Chapter 75
When the little one started crying, Meng Wanqiu felt distressed and held him in her arms, "Okay, okay, Mommy was wrong."
The little guy ignored her and was bullied by his mother. He cried so sadly, his little hands clasped in front of his chest, his face flushed red, and he was so angry.
Meng Wanqiu had no choice but to pull up her clothes.
Sure enough, as soon as the little guy smelled the familiar scent, he stopped crying immediately, protected the food with his little hands, and started sucking it with his mouth.
Tears still hung on her eyes, and her long, thick black eyelashes were wet and hung on her eyes like natural eyeliner.
As she looked at it, Meng Wanqiu couldn't help but give it a kiss, and a "chirp" sound came out. The baby she gave birth to was so fragrant.
Not long after, Aunt Feng came back.
I went outside to wash my hands first. When I came back, I saw the little girl's eyes were still wet. I immediately understood and glanced at Meng Wanqiu. "You only know how to tease the child. Be careful she gets a hoarse voice from crying."
Meng Wanqiu looked at the sleeping little girl and scratched her chubby cheek.
The little guy has grown a lot since he was born. His face is chubby and his big eyes are black and bright, like two black gems.
She knew it, but she couldn't help it. New parents always have this problem, they like to make their children cry and then comfort them.
Meng Wanqiu smiled and changed the subject: "Auntie, why did you go out today?"
"My elder sister asked me to go watch the fun today."
"What's going on?" Meng Wanqiu became excited when she heard the gossip.
Aunt Feng tucked the little one in and lowered her voice, "Just last time at the hospital, about the Hou family incident. Didn't that old woman Hou secretly find another young woman to give her son a grandson?"
Of course I remember. Meng Wanqiu learned a lot that day.
"Dai Yanhong said in the hospital that she wanted to divorce the man surnamed Hou. Did she do that?"
"Divorced."
Clean and neat.
"Then, Dai Yanhong reported the Hou family."
Because the girl that Old Lady Hou had found was only sixteen years old and had been sold to her by her father. After divorcing Hou Jun, Dai Yanhong returned to her parents' home. Her father was a clerk in the town's commune and often went to the countryside for work. He knew a lot of people and was able to find out about the girl's family situation after asking around.
The girl's surname was Gao, and her family was from a village in the neighboring commune. Her family had seven daughters in a row, but Gao's father had married off the first three to an old man, a cripple, and a fool. The locals looked down on Gao's father for his behavior.
But compared to the first few, the latter girls were even more unlucky. Gao's father somehow found ways to find families unable to bear sons, then sent his daughters to those families, pretending to be relatives. The families would provide the girls with food and drink, and the girls would bear sons for the families. If a son was born, Gao's father would receive a sum of money. If a daughter was born, the matter would either be handled secretly or raised by the man's family without payment. The girl would be given some food and allowed to leave, and the deal was done.
Dai's father found out what the family had done and called the police when he returned. When the police arrived at Gao's house, they caught Gao's father making a deal with another family to send Gao Guihua's sister to this family.
This involved human trafficking, a violation of the law. Hou Jun's father, former deputy director of a sanitary incense factory in the commune's collective factory, was a fellow villager of Dai's father. Early in the movement, the Hou family was affected, and it was Dai's father's help that enabled them to move to the town. In recent years, Hou's father had risen from a worker to the director of the factory office, while Dai's father remained a minor clerk. This changed the Hou family's attitude, and they became dissatisfied with Dai Yanhong, who had only given birth to two daughters. So, Mrs. Hou found Gao Guihua in the countryside to bear Hou Jun a son.
This is what happened.
Hearing this, Meng Wanqiu was stunned and muttered, "This is too inhuman."
"That's right. But after the Dai family reported it to the police, Hou Jun's father was fired, and both Mrs. Hou and Hou Jun were sent to prison. The old lady was convicted of human trafficking, and Hou Jun was convicted of adultery. They both have to go to jail. And that old man surnamed Gao is going to be shot."
Meng Wanqiu pulled the bamboo basket of snacks over and placed it between her and Aunt Feng, motioning for Aunt Feng to take some and eat. "You deserve it! You deserve to be shot."
Aunt Feng nodded. This was the first time she had seen such a person in all her years.
"However, what should we do with the child born by Gao Guihua?" Meng Wanqiu let down her loose hair and tied it up again with a wooden hairpin.
"She was adopted by the Hou family, but I heard the girl is being taken care of by the Women's Federation. Because she was sold by her father, she is a victim. She will be compensated later."
Meng Wanqiu thought of the joy she saw in Gao Guihua's eyes that day, and didn't know whether to sigh or feel regret. The other party was a miserable person, and marrying into the Hou family should be a good destination for her.
However, after the Hou family was reported, both Mrs. Hou and her son were imprisoned, making it impossible for her to marry into the Hou family. According to Aunt Feng, the Women's Federation should arrange a job for her in the future, which is not bad.
I just don’t know whether Gao Guihua will take the child back.
Thinking of this, Meng Wanqiu also said this. She had just given birth to a child and had deep feelings for the child. Anyway, she was reluctant to give her baby to someone else to raise.
"Impossible." Aunt Feng shook her head. "Gao Guihua is only sixteen years old this year and still has a lot of youth. Judging from her performance in the hospital, she is not stupid. She left the child to the Hou family. The child is the only boy in the Hou family. Although Hou's father has been dismissed, the family assets are still there. The child will not suffer in the Hou family. And she is still young and can get married again in the future. Of course, she will not ask for the child back."
Meng Wanqiu didn't care about being refuted. These were all unimportant people. Knowing that the bad guys were punished satisfied her curiosity and then she put it behind her.
I looked down at my baby who was sleeping soundly. His little chest was rising and falling slightly, his curled eyelashes cast a shadow under his eyes, and his little mouth was red. All my worries disappeared.
No. 715.
The valley is in the shape of a human character. The upper part of the character is the office area, and the two strokes below are the production workshops. Unlike the outside, the workers here are all soldiers.
Pei Xingzhi followed Bai Fengyao and listened to the workshop director next to him talking about the problems encountered in production. Bai Fengyao was talking to him, but Pei Xingzhi didn't say a word, but was using his brain to write down what the workshop director said.
After walking around the entire workshop and understanding all the situations, the master and apprentice left and went outside.
"Have you written everything down?" Bai Fengyao turned and asked Pei Xingzhi.
"I've made a note of it. I'll sort it out later." This sorting out not only refers to the problem, but also the solution to the problem.
Bai Fengyao's expression softened. He was a very serious person at work, but a gentle and elegant elder outside of work.
"How is Xiaowan?"
Bai Fengyao has been very busy recently and has not visited Meng Wanqiu since she gave birth.
When Pei Xingzhi mentioned Meng Wanqiu, his eyes softened, and the coldness around him dissipated. "Wanwan is doing well."
When she went out this morning, she asked him to buy a duck from his fellow villager when he returned because she wanted to eat roast duck.
Roast duck is a complex recipe. Pei Xingzhi, a native of the capital, had learned to make it for him and his grandmother when he was little, but he didn't know how. When Meng Wanqiu was pregnant, he tried to make it once, but after some trial and error, he finally succeeded. While the taste was different from his grandfather's, it was still delicious.
"Where is the child? Is he strong?" Bai Fengyao felt itchy when talking about the child he had not met yet. This was Pei Xingzhi's next generation, and also his disciple's grandson. Knowing that it was a little girl, Bai Fengyao was very happy.
Speaking of the little one, Pei Xingzhi's face was covered with a doting smile. "The little one weighed 6.62 pounds when she was born. She eats and drinks a lot, and eats twice as much as other children her age, just like her mother. Now she's grown a little, and her chin and limbs are plump."
Hearing that the child was healthy and strong, Bai Fengyao smiled happily, "A chubby child is good, a chubby child means healthy. Our child has plenty of food. Didn't the child's uncle send a lot of milk powder? If it's not enough, just tell me and I'll buy it for us."
Pei Xingzhi waved his hands quickly after hearing this, "That's enough, that's enough. The child's uncle has a comrade in Inner Mongolia. His family produces milk powder. They've been sending it here every month for the past two months. We're worried that it won't be finished and will expire and be wasted."
Bai Fengyao patted Pei Xingzhi's shoulder and said, "My child's uncle is a sincere man."
Bai Fengyao was extremely grateful and satisfied with the Meng family that Pei Xing met when he went to the countryside.
"You have to take good care of Wanwan, okay? If there's anything you need, just tell me. I'm alone and can't spend much."
Since Meng Wanqiu came, Bai Fengyao has never worn patched clothes again. When the weather gets hot, the couple reminds him to avoid the heat. When he sits in the office, mung bean soup is brought to him to relieve the heat.
When the weather got cold, Meng Wanqiu would prepare thick clothes for him in advance without telling him and directly let Pei Xingzhi put them in the closet at home. When Bai Fengyao opened the closet, he found that there were so many more clothes in it, including clothes for all four seasons.
You say, how could Bai Fengyao not love such an honest child?
"Don't worry, I won't make the mother and daughter suffer, no matter who else suffers." Pei Xingzhi nodded.
"Have you written to the child's grandparents to inform them?" Bai Fengyao asked.
Don’t be so busy that you forget and make your elders worry.
"I wrote it. It should be here soon."
"Master, are you going back today?" Pei Xingzhi turned and asked Bai Fengyao.
Bai Fengyao smiled, "Go back, I want to go see our good boy."
It is said that generations apart are close. Ever since the little guy was born, Bai Fengyao felt like his heart was being scratched by claws. If he didn't have work, he would have run to see the little guy long ago.
In the afternoon, Pei Xingzhi and Bai Fengyao left the institute, and the poor Jiang Peiran came to take over the shift. They were indispensable here, and they were needed if there were any problems in the workshop.
On the way, Pei Xingzhi went to the countryside and exchanged an old duck with a fellow villager.
"Do you want to make roast duck?" Bai Fengyao asked. He was also an old native of the capital. He hadn't eaten roast duck for many years and was a little craving for it.
"Yes, Master, please try my cooking skills when the time comes." Pei Xingzhi smiled.
When the car arrived at the entrance of Xinghua Lane, the master and disciple thanked the person who sent them there, then turned and entered the lane.
Unfortunately, the two met Li Xuezhi.
Li Xuezhi went out with a bucket, apparently going outside to fetch water.
When Li Xuezhi saw the two of them, there was a look of confusion in his eyes, "Chief, why are you here?" And with Pei Xingzhi.
Although Bai Fengyao was the deputy factory director, everyone in the technical department was used to calling him Section Chief or Master Bai. Furthermore, only a few people knew about the master-disciple relationship, so Li Xuezhi was naturally puzzled when he saw the two of them appear.
Pei Xingzhi stepped forward, ready to keep it a secret as usual, but was stopped by Bai Fengyao.
Pei Xingzhi looked over in confusion, and Bai Fengyao smiled and shook his head. Because of Leng Han and the others' plan, Pei Xingzhi had been tolerating Li Xuezhi recently, but Li Xuezhi became more and more rude to Pei Xingzhi.
Although Pei Xingzhi didn't care, Bai Fengyao didn't want to watch such a thing bullying his disciples, so he simply didn't hide it.
"It's Xiao Li. I didn't expect you to live here too." Bai Fengyao walked in with a smile.
Pei Xingzhi understood what his master meant and followed him without saying a word.
"Yes, I live here. Chief, do you want to talk to Engineer Pei about something?" Li Xuezhi asked tentatively.
Thinking of his other identity, he suddenly became alert.
Bai Fengyao went to talk to Pei Xingzhi about work. What kind of official business cannot be discussed in the department? He even came to his home to talk about it. There must be some secret.
Bai Fengyao's smile deepened. He patted Pei Xingzhi's shoulder and said, "Ah, since you've seen it, I won't hide it from you. Actually, Xingzhi and I are relatives. Xingzhi gave birth to a child recently, so I came to see my granddaughter."
relative?
So, when he and Pei Xingzhi first came, he must have given Pei Xingzhi special treatment.
Li Xuezhi forced a smile and said, "Is that so? Then you are busy."
Bai Fengyao nodded and added, "By the way, Xiao Li, don't tell anyone about this. Some people are narrow-minded and mistakenly think that I'm using a backdoor, so they spread some unpleasant rumors, which has a bad influence. I don't like hearing that, do you understand?"
Pei Xingzhi lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes hiding the smile in his eyes. He had never thought that his master had such a side.
Li Xuezhi's mouth twitched. This was a threat. From what he said, it seemed that only he, Li Xuezhi, knew about their relationship. If anyone heard any rumors, it was him who spread them.
However, knowing that this was a threat, Li Xuezhi could only keep his tail between his legs and said, "Don't worry, Chief. I understand. I understand."
The man in front of him was his immediate superior and the deputy director of the 715 Factory.
When they reached the door of his house, Bai Fengyao glanced at Pei Xingzhi, who had been keeping his head down, his hand covering his mouth. He knew what was going on and said calmly, "Laugh if you want to. Haven't you seen someone bullying others by taking advantage of their power?"
puff--
When the laughter sounded, Pei Xingzhi still kept his head down, his shoulders shaking. After a while, he raised his head, and although he had returned to his usual cold demeanor, a closer look revealed that a smile still lingered in his eyes.
Bai Fengyao raised his eyebrows and asked with interest, "How do you feel?"
From childhood to adulthood, whether in the Pei family or when he was dependent on Bai Fengyao, Pei Xingzhi never learned to bully others by taking advantage of his power.
The Pei family's family tradition and Bai Fengyao's personality are both about tolerance and humility, and they have never made things difficult for anyone.
So, being unreasonably protected by the elders was a novel experience for Pei Xingzhi.
Pei Xingzhi restrained his expression and said righteously, "It feels great."
These words were not what Pei Xingzhi would normally say, but at this moment, these were indeed his true feelings.
Bai Fengyao smiled and patted Pei Xingzhi on the shoulder, then scolded him, "Stinky boy!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sound from inside through the door.
"Ah—you little idiot, why did you pee again? I just changed my clothes!"
Pei Xingzhi and Bai Fengyao smiled at each other, pushed open the door, and walked in.
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