Chapter 71 Mr. Fu

After a long silence, Xia Juanjuan finally spoke softly: "Your wound has not healed yet, so keep warm. If you feel uncomfortable, don't force yourself, and return immediately..."

Li Zhan was stunned for a moment, then leaned over and hugged Xia Juanjuan through the quilt, and smiled softly in her ear: "Well, don't worry. I will come back safely. The Chinese New Year is just over a month away. After this mission, I will apply for leave. I should be able to spend the Chinese New Year at home with you and the three little ones."

After saying that, he let go of Xia Juanjuan, and then stuffed a folded stack of money, grain coupons, cloth coupons, industrial coupons and the like into Xia Juanjuan's quilt.

"Here's fifty dollars and some bills. I'll send the portion for Mom separately. You don't have to give it to her. Just take care of yourself and the three kids."

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to refuse: "I still have money. Your allowance from last time has not been used up..."

"If you haven't used it up yet, keep it. It's so cold in winter. Buy some more coal for the stove or some cotton-padded clothes and quilts. They will definitely be useful."

After saying that, without waiting for Xia Juanjuan to say anything else, he stood up, put on his bag, and said with a smile: "Then I'm leaving. Wait for me to come back."

Xia Juanjuan wanted to climb out of the quilt, but was pushed back again. So she could only give up in anger and amusement.

However, after Li Zhan left, she couldn't sleep anymore, so she got up.

After daybreak, a nurse brought her breakfast, which should have been arranged in advance by Lizhan, including millet porridge, pickled vegetable fermented bean curd, and a scallion pancake.

She had no appetite, but she knew that wasting food was a crime in this day and age, so she finished her meal.

Soon a security soldier came in. Xia Juanjuan thought he was there to take her back to Qingshui Village, but unexpectedly he came to tell her that Mr. Fu wanted to see her.

Xia Juanjuan was a little confused. Although she had seen the energetic and dignified old man twice that night, she seemed to have no interaction with the old man. Why did he want to see her?

When they arrived at the hospital's special reception room, Mr. Fu was still sitting in the wheelchair, looking at Xia Juanjuan sharply.

Xia Juanjuan was not afraid of this elderly superior. She looked up and stared at Mr. Fu without blinking.

There was a flash of surprise in Master Fu's eyes, but he immediately hid it, straightened his chin on the sofa in the room, and said lightly: "Sit down."

Xia Juanjuan sat down.

Mr. Fu asked, "Are your parents farmers? Have they always lived in Mo County?"

Mo County is the county where Qingshui Village and Xia Village are located.

Xia Juanjuan's mouth twitched. This is... checking the household registration? Logically speaking, with his position, he should be able to check the household registration thoroughly in a day or two, so there is no need to ask her...

"Yes. I have lived in Mo County since I was a child." Xia Juanjuan answered truthfully.

Master Fu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can you read?"

"I went to elementary school for a few years."

This is true, but I haven't been in contact with it for many years, and the original owner has almost forgotten what I learned.

But Xia Juanjuan is now more than just at the primary school level... No matter what, the "fact" that she has attended primary school can still pave the way for her to take the college entrance examination in the future.

Mr. Fu kept looking at Xia Juanjuan calmly, as if he was exploring something, which made Xia Juanjuan feel a little uneasy.

What exactly is this old man's intention in seeing her?

Mr. Fu closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then continued, "Okay. You can go back now."

Xia Juanjuan: ...

After just a few casual words, he ordered me to leave. This is... really incomprehensible!

However, she didn't want to stay any longer, so she followed the guards out obediently.

The guard was also going to take her back to Qingshui Village, so there was no delay and he got on the jeep and left Beijing City and headed towards Qingshui Village.

Not long after Xia Juanjuan left, Fu Weixin hurried in and looked helplessly at his increasingly eccentric and stubborn father: "Dad, you're not really going to directly order the girl to divorce Li Zhan, are you?"

Originally, Lizhan's marriage was arranged by his uneducated mother, Liu Lan, who brought the new bride into the house without even Lizhan being present.

Because Li Zhan had done a great favor to the Fu family, the Fu family had long regarded Li Zhan as one of their own and were naturally very dissatisfied with this arranged marriage.

After a fierce battle, you will achieve a lot. If you marry an uneducated country woman, will you have a common language with her? Will you be happy?

It was for this reason that Li Zhan rushed back overnight from his approved vacation on the eve of carrying out an important order, not to attend the wedding, but to prevent the wedding from taking place.

It was a pity that he returned too late, and Xia Juanjuan had already been taken back to the house.

Another reason why Master Fu sent someone to pick up Li Zhan's wife this time was that he wanted to see for himself what Li Zhan's wife was like. If she didn't suit his taste, he would force them to divorce even if he had to interfere!

Master Fu rolled his eyes at his son and said in a deep voice, "You bastard! Am I the kind of tyrannical and overbearing person your father is? I just asked her a few simple questions."

Chief Fu, who was still being called a "bastard" at the age of 40 or 50, stared at his father in disbelief. After a long while, he said, "That's good! I think Li Zhan likes this daughter-in-law very much. She's good-looking and not timid. Even if she's a village woman, she and Li Zhan got their marriage certificate in a legitimate way. Even if we think she's not suitable, we can't just come in and break them up!"

Mr. Fu was very impatient. He did have that intention before, but now he has stopped at the edge of the cliff. This cheap son is not going to stop.

"You've made it big, little brat? Are you lecturing your old man? I can't beat you to death!"

As he said this, he actually stood up from the wheelchair tremblingly.

Fu Weixin hurried over to support him and said, "Be careful! I'll come over and beat you up, okay?"

Mr. Fu glared at Fu Weixin and sat back in his wheelchair: "Alright. There's nothing else to do in the hospital, just ask someone to take me back."

Fu Weixin agreed, while pushing his grandfather's wheelchair out. After a while, he couldn't help but ask, "Dad, have you asked about... her parents?"

Master Fu sighed and said, "It doesn't matter whether you ask or not. There are so many people who look alike in the world. Even if it's Wenhui's child, her parents have worked hard for 10 to 20 years to raise her. Can you take her away now?"

From the 1930s and 1940s to the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the land was scorched earth and wives and children were separated. How many parents and children were separated in wars, famines, and various natural disasters and man-made disasters? Many things... all depended on God's will.

Fu Weixin clenched his fists and said softly after a long while: "It's time to check what needs to be checked..."

Mr. Fu didn't say anything, which was considered as his tacit agreement.