Chapter 48 Kneeling
After a while, the lights in the room came on again.
Tang Xueli came over and opened the door.
Tang Jincai clenched his fists and walked into the room with heavy steps.
He has lived here for more than 20 years, but feels very unfamiliar.
It's only been a few months since he moved out, and it seems like there is no trace or presence of him here anymore.
The mother and daughter stood in front of him, waiting for him to kneel down.
Tang Jincai looked at Xia Jinhua and said in a humble tone, "Jinhua, do you really have to do this? It is said that a husband and wife will be grateful to each other for a hundred days after they have been together for a day. Jinhua, we should at least..."
"Are you going to kneel down or not?" Tang Xueli interrupted his nonsense, "Do you want me to find a few more spectators?"
Tang Jincai glared at Tang Xueli fiercely, "Did I owe you in my previous life? What evil did I, Tang Jincai, do to give birth to someone like you?"
You have done so many evil things that it is hard to list them all.
"If you do less evil now and more good things, you can strive to have a better life in your next life."
Tang Xueli kindly gave him a suggestion, but Tang Jincai did not appreciate it.
He turned his head and looked at his second daughter, "Shuangshuang, Dad has always been very good to you. You want to be a chef, and I have contacted a restaurant for you. You have to stand on the same side with Dad!"
"You're not nice to me!" Tang Shuangshuang whispered, "You hit me, scolded me, and threatened me, and even asked me to drink with the boss. You didn't care about me when I was in danger. You're a bad guy, and I don't want to be in the same camp with you."
Tang Jincai raised his voice: "I beat you and scold you for your own good!"
Tang Shuangshuang shook her head decisively, "You're not doing this for my own good, you're just taking it out on me."
It was almost twelve o'clock, and Xia Jinhua didn't want Tang Jincai to waste their precious time any more.
She said calmly: "No one is forcing you to kneel down and admit your mistake. If you don't want to do this, just leave."
Tang Jincai was also very anxious. He was in desperate need of money, but he couldn't convince himself to kneel down.
It is said that a man’s knees are made of gold, but he only knelt to his parents when he got married, and never to anyone else.
But now I have to kneel down to my wife and daughter just to borrow money?
No, not just to borrow money, but for my son.
Once he has a son, nothing will be a problem.
To save my son, I'll kneel down!
Tang Jincai convinced himself, closed his eyes, and slowly knelt down.
My knees hit the concrete floor with a slight muffled sound.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry to you three. Is that ok?"
Tang Xueli looked at Tang Jincai and said in a deep voice, "And my eldest sister."
"Well, I'm sorry to your elder sister too." Tang Jincai thought that since he had done so much, he didn't care to say a few more words. "I made your elder sister marry a fool. I'm sorry to her."
The room suddenly became quiet.
Tang Jincai looked up at them and asked, "How long do you want me to kneel?"
"Okay." Xia Jinhua turned around and found paper and pen.
Tang Jincai stood up and complained unhappily: "Xia Jinhua you are really amazing, why didn't I realize you are so amazing before!"
"Write an IOU." Xia Jinhua was extremely cold and didn't want to say a single extra word to him.
From the moment he knelt down, she didn't even look at him again.
Tang Jincai wrote the IOU, signed it, and put his fingerprints on it.
Xia Jinhua took out fifty yuan from her pillowcase and gave it to Tang Jincai: "Come over tomorrow morning and explain the situation to everyone, and then we'll go get a certificate to apply for a divorce. After that, I'll give you the rest of the money."
Tang Jincai took the money and ran to the hospital.
Bai Lianxin had just come out of the emergency room and was still unconscious.
When he heard that the baby was a boy and a girl, Tang Jincai cried with joy.
He shouted in the hospital corridor: "I have a son! I have a son! I, Tang Jincai, have a son!"
The nurse stepped forward to stop them, "Stop making noise, stop making noise, this is a hospital, keep quiet!"
Tang Jincai held the nurse's arm, laughing and crying, and said, "I have a son!"
"The mother gave birth prematurely and suffered heavy bleeding. The two babies are in unstable conditions now. You should pay the medical expenses first."
After the nurse explained the details, Tang Jincai went to the window to pay the money.
He pestered the doctor and nurse and finally saw the newborn baby through the glass window.
The two babies look exactly the same, but the daughter is slightly older.
The more Tang Jincai looked at his son, the more he felt that he looked like him.
He is my son, there can be no mistake!
Bai Lianxin didn't lie to me!
Tang Jincai was so excited that he didn't close his eyes all night. He thought hard and came up with names for the children.
The son's name is Tang Xiaojun and the daughter's name is Tang Xiaomei.
At dawn the next day, he ran back to the slum.
He had to quickly pay the money for follow-up treatment so that his son could use the best medicine and be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible.
In the slum, some people were washing their faces and brushing their teeth, some were eating breakfast, they were greeting each other, and joking. It was a lively scene.
"Let me tell you something!" Tang Jincai didn't make any mental preparation. As soon as he stepped into the yard, he called everyone over.
Tang Xueli brushed her teeth slowly.
Xia Jinhua stood at the door of the east room holding Sisi.
Tang Shuangshuang had already gone to work and was unable to witness this scene.
"I want to divorce Jinhua." Tang Jincai's opening remarks were shocking.
"Divorce? You are going to get a divorce? Did I hear you right?" Zhao Hongye started yelling without even washing the soap foam off her face.
Tang Xueli glanced at her coldly, and Zhao Hongye immediately shut up.
Old Mrs. Tang ran out in her slippers, pushed Tang Jincai and said, "Old Second, what are you talking about? Hurry up and get in the house."
Why get a divorce when things are going well?
Once you are married, you will spend your whole life together no matter good or bad. No decent person would get divorced!
How can I live my life after this gets out?
"Mom, please listen to me first." Tang Jincai stopped and the old lady couldn't push him.
At this time, Mr. Tang walked past them carrying a birdcage. He was full and ready to go out and play.
Whether his son gets divorced or not, everything that happens around him seems to have nothing to do with him.
Old Mrs. Tang stamped her feet anxiously: "Go back to the house and tell me, don't embarrass yourself outside!"
"I must say it in the yard."
Tang Jincai ignored his mother's objection and turned to the neighbors again, saying, "Bai Lianxin and I are in love. I am unfaithful and I am sorry for Jinhua. I have discussed with Jinhua and we plan to separate. Now is a new society. We will respond to the policy and prepare to get a divorce certificate. No one will interfere with each other in the future."
Everyone looked at each other, not quite understanding why Tang Jincai wanted to talk about this matter publicly.
Old Mrs. Tang’s vision went dark.
The second brother has lost his mind. He actually publicly admitted that he was having an affair with a widow.
Tang Jincai bowed to everyone and finally said, "I'm moving out and won't be living here again. I'll trouble you to take care of my parents, Jinhua, and the children."
Old Mrs. Tang couldn't stop him. She was so angry and anxious that she fainted.
Tang Jincai was anxious to go out with Xia Jinhua to get the evidence, so he handed his unconscious old mother to his eldest brother and left the compound.
When Old Mrs. Tang woke up, she found that there was no one around her, no water at hand, and no quilt on her body.
Oh my, this life is unbearable.
After lying in bed for a while, she suddenly remembered something.
The second son has resigned, so the factory should take back the east room.
The east room is a public housing unit and has never been taken away, probably because the boss is a factory cadre.
To put it bluntly, the East and West Houses are now the boss's houses.
She wanted to drive away her second daughter-in-law and those unlucky granddaughters.
It’s all because of these troublesome things. They bring bad luck to both the husband and the father, and make the second child’s life a mess.
If her daughter-in-law wasn't so useless, how could her son have gotten involved with a witch like Bai Lianxin?
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