As for Zhang Guoqing, she didn't need to worry about his son. Children are so smart and can read people's expressions. They can tell who is good and who is bad at a glance.
"I see you still have the light on. Are you waiting for mom and the others to come back? Don't wait any longer. You're weak, so you should get some rest. I'll explain to them later."
Zhou Jiao squinted at him and said, "One day I can also develop eight-pack abs."
Zhang Guoqing suppressed his laughter and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, who is my wife? She doesn't want to, otherwise she would have been a female soldier in the army."
"Puchi" Zhou Jiao chuckled.
"Are we really going to separate the two little ones and go into the mountains tomorrow? Will it be dangerous?"
"No, you should have faith in your man. You guys wait for me in the wooden nest. I'll take Liuyi for a walk first, then Wuyi, and then Ping'an in the afternoon. This opportunity is rare, and it will take a long time before it's gone."
"Okay, then bring some extra medicine powder just in case. Ping An mentioned to me today that he wants to go to the military camp every winter and summer vacation. What do you think?"
"He mentioned this to me and Dad before. Don't agree to it yet. Try to temper his temper. If he really wants to go, I'll be worried. I have to make some arrangements."
Zhou Jiao understood that his original plan to have the children come back to accompany the elderly had changed when she heard this. She pushed him and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. You go out and entertain them first. I'll read a book."
"You really don't want to rest first?"
"Forget it. It's a rare trip back home, so I better not make anyone unhappy. My parents are watching, so why bother? Besides, I'm just resting by reading a book."
Zhang Guoqing gave a thumbs-up and jokingly said, "The nation's good daughter-in-law."
The couple was joking in the house. Although the brothers in the yard couldn't hear them, they could see something from the shadows cast on the windows by the light.
"The children are already so grown up, our Xiaowu is so clingy..."
Zhang Laoer punched Zhang Qingfeng and said, "Will you be a big brother? Come on, let's go out and take a look. I remember that we brothers haven't strolled around the village together for a long time."
"Hahaha, do you want to go to the next village and have a fight with those guys?"
"Those guys are all grandfathers now, and they are old and frail. Let's go over there and scare those old guys."
"Be careful if the old men hear this, they'll beat you to death..."
The sound gradually faded as he left, and Zhang Guoqing laughed with joy. It's good that he left. It's such a beautiful night. He's all men, what nonsense!
Unfortunately, he was not happy for long, because Zhang's mother came back with her daughter and daughter-in-law. This time, it was not the men who were around, but a group of women, so he stayed in his room reading.
"Wife, please come back and accompany me soon."
"..." Zhou Jiao stumbled as she stepped forward, and turned back to give him a cold look. She finally understood why her sons' words and actions seemed so familiar.
Zhang's mother came in from the courtyard and saw the light on in the west bedroom. She lowered her voice and said, "Ping'an and the others went to bed at the appointed time. They should be asleep."
As soon as these words came out, everyone subconsciously lowered their voices without her command.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Zhou Jiao came out and saw what was happening. She smiled and said, "Ping'an and the others are so asleep they can't even wake up even if there's thunder."
"Oh my god, I was worried about waking the children. Just now, your second sister and I went to look for you, and Second Aunt said you had been gone for a while. I guess we took the wrong road."
"Why didn't you send someone to tell me when you came back? You must be missing the kids. I asked them to stay in the city, but they refused. They've been sunburned these past two days and their skin is peeling. Did you see that?"
Zhou Jiao smiled and pulled over a long bench, inviting them to sit down. "Don't worry, just rest for two days. If you don't come tonight, I'll come to get together with you in a couple of days."
"How many days can you stay this time?"
"About a week," Zhou Jiao said, smiling at Lin Juhua. According to her son, Second Auntie would either secretly advise them or make snacks for them.
No matter what her purpose was, being kind to her son was a sign of kindness. Her family didn't ask for much; reciprocity was the most important thing.
At around one in the morning, a basket appeared at the closed gate of the yard. A short while later, the sound of a baby crying was heard, which seemed particularly loud in the middle of the night.
Zhang Guoqing opened his tightly closed eyes, looked outside angrily, gently patted his wife who was about to wake up in his arms, waited for her to fall asleep again, carefully let her go, and got off the kang.
I hope it’s not what he imagined!
As he walked closer to the gate, the voices became clearer and clearer. What else could he not guess? Another abandoned baby. He hated parents like this the most.
Zhang Guoqing reached out to pull the door latch, paused, then retracted it. He ran to the corner, climbed out, and took a look around. Damn it, he actually ran away. If he gets caught, he'll either beat him so hard his parents won't recognize him or write this upside down. He really thinks he's easy to bully, using all sorts of tricks on him.
After placing the basket at the door of Zhang Qingshan, the team leader, he felt uneasy and knocked on the door. When he heard someone asking who was inside and heard footsteps, he hid in the dark and entered the yard through the back door of his house.
Standing in his own yard, listening to the shouting and yelling from Uncle Zhang's house, Zhang Guoqing's lips curled up in a sarcastic smile. Did he really think it was that easy to borrow his name to become a team leader?
"Oh, it's a boy again. Whose child is this? He's so stupid."
A scream from Zhang Qingshan's wife in the distance made Zhang Guoqing's face even gloomier. He originally thought that someone was offering a baby girl to be his son's wife, but he didn't expect that there was someone who would dare to raise a cheap son for someone else. Thinking about it more carefully, he might even want to divide the family property.
Zhang Guoqing heard what his uncle asked his son to go to the village to find the old captain. He quietly entered the bedroom, smiled at the mother and her two children lying on the kang, then went back to the kang and picked up his wife.
In two hours, their family will be going up the mountain. What does this have to do with him?
Before dawn, the villagers who had arrived earlier had already gathered at Uncle Zhang's house, chattering and discussing the matter. While baby girls were sometimes abandoned these days, it was unheard of for a boy, the man who would carry on the family line, to be abandoned.
One wondered if it was the illegitimate child of some educated youth from a nearby production team, while another shook his head and said it might be the illegitimate child of some young widow.
The old woman who was talking nonsense forgot that in this day and age when everyone has to work, who can hide their pregnancy? If someone really wants to report the crime and investigate, everyone will be exposed.
Zhang Guoqing was afraid of trouble and didn't want to have anything to do with his family, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to the door of team leader Zhang Qingshan without making a sound.
Zhang's father, who was resting in the old house, was thoughtful when he saw his son's tightly closed courtyard door. What a coincidence, it happened not earlier or later, but just two days after his son returned.
Oh, and other people may not know, but he knows very well how alert his little Wu is. If it were any other time, he would have come out long ago due to such a big commotion.
"What's there to think about? We'll report the case at daybreak. Who knows who this child's parents are, and what their purpose is in deliberately leaving them in our village?"
Father Zhang said this with a meaningful emphasis, "If this matter is not handled properly, I'm afraid it will never end."
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