Duan Yu helplessly carried the crying child into the courtyard and shouted: "Cai Feng, whose child is this!"
When Xu Caifeng heard Duan Yu's voice, she hurriedly ran out and saw Lingling crying loudly. She hurriedly asked: "Duan Yu, why is Lingling here with you?"
"That...that Yang Xiaowei gave to me!" Duan Yu said.
"You...you went to find her?" Caifeng's eyes dimmed.
"No...no..." Duan Yu said hurriedly, "I met her at the door just now. She said this is the child of your relative. Her parents didn't come to pick her up, so she asked me to bring it back!"
Caifeng took Lingling and said, "This is Sister Liu's child from the clinic. He can be considered a relative!"
Caifeng's mother came out of the kitchen and saw Caifeng holding Lingling. She rushed over and hugged Lingling and said, "Ancestor, you can't hold a baby when you're pregnant!"
Then he said to Duan Yu: "You don't understand anything, how can you let Caifeng hold such a big child? It will be bad if you hurt the child in your belly!"
Duan Yu touched his head, smiled and said, "It's not that serious!"
"Duan Yu, Caifeng is carrying your child in her belly, how come you don't know how to feel sorry for her at all!" Caifeng's mother continued to educate Duan Yu.
"Mom, it's not that serious. Don't make a fuss out of a molehill." Caifeng said hurriedly when she saw that her mother wanted to educate Duan Yu again.
Caifeng's mother pursed her lips and said, "Lingling, come on, go to the kitchen with aunt, and aunt will prepare something delicious for you!"
Then he said to Duan Yu: "You don't know many things in the village. It's best to ignore such noisy matters in the future!"
Duan Yu and Caifeng didn't know what their mother meant. Didn't her mother get along well with Liu Qiaozhen on weekdays? I don’t understand why she doesn’t feel happy to take care of Lingling.
When Xu Guoqing returned home, he saw Duan Yu there and said, "Duan Yu, Caifeng's belly will gradually grow bigger. We also asked someone to check the date. You two should get married as soon as possible. Next Saturday will be a good day." , you should ask your parents for their opinions!”
Duan Yu nodded, he would have to tie the knot sooner or later anyway, it didn't matter if it was tied early or late.
"Duan Yu, look, you work here now. This is what we think. How about the wedding be held here and your relatives and friends come here? What do you think?" Xu Guoqing said.
"I have to discuss it with my parents. My parents said before that since the distance is long, we should do our own thing. Let's do it here once and then go back to our house and do it again!" Duan Yu said what his parents wanted. Communicate to Xu Guoqing.
"It should be like this, but Duan Yu, look, Caifeng's belly is getting bigger and bigger. It's too much trouble to do both. Let's keep everything simple!" Xu Guoqing had a small calculation in his mind, although he accepted Duan Yu's family's The bride price, but he wanted everyone to think that Duan Yu came to his house. He also had a bride price and came to the door again. He felt that he was particularly honorable.
"This..." Duan Yu was a little embarrassed. After all, he wanted all his relatives and friends to witness his wedding. With so many relatives and friends, it's impossible to bring them all, right?
"You should discuss this with your parents tonight!" While Xu Guoqing was speaking, Yang Damei had already laid out the food, and Lingling had taken the lead in eating.
When Xu Guoqing saw Lingling, he frowned and said, "Why is she here?"
"Who knows where the couple went? No one picked up the child, so the teacher sent it here!" Yang Damei said helplessly.
"This kind man asked him to send the child away as soon as possible. Why is he taking so long? Our Xu family has been embarrassed by him!" Xu Guoqing said displeased.
"Stop talking, what will Liu Qiaozhen do if the child is sent away? Which mother would be willing to do so?" Yang Damei said.
"You'd better stay away from Liu Qiaozhen, don't imitate her twists and turns!" Xu Guoqing glared at him.
"What? Are you afraid that I will run away?" Yang Damei smiled and approached Xu Guoqing.
"Afraid you'll run away? I'm afraid you'll leave me to beg for food!" Xu Guoqing laughed.
Xu Caifeng was extremely envious when she saw her parents loving each other. She had always wanted to find a man like her father. Her father was the director of the village and there were many temptations around her, but her father seemed to only have eyes for her mother. After so many years, the two of them She is always greasy and annoying, sometimes making people next to her embarrassed.
She looked at Duan Yu. Duan Yu was like an emotionless machine, eating with his head down and saying nothing.
"Caifeng, eat more, now is different from before, you are two people!" Yang Damei put vegetables into Caifeng's bowl.
"That's enough, that's enough, Mom, I've already gained 2 kilograms. If I eat any more, I'll turn into a pig!" Xu Caifeng muttered.
"What do you mean, you need to eat more now, right, Duan Yu?" Yang Damei suddenly asked Duan Yu.
Duan Yu was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Yes, eat more!"
Xu Guoqing suddenly said mysteriously: "Cai Feng, what are you most looking forward to at your wedding?"
"Well, I don't know either!" Caifeng said with a blushing face, "But I really hope my brother can come back!"
"Hahaha, you two brothers and sisters really have a good understanding. Your brother will be home tomorrow! He is on vacation and can stay with you for a long time!" Xu Guoqing said happily.
"Really?" Xu Caifeng's eyes were filled with tears. In the past, her brother was at home, and they always had endless things to talk about. Later, her brother went to serve as a soldier, and she was alone, and there was no one to talk to.
"Really, but when your brother comes back this time, you have to let him think about marriage. You are about to get married, and he doesn't even have a girlfriend!" Xu Guoqing said.
"Yes, there are so many good girls in the village, let him find one quickly!" Yang Damei said.
"Does Sister Chunxiu know that brother is coming back? They have been together since childhood. She even asked me a few days ago!" Caifeng asked hurriedly.
"Caifeng, don't tell Chunxiu, don't think that I don't know what that girl is thinking. Look at her home. If your brother is with her, he will jump into a pit of fire!" Yang Damei said hurriedly.
"Mom, I think Sister Chunxiu is very good, but you hate the poor and love the rich!" Xu Caifeng said.
"What do you know? Don't get involved!" Yang Damei said.
Duan Yu listened to them chatting one after another. He didn't know these people. He quickly finished his meal and got up to go back to the village committee.
"Director, I'm going back first!" Duan Yu stood up and said.
"Well, remember to discuss it with your parents!" Xu Guoqing reminded.
"Okay!" After Duan Yu finished speaking, he left the yard. Xu Caifeng hurriedly chased him out and said, "Duan Yu, don't take what my parents said just now to heart. It's okay to have a banquet at your house. I won't tired!"
Duan Yu looked at Xu Caifeng. She was always so considerate. He walked over, touched her head and said, "Caifeng, it's okay. You take good care of the baby and leave the rest to me!"
Caifeng nodded and said, "Would you like to stay with me for a while longer?"
"I have to go back and call my parents. They should go to bed later!" Duan Yu said.
Caifeng reluctantly let him go and watched him leave. She knew that Duan Yu didn't love her, but even if he just dealt with her, it would make her happy for a long time.
Duan Yu walked towards the village committee. He remembered that he had just met Yang Xiaowei and her words, "I will never forgive you in this life." He felt pain in his heart. He walked to the school gate unknowingly. In the dim light, Yang Xiaowei should be there. Write a lesson plan, he thought.
How much he wanted to walk in, knock on her door, and hold her in his arms, but he knew that he was no longer qualified. He couldn't figure out why God would play such a joke on him.
After standing for a long time, he didn't leave until the lights in Yang Xiaowei's dormitory went out and returned to the village committee. He remembered that he had to tell his parents about getting married. He guessed that his parents would be furious. He was the only son in the family. Wouldn't it be okay to do this? A door-to-door son-in-law?
He thought for a long time and plucked up the courage to call his parents. Duan Yu's father answered the phone.
"Dad, Caifeng's family has chosen a wedding day. They said that the wedding will be held at their place and let our relatives come to participate!" Duan Yu whispered.
"Okay, your mother and I will go there then!" Duan Yu's father said.
"Dad, her parents said they would hold a banquet with us. Caifeng is pregnant, so it's too much trouble to go back and forth!" Duan didn't expect his father to be so calm.
"That's great. We have no plans to do it, and we don't need to notify our relatives and friends. You are in a high mountain and the road is far away, so just do it over there!" Duan Yu's father said.
"Dad, aren't you unhappy?" Duan Yu was a little confused. This is not like his father's character.
"Haha, Duan Yu, your father and I were still worried about how to let you get married quietly. I didn't expect that the Xu family made such a request, which is exactly what we wanted!" Duan Yu's father said.
"Dad, in this way, I'm like their son-in-law, don't you mind?" Duan Yu continued.
Duan Yu's mother grabbed the phone and said, "Duan Yu, it doesn't matter whether you come here or get married. Do you really want to grow old together with that country girl? When the child is born, the marriage will be divorced, and you will be the same by then. You can go back to the city!"
Duan Yu was silent. He didn't expect his parents to think so far. What he was thinking about now was that Caifeng was pregnant with his child and he had to be responsible for her.
"Duan Yu, you are too indecisive. We gave their family a gift of 100,000 yuan just to silence them in the future. If Caifeng hadn't been pregnant, we would never have allowed you to marry such a woman! "Mom continued.
"Dad, Mom, Caifeng is actually quite good!" Duan Yu felt that it was unfair for Caifeng to be treated like this by his parents.
"There are so many good people in this world, how can you marry them all? Reputation, knowledge and culture, living environment, and education level will all affect your marriage. In the future, you will understand your parents' good intentions!" Mom explained .
Duan Yu stopped arguing and told his parents that the wedding would be held next Saturday. His parents promised to attend on time and hung up the phone. Duan Yu still felt uncomfortable. He didn't know what would happen to such a marriage.
After Duan Yu returned, Lingling still had no one to pick her up. Xu Guoqing called Xu Benshan. He was noisy and lively there. It sounded like they were gambling. Xu Guoqing asked him to come home immediately. After waiting for a long time, no one was there. Come, it was Yang Damei who called Liu Qiaozhen. She heard that the child was at her house, so she came soon.
"Qiaozhen, what are you two doing, and your child doesn't care?" Yang Damei said.
"I...I have something to do..." Liu Qiaozhen said, "I made an agreement with Teacher Yang and asked her to take care of me for one night. Why is the child here at your house?"
"Teachers also have their own things to do, so why should they have the obligation to look after your children after get off work?" Xu Guoqing said.
Liu Qiaozhen felt bad. Teacher Yang had clearly agreed to this, but now he left the child here. She really believed her wrongly.
"Qiaozhen, has Benshan gone gambling again? You have to take care of him, otherwise how will you live in the future?" Xu Guoqing said.
"Director, he doesn't listen to what I say!" Liu Qiaozhen said aggrievedly.
"You have to say it even if you don't listen, and you know who he was before. Many things have to be fundamentally resolved. If you still want to live with him, then Lingling..." Xu Guoqing didn't say any more.
"Director, stop talking. It's impossible. Lingling is my life. I can't live without her!" Liu Qiaozhen held Lingling in her arms.
Xu Guoqing stood up and said angrily: "It's because of you that this kind thing was ruined!"
Liu Qiaozhen put Lingling down, opened her sleeves, and said, "Director, take a closer look, who of us destroyed whom?"
There were shocking scars on Liu Qiaozhen's arms. Yang Damei quickly took her hand and said, "Did he hit you?"
Liu Qiaozhen didn't want to tell anyone at first, but Xu Guoqing just said that Lingling was going to be sent away, and she didn't want to endure it any longer.
Xu Guoqing also saw the injury on Liu Qiaozhen's arm. He lowered his tone and said, "Ben Shan's injury is in his heart. He has no place to vent it but to vent it on you. So I said, as long as Lingling is sent away, you Only in this way can the knot in your heart be untangled!”
"No, director! You are also a person with children. If you were asked to send Caifeng away, would you be willing?" Liu Qiaozhen said bitterly.
"Can this be compared? Liu Qiaozhen, don't think that I don't know what you did in the afternoon? Did Zhang Shuisheng come to your house?" Xu Guoqing said loudly.
"Can't my cousin come and see me?" Liu Qiaozhen also said loudly.
"Liu Qiaozhen, some of your words won't make sense if I point them out. Your cousin? What kind of cousin are you?" Xu Guoqing said, shaking his head.
Liu Qiaozhen knew that Xu Guoqing knew everything. She lowered her head silently and stopped talking.
"Think about it carefully. If Xu Benshan really doesn't want you anymore, will your cousin dare to take you in?" Xu Guoqing asked.
Liu Qiaozhen picked up the child and left: "I don't want the director to worry about our family matters!"
Liu Qiaozhen returned home with the child in her arms. The house was quiet. It seemed that Xu Benshan would not be back tonight. After washing the child, she hugged the child and went to bed.
"Mom, do you not want me anymore?" Lingling nestled in Liu Qiaozhen's arms and whispered.
"No, silly boy! Mom will never leave you in her whole life!" Liu Qiaozhen kissed Lingling and said.
She felt very sad. Why couldn't the Xu family tolerate Lingling? What was wrong with the child? All the faults were hers. She didn't know what to do.
Divorce was something she had thought about more than once, but would it be better than now? Lingling will be treated as a wild child and laughed at, and she herself will become the joke of the whole village. After all, divorce has never happened here before, and she cannot set this precedent.
She thought of Zhang Shuisheng, the man from the neighboring village who was called her cousin, and her heart skipped a beat. Zhang Shuisheng was the kind of man who looked honest and friendly. At that time, Zhang Shuisheng's wife Wang Cuizhi fell ill and came to the clinic for infusion every day. The two of them became familiar.
Zhang Shuisheng was unattractive. Every time he brought Wang Cuizhi to see a doctor, he always brought an egg and let Wang Cuizhi eat it during the infusion. Such a small gesture made Liu Qiaozhen jealous.
Later, Wang Cuizhi became more and more ill and could no longer go to the clinic for infusion, so Zhang Shuisheng asked Liu Qiaozhen to go to his home to help Wang Cuizhi with infusion.
It was a rainy day. Zhang Shuisheng thought that Liu Qiaozhen would not go. Unexpectedly, Liu Qiaozhen went anyway in the heavy rain. When she got home, she was soaked through. Zhang Shuisheng hurriedly found Wang Cuizhi's clothes for her to change into.
Liu Qiaozhen was changing clothes in the next room, and Zhang Shuisheng accidentally broke in. Zhang Shuisheng couldn't help but hug Liu Qiaozhen because his wife was sick and had been holding back his desire for a long time. Liu Qiaozhen's husband, Xu Benshanben, was a man who was strong on the outside but strong on the inside. I have never experienced the true joy of being a woman from Xu Benshan. There was lightning and thunder outside, and the clothes in the house were thrown all over the floor.
Afterwards, Liu Qiaozhen regretted that when she gave Wang Cuizhi an acupuncture, she did not even dare to look her in the eyes. Zhang Shuisheng also blamed himself and felt guilty for his impulsiveness. For a long time, the two had not been alone together. Both of them lived with the guilt of their respective marriages.
