Chapter 51 Chapter 51 What if Xiao Song is infertile? …
The store owner wanted Jiang Ling to bring her boyfriend to see the happy scene of the family of three together.
If her partner was a normal person, he would probably give up.
If he was not a normal person and was still deeply in love with Mingxiu, Jiang Ling would give up.
Jiang Ling didn't know what the boss lady was thinking, but that didn't stop her from thanking her.
After coming out of the store, Jiang Ling looked in the direction of Mingxiu's house and found that the door was closed as expected.
She bought a lot of things in the store, and because she spent a lot of money, the proprietress spoke to her very sincerely.
I even bought two boxes of mooncakes. The Mid-Autumn Festival is just a week away, and all kinds of mooncakes are displayed on the most conspicuous shelf in the store.
Most mooncakes are sold by pound, and individually packaged mooncakes are more expensive. Jiang Ling reluctantly bought two packs of mooncakes, one with five-nut filling and one with red bean paste filling.
When Jiang Ling walked out of the store carrying a net bag, she ran into Chen Xiangyang who was craning his neck to look inside the store.
He seemed to have not expected Jiang Ling to just come out, and his face was full of surprise, but he quickly covered up this surprise, as if he had met an acquaintance while taking a walk. He stretched out his hand to greet Jiang Ling, "Why are you here too?"
The proprietress heard the noise and looked outside. She saw Jiang Ling pulling a tall man to the side. She remembered what she had just said and thought that Chen Xiangyang was the object of Jiang Ling's good wife.
The proprietress couldn't help but shake her head. This young man had thick eyebrows and big eyes. Who would have thought that he had such a hobby.
Jiang Ling pulled Chen Xiangyang to a place far away from Mingxiu's house, "Why are you here? Are you following me?"
Chen Xiangyang had just said one sentence when dirty water was already thrown on his head.
"My Lord, I am more wronged than Dou E." Chen Xiangyang said aggrievedly, "I was just passing by and I have a friend here. I came to look for him but couldn't find him."
Jiang Ling didn't believe it. "If you were just passing by, why did you look into the store just now? You must know that I was in the store."
Chen Xiangyang felt inwardly that she was really smart.
Even if he was beaten to death, he would never admit that he was following her. Chen Xiangyang curled his lips and said, "I'm looking for someone, but I haven't found her yet."
Because of her understanding of Chen Xiangyang, Jiang Ling did not continue to question him. Regardless of whether he was following her or not, this man did not have any bad intentions.
"Would you like to have lunch with us at our house at noon, or continue to look for your friends here?"
After being discovered, Chen Xiangyang had no face to see Song Guanshu. He waved his hand and said, "I will continue to look for friends."
Jiang Ling happened to buy two boxes of mooncakes and asked Chen Xiangyang to choose one. "You can't go to a friend's house empty-handed. I have mooncakes here. Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. You can bring a box of mooncakes."
Chen Xiangyang is not a person who does not know etiquette. This can be seen from the fact that he never comes to visit someone empty-handed. He is not really here to visit a friend, so it does not matter if he brings gifts.
He said, "I feel like I can't find him today. The address he gave me is unclear. You should take the mooncakes home to eat."
Jiang Ling didn't expose him. She had an expression that said, "I'll just watch you act." "What if you find it? Take it first. If you don't find it, take it home and eat it yourself."
Jiang Ling forced a box of mooncakes on Chen Xiangyang. She didn't even know what flavor it was. "I'm going home, bye."
After watching Jiang Ling get on the bus safely, Chen Xiangyang strolled home with a box of red bean paste mooncakes in his pocket.
Sitting on the bus, I heard the conductor announce the name of the next stop. There was a relatively large vegetable market nearby. Many middle-aged aunts on the bus were heading for this vegetable market, and many people would get off at this stop.
Jiang Ling thought about it and followed the aunts out of the car.
This was probably her first time to go to the vegetable market by herself. In the past, she always went there with Song Guanshu, who was responsible for selecting fresh ingredients, inspecting them and paying.
Jiang Ling's job is also very hard. She has to choose the ingredients for the day from dozens of kinds of vegetables in the market.
It’s my first time going to the vegetable market by myself, and I’m still a little uncomfortable.
She was actually not very good at picking vegetables, so in order to avoid buying bad vegetables and meat, Jiang Ling went to several stalls that Song Guanshu used to buy from.
Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu, the young couple, are too eye-catching. They often come to the market together to buy vegetables, and the stall owners are already familiar with them.
Seeing that Jiang Ling was the only one there, he weighed the vegetables for her and asked, "Why didn't you go shopping with your family today?"
Jiang Ling showed her the net bag she was carrying. "He disliked the heat and didn't want to go out. I came out to buy some things."
The stall owner handed her the weighed vegetables and two heads of garlic, saying, "It's really hot today."
Jiang Ling bought vegetables and meat, as well as a bunch of grapes. The boss asked her to try two grapes, which were very sweet.
With both hands full of harvest, Jiang Ling shouted as soon as she reached the door: "Song Guanshu, I'm back!"
Hearing the noise in the house, Song Guanshu hurried out and took the meat and vegetables from her hands.
He thought Jiang Ling would not come back at noon, so he planned to eat something casually. It was already time for dinner, but he hadn't cooked yet.
Jiang Ling's forehead was covered with sweat. Song Guanshu turned on the electric fan and said, "Take a break first. I'll go cook."
After opening the bag of vegetables and meat that Jiang Ling brought back, he asked, "Stir-fried water spinach and three fresh vegetables?"
Song Guanshu hadn't even cooked rice yet, so now he had to make rice in the pot.
Jiang Ling wiped the sweat off her body with a towel. She stood in front of the electric fan. The fan was very loud, so she had to make it louder so that Song Guanshu could hear it. "That's too much trouble. Let's cook some cold noodles."
"Okay." As soon as he agreed, Song Guanshu took out the meat that Jiang Ling bought, cut it into minced meat, and put it in the pot to stir-fry the meat sauce later.
After sitting in front of the fan for a while, Jiang Ling ran to the kitchen to help.
Add half a pot of cold water into the pot, add firewood to the stove to start a fire, add noodles into the pot after the water boils, cook for about seven minutes, then take out the noodles and put them into cold water.
At this time, Song Guanshu had already prepared all the ingredients for stir-fried meat.
Clean the iron pan, pour oil into the cold pan, add the onion, ginger and garlic to sauté until fragrant, add the chopped minced meat, stir-fry a few times until the minced meat changes color, then add the sauce prepared in advance, pour in two bowls of cold water, bring to a boil over high heat and then collect the sauce.
With the combined efforts of the two, the noodles with soybean paste were ready in less than twenty minutes.
Finally, rinse the cooled noodles with cold water, put them into a bowl, and top them with meat sauce and cucumber shreds.
In summer, cold noodles are best eaten.
Jiang Ling was exhausted after working outside for a long time. Doing this was much more tiring than working.
She ate two bowls of noodles in a row. After satisfying her hunger, Jiang Ling couldn't wait to wash the grapes and asked Song Guanshu to taste the grapes she picked.
"I'm telling you, I saw Chen Xiangyang this morning, and I suspect he's following me."
Song Guanshu paused holding the grapes, but fortunately Jiang Ling didn't notice.
He said nonchalantly, "Why would he follow you?"
She couldn't figure that out either.
"Could it be a coincidence?"
Jiang Ling felt that the possibility of coincidence was not very high.
Then Song Guanshu asked again, "Where did you meet him?"
Jiang Ling definitely couldn't tell him this, otherwise he would easily guess what she was doing.
"I think it must be a coincidence." Jiang Ling said firmly.
Afraid that Song Guanshu would ask her what she was busy with, Jiang Ling no longer insisted on whether Chen Xiangyang was following her.
Seeing that Jiang Ling's attention was diverted, Song Guanshu breathed a sigh of relief.
While being proud of Jiang Ling's alertness, he also felt that Chen Xiangyang was too stupid and would be discovered if he followed her. Jiang Ling had followed Wei Ming for so many days without being exposed.
Chen Xiangyang:? ? ?
On Mondays and Tuesdays, Jiang Ling went to and from get off work with Song Guanshu. On Wednesday, after Wei Ming left work early, Jiang Ling also slipped away. She could not catch up with the bicycle with only her two legs, but she knew where Wei Ming was going.
She walked slowly to Mingxiu's home in the power plant's family quarters, and it was not until almost time to get off work that Wei Ming came out of the tightly closed door.
The next day she simply didn't go to work and asked Song Guanshu to help her ask for leave.
Song Guanshu did not ask Jiang Ling why, but just asked her to have a good rest.
After Song Guanshu left home, Jiang Ling sneaked to Mingxiu's house and hid there.
When the proprietress saw Jiang Ling show up on Thursday, she called her over.
After Jiang Ling walked in, she lowered her voice and said, "I asked for you the day before yesterday. They took the child to the Central Hospital for treatment."
She was chatting with the proprietress in the shop. Jiang Ling's eyes were always looking out the window, and suddenly she saw a familiar figure in the distance.
Jiang Ling has never seen Mingxiu, but Wei Ming sees her every day, and she will never make a mistake no matter what.
The proprietress also followed her gaze and saw the family of three. She pointed at the man and woman and said excitedly, "That's them. Mingxiu's husband is not bad looking and is a cadre. Except for her son's poor health, she is actually quite lucky."
The store was near the bus stop. Jiang Ling watched Mingxiu carry the child onto the bus, while Wei Ming followed behind on his bicycle.
Jiang Ling thought that Wei Ming had a strong anti-detection awareness, no wonder he had not been discovered for such a long time.
After thanking the proprietress, Jiang Ling took the next bus to the People's Hospital.
Although Jiang Ling was late for the bus, Wei Ming rode a bicycle. When Mingxiu and her daughter arrived at the hospital, he had not arrived yet, so they had to sit at the hospital entrance and wait for him.
Jiang Ling got off the bus and saw the mother and child beside the flower bed. Without hesitation, she went into the hospital first. After a while, Wei Ming and Mingxiu also came in. Mingxiu was holding the child and queuing at the window for registration, while Wei Ming stood beside them.
After registering, the two adults carried the child to the pediatric ward with ease.
They stayed in the hospital with the child for half a day and left the hospital with the child in the afternoon.
After they left, Jiang Ling went to ask the doctors and nurses.
Medical workers need to protect the privacy of patients and not disclose what illness the patients have.
But Jiang Ling didn't ask what disease the child had. Most of her questions revolved around Wei Ming and Ming Xiu.
She is pretty, and the nurse treats Jiang Ling with more patience than others.
She would answer some questions, but if some were inconvenient to answer, she would just pretend not to hear them.
However, it was enough for Jiang Ling.
Wei Ming and Ming Xiu are indeed the child's parents. Wei Tianhao was a premature baby and was born with congenital deficiencies. The nurse did not tell her what disease he had, so Jiang Ling did not know.
However, the nurses have a good impression of Wei Ming, a good man who accompanies his wife and children to the hospital almost every week.
On Friday, Jiang Ling went to work on time.
When she saw Wei Ming, she did not show any abnormality and took the initiative to greet him.
"Chief Wei, I would like to ask Sister Ding to accompany me to the hospital. Can you help me talk to her?"
Although Wei Ming was very confident in his confidentiality, his sensitive nerves were still touched when he heard the word "hospital".
Wei Ming didn't want Jiang Ling to meet Ding Yan. He was afraid that Jiang Ling would complain to Ding Yan and tell Ding Yan what he had said a few days ago.
Then he's finished.
He said, "Ding Yan may not be willing to accompany you to the hospital, so you should find someone else."
Li Chunjiao said enthusiastically, "Don't bother Sister Ding, I'll go to the hospital with you."
Knowing that Jiang Ling had a bad relationship with her parents' family and that there were some issues that were inconvenient for her husband to accompany her, a same-sex person had to accompany her to the hospital.
Jiang Ling's face was a little shy. "Song Guanshu and I have been married for more than half a year, and we still don't have a child. I want to go to the hospital to see if it's my problem."
Li Chunjiao was silent. If she went to the hospital to treat infertility, she would really have to ask Ding Yan to accompany her.
After all, Sister Ding is more experienced.
Li Chunjiao said, "You've only been married for half a year. You and Xiao Song are still young. Why are you in such a hurry?"
The older women in the office are all married and have children, some of whom have had several. "Don't be impatient about having children. Take your time. You'll have them eventually. The more impatient you are, the less likely they will come."
Jiang Ling sighed, "I don't want to rush it either. You don't know, our landlord is over 50 years old, and his wife is about the same age as him. They got married a few months later than us, and she's already pregnant."
"Uh, this......"
Can you still have children in your fifties? And she got pregnant only two or three months after getting married.
This guy is not simple.
Everyone's eyes turned to Wei Ming, who had been married for many years but had not been able to make Ding Yan pregnant.
Wei Ming felt everyone's gazes and was very annoyed that his male ability was being questioned, but he couldn't show everyone the evidence that he could have children.
He could only continue to play dumb strategically, pretending that he didn't understand what everyone meant.
Wei Ming really doesn't like being associated with being unable to have children, and he's even more afraid that someone will bring it up in front of Ding Yan.
Because every time she thought of this, Ding Yan would not only torture him at night, but also make him drink those strange soups and drinks, which were said to help him have children.
His and his cousin's children were able to walk, but Ding Yan's belly was still flat.
Ding Yan is her breadwinner, but she can't offend Ding Yan directly, so she tells her that it's you who can't have children and that she should give up.
"She may not have the time. You know, they are usually very busy."
Ding Yan's unit is a leisurely government office and is not busy at all.
Wei Ming's image in the department is that of a good guy. He added, "I'll ask her for you."
He didn't plan to ask Ding Yan. When he came to work tomorrow morning, Jiang Ling would tell her that Ding Yan didn't want to go.
The one who offended people was Ding Yan, and it had nothing to do with him.
If Ding Yan really needs someone to accompany her to see a doctor and she is unwilling to do so, Jiang Ling cannot force her.
But her purpose was to bring Ding Yan to the hospital to watch a show.
Jiang Ling displayed the spirit of never giving up and was prepared to visit Ding Yan three times in order to move her with her perseverance.
Even if Ding Yan didn't want to go, she would drag her there.
Unexpectedly, after she visited Ding Yan once, she agreed without hesitation to accompany Jiang Ling to the hospital.
"Sister Yan, I was afraid that you would think it was unlucky and not want to go with me, so I thought I would come to see you a few more times." Jiang Ling looked at her with tears in her eyes.
Ding Yan touched her head and said, "It's not a big deal. You came to me because you trust me and think I have experience. I will definitely help you. You are a little girl. If you go alone to deal with such a problem, what if you get hurt? You will feel more at ease if someone accompanies you."
Ding Yan agreed to accompany her to the hospital so readily, but according to Wei Ming, Ding Yan was very reluctant. Even though he begged her for a long time, she still disagreed.
Jiang Ling: "Sister Yan, I asked Section Chief Wei to give you a message."
Ding Yan looked puzzled, "I don't know what you mean."
Jiang Ling sighed, "Maybe Section Chief Wei doesn't like me very much. I asked him to help you a few days ago and ask if you can spare some time to accompany me to the hospital. I know you are busy, but I believe you. You are like my own sister."
"You know, I don't dare ask my family to accompany me for this kind of thing, for fear that something might be discovered." She smiled bitterly, "Section Chief Wei said that you didn't want to go with me, and that you thought going to the hospital was too unlucky."
Ding Yan slammed the table angrily, "I never said that."
She comforted Jiang Ling, "Sister, I never meant that. Don't be sad. I'll go back and beat him up to vent your anger."
Jiang Ling smiled bitterly, "No, don't hurt your relationship because of me, it's not worth it. I know that my sister doesn't hate me."
Ding Yan cursed Wei Ming in her heart. "Whenever you want to go to the hospital, I'm always available."
"I feel like Section Chief Wei doesn't want me to have any contact with you. After all, he's my boss. If he finds out that I came to see you in private, he might get angry. I'm afraid of offending him, so could you please not tell him about this when you get home?"
Ding Yan was just about to say that Wei Ming was so bold that he didn't dare to do it, but after all, the county magistrate was not as good as the current one.
"Okay, I promise I won't tell him."
Jiang Ling: "Just treat this as our little secret."
Successfully agreed on the time and place with Ding Yan.
On Thursday morning, Jiang Ling went downstairs to the staff quarters of the government agency to wait for Ding Yan.
The agency staff quarters are not far from the central hospital, about ten minutes’ walk away.
As a person who has been married twice and still has no children, Ding Yan has some experience.
She warned Jiang Ling, "Don't believe in those folk remedies like drinking boy's urine and wood ash. They are useless."
Jiang Ling nodded, "I know, Sister Yan."
"Having a child is all about fate. If fate doesn't come, it's useless to rush." She used herself as an example, "Look, I'm so old, but I still don't have a child."
Now it was Jiang Ling's turn to comfort her, "Sister, you are still young, you are only forty years old, and our landlord's wife is over fifty years old and is pregnant."
Ding Yan has really wanted a child of her own for so many years. No matter how many nephews and nieces she has, they can never be as caring as her own children. After so many years, she has gone from having hope to having it dashed time and time again, and she no longer has such a strong obsession.
She whispered again, "Also, I heard from the doctor that having children is not just a woman's business. Don't think that your inability to conceive is just your problem. It has a lot to do with men as well. Next time, call Xiao Song over for a checkup. It might be his problem."
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