Chapter 31 Chapter 31 (Catching Bugs) Life is so unbearable...
"What's that expression on your face?"
Lu Qinghe looked at Zhao Zimo's face which was filled with shock and couldn't help laughing.
"What did I say to scare you like this?"
Zhao Zimo was stunned, his face flushed as he composed himself and cleared his throat. "Ahem, you scared me? How could you possibly scare me? I just... I just felt weird."
Lu Qinghe raised an eyebrow. "What's so strange about that? Isn't it human nature to eat, drink, and have fun, to do whatever's comfortable for you? Studying is something that requires a lot of effort, especially studying in school. If you don't like some subjects, it will be even more difficult."
Zhao Zimo nodded silently, with some surprise and deep agreement.
“I just don’t like math.”
"I don't like it either."
"Why?"
Suddenly, Zhao Zimo became very curious about the adoptive mother in front of him.
How could an adult say such things to a child?
And why would she have such an idea?
Lu Qinghe was completely confused. "If I don't like you, I don't like you. What's the reason? You don't like talking to me. Is there a reason too?"
“…”
Zhao Zimo lowered his head, his eyes glancing at the yarn he had arranged in his hands. "I don't know. I just feel like there's nothing much to say."
Lu Qinghe: "That's it. Some people are naturally quiet, some are just not interested in math and prefer Chinese. It's that simple. No need to ask too many questions."
"Is that how you understand it?"
Does she really think she is born to be quiet?
But actually it’s not that little. At school, in front of classmates, he is quite talkative. But once he gets home, he always feels that there is no need to talk.
"What else?" Lu Qinghe asked with interest.
I thought Zhao Zimo would remain silent again, but who knew he actually explained the reason to Lu Qinghe.
"There's no need to say anything. Is there no need to say anything? What about the past?" Lu Qinghe asked seriously after listening.
"Yeah." Zhao Zimo's voice was muffled. "I used to say it at first, but then I stopped talking about it because my dad wouldn't react to it. When I first came here, I would occasionally... ahem, feel sad, but he said I shouldn't be sad, and shouldn't think too much. He told me to do what I should do when I have nothing to do and to inherit my dad's wish and become a soldier."
Lu Qinghe frowned: "Then this is Zhao Zhanming's problem. Why didn't he even say a word of comfort?"
"...That's what you said, not me."
Lu Qinghe pursed her lips and smiled, "That's what I said. When he comes back, I'll ask him to judge for you."
"No, no, no." Zhao Zimo felt a little uncomfortable: "It's all in the past anyway. He probably wanted me to study hard, but... I'm not a very good student right now."
Lu Qinghe glanced over and asked, "Is it true that you can't learn it, or do you have other ideas?"
Zhao Zimo's eyes widened instantly. "How do you know? How... didn't you never go to school? Why do you act like you did?"
Lu Qinghe said calmly, "Maybe I'm a genius."
Zhao Zimo: “…”
It's not easy to fool a child. Lu Qinghe pretended not to see the speechless look on his face and continued, "Tell me, what are your thoughts? You're going to be taking the high school entrance exam next year, so you can't just drop out of school. Even if you do, you need to have a plan. You can't just rush around like a headless fly."
"I don't want to talk about it for now." After a moment of silence, Zhao Zimo slowly said, "Actually, I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell you when I figure it out."
"Alright."
Lu Qinghe responded, "I'm done pestering you. Go and have fun. I don't know what happened today. Even Lu Yao went to bed early this morning."
Zhao Zimo watched her untie the wool in her hand, thought for a moment, and decided not to betray Lu Yao. He turned around, picked up his table tennis racket, and went to the yard to continue playing.
It was still early, so Lu Qinghe found some knitting needles.
She didn't know how to knit at all, but as her three little ones grew taller, her old sweaters began to shrink.
It is winter now, and every household here has to make their own sweaters and trousers by taking apart old clothes and re-knitting them. The cutting team in the military family compound is too busy to spare any time, so she can only make an appointment with other military wives to learn how to knit sweaters.
"Qinghe——"
The door was slammed with great force.
But the voice sounded familiar, it was Wang Ningyu outside.
Lu Qinghe frowned, stopped Zhao Zimo who was about to open the door, and hurried over to open the door himself.
"I knew it was you from the voice. What's wrong?"
Wang Ningyu supported her waist and stomach, her eyes were red, obviously she had just cried. When asked by Lu Qinghe, she started to cry again.
Lu Qinghe frowned, "Come in first, it's cold outside, be careful the road is slippery."
Wang Ningyu cried and nodded as she walked into the house without any courtesy. Without waiting for Lu Qinghe to ask, she started crying.
"Qinghe, this life is really unbearable!"
"I never thought I would end up with someone like this. My mother-in-law wants to kill me!"
"Qinghe, I won't be able to go back for the next few days. I'm going to live with you! I'm running away from home! I'm never going back!"
Lu Qinghe poured her some water, found a hot towel and put it in her hand, and finally grabbed a handful of pumpkin seeds and leaned back on the sofa.
There is no way. She has discovered these days that every family has its own problems, whether it is in the mountainous areas or in the military family compound.
But no matter how difficult it is to recite this sutra, it is ultimately their own business and there is no point for outsiders to interfere.
All she can do is be a qualified audience.
But in fact, as long as there is someone willing to listen to their crying, that is enough for them.
Wang Ningyu complained for a long time and finally got to the point.
"It would have been fine if she'd just said something nasty before, but today she actually drugged me!"
Lu Qinghe dropped some melon seeds from her hand and frowned, "You're still pregnant, and it's already eight months. Why did your mother-in-law drug you?"
"She probably heard someone say that since her belly is round and she doesn't have any pregnancy symptoms, it's likely she's having a girl."
Lu Qinghe: "This thing is not accurate. You've already given birth to four children, and your mother-in-law still believes it?"
"Also, a few days ago, I was feeling unwell and went to the Armed Police Hospital for a checkup. She insisted on asking the doctor for clarification. The doctor couldn't give a definite answer, only saying it didn't matter whether it was a boy or a girl. But for some reason, my mother-in-law took it as the doctor already knowing it was a girl, and that she was just trying to comfort her."
"At dinner time, my mother-in-law made me some winter melon and bacon soup. I was thinking of having a second bowl when she stopped me and said she would serve it for me. She is not always so reasonable. I followed her out of curiosity and saw her put medicine in my bowl."
Lu Qinghe frowned and looked nervous. "Did you find out clearly what the medicine was? Did you give it to me during the first bowl? You, too, why are you still here after seeing the medicine? Hurry up and ask your old Sun to take you to the hospital! You're eight months pregnant, not three months. If there's a problem, it could be fatal!"
Wang Ningyu started to cry again, feeling wronged. "I've asked clearly, it's some folk medicine that makes women more likely to have miscarriages. Old Sun is on duty today and I'm not home. Look at me, a woman like me, pregnant. How can I beat my big and strong mother-in-law? If I didn't run away quickly, I was afraid she would force the medicine into my mouth."
"no."
Lu Qinghe stood up without hesitation, changed his clothes, found another piece of his own clothes for Wang Ningyu to put on, and pulled her out.
Lu Qinghe: "We can't delay any longer. If I had known you were in this condition, I would have dragged you to the hospital when I came here. You did the same. Why didn't you just tell me you were drugged? Let's go!"
Wang Ningyu stood up reluctantly. "This...this will cost money to go to the hospital. I thought it was nothing serious. Besides, I don't know where my mother-in-law got the medicine from. It's hard to say whether it works or not. There's no need to be so nervous. Look, I'm fine."
"Forget about other things, but this won't do. This can't be taken lightly. If anything happens to you here, Chief Sun might think it's my fault. Hurry and leave! I'll go get help for you!"
Wang Ningyu quickly explained: "Qinghe, I didn't mean that. I just came here because I think I have a good relationship with you. Even if something happens, it has nothing to do with you. It's all my fault, that black-hearted mother-in-law..."
"Okay, stop complaining. We can't afford to waste even a minute."
Lu Qinghe said this and called Zhao Zimo, with whom she had just become closer. "I'll take your aunt to the hospital. I don't know when I'll be back. Please take care of your younger brother and sister-in-law at home. Don't let them run around before I come back. I'll also ask the other aunts to come and help tomorrow. I'll leave the house to you."
Zhao Zimo also became nervous, "Okay, I promise to complete the task."
Without saying much, Lu Qinghe went out and asked Wang Ningyu to wait by the side, then went to knock on the neighbor's door.
This is how it is in the family compound. The men in the family are often not at home, so they always take care of each other.
After Lu Qinghe briefly explained the situation, someone immediately went to the military area to borrow a car, someone else looked for a driver who could drive, and someone else knew doctors and nurses. After calling everyone in the compound, she thought about it and called Xiao Li, who she was more familiar with.
More than ten minutes later, Wang Ningyu sat in the passenger seat of a borrowed pickup truck, and Xiao Li drove.
"Qinghe, please come with me. Let's squeeze in together. Otherwise, I'm a little scared..."
"What are you doing?! Wang Ningyu, are you going to cause a scene?!"
Just as they were about to leave, Section Chief Sun's mother, Liu Chunping, heard the noise and rushed under the pickup truck, clutching her waist. Without a word, she pointed at Wang Ningyu and yelled, "Do you have any brains? You're going to the hospital again for nothing. Do you think my son's money is just windblown money?"
"This is not a simple matter."
Director Ying Lu of the Military Families Association was also woken up. She rushed over with her coat on to block Liu Chunping: "You know what you feed your daughter-in-law. If someone dies, the reputation of our family compound will be disgraced!"
Liu Chunping laughed out loud. "Stop scaring me! What's a little herbal medicine? She's fine, isn't she? Back home, wives who don't want children use this folk remedy, and I've never seen anyone die. My family isn't as well off as others, and if we have another daughter, we simply can't afford to raise her. I'm doing this for the good of our family. You outsiders don't understand shit!"
Ying Lu frowned, "Sister Qinghe, go to the hospital with Ning Yu immediately. Don't worry about her."
"no!"
Liu Chunping stretched out her arm and stood in front of the car. "We have to spend money when we get there. Are you going to give money to my family? Wang Ningyu, get out of here right now! Where did you borrow this car? You'll have to pay it back when the time comes. You're a useless, money-losing bastard who only gives birth to money-losing children!"
Ying Lu rolled her eyes in anger, pinched her waist and went up to persuade him helplessly.
"Qinghe...something's wrong. I seem to have a stomachache."
Wang Ningyu didn't bother to pay attention to Liu Chunping. Suddenly, she clutched her stomach and grabbed Lu Qinghe's wrist. "...It hurts so much. What should I do?"
Lu Qinghe frowned, slammed the car door shut, and poked his head out of the window. "Director Ying Lu, there's no point in talking to her. We can't waste any more time. Call a few people to pull this old woman over to the side."
"Don't touch me! Ouch - my head hurts, I have a heart disease, if anyone touches me I will have an attack -"
When she makes such a fuss, it's hard for others to do anything to her.
Seeing that Wang Ningyu was sweating all over due to the pain and couldn't speak, Lu Qinghe pushed Wang Ningyu's hand away.
"Xiao Li, come on, let's go down and pull her over to the side."
"But sister-in-law, she..."
"She's pretending. If anything goes wrong, I'll take responsibility. Hurry up."
Lu Qinghe and Xiao Li jumped out of the car and were about to attack Liu Chunping no matter what she shouted. However, Liu Chunping was bigger and they hesitated for half a second before another person came up from behind.
"Political Commissar Guo?"
Guo Yingshi responded, "Don't waste time, I can drag her by myself, get in the car and go to the hospital."
"become."
Lu Qinghe didn't bother to say anything else. He said something to Ying Lu and got into the pickup truck.
After the car started, Liu Chunping, who had been crying for her parents and saying her heart ached, suddenly calmed down. But before she could calm down for a while, she turned around and started crying again.
"Hey, you guys are bullying me, an old man, when my son is not at home? Ouch..."
Ying Lu was also furious. Seeing Liu Chunping's continued tantrums, she gritted her teeth and looked at Guo Yingshi. "Could you please help me, Political Commissar Guo? Take her to the office of the Military Family Compound and lock her up there. If anything happens to Wang Ningyu, I'll take her to Section Chief Sun when he gets back."
Guo Yingshi immediately agreed and lifted Liu Chunping up. "Drugging is no small matter. This kind of patriarchal culture cannot be allowed to spread in our military family compound. Come on, I'll cooperate with you."
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The author has something to say: I have a slight cold and feel very sleepy after taking medicine. The update at 6 o'clock tomorrow will be changed to the afternoon update. I will update twice today and make up for it tomorrow [hug]
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