Chapter 125 Can You Have Some Shame?

Hu Wangcai was just feeling very happy when he saw his new wife's ex-husband coming to her family's home. The good temper he had always pretended to have in front of Liu Xiangqin immediately changed.

He roared possessively:

"Zhai, what are you doing in Hulu Village? Want to drink in our wedding wine? Move on or I'll be rude! To tell you the truth, Liu Xiangqin and I went to the commune to get our marriage certificate yesterday, and she is now my, Hu Wangcai's, woman."

Hu Wangcai stretched out his arms and protected Liu Xiangqin very intimately.

"Xiangqin, you...really got married to him?" Zhai Qingsong's voice was choked with sobs and he burst into tears.

He never expected that Liu Xiangqin would find another man so quickly and even go to the commune to get a marriage certificate. He was so distressed that he couldn't say a word.

Looking back on their ten years of marriage, he treated her almost like a bodhisattva, giving her all the money he earned without leaving a single cent, and letting her make the decisions on all matters big and small at home.

After Liu Xiangqin married into the Zhai family, her belly was still not moving. Seeing that she could not have a child, Zhai Qingsong asked a distant relative to help him adopt a daughter in the mountains.

Now, she has also taken her daughter to someone else's home...

Over the past ten years, he has worked hard and given everything, but in the end he ended up losing both his money and his life.

He was unwilling to accept it! But the woman in front of him had nothing to do with him anymore.

Liu Xiangqin no longer had any feelings for Zhai Qingsong. She always felt that it was all his fault for the situation today. With red eyes, she asked, "How dare you come to me?"

She had already consummated her marriage with Hu Wangcai last night, but seeing the man who suddenly came to Hulu Village to look for her was still like a dullard. Liu Xiangqin looked at him with disdain, with a hint of contempt, "Get away from me in the future! Don't let us see a man like you."

Hu Wangcai had a smug look on his face, revealing a mouthful of black and yellow front teeth, "Don't be afraid, Xiangqin. I will protect you and your daughter from now on, and no one will dare to bully you."

Having said that, he put his arm around Liu Xiangqin's shoulders, pulled Zhai Zhaodi and walked out of the village in front of Zhai Qingsong in a very ostentatious manner.

After walking thirty meters, Hu Wangcai deliberately stopped, turned around and looked at Zhai Qingsong and said proudly: "Oh, I forgot to tell you that Zhaodi has changed her surname. From now on, she will follow my surname Hu and be called Hu Zhaodi."

"..." Zhai Qingsong had a numb look on his face. He slowly turned around and watched the family of three gradually disappear at the bend of the road. He was at a loss as to what to do.

He was resentful in his heart, but no matter what, Zhaodi was the child he brought back from the mountains to the Zhai family. When he divorced, he let the child go with her mother because he didn't want to separate them.

But Liu Xiangqin went too far, so she changed Zhaodi's surname!

I don't know who to tell about the anger and frustration in my heart.

Zhai Qingsong didn't know how he got back to Hongmei Village. After returning to the village, he went straight to the terraced fields with a dull expression to check on the young seedlings.

Seeing that the seedlings were growing well, he sat on the edge of the field, thinking about something.

In the evening, Wang Ziru and her family came back from the county town by bus. When they passed by the Luo family's dam, the eldest sister-in-law of the Luo family saw them and stood at the edge of the yard to greet them, "Sister Ziru, when you are free, come and help the fourth brother look after his daughter."

Captain Tang slowed down the car and rolled down the rear window. Wang Ziru leaned over the window and asked, "I just saw Zhao Junxia and her son two days ago. What's wrong? Is the child feeling unwell?"

"We can't tell either." Luo's eldest sister-in-law smiled awkwardly.

Wang Ziru got off the car at the gate of Luo's house and told the man to take the child home first.

After getting off the car, she followed the eldest sister-in-law of the Luo family into the main hall and went straight to Zhao Junxia's room. She saw Zhao Junxia sitting on the bed, holding the baby and feeding him. "Is the child okay?"

The eldest sister-in-law of the Luo family hurriedly followed him into the house and closed the door behind her.

"Sister, Junxia and the child are both fine! I want to tell you that your uncle..." The eldest sister-in-law of the Luo family told Wang Ziru what she saw during the day, "Everyone in the village saw it. Baoer's uncle sat on the edge of the field for most of the day, doing nothing. He just sat there in a daze. It was really worrying."

"Did he go to see Liu Xiangqin?"

"Who would know this? Liu Xiangqin is also a vicious woman. She said she wanted a divorce and she really did it. She also took the child away." The eldest sister-in-law of the Luo family had a kind face and was full of worry. She used the excuse of helping to look after their baby and specially called Wang Ziru in to talk about this. She was also very kind-hearted.

It can be seen that the eldest sister-in-law of the Luo family sympathizes with Zhai Qingsong very much.

Who wouldn't feel sympathy when seeing such a hardworking man suddenly become like this?

Wang Ziru walked to the bedside, pulled up Xiaohua's quilt and glanced at the baby. "The child is growing well. It seems that the adults are feeding him well."

"Sister Ziru, I heard that you helped your brother from your mother's side find a job as a chef in the county? We are really envious of your family, how can they be so capable?" Zhao Junxia admired Wang Ziru very much.

In this day and age, anyone who can find a job in the county town through connections will become the focus of the entire village.

Wang Ziru smiled faintly, "It's just a coincidence that the county's armed forces department just needs to find a new chef. My brother can cook a little, so let him try."

"Isn't the monthly salary quite high?"

When the sisters-in-law of the Luo family heard that Wang Ziru had arrived, they hurried to Zhao Junxia's room.

Several women got together and were very concerned about whether the Wang brothers were eating the state-provided food.

"The salary seems to be not bad. The leader of the armed forces said that as long as my brother works hard, he can get more than 20 yuan a month."

"Really?!" Several women were shocked. They didn't expect Wang Ziru to be so capable. Her husband had just returned from the army to visit his family and she had already found a paying job for her brothers from her natal family.

The women were asking whether it was easy to find a job in the city. They also hoped that at least one of the four brothers in the Luo family could make a name for themselves.

When Wang Ziru came out of Luo's house, it was already dark. On the road, she met Captain Tang who was driving a jeep and was about to leave the village.

The jeep approached, and Captain Tang rolled down the window and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, tomorrow morning the town police will take you into the city. I'll go back first."

"Hey, slow down."

Watching Captain Tang's jeep drive out of the village, Wang Ziru felt a little heavy-hearted and walked back up the slope towards Zhai's house with her head down.

When I walked into the yard, I didn't see my uncle. I usually saw him cleaning cow manure in the cowshed, or chopping up hay and feeding it to the cows... At this moment, the door of his stove was open.

Wang Ziru walked to the door of the stove room and looked inside. The room was cold and deserted, without any trace of smoke or fire.

“Maybe he was doing something else…”

When I walked into the main room, I saw my mother-in-law sitting alone in a daze, and neither she nor her daughter-in-law seemed to be paying attention to each other.

Wang Ziru vaguely heard the two brothers talking while sitting in the thatched hut.

He walked quickly to the door of the stove room and saw the two brothers already sitting beside the earthen stove. Zhai Ximo was sitting at the mouth of the stove, making a fire. The firelight reflected his cold and solemn face.

His elder brother was sitting on a chair beside him, caressing Baoer's little face.

"Hey, are you guys going to roast a fire?" Wang Ziru smiled with relief.

The eldest brother seemed to be discussing something with Zhai Ximo, and he seemed to be clear-headed.

Hearing this, the two brothers turned around and looked towards the door.

"It's still early. Let's light a fire to warm the child. We can also sit inside to keep warm." Zhai Ximo skillfully lit the fire in the stove and added a few dry firewood. "You can also come in and warm yourself for a while."

Wang Ziru walked in and looked at the cleaned iron pot. They were not at home all day, and it seemed that mother-in-law did not use the pot to cook. It looked like they had just cleaned it after dinner yesterday. "By the way, boil some hot water and fill the thermos bottle. You two can wash your feet first."

"Um."

Baoer leaned in his uncle's arms, playing with the little windmill, and the family's life seemed surprisingly peaceful.

Zhai Qingsong silently listened to the extremely ordinary conversation between his third brother and his wife, and felt envious in his heart. His third brother was so lucky. Not only did he marry such a good wife, but she also gave birth to such a cute and well-behaved son like Baoer.

Wang Ziru returned to their side room and took out a porcelain basin, a face towel and a thermos.

She returned to the stove and put it on the chopping board. Only then did she notice that the two brothers seemed to have stopped talking about what they were saying when they saw her come in.

"What were you talking about just now? You two stopped talking as soon as I came in." Wang Ziru said coquettishly.

Zhai Qingsong's arms around Bao'er were a little stiff and unresponsive, with a look of sadness on his face, "Sister-in-law, I'm discussing this with the third brother..."

"What are you discussing? About retirement?"

Wang Ziru deliberately distorted the topic.

Of course she knew that the two brothers were definitely not discussing the issue of supporting their mother-in-law in her old age.

"When we split up the family, didn't we already decide on Mom's care?" Zhai Ximo said calmly, glancing at his elder brother. "I've been promoted in the army. If I bring my family with me, the army can arrange jobs for them based on the situation. So, what my elder brother meant is that if you don't want to accept the job assigned by the army, he wants to take that position."

"Brother, do you want to go to the army with us?" Wang Ziru was stunned.

My uncle has lived in this mountain valley since he was a child and has never seen the world. Even to go to the city he has to follow them.

How could you think of going to such a far place to make a living?

Wang Ziru turned her head and looked at her rather nervous uncle, "Brother, have you suddenly thought of this, or have you decided to leave our Hongmei Village?"

"Sister-in-law! I'm sorry, this may cause you to lose your job," Zhai Qingsong said nervously, trying to think of the right words in his mind, "but you don't know, now that I'm divorced, I'm afraid I can't stay here anymore."

"Why can't you stay?"

"As long as you, sister-in-law, are willing to let me join the army, I promise to share some of my future salary with you every month..." Zhai Qingsong said urgently.

Wang Ziru smiled and waved her hands, "Brother! That's not what I meant. I just want to find out whether you want to stay away from Liu Xiangqin or for some other reason?"

After all, I have to go to Yunnan Province, which is thousands of miles away, and the living habits are different from those in my hometown.

When we got there, we had no idea what the situation was like.

And the most crucial thing is that if my uncle wants to make a living in such a far place, he has to go to the commune to write a letter of introduction and get the villagers to sign it.

When we get there, at least we need a place to live and food to eat.

Wang Ziru expressed all these thoughts one by one, indicating that it was not that she was unwilling to take care of her uncle.

"Ximo, will the troops accept us taking Big Brother with us like this?"

Zhai Ximo thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow I will go to the post office to send a telegram to the troops. If the troops allow it, I can bring my brother back with me."

"What about you, sister-in-law? I, I will definitely not cause any trouble for you after I go there, so don't worry." Zhai Qingsong's face was full of hope, just waiting for Wang Ziru to give in.

"It's not my decision, but you have to think it over. When you leave, the crops at home will be abandoned. We can't predict what the situation will be like there. Of course, it's a good thing for us to have more family members around us to take care of each other."

On the spot, Wang Ziru was thinking about what would happen if she really took her uncle to the army.

That would make things much easier. She could go to the area around the troops and start cultivating the land. That would provide labor.

And she will definitely do some small business in the future, which will also require manpower.

"Qingsong! You are becoming more and more confused!"

When Mrs. Liu heard the three people in the stove room talking so loudly, she got up curiously and walked in, standing outside the door to eavesdrop. When she heard that her eldest son wanted to go to the army with the third son, she rushed in anxiously and shouted, "If you go with the army, what should I do? If you go, take me with you."