Chapter 148 Jiang Huai went to Yizhilan Seasoning Store
Time goes back to the day before the winter solstice
Jiang Huai couldn't find his son, so he asked Xue Shuzhen, but she didn't know either. But she knew that Liang Xiulan must know.
"Let's go! Let's go find Liang Xiulan!"
She was in a rage and seemed to be looking for trouble.
Jiang Huai quickly stopped him: "What are you doing here? Are you arguing with someone?"
Xue Shuzhen rolled up her sleeves and put her hands on her waist.
"If she doesn't tell me where my son is, I'll tear her store down!"
Jiang Huai glared at her and said helplessly, "Just rest at home!"
"No one owes you anything. It's strange that someone like you could ask. I'll just go there myself. Just tell me where her shop is."
"Lilac Street, there's a place called Yizhilan, with a red door! Can you do it alone?"
"Why not? Do you think I'm going there to have a quarrel?"
Jiang Huai rolled his eyes at her and rode his bike to the town.
The last time Xue Shuzhen went there, she got beaten up. She must have offended someone.
Jiang Huai felt embarrassed to go empty-handed, so he went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some snacks.
He stood by the roadside for a long time. Seeing that the store was busy, he was embarrassed to go in. He waited until most people had left before he went over with his things.
"Hehe...busy..."
He smiled awkwardly, feeling a little helpless. After all, his wife had offended others several times and he was ashamed.
Sure enough, Liu Guizhi rolled her eyes as soon as she saw him and didn't want to pay any attention to him.
He felt that not chasing him away was already a sign of good temper.
Liang Jianguo had just loaded the car and was about to deliver the goods when he saw Jiang Huai coming and walked over politely.
"Brother Jiang, why are you here?"
Men are generous and most of them don't hold grudges. Besides, this grudge was made by Xue Shuzhen and had nothing to do with Jiang Huai.
Besides, he thought Jiang Huai was a nice person and they had similar personalities.
Jiang Huai chuckled and shook the thing in his hand.
"I'm fine... Come and see, take this snack. I bought it for Xiulan."
Liang Jianguo took the item and said politely, "Well...she's already so old, and you still bought this for her."
After saying that, he casually placed it on the cash register.
"I..." Jiang Huai seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Liang Jianguo calmed down and looked at him curiously: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Jiang Huai nodded: "Yeah, last time Shuzhen came to make trouble, I didn't know about it. I only found out after I got home. I felt very embarrassed."
Liu Guizhi said sarcastically, "It's been a month and you just found out. Why didn't you come after the New Year?"
Liang Jianguo immediately glared at him: "Tsk! Speak properly!"
Liu Guizhi snorted and turned to go to the operating room.
Liang Jianguo apologized, "Don't be offended, Brother Jiang. Women are like this. They easily bear grudges and are petty."
Jiang Huai felt his cheeks getting hot and he felt more and more sorry for his family.
"My wife caused the trouble, so I should bear it for her."
Liang Jianguo sighed, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to him.
"What's the right or wrong thing to do? Don't worry, your son has already suffered for the trouble your wife caused!"
“Come and help us often.”
As he spoke, he took out a lighter and lit a cigarette for Jiang Huai.
Jiang Huai thanked him repeatedly, took two puffs, and asked him, "Does my son come here often?"
"Yeah! I went to Lin County to be a hero some time ago. I was injured and almost couldn't be saved. It scared me to death."
"Your daughter's hospital stay costs money, but he rushed back to work without waiting for her to recover. Sigh... What a good kid..."
Jiang Huai was shocked: "What? He's injured? What happened? What happened to my daughter? Why is she in the hospital?"
Liang Jianguo didn't expect that Jiang Huai, the father, was so out of touch with the information.
He didn't even know about such a big thing as his daughter and son. He really doubted whether this guy and Xue Shuzhen were a couple.
Don't these two usually talk to each other at home?
Actually, this is not Jiang Huai’s fault.
Xue Shuzhen never told him about Jiang Danyue's affairs. She just said that the two of them had a quarrel and Shen Xing was temporarily living in their house.
As for her daughter's divorce and the fact that she was taking care of her two children, she didn't want to talk about it, for fear that Jiang Huai would take her back.
Every time Jiang Huai asked her, she said that the person was fine and asked him not to worry about it.
As for Jiang Jinzhou, Xue Shuzhen never asked him about it. She only knew that her son had become a hero, but she never thought about how he became a hero.
But she spread the word throughout the village, "This is my son. The guy in the newspaper is my son. Did you see that? He's been rewarded by the government!"
Sitting in front of Jiang Lei, he said, "See? This is your uncle. Look how many people are surrounding him!"
"You should study hard and become a great hero in the future, okay?"
Jiang Lei even told everyone that his uncle was a hero and he was also a hero.
Jiang Huai asked her several times where her son was, but she said she didn't know.
"Your son told us not to look for him anymore and not to disturb him."
"Look, let's not bother him. He's become a hero. He'll definitely become something great in the future. Just leave him alone."
Jiang Huai believed her and didn't care about anything else, as long as he could see the child was fine.
But tomorrow is the winter solstice, and he has to find his son to eat dumplings.
I just found out today that my son almost died trying to be a hero, and my daughter is also in the hospital.
"What happened to my daughter? Why is she in the hospital? Which hospital? When was she admitted?" Jiang Huai asked anxiously.
Liang Jianguo patted his shoulder to calm him down.
"Don't worry, your daughter is in our town's health center. I heard that your son-in-law beat her up and she's covered in bruises. She's also got mental problems."
Jiang Huai was struck by lightning and threw the cigarette butt to the ground. Without even having time to explain to Liang Jianguo, he hurriedly rode his bike to the hospital.
Liang Jianguo called out behind him, "On the second floor of the inpatient department..."
Before he could say which bed it was, the person had already crossed the street.
In the hospital
Zhang Cuifen is cutting Jiang Danyue's nails.
Suddenly the door opened. Jiang Danyue was startled and quickly retracted her hand and hid under the quilt.
Zhang Cuifen put away the scissors, patted her and coaxed her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid... Aunt Zhang is here, don't be afraid..."
After saying that, he looked at the person at the door and said, "Who are you looking for?"
Jiang Huai stood at the door and asked tentatively, "Does Jiang Danyue live here?"
Zhang Cuifen glanced at Jiang Danyue, who was still hiding under the quilt, and asked warily, "Who are you?"
"I'm her father, my name is Jiang Huai!"
It turned out to be her father.
Zhang Cuifen stood up and greeted her warmly: "Oh, it's her father. Come in and sit down. My name is Zhang Cuifen, and I'm her caregiver."
After saying that, he patted Jiang Danyue's shoulder and said, "Danyue, come out quickly, your dad is here to see you."
"dad?"
Jiang Danyue shook her head and still refused to go out.
Zhang Cuifen asked him to sit down and poured him some water.
I thought to myself: I thought she had no father or mother and only had a younger brother. It turns out she has a father. Why did the father come only now?
It seems that he doesn't care much about the children.
He handed the water over and confirmed, "Are you her biological father?"
Jiang Huai didn't know why she asked that, so he just nodded.
"Um!"
Then he asked, "What's wrong with her? Why is she hiding under the quilt?"
Zhang Cuifen sat down and explained, "She was mentally traumatized and didn't recognize anyone. She only recognized me, Jiang Jinzhou, and Liang Xiulan. Sometimes she didn't even recognize her son."
"Why is this happening?"
"Eh? You're her father, don't you know?
Your daughter was beaten all over by your son-in-law and was almost tortured into a mental disorder. Your grandson was almost starved to death. Don't you know this?"
"How can you be such a father? How come you don't care about your daughter at all?"
"It's pitiful enough for a child to be without a mother. If you, as a father, don't care and let Jiang Jinzhou bear all the burdens alone, how can you be a father?"
Faced with Zhang Cuifen's criticism, Jiang Huai was speechless and accepted it all.
He is indeed not qualified to be a father, but what about the fact that he has no mother?
"She...she has a mother. Her mother is at home..."
"Ah? You have a mother? Oh, sorry, sorry, look at my mouth, I'm talking nonsense again."
"I saw that there was no one to take care of her. I thought she had no mother. Oh, I deserve a slap on the face."
"Since the child has a father and a mother, why don't you come and see him? The child has been in the hospital for almost a month and should be discharged soon."
Jiang Huai held the water cup and lowered his head, feeling so upset that he couldn't speak.
She has been in the hospital for almost a month... He only found out now, why didn't Jinzhou tell him?
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