Chapter 95 The Wei Family's Troubles Mingxi is in the office...
Mingxi sat in her office for a while when she heard that someone had come looking for her.
She immediately got up and came out, but when she arrived at the door, she only saw a woman dressed plainly with a baby face.
Seeing that the other person's face was unfamiliar, Mingxi stepped forward blankly and asked, "Comrade, who are you?"
The other person stepped forward and introduced himself: "Hello, Comrade Ming, I am Bai Ling from the Municipal Public Security Bureau."
Mingxi was taken aback, her gaze unconsciously falling on the other person's face.
She looks like a minor; I never expected her to be a member of the Municipal Public Security Bureau.
"Comrade Ming?" Bai Ling asked in confusion, noticing Ming Xi's unusual gaze.
Upon hearing the voice, Mingxi quickly came to her senses: "Ah, Comrade Bai, hello, hello." She reached out and shook hands with Bai Ling briefly before letting go, and asked: "Comrade Bai, tell me, how should I test Dong Chunling?"
"It's like this, you'll do this then..."
When it came to serious matters, Bai Ling looked serious, and Ming Xi listened attentively. After Bai Ling finished speaking, she nodded seriously.
"Comrade Ming, I will be staying in Jinyu Hutong for the time being, posing as a distant relative of yours. This is my temporary address. If you need anything, you can come here to find me."
As Bai Ling spoke, she handed over a slip of paper. Ming Xi took it and glanced at it. The address written on the slip of paper was for a courtyard near her house.
She thought back and remembered that the courtyard had been empty before.
After meeting with the comrades from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Mingxi felt much more at ease.
She left work on time in the evening and walked home with her bag on her back. When she reached the entrance of the alley, she happened to run into Dong Chunling.
When Dong Chunling saw Mingxi, her expression wasn't pleasant. She snorted coldly, stiffened her neck, raised her head, tossed her hair, and turned to leave. Mingxi, however, saw Dong Chunling and her eyes lit up. She immediately stepped forward: "What a coincidence, Dong Chunling, you just got off work too!"
Dong Chunling glanced at Mingxi, frowning, "What do you want?"
She and Mingxi weren't very close. Usually, when they bumped into each other outside, Mingxi wouldn't come up to greet them. The fact that she was so enthusiastic today must mean she had something to say.
Dong Chunling's eyes darted around, and she crossed her arms, asking, "You're suddenly getting close to me, are you still trying to introduce me to someone? Didn't I tell you? No need, I don't like any of the ones you introduce me to. Besides, I already have a boyfriend."
Mingxi knew about her relationship with Li Xiangdong, of course, but at this moment, she pretended to open her mouth wide in surprise and asked, "You have a boyfriend?"
Dong Chunling raised her chin, smugly admiring Mingxi's surprised face.
"Yes, I have a boyfriend. He's a college student, good-looking and educated. After graduation, he'll become a government official!"
Mingxi knew Dong Chunling's personality well, so she deliberately feigned disbelief: "Really? You can actually date a college student? No, you're not lying, are you?"
Dong Chunling was indeed unconvinced and glared at him, saying, "Who's lying? I'm telling the truth. My boyfriend, Li Xiangdong, is a top student in the Chinese Department of Beicheng University. If you don't believe me, I'll bring him to you another day so you can see for yourself."
Although Li Xiangdong had told Dong Chunling not to reveal their relationship to outsiders to avoid gossip, Dong Chunling couldn't resist the urge to show off. In a moment of carelessness, she revealed all of Li Xiangdong's disguised identity.
While secretly taking notes, Mingxi, following the plan Bai Ling had taught her, urged Dong Chunling to say more.
"Even if you bring him to me, it won't make a difference. I don't know if he's your boyfriend or a top student from Peking University. What if he's just some random guy you randomly picked up somewhere?"
Dong Chunling was furious.
Who does Mingxi look down on? Why can't she date a college student?
She clenched her fists, her teeth itching with anger: "You just wait, you'll see when I bring my boyfriend to meet you one of these days!"
Dong Chunling left in a huff, and even after she had walked quite a distance, she still felt unhappy.
Damn it, who does Mingxi think she is? She looks down on her. Another day, she'll bring Li Xiangdong to Mingxi's place and give her a good slap in the face!
Mingxi, standing behind Dong Chunling, was grinning from ear to ear.
She was just testing Dong Chunling, but she didn't expect Dong Chunling to be so brainless. She was easily provoked by what Dong Chunling said and wanted to bring Li Xiangdong to her.
Her mission is progressing smoothly, and she might be able to arrest Li Xiangdong and his criminal gang soon!
Thinking about it this way, Mingxi was quite excited.
She went home smugly, and as soon as she got home, she saw Aunt He sitting in the house talking to her mother.
"Aunt He!"
Mingxi took the initiative to greet Aunt He.
"Oh, Xiaoming is back."
Aunt He looked up and saw Mingxi, greeted her, then turned back to Zhao Sulan and continued talking: "Oh dear, you're right, who would have thought it would turn out like this? If Old Ding had known she would do this, he definitely would have..."
Mingxi picked up the mug of cooled boiled water, gulped down more than half of it, and then looked curiously at Aunt He.
"Mom, Aunt He, what are you saying?"
Aunt He: "Oh, you don't know, we were talking about the Wei family. Wei the Second is getting a divorce from his wife."
Mingxi: "? What? Getting a divorce?"
She immediately sat down on the sofa and asked, "What happened?"
There was only one family with the surname Wei in their alley, and that was Wei Ning's family.
Mingxi instantly realized that Wei Ning's second brother actually wanted to divorce his second sister-in-law?
Aunt He sighed, "It's all because of Wei Lao Er's wife's reckless actions."
She said, "Everyone in our alley knows that the youngest son of the Wei family is not in good health. Although he looks fine now and is like a normal person, we all saw how he was in poor health when he was a child, before he had surgery."
Mingxi nodded. It was because she had seen how Wei Ning used to be in poor health that she always regarded Wei Ning as a sickly, fragile person, afraid that Wei Ning would shatter at any moment.
Aunt He: "But I've never seen Wei Lao Er's wife."
Wei Ning's second brother's wife was someone he met when he was working in the countryside. She was essentially a woman who married into the family from afar and didn't know anything about Wei Ning.
Aunt He: "You've heard how much Wei Lao Er's wife loves to stand out. Ever since Wei Lao Er brought her back from the countryside, the Wei family has had a lot of fights because of Wei Ning's job and Wei Lao Er's job."
I've heard of Mingxi before.
The Wei family had three sons. When the policy of sending educated youth to the countryside was introduced, the eldest son was already married, leaving only the second son and Wei Ning. Wei Ning had been in poor health since childhood. Although doctors said he was no different from a normal person after his surgery, the Wei family was still worried about him and firmly disagreed with letting him go to the countryside alone.
Of the Wei family members, only Wei Lao Er was left who could go to the countryside.
The Wei family elders definitely wanted to keep all three sons. At the time, Wei Ning's mother, Ding Yumei, even planned to give up her job so that her second son could take over, but the policy was what it was.
Except for families with only one child, one child in each family must go to the countryside. Even if they have a job, it's not allowed.
There was nothing else they could do but send Wei Lao Er to the countryside. Wei's family was reluctant to part with him, so they packed several sacks of things for him before he left. While Wei Lao Er was in the countryside, his family also sent him money every month.
Later, Wei Ning passed the exam and got a job at a steel rolling mill. After he was able to earn money, he would send money back to Wei Lao Er in the countryside every month.
These were all things that Wei Lao Er said in the alley after returning to the city. At the time, everyone was impressed, saying that the Wei family knew how to raise their children well, raising the three children to be of one mind. No other family in the alley had a better relationship than the three Wei brothers.
But things took a turn for the worse after Wei Lao Er's wife returned.
Wei Lao Er's wife is named Wu Yue. Although she comes from the countryside, her family is not bad off. I heard that her parents are cadres in the brigade. One is the brigade secretary and the other is the women's director. In any case, they are both government employees.
Wu Yue's family also spoiled her. From a young age, they gave her whatever she wanted, which fostered in her a personality that always strived to excel.
Wei Lao Er had just returned to the city and was unemployed. His parents found him a temporary job in the steel rolling mill workshop, telling him to keep working there and try to get a permanent position later.
Before Wei Lao Er could say anything, Wu Yue started making a scene.
Why is it that everyone else in the family has permanent jobs, but her husband is only a temporary worker?
Wu Yue smashed things and argued with Wei Lao Er, her words conveying the same message: either Wei's father should give up his job to Wei Lao Er, or Wei Ning should give up his job.
Wei's parents certainly wouldn't agree to it.
Wei's father is a fitter. He is currently a level 6 fitter, and his monthly salary plus subsidies is more than 80 yuan. If Wei's second son takes over, he can only start as a level 1 fitter, with a monthly salary of more than 10 yuan. His salary will be reduced by more than 70 yuan!
As for Wei Ning's work, that cannot be allowed to continue.
Wei Ning got his job through his own exams, and it had nothing to do with his family. Wei's parents felt that no matter what, there was no reason for Wei Ning to give up his job to Wei Lao Er.
Even Wei Lao Er felt that this was not right.
But Wu Yue didn't think that way. She felt that if Wei Lao Er hadn't felt sorry for Wei Ning and offered to go to the countryside himself, Wei Ning wouldn't have been able to stay in the city and get this job.
Wei Ning got this job entirely because of Wei Lao Er. Now that Wei Lao Er is back, Wei Ning should give up his job!
Besides, Wu Yue had long resented that the Wei family always gave in to Wei Ning.
She and Wei Lao Er had been in the city for half a month when she noticed that everyone in the family doted on Wei Ning. In the morning, Wei Ning received an extra egg compared to others, and in the evening, Wei Ning also had a special meal.
Wei Ning didn't have to lift a finger when it came to housework; even his socks were taken care of by Wei Laojia's son.
Why is it that Wei Ning gets the best deal? We're all from the Wei family, so why is Wei Ning the only one who gets the best deal?
Wu Yue was unwilling to give up, so she stirred up trouble between Wei Dasao and Wei Ning.
But Wu Yue didn't expect that Sister-in-law Wei was the wife Ding Yumei personally chose for Wei Laoda, and that she was of one mind with Ding Yumei. She immediately told Ding Yumei about it.
When Ding Yumei heard that her second daughter-in-law, who had just returned home, was up to such a dirty trick, she was immediately displeased and gave her a good scolding in front of the whole family.
Wu Yue behaved herself for only a few days after being scolded, but then she started making a scene over work.
This time she made a huge scene, and even though Wei Lao Er tried his best to stop her, he couldn't. In the end, Ding Yumei stood up and said that Wei Lao Er could do the temporary job if he wanted, or get out if he didn't.
Wei Lao Er is unemployed, and they have tried their best to help him find a job. If he is still picky, then he should get lost and find a job himself.
Although Wu Yue loved to excel, she was also good at reading people's expressions. Knowing that Ding Yumei was really angry, she immediately stopped making a fuss and obediently let Wei Lao Er go to work at the factory.
However, she still didn't stop her underhanded tactics. At home, she would either make sarcastic remarks about how the Wei family elders favored Wei Ning and that Wei Ning was taking advantage of them. She would also subtly sow discord between Wei's eldest sister-in-law and Wei's younger sister-in-law. Everyone says that the youngest son and the eldest grandson are the apple of the eye of the elders in the family, but the Wei family is different. They only cherish Wei Ning, their youngest son, and don't care about Wei's eldest sister-in-law's eldest grandson at all.
Wei Ning was not one to swallow his anger. When his second sister-in-law was being sarcastic, he pointed it out to her face, making her lose face at home.
As for Sister-in-law Wei, she was a straightforward person and listened to her mother-in-law Ding Yumei the most. Every time Sister-in-law Wei Er talked a lot in front of her, she would turn around and repeat what she said to Ding Yumei.
Then Ding Yumei started to lecture her, this ignorant second daughter-in-law.
Wu Yue was furious, but she refused to give up and continued to fight despite repeated defeats.
This caused the Wei family to have a fight every few days.
People in the alley often talked about the Wei family, and Mingxi had naturally heard about it as well.
However, Mingxi still couldn't understand: "Could it be that Wei Lao Er's wife wants a divorce because the Wei family is biased towards Wei Ning?"
Aunt He: "That's right! It's because of this!"
Mingxi: "Huh???"
She was completely baffled.
Although the Wei family members all favored Wei Ning, the two elders of the Wei family really did a very good job. They were unlike other parents who were biased and couldn't treat everyone equally.
Let's compare it to the Lin family.
Old Master Lin was also biased, favoring the eldest and third sons of the Lin family. So he tied up the second son, forcing the second branch of the Lin family to support the eldest and third branches.
But the Wei family is not like that at all. In important matters, the Wei family treats the three children equally. The three children go to school together, and after graduating from high school, they say they will buy jobs for all three children in the same way.
However, due to the policy at the time, one of the three children had to go to the countryside, so they had no choice but to select Wei Lao Er.
Later, the two elders of the Wei family realized they had wronged Wei Lao Er, so they sent him living expenses every month and kept asking people to help them get him transferred back.
Wei Lao Er got married in the countryside without saying a word. Although Wei's parents were not happy about it, they went to the countryside themselves, gave the bride price according to the city's customs, went through the six rites, and watched the two get married.
It can be said that, apart from the fact that they treated Wei Lao Er a little unfairly in the matter of going to the countryside, Wei's parents did not wrong Wei Lao Er in any way.
If Wu Yue were to accuse the Wei family elders of favoritism and want a divorce because of this, Ming Xi would genuinely think she was just making trouble out of nothing.
Aunt He: "Actually, to put it bluntly, it's just that Wu Yue is recklessly causing trouble because she's pregnant."
Mingxi: "Wu Yue is pregnant?"
Aunt He nodded.
Once this was explained, Xi understood.
No matter how much trouble Wu Yue caused before, she never dared to say anything about divorce.
She was also afraid that if she pushed him too far, Wei Lao Er would really divorce her.
But now that she's pregnant, the situation is different. No matter how much trouble she causes, the Wei family won't hold it against her for the sake of the child.
Aunt He: "Wu Yue found out she was pregnant this morning, and she started making a scene this afternoon. She's pregnant, so she has something to rely on. She's using the fact that she's pregnant to get Wei Ning a job. Old Ding and Old Wei disagreed, so she said she wanted a divorce. She said she'd rather take the child and go back to her parents' home alone than suffer in the Wei family."
"Old Ding and Old Wei were so angry at her words that they stared at each other, speechless."
Aunt He curled her lip, thinking that Wu Yue was quite brainless.
Wu Yue is making such a fuss now because she's pregnant, but what will happen after the baby is born?
She married far away, and her family lives far away. After the child is born, her mother may not be able to come and take care of her during her postpartum period. In that case, she will still have to rely on the Wei family for care. Now that she has offended the Wei family to death, what will she do then?
Mingxi couldn't help but purse her lips, thinking that Wu Yue's actions were really brainless.
Aunt Ding and Uncle Wei are clearly not the type to buy into this. No matter how much Wu Yue makes a fuss, it will probably all be for nothing in the end.
Mingxi was right. The next second, Aunt He said, "However, Lao Ding and Lao Wei still didn't budge in the end. They just didn't agree to let him work."
Mingxi: "Not surprising."
Aunt He: "In the end, Wu Yue left all alone, fuming."
Mingxi: "Hey, Aunt He, where's Wei Lao Er?"
Aunt He: "Wei Lao Er? He hesitated for a long time, but in the end he went after Wu Yue."
Mingxi waved her hand: "That's not what I meant. I wanted to ask what Wei Lao Er thinks."
Wu Yue felt that Wei Ning's job should be given to Wei Lao Er. As the person involved, what did Wei Lao Er think?
Speaking of this, Aunt He curled her lips again: "What can Wei Lao Er think? He and his wife have the same idea."
She said dismissively, "At first, when Wu Yue started making a scene, Wei Lao Er tried to stop her, saying that it was inappropriate for Wu Yue to cause such a scene, and that Wei Ning got his job through his own exams, so he had no right to ask Wei Ning to give up his job. But later, even though Wu Yue was making a scene every day, he didn't say anything, did he? At most, he would stand up and say a few words when Wu Yue was making a big fuss. What was the use of saying those two words? If he really thought Wu Yue was doing something wrong, he would have criticized her in private long ago, and Wu Yue wouldn't have kept making a scene like this."
Aunt He understood perfectly.
On the surface, it seems like Wu Yue was the only one making a fuss about Wei Ning giving up his job, but in reality, it was Wei Lao Er and Wu Yue making a fuss together.
Wei Lao Er might not have thought that way at first. He had heard Wu Yue say every day that the two elders of the Wei family were biased, and he also felt that he was being treated unfairly. Or Wei Lao Er might have felt from the beginning that he was the one who suffered a loss by going to the countryside, and that it was too much of a loss that he didn't have a formal job after returning. So he let Wu Yue make a fuss.
Only Wei Lao Er himself knows what he was thinking before.
However, everyone can see what he's thinking now.
He really wanted Wei Ning's job.
Mingxi couldn't help but purse her lips as well.
She still thought Wei Lao Er was a good person, but she didn't expect him to be such a bad person.
Regardless of whether it was appropriate for Wei Lao Er to want Wei Ning to work.
The fact that Wu Yue was allowed to cause trouble is unacceptable.
If Wei Lao Er really wants Wei Ning to work, then he should stand up and talk to Wei Ning himself. He wants both benefits and a good reputation, so he gets his wife to cause trouble for him. He hides behind his wife and makes a big fuss. When everyone else is criticizing Wu Yue, he pretends to be serious and joins in criticizing Wu Yue.
That's absolutely shameless!
Mingxi absolutely despises men like that.
Aunt He said, "I think Lao Ding and Lao Wei are completely disheartened this time. Maybe they will be able to make up their minds to separate from Wei Lao Er this time."
Even outsiders like Mingxi could see what Wei Lao Er was thinking, so how could Wei's parents, as his biological parents, not see it?
To put it bluntly, the reason why the two elders of the Wei family allowed Wu Yue to cause so much trouble at home was because they genuinely felt sorry for Wei Lao Er regarding the matter of going to the countryside.
But knowing his many ulterior motives, even if the two elders of the Wei family felt guilty, they couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
Mingxi: "That's really hard to say."
To reiterate, neither Ding Yumei nor Old Man Wei are hesitant or indecisive people.
Mingxi chatted with Aunt He about the Wei family for a long time, until it got dark, when Aunt He's husband came to call her back for dinner.
Aunt He went home for dinner, and Mingxi, who was left behind, rubbed his hands together, ready to eat.
However, she still needed to take care of her physiological needs before eating.
"Mom, I need to go to the toilet!" Mingxi called out to Zhao Sulan in a loud voice, clutching her stomach as she ran towards the public toilet outside the courtyard.
Zhao Sulan, who was preparing to bring the food out of the kitchen, sighed helplessly: "Where did this child get this bad habit? She doesn't know to go to the toilet unless she's eating. As soon as you mention eating, she runs to the toilet. If you didn't know better, you'd think she was going to do something else."
She thought to herself that when Mingxi came back, she had to have a good talk with him and get him to change this bad habit.
Mingxi, who had already run away, was naturally unaware of Zhao Sulan's murmurs.
She jogged to the public restroom, pinched her nose, and quickly slipped inside to relieve herself.
Having settled this important matter, she pulled up her pants and walked out, glancing at the alley entrance before immediately stopping.
Is that man standing under the streetlight at the alley entrance Li Xiangdong?
But the woman next to him, why is that Wu Yue?
Mingxi's eyes widened in an instant, and she immediately dodged behind a pile of firewood next to her.
How did Wu Yue end up with Li Xiangdong?
Wait, these two actually know each other?
Could it be that Wu Yue was also part of Li Xiangdong's fraud scheme?
In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Mingxi's mind. Her eyes widened as she stared intently at Li Xiangdong and Wu Yue not far away.
It was a cloudy day, and around seven o'clock, it was almost dark. The streetlights at the entrance of the alley could only illuminate a limited area, so neither Wu Yue nor Li Xiangdong noticed Ming Xi hiding not far away.
Wu Yue showed no signs of the temper she had displayed at the Wei family's house that afternoon. She smiled politely and said, "Comrade Li, I'm home. My home is in this alley. Thank you for bringing me back."
Li Xiangdong, with his refined manners, smiled like a sly wolf: "It's nothing, helping a female comrade is a gentleman's duty."
"Moreover, you're such a beautiful woman."
Wu Yue laughed so hard she almost fell over. She gave Li Xiangdong a deep look and said with a playful reproach, "Comrade Li, you really know how to joke."
Li Xiangdong stared intently at Wu Yue and said, "I'm not joking, Comrade Wu, you are the most beautiful female comrade I have ever seen."
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Mingxi's eyes were so wide they looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets, and she looked like she was questioning the meaning of life.
She must have heard correctly. Was Li Xiangdong trying to seduce Wu Yue?
Is this a flirting tactic?
But Wu Yue comes from a wealthy and influential family!
No, to be honest, Li Xiangdong does have a girlfriend!
The two of them...
Mingxi's CPU is about to burn out.
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