He was only forty years old, in the prime of his life, and yet he was on equal footing with the leaders of the Public Security Bureau and the province.
If Chen Ke wanted to find a woman to have children, there were plenty of options. Unlike Li Xia, he wouldn't immediately have his own offspring.
Today is the funeral of the Nie family. Funeral music is playing and Buddhist scriptures are being chanted, but there are probably not many people who are truly crying for the deceased. After all, every family has its own troubles, and everyone has their own problems to deal with. Everyone is preoccupied with their own affairs.
Li Xia wiped away her tears by rubbing her nose and turned her face away: "I can understand you, that's only right."
After a long silence, Chen Ke finally said, "What nonsense are you spouting?"
He paused and then said, "Why didn't you say so sooner? If I had just called the local armed forces department or the county government and asked their leaders to come to my mother's house in person to talk to her and explain that with the family planning policy, cadres are leading the way in not allowing her to have children, otherwise she would lose her job and have to go back to farming. She could only work if she didn't have children. She wouldn't have dared to bother you then. Why didn't you say so sooner?"
However, the national family planning policy is currently in effect and is being enforced extremely strictly.
But they were talking about a single birth, not what Chen Ke claimed, that having a child means losing your job.
Is it okay to lie to the elders in the family like this? Besides, Chen Ke never lies to anyone. How could he bring himself to say it?
They are a mix of people from the north and south, with different customs and traditions, and they hadn't communicated about this before, so Li Xia was naturally worried.
But in fact, Chen Ke really dares to lie, and he can actually bring himself to do it.
As is widely known, he is an only son; all the others are daughters, and he is the only son.
He gave half of his salary to Li Xia and sent the other half back to his hometown.
But his mother not only didn't spend the money, she also always liked to find ways to plunder his sisters' property and secretly save up a little treasury for him.
Not only did she demand money, she also demanded rice today, noodles tomorrow, and oil the day after, finding all sorts of ways to be harsh on her already impoverished sisters.
The purpose is to save money and time for him.
Chen Ke wanted to give up his official career, but his mother was naturally unwilling, since going home meant farming, which was too hard.
But the old lady was unwilling to accept the idea that the Chen family line was about to end.
So, after cursing the government, she would turn her attention to supporting her grandchildren.
And from there, find someone to take care of you in your old age and see you off in your final days.
Anyway, it's far away, thousands of kilometers away. If Chen Ke doesn't speak up, no one will dare to bring the old lady to such a far place.
When he voluntarily stated that he would not have any more children, his sister's children actually benefited.
They paid for their education, went to university, and from then on, they were no longer part of the countryside.
Chen Ke already had a daughter and an adorable grandson, and he was quite content. He still wanted to focus on his career and genuinely didn't have any such thoughts. Seeing his wife looking away, still looking worried, he simply said, "How about I get a vasectomy?"
Li Xia was startled: "What are you talking about?"
Chen Ke said in a serious tone: "Aren't there many men who choose to undergo sterilization? If you don't believe me, I'll get a vasectomy."
Li Xia finally stopped crying and started laughing, but said, "What nonsense are you talking about? That's very harmful to your health, you can't do it."
If it were Chen Rou, her father would definitely have to get a tubal ligation done to put her mother's mind at ease.
But Li Xia was soft-hearted and easy to coax. All she wanted was a clear statement from her husband, and she was easily appeased. A heart ailment needs a heart remedy, and her heart ailment was instantly relieved, and she finally felt at peace.
It must be said that although Nie Rong suffered greatly before his death, he still had unfulfilled wishes and could not close his eyes in peace. His daughter-in-law had to press down on his eyelids to force him to close them. His grave was also separated from his wife and children. It was a feng shui treasure land, but it was also a lonely and desolate tomb with beautiful scenery. It was quite a miserable end, but...
However, for Nie Zhao, his father died at a perfect juncture in every aspect.
And at the funeral, he finally had to unravel a mystery that had been lingering in his heart: why Battalion Commander Zhao could always make his wife laugh, and what exactly they had been secretly talking about on the day Colonel Lango apologized.
And it wasn't Nie Zhao who asked; it was his wife who told him on her own initiative.
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