Back at Captain Qian's house, just as everyone was about to say goodbye to Captain Qian and Aunt Meihua, there was a sudden knock on the gate of Captain Qian's courtyard. Everyone turned to look and saw a woman who was not very old standing outside the gate, holding a two- or three-year-old child.
"Comrade, who are you looking for?" Aunt Meihua asked as she walked over.
"Excuse me, is this the home of Captain Qian, the head of the Harvest Brigade?" the young woman asked.
"Yes." Aunt Meihua nodded. "Is there anything I can help you with?"
"I'm here to see Zhu Jiawen. I'm Zhu Jiawen's family member. Where is Zhu Jiawen now?" the young woman asked.
“Zhu Jiawen is indeed in this brigade, but I don’t know if it’s the Zhu Jiawen you’re looking for.” Captain Qian looked at Song Lan. “Since you’re about to go back, I’ll trouble you to take this comrade to find Zhu Jiawen.”
"Yes, Captain Qian, we will definitely bring this comrade to Zhu Jiawen."
After saying goodbye to Captain Qian and Aunt Meihua, the six of them left Captain Qian's house with the women. Then, Tian Shengnan and the other two escorted the women to find Zhu Jiawen, while Wen Xi and the other two went home. It was already noon, so they had to prepare lunch. They just needed to heat up the steamed buns and mantou. The New Year's Eve dinner was in the evening, so the main event was in the evening.
"Zhu Jiawen originally lived in the educated youth settlement, but later he married Xu Xiaohong, a girl from the team, and moved to Xu's house," Tian Shengnan explained to the female comrade as they walked.
Since Song Lan and Zhou Bai were both men, they couldn't say much to the women.
Upon hearing Tian Shengnan's words, the woman held the child even tighter, causing the child to whimper uncomfortably. The woman frowned impatiently, but instead of comforting the child, she remained anxious.
"This is Xu Xiaohong's house." Upon arriving at the gate of Xu Xiaohong's house, Tian Shengnan reached out and knocked on the door.
Soon, the courtyard gate was opened, and an older man, presumably Xu Xiaohong's father, opened it. "Who are you looking for?"
"Is Zhu Jiawen home? His relatives are looking for him," Tian Shengnan said.
"Come in, everyone!" The uncle stood by the door, beckoning everyone to come in, and then called out to the inside, "Zhu Jiawen, Zhu Jiawen, your relative has come to visit you."
"Here he comes, here he comes." Zhu Jiawen quickly came out of the house, but he was stunned as soon as he came out.
The woman, holding the child, approached Zhu Jiawen, suppressing the immense hatred in her heart. Instead, she smiled and said to the child, "Son, this is your father. Call him Dad!"
When Tian Shengnan and the other two heard this, they exchanged glances and their eyes widened in surprise. Another big juicy story!
"Husband, you married me a week before you went to the countryside. Although we were only husband and wife for a few days, I got pregnant in the second month after you went to the countryside. The whole family was very happy..." The woman seemed to be connecting with Zhu Jiawen, but she was actually making her relationship with Zhu Jiawen public.
She and Zhu Jiawen were already a couple before they went to the countryside. However, Zhu Jiawen couldn't find a job and had to go to the countryside, while she found a temporary job. If she hadn't found a temporary job, she would have gone to the countryside with Zhu Jiawen.
She deeply regretted her time with the Zhu family; she would have been better off going to the countryside!
Looking back now, Zhu Jiawen was really shrewd. He used a dowry of a few dozen yuan to get a nanny to take care of his parents, while he himself enjoyed life in the countryside with the supplies she sent. He even took a concubine in the countryside. If she hadn't written to ask for a dowry, she wouldn't have known that Zhu Jiawen was so shrewd. He actually followed the example of the old landlords and married another woman in the countryside.
Xu Xiaohong, who came out later, stood blankly under the eaves after hearing these words, staring at Zhu Jiawen in disbelief.
Does he have a wife and children in the city?
Upon hearing what the woman said, the Xu family members all rushed into the courtyard and stared at them, unsure of what to say.
Finally, Xu Xiaohong's mother came over, looking at Zhu Jiawen in disbelief, "What exactly happened?"
How come a wife and children suddenly appeared? What about their Xiao Hong?
"Auntie, hello, I'm Zhu Jiawen's wife, and this is Zhu Jiawen's son. Thank you so much for taking care of my husband. My mother-in-law asked me to bring the child to see my father so our family of three can be reunited." The woman, holding Zhu Jiawen's arm in one hand and her son in the other, smiled gently at Xu's mother. Then she said to Zhu Jiawen, "Honey, didn't you say you get a leave to visit your parents in your second year in the countryside? You've been here for several years now, why don't you ask for leave to go back and see your parents? Do you know how much they miss you? Mom often cries because she misses you so much, her pillow is always wet with tears..."
"You, Zhu Jiawen, you got married before you went to the countryside! Why didn't you tell everyone? Now my Xiaohong is pregnant, what are you going to do?" When Xu's mother saw that it was true that Zhu Jiawen had gotten married before going to the countryside, she was furious. "You're not very capable, all you know is to coax young girls to do chores for you and bring you food. You even want to be like the rich men of the past, with three wives and four concubines. Do you even have the ability to do that?"
Tian Shengnan glanced at Song Lan and Zhou Bai, gave them a wink, and then the three of them quietly left the Xu family's courtyard and ran towards Wen Xi's house as if they were escaping.
"Xiaoxi!" Tian Shengnan couldn't help but exclaim as soon as she entered the door.
Wenxi came out of the kitchen and asked worriedly, "What's wrong? What happened?"
"Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi, big news, big news!" Tian Shengnan was extremely excited.
"What news?" Wen Xi asked curiously. Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue also came out of the kitchen, all looking at Tian Shengnan and the other two with curious expressions.
Tian Shengnan waited until Song Lan locked the courtyard gate before walking up to Wen Xi and whispering, "That woman just now was actually Zhu Jiawen's wife before he went to the countryside, and the child she was holding is Zhu Jiawen's child..."
"Huh?" Wen Xi's eyes widened in surprise, utterly shocked. "Is this real or fake? Is Zhu Jiawen really that bold? How could he dare to do something like this?"
“Zhu Jiawen didn’t refute it, so it seems to be true. If the other party weren’t his wife and child, he would have refuted it long ago,” Song Lan followed up.
"This Zhu Jiawen gives off a bad vibe, and it turns out he really isn't a good person. He's about to go to the countryside, but he still manages to marry someone. In the end, he's busy having affairs with other women in the countryside, leaving his wife alone at home. Do you think he deliberately married her before going to the countryside so she could be his free nanny and take care of his parents?" Wen Xi said, looking at everyone.
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