He really just wanted to drive Deng Shouquan and Widow Shen to their deaths. It has to be said, he was a very vindictive person.
The next day was Ge Chenglan's wedding day. Wenxi and the other two went to the canteen early to get busy, first making sweet potato rice and steaming cornbread.
Then they started cooking: braised pork with potatoes, spicy snails, braised fish chunks, and a stew soup—four meat dishes in total, plus two wild vegetable dishes and four vegetable dishes. A banquet had ten dishes, which was quite a lavish affair.
Ge Chenglan didn't have any relatives in the village, so she invited several tables of people: one table for village officials, two tables for educated youth, one table for families in the village with whom she was relatively familiar, and another table for the groom's guests. The matchmaker also sat on the groom's side.
Wenxi only met Ge Chenglan's husband today. His name is Sun Jingye. He has a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, which is the kind of appearance that everyone admires in this era. However, his skin is very dark. But he used to work very hard in the army, exposed to the wind and sun. It's normal for him to be a little dark. Dark skin is healthy, and it's also a kind of honor.
Sun Jingye is not the eldest child in his family, so it is not his responsibility to take care of his parents. His family does not object to him living with Ge Chenglan. When it is time to pay for his parents' retirement, he can simply do so.
He's getting old, and with his injury, he has no income and it's hard for him to find a partner. It's truly remarkable that he found Ge Chenglan, a healthy woman who can take care of the children on her own.
They didn't mind Ge Chenglan's divorce at all; these days, it's common for first-time husbands to marry widows.
Everyone was very happy to see so many meat dishes on the table.
Deng Shouquan and Widow Shen were not invited to the banquet, but the two of them quietly came to the outside of the dining hall. Smelling the aroma of the food and listening to everyone's praise of the banquet, Widow Shen was really jealous. Ge Chenglan was really lucky. She was divorced with two children, and a man who was getting married for the first time was willing to marry her, and he was so generous with all the meat and dishes!
But she could only live with Deng Shouquan, a peasant. Now that Ge Chenglan was married, there was no hope of reconciliation with Deng Shouquan. He was left with only the widow Shen, so he would never agree to a divorce.
After the lively banquet, Ge Chenglan wanted to give Wenxi and the other two girls two yuan each, but Wenxi refused. Everyone else was working, but they weren't, yet they were making money with their cooking skills. Many people felt resentful about this, so they treated cooking as their job.
That afternoon, Ge Chenglan took her two children to the brigade headquarters to change their surnames and given names. The previous names were given by Deng Shouquan, which was just a random choice. Ge Chenglan has now given her children better names.
When Deng Shouquan found out that his child's name had been changed, he wanted to cause trouble at Sun Jingye's house, but Sun Jingye directly sent him away. Ge Chenglan had also arranged for the child to sever ties with Deng Shouquan, so Deng Shouquan had no right to interfere in these matters.
He has no children now, and if he doesn't hurry up and have two children with Widow Shen, there won't even be anyone to see him off when he dies.
Deng Shouquan felt a chill run down his spine when he thought about this.
Look, many people have children so that they can take care of them in their old age and when they die, especially those who have never been to school. How would they know about the inheritance of life and civilization?
A few days later, Yan Zheng and his colleagues went to the countryside for patrol. There were many incidents in the countryside, so their task was expanded to include taking turns patrolling the countryside.
However, with them patrolling, there were indeed fewer incidents in the countryside, because people in this era were afraid of being arrested and imprisoned.
The sun was shining brightly today, so Wenxi took her quilts and mattresses from her room to the yard to air them out, so that she could sleep warmer at night.
As for bed sheets and duvet covers, which are things that one person cannot wash, Wenxi took them to the system kitchen, washed them in the washing machine there, and then took them out to dry.
Wenxi draped the sheets and duvet cover over the bamboo pole and was about to spread them out when she suddenly heard a knock on the door. She quickly went out to open it and saw Yan Zheng, several staff members, a couple, and a little boy standing outside.
Wen Xi was somewhat surprised, "Brother Yan, what brings you here?"
"Wenxi, didn't you find a little boy who was unconscious in the alley a few days ago? We've found his parents, and they want to come and thank you in person. We happened to be on patrol today, so I brought them along. I hope we didn't bother you?" Yan Zheng asked.
Wen Xi shook her head, "You didn't disturb me, everyone please come in!"
Wenxi invited everyone in and led them to the main room, where she asked them to sit down and rest. Then she made a bowl of sugar water for each of them. The little boy took a sip of the sugar water and politely said to Wenxi, "Thank you, sister."
Looking at his energetic and adorable face, Wenxi couldn't help but reach out and pinch his cheek. "Little friend, how old are you this year? What's your name?"
"Sister, my name is Shi Zhan, and I am four and a half years old," little Shi Zhan said in a cute and adorable way.
Wen Xi smiled and nodded, "Shi Zhan, this is a really nice name. Your family is really good at naming people."
However, Wenxi also found it strange that the couple looked quite old, at least in their forties, so how come their child was only four and a half years old?
My grandson is about four and a half years old, which is more like it, since people get married quite early these days.
"Comrade Wenxi, thank you for saving my son Shizhan. Otherwise, we might have lost him." Shizhan's mother looked at Wenxi with eyes full of gratitude.
"Auntie, what exactly happened that day? Why was Shi Zhan alone in that deserted alley?" Wen Xi asked curiously.
Shi Zhan's mother explained, "Actually, Shi Zhan's father was the newly appointed deputy factory director. When our whole family moved here and we were cleaning the house, we didn't pay attention to the children. Then Shi Zhan went out to play with his sister and got separated from her. He wandered off somewhere and was eventually found by Comrade Wen."
"Sister?" Wen Xi frowned in confusion. "Is Shi Zhan's sister still unmarried?"
If there is another child ahead of him, then it is understandable that Su, who is over forty, has a youngest son who is only four years old.
"No, no, Shi Zhan's older sister is only eight years old this year." Facing Wen Xi's questioning gaze, Shi Zhan's mother explained, "Shi Zhan's father and I have been married for many years and have never had children, so we adopted a child. Unexpectedly, this child turned out to be a lucky star. Not many years after we adopted her, we had Shi Zhan."
After hearing what Shi Zhan's mother said, Wen Xi hesitated for a moment before saying, "Auntie, come out with me for a moment, I'll pick some vegetables for you to take home and eat."
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