Zhao Aiguo chuckled and said, "My dad sent me. Dad, why is the food in your cafeteria less delicious this time compared to last month?"
Zhao Dahu said to the person sitting next to him, who was drinking tea, "It's just after the New Year, everyone's got plenty of oil in their stomachs, how can we cook meat every meal? What, is the food at your grandpa's canteen much better?"
After finishing his chicken, Zhao Aiguo said, "It's only a couple more times than your workplace. My grandpa told me to go to their cafeteria tomorrow and eat beef."
Zhao Dahu nodded and said, "Their factory is really something, they got a cow! Aiguo, eat more meat so you can grow taller, otherwise you won't grow tall! You won't be able to find a wife in the future!"
Zhao Aiguo nodded, which didn't affect his eating at all. Wei Shuqing couldn't bear to watch anymore. She drank the dumpling soup, ate cabbage, green peppers, and dried tofu, and put down her chopsticks after finishing two steamed buns.
Zhao Dahu looked at Wei Shuqing suspiciously, "Why are you eating so little? It's not to your liking!"
Wei Shuqing sighed. The Zhao family was good in every way, except for this one thing: they thought everyone was thin and were blatantly lying. Her 140-pound frame looked frail to them! She reached for the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "Oh dear, I think I'm too fat. I should lose some weight."
Zhao Dahu glared at him. "Which idiot told you that? You call that fat? That's utter nonsense! Aiguo, is your mother fat?"
Zhao Aiguo glanced at Wei Shuqing, shook his head, and said, "You're much thinner than my grandma! Mom, you look quite good, even prosperous."
Wei Shuqing glared at him and said, "Go away... What do you know, you little kid! Finish your food and leave!"
Zhao Aiguo glanced at his father with sympathy, pouted, and continued eating. After finishing, he wiped his mouth, said goodbye, and went home.
Zhao Dahu happily saw them off, then returned and cleaned up the rest. Little did the two of them know that on their way back, Zhao Aiguo would run into Qi Zhifang.
When Zhao Aiguo came out, Qi Zhifang looked at the fair-skinned child who was almost as tall as her. At that moment, she knew that this was her nephew whom she hadn't seen for almost ten years!
He secretly followed Zhao Aiguo to a secluded spot near the factory gate and stopped him, asking, "Are you Aiguo?"
Zhao Aiguo turned around and looked at the woman in front of him suspiciously, remaining silent. Qi Zhifang smiled and said, "I'm your aunt!"
Zhao Aiguo looked at Qi Zhifang with an expression that said, "Are you crazy, Chun Chun?" and blinked his big eyes.
Qi Zhifang said with a smile, "I really am your aunt. I even held you when you were little!"
Zhao Aiguo couldn't stand this woman who acted like she was mentally ill and said, "My grandma only gave birth to my dad! I don't have any aunts. My grandma said that our Zhao family has no relatives left except for our branch!"
Qi Zhifang was momentarily speechless, then said seriously, "I'm talking about your biological father, not Zhao Dahu. You don't know that Zhao Dahu isn't your biological father, do you?"
Zhao Aiguo's little brain went blank for a moment. What was all this about being intimate? He asked in confusion, "What are you talking about? I don't understand you. You're so strange. Who are you?"
Qi Zhifang approached Zhao Aiguo, who warily flinched away. She didn't force him, but gently said, "Your mother, Wei Shuqing, married my brother, Qi Zhijun, so you are a child of the Qi family, not the Zhao family! I am your aunt, Qi Zhifang!"
Zhao Aiguo sensed something was wrong. "Are you out of your mind? You're saying my father isn't my biological father?"
Qi Zhifang nodded and said, "That's right. If you don't believe me, go ask them. Your biological father isn't Zhao Dahu, it's Qi Zhijun! You were quite young back then, and your mother divorced my brother with you in her arms. She took over our house and wouldn't let us see you!"
Zhao Aiguo asked as if he were hearing a foreign language, "Why won't my mother let you see me?"
Qi Zhifang thought for a moment and said, "He thought your father couldn't earn enough money, couldn't support the family, and couldn't endure the hardship of the family's food, so he divorced your father!"
Zhao Aiguo blinked at Qi Zhifang. Just as Qi Zhifang thought he was about to realize the situation, he suddenly spoke up, "Auntie, are you sick? You're not mentally healthy. Go to the hospital and get checked out. Why are you scaring a child like this? According to you, how stupid is my mother? She divorced a man because she thought he couldn't earn money, couldn't support the family, and couldn't eat well. She didn't want to live a good life herself, but instead had to raise a child like me who can't earn money?"
Qi Zhifang said urgently, "It's true, your mother and Zhao Dahu, the Zhao family, are really not good people. Why don't you believe me? Back when your grandfather was dying, your father wanted to go pick you up and see your grandfather one last time, but they wouldn't let him and beat him up."
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