Chapter 143 Chapter 143
Ye Qing was almost crying because of the old lady's stupidity and ignorance.
This old lady must have gone crazy with the desire to have a grandson. She would give her daughter-in-law all kinds of random things as long as someone says it can help her have a child!
Ye Qing suddenly felt a blockage in his chest, unable to get it up or down, and he almost swore on the spot.
She took out a silver needle and stabbed it into the black thing.
Sure enough, the next second, the silver needle quickly changed color.
As soon as he saw the silver needle turn black, what else did Zhang Jianguo not understand?
His face turned pale instantly, his hands began to tremble unconsciously, and he was about to go crazy.
He knew that all his mother thought about all day was having a grandson, but could this be forced?
Moreover, he had told his mother more than once not to feed his wife those messy things. One time, Fang Xiaotao ate some folk remedy from nowhere and had diarrhea so badly that she couldn't even stand up.
He had a big quarrel with his mother because of this and smashed and threw away all the medicine jars and folk prescriptions.
After that incident, his mother clearly promised him that she would never engage in such feudal and superstitious things again, but he believed it and thought that the old lady really remembered the lesson.
Little did he know that his mother was pretending to obey but secretly disobeying him. The so-called changes were just a pretense to deceive him. On the surface, she agreed to it, but she continued to do it behind his back, and even became more and more daring and outrageous!
Seeing his wife leaning weakly against the head of the bed, Zhang Jianguo felt so guilty and painful that his tears welled up uncontrollably.
If it weren't for him, Fang Xiaotao wouldn't have to suffer all these pains. If she hadn't married him, Fang Xiaotao would have had children long ago. Who knows how happy she is now. Such a good girl was completely ruined by him!
Zhang Jianguo had been avoiding it and was unwilling to face this reality, but at this moment, he realized how despicable his behavior was and how wrong this marriage was!
He is nearly ten years older than Fang Xiaotao, and he is an old cow eating young grass. Fang Xiaotao is too young to understand love, but he relies on his age and the kindness he has shown in saving her life to make the girl fall in love with him and do whatever he wants.
But in fact, their union was a complete mistake. Fang Xiaotao had always felt inferior in this marriage, and he never put her on an equal footing with him.
However, because he was greedy for the love and admiration of the young girl, he indulged himself in this marriage and love, and completely ignored Fang Xiaotao's feelings and needs, causing Fang Xiaotao to be delayed for twelve years.
If he continues to make such mistakes, Fang Xiaotao will be dragged down by him for the rest of her life and her good life will be ruined by him!
Thinking of this, Zhang Jianguo made a decision instantly.
Fang Xiaotao can no longer be allowed to continue paying the bill for his mistakes and become a victim of his life!
Knowing that Fang Xiaotao was poisoned after eating the "pill" given to her by her mother-in-law, the onlookers were stunned.
Originally, everyone was still speculating on various conspiracies, thinking that DT had infiltrated again, but they never expected things to develop in this way.
A group of people looked at each other in bewilderment.
Zhao Yuliang had been watching the whole process, and now he couldn't help but frown. He stared at Zhang Jianguo and said in a deep voice:
"Xiao Zhang, what do you think about this?"
Under the watchful eyes of the public, the matter had become known to everyone. Zhang Jianguo knew clearly that since the head of the group had asked about it, it would be useless for him to find any excuses for his mother.
Besides, he had already made up his mind, so he didn't intend to cover up for his mother at this moment. He raised his head and said with a gloomy and difficult expression:
"Captain, I will go get my mother right away and will give Comrade Fang Xiaotao and you a satisfactory explanation."
In fact, Zhang Jianguo didn't even need to call for help. As soon as Fang Xiaotao got into trouble, someone reacted quickly and ran to the family compound to inform Old Lady Zhang. That's why Zhang Jianguo said he would give Fang Xiaotao an explanation. Outside, Old Lady Zhang had already been dragged to the farm.
When they arrived at the farm, Mrs. Zhang found out that Fang Xiaotao's abdominal pain and vomiting blood were caused by poisoning. She was shocked and her eyes immediately became flickering. Zhao Yuliang asked her what she had given Fang Xiaotao to eat, but she was incoherent. She was evasive and talked about other things, and then she said that Fang Xiaotao was greedy and ate something dirty. In short, she refused to admit that the pills she forced Fang Xiaotao to take had problems.
Zhang Jianguo was already very angry about his mother doing these little things behind his back. Seeing that the old lady didn't cry until she saw the coffin, and was still stubborn, he was immediately furious. He didn't care how many people were watching inside and outside the house, and he rushed to his mother angrily:
"Mom, if you keep talking nonsense here and refuse to tell the truth, don't blame me for being cruel. I will take off this uniform right away, apply to my leader for retirement, and go back to my hometown. You don't have to worry about living with the troops on the army farm. Just come with me and go back to my hometown to farm!"
Ever since Old Lady Zhang followed her son to the military farm, she has been living a life of luxury and doing nothing all these years. She has long forgotten what it feels like to farm. If she were really asked to go back to her hometown and return to the life of working in the fields, how could she bear it?
So Zhang Jianguo's words shocked Old Lady Zhang on the spot.
The old lady raised her head and stared at her son. Seeing Zhang Jianguo's stern expression and his eyes clearly showing a ruthless determination to give up everything, the old lady Zhang, who knew her son best, suddenly became panicked.
She realized that her son was not joking this time, he was serious!
Old Mrs. Zhang's pupils shrank and her face turned pale with fear. She dared not talk nonsense anymore, for she was afraid that her son would be provoked by her and do something stupid like retiring from the army.
She told him everything about how she met a Taoist priest outside and how she spent a large sum of money to buy several so-called "magic pills" from him.
But after she finished speaking, she felt that she was right and she stiffened her neck to defend herself:
"I, I just want to have grandchildren. What's wrong with me? What other old ladies, when they reach my age, don't enjoy playing with their grandchildren and are surrounded by a group of grandchildren every day? Besides, you are not young anymore. If you don't have children, who will take care of you in the future? Isn't it for your own good that I do this?"
Perhaps she knew she couldn't avoid this matter today, so she just went for it.
But she didn't dare to lose her temper with her son, she only dared to pick on the weak, so she glared at Fang Xiaotao and cursed as soon as she opened her mouth:
"You bastard, what are you doing here pretending? Didn't you say you were poisoned and vomiting blood and having stomachache? How come I didn't see it? I saw that you were fine, but you were just not happy that I was forcing you to take medicine, so you pretended to be stupid to embarrass me!"
"Do you know how much effort and money I spent to get that elixir from a master? That master traveled all over the world and was very skilled in Taoism. If it weren't for my good luck, ordinary people wouldn't even be able to see him!"
"I went through so much trouble to get you the elixir, but for whom? You are a hen that doesn't lay eggs. You caused my son to be childless for so many years. I'm already lucky that I didn't let my son divorce you. How dare you play tricks on me?"
"When you first started dating my son, I didn't like you. If my son didn't like you, do you think I would agree to your marriage?"
"Do you know how those people outside have been making fun of me these years? They said that I married my son to a village girl who was not presentable enough. Not only did she kill her own parents, she is also going to kill my son. Because of you, my Zhang family is going to be wiped out!"
"As a mother, do you think I, as a mother, would feel good after hearing this?"
"Isn't it just taking some medicine? Is there any need to be so surprised? Others can bear it, why can't you? Even if you suffer a little after taking that stuff, you deserve it. People younger than you are giving birth one after another, but your stomach is not doing well. Don't you deserve it?"
Mrs. Zhang's words were so vicious and hurtful that Fang Xiaotao, who had just calmed down, became so angry that she choked on a mouthful of blood.
Seeing this, Ye Qing could only pull out a few more silver needles and stab them into Fang Xiaotao's body. He kept patting Fang Xiaotao on the back, signaling her not to suppress her emotions and to just cry if she felt uncomfortable.
Probably because she didn't expect Fang Xiaotao to actually vomit blood, Mrs. Zhang was stunned for a moment. She stopped swearing and her eyes flashed with panic and guilt. She looked at her son with a helpless expression.
Zhang Jianguo was shaking with anger at this moment. He really didn't expect that his mother would be so ignorant. She talked about Taoist priests and elixirs, and even accused Fang Xiaotao of being unlucky in marriage. She was just showing her feudal superstition openly, fearing that others would not know that she was interested in such weird things.
It has been many years since superstition was dispelled, and the national policy has always emphasized scientific materialism. In the military, life style and ideological awareness are particularly valued. As a military family member, his mother's absurd remarks and behaviors are clearly a violation of taboos!
Even though his two elder brothers had sacrificed their lives for the country and made great contributions, the army gave their family special care because of them. But no matter how great the contributions were, they could not withstand her mother's reckless squandering, especially in front of the army leaders and so many colleagues, openly promoting superstitious ideas. This showed that she completely disregarded the leadership and national policies.
Zhang Jianguo closed his eyes.
He had said before that he would take off his military uniform and apply for discharge just to scare his mother. But now he knew that after what his mother had just said, there was no need for him to take the initiative to apply. His military career might be coming to an end soon.
Zhang Jianguo couldn't help but smile bitterly, yet at the same time he felt relieved.
If you think about it carefully, the more than ten years he had spent in the army since he was injured and disabled were actually extra time. If it weren't for his two brothers who risked their lives to pave the way for him, he would have retired and returned home long ago.
But it's okay this way. He never knew that his mother had so much resentment and dissatisfaction towards her daughter-in-law. It was obvious that marrying him was an injustice to Fang Xiaotao, but in his mother's eyes, it was all Xiaotao's fault.
Fang Xiaotao has been blamed for his failure to have children for more than ten years. He can't let his mother continue to blame Fang Xiaotao for bringing bad luck to her family and husband.
It just so happened that he certainly couldn't stay in the army anymore, so he might as well take this opportunity to set Fang Xiaotao free, and then take his mother back to his hometown. As long as he, the ex-husband, stayed away from Qingshan Town and the army farm, it would not affect Fang Xiaotao's chances of finding a suitable man to marry again.
Thinking of this, Zhang Jianguo's eyes suddenly opened, his expression was clearer and more resolute than ever before:
"Mom, I told you not to bother with this before, but you didn't listen. You think I didn't make it clear enough, right?"
"Then I will tell you the truth now. The fact that we don't have children is not Fang Xiaotao's fault, but my fault!"
"I was hit by a shrapnel on the battlefield. Not only was my leg seriously injured, but my roots were also injured. After I recovered, I went for a follow-up examination and the doctor said that there was a high probability that it would affect my offspring."
"So you should be more open-minded. You will never have grandchildren in this life!"
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