After learning the truth, Ruan Niannian and Pei Yuanzheng looked at each other.
No one could believe what Pei Qingshan had just said.
"She is not my daughter."
Pei Yuanzheng's first reaction was disbelief. How could it not be? Pei Nannan was born the year he joined the army. At that time, Pei Qingshan was already the captain?
Could it be that...
"Nannan was also adopted like me?"
Hearing what he said, Pei Qingshan, who was a little drunk, squatted on the ground and shook his head, "No, no, I personally took her out of her mother's belly. I wanted to strangle her to death many times, but I couldn't do it."
This... Pei Qingshan's wife is cheating on him?
Pei Yuanzheng considerately took off his shirt and spread it on the ground, helped Ruan Niannian to sit down, and he also sat on the ground.
"Brother Qingshan, what about Jinhui?"
Pei Jinhui is Pei Qingshan’s eldest son. He is fourteen years old and was born when Pei Qingshan was still in the army.
Logically speaking, if one of the children must be not his biological child, then Pei Jinhui is more likely to be the one.
Obviously, Pei Qingshan was very clear and certain about the true life stories of these two children. "Jinhui is mine, and Nannan... I also want her to be mine, but when she was around, I was away from home for several months."
Pei Qingshan sneered.
"When I was almost dying outside, she was having an affair with someone else at home behind my back and had a child. Who should I tell? Should I tell her that I have been cuckolded countless times? I am still a man. Am I ashamed?"
Ruan Niannian thought: Nannan is innocent. If she hates her parents, she can send her back to her biological father. Why torture her like this? But if Pei Qingshan wanted to torture her, he would never send her to school. So what is the truth? Not sure, let's listen again.
"Yuanzheng, do you remember that after I retired from the army, I worked as a transport agent for a while?"
"At that time, I often followed my master outside to help the factory to buy raw materials. Sometimes I was away from home for one or two months. The longest time I was away was more than four months."
"My master and I almost lost our lives that time. We ran into armed enemy agents. Fortunately, I did not lose my vigilance, otherwise I really would not have been able to come back. Who would have thought that after four months away, she would give me such a big surprise when she came back."
"When I entered the village, everyone I met congratulated me. I didn't know what was going on. When I got home, my grandfather beat me, saying that I came home secretly in the middle of the night without letting my family know. He didn't even look at me. I wonder if my family will be worried?"
"I almost died outside, how could I have time to go home? I immediately felt something was wrong. When I entered the house, I saw that she looked rounder and prettier. Just as I was about to hug her, my mother stopped me, saying that she was less than three months pregnant and I couldn't be so reckless."
"Hahahahahaha, less than three months. At that time, I was outside and almost couldn't come back. If I hadn't come back, wouldn't you have become my posthumous child?"
"She wasn't scared when she saw me coming back."
"I later found out that she was washing my clothes in the yard early the next morning after she cheated on me. She also told my grandfather that I came back the night before and left before dawn."
"Everyone has determined that the child is mine. What can I say? Say that the person who came home that night was not me, but the wild man she had outside? Do you think my whole family will save their reputation?"
"Later, after I pressed her again and again, she finally confessed to me that it was a male educated youth. She said she was sorry to me and asked me to let her go with the educated youth because she had given birth to a son for me."
"I was disheartened at the time and thought it was better not to have such a woman. At worst, I would confess to my family and when she passed away, I would tell the villagers that she had gone to the mountains to pick wild vegetables and never came back. I would organize people to look for her. If they couldn't find her, I would take care of half of her funeral and raise Jinhui by myself."
"Who knew that the educated youth later found a way to return to the city without her, and she had a miscarriage and gave birth to a girl prematurely."
"When I saw Nannan, it was like I saw a green hat on my own head. How could I possibly have a good relationship with her? Not strangling her to death was the greatest kindness I could show her."
"That woman didn't leave. I can't just let her disappear, nor can I kill her. For the sake of my family's reputation, I have to wear this green hat even if I don't want to."
"After becoming the team leader, I used my position to investigate the whereabouts of that educated youth. It turned out that he returned to the city by attending the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. I wanted to take revenge, but in those days, how strong a family background must one have to have to be able to attend the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University and return to the city? I could only swallow my anger."
"I can't treat Nannan the same way as my own child. I can't even be kind to her like I would to a girl from a stranger's family. I can only ignore her. After all, she still has her mother at home. She's her biological mother. She won't starve to death."
Pei Qingshan said this, smiled self-deprecatingly, lit a cigarette, and apologized to Ruan Niannian, "I'm so sorry, sister-in-law, I was thinking that although I don't like Nannan, she is still a child, and I don't want to take care of her for the rest of her life, so I'll let her learn a few words from you, and when she grows up, I'll get her a job or find her someone to marry, and we won't have any contact in the future."
Feeling a little annoyed, he lit a cigarette.
"If you find it troublesome, you can just ignore her. I will ask her not to go tomorrow."
What responded to him was a hand pinching a cigarette. With just a slight pinch, the cigarette in his mouth broke into two pieces.
Pei Yuanzheng threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out, then said to Pei Qingshan, "Stop smoking. My wife can't stand the smell of cigarettes."
"You kid!" Pei Qingshan finally smiled normally. This scene reminded him of the time when he was with that girl. She also hated the smell of cigarettes and always pouted her lips to ask him to put out the cigarette. He took the opportunity to kiss her...
If that accident hadn't happened, it would have been great if I had married her...
After hearing this story, Ruan Niannian felt very conflicted. On the one hand, she felt that it was indeed good that Pei Qingshan could raise Pei Nannan for so many years. On the other hand, she felt that it had nothing to do with the child. Since he had decided to raise her, why did he raise her to be so timid? And she firmly disagreed with beating the child. The child was her student now, and she had to take care of her.
(I hope no one calls her a saint in this section...)
"Brother Qingshan, first of all, I don't think Nannan is a problem. She is very well-behaved and obedient, and she learns quickly. She will come whenever I have a class in the future. Secondly, do you know that Nannan is beaten every day at home?"
I didn’t know this before, but I found out today.
Not only did I know about it, I also witnessed it with my own eyes.
In the evening, before Pei Qingshan got home, he heard a burst of beating sounds. When he got closer, he saw Pei Nannan standing there motionless and being beaten by her mother with a feather duster.
The little girl stood there motionless with her shoulders hunched and her head lowered, only shaking slightly when the feather duster hit her...
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