Chapter 40: Troublemakers in the 1980s 10 Going to the Provincial Capital
Li Suzhen has never been satisfied with Chen Qian, the third son's wife. She has always felt that Chen Qian is a country girl and is not worthy of the third son.
At that time, Zhou Shengmo was getting older, but he had been staying in the army and had no girlfriend. When her friend mentioned this girl to her, she just asked Zhou Shengmo to try to meet her.
Unexpectedly, the third brother was such a fool. He hastily decided to marry her after just one blind date.
Li Suzhen advised him privately that blind dates are not limited to one time, and if he looked at a few more girls, he would always be able to pick one that he was more satisfied with.
But he said that they were just getting married, and it didn't matter who they married. He felt there was nothing wrong with Chen Qian, so he chose her.
Li Suzhen had no choice but to agree to the marriage, but their life was mediocre after marriage. The daughter-in-law did not seem to be someone who could lead a stable life. When her son was not at home, she would go back to her parents' home.
She originally turned a blind eye to it. After all, the third daughter-in-law gave birth to a big fat grandson after she came into the family.
But who could have imagined that the third brother, who had made many contributions in the army, was seriously injured and his legs were disabled.
After the incident, Li Suzhen stayed in the hospital all the time, and her tears never stopped. Later, her husband couldn't stand her crying all day long, so he asked the eldest daughter to take over and let her help take care of her grandson. Only then did she gradually come out of her grief.
After the third child was injured, Li Suzhen felt that the couple might get divorced.
If the two of them stayed together, there would always be someone to take care of the third child. They couldn't always let the eldest child take care of him like this, but the two of them didn't leave.
Li Suzhen still doesn't want the couple to divorce. Now the third son is paralyzed, can't move his legs and feet, and can't get out of bed. It's time for him to be alone. If the third son's wife doesn't care, she will have to drag the eldest son into it.
The eldest brother loves his younger brother very much, and his wife has no objection, but why should the eldest brother's family bear the responsibility? Chen Qian has been married to the third brother for many years, and the Zhou family has never treated her unfairly. Now she should be good to the third brother and take care of him. This is the relationship that a couple should have.
Having said that, Li Suzhen also knew that in this situation, according to Shen Qian's personality, she would definitely choose to divorce her son. Unexpectedly, the two did not divorce after talking about it.
Not only did Chen Qian not divorce, she also busied herself with the decoration of her new home and contributed a lot to the small restaurant run by the eldest son's wife.
Li Suzhen was also touched after hearing this. As long as Chen Qian could be down-to-earth and treat the third brother well, she would have nothing to say.
Just a few days after she felt relieved, she heard that Chen Qian had actually brought Xiao Shiwei back to her parents' home!
Li Suzhen's heart immediately began to rise again. She hadn't been to the third brother's house for several months, but today she couldn't help but come and see him. She wanted to ask the third brother in person what was going on between the couple.
It was two o'clock in the afternoon. Zhou Shengmo had taken a nap after lunch. Although his elder brother had told him not to exercise alone at home when his elder brother was not around, he felt bored lying in bed and had no interest in reading the book on the bedside table. So he turned over and lay on the bed, supporting his upper body with his arms and doing half-body push-ups.
Li Suzhen took the key and opened the door and came in. Zhou Shengmo heard the sound and turned over and lay on the bed.
"Mom, why are you here?"
"I heard that Chen Qian went back to her parents' home. What happened?" Li Suzhen asked after putting the fruit she brought on the table.
Zhou Shengmo lowered his head, said "hmm", and said nothing more.
Li Suzhen felt so distressed when she saw her son's haggard face, but her son seemed to be looking better than when he was just discharged from the hospital. At that time, his face had no vitality at all, and he was so thin that his bones were visible, which looked a little scary.
Now he has recovered his human form.
It seems that it is good to have a wife around, and it is also good to have someone to accompany you.
only……
"Have you asked how long she's been back?" Li Suzhen asked with some concern.
Zhou Shengmo shook his head: "No."
"You should ask. If she goes back this time, her mother might persuade her to divorce you, and others might gossip about her. She is still young, and... well, she brought Shi Wei with her. You should let her go back earlier."
Li Suzhen's words were full of anxiety, and Zhou Shengmo frowned slightly.
"No, we've already agreed, don't worry."
Li Suzhen saw that the third brother's face had darkened a lot, and she knew that what she said was unpleasant to hear.
"Forget it, Mom is just worrying about nothing. I'll just come to see you."
After the mother and son had a brief chat, they had nothing else to talk about.
Zhou Shengmo remembered that Chen Qian had mentioned before that the money for decorating the new house and buying various things from Lao Si was all given by his parents.
"Mom, you and my dad spent a lot of money on the new house."
Li Suzhen felt sad and comforted after hearing this: "From what the fourth brother said, the new house is decorated according to your needs. As long as it is spent on you, your father and I are willing to spend money."
Li Suzhen felt somewhat conflicted about this matter. On the one hand, she knew that the fourth child kept asking his father for money, and she also suspected that Chen Qian was taking the opportunity to benefit herself. How could she spend so much on decoration for a welfare house?
On the other hand, she asked the fourth and eldest sons, and they both said that the money for decorating the new house was all spent on the third son.
The house has been decorated, but she hasn't visited it yet. When the couple moves in, she would like to see what kind of decoration would cost so much.
Seeing the third child lying on the bed at this time, Li Suzhen felt distressed again. In the future, that home would be where the third child would spend most of the rest of his life. So what if she spent a little more? She wanted to give the best to the third child. Unfortunately, no matter how much money she spent, she could not buy the third child a healthy body and normal legs.
Li Suzhen didn't want her third son to see that she was a little out of control, so she said, "I still have to go to the mall to buy some things, and I have to pick up Shi'an from the kindergarten later. I'll leave first."
Before leaving, Zhou Shengmo stopped her and said, "Mom, Shen Qian told me before that she wanted Shi An to come back and live with us. Why don't we let him come back after we move."
Li Suzhen was slightly startled, and subconsciously refused: "It's good for Shi An to be with us at the moment. I have been raising him since he was a child, and he is close to me."
Seeing her son's brow furrowed in disappointment, she added, "Wait a little longer. Didn't Chen Qian go back to her parents' home? Wait until you move to a new home and see Shi An's attitude. If he wants to come back, I'll send him back."
Zhou Shengmo nodded and said nothing more.
As soon as his mother left, Zhou Shengmo lay down, and the energy he had just put in to exercise completely disappeared.
Somehow, even when I was separated from Chen Qian in the army before, I never felt this anxious.
This time, whenever she left, he would always think of her.
He had been worried about what his mother said.
What will her family say when they hear that she didn't get divorced?
Do relatives gossip among each other?
Will they persuade her to divorce him or arrange a blind date for her?
What about her? What would she think? Would she also start to hesitate and waver?
Suddenly, Zhou Shengmo missed the touch of her massaging him every day, and even missed the rock sugar and Sichuan loquat pear soup she made for him every day. He rarely drank it and wasted a lot of it.
He liked the noise of her and her daughter chattering and laughing around him, and he liked the way she wrote, drew, and thought about problems at the desk next to him.
Even if he was just watching from the side, he felt that life was good.
His daily life was so normal, but now she was gone, suddenly disappeared, which made him feel like a piece of his heart was missing. At first, he just felt a little itchy and uncomfortable, but now it was like a tide that hit him, making him feel uncomfortable.
Yes... When will she come back? The new house has been renovated and we can move in when she comes back, but why hasn’t she come back yet?
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Shen Qian originally didn't plan to stay at home for long, but this time when she came back, she happened to encounter the incident where her brother Shen Jianguo was exposed for taking on private jobs. This was a critical juncture, so she decided to stay at home for a while and wait until things were settled before leaving.
The family was in chaos because of this incident. Zhao Cuihua asked people for help and used her connections everywhere, hoping to plead with the director of the agricultural machinery station to exempt her son from punishment.
But now many people in the agricultural machinery station take private jobs outside, and Shen Jianguo is considered to be the bravest among them, so he was discovered. The station chief has long wanted to make an example of him. In addition, Shen Jianguo has no background and is just an ordinary repairman. He is much easier to deal with than those who have people behind him.
He just happened to be caught in the crossfire, so the stationmaster dealt with him severely and strictly. Not only was he criticized throughout the entire station, he was also fined half a year's salary and was given a disciplinary action.
This punishment can be said to be very severe. The salary of a repairman was not high to begin with. Shen Jianguo was originally dissatisfied with the punishment, and this time he was completely discouraged. After the result of the punishment came out, he went home and said that he didn't want to do the job of a repairman at the agricultural machinery station anymore.
Originally, Zhao Cuihua felt that she could not hold her head up in the town because her son was punished. When relatives and friends asked her about this, she didn't know how to answer.
Her son could indeed earn some money by taking private jobs outside, but she thought it was not worth it to give up his stable job at the agricultural machinery station for this.
The atmosphere at home became more and more solemn day by day. Shen Qian was not affected at all and lived peacefully at her parents' home with her daughter. However, Liu Guilan and Shen Caixia had a hard time. Zhao Cuihua cried and made a fuss all day long, and when she got angry, she would curse at anyone she caught.
This bullied daughter-in-law and money-losing granddaughter became her punching bags.
At this time, Shen Qian couldn't listen any longer and would always stand up for her sister-in-law and niece.
"Mom, this incident can't be blamed on my sister-in-law, so just say less."
Zhao Cuihua was unhappy: "Why do you always speak for her?"
However, when Zhao Cuihua got angry, no one could persuade her, including her husband, who would always be scolded back. The only exception was her daughter, whom she loved deeply. Although she still endured her complaints, she could at least restrain herself a little.
That day, Shen Jianguo came back covered in dust and dirt. He saw Shen Qian holding Caixia and Shi Wei sitting in the yard. He said hello to her and was about to go back to the room, but Shen Qian let go of the two children and called him.
"Brother, are you really not going to work at the agricultural machinery station anymore?" Shen Qian asked.
Shen Jianguo originally thought that this girl came to persuade him to stop because of what his mother said, and said, "You don't need to persuade me, I have made up my mind."
Unexpectedly, his sister didn't say a word of advice, but said: "Brother, I think there are many opportunities in the provincial capital. Anyway, you don't plan to work in the agricultural machinery station, so how about going directly to the provincial capital?"
Shen Jianguo felt relieved after hearing this, as he was planning to do just that.
"Oh? You think so too?"
"Yes, my husband's eldest sister-in-law and her mother opened a small restaurant in front of the machinery factory. Business is pretty good at the moment. Her cousin is also from the countryside. He recruited a few brothers to take on renovation work and is making a good living. They are all capable. You have maintenance skills, so you will definitely find a way in the provincial capital."
Shen Jianguo nodded: "I have also been thinking about going to the provincial capital recently. It's rare that you think so too. By the way, when are you going back? I will go with you then."
Shen Qian said, "I'm fine with that, but would you consider taking your sister-in-law with you?"
Shen Jianguo was a little surprised: "Bring your sister-in-law? Why bring her? She is at home taking care of the children and can also help with farm work."
"I think my sister-in-law will be able to find a job if she goes to the provincial capital. It's not good for you and your wife to be separated for a long time."
Shen Jianguo didn't take it seriously: "Let's talk about this later. I haven't even established myself yet."
Shen Qian knew that it was pointless to talk about this matter now. His brother hadn't found a way yet. If both of them went, it would not be a good idea to leave the child at home.
"Okay, then you decide when to leave, and Shi Wei and I will go back with you."
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