Lu Deping is back.
Not only did Shen Hongyu not divorce, she also took the initiative to go out of the house and started visiting friends and relatives.
Shen Hongyu and Lu Deping went in and out together, visiting everyone in the alleys and giving eggs to everyone, saying that they were to get rid of bad luck.
It wasn't just to deliver eggs. Every time she arrived at a household's door and someone accepted the eggs, Shen Hongyu would explain what happened.
What to explain?
Explain that her husband Lu Deping did not □□.
Shen Hongyu said: "We did go to the Public Security Bureau, but the people who were actually convicted are still in there and have not been released yet. We in Deping are very clean and have not touched those things."
When she said this, some people would ask, "Why did the police arrest him and keep him in custody for several days?"
"That's not a problem. Deping just stayed there to cooperate with the investigation. It just involved some business matters, do you understand?" Shen Hongyu continued.
Shen Hongyu emphasized, "They were not arrested for soliciting prostitution, but for cooperating with the investigation."
"Yeah, we are cooperating with the investigation." The neighbors agreed verbally, but no one knew what they were thinking in their hearts. However, after the last fight between Shen Hongyu and Lu Xueping, the couple had become a laughing stock in the alley.
After delivering eggs to the families in the alley, Shen Hongyu walked around and came to the door of Lin Minjun's house, just when Lin Minjun came back from the restaurant.
Shen Hongyu handed the eggs to Lin Minjun and said, "Others may not know, but you must know that Deping did not visit prostitutes."
Lin Minjun said, "I know."
Yan Li mentioned this matter when he came back two days ago.
Lu Deping was indeed under investigation two days ago. The police destroyed the brothel in one go and arrested many clients. Some of them were arrested while doing their jobs. The evidence is solid and there is nothing to refute.
Some people were arrested before they even started working, without even having time to take off their clothes.
It doesn't matter. The police will interrogate them separately, one side will interrogate the client and the other side will interrogate the prostitute. There will always be a mismatch and one of them will reveal the truth.
The only one who gave the same confession was Lu Deping. His confession was exactly the same as that of the lady who was arrested in the room.
Most of those arrested had indeed bought sex, and only Lu Deping was released because he had never touched a prostitute. Every time he went to a prostitute, he would ask her to sing for him or just laugh non-stop.
When Lin Minjun thought about this, she felt a little speechless.
She took the egg and said, "I know you didn't solicit prostitution. I'm going home now."
She pushed her bike further inside.
Shen Hongyu looked at Lu Deping subconsciously. Lu Deping didn't say anything. His eyes followed Lin Minjun's back closely. He just followed like that.
The moonlight shone down on Lin Minjun, and Lu Deping just watched her.
Shen Hongyu was furious when she saw him like this, and said unhappily, "Now that we have delivered all the eggs, let's go home too."
She pulled Lu Deping up and was about to go back. On the way back, she encountered a small stone and couldn't help but kicked it.
When they just got married, Shen Hongyu thought that as long as she treated Lu Deping well enough, he would forget about Lin Minjun. After all, they had only been dating for a short period of time when they were in Yunnan, so there was no way they had deep feelings for each other.
But recently she slowly discovered that Lu Deping had never let go.
Never.
When Shen Hongyu thought of this, she felt a little more depressed. She was jealous of Lin Minjun's good fortune in her previous life, but she could not catch up with her no matter how hard she tried. She couldn't catch up with her in this life either. Why was it so infuriating?
After much thought, Shen Hongyu finally felt that this was because she had no son.
Without children, Lu Deping had no sense of belonging to the family. As long as he had children, his heart would slowly return and the family would be stable.
After returning home, Shen Hongyu said, "Deping, I think it's time for us to have a child."
"Let's talk about it later." Lu Deping said perfunctorily.
"Why do we have to wait until later? Isn't it just right to give birth now? I still have time to take care of the baby." Shen Hongyu was anxious. "We are not young anymore and have been married for a while. It's time to have a child."
"Shen Hongyu, I remember when we were having a blind date, I told you that we might not want children, and you agreed at that time." Lu Deping emphasized.
Shen Hongyu started to be reluctant, "I did agree, but at that time I was thinking that you just wanted to work hard on your career first and then talk about it after it's stable. In this situation now, we must have a child so that this family can be stable. Do you know that someone out there has already asked me about this?"
"What do you want to ask?"
"They asked me why I wasn't pregnant yet and whether I should go to the hospital." Shen Hongyu complained, "We were fine, why should we go to the hospital? So I thought I would give birth to a baby as soon as possible to shut them up."
"I don't want to have a baby, do you really have to?" Lu Deping asked in a deep voice, lying on the sofa with his eyes closed.
Shen Hongyu: "I must give birth. It's nothing without a child. Do you know what your sister said about me a few days ago? She said I was a worthless daughter-in-law who came to your house on my own. Your family has never looked down on me. I must give birth to a son and bring him home so that I can be proud of myself."
Lu Deping didn't speak for a long time. He took off his glasses and pinched his nose. After a while, he said, "Let me ask you again, do you really want to have a baby?"
Shen Hongyu was confused, "Why get married if you don't want to have children?"
“You chose it.”
Shen Hongyu didn't understand the meaning of these words at all. Her mind was now full of having children, having a son. As long as she had a son, she would have a good life, and as long as she had a son, she would be proud.
It was as if the little baby was her savior.
With this thought in mind, Shen Hongyu recalled one thing. She remembered that in her previous life, Lu Deping and Lin Minjun had been looking for a folk remedy for having a child and had gone everywhere to pray for a child, but to no avail.
That's because Lin Minjun has a physical problem and is infertile, but she is able to get pregnant. She had an abortion in her previous life. She is fully capable of having children. If she could take some of those folk remedies for having a child, would she be able to get pregnant as soon as possible?
Shen Hongyu looked at Lu Deping, "I remember your mother used to work in a health center. She should know a lot of people, right? Ask her if she can help us find a way to see a doctor. I want to get pregnant as soon as possible."
She had no idea that she was slowly embarking on the same path that Lin Minjun had taken in her previous life.
It was like there was a rope hanging in front of her, and looking at the colorful flowers, she could clearly cut the rope and leave.
But she didn't. Instead, she stretched her neck into the rope. She thought that life would be better that way. But in fact, there was only one result waiting for her - the rope would break and she would fall down.
The couple sat together and talked about having children for a while. Shen Hongyu went over to wash her face and feet, and then they lay down on the bed together.
Before going to bed, Shen Hongyu had to apply some skin care products. She scooped a dollop of cream from the jar and slowly applied it to her face. She glanced at Lu Deping and said, "By the way, Aunt Cao in front is having a birthday party in a while. She said she wants to treat us. Do you want to go?"
Lu Deping didn't want to talk.
Shen Hongyu said to herself, "I should go. They have invited me. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if I don't go? And I know everyone in the yard wants to see us laugh at us, but I won't. The more they want to see us suffer, the more we have to prove that we live well."
"Lu Deping, did you hear what I said?" she urged unhappily.
Lu Deping hummed.
Shen Hongyu smiled somewhat complacently, "When I give birth to a son, your factory will continue to develop, and our lives will only get better and better. No one in this alley can compare to us."
No matter what she said, Lu Deping just didn't say a word. After a while, he threw back the quilt and walked out. He stood in the yard and smoked one cigarette after another, leaving cigarette butts all over the floor.
****
The days passed by in a busy manner. During this time, Lin Minjun had been busy with the restaurant and the production of mooncakes. The temporary workers had just arrived and had not yet been well adapted to the work. The efficiency of making mooncakes was a bit low, and she had to work until the middle of the night every day.
Aunt Cao’s birthday is coming soon. Lin Minjun left work early today and let everyone go back to rest. Aunt Cao took a day off today.
"Xu Yongfang, remember to come over for dinner later!"
"Xiao Xu, come too. Bring Lingling with you."
Mrs. Xu nodded, "Okay."
"By the way, I won't be going later. Please tell Xiao Shen to come over for dinner."
The birthday banquet was scheduled for the evening, so Aunt Cao started going door to door in the evening to remind everyone not to forget to come for dinner and that they didn't have to cook today.
She is a bit like a lonely person now. Her two sons are living in other places and basically never come home. She doesn't want to go so far away. Her youngest son is in jail, so she has cut off all ties with him.
For this birthday party, Aunt Cao did not invite relatives, but instead invited all the neighbors in the entire alley who she was close to. As the old saying goes, a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative.
After reminding the people behind, she went to remind the people in front. She happened to run into Goudan’s mother, so Aunt Cao smiled and said, “Come over to have dinner later, and bring the children with you to have some fun.”
"Aunt Cao, how old is your birthday?" Goudan's mother asked casually.
"Fifty-nine."
Goudan's mother thought for a moment and said, "I remember there was a custom at the age of fifty-nine to hold a ceremony."
Aunt Cao nodded. "That ceremony is called Kuaque. It says that the daughter or daughter-in-law has to buy a set of clothes, then get a small stool, put something in a bowl and step over it. Then there will be no more bumps and bruises in life from now on."
Hearing this, Goudan's mother felt a little sorry for the old lady, "What are you going to do? None of your daughters-in-law have come back."
"I'll do it myself. I'll pay Xiaolin to take me to buy some clothes, and then I can just cross myself when the time comes." Aunt Cao waved her hand, "I'll go to the front and say hello."
"It's different now that I have a job. The old lady is like a different person." Goudan's mother couldn't help but sigh to the people around her.
As soon as the sun sets, the birthday banquet begins to be prepared. Yu Caiping is still the head chef today.
Since Yu Caiping moved into the restaurant with her daughter, Aunt Cao has helped her a lot. Not to mention the long-term, when she is too busy with work, Aunt Cao will help her take care of the child.
This time when Aunt Cao was celebrating her birthday, Yu Caiping took the initiative to prepare a table of dishes to help make the feast look dignified.
Yu Caiping was cooking in the back kitchen, and Lin Minjun was helping to prepare the dishes, peeling potatoes, selecting vegetables, and boiling a pot of water so that she could make a cup of tea for the guests who would come over for dinner.
Aunt Cao couldn't handle the work herself, but her neighbors came over to help and did a good job.
Lin Minjun was peeling a potato when she suddenly felt someone approaching.
"Xiao Lin, I'll peel the potatoes. You go watch the fire and make tea for them later." Mrs. Xu took the potatoes and said with a smile.
Lin Minjun ran over to boil water. In fact, the two jobs were similar, but boiling water did not require squatting.
Mrs. Xu was peeling potatoes and chatting with Lin Minjun. "I just went to call Xiao Shen in the back. That's your friend Shen Hongyu. She seems to be a little unwell recently. She seems to be seeing a doctor."
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