Family disgrace should not be made public. Besides, divorce is uncommon in this era. If Ding Yushu had not been educated, she would not have said this. Of course, she was just talking. At least the two families would not allow her to divorce. People in the village also cared about their reputation, especially that they would never find another sucker like Zhang Zhi.
Zhang Rui said this when he complained to Tianjiao.
Yes, in his eyes, his second brother Zhang Zhi was a sucker. He was bewitched by that face and didn't pay attention to other things. Only after he married him home did he find out that he was a swindler. It was only because Zhang Zhi had a good temper and was honest and simple that he never complained. If he had a bad temper, he would have turned the tables long ago.
Tianjiao didn't say a word about this. In her heart, this new father had a very good temper.
Ding Yushu was very concerned about her reputation, so the matter was easily settled. She ran back to her room crying, and left Dabao, the eldest grandson of the Zhang family who was also crying in the room, in the yard. She then locked the door and did not come out. She stayed there for a day. The next day, she took the cakes bought by the second son of the Zhang family and went to the educated youth site triumphantly.
This series of commotion left the inexperienced Tianjiao dumbfounded.
Old lady Li Mizhen sent her away with a sneer, and went to chat with other old ladies while holding her grandson.
The new father Zhang Rui brought his daughter back to the room and unwrapped the package that had been tied to his back as if he were presenting a treasure.
A mass of clothes and shoes was wrapped in a dark blue cloth.
This was the countryside, and even when he went out to the street he was only in the county town. In those days, there weren't many good things, and the clothes he bought in the county town were just simple little skirts.
It was olive green and black and white plaid, with a simple style and no belt. In addition to the skirt, there were two small blue jackets that were just slightly larger than her body.
At the bottom, Tianjiao also saw a pair of clean cloth shoes.
"Come on, try it on." Zhang Ruixing put the clothes on the couch excitedly, "Dad will go out first, and open the door after you change your clothes."
Tianjiao blinked, and tears fell from her eyes. Before Zhang Rui left, she rushed over and hugged his waist, "Thank you, Dad."
Zhang Rui pinched her cheek and said with a smile, "Why thank you? Didn't we agree that you would be my daughter and take care of me in my old age? I can't treat you badly. What if you don't give me new clothes when I'm old?"
"Pfft." Tianjiao laughed out loud, almost bursting into a snot bubble. "Got it, you go out first."
"Hey, hurry up." Zhang Rui closed the door and sat down at the door.
But as soon as he looked up, he saw his father coming back.
"Dad" Zhang Rui waved with a smile.
Junxiu's face is full of sunshine and cheerfulness. Although he is usually lazy, many aunts like his appearance. Since he was 18 years old, many aunts have proposed to him, but he has always refused.
Zhang Dagen is over 50 this year. He is still strong but old. He has seen his sons get married and have children, but his favorite youngest son got a baby girl from nowhere and went crazy. He has always been angry, so naturally he is not in a good mood when he sees him now. "Look at you, you are idle all day long. You have been missing all day today. Where have you been?"
Zhang Rui still smiled and said, "I didn't go anywhere. I just took a walk around the county."
Zhang Dagen had a fierce face and a thin body. He didn't blame him at all. He took off his shoes and threw them at him, "You are so playful and have no integrity."
"Hey" Zhang Rui raised his eyebrows, reached out to catch it, and threw the shoe back.
"Send that girl away quickly." After this commotion, Zhang Dagen looked better and said while putting on his shoes.
The smile on Zhang Rui's face disappeared immediately. "If Tianjiao wants to leave, then I will leave too."
But Zhang Dagen was so angry that he shook his head. He didn't want to look at him anymore and went to get some water to wash his feet.
At the dinner table, Tianjiao went over obediently to help serve the dishes. Worried that his daughter might get scalded, Zhang Rui also hurriedly followed behind to help.
Zhang Dagen looked at her and felt less dislike for the girl.
Especially Li Mizhen, who was the most sensitive. She liked girls in the first place. If this wasn't her own granddaughter, she would have been reluctant to take care of her no matter what. Now seeing that this girl was well-behaved and sensible, and had been here for a few days, she would always help with the work to the best of her ability. Her heart softened, and she began to think about letting Zhang Rui adopt her.
Although the Zhang family claimed that the girl was the eldest son's child and that the third son brought her home, in fact, everyone in the village knew that it was a lie, because the girl always called the third son of the Zhang family "Dad".
Besides, the eldest son of the Zhang family, Zhang Dong, joined the army when he was sixteen years old. In the sixteen years since then, apart from the fixed annual allowance, not a single extra word has been heard from him.
Oh, I did write letters in the first few years, but there was really no news afterwards. Li Mizhen was angry every time she thought about this. She heard that almost the whole village was saying that the eldest son of the Zhang family had died. The allowance was a compassionate allowance.
After so many years, Li Mizhen has actually accepted this fact in her heart, so she began to think that when the child grows up a little and is registered, she will directly adopt him to the eldest brother's side. At least he will have a descendant and someone to burn paper for him in the future.
There is no need to think about Zhang Zhi, the second son of the Zhang family. He is a henpecked man. The wife he married two years ago, Ding Yushu, is lazy as hell, but at least she gave birth to a son last year. Li Mizhen usually tolerates it as much as she can, and she does everything for the sake of her eldest grandson.
It is the third child, Zhang Rui, who has been rebellious since childhood. He didn't like studying and fought all day long. He started working at the age of sixteen. Half a year ago, his family used their connections to send him to a carpenter as an apprentice.
A few days ago, the carpenter called the team and said he was missing. The Zhang family was scared to death and asked everyone to help look for him for a while. Of course, he came back by himself with the child in his arms.
No one knew where this child came from, but there had never been any news of a child this big being lost in the area.
To be honest, if we want to support them, it is actually possible. Although the Zhang family does not look well off, the second son is a driver and he goes out to help the team with work on weekdays. He earns three yuan a month and also receives various tickets. As for the eldest son, although there has been no news from him, he has sent back one or two hundred every year for so many years, and last year he gave back a full two hundred.
But when Li Mizhen thought about Zhang Rui bringing home a baby girl before getting married and saying he wanted to raise her like this, she felt a little depressed.
The idea of adoption was still in her mind, but Li Mizhen didn't take much care of Tianjiao. She served her some coarse grains and a steamed bun with a stern face, then her eyes fell on her son and she knocked on the table, "Third brother, are you really not going to send this child away?"
This topic was talked about every day during meals these days, and Zhang Rui's face turned dark whenever it was brought up.
Zhang Zhi is a tall and steady man. His parents and wife are in charge of family affairs. Especially on this day when his wife was still angry, he came out of the room, holding two bowls of rice and some vegetables into the room, and did not get involved in the matter.
Tianjiao ate in small bites and didn't care about it.
Whether she could stay or not was not important. Although Tiandao Dad wanted her to find a new father so that she could live a good life in the world, she felt that even without such a family, she could still live well. After all, could Tiandao Dad just watch her starve?
It’s just that this father really gets along with her, so she still has expectations, but she won’t force it and will just listen to their decision.
Zhang Rui said in a deep voice, "I told you, she is my daughter. I will take Jiaojiao to see the captain tomorrow. Jiaojiao is my child."
After he finished speaking, he was hit on the head by Zhang Dagen's chopsticks.
Zhang Rui covered his forehead with his hands in grievance, his face flushed with anxiety, "Dad, what are you doing?" After saying that, he hurriedly looked at Tianjiao, and seeing her distressed face, he was relieved and said, "Jiaojiao, it was your grandfather who was wrong, not Dad."
Tianjiao nodded obediently, "Yes, Dad, Jiaojiao will rub it for you."
"Okay, my dear daughter." Zhang Rui lowered his head with a smile. In fact, it didn't hurt that much, but he felt sweet in his heart because his daughter felt distressed.
In just a few days, Zhang Rui has perfectly adapted to the role of a father.
But Zhang Dagen, who was sitting next to him, sneered, "You little bastard, you haven't even got married yet, how are you going to raise a child?"
Zhang Rui stiffened his neck and said, "Why can't we raise him? Look, Jiaojiao is already five years old. He can eat and drink by himself, dress himself, and is smart. It's so easy to raise him."
Zhang Dagen snorted and said no more.
Raising a child is easy, but it costs a lot of money to take care of his eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, and if he gets sick. And if it’s a girl, you’ll have to give her away in the future.
Tianjiao listened to their conversation in silence. He took a small bite of the steamed bun. When he saw Zhang Rui winking at him, he immediately smiled with his lips pursed. He didn't even open his delicate little mouth, and his eyes were narrowed into crescents.
The two people who were eating felt a little bit sorry for what happened. They looked at each other, and Li Mizhen secretly kicked her husband's leg and winked at him.
Zhang Dagen opened his mouth and wanted to agree, but when he thought that Tianjiao was a girl, he felt upset and turned his face away.
After dinner, everyone was busy.
As a traditional man, Zhang Dagen put down his bowl and went out to play with his hands behind his back.
Li Mizhen needs to clean up all the things in the house, and it is impossible for her daughter-in-law to help. She stays in the room all day long, and the clothes are washed by the second son. What a shame.
Zhang Rui went to boil water for Tianjiao to take a bath.
Tianjiao, who was left unattended, ran to the corner of the yard and poked a small grass with a yellow tip.
A breeze brushed her cheek, and nothing happened.
Tianjiao pouted unhappily and threatened, "If you don't show up again, Jiaojiao will ignore you."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the grass in front of him that was swaying in the breeze move, and the slender leaves curled up along the little finger.
It's good that you're here.
Tianjiao looked around and saw no one, so he whispered, "Tiandao Dad, Jiaojiao misses you so much."
As soon as these words came out, Tianjiao's big eyes turned red instantly, and tears filled his eyes and fell down.
She really missed her previous life, when she didn't have to worry about anything and had Tiandao father to take care of her. She had only been in the human world for a few days, but she had always been despised. She knew that her new father's family didn't have much money, so they were unwilling to take in another child. She could understand that, but it still made her feel bad.
This pain makes me miss the good times before.
The more I miss home, the more I miss it.
I miss my father Tiandao, the big white crane that always takes me out to play, and the days when I could have delicious food automatically every day when I woke up.
Tianjiao is not from this world, and she doesn't know who she is. She has been conscious since birth, and she is wrapped in a warm air flow.
From time to time, a gentle and generous voice would speak to her and call her Jiaojiao.
Slowly, she was able to move, and the airflow that enveloped her became thinner and thinner. She saw a young man in black clothes, smiling gently. At the first sight, she knew that this was her father, and also the Heavenly Dao who governs the laws of the world.
She was just like a normal child, growing up under his protection until one day, she fell ill, her body became weaker and weaker, and her spiritual power kept dissipating.
Tiandao father disappeared for a long time. When he appeared again, he said that she must go to the mortal world and live the life of an ordinary person before she can continue to live as an immortal. Otherwise, her spiritual power will be exhausted and she will disappear in this world.
Tianjiao was naturally willing to continue living. After calculations, she found that the autumn of 1975 in this world was the most suitable for her, and she also deduced that there were opportunities for her here.
So she was sent here.
When Tianjiao woke up, she saw Zhang Rui at first sight. She instinctively felt a strong affinity and knew that this man was the new father chosen for her by Tiandao father. She called him "Dad" without hesitation.
Zhang Rui was also a carefree person. When he heard that she had no family and didn't know how she got here, he happily decided to really adopt her as his daughter and take her home.
He probably really didn't want to get married, and a daughter just happened to fall from the sky.
Tianjiao was also very happy. As soon as he opened his eyes, he completed what he thought was the most difficult task and successfully entered the mortal world.
But what happened next was not so happy.
Life was not that good in that era, and the Zhang family, who made money quietly, was not that good either. Raising one more child meant one more burden, especially when they knew that she was only five years old and looked almost as good as the six or seven-year-old children in the village. They decisively refused to raise her because she ate too much and they could not afford to raise her.
The three courts held several trials, and Tianjiao was present throughout the whole process. Seeing Zhang Rui gritting his teeth and refusing to give in, the two elders acquiesced in Tianjiao's existence.
At that time, Ding Yushu, the wife of Zhang Rui's second brother Zhang Zhi, opposed it, but was retorted by Zhang Rui with just a few words.
But the insecurity of these days and the fear that she might be abandoned at any time have always been in her heart, and she has always been helpless.
For the first time, Tianjiao realized that without spiritual power and the help of Tiandao father, she could do nothing. .
However, it is gratifying that the conversation at the table today was much more relaxed than the previous few days. After her continuous cuteness, the two elderly people who were most opposed were no longer so determined.
Thinking of this, Tianjiao clenched his fists, full of confidence.
Just looking at the slender leaf wrapped around her fingers, Tianjiao's mouth pursed, and a bean-sized tear fell from her eye socket. She still wanted to go back to Tiandao father.
The grass at the fingertips rolled up a little harder, and the teardrops were blown away by the wind and fell to the ground, then gently touched her face, as if to comfort her.
Tiandao is the guardian of the laws, but he is also restricted by the laws. He cannot appear in this ordinary plane, cannot change a person's mind, and cannot give her much help.
Feeling the silent comfort from Tiandao's father, Tianjiao wiped his tears with his chubby hands and said firmly, "Don't worry, Dad. Jiaojiao is the cutest child. They will definitely like Jiaojiao."
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Mizhen, who was squatting on the other side washing dishes, saw the pitiful little figure squatting in the corner, and her heart felt a little sour. Just then, the third child came out of the kitchen, and she waved to him.
Zhang Rui hurried over and asked, "Mom, what instructions do you have?"
Li Mizhen cursed with a smile, and whispered, "Be honest, I mean, this girl stays at our house all day long, and I'm afraid she'll get sick from being suffocated. If you really want to take care of her, then..."
She was still a little hesitant, and stammered the last few words.
Zhang Rui put down the bucket anxiously, squatted beside her and asked, "Mom, what do you want to say?"
"Oh, forget it. What I mean is that why don't you let the girl go to school. The primary school in the brigade is still open, and it would be good for her to find some playmates. Anyway, the money you have given me in the past few years is enough to raise a child." After Li Mizhen finished speaking, she felt relieved, but her expression was a little embarrassed and uncomfortable.
Zhang Rui suddenly realized, looked at his mother's expression, and said, "Jiaojiao, come here and thank grandma. Grandma told you to go to school."
Tianjiao was stunned, not quite understanding what going to school meant, but he understood the implication of Zhang Rui's words, and immediately ran over, hugged Li Mizhen's neck, kissed her on the cheek, and said sweetly, "Thank you, grandma."
Li Mizhen was caught off guard.
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