Chapter 112 Pearl and I are already married
Fu Jiaojiao's ward was on the third floor of the inpatient department. Zhu Ziqiang and Dr. Hu finished talking before going upstairs.
When he came in, he saw Fu Jiaojiao lying on the bed with a pale face and no expression. Her eyes were staring blankly at the ceiling, not even looking at him. Zhu Ziqiang assumed that she was still sad because of the folk remedy and did not take it to heart.
He asked to himself, "Jiaojiao, have you eaten?"
Fu Jiaojiao ignored him and didn't react at all.
After waiting for a long time, Fu Jiaojiao remained motionless, still in the same position.
Zhu Ziqiang frowned. What illness has struck the young lady this time?
He suppressed his displeasure and asked patiently, "Are you feeling better?"
Zhu Ziqiang wanted to say that the hospitalization had cost a lot of money, and that he had paid for it for her. He asked where her salary was and said he would get it for her when he got back. But perhaps because he had just met with Dr. Hu, Zhu Ziqiang suddenly felt a little guilty in front of Fu Jiaojiao, and swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
However, his expression seemed somewhat hesitant, but he finally said...
"Jiaojiao, you've been in the hospital for a day now. I think you're almost fully recovered. There's no need for us to stay in the hospital any longer. It's more comfortable at home, don't you think?"
Zhu Ziqiang felt heartbroken thinking about the exorbitant expenses incurred during Fu Jiaojiao's hospitalization.
Wasn't Yu Junsheng previously quite puzzled as to why Zhu Ziqiang reported Aunt Ma?
There wasn't really any particular reason.
Fu Jiaojiao's condition was quite serious this time. She underwent many tests upon entering the hospital and ultimately had to be hospitalized for recuperation, which cost a considerable amount of money.
Fu Jiaojiao doesn't hand over her salary to her family. His salary alone is barely enough to support a family of five, and now this huge sum of money has been spent. Zhu Ziqiang's heart is bleeding.
If it weren't for Aunt Ma promoting that "miracle drug" to Fu Jiaojiao, he wouldn't have spent so much money for no reason.
Having grown up in a rural area, Zhu Ziqiang was terrified of poverty as a child and therefore valued money highly. He saved all his money for his two sons.
Aunt Ma caused him to lose such a large sum of money, how could he not be angry?
In a fit of anger, he went and reported it.
Fu Jiaojiao remained silent, but her expression clearly turned cold.
Zhu Ziqiang was unaware and continued to persuade Fu Jiaojiao to leave the hospital in a tone that suggested he was doing it for her own good.
Fu Jiaojiao suddenly turned her head and stared straight at him. "Who said I'm better? The doctor said I'm still very weak and need to stay in the hospital for a while. Ziqiang, go and pay my hospital fees."
Zhu Ziqiang's concerned expression froze instantly. "W-what?"
"No, we have to pay hospital fees again? Didn't we pay them when we came yesterday?" Zhu Ziqiang almost jumped up in anger; he was unwilling to spend any more money.
Fu Jiaojiao's expression changed slightly, and she questioned, "Ziqiang, you're unwilling?"
Zhu Ziqiang stammered, "How...how could this be?"
Fu Jiaojiao sneered inwardly, but her face showed sadness, her eyes reddening. "Why did I ruin myself like this? Wasn't it all to give you a son? I became like this because of you, Ziqiang? You promised my parents you would take good care of me, and it hasn't even been that long, and you can't even bear to spend money on my medical bills."
Zhu Ziqiang was unconvinced. Times had changed. Back then, the Fu family could help him, so of course he would speak favorably of them. But now, the Fu family not only couldn't help him, but might even sabotage him, so naturally he didn't take them seriously.
Just then, the nurse who was giving Fu Jiaojiao an IV drip came over and immediately looked at Zhu Ziqiang with displeasure. "What's wrong with you, comrade? Your wife got herself so sick to give birth to your son, and you can't even bear to spend money on her medical expenses?"
The nurse looked Zhu Ziqiang up and down in his work clothes a few more times, as if he were a scumbag, her eyes filled with disdain. "I see you're a worker in the machine factory, you must earn quite a bit each month, right? You can't even afford to spend that on your wife who's sick because of you?"
A few people happened to be passing by in the corridor outside and overheard some of it, pointing and whispering about Zhu Ziqiang.
"Oh dear, this guy is so stingy,"
"That woman is stupid too..."
Zhu Ziqiang felt he had never been so humiliated. His face flushed red with shame, and he said angrily, "It wasn't me who made her give birth. She just insisted on messing around. Who can she blame?!"
After saying that, he was no longer willing to stay there. Let Fu Jiaojiao stay in the hospital if she wanted; he wouldn't pay any more money anyway!
Having figured it out, he said dismissively, "It's almost time for work, I have to go back to the factory now. I'll come see you again next time I have time." After saying that, the man ignored the pointing and whispering of the people around him and ran off as fast as he could, as if a ghost was chasing him.
Bah! He just doesn't want to spend money on his wife, doesn't he? What a scoundrel!
The nurse pursed her lips, quickly changing the IV drip for Fu Jiaojiao, and said earnestly, "Comrade, don't blame me for being nosy, but your man is really no good. You need to think more about yourself in the future, don't be so foolish. It's your own body, no one will care if you ruin it."
Fu Jiaojiao gave a mocking smile.
This is the man she insisted on marrying despite her parents' objections, even if it meant her death.
She was a broadcaster at the machinery factory at the time, and Zhu Ziqiang was a temporary worker in the workshop. He fell in love with her at first sight and began to pursue her passionately.
Being young and inexperienced in romance, she quickly fell in love.
Fu Jiaojiao's parents initially disagreed with the marriage because they felt Zhu Ziqiang came from a poor background, was only a temporary worker, and was much older than their daughter. However, Fu Jiaojiao loved Zhu Ziqiang and insisted on marrying him, even threatening to go on a hunger strike. In the end, Fu's parents had no choice but to agree and used their connections to get Zhu Ziqiang a permanent position.
At first, Fu Jiaojiao did enjoy a period of good life, but everything changed when her family ran into trouble.
Looking back now, I realize how blind and naive I was, unable to discern true intentions from false ones.
Fu Jiaojiao forced a smile and thanked the nurse earnestly, "How could I? I know you meant well. Thank you, comrade."
The nurse smiled sheepishly, "Oh, it's nothing, I just couldn't stand it anymore."
The story of this person spread throughout the hospital yesterday. The nurses felt very sorry for Fu Jiaojiao, thinking that she had met the wrong person and was very pitiful.
After she finished speaking, she hung up the IV drip and began to give Fu Jiaojiao an injection.
Fu Jiaojiao used to be terrified of needles, but now she doesn't feel much pain.
She watched the medicine drip into her veins with a blank expression, her thoughts racing.
She didn't want to continue living with Zhu Ziqiang, and there was no need to continue.
Although divorce is shameful, the other family treats her like an outsider and is wary of her. There's no need for her to waste her life here; it's pointless.
However, I cannot let the sins I have suffered in the Zhu family over the past few years go unpunished.
And everything that Zhu Ziqiang got from her family, he must return!
Fu Jiaojiao's hands, which were under the blanket, clenched slightly.
...
Meanwhile, in the courtyard, Bai Xiaohui learned early in the morning the devastating news that her own mother and Qin Weimin had been caught in the act of adultery and were taken to the neighborhood committee office.
Her mind went blank for a moment.
Bai Xiaohui was completely distraught and ran home crying to ask Qi Baifan for help.
Bai Xiaohui gripped Qi Baifan's arm tightly, her eyes red and swollen. "Brother Baifan, what should we do? My mom has been arrested! Please think of something, please think of something to save her!"
Qi Baifan: "!!!"
Damn it, why didn't Qin Ziwen say back then that this old woman was a troublemaker?!
What if his background is problematic? Is it too late for him to get a divorce now?
Upon hearing the news, Qi Baifan felt as if he had been doused with a bucket of cold water, feeling completely chilled.
Was my perfect plan about to be forced to fail right at the beginning?
Qi Baifan was unwilling to accept this.
He cursed Bai Zhenzhu for being indecent and was afraid of affecting his own status, but he soon realized that this was an opportunity.
If Bai Zhenzhu is really sent to the countryside, then wouldn't only he and Bai Xiaohui be left?
He'd realized these days that Bai Xiaohui was a fool, completely fooled and enjoying it.
If Bai Zhenzhu is gone, with Bai Xiaohui's brains, will she still be completely at my mercy?
At that time, wouldn't it be easy for me to take the Bai family's things?
wrong!
Bai Zhenzhu has been demoted, and the Bai family's house will be taken back!
Bai Xiaohui and I have nowhere to live!
Qi Baifan panicked. He tried to appease Bai Xiaohui while keeping her calm. Seeing that she was gradually calming down, he began to probe, "Xiaohui, before we got married, Mom said she would arrange a job for you in the factory after the wedding. How is that going now?"
“In case, I mean in case something really happens to our mother, if you're at the factory, they won't take back our house.”
Bai Xiaohui's sobs choked, she wiped away her tears, and changed the subject, "You, you don't need to worry, this house belongs to our family, it wasn't allocated by the factory, no one can take it away."
"Oh, so you bought it yourself. That's even better." Qi Baifan's eyes flickered. "What about the job?" If it really comes to that, I must get the job first, then run away with the money and the house.
Bai Xiaohui's eyes began to flicker, and she dared not look at Qi Baifan.
What kind of job?! That's all a lie her mother told her!
Seeing her guilty look, what else could Qi Baifan not understand?
It's likely that there's no real job at all, and that this mother and daughter are just fooling themselves!
Qi Baifan's face instantly darkened.
Damn it, I've been hunting geese all day, but I've gotten pecked in the eye!
He took a deep breath, and then another, telling himself that he still had a house, he still had money, and he must not give up halfway, he must not give up halfway.
When Bai Xiaohui first saw the gentle Bai Fan, her face turned cold. She stammered and dared not speak, nor did she dare to approach him as usual.
He could only hang his head and curse Qin Ziwen in his heart.
It's all Qin Ziwen's fault. He didn't even spare his own father, causing me to be exposed to Brother Bai Fan.
What a heartless bastard!
...
On the other side, Aunt Yan, who always doted on her child, was also complaining about Qin Ziwen, "You child, what were you doing wandering around outside with a bunch of people so late at night? Now look what's happened, your father has been arrested, and who knows what the neighborhood committee will do to him!"
The man has been arrested. If anything happens to her, how will she survive?
Qin Jianguo frowned and looked at Qin Ziwen, "Third brother, look at the mess you've made. Hurry up and go to the neighborhood office to explain. Just say it's all a misunderstanding."
The second son, Qin Jiandang, also said, "We absolutely cannot let Dad be convicted of having an affair, otherwise it will affect our family's class status, and what will happen to this whole family?"
Sun Hongmei also said,
Qin Ziwen remained expressionless throughout.
If the charges are proven true, so be it. At worst, he can sever ties with Qin Weimin.
"No, I have to go and plead with your dad!"
After listening to her sons' analysis, Aunt Yan slapped her thigh in frustration and hurriedly headed towards the neighborhood office.
...
It is said that Aunt Ma also had a very difficult time in the ideological education class of the neighborhood office.
It's called a "ideological education class," but it's really just keeping people there and having classes all day long.
However, Ma Daya is illiterate and attends ideological education classes every day. The ideologies, policies, and instructions are like gibberish to her.
Every time she listened, she would involuntarily doze off. Whenever she dozed off, the teacher would say that she wasn't paying attention and then punish her by making her stand at the back of the classroom.
Heavens have mercy, this old woman is over sixty years old, and she still has to be punished by the teacher in front of so many people, especially young people who are even younger than her son. Aunt Ma's face turned red with embarrassment, and she didn't dare to look up at anyone.
Unbeknownst to Aunt Ma, because of the egregious nature of the incident and her unwillingness to reveal the sorceress behind it, the neighborhood committee decided to make Aunt Ma's case a model case.
Use it as a negative example against feudal superstition to spread the message and make more people aware of the importance of science.
Naturally, this outreach program is not limited to their neighborhood; other units can also learn from it.
Even after she leaves the ideological education class, there are still countless social death attempts waiting for her.
To Ma's surprise, two acquaintances from the compound came to the neighborhood office to keep her company in the afternoon.
That's not even the most surprising thing.
What shocked her even more was yet to come.
So, after the neighborhood committee learned what had happened, they originally planned to send Qin Weimin and Bai Zhenzhu to a political education class and let it go. But unexpectedly, they ran into the neighborhood committee coming to inspect today.
So these two unlucky guys just happened to run into the line of fire, and were immediately dragged out to have their heads shaved in a humiliating way and be paraded through the streets with tattered shoes hanging from their heads.
The two were horrified and struggled desperately, resolutely denying that they had been unfaithful.
Bai Zhenzhu stopped pretending to be innocent and innocent behind Qin Weimin's back and cried out that she was innocent.
The committee officials didn't believe it.
So many people saw the two of them with their clothes disheveled late at night, and they put their hands inside each other's clothes. Isn't that considered having an affair?
A young man rolled his eyes and said sarcastically, "If you're not having an affair, why are you putting your hand inside that woman's clothes? To warm it up?"
A woman with a red armband waved impatiently behind her, "Take her away!"
Several young men nearby came up and tried to take the two away.
Qin Weimin was sweating profusely. No, no, he absolutely couldn't let the reputation of being a philanderer stick to him, or his life would be ruined!
Not only is he finished, but his children and grandchildren are all finished too.
Absolutely not!
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he shouted, "Comrade, comrade, we haven't had an affair! We haven't had an affair! Pearl and I are already married, we just haven't registered our marriage or held a wedding banquet yet. We haven't had an affair!"
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