Chapter 276 Kneeling
Lu Mingjiang stared at him in astonishment. "What did you say, you idiot? Tell me again?"
Lu Dongping ignored him, climbed up the eaves, reached out and took Dandan, put him on the small stool at the door of the new house, and washed his hands and face with water.
Dandan cried and called for his mother, saying it hurt.
He rolled up his muddy trouser leg to show me that he had fallen down, and there was a piece of skin as big as a fingernail missing from his knee, and blood was oozing out.
"Okay, don't cry. Daddy will apply some medicine for you and it won't hurt. In a few days, we will go to find mom, and Daddy will take you." In fact, he knew that it was unlikely that Wen Wan would come back after she left. He didn't know what he was still insisting on. At this moment, he only knew that with the family in such a state, he didn't want Wen Wan to come back, and it was impossible for her to come back.
But if you asked him to say whose fault it was, he couldn't say. His mother hadn't had an easy life either. Her thinking was always so simple: as long as he liked her, she would like her too, even if she didn't like him. The problem now was that she was gone. No matter what Wen Wan had said before, or what he said, Lu Mingjiang and his wife didn't believe Wen Wan would come back.
The difference between the city and the mountains is too obvious. Unless you have water in your head, you will never think of coming back once you leave.
That's right. It's his fault.
But he didn't want to change. He was just like that, he was determined to stick to his ways.
If he didn't go and Wen Wan didn't come, their life would have come to an end.
He doesn't want this.
There was some mercurochrome in the room, which Wen Wan had bought for him to apply. He took some cotton and applied it on his testicles.
Dandan is a very obedient child and rarely cries. After Wenwan left, he didn't look for her during the day. He only looked for her at night, humming and whining. When he was very sleepy, he would fall asleep after being coaxed into sleep.
Now, probably because he was hurt from the fall, no matter how I comfort him, he won't be comforted.
The child was crying, and Zhang Hongying was crying too, scolding Lu Dongping while crying.
He forgot his mother after getting a wife, and now she can't even say anything about it since her wife is gone.
Lu Mingjiang was furious. He could see that he couldn't keep his son. He had lost his son since Wen Wan went back. Although he was back, his heart was not with him. This was a great way to exploit this issue!
The door slammed shut, blocking out the noise from outside. Lu Dongping carried Dandan into the house, changed him into clean clothes, and took out the photo he had been looking at so many times from under his pillow. He gave it to Dandan: "Well, this is Mommy. Take a good look at her. Be good, and I'll take you to see her soon."
He was incredibly clear-headed when he said this; he wasn't just speaking in anger; he had made up his mind to leave. Dandan couldn't live without his mother, and he couldn't live without Wenwan.
As for his family, he would give half of his monthly salary to his family over the years. There was no need to spend the money, and Lu Donglin was grown up, so she could live without him.
So what if he is unfilial? Anyway, he has never been obedient since he was a child.
I was supposed to come back for dinner, but I didn't. I changed Dandan's clothes and went out with the child in my arms. If I go to the commune now, I should be able to get food in the cafeteria.
Zhang Hongying's eyes were red as she cried, "What sin have I committed to give birth to such a debt collector? I don't even expect him to have food or drink, and now I can't even speak."
Lu Donglin snorted in the kitchen, "You just talk too much! Why don't you stop talking nonsense? Is it necessary to be like this now? You're not divorced, and you have two college students in your family. Who wouldn't envy you? Yet you keep nagging all day long."
"Who's envious? Are the people on the team almost biting their tongues? You two have been bewitched by ghosts, and those who left can come back?"
Lu Donglin said, "I don't know if the person who left can come back, but with someone like you, I know my sister-in-law will definitely not come back! People are afraid that their daughter-in-law will run away and the family will be broken up, but I think you are afraid that she will come back. With someone like you, what's the big deal about her coming back?"
"Lu Donglin, you idiot, how can you talk to your mother like that? Are you going to die?"
Lu Donglin leaned lazily against the back wall and sneered, "That's not the case. I'm just telling the truth. You can't let me speak anymore? This is not the way to spoil your wife, right? Even so, you're still asking this and that to introduce me to a date. What are you so busy about? Are you trying to find me a date or are you just trying to get all the daughters-in-law together quickly so you can act like a mother-in-law? I think my sister-in-law has spoiled you over the years."
After saying that, Zhang Hongying stood up all of a sudden, grabbed the stick by the wall and was about to hit someone with it: "You little bastard, tell me another story. What sin did I commit in my past life to give birth to such a rotten thing like you? It's all my fault. I've offended your ancestors for eight generations!"
Lu Dongping didn't bother to care about the chaos in the house. They were all adults, not children. Who could control someone for a lifetime?
He carried Dandan to the commune. It was past dinner time in the cafeteria, and the people inside were eating. When they saw him come in with the child, they were stunned for a moment and greeted him: "Hey, Secretary Lu, why are you here so late?"
Lu Dongping asked, "Something delayed me for a while. Do you have any food?"
“Yes, yes!”
Eat a pot with them, mixed flour buns with pickles, and two spoonfuls of grits porridge.
Lu Dongping ate most of it and took the rest to his office. He found a chair with a backrest, put the egg on it, and asked him to lie on the table and eat it slowly. He went to find Lin Chenghai nearby.
He never likes to drag his feet and always makes decisions quickly.
After explaining his purpose, Lin Chenghai was stunned for a long time: "Have you thought about it?"
Lu Dongping nodded: "Well, I've thought about it. I have hands and feet, and I can make a living anywhere."
"That's true, but it's really not easy for rural people to move to the city these days. Even if you quit your job, complete the paperwork, and transfer your food allowance, where can you go? You don't have a proper job there. You can't just go there and become an illegal resident, right? Not only you, but you also have children! Even if you can rely on others for a living, it's not common. As a man, this is the hardest thing."
Lu Dongping had thought about all this a long time ago. Although he didn't know how to do it, he had to go. He wanted to go first and see what would happen next, even if the food issue didn't change.
"Let's take it one step at a time. Even staying at home doesn't guarantee everything will get better. Dandan was born and raised by her. If he stays here, he won't grow up to be what she originally hoped for."
After he finished talking with Lin Chenghai, someone from the post office came over and called him, saying that there was a telegram for him.
There couldn't be too many words in the telegram, just a few, so I asked him why he didn't reply.
Reply?
There are a lot of letters written in the drawer of his desk at home, but he never sent them out.
There is no need to send it now, he is going there.
After spending two days completing the necessary procedures, he never went to the commune again. He washed his and Dandan's dirty clothes at home, packed up everything he could take with him, and then he just needed to tell his family before leaving.
His family didn't know about it yet, but the news that he had withdrawn from the armed forces and completed the formalities spread quietly among the team.
In the evening, just after work, Lu Mingjiang and his wife arrived home to find dinner cooked as usual. After dinner, Lu Dongping sat at the door of the kitchen and said, "I plan to take Dandan to the capital tomorrow."
As soon as the words came out, Zhang Hongying was stunned on the spot.
Lu Mingjiang asked him, "How long do you plan to be gone this time?"
"I don't know. I'll find out when I get there."
"You sent Wen Wan back before the New Year, and she was delayed for almost a month. How long has it been since then, and you're going there again? Do you think the capital is just across the Xihe River and you can just wade across and be done with it?"
Lu Dongping sighed deeply and replied, "Yes, I know. I've already quit my job at the commune, so it doesn't matter how long I'm delayed this time."
Lu Mingjiang was shocked. "What did you say? What the hell is going on in your head, Lu Dongping? Is that woman so important to you that you've given up your job and your family?"
Lu Dongping said nothing.
He didn't refuse it. He was quite greedy and wanted everything, so he wanted to give it a try.
He chose the path, and he will go all the way even if it means getting hurt.
Zhang Hongying wiped her eyes with her hand. Now she was calmer than Lu Mingjiang. She called out to him, "Dongping, are you really determined to go? Have you thought about what it would be like to take the children there? Your father and I don't have to tie you up at home. People can be buried anywhere, not just in Lujiazui. But you have to think clearly about how you're going to get there."
"If you don't want to work in the armed forces, you can come back and farm to earn work points. At least you can make ends meet. But if you leave, you'll be an illegal resident over there. How will you live? Even if Wen Wan wants to, she's a woman who's in school now. How can she support the whole family? How can a woman support you forever? You don't want to eat gigolos, do you?"
"If the city is so easy to get to, who wouldn't want to go?"
"If you want to leave because I have a problem with Wen Wan and I didn't take good care of the child, then I will apologize to you and I promise you—" As he said this, he could no longer maintain his composure and knelt on the ground with his legs bent: "I will apologize to you and Wen Wan. It's my fault!"
Lu Dongping stood up suddenly, and Lu Donglin shouted, "Mom, what are you doing? What do you mean?"
Zhang Hongying was determined to kneel on the ground. She just couldn't believe that even after she had come this far, Lu Dongping would still insist on having his own way.
A woman may not look very strong, but it is really difficult to fall down once she makes up her mind.
It was like a fight, and Dandan was so scared that he burst into tears.
Lu Dongping frowned, and he and Lu Donglin lifted the person up from the left and right, put her on the bench, and she knelt down again.
Lu Dongping became impatient, loosened his grip, turned around, picked up Dandan and went back to the house.
Lu Donglin was so angry that he let go. "If you want to cry or make a fuss, just do it. I don't care about you. You seem to be talking in a serious tone, but normally it won't last more than two minutes. You're doing it again. What's wrong with him leaving? Even if he leaves, I'm still here. Can it kill you? He's going to look for my sister-in-law, not to do anything else dangerous. You're making such a fuss that people think our roof has collapsed and someone has died!"
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