom, let's see what kind of girl my son is so obsessed with, and then, follow her Mom will also meet. Our two families will discuss it. Once everything is settled, you will get a marriage certificate. Write a letter to tell your dad, your brother and your sister. As for the wedding banquet... forget it, this is not a good thing after all. If a bunch of people come here, they are just laughing at our family."
"Mom...I'm sorry..."
"Okay, why are you talking about that? Your dad was just angry for a while. It's nothing to me. You have to live your own life after all. Now that it's like this, what else can I say? Xiaoyan."
"Hey, auntie."
"Come back early tomorrow and help my aunt with advice."
"Okay, I just want to check with Zheng Juan to see how things are going. According to Bingkun, her conditions are not good, so don't let anything happen to the child again."
Li Suhua sighed: "If we don't say we are well matched, their family's conditions are indeed worse."
"Mom, Zheng Juan, her mother and her brother can both work. Although they don't earn much, they can support themselves."
"They say you forget your mother when you have a daughter-in-law. Why are you taking care of yourself before you do anything?"
"No way, Mom, I will definitely be filial to you for the rest of my life."
Li Suhua hummed, but there was no movement, and after a long while: "Son."
"mom."
"Tell me something about Zheng Juan."
Zhou Bingkun spoke slowly and told a story that he had already thought about: "It was about that time last year, when Tu Zhiqiang just passed away..."
Wang Yan rested his head on his hands, closed his eyes and listened quietly to the conversation between mother and son. From Zheng Juan talking about how Zhou Rong sneaked away to Qian Province regardless of what happened, to Zhou Bingyi marrying Hao Dongmei whose parents were beaten down, he imagined the future. Playing with grandson happily, talking about Zhou Bingkun's future hardships.
Li Suhua's voice gradually became less audible, and she fell asleep at some point. She is old and mentally and physically weak. The old son was so exhausted after giving such a surprise, and said it was already midnight, so it was normal that he couldn't bear it.
"Mom? Mom? Brother Yan? Brother?" Zhou Bingkun muttered to himself, but found no response. After listening quietly, he felt the even breathing of his mother and good brother, and he let out a sigh of relief.
Of course Wang Yan was not asleep, but he was breathing evenly and squinting, and didn't pay attention. After a while, there was a suppressed choking sound around him. He knew that that was when Zhou Bingkun finally relaxed and licked his wounds.
Although he knew everything, Zhou Bingkun didn't tell him everything, just like when he was over thirty years old, he realized the bitterness? Chew it, chew it and swallow it'. Some things and some thoughts cannot be discussed with others and can only be digested by oneself.
Everyone has a piece of the sky that they have to support themselves, and all of them are unbearable.
On this day, Zhou Bingkun cried until he fell asleep...
Getting up is a habitual thing. Even though she slept very late yesterday, Li Suhua still woke up early. Looking at the red and swollen eye sockets of her old son next to her, she couldn't help but shake her head and sigh, and then prepared to get off the kang to light the fire.
"Auntie, you can go back to sleep. I'll light the fire and cook. I slept so late last night and my mind was broken. I need to take good care of myself." Wang Yan stood up and said, "When you get up, I'll take your pulse and prescribe some medicine for you." Conditioning, conditioning.”
"Wait until this time passes, otherwise it will be in vain. Bingkun has such a big deal this time, I don't know how your uncle is doing." Li Suhua shook his head: "Come to Zheng Juan today. I can't treat others harshly, I have to work hard."
Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "Even if there are eight plates and eight bowls, Zheng Juan can't eat them."
"She doesn't have to eat, but our family has to make it. Oh my, I work so hard day by day, and I can't get more angry than these guys."
Li Suhua still got up from the kang and went to the fields to start working.
Wang Yan didn't say any more persuasion, he just got up and helped. In fact, there is no need to be so busy this morning, but Li Suhua can't sleep and is nervous because she has to meet Zheng Juan today.
After a busy morning, Zhou Bingkun actually slept soundly and woke up according to his daily working hours.
At the dinner table, Li Suhua nagging Zhou Bingkun, asking him and Wang Yan to take half a day off and take Zheng Juan over for dinner at noon. If possible, we should bring Zheng's mother and Zheng Guangming over for dinner in the evening, so as to meet the in-laws and get to know each other...
The whole morning passed quickly. Wang Yan returned to Lao Zhou's house at around ten o'clock to help Li Suhua cut vegetables, carry water, and take out the trash. As for the house, everything inside and outside was wiped down.
Zhou Bingkun went to the soy sauce factory to ask for leave from his boss in the morning and then ran to Zheng Juan's house to comfort the nervous Zheng Juan and talk to him. At noon, he took Zheng Juan slowly to Lao Zhou's house.
"Zheng Juan, this is my mother, and this is my brother Yan."
In the outer room, Zhou Bingkun introduced Li Suhua and Wang Yan to Zheng Juan who came out.
Looking at the kind-faced old lady in front of her and the man standing behind her who had helped her and Zhou Bingkun a lot, Zheng Juan nodded and called: "Mom... ah, no, Auntie, Brother Yan."
Wang Yan smiled and nodded at the embarrassed Zheng Juan. This was the second time they met. The last time, her name was Luo Yuzhu. That is a strong woman with a different destiny and different personality from Zheng Juan in front of her.
He could see clearly that Zheng Juan didn't mean to call 'Mom', she was just too nervous and blurted it out. What I have to say is that her slip of the tongue was very good.
Li Suhua nodded with a smile: "Why don't you call me aunt? It's just right to call me mom. Are you tired from walking all the way? Come in quickly and have a rest. Let's warm up. We'll eat in a while." As he spoke, he pulled Zheng Juan. Just go inside.
Zheng Juan followed into the house and sat upright on the edge of the Kang, lowering her head nervously and feeling a little at a loss.
She was nervous, and Li Suhua was even more nervous. When she entered the room and sat down, she didn't know what to say and was a little embarrassed.
Wang Yan spoke aloud: "Auntie, look how beautiful Zheng Juan is. We, Bingkun, will be blessed in the future."
Li Suhua felt blessed and took up the topic: "No, girl, why do you fall in love with our Bingkun?"
"He is a good person." Zheng Juan raised her head, looked around, and then lowered her head: "Auntie, Bingkun should have told you about my family. Back then our family..."
After giving Li Suhua a wink and signaling the two of you to have a good chat, Wang Yan turned around and nudged the nervous Zhou Bingkun and left the room.
"Brother, why did you ask me to come out? Look at Zheng Juan. If you don't watch her, what will happen if she talks nonsense?"
There was meat stewed in the pot. Wang Yan took a large spoon to wash it, put the pot on the West House stove, put in lard and soybean oil and heated the pot. He glanced at Zhou Bingkun who was squatting aside and whispered: "Are you stupid? This Don’t you understand that you are a bit human? Things have happened between you two. Our family is in the wrong. Your mother feels sorry for Zheng Juan. How can she still say this? That is to say, just ask a little bit, but the main thing is to confirm. The child is not yours.
You've said that before, and now you can't test whether the child is your biological child, so what's the problem? Your mother is an old woman looking after her daughter-in-law. She mainly wants to see whether Zheng Juan is a good woman and whether you two can live a good life in the future. Do you understand? "
"That's it..." Zhou Bingkun wanted to understand the connection, grinned stupidly, and after a moment of happiness, he turned to ask: "That's not right, brother, why didn't you tell me before?"
"Think about it, you and Zheng Juan made up lies before, which made Zheng Juan so nervous and scared. Now when she meets someone, she doesn't ask at all, but instead asks about other irrelevant things. Wouldn't it be easier to accept it? Can you feel more relaxed? Do you still think your mother is easy to talk to?"
Zhou Bingkun gestured with his thumbs: "Brother, it has to be you, you are so tall."
"Wait five minutes before you go in. I'm cooking. Stay away and stay out of the way."
Nodding, Zhou Bingkun ran to the door and eavesdropped...
Li Suhua and Zheng Juan had a good chat. Of course, the matter has come to this, and it has to be good. After Zhou Bingkun insisted that the child in Zheng Juan's belly was his, and followed a reasonable process, Li Suhua actually believed it.
So as Wang Yan said, it's the old woman looking after her daughter-in-law. Zheng Juan is beautiful, and people can feel her kindness and virtuousness. Plus, with the child in her belly, although her previous bad experiences will inevitably reduce her points, her old son fell in love with her and got things done. Even though Even if the score is reduced, that is still very satisfying. So it was easy to overcome what Zhou Bingkun thought was a difficult hurdle, and everything went smoothly. And Li Suhua decided to meet Zheng's mother and Zheng Guangming in the evening, go to get the certificate tomorrow, and then pick Zheng Juan over to live there.
"I'm leaving, aunt."
"Slow down, Juan'er. Bingkun, be more careful. If Juan'er makes any mistakes, I won't take care of you."
"Don't worry, Mom, I know everything."
Seeing Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan walking away, Li Suhua let out a long sigh, ignored the pointing fingers of people sunbathing, and turned back to the house to clean up the dishes.
Wang Yan asked doubtfully: "What's wrong, auntie? I see that you are very satisfied with Zheng Juan, so why are you sighing?"
"The more satisfied you are, the more regretful it is." Li Suhua stacked the bowls: "How come you haven't met such a good girl so long ago? What's the matter with being called a little widow for nothing? We know , then others don’t know.”
"It's fate, auntie. If there weren't so many things, Bingkun wouldn't be able to meet Zheng Juan, and he wouldn't have a grandson in his belly. Let's live our own lives, and we don't care what others think."
"You are young, and gossip kills people. Back then, there was this light-letter film, and there was..."
While talking about old memories, Wang Yan and Li Suhua also cleared the table, put their slippers on the kang, and drank water.
Li Suhua sighed: "Xiao Yan, how can you live with Zheng Juan when she comes here? Her father, brother, and sister are all here for the New Year, and our family can't accommodate her."
Wang Yan didn't understand why it was so obvious. He shook his head and smiled: "Don't we still have my house? The west room of this house has no kang and it is not warm in winter. Just let them live in my house while my mother-in-law is still here. side."
Li Suhua must have thought about it for a long time before saying it out loud. It's embarrassing for everyone, and it's a bit of a repayment of kindness.
Of course Wang Yan didn't care. The house was originally enough. After all, it would be later and the children of the old Zhou family would all have somewhere to go. It's not like now, the time is several years in advance, and he's not from the old Zhou family, so it's always inconvenient. Besides, he was the one who caused the whole thing. It was just a house, no big deal. To put it bluntly, it would be no problem for Zhou Bingkun to stay here only for a short time. Of course, that would only require a certain method.
"That's not okay, Xiaoyan. You are getting married now, so what will you do if you give the house to the two of them? Let them sleep in this room. I will go to the West Room to sleep, and you go back to your house. When the time comes, Auntie will light the fire for you. When those people outside come back, our two houses will be able to fit it in."
Wang Yan was stunned for a moment. His feelings were still narrow-minded. He waved his hand and said: "Goodbye, aunt, you are so old, you can't be in the West House. Isn't it too early for me to get married? I will study it then. Besides, , then Bingkun and his wife should have some words of respect for themselves, right, aunt? Just do as I said, let them live in my house, aunt, you stay in this room, I will go to the west room."
Why did Zhou Bingkun follow the middle? It's just that he is not a member of the Zhou family, so he must have a sense of distance. So now he should go to Westinghouse.
Li Suhua still hesitated: "Isn't this good? Xiaoyan, you go to the West Room, here..."
"Listen to me, Auntie, it's settled. Can't I still make the decision about my house?" Wang Yan stood up and said, "Come on, Auntie, it will take a while to make dinner, let's go and clean up first."
…
Zheng's mother and Zheng Guangming's mother and son have already had some communication with Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan. They know what Li Suhua is like. Although they are still nervous in their hearts, they are not as nervous as before and are much easier to accept.
Li Suhua and Zheng's mother are both kind people, good people, and they communicate well. As for Zheng Guangming, he met Li Suhua and Wang Yan when he came. After calling someone, he kept silent the whole time and ate Lao Gao's food that was caught in the bowl.
Wang Yan basically didn't say much. He had already told him not to express any gratitude, as if he didn't know. So his sense of existence is very weak, he just eats with Zheng Guangming.
Lunch and dinner are quite sumptuous and of adequate standard. There are four dishes at lunch and six dishes at night. In addition to meat, fish, cold dishes from Tiao, there are also cooked food bought by Wang Yan, and he also participated in the cooking.
Zheng's mother was embarrassed to eat, Zheng Juan couldn't eat, Li Suhua and Zhou Bingkun didn't want to eat, and even the youngest Zheng Guangming was afraid that Li Suhua would have a problem with him, so he kept it. If others didn't pick up the food, he wouldn't move a chopstick. So apart from serving Zheng Guangming some food, he had a tough meal and basically let him eat everything.
As for Zheng Guangming's eyes, he also took a look. It has a sense of light itself, and the retina is not damaged, but there is something wrong with the optic nerve. In his opinion, there is a high probability that the operation will be enough to restore sight, but regardless of the current medical conditions in the country, the price is not something they can afford. So he could only try to treat it with traditional Chinese medicine, taking it internally and externally, supplemented by acupuncture.
Even if he has superb medical skills, he can't guarantee that he can treat this kind of problem. Because eyes are so complex, this is not an easy job. However, he had relatively little experience in practicing traditional Chinese medicine in this area, and his successful experience was even less. All I can say is that I guarantee that it will not be cured, and that the current condition will be maintained without delaying future Western medicine surgeries.
His words of affirmation were good news for Zheng's mother, Zheng Juan, and Zheng Guangming, who was the party involved. They did not pin their hopes on Wang Yan's traditional Chinese medicine methods, but instead pinned their hopes on being able to perform surgery in the future.
Although it is somewhat out of reach, this is the preciousness of hope.
Zhou Bingkun also knew that Wang Yan wanted to give the house to him and Zheng Juan, and he would live in the cold west room of their Zhou family. Of course, he strongly opposed it. But Wang Yan persisted, and after a lot of words, and since it was good for them, he half-heartedly agreed.
The next day, Zhou Bingkun got up early, had breakfast happily, and then went to the soy sauce factory to take a day off. He took his household registration book and ran to Zheng Juan's house. Behind her on the street, the two of them went to take pictures sweetly. They took pictures at the museum and then ran to register for marriage.
The two officially became a legal couple, and Zheng Juan moved directly here. At the same time, Zhou Bingkun also shouldered his share of responsibilities.
We still have to face the storm together, which is Zhou Zhigang's reaction and the pointing fingers from the neighbors...
