Chapter 83
After hearing Zhao Mei's description of the young man, Wang Hongxia thought he sounded like a good person and continued to ask her, "What did his parents say?"
Zhao Mei waved her hand and said, "Without parents, he can eat by himself and the whole family will not be hungry."
It turned out that the young man's parents were once the daughters and sons of a wealthy family, but their fortune was later squandered by his gambling father. His mother died of anger a few years after giving birth to him, and his father was later beaten to death, leaving him alone in the family. Although his ancestors were rich and had land, the young man had never enjoyed any happiness. He was handsome, but he had rarely eaten well. He was very thin and looked like a bamboo pole when he stood there. His family was extremely poor, and without parents or brothers to help him, it was natural that no girl would marry him.
Wang Xiaojun: "Sister Mei, if this is the case, there should be someone looking for him to be a live-in son-in-law or something, right?"
"Someone did try, but the girl was a bit of a fool; he didn't want to, so it didn't work out. So, my parents-in-law went and talked things over with the young man, and he agreed. My mother-in-law took my sister-in-law there twice more, so they could get to know each other, and the young man was really good at talking. Hey, my sister-in-law fell in love with him! He said he used to give her bird eggs and sweet potatoes when she was little. Now that our family has settled the matter, she's married, and she doesn't have the heart to think about other things anymore. She even feels sorry for him because he's thin, and wants to help him with some nutrition."
Zhao Mei remembered her husband's mumbling before going to bed, saying that her sister really had a man and forgot her brother.
Bi Chunliu: "Then what about his household registration?"
Zhao Mei: "We said that once my brother-in-law has recovered, my sister-in-law will get pregnant and let my brother-in-law take over his job. But my brother-in-law disagreed and said he would think of a way, so he is still in the countryside now."
Wang Hongxia nodded. "That sounds good. He's a down-to-earth person."
Zhao Mei sighed, "Well, as long as my sister-in-law doesn't act up, there shouldn't be any problem. I won't ask her for anything. I just want my man to find a place to stay as soon as possible so we can relax a little!"
"Just bear with it slowly."
At noon, after lunch, Bi Chunliu went to the toilet, and Wang Xiaojun went to buy popsicles.
The two returned to the office at about the same time, and Wang Xiaojun invited Wang Hongxia and Zhao Mei to eat popsicles.
Wang Hongxia saw that Chunliu had no popsicle to eat, so she asked, "Chunliu, this is for you."
Bi Chunliu waved her hand, "Sister Hongxia, I'm on my period, and I'm afraid I'll get an upset stomach if I eat."
"Well, you really should avoid cold things when you're having your period."
Wang Xiaojun: "Do you know what I heard when I went to buy popsicles just now?"
The three of them looked at her. Wang Xiaojun couldn't hold back her words and said, "I heard someone say that an old woman in her seventies beat her old man in his eighties into the hospital. They said that the old man had a dream in which his fiancée appeared in his dream and said that she had been reincarnated and wanted to renew her relationship with the old man!"
Wang Hongxia sneered, "What an old man."
Zhao Mei also cursed, "People say this man won't be at peace unless he dies!"
Bi Chunliu: Wait, didn’t I see this plot the other day?
"I think I encountered what you said a few days ago. I didn't squeeze in, so I just listened to what happened from the outside. What I heard was..." Bi Chunliu told her what Wang Dapeng had said that day.
Wang Hongxia: "This sounds outrageous. No matter what the reason is, this old man is not innocent."
"Tsk tsk tsk!" Zhao Mei finished her popsicle, washed her hands, and said, "I think his divorce might not be that simple. It's been all these years, and he's suddenly saying this? Who knows, there really is something fishy going on out there!"
Bi Chunliu also thought it was outrageous. People with crazy brains always do different things.
Wang Xiaojun shuddered. "I don't even dare to get married. It would be really unlucky if I met someone like that."
All three nodded in agreement.
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After work in the afternoon, Bi Chunliu hurried home. Today was Weiguo's first day at work, and if he was too tired, she would have to comfort and persuade her silly brother.
The two people happened to meet at the gate of the compound.
Bi Weiguo waved his hands happily at his elder sister, "Elder sister!!"
Bi Chunliu was relieved. He looked so happy. It seemed that the class was very happy.
"How was your day? Did your master ask you to come back so early?"
Bi Weiguo nodded. "My master has also finished get off work. He said he has prepared everything that needs to be prepared. My senior brother will take care of the rest." Then he patted his backpack and said quietly, "Sister, my master gave me half a plate of jar meat. I brought it back."
Bi Chunliu touched his sweat-soaked short sleeves and said, "If your master gives you something delicious in the future, eat half of it yourself before taking it home. If you want to learn how to cook, you need to be tall and strong enough to flip the wok. And if you don't even understand the taste yourself, how can you learn to cook it right?"
"It's okay, I ate it. My master gave me a piece when he made it, haha!"
Aunt Zhang was cooking in the yard. When she heard Bi Weiguo laughing, she asked him, "Where have you been, Weiguo? Why are you so happy?"
Bi Weiguo looked at Bi Chunliu, who nodded. This was something they had thought about together. If Bi Weiguo stopped going to school, everyone in the compound would definitely know about it. It would be better for them to tell the truth themselves than to hide it. Bi Weiguo then replied, "Aunt Zhang, I'm an apprentice in cooking, so I haven't had any fun."
"Oh! You're not going to high school anymore?" Aunt Liu came out of the kitchen. "Chunliu, is money tight at home? You can't stop studying!"
Bi Weiguo finally graduated from school, so how could he continue to go to school? He said, "Aunt Liu, I'm not as good at studying as Liu Jiang, and I can't understand what I'm doing in high school. I can't become an official, so I think being a chef is good. I can always have food to eat in the future!"
Liu Jiang came out of the room in his slippers, "You really don't want to study anymore?"
"Well!! I'm going to work today!" Bi Weiguo was quite proud. He was different from those who still had to go to school!
Liu He supported him, "Brother Weiguo, then you should study hard, and when I get married, I will ask you to prepare a big feast for me."
Aunt Liu smiled until her eyes narrowed. "Then Weiguo, study hard. When my sons Shuanzi and Zhuzi get married, I'll ask you to be the chef."
Bi Weiguo smiled and agreed.
Bi Chunliu knew that Aunt Liu and Aunt Zhang knew that Wei Guo was working, which meant that within two days, everyone in the compound would definitely know about it, so she felt relieved.
After chatting for a while, Bi Chunliu and her brother went home.
In the evening, Zhang Jianyuan returned home, ate dinner, and listened to his mother tell him about the compound.
Aunt Zhang: "Son, isn't it rare that Bi Weiguo, who looked so simple, actually found a way out? He went to learn cooking!"
Zhang Jianyuan raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Bi Weiguo went to learn cooking?" From what he knew, Bi Yong's death was so sudden that he probably wouldn't have been able to leave any connections for his son. Could it be that the eldest daughter of the Bi family found this for her brother? Did she have that ability? He really underestimated her.
Aunt Zhang nodded and picked up some food for her son. "That's right! Well, being a cook is already pretty good for the Bi family. The eldest daughter of the Bi family will be 21 after the New Year. I heard she has a boyfriend. If she gets married and has to support three younger brothers and sisters, will he be willing? Being a cook is not so good when you are an apprentice. Maybe it will be good when you become more experienced."
Aunt Zhang has always been a housewife, but her husband, son and daughter-in-law are all workers. She has only one child in the family, so her family is considered well-off. She actually looks down on men who work in the canteen. A grown man has to work in the kitchen every day, which is stuffy, hot, smoky and has to deal with those old women. He has no future.
"Why did you let your wife take Haohao to her parents' home? If she keeps doing this, Haohao in our family will no longer be close to me! The same goes for Pan Juan. She has been married for so many years, but she still goes to her parents' home all the time." Aunt Zhang complained to her daughter-in-law. Her eldest grandson is about to enter the second grade, but he still often talks about his grandmother. This is the eldest grandson of her Zhang family, and his surname is not Pan. Why is he always sticking to the Pan family?
Zhang Jianyuan was tired of listening to his mother nagging about her and Pan Juan. "It's so hot out here, if the child wants to go, just go. Mom, turn on the fan, I'm dying of heat. We don't need those little melons and dates at home, so don't skimp on them."
Aunt Zhang plugged the fan into the socket, "Isn't this all money? I don't need the fan when you three are not at home. I go to Aunt Liu's room. She will definitely turn it on anyway." She sat back and continued talking to her son, "Son, even if our Haohao goes to his grandmother's house, you can ask Pan Juan to come back! Mom goes out to cool off at night, and you can give me another grandson. Haohao alone is still too few children. When we are all gone, this child will have no one to keep him company. How lonely he will be."
Zhang Jianyuan: “…”
Here we go again. Does he not want to have children?! His family has had only one child for generations, so how come he can suddenly have two? Having just one Haohao was already difficult, and he doesn't want to have asthenospermia! This must be passed down from generation to generation.
"Son, don't be unwilling to listen. Mom is doing this for your own good. Think about it, if Pan Juan didn't have those three brothers, could she be so arrogant? Your three brothers-in-law can scare people just by standing there. Look at you..." Aunt Zhang saw that her son didn't say anything and continued to persuade him.
Zhang Jianyuan still can't recall that miserable and helpless day.
He and Pan Juan had been married for several years, but Pan Juan hadn't been able to get pregnant. His mother was extremely anxious and found many folk remedies for Pan Juan to take, but Pan Juan still couldn't get pregnant. It rained heavily that day, as if there was a big hole in the sky. He was working peacefully when his three brothers-in-law forced him to go to the hospital. Then he was forced to undergo various tests and was supervised by his three brothers-in-law while the doctor examined his penis. I don't know if it was the eldest brother-in-law who paid, but the results came out so quickly that the younger brother-in-law took a look and threw the paper in his face.
He still remembers the paper piercing him like a knife. There were many words written in black and white on it, but he could only make out the last three words: asthenospermia. He didn't understand what asthenospermia was, but the doctor said it meant his chances of having children were very low.
Haha, that's really interesting. Does that mean he, a man, can't have children?! How ridiculous! His family has been a single-line family for generations, and they all have children. How can he be infertile?
Then he was taken to another hospital by his three brothers-in-law and underwent the same examination, with the same result.
Then, Zhang Jianyuan learned that Pan Juan was pregnant. Amidst the sorrow and joy, Zhang Jianyuan felt that his brain was not working. His brother-in-law told him that if he still wanted to live a good life with Juanzi, he should listen to Pan Juan in everything, otherwise he would be in trouble.
Zhang Jianyuan knew what his brother-in-law meant. Pan Juan might be pregnant with his only child, so he would certainly be well behaved in the future!
"Okay, Mom, stop talking. Raising a child well is more important than anything else. I only want Haohao as my child!" Zhang Jianyuan said impatiently. He didn't want to be a cheap father.
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