Chapter 34 Chapter 34 handed it to Jiang Xiaoci: "This is for you...
Han Jingyuan understood. Just now, someone from a few days later came to the store to register as a matchmaker. He was curious: "Who is here?"
Jiang Xiaoci was wondering, before opening the store, she first met Uncle Cheng, and now it's Cheng Yanshu. It seems that she has a special connection with Grandma Xie's family.
She said, "It was Brother Cheng on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. He asked me to introduce a girl to his father. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and didn't let him know. Zheng Yunzhi is Uncle Cheng's first love. Her husband, who has been missing for half a year, will be back in a few days. I want you to bring her back in advance. Do you think it's okay?"
Han Jingyuan asked in detail and found out that coincidentally, Zheng Yunzhi was the daughter of Duan Linyan who married to Beijing through Grandma Xie. The police station that handled the police report after Zheng Yunzhi's husband disappeared happened to be the Heping Police Station where Han Jingyuan worked.
It's definitely possible, but it needs to be done naturally. Han Jingyuan said, "It's best to find someone you know to encourage the family to go to the police station to urge them, so that I have a reason to take over."
It has been half a year since the missing case happened. If the family members urge him to come forward, and Brother Han, a newcomer, steps forward to take on the tough task and appease the family members, the director and his colleagues will definitely be willing to do so.
Jiang Xiaoci said, "That's easy. Grandma Xie knows their family, and the matter is related to Uncle Cheng. I'll ask Grandma Xie to go and talk to them."
Han Jingyuan came here to celebrate Jiang Xiaoci's birthday. He knew that the Xie family would celebrate her birthday in the evening, so he planned to treat her to lunch at noon.
"Where would you like to eat at noon?"
Jiang Xiaoci is a person who will definitely do something if she has something on her mind. She is in a hurry to go home to see Grandma Xie. Compared to celebrating her birthday, she has to do the urgent matter first.
"I asked Brother Cheng. Today is the ninth day of the lunar new year. Zheng Yunzhi will be at home. I'd better go back and take a look first."
"Okay, I'll go back to the station early and check the missing file of Zheng Yunzhi's husband." Han Jingyuan estimated the time: "It's 7:30, almost time to finish dinner. Wait for me at the entrance of the family compound and I'll give you your birthday present."
Jiang Xiaoci smiled and said, "Can't I send it now?"
Han Jingyuan became uneasy for the first time: "I have to go talk to grandpa first."
"Okay then, I'll wait for you in the evening." Jiang Xiaoci was puzzled. Did she need grandpa's consent to send a gift?
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Jiang Xiaoci did not delay and returned to Grandma Xie's house. Zheng Yunzhi arrived earlier than she expected, and when the conversation got to the point where Grandma Xie's brows furrowed.
Jiang Xiaoci knew who the guest was, but in everyone's eyes, she shouldn't know. She pretended not to know and asked, "Grandma Xie, there's a guest at home. Who is this?"
Xie Shuju introduced in a calm tone, "She is your grandmother Duan's daughter. Her mother brought her to Beijing to visit me and asked me to let her stay for a while. She wanted me to introduce her to a marriage partner, but she couldn't wait and found a marriage partner by chance. I don't approve of her marrying a widower with two children, but they are willing, so I can't do anything about it."
Jiang Xiaoci had asked these questions from Brother Cheng who came on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. After hearing them again, she still felt they were outrageous.
She asked: "What is Aunt Zheng doing here this time?"
Zheng Yunzhi was deliberately beaten by Xie Shuju, and she felt depressed: "Aunt Xie, why did you tell my story to a child?"
Xie Shuju defended her: "She celebrated her 18th birthday today and has already opened her own shop to start her own business. She is not a child anymore."
Zheng Yunzhi didn't come to talk about Jiang Xiaoci. After Cheng Lianjin divorced and mother and son reconciled, she thought about easing the relationship with Xie Shuju and slowly getting closer.
The best way, naturally, is to start with the emotional cards of the previous generation.
She knew that it was a little late to come to your house, so she came up to reflect first: "Aunt Xie, I really couldn't help you when your family was sent down. Later, your family had so many problems, and I was embarrassed to come to your house because of my status."
Xie Shuju was disdainful. Since she knew that, she still had the audacity to come to the house. She was exactly the same as her mother Duan Linyan.
She smiled and asked, "Then why are you so embarrassed to come here today?"
Zheng Yunzhi was anxious. "Grandma Xie, my mother called me recently and said she was having heart palpitations and was upset. She also said that she and you and Aunt He were good sisters for life. How could it have come to this? I said, it was because of us, the younger generation, who did some foolish things that caused the rift between you old sisters. But because of us, you have severed decades of sisterhood. What a pity."
Xie Shuju had seen through her little tricks long ago, and spoke with a hint of sneer.
"You came to persuade me to reconcile with your mother, is it because Lian Jin is divorced and you want to be friends with him again? He has been a live-in son-in-law in the Chu family for ten years, and I have never seen you so attentive. Now you come and say you want to repair the relationship, even if you are sincere, I can't believe it."
Zheng Yunzhi still wanted to argue: "Aunt Xie, please don't say that. I know you have been sent down to the countryside for ten years and have suffered a lot, but you can't think that everyone is a bad person because of this."
Xie Shuju waved her hands: "No matter how much you talk, I don't want to listen."
Zheng Yunzhi suddenly changed her strategy and said aggrievedly: "Aunt Xie, you introduced me to a marriage, and I feel aggrieved when you say this now."
Aunt Cheng was really angry. She needed to rest because of her pregnancy, but she really couldn't stand this evil breath.
She ran out of the room and said, "Zheng Yunzhi, how can you say that? When you first came to our house, I treated you like a real sister and was very good to you. My mom said that I would introduce you to someone slowly, but you couldn't wait and chose someone you liked. You found out that she had been sterilized right after you got married. My mom advised you not to be a stepmother, but you insisted on going. Now you can't turn the tables and say that we were the one who introduced you to a marriage. That family is just an ordinary friend of my mom, and they told you the actual situation. How can you confuse right and wrong?"
Zheng Yunzhi covered her face and cried, "I'm sorry, I'm so sad. I really want to go back to the past, but I can't. Aunt Xie, can't you forgive me?"
Jiang Xiaoci felt annoyed after hearing this. If she wanted to be forgiven, she should make amends. Anyone would be annoyed if she went to someone's house crying and forcing them to do so.
Jiang Xiaoci helped, saying, "Aunt Zheng, today is my birthday. Grandma Xie agreed to celebrate my birthday. Don't make everyone unhappy. Go back first."
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Zheng Yunzhi walked out of the door covered in dust and the aggrieved smile on her face immediately disappeared. She slowed down her pace with a faint expression and walked in this community full of noble people. She once had the opportunity to stay here, but Xie Shuju felt that her son should be matched with a more suitable one. Look, she died of dystocia, and Cheng Lianjin suffered so much in vain.
What a coincidence, she ran into Cheng Lianjin. Zheng Yunzhi's smile returned to her face and she greeted him gently: "What a coincidence, I came to see Aunt Xie today, where are you from?"
Cheng Lianjin was surprised, but tried to remain calm: "I'm selecting flowers and plants at the nursery. The store will open on the 16th of the first lunar month, so time is pretty tight."
Zheng Yunzhi nodded and left without saying anything else.
Cheng Lianjin turned his head and looked at her back, feeling very complicated. When Zheng Yunzhi and her mother came to visit their home, in just a few days, both of them secretly fell in love with each other, but it was a pity that they were not destined to be together.
Some things are over and done with. When you look back, you are no longer the same person as before.
Cheng Lianjin returned home and saw a depressed look on his mother's face. His mother had always disagreed with Zheng Yunzhi's choice, so she didn't like her either.
He sighed and advised, "Mom, I just ran into Yunzhi outside. She's actually having a hard time."
Xie Shuju couldn't help but blame: "Her family almost betrayed your son, and she still wants to persuade me and Duan Linyan to have a deep sisterly love. It's a foolish dream."
What could Cheng Lianjin say? He just felt that Zheng Yunzhi was quite pitiful.
"Mom, Aunt Duan is Aunt Duan. What the little girl from the Ji family did was indeed outrageous, but Yunzhi has always been a very nice person."
Jiang Xiaoci thought, Uncle Cheng was such a soft-hearted and gullible person, no wonder Aunt Zheng took advantage of him in just a few days.
She treated Grandma Xie's family as her own and said frankly: "Uncle Cheng, I can see that Aunt Zheng's husband has been missing for half a year, you just got divorced, and Grandma Xie has been reinstated. She wants to find your family to ease the relationship first, and then find an opportunity to be Brother Cheng's stepmother."
Cheng Lianjin blushed and said quickly, "Don't talk nonsense like that. I have no intention of remarrying."
Jiang Xiaoci said, "I'm not making this up. This is what she thought. You all know it. Don't deny it in front of your family. But you also know Aunt Zheng's husband. He is just missing, not confirmed dead. What if he comes back one day? What will you do?"
Everyone was shocked by these words, especially Xie Shuju, who warned her son vigilantly.
"Like Xiaoci said, you are already in your forties, and I will not interfere in your affairs anymore. If you want to open a flower shop, I support you. If you want to remarry, I will be happy. But because of what our family has experienced, every decision we make now must be made carefully. You need to keep some distance from Zheng Yunzhi. If you really want to remarry, let Xiaoci introduce you to someone."
Xiaoci nodded repeatedly. If Uncle Cheng said to register, she could help him check the red line.
"Uncle Cheng, do you want to register with me?"
Cheng Lianjin blushed and refused: "Mom, my flower shop hasn't opened yet, let me do something I like first."
Xie Shuju was relieved: "Okay, it's up to you."
After talking to Uncle Cheng, Jiang Xiaoci then told Grandma Xie about Zheng Yunzhi's missing husband. It's already the new year, so she asked his family to urge the police station again.
"If Aunt Zheng's lover is found, then Uncle Cheng will have no trouble."
Although the possibility was small, Xie Shuju wanted to give it a try and said, "You're right. I'll go talk to the Mei family right away."
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In the evening, Grandma Xie, Uncle Cheng, Aunt Cheng, and Cheng Yanshu were all at home to celebrate Jiang Xiaoci's birthday.
In winter, it gets dark early, and dinner is eaten early. At 7:10, Jiang Xiaoci said she was going to the gate of the community to wait for someone: "Brother Han said he was here to give me a birthday present."
Xie Shuju asked her grandson to accompany her, while Jiang Xiaoci and Cheng Yanshu waited at the door until seven-fifty.
It was cold outside, so Cheng Yanshu told her not to wait any longer: "He was late himself. The guardhouse will call him when he arrives. But he is so late, I don't think he will come. Why didn't they call in advance and make people wait so long?"
Brother Han is very punctual. If he doesn't come, he will definitely call. There must be an emergency and he doesn't have time to call.
Jiang Xiaoci said: "He is a policeman, it is normal for him to have emergencies, so let's go back first."
"Aren't you angry?" Cheng Yanshu asked.
Jiang Xiaoci was puzzled: "Why should I be angry when others are busy with urgent matters? I am very worried about his situation now."
Cheng Yanshu: ...Isn’t it because we have an appointment? Judging from Jiang Xiaoci's attitude, does she like Han Jingyuan?
In fact, he could feel that although Jiang Xiaoci called both him and Han Jingyuan brothers, their closeness to each other was different.
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The two had just arrived home when Xie Shuju hung up the phone. The call was from Han Jingyuan.
She relayed this to Jiang Xiaoci: "Your brother Han said he was out of town on business, and he just found the phone to call you, and he also said he was going to give you your birthday present when he came back to make it up to you."
Jiang Xiaoci was relieved and said to Cheng Yanshu: "See, I told you that Brother Han was in trouble."
The next morning, Jiang Xiaoci went to the Heping Police Station to inquire. The police saw that it was a little girl looking for Han Jingyuan and asked with a smile: "Who are you to Han?"
Jiang Xiaoci's smile is very contagious, and her voice is naturally sweet when she smiles: "I am his neighbor's sister in Yuncheng, living with my relatives. He called last night and said he was on a business trip. I didn't answer the call, so I was a little worried."
The police colleague said: "Don't worry, there is no danger this time. Half a year ago, someone reported him missing. Yesterday, he came crying and couldn't be comforted. Xiao Han took the initiative to take over and said he would check again. He is really enthusiastic, serious and responsible."
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In the next two days, Brother Han didn't call back. I don't know how the search for the person is going. With such specific clues, he should be able to bring the person back earlier, right?
Uncle Cheng travels between the nursery base and the flower shop every day, and he only lives in the flower shop.
Aunt Zheng has never been to the flower shop. If she wants to meet Uncle Cheng, she can only go to the nursery base.
Jiang Xiaoci told Grandma Xie her guess: "If Aunt Zheng wants to rekindle her relationship with Uncle Cheng, she has to create an opportunity to meet. If she doesn't come to our house or go to the flower shop, will she go to the nursery base?"
After being shocked, Xie Shuju immediately went to check and found that Zheng Yunzhi had already found someone and arranged for him to work at the nursery base.
This made Xie Shuju so angry that her blood pressure rose. It was the first time she lost control like this and she called Yuncheng to argue with Duan Linyan.
"Duan Linyan, how could you allow Zheng Yunzhi to contact Lian Jin behind my back? If you can't manage it, then I will."
Duan Linyan not only did not feel guilty, but instead felt that Xie Shuju was too domineering.
"Shuju, can you and I stop the children's relationship? Instead of getting angry, you should adjust your mindset and persuade yourself to accept it. Your son has suffered a lot and finally regained some confidence in life. If you continue to suppress him, he will collapse mentally and it will be too late to regret it then."
That’s not all. Zheng Yunzhi was a filial son. When she heard her mother being scolded, she was eager to protect her. She felt very brave and came again to try to persuade Xie Shuju.
"Aunt Xie, I admit that I went to the nursery base because I wanted to meet Lian Jin, but you can't vent your anger on my mother. You still want to control your eldest son who is over 40 years old. Aren't you afraid of driving him to death?"
Xie Shuju was almost fainted from anger.
Jiang Xiaoci wanted to rush over to help curse a few words, but suddenly the phone rang. No one at home was available to answer it, so she went to answer it, and it was Han Jingyuan on the other end of the line.
Brother Han said that the person has been found and everything has been investigated. Zheng Yunzhi's husband went on a business trip and provoked the local tyrant. The tyrant was a ruthless man and after beating him up, he was sent to an illegal coal mine to dig coal. Police forces are currently being organized to rescue him.
Jiang Xiaoci was overjoyed. After hanging up the phone, she secretly told Aunt Cheng.
Aunt Cheng was so shocked that she didn't have time to think about it. She whispered in her mother's ear: "Mom, don't make it public until the person is rescued. Be patient for a few more days. It will be easy when the person is sent back to Beijing."
Xie Shuju's depression was swept away. The news came at the right time. Xiaoci really could bring luck to people.
Xie Shuju was no longer angry and smiled: "Okay, let everything take its course, you can go now."
Zheng Yunzhi was puzzled: "Aunt Xie, what did you know? Why did your attitude suddenly change?"
Xie Shuju smiled and said, "Nothing, I just feel that since you are not my child, I really have no right to say anything."
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Zheng Yunzhi was made uneasy by the Xie family's completely different attitudes.
In particular, Cheng Lianjin did not come to the nursery base for two consecutive days.
After asking around for a while, she found out that Xie Shuju was ill and hospitalized, and Cheng Lianjin was taking care of her in the hospital.
Xie Shuju must have pretended to be sick to prevent Cheng Lianjin from meeting her. Zheng Yunzhi was really wronged this time.
A long time ago, when she was still unmarried, she and Cheng Lianjin had a mutual understanding and were secretly in love with each other, but Xie Shuju discovered the signs and broke up the couple, hastily arranging a marriage for Cheng Lianjin.
What is the result? The woman was in poor health and died during childbirth. Cheng Lianjin became a widower and was forced to become a frustrated son-in-law in the Chu family, suffering tremendous physical and mental torture.
Now that the two of them have another chance, she actually still objects.
This time, Zheng Yunzhi must fight for herself. Isn’t Xie Shuju sick? Is it okay for her to visit the patient?
Zheng Yunzhi was carrying a fruit basket and a bouquet of flowers. Flowers grown in greenhouses were scarce at this time of year, and with such decent and elegant gifts, she didn't believe that Xie Shuju would kick her out of the ward.
But just as she arrived at the door of the ward and hadn't opened her mouth to say anything, Cheng Lianjin immediately told her a piece of shocking news with a blessing smile.
"Yunzhi, you have finally come to this happy place after all the hardship you have endured. Wanghai has been rescued and is being sent to this hospital for a follow-up examination. The police notified the nursery base and they said you are not here. Your stepchildren have come and are in the ward upstairs. You should go and see them."
Zheng Yunzhi was shocked on the spot. Why didn’t the old man die outside?
On the wedding day, her second husband told her that he had been sterilized before marriage and asked her to treat the two children as his own.
She had suffered so many years of injustice and finally hoped that he would die outside, but he came back today.
The smile on Zheng Yunzhi's face was uglier than crying.
Cheng Lianjin thought it was just her normal reaction after great sorrow and joy, and said hurriedly: "Come on, I'll go with you."
Xie Shuju saw Zheng Yunzhi's expression and looked at her with contempt. She had been pretending for twenty years. Why bother? If she had started to regret it and chosen to divorce and start over, this would not be the result today.
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In the ward, Zheng Yunzhi's hands were shaking as she looked at the old man who looked more haggard and more disgusting than before.
But the old man cried at her: "Yunzhi, you have suffered a lot in the past six months. The two children are disobedient, right? Now that I am back, I will definitely make it up to you."
Compensate her? His death would be the best compensation for her.
Zheng Yunzhi dropped the fruit basket and flowers in her hands, threw herself on the hospital bed and burst into tears.
To outsiders, it seemed that she was crying with joy for the return of her lover, but her two stepchildren had sneers on their faces. They also believed in their stepmother, but gradually discovered that she was not sincere to them.
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Aunt Zheng's husband was found a few days earlier, and none of the worrying things happened.
Jiang Xiaoci finally met Han Jingyuan: "Brother Han, this is my birthday present."
She held out her hand and asked, "Don't say you didn't bring it with you. I've been waiting for days."
Han Jingyuan struggled internally. Now that he had given it, there was no turning back and he could only move forward.
But these days, haven't I been looking forward to giving her a gift and her reaction when she sees the gift?
He took out from his pocket the treasured, very simple jewelry box that his grandmother had left him and handed it to Jiang Xiaoci: "This is your birthday present."
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