Chapter 58: Child (Part 2) Under pressure, I will do whatever it takes...

Old Hu is 49 years old this year. He is also worried about his own son and daughter-in-law. So when he saw a young wife running towards him crying, he thought it was just another ordinary family conflict, a dispute between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

When asked, he was dumbfounded: "Child? How long have you been married? Where did the child come from?"

Yao Taotao was anxious and explained the whole story briefly.

Old Hu was stunned. "So it's Yao Jingjing's. You silly kid, why did you bring that child back? You haven't even given birth to one yourself, so why would you? And you're renting a house. Can't you think about yourself?"

Of course Yao Taotao had thought about it. Doesn’t this make the child feel sorry for herself?

At such a young age, his legs were injured so badly, his parents were in jail, and his grandparents who raised him for a year no longer wanted him.

Yao Taotao is not as inhumane as Yao Jingjing, so she must be taken care of.

Old Hu sighed, "Son, listen to my advice. Just pretend you don't know about this. Besides, if your mother-in-law finds him a good family, that would be a good thing. If that doesn't work out, I'll help you find out. You can go and take a look later. If the adoptive family treats the child well, then let him go. If you don't care about yourself, you'll be punished by heaven and earth. You have to consider your man's feelings too."

Yao Taotao was silent.

Finally, he had no choice but to tell her, "Uncle, please ask for me. If it's about giving the child up for adoption, fine. But if it's about selling the child, I won't agree."

"Okay, let's go back." Old Hu sighed. Nowadays, many people give away their children. Some can't afford to raise them, and some get pregnant before marriage and don't want to embarrass themselves by keeping them. As long as it's not abduction, it's all fine.

So the key to this matter lies in whether Sister Ma San accepted the money.

Ma Sanjie sent the child back, and before she could even warm up the stool, she was called away by Lao Hu.

After asking again and again, Sister Ma San said that she did not take any money.

Old Hu didn't want to believe her one-sided story, so he asked for the address. It turned out that the child was sent to the east of the city.

One of the couple works in a garment factory, and the other is a salesperson in a state-owned shopping mall. They are a dual-income family and quite respectable.

However, the two had been married for more than ten years and still could not have children, so they adopted one.

Lao Hu checked with their neighbors again, and they all said that no money was given.

Now I feel relieved.

Before leaving, he repeatedly reminded her: "Raise the child well and don't mistreat him."

The couple kept smiling and saying nice things.

After Lao Hu left, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The woman held the child in her arms, feeling overwhelmed with emotion: "Fortunately, Third Sister Ma repeatedly warned me not to tell her I had given her money, otherwise the child would have been taken away."

"It's not a loss. He's a good boy. I can earn back the three hundred yuan later." The man looked at the time. It was getting late, so he hurried back to cook.

*

It's summer vacation now, and the school has announced its decision on how to deal with Qi Baozhu: expel him and reward Yao Taotao with a job. This can be regarded as setting an example for everyone and encouraging the people to exercise their supervisory rights.

However, considering that Yao Taotao's residence is a bit far away, the leaders of Beicheng Primary School are meeting with the leaders of Nancheng Primary School to see if the employees of the two schools can be transferred.

It would be best if the home is in one place and the workplace is in the other, so that Yao Taotao can work at Nancheng Primary School.

Finally, they found one and decided to let Yao Taotao be the warehouse keeper of Nancheng Primary School.

Yao Taotao has been sulking with Ma Sanjie these past two days, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not on speaking terms.

In fact, she didn't object to finding a good family for the child, but her mother-in-law acted without her permission, which hurt her self-esteem. She was so angry that she didn't speak to Ma Sanjie for several days.

Sister Ma San also has a bad temper. She simply only cooks for Yao Yingying and doesn't come to Yao Taotao's place.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law met in the public kitchen, like strangers, making the neighbors laugh at them.

They were originally renting a house, and they were having conflicts and not united. It was inevitable that someone would take advantage of the situation and sow discord among them.

Just then, a sarcastic woman was hurling sarcastically at Ma Sanjie: "Old sister-in-law, don't be angry. Only those who can't have children of their own treat other people's children as treasures! Look at how good your eldest daughter-in-law is. I guess you'll be a grandmother by the end of the year or early spring next year."

Third Sister Ma was cheerful and sarcastically said, "That's right. You don't even have a proper job, and you actually want to raise a bastard. If someone doesn't know, they'd think Guangyi is being cuckolded!"

"That's not right. It's really stupid."

Yao Taotao had a dark face and brought the cooked dishes over. When she turned around, the oil bottle was gone.

Most likely, the woman just now took it away.

She was so angry that she was fuming.

She was not the type to suffer a loss, so she immediately walked over to take a look.

Haha, he really has no shame at all. He stole the oil from her house and used it so carelessly.

shameless!

Yao Taotao snatched the oil bottle. The woman, furious, shoved her and sneered, "I'm looking down on you by using your oil! Don't you consider your own status? Didn't your parents warn you when they were shot? Don't get carried away."

What kind of words are you talking about! Yao Taotao was so angry that she slapped her in the face.

The woman got angry, turned off the gas stove, picked up a shovel and hit Yao Taotao.

The iron shovel hit Yao Taotao's head, and two bloody marks instantly appeared on her face, looking very hideous.

She was unwilling to be humiliated, so she grabbed the soy sauce bottle next to her and smashed it.

Sister Ma San heard the noise and came out to see what was happening. Oh my god, a fight had broken out!

Although she was angry at her daughter-in-law for not being able to make sense, she didn't want to watch her daughter-in-law die, so she quickly supported her and went downstairs to call for help.

Brothers Cao Guangyuan and Cao Guangyi had just returned from get off work and quickly sent the two women to the hospital.

Tang Fengyuan received the call and went to investigate. The two women, who had been quite assertive, quickly admitted their mistakes upon hearing they would be detained for ten days, promising they would never do it again.

This incident prevented Tang Fengyuan from having lunch. As it was time to go to work in the afternoon, he had to go directly to the police station from the hospital.

When I got there, I saw that my daughter-in-law had come with a basket full of hot meals.

Tang Fengyuan felt warm in his heart and quickly went to greet her: "Zhizhi, it's so hot, don't get sunburned."

"Mom, what happened today? You didn't come home for dinner. Xingxing is even calling for grandma." Yao Zhizhi held an umbrella so she wouldn't get sunburned. She quickly helped her mother-in-law up the stairs and went into the house to eat.

Tang Fengyuan sighed and told the story of the farce between Ma Sanjie and her mother-in-law.

Yao Zhizhi advised: "Just try to smooth things over. Otherwise, you'll be blamed and hated by everyone. It'll be a headache."

"I know." Tang Fengyuan was happy. No matter how troublesome his work was, at least his daughter-in-law was really good.

Seeing her beautiful face, my mood became much better.

Yao Zhizhi sat down, took out a pen and paper to write and draw, waited patiently for her mother-in-law to finish eating, and then took the dishes back.

Tang Fengyuan ate and chatted: "How's the shop going? Is it cleaned up?"

Yao Zhizhi looked up and said, "It's all packed up. He Meiqi will go over and look after it. We don't know how the business will be in the beginning, so give her twenty a month first. When the business picks up, we can increase her salary."

"That's good. She can take care of her own things anyway. It doesn't matter if she eats less at the beginning." Tang Fengyuan ate quickly and finished in a few minutes.

Yao Zhizhi stood up, packed up and prepared to go out.

Tang Fengyuan stopped her: "Wait, Miaomiao just called you."

"What's wrong?" Yao Zhizhi sat down. She knew that her mother-in-law had a landline, and she also knew that several police officers' families would come over to make calls, but she didn't want that, so she made all the calls at the supply and marketing cooperative outside.

So she usually calls Northeast China, otherwise she won’t be able to answer the call.

I didn't expect my sister to come to my mother-in-law. It must be something important, right?

Yao Zhizhi was a little anxious.

Tang Fengyuan smiled and said comfortingly, "It's good news. She asked me to tell you that she and Captain Yang are together. They're just looking around for now and haven't gotten married. We'll talk about it when we really think it's right."

"That's great. It's a pity for Zhou Zhenhong." Yao Zhizhi estimated that there was still some time to get along with these two people.

Tang Fengyuan didn't feel sorry: "The Zhou family's parents may have other intentions, which is understandable. Who doesn't want their children to find a good marriage?"

"Well, Mom, you take a nap. I'm going back." Yao Zhizhi was sleepy. She had developed the habit of taking a nap. Today, she was worried about her mother-in-law not having eaten and not getting much sleep, so her mind was a little confused.

Tang Fengyuan sent her out. When he came back, he glanced at the sighing Old Hu and asked curiously, "What's wrong with you lately? Why are you sighing every day?"

"The kids are getting a divorce, what else could that be?" Old Hu was determined to keep it a secret.

They have all seen how hard Tang Fengyuan has worked to raise the child over the years. Now that something has happened, they really don't want her to suffer with her.

The excuse he found was perfect. After all, none of his unfilial descendants could live in peace.

Tang Fengyuan gave some advice and took a nap while no one came to report the case.

*

Yao Taotao treated her wound in the hospital. In order to suture and apply medicine, a large part of her hair was shaved off. When she came out, she was full of anger.

The mean woman was no better. Both of them were injured and they couldn't stand each other.

But they also didn't want to be administratively detained, so the two of them apologized to each other in front of Tang Fengyuan and reached a settlement.

When she got home, she packed her things and prepared to move out.

As for where to go, I haven’t decided yet.

Ma Sanjie knew that she was wronged and that her mother-in-law was also wrong, but as an elder, she couldn't bring herself to apologize, so she had to come to Yao Zhizhi for help.

Yao Zhizhi looked at this warm-faced but cold-hearted woman and asked a question: "Where did you sell the child?"

Third Sister Ma subconsciously denied it: "Surely, how could I sell my child? I just found someone to adopt it. I didn't ask for a penny!"

It would be strange if Yao Zhizhi believed her. As soon as this old woman came, the alarm in Guayuan sounded. She simply said four big words - child trafficking!

Yao Zhizhi is not only a victim of the "Civet Cat Substituted for the Prince" plot, but also a victim of child trafficking.

She naturally could not tolerate such a thing happening, even if the child was Yao Jingjing's.

Adults’ mistakes are adults’ mistakes. Children are still young and if they are guided correctly, they are likely to become good and upright children.

He couldn't let a selfish old woman decide his life.

But Yao Zhizhi knew that her words were useless.

The only way is to trick Third Sister Ma and make her lose her composure.

So she smiled and said, "You didn't ask for money, that's good. I heard from Captain Yang that the Public Security Bureau is planning to set up an anti-child trafficking team soon. Those who buy and sell children will not be spared. Once caught, not only will they go to jail, but they will also have to hand over the money they earned from selling the children and be fined three to ten times that amount. Aunt Ma is a smart person, she wouldn't do such a foolish thing, right?"

Third Sister Ma had never heard of such a policy. She looked away with a guilty look and said with a smile, "Of course not. How could I do such a thing?"

Yao Zhizhi fanned herself with a palm-leaf fan, looking calm and composed. "That's good. Last time, there was an old woman whose child was sold and then returned less than a month later. Before she could even warm her hands, she was fined 1,000 yuan. If they couldn't pay, they took away her sewing machines, bicycles, electric fans, anything valuable. This is good, it will warn those human traffickers."

Third Sister Ma suspected she was making up a story to criticize her, so she took a deep breath and forced a fake smile: "Well done, that's what you deserve!"

She felt really guilty and didn't have the courage to stay and say anything to Yao Zhizhi, so she quickly went to the police station.

Let the police go and persuade them.

The police officers have a really difficult time, they also have to deal with disputes between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law!

It's as hard-working as an old lady.

Hurry up, Tang Fengyuan and Lao Hu go and persuade him.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw people from the school coming and presenting a banner and a certificate to commend Comrade Yao Taotao for eliminating harm for the people.

Even reporters came and took photos, wanting to publish a report praising him.

Finally, the school leader personally handed the letter of appointment to Yao Taotao.

Yao Taotao burst into tears of joy: "Really! I have a formal job!"

"Of course! This is what you deserve! Accept it, and come to work when school starts in September!" The leader smiled. This was a great achievement, and a big pest was eliminated.

Yao Taotao accepted the things with a smile and personally sent them out.

When she returned home, she found that her mother-in-law's expression immediately changed.

He was smiling like Maitreya Buddha, helping her put the packed things out one by one.

Yao Taotao stopped her and refused to let her touch it.

Third Sister Ma could only say something flattering, "Tao, it's all Mom's fault. Don't be angry, ah. Besides, how could you bear to leave your sister here all alone?"

Yao Taotao sighed, pushed her away, sat on the bed and sulked.

Sister Ma San was very happy that her daughter-in-law could go to work at school. It was so respectable. She quickly asked her to help clean up the house and she would cook dinner.

Yao Taotao felt disgusted when she saw her ugly face and left quickly.

It's good to have a job, but she knows very well how she got it.

She quickly found the baby bellyband she had made a while ago and went to thank Yao Zhizhi.

Yao Zhizhi had just woken up from her nap. Her third brother had gone to the shop to stock up, and Qi Changxiao went to help. She was alone at home with the child.

It was hot in the house, but there was a breeze in the yard, so I sat under the shade of a tree, yawning and fanning Little Star with a palm-leaf fan.

The boy was sticking his butt out, holding a small shovel made by his uncle, and digging the mud with great effort.

Yao Taotao came to the door with great joy: "Zhizhi, I have a job!"

Yao Zhizhi looked up and waited for what was to come.

Yao Taotao quickly handed her the employment letter: "It's in Chengnan Primary School. When Xiao Xingxing goes to school in the future, I can help you pick him up and drop him off."

"Do your job well." Yao Zhizhi returned the employment letter to her. "You got this job by reporting someone else. Be careful of retaliation from the Qi family."

"Yeah, I know." Yao Taotao was overjoyed. She squatted in front of Yao Zhizhi and stretched out her hand. After hesitating for a long time, she finally mustered up the courage and held her hand. "I made a bellyband for Xiao Xingxing. Can you accept it?"

"No need, keep it for your sister." Yao Zhizhi refused to take it.

Yao Taotao lowered her eyelids and let go of her hand in disappointment: "Then I'll go back."

"Yeah." Yao Zhizhi stood up and went to the kitchen to look at the Chinese medicine on the stove. The bitter smell of the medicine was blown onto her face by the hot summer wind, and she subconsciously looked outside the yard.

Yao Taotao was standing at the door, looking back silently.

The July sunlight was dazzling, and the sparkling tears had nowhere to hide. They were refracted and magnified, stinging Yao Zhizhi's eyes.

Sighing silently, she still waved.

Yao Taotao was so happy that she ran to Yao Zhizhi like an antelope and stood in front of her, but she didn't dare to do anything more for fear of making her angry.

Yao Zhizhi took out some toilet paper and wiped her: "Look at it more openly. Many things cannot be changed. I know you are a good person, and you know that I don't hate you. That's enough. Don't do this in the future. I don't like it."

"Okay." Yao Taotao held her hand that was wiping her tears and stopped crying. "Then I will be happier and live a good life in the future."

"Go." Yao Zhizhi sighed. What could she do? No one could erase the history of them fighting side by side.

After all, it wasn't Yao Taotao who was wrong.

Yao Zhizhi was also unhappy to see this woman who used to be outspoken and carefree become so timid and twisted.

It’s better to talk it out.

Yao Taotao left happily, went back to pack up, and waited for Jiuyue to go to work.

As for the matter of Third Sister Ma selling her child, Yao Zhizhi didn't plan to tell her. If a quarrel arose, Yao Taotao would suffer because of her personality.

Just go straight to the police about this.

When her mother-in-law came back that night, she brought up the matter. Tang Fengyuan warned her, "I'll go check with Lao Hu about this. If it doesn't work, I'll let the Public Security Bureau handle it. Don't worry about it for now."

"Okay." Yao Zhizhi has been busy lately, so let's wait and see if there is any progress from her mother-in-law's side.

A few days later, Tang Fengyuan returned with good news: "The child is back."

"Is it because the child is injured that the family doesn't want to raise him?" Yao Zhizhi was not too surprised. In this situation, if the child was not her own, she would have no patience at all.

Tang Fengyuan nodded. "The child had a cast on his leg and was crying day and night. The couple lost their patience and asked Third Sister Ma to return the child and ask for money. Third Sister Ma refused and started making a scene. The neighbors called the police. Third Sister Ma can't escape now. She'll be sentenced to a minimum of three years."

Yao Zhizhi was speechless. She had already warned Sister Ma San, but she was still holding on to hope. Tsk, she deserved it.

Then he asked, "Is the child being raised by Yao Taotao?"

Tang Fengyuan nodded, held his grandson in his arms, and helped to untie the ball of yarn in the child's hand. This guy was too naughty. He took apart the yarn toy made by his uncle and got it tangled in his hands.

She sighed with emotion: "Although Taotao has a bad temper, she has an extremely good heart. When her husband disagreed, she threatened to divorce him, but he couldn't bear to leave her and had to agree. Before I got off work, the couple just registered their child's household registration. The surname is no longer Duan, but Yao. It's not appropriate to call him Taotao anymore, as it sounds the same as Taotao. So they just married him to a simple name, named Yao Gang. I hope this child will be upright and be a good person."

Yao Zhizhi smiled and threw the ball of yarn into the basin, rubbing it. "Alright, it's the best way to resolve this matter. As for whether Yao Jingjing appreciates it or not, that's their own business."

Indeed, both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law tried their best to maintain the kindness of human nature, stick to the bottom line, and not do anything to harm innocent children.

As for the rest, just leave it to fate.

By the end of August, He Meiqi and Li Wu got their marriage certificate and officially became a couple.

As for her three children with Director Cao, she didn't bring any of them with her.

She had made up her mind: no, she would just focus on raising Xiaolong and then be with Li Wusheng.

Those three can just go over and visit when they have time. After all, they are in the same city and it’s not like they will be separated forever.

Yao Gang also had his plaster removed, but he still couldn't walk, so Yao Taotao asked Yao Weihua to customize a backpack for her to carry her child to work.

Yao Weihua admired her very much. She was determined to raise the child despite the huge pressure from her in-laws.

Just for this sense of responsibility, he is willing to look upon her with a higher regard.

After all, his sister was clear-headed and did not help the wrong person.

Therefore, he only paid for the backpack at cost price and did not make any profit. He also made two holes in it according to her request to make it easier for the child to stretch out his feet. After all, the bones in the child's legs had not grown fully yet, so they would not be curled up.

Yao Taotao smiled, picked up the backpack, and took her child to work.

Others asked her what to do if the child’s mother was released from prison in the future?

She had no reason to hesitate and of course returned the child to Yao Jingjing.

What if Yao Jingjing doesn’t want it?

She had thought about this too. If she didn't want it, then she didn't want it. After all, she was the child's aunt, so she could just treat it as having another son, which wouldn't be a loss.

She is diligent and serious in her work. She always smiles and speaks sweetly to everyone she meets. She is very popular in school. Even if she goes to work with a child on her back, the school leaders acquiesce.

When tidying up farm tools every day, she is very careful and will take the initiative to reinforce loose shovel handles.

The school leaders liked her more and more, and were thinking that if the old teachers retired next year, they could consider letting her become a formal teacher.

Unfortunately, there was no movement in her belly. Cao Guangyi looked at Yao Yingying's belly getting bigger day by day and was very dissatisfied with Yao Taotao.

I have to work until very late every night.

But strangely, Yao Taotao's belly is still stable and her period comes on time every month.

Cao Guangyi was so angry that he kept muttering to himself when he went to buy a basket from He Meiqi: "What do you think she wants this child for? Now she can't get pregnant. How unfair it is for me."

He Meiqi gave me some change and kindly reminded me, "Why don't you two go to the hospital for a checkup? It's hard to say who has the problem."

Cao Guangyi got angry when he heard this: "So you mean I can't do it?"

He Meiqi looked at this former cousin and didn't want to cause trouble, so she just laughed it off: "No, no, I just said it casually, don't take it to heart."

"Hmph!" Cao Guangyi picked up the basket, turned around and left. Even after walking a long way, he did not forget to turn back and curse.

He Meiqi could hear it from across the street and could only endure it.

In November, Yao Zhizhi's belly was still not moving, so she bought a ticket to visit relatives in Northeast China.

Political Commissar Ning's family was very welcoming, and several children came over, wanting to go skiing and ice skating with Yao Zhizhi and the others.

The two families had no grudges against each other and were relatives, so Yao Zhizhi agreed.

Just like last time, there were many people in the first two days, but later only she, Qi Changxiao, and Yao Weihua were left playing, and of course, there was also Xiao Xingxing.

Little Xingxing is one and a half years old. When he saw the snow in Northeast China that was half a person's height, he was so happy that he was like a little cannon, diving everywhere.

After a while, only a small butt was seen sticking out of the snow pile.

A moment later, there were two little feet wearing thick cotton boots.

He soon got wet, so he had to go back home and change clothes for the little one.

It happened to be a coincidence. On the fifth day, my sister-in-law Cui Wen gave birth to her third child, a girl.

Yao Zhizhi hurried to the hospital to visit. Little Xingxing was clinging to his little sister's crib, standing on tiptoe, shouting, "Sister, sister, I want to see her too."

Yao Zhizhi held her little girl in her arms and leaned over to let him touch her. Little Xingxing was so happy that she pressed her little face against him.

He has a younger sister now, so he is no longer the youngest baby in the family.

Yao Zhizhi was very envious. When she returned to her parents' home, she sent Xiao Xingxing to sleep with her grandparents.

As for herself, she of course tried her best to make a doll with the child's father.

But how can I conceive a daughter?

She didn't know either, so she could only wait for fate to favor her.

Before leaving, Yao Miaomiao stuffed a package into her hand and said, "Please give it to Yang Shuming for me."

Yao Zhizhi looked at her sister suspiciously. Her belly was flat, so she probably wasn't pregnant. Then what was inside the package...

Forget it, I won’t ask.

Respect the privacy of this divorced couple.

After returning to Yicheng, Yao Zhizhi personally delivered the package.

Yang Shuming has been busy investigating a cross-provincial rape and murder case recently and has been unable to take time off to meet Yao Miaomiao.

When he saw the package Yao Miaomiao prepared for him, he felt warm in his heart. He closed the door and quickly opened it to take a look.

As expected, this woman was so good that it was no wonder that he felt inferior and unworthy of her at first.

She actually made him a cotton coat with her own hands, and there was a letter inside.

Yang Shuming quickly took off his jacket, put on this overcoat, and worked hard to solve the case before the New Year so that he could go to the Northeast to reunite with his sweetheart during the New Year.

*

Yao Yingying gave birth to a girl.

My mother-in-law was in jail, so I had to call Yao Ningning to help me during my confinement.

Yao Zhizhi received the news but did not say anything.

She just felt sad and wondered what was wrong with the people around her. They kept giving birth to children, and they were either all boys or all girls.

It's her turn now.

On New Year's Eve, the whole family gathered in front of the fireplace to celebrate the New Year. She looked at the dancing flames and silently made a wish: give me a little girl, just one will do.

Regardless of whether God heard her or not, she still needed to work hard.

Hug your man at night and exploit him hard.

Qi Changxiao was exhausted: "Wife, I applied for a day off, I really don't have any more."

Fortunately, good news came soon after the New Year: Yao Zhizhi was pregnant.