Upon hearing Li Yue'e's words, Zhao Qinghuai quickly said, "Sister-in-law, you are more familiar with my wife. Do you think she would be so angry? I don't quite understand."
Li Yue'e's eyes widened: "You really brought another child home? No, Commander Zhao, how can you be like this? Don't you understand us women comrades at all? Do you really think that Lin Ying is happy and willing to take care of those two children?"
If it weren't for you, would she have done all this? Everyone has seen it all during this time. Even though it's not her own child, she washes and cleans it every day, feeds it the best of everything. What family still drinks formula for a seven-month-old baby? Even Shuanzi drinks a whole pot of milk every day.
She's putting in so much effort, do you really think she's doing all this willingly? One wasn't enough, so she brought in another.
I told you you love your wife the most, but I never expected you to be the one who's best at finding work for others.
Tell me secretly, do you have another lover outside, and are you planning to work my girl to death so you can make room for your other lover?
Upon hearing this, Wang Shan immediately said sternly, "Comrade Li Yue'e, what you said went too far."
Li Yue'e was furious: "I'm going too far? Isn't Zhao Qinghuai going too far?"
Wang Shan sighed: "You have no idea what happened. Have the two children eaten dinner? Let's talk for a while."
Li Yue'e glared at Zhao Qinghuai, then left the room.
Watching Li Yue'e leave, Wang Shancai said, "Don't take it to heart by arguing with your sister-in-law. She's just outspoken. Lin Ying saved my child and even introduced her to a job. She's genuinely grateful to Lin Ying. It's understandable that she got a little emotional when she spoke."
Zhao Qinghuai gave a wry smile: "I don't blame my sister-in-law. Even she said that, which shows that I really went too far this time."
Zhang Shanlin, who had been silent until now, said, "So what do you plan to do? Send the child away? In his current state, he can only be sent to an orphanage."
Zhao Qinghuai shook his head: "Lin Ying will not agree."
Now it was Zhang Shanlin and Wang Shan's turn to be dumbfounded: "Wasn't she angry because you brought the child back? She should be happy to send her away, right?"
She said, "If I send the child away, I definitely won't just ignore the child like this in the future. If the child doesn't have a good life in the future, I will regret sending the child away. Over time, I will also resent her for insisting on sending the child away."
She said I was using the child to morally blackmail her.
But I never had that thought.
Wang Shan, standing to the side, said, "You may not have it now, but who can predict the future? Relationships can't withstand repeated wear and tear. If you send the child away this time and then find out the child is unhappy, will you insist on taking the child back? In that case, it's better not to send the child away in the first place."
Wang Shan also said, "I didn't expect my sister-in-law to think so far ahead. But I have to say, she's right. But since she's already agreed to keep the child, why are you still so upset?"
Zhao Qinghuai gave another wry smile: "Lin Ying said that she wouldn't consider having children until I was discharged from the army."
"Uh, this..."
“Actually, it’s not that I can’t understand it. You already have three children in your family. Where would she find the energy to take care of her own children? And with the current environment like this, and you being away from home for long periods of time, if she really gives birth, then she’ll be completely helpless.”
Actually, Zhao Qinghuai had never really thought about having children, because Lin Ying had previously said she wouldn't have children within four years. So, children had never been part of their plans.
However, the fact that this matter has been brought up ahead of schedule has left Zhao Qinghuai somewhat at a loss.
To be honest, he had never thought about this issue before, so when Lin Ying said she didn't want to have children, his first thought was that Lin Ying no longer loved him. So he panicked.
But now that I think about it, how could he have been at ease if he hadn't been there for her during her pregnancy?
Just thinking about her being heavily pregnant and giving birth at home while he wasn't there made him want to slap himself. Plus, his job was so dangerous; a moment's carelessness could mean certain death. What would happen to her and the baby then?
Just thinking about it made him unable to accept it; he simply couldn't bear to see Lin Ying suffer like that.
Therefore, even if Lin Ying didn't bring it up, Zhao Qinghuai would still do it once he started thinking about it.
Even if they could choose not to have children in the future, he couldn't bear to see Lin Ying suffer like this.
Thinking of this, Zhao Qinghuai suddenly sat up on Wang Shan's kang (a heated brick bed), and then started to put on his clothes and shoes and go outside.
Wang Shan asked anxiously, "Where are you going?"
Zhao Qinghuai didn't even turn his head: "Looking for my wife!"
Wang Shan and Zhang Shanlin exchanged a glance, then shook their heads and smiled.
When Lin Ying got home, she looked at the boy standing there motionless and sighed inwardly.
"Shuanzi, go take your brother to the outhouse and teach him how to use the toilet."
Seeing the child's tattered and dirty clothes, Lin Ying started fetching and boiling water again.
While boiling water, she took out some old coarse cloth that she had stored at home and quickly made a set of pajamas for the child.
Lin Ying was cutting fabric when she heard Shuanzi come out of the bathroom: "Auntie, this brother won't let me pull down his pants."
Lin Ying, who was initially annoyed, suddenly became both amused and exasperated: "You could have just told him how to use the toilet. Who told you to pull down his pants?"
Shuanzi then said, "Oh, okay."
After a while, Shuanzi came out from inside: "Auntie, I taught him, but my brother doesn't speak, so I don't know if he can do it."
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