Chapter 198 Preparation for a Long Trip
When your village chief left, his face was not right, and the township chief was also very angry. He turned around and went to the village chief's house. He also talked to the village chief's wife, Niu, at the door for a long time. I saw Niu's eyes were red. I don't know what happened between them. Do you think this matter is related?"
Shen Dagou stood up in shock, stepped forward and held Wei Gang's hand tightly, his expression excited, "Uncle! You are really my benefactor! What you said is very useful, I will tell the village chief about it later!"
Wei Gang's heart swelled with admiration from Shen Dagou, and he almost forgot who he was.
In the early morning of the next day, when Shen Dagou went to Shen Yi's house to work, he secretly told Shen Yi about the situation.
Shen Yi immediately thought of Xiong Kai and Niu Peng.
Niu Peng has never arranged marriage and has no children until now. If he really has a daughter, the Niu family will definitely not be willing to give her up so easily. If she is not Niu Peng's, then she must be Xiong Kai's.
It happened that I met Xiong Kai and his wife in the clinic last time. At that time, Mo Chunxiang seemed to be pregnant. Calculating the date, it matched the child.
After he had a clear idea in his mind, he thanked Shen Dagou and said, "Don't tell anyone about this for now, and don't tell the village chief. Anyway, Shen Quezi has already asked for the child, and keeping the child with Shen Quezi will be loved by him, which is better than anything else."
Shen Dagou nodded repeatedly, "I thought so too. When I went home yesterday evening, I heard my mother say that Shen Quezi's mother was so happy that she didn't want to let go of the child. She told everyone she met that she had a granddaughter."
After dawn, Su Tai got up.
Shen Yi told her the truth before leaving.
Su Tai turned around and packed a pile of clothes and food, called Chenxiang and several children from the village for help, and delivered the things to Chen Quezi's house with great fanfare.
When Shen Quezi's mother saw Su Tai bringing a bunch of things to her house, she was flattered and quickly invited her in. "I took advantage of your family by asking for goat milk yesterday. Why did you bring so many things?"
Su Tai looked around and only saw the child on the bed. She asked casually, "Where's Shen Dalang?"
Shen Dalang is the full name of Shen Quezi.
Mrs. Zhang quickly stepped forward and picked up the child, saying, "He went to work in the fields. Yesterday I saw him happily bringing the child home. Today before dawn he said he wanted to go out to work to earn money to support the child. I've never seen him so enthusiastic before."
Mrs. Zhang smiled, and Su Tai was also happy to see it. She pointed to the things on the table and said, "Here are some small clothes that my eldest daughter used to wear. They are still very new. There is also a small quilt. I originally planned to use it for my maid, but she insisted on sharing the same bed with us. It would be a waste if the quilt had not been used. It's just right for her to use it.
In addition, this can is the goat milk that was squeezed this morning. We have two ewes at home, and the goat milk they produce is really more than we can drink. Auntie, please come to our house at Maoshi (5 to 7 a.m.) to get a can of milk, and come again at Weishi (1 to 3 p.m.). If it is not enough, come again before Youshi (5 to 7 p.m.). There will be enough goat milk.”
"Oh! Thank you so much! I don't know how to thank you!" Mrs. Zhang was so excited that she didn't know what to do.
Su Tai comforted her for a while before taking the child back.
The news of Su Tai's actions spread throughout the village that day, and everyone who heard it praised her for being kind and righteous.
The arrangements for the child in Shenjiazhuang have been finalized. After getting the news, Niu Cuihua had to go to the Xiong family in Ximen Village in person.
Looking at her old and numb sister, Niu Cuihua felt very uncomfortable. "Little sister, you have to be more open-minded about everything. Fortunately, Akai was only imprisoned for three years. He was a brave man again after three years. Our Niu Peng has also been in prison before. He is fine. But your little granddaughter is fine."
Niu looked up at Niu Cuihua, her expression dazed, "Sister, just tell me, I can bear it."
Niu Cuihua sighed and gritted her teeth and said, "Your daughter-in-law threw the child near Shen Yi's house. As a result, she didn't plan to raise the child at all, and she was unwilling to raise the child. She also clamored to send the child to the town officials for arrangement. You also know what the government is like. If the child really goes to the government, he will be sent to an asylum and will be a slave in the future.
Fortunately, the village head intervened and did not ask Shenjiazhuang to send the child away. Instead, a family in their village adopted the child. The child is a bachelor and a cripple, and has an old mother who can't do heavy work. If you can't bear to part with him, go and take the child back. After all, they have only raised him for two days. If you explain the situation to them, they can return him."
Niu calmed herself down and didn't let herself faint again. Her eyes were full of struggle. After a moment, she finally closed her eyes cruelly and said, "Let it be. If the child really comes back, I won't be able to support him. At least he will be a treasure in someone else's family."
Mo Chunxiang has now abandoned her daughter, but is raising her son by her side. However, she doesn't take care of him at all. The child often has no food to eat and is always dirty.
Niu learned about her grandson's situation from the villagers and went to their house to get the child back.
The Mo family didn't stop them. They just said they would not care about the child anymore after returning him to their family.
Now Mo Chunxiang is hiding in her mother's home and won't come back. It's already very hard for an old woman to take care of her grandson and farm. If there is another hungry baby, all three of them will starve to death.
Niu Cuihua felt upset after hearing this, and scolded Mo Chunxiang again, "When Ah Kai comes out, I'll ask him to divorce Mo. Let's see how long she can be so arrogant!"
In the countryside, people are simple and honest. A woman can be a widow and remarry, but she cannot be divorced, otherwise it will bring trouble to her parents' family.
Mrs. Niu didn't say anything, and it was obvious that she was also very resentful of Mo Chunxiang.
In the blink of an eye, it was late March and spring plowing was still going on. It was time to harvest Su Tai's ten acres of sugarcane. Once she had processed all the sugarcane into sugar, the spring plowing would be over.
In order to sell the fruits at home smoothly, Shen Yi went to find Su Chunlin, and the two discussed making a trip to the provincial capital.
Since we were going there, we had to bring some things for Ke Yunyun and Su Chunsen's family, including food and other daily necessities, which filled two large ox carts.
Sun Ying'er watched eagerly.
Han knew what she was thinking and advised, "You should stay at home and wait for the birth of your baby. Ah Chuan should come back after the autumn harvest. If possible, let him take you and your son to live together in the capital."
Sun Ying'er knelt down to Han gratefully, "Thank you, auntie."
"Hey! What are you doing? Get up quickly!" Han helped Sun Ying'er into the house.
Shen Yi and Su Chunlin agreed on the departure time and went back.
The day of departure has arrived.
Su Tai handed Shen Yi's bag to him early, and told him: "There are spare clothes in here, and a few bottles of special medicine. The white one is anti-inflammatory medicine. If you have a headache, fever, or sore throat, take this. Adults, take two at a time. And this is iodine. If you get hurt, apply this on the wound to disinfect it. This is hemostatic powder, and there is also diarrhea medicine."
She explained each one in detail, and they were all things Shen Yi had never seen before, so he listened very carefully.
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