Chapter 29 029 The Hidden Story of Song Dianwu
Song Dianwu hadn't been home for a long time and hadn't contacted his family for almost two years, so naturally he didn't know that his sister had gotten divorced.
He cursed angrily, then realized something was wrong and asked, "Didn't Dad and Uncle Li know each other for many years? Did he and Uncle Li agree to Wanxia's divorce? What exactly happened?"
Normally, when the two families have a close relationship, even if there are problems in the marriage between the younger generation, the elders will step in to mediate, preventing it from escalating to the point of divorce.
Song Dianchen first showed an angry expression, then seemed somewhat helpless, and said, "That guy surnamed Li wanted to get close to the textile factory director. He hadn't even divorced Wanxia yet, and he was already secretly hooking up with the director's daughter. After our family found out about this, he and Uncle Li not only didn't apologize, but they also turned around and accused us of wanting to dissolve our marriage ties with the Song family because Wanxia couldn't have children for the Li family."
Song Dianwu couldn't help but curse. He hadn't thought much of the Li family's son back then, but there weren't many suitable young men with jobs in town, and he knew the Li family well. He never expected that a few years later, the boy he had looked down on would dare to betray his sister.
"I knew he was no good! Neither he nor his son are good people!" Song Dianwu slammed his fist on the hospital bed.
Hearing this, Song Dianchen sensed there was something going on. "Do you have some other conflict with his family?"
"It's not really a contradiction..." Song Dianwu was silent for a while before sighing and telling his elder brother in detail about the situation after his return.
“I made a contribution this time. I almost died during the process. I thought about how I hadn’t been home for so long, and my family was worried about me. I’m not married yet, and if something really happened to me and I died, my family would be very sad. So after this mission, I firmly asked my superiors to transfer me to civilian work.”
Song Dianwu had been in the special forces for many years, accumulating countless third-class merits and several second-class merits. This time, he escaped death and received a first-class merit. With such a record, his superiors treated him exceptionally well upon his demobilization, giving him a total of 1,000 yuan in demobilization pay and bonuses, and also arranging a position as the head of a township police station.
Having received these benefits, Song Dianwu bid farewell to his comrades and planned to surprise his family. So, without writing a letter in advance, he happily and secretly returned to his hometown alone.
However, the timing of his return was not good; it coincided with a sudden downpour on a sweltering day.
“I can report to the police station in September, so I plan to take my luggage home first, rest for a while, and spend time with my parents.”
“That day, I was carrying a backpack and a large wooden crate when I got to the vicinity where you found me. I saw Uncle Li and my brother-in-law... that rascal surnamed Li. The father and son were arguing with a middle-aged man I didn’t recognize for some reason. They seemed to be at a disadvantage and didn’t dare to say anything harsh. I couldn’t stand it, so I went up to ask what was wrong.”
At this point, Song Dianwu touched the back of his head, revealing a hint of ruthlessness. "Back then, I still considered the Li family as in-laws, so naturally I wanted to help them. But after they recognized me, their expressions weren't good, and they even accused me of meddling. I didn't really like their family to begin with, so I just spat and turned to go home. Unexpectedly, one of them hit me on the back of the head, and then I passed out."
When the whole family was together, Song Dianwu didn't go into details about these things because he didn't know that his sister had no connection with the Li family anymore. He was afraid that his sister would be upset, so he planned to keep it a secret.
“If it were someone we didn’t know, that would be one thing. The Li family has had a long-standing relationship with our family, and although we can no longer be in-laws and we’ve deliberately avoided contact now, it’s still too much for them to just watch you faint without notifying our family and then take you to a place where you can’t easily be seen!”
After hearing his second brother's explanation, Song Dianchen's face turned red with anger. "We'll all go to the Li family and demand an explanation!"
“Hey! No,” Song Dianwu stopped him. “Anyway, I’m going to start work in September, in charge of the police station. I still need to settle accounts with the Li family in detail.”
Song Dianwu touched the back of his head, which felt completely normal, and felt a surge of anger rising within him. However, remembering that he was going to be a leader in the future, he had to change his habit of swearing easily, so he forced himself to suppress his bad temper and spoke seriously to his older brother, "Brother, since none of them called for help, the three of them are accomplices in knocking me out. Moreover, they not only knocked me out, but also deliberately hid me in a secluded place and took all my belongings. This constitutes malicious assault and murder for financial gain. I must deal with them according to the law for such a heinous act."
“Since you’re planning to handle it yourself, we won’t contact them privately, so as not to cause trouble for your work.” Song Dianchen settled down and sat in a chair. “I just don’t understand, Uncle Li’s family wasn’t like this before, how come they are now…”
“People change,” Song Dianwu lay back on the bed, wanting to cross his legs, but he was still weak and had no strength, so he had to give up. “When I was little, I told my parents that I didn’t like Uncle Li’s family. My cousin’s family forcibly took our things, and Uncle Li’s family was trying to please my dad and get some things from him. In the end, they just wanted to take advantage of us.”
Song Dianwu was a shrewd person from a young age, and he was not lying. Over the years, the Song and Li families had been friends, and it was always the Song family that secretly subsidized and took care of the Li family.
The marriage between the two families was actually arranged by Uncle Li during a lively banquet when everyone was drunk, so he asked for his son to marry into the family.
To be honest, there aren't many girls in the whole town with conditions like Song Wanxia's. She's beautiful, has a stable job, a relatively long fixed vacation, and none of her family members are a burden; they're all capable and reasonable...
The Li family dared to smear Song Wanxia and then practically kicked her out of the house to force her into a divorce; they were utterly shameless.
"Forget it, let's just consider it a heavy price to see the true colors of their family."
Song Dianchen shook his head helplessly. "They spread rumors about Wanxia back then, causing quite a stir. Our family didn't react in time. In the town and the nearby communes, many people actually believed that Wanxia had health problems. After her divorce, no matchmakers came to our door. Sigh. But we don't mind having an extra pair of chopsticks. She's in a good mood now, so it's good for her to stay at home for a few more years."
Song Dianwu nodded in agreement. He had felt that his sister was too young when she got married, and he had strongly opposed it to his family. As a result, other relatives in the commune ridiculed him, saying that he was reluctant to let his sister get married, and that he was too old to still be clinging to his sister... Was he clingy?
Hmph, if only I had listened to him back then, my sister would never have been bullied by those bastards from the Li family.
After mentally scrutinizing every member of the Li family, Song Dianwu remembered something and asked, "The Li family says that sunsets can't produce offspring, then..."
Song Dianchen was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what his second brother wanted to ask.
"You mean that girl, Xiao Li?"
“Yes.” Song Dianwu nodded.
Song Xiaoli appeared as his niece, but his sister had only been married to that scoundrel surnamed Li and was even rumored to be infertile, so how could she have a child?
“Speaking of which, Xiao Li is also destined to be with our family,” Song Dianchen explained to his younger brother about the origin of Song Xiao Li. “After Wanxia got divorced, her boss was worried that she was in a bad mood, so he granted her a long leave and told her to go home and rest for a while. When she came back, she found Xiao Li by the river behind her house. At that time, the little girl was not wrapped up at all, and she was afraid that she would freeze to death if left unattended, so Wanxia took her home.”
After that, they couldn't find the family that had lost the child, nor could they find any physical problems with the child. In addition, Song Wanxia really liked the child, so her family agreed to let her adopt the girl.
"Thanks to Xiaoli for keeping Wanxia company, Wanxia was unhappy all the time at first, but after Xiaoli was born, she happily raised her daughter and quickly returned to normal and went back to school and work."
"Moreover, this child is really lucky for our family." At this point, Song Dianchen pointed to his younger brother, "Weren't you also discovered by Xiaoli and Shiyi? If it weren't for Xiaoli, we wouldn't have gotten along well with Hu Lixin's family in Dahe Commune, and Shiyi and Xiaoli wouldn't have planned to go to Dahe Commune to play this time, and then they discovered you."
"Hu Lixin? Who's that? I've never heard of that name before?"
“He used to live with his mother in a coastal city as a military dependent. After his father sacrificed his life, the mother and son came back. They weren’t very close to our family. We knew each other, but we didn’t have much of a special relationship.”
"It was before my son Shijia's entrance exam for junior high school this year. Shiyi was being mischievous and took Xiaoli with him to the town's elementary school to find Shijia. The two kids meant well, worried that their older brother might not be eating well at school, so they brought a lot of eggs and duck eggs to give Shijia as an extra treat. But they happened to run into Shijia who was sick with a fever... Shiyi panicked and didn't know what to do, but Xiaoli was reliable and found the teacher..."
Song Dianchen then recounted how her cousin and sister had sought help from others, exchanged eggs for money, and then asked their teacher to help them send Song Shijia to the town hospital.
“The two children don’t remember our commune’s phone number. Shijia has a mild case of pneumonia and can’t be left alone. The two children can’t take care of him and don’t know how to inform the family. After thinking for a long time, they remembered that Hu Lixin came to our house during the Spring Festival. Hu Lixin is a teacher at the town’s middle school. They asked him to come to our house after get off work and tell us to go to the town.”
"After that, the two families kept in touch and gradually became closer."
Song Dianwu nodded thoughtfully, "This family sounds more reliable than the Li family."
At least the two families were exchanging gifts; neither side was clearly taking advantage of the other.
“Their family is really nice,” Song Dianchen said with a smile. Then she glanced outside the ward and, seeing that no one was passing by, leaned close to her brother’s ear and whispered, “Besides, I think Hu Lixin seems to have a bit of a thing for Wanxia. But Wanxia just got divorced not long ago and is a bit averse to marriage. She didn’t realize that Hu Lixin was taking good care of her, so our family didn’t tell her.”
"Doesn't Hu Lixin care that Wanxia has adopted a child?" Song Dianwu was a little worried about this. "I'm a man, and I'm not married yet. I have a good job. Why don't you let me have Xiaoli as my daughter?"
Song Dianchen rolled his eyes at his second brother, "You wish! Xiaoli is so sensible and well-behaved, and she's our family's lucky star. Your sister-in-law even wants to take her away and make her my daughter, but how could Wanxia agree? She cares a lot about this child, and Xiaoli is closest to Wanxia. They are destined to have a mother-daughter bond."
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