Chapter 193 Two in One
What other reason do you need?
Ding Jianguo looked at Ding Zhigang in astonishment: "Dad, can you consider this for us?"
Ding Zhigang was puzzled: "Why should I consider you? What else do you need me to worry about? I raised you, arranged a job for you, and helped you start a family. What else should I consider for you? Jianshe has your mother, Xiangxiang and Jiandang are still young, and in the future they..."
Don’t you still have a brother and sister-in-law?
Before Ding Zhigang could finish his words, Ding Jianguo interrupted him loudly: "Jianshe has my mother? Dad, do you mean to ignore Jianshe? He is also your son, and his last name is Ding, not Yue! And Xiangxiang and Jiandang will face the problem of going to the countryside and finding a job in two or three years, and you still think they are young?"
Ding Zhigang was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something. He stared in disbelief: "What do you mean by this? You don't plan to take care of your brothers and sisters? What did I teach you before, Ding Jianguo? You are the eldest son in the family, the big brother, you should take care of your brothers and sisters, but you ignored all those words, right? How come you have become such a heartless person!"
Ding Jianguo was so angry that his face turned red. He raised his hand and poked his chest hard and roared at his father: "I am a ruthless person? You taught me to take care of Ding Nianjun in the beginning. You said she had no biological father or mother and asked me to love her more. Do you still want me to take care of her now?!"
Ding Zhigang choked, and after a moment of silence, he raised his hand and slapped himself hard.
The crisp sound was like a balloon being popped, and Ding Jianguo's anger instantly calmed down. His heart trembled: "Dad? What are you doing?"
Ding Zhigang didn't say anything. Half of his face was red, and the other half was blue with anger. He took out a cigarette and handed it to his son.
Ding Zhigang slapped himself, and both father and son calmed down and smoked in silence. After a while, Ding Zhigang said, "I was confused before, and I followed your mother's lead in everything. Now that I have met your Aunt Wenfang, I want to start a new life."
Naturally, I also wanted to keep the child.
"Have you ever thought about the burden on your shoulders?" Ding Jianguo said in a deep voice, "Dad, it's not that I don't care about my younger brothers and sisters, it's that I don't have the ability. Although Xiaomei and I both earn a salary, we are about to have a second child, and the expenses are also high. I am powerless to help! Anyway, I hope you will think about it carefully!"
If he really took over some of the arrangements made by his younger brothers and sisters, Lu Xiaomei would tear him apart.
In the past, he was placed with high hopes by his parents, and he always felt that he was the eldest son in the family. He was proud of his status, educated his younger brothers, took care of his younger sisters, and acted like the eldest son.
But reality made him realize that he lacked the ability and could not live up to that expectation.
After getting married, the light on his face gradually dimmed because of the misfortunes that happened in his family, and he couldn't even stand up straight in front of his wife.
He can't even take charge of his own family, let alone everyone else.
Ding Zhigang stared at his eldest son in disappointment.
This is his eldest son, the second pillar of the family besides him, but he backed off before the time came for him to take charge.
"Xiaomei was making a scene with me. She felt that it was a bit embarrassing to have her confinement period at the same time as Aunt Wenfang..."
"What are you ashamed of? I'm just asking you, what are you ashamed of? There are so many people in our family compound who have children at my age, and I haven't seen them feel ashamed. But I am ashamed?" Ding Zhigang thought it was ridiculous. This talk also irritated his nerves. He suddenly stood up and said firmly, "Your Aunt Wenfang and I must have this child. Let's see if I can embarrass her to death!"
"What about his future?" Ding Jianguo looked up at his father and said word by word, "When he grows up and reaches the age to get married and start a family, how old will you and Aunt Wenfang be? Can you take care of him?"
"Doesn't he still have..." And you brothers and sisters?
Ding Zhigang is stuck.
Before he was even born, his older brothers and sisters had already shown great rejection of him.
The children on their side, Wenfang's two sons, all rejected the arrival of that child.
Ding Zhigang's chest rose and fell, and his eldest son's face gradually became unfamiliar in his eyes.
"Evil obstacles, they are all a bunch of evil obstacles!"
Ding Zhigang, who is now middle-aged, has shown great stubbornness.
Like a belated rebellion, he was rebelling against all the younger generations.
Amid Zheng Wenfang's tears, he displayed his majesty as the head of the family and scolded his two step-sons together: "Whoever is not happy, get out of this house."
Ding Jianguo just felt it was ironic.
His father has five children and he owes one of them. Why doesn't he reflect on raising and educating the existing children well and giving them a good future? Why is he so stubborn and insists on having another child?
Ding Jianguo took some time to go back to the family compound, looked for Ding Xiang and Jian Dang, and asked them: "Would you consider living with your mother?"
Ding Jiandang had no idea and no decision of his own, so he looked at Ding Xiang.
The big loss he suffered this time made him grow a little, but only one thing, that is, he realized that the two brothers of the Jia family were indeed not good people, nothing more.
Dingxiang's expression was obviously dull, but there was also a vivid irony in it: "Go help mom take care of that Jiu'er's child?"
She turned away and said, "Neither of them is a good person, they are both selfish!"
Ding Jiandang nodded in agreement.
Ding Jianguo rarely lectured his sister for criticizing their parents this time. He said, "Nianjun has gone to the farm. Mom is the only one there. Mom is looking after the child. You can live there. At least you don't have to worry about the faces of those three people."
Ding Xiang sneered: "Then this family will be ruled by Zheng and Jia! Brother, this is our family. If they want to leave, they should leave. Why should I leave with Jian Dang?"
Ding Jiandang seconded the motion: "Yes, if I move out, my bedroom will be full of those two bad guys. If we don't move out, we will fight them."
Ding Xiang learned the most lessons and grew the fastest in terms of cognition. She smiled sarcastically: "We can't beat them. We don't have their minds. I just occupy my own position."
Ding Jianguo turned away, and his eye sockets suddenly felt a little sore.
"Brother, I suddenly..." Ding Xiang felt a surge of bitterness in her nose, "I suddenly feel that people like my sister who are so cruel and ruthless are also good."
"Do you think that the eldest sister has seen through our parents a long time ago and knows that we can't rely on them?"
In the past, she thought her parents were good because she didn't receive some of the love. But now, after experiencing the dangers of society and the blows from both her parents, she has learned to think.
Ding Jianguo suddenly felt complicated.
He recalled the beginning of the conflict between his eldest sister and his parents - his parents wanted to marry his eldest sister to a fool.
If... He meant if the eldest sister had made sacrifices for the family at that time, would the family be in a different situation now?
Ding Jianguo shook his head and shook off the thoughts in his mind.
After being tormented by life, people can't help but go through all kinds of hypothetical thoughts in their minds, even though he was clearly against that thing at the time.
"Don't think about it. Mom and Dad didn't raise my eldest sister, but they did raise us. They loved us very much!" Ding Jianguo said in a deep voice, "Since you don't want to go to mom, then stay here."
He looked at his youngest brother and said, "I also believe that you are innocent, but we have no witnesses, so we have to admit our wrongdoing. But don't get into a conflict with the two Jia brothers, and help Xiangxiang well. I will let Dad make arrangements for you and Xiangxiang in two years."
Ding Jiandang: "Brother, can you help me beat up those two brothers?"
Ding Jianguo was speechless: "I am an adult, how can I fight with children? If I really beat them, will Aunt Wenfang not make a scene with Dad? If they start to fight, you will be the ones who will suffer!"
Ding Jiandang was a little disappointed: "Brother, I miss my second brother!"
If the second brother was here, he would definitely help beat up the two brothers.
*
On the day before New Year's Day this year, there was another heavy snowfall in the capital.
The old man didn't let Ding Guo go to the compound to celebrate New Year's Day. He brought Aunt Zhang to Zizhu Bridge, and together with Pei Yu's family of four, they had a hotpot meal.
After New Year's Day, the old man of the Pei family received a letter signed by "Zheng Wenfang".
After the old man looked at it, he asked Aunt Zhang to send it to Ding Guo.
Ding Guo: ...
There is not a single word in the entire article that explicitly accuses Ding Guo, but every word between the lines is flattering Ding Guo.
"... Grandfather, the sinner has been punished. Ding Guo's father was deceived by Ding Guo's mother and the girl named Ding Nianjun. He has realized his mistakes and hopes to restore the relationship with his daughter and enjoy the happiness of family... Please give Zhigang a chance to make amends. I hope Grandfather can help us persuade Ding Guo. The child is young, and young people's ideas are a bit stubborn, but blood is thicker than water..."
"…It's not easy to rebuild a family. I came to this family not for wealth and honor, but for a harmonious and happy family. I want to do something for this family, for Zhigang and Dingguo. If I can ease their father-daughter relationship, it will be a good story…I hope my grandfather-in-law will fulfill Zhigang's love for his daughter."
After reading it, Ding Guo lifted the stove lid expressionlessly and stuffed it into the stove.
The next day, he found time to call the steel plant. When Ding Zhigang picked up the phone, Ding Guo said coldly, "I didn't know you still loved your daughter so much! Are your little daughter and your little son happy now? Aren't the four children at home enough for you to enjoy family happiness? If you really can't be happy, go to school. There are children everywhere there, you can have fun as you like!"
Ding Zhigang knew about Zheng Wenfang's letter to the capital.
He didn't stop it, and held on to a glimmer of hope.
Ding Nianjun has been sent to labor reform, and the Pan family that offended Ding Guo is now in pieces. He has also divorced Yue Hongmei. If he can really repair his relationship with his eldest daughter, based on her ability, the future of the younger ones in the family and the unborn child in Wenfang's belly will not be bad.
As for his own confusion back then, he didn't dare to say that he was not at fault at all, but his role in that matter was not that big, and Ding Guo didn't need to have no contact with him for the rest of his life.
This letter is a test to see the attitude of the Pei family and Ding Guo.
After all, Wenfang had never offended Ding Guo, and he felt that Ding Guo should more or less give some face to his stepmother, whom he had never met.
"Guoguo, your Aunt Wenfang has no ill intentions. She is doing this for the sake of this family..."
Beep!
Ding Guo hung up the phone, then dialed the food factory and asked for Ding Tao.
"Your uncle and his wife are still living in the house that was previously in the staff quarters?"
Ding Tao: "Yes, sister, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, it's illegal!"
After hanging up the phone, Ding Guo leaned over the counter of the post office, wrote a report and sent it out.
About a week later, the factory called Ding Zhigang for a talk...
When they applied for the house in the family compound, Yue Hongmei and Ding Zhigang applied for it based on their many years of dual-income status.
Because we had many children, the factory took extra care of us and allocated us a relatively spacious house.
Now Yue Hongmei is not only no longer an employee of the factory, but she is also divorced from Ding Zhigang. There are only two children belonging to Ding Zhigang in the family, so it is a bit inappropriate for them to occupy the relatively spacious house.
However, no one reported this matter and the factory turned a blind eye to it. The factory saw that Ding Zhigang was having a bad year, with his family encountering misfortunes one after another, his son being sent to labor camp, and he getting divorced in middle age. It was such a tragedy.
Fortunately, it was not the worst. Comrade Lao Ding successfully remarried, and now I heard that he is going to be a father again. It is finally a happy event.
However, now that someone has reported the house issue, the factory took the opportunity to talk to Ding Zhigang.
Ding Zhigang felt like he was struck by lightning, and was in a daze when he came out of the leader's office.
Report anonymously!
Who reported him?
Of course the factory could guess who it was, after all, there was a postmark on the envelope.
However, in order to protect the whistleblower and the person being reported... the leader couldn't bear to stab this middle-aged comrade. He was afraid that Comrade Lao Ding would not be able to bear it after knowing the truth.
Fortunately, the factory did not take back the house directly, but instead allocated him a smaller house of less than 30 square meters.
When Ding Zhigang returned home and told Zheng Wenfang the news, she was stunned: "Zhigang, who did you offend?"
The Jia Anping brothers were also stunned. The house here was much more spacious than the place they lived in before. Although there was only one bedroom for three people, it was still more spacious than where they lived before.
Ding Zhigang shook his head: "I didn't offend anyone. It should be other employees who are waiting for housing allocation."
Zheng Wenfang burst into tears: "It's less than 30 square meters. How can we accommodate so many people in our family?"
Ding Zhigang rubbed his face, but halfway through, he paused slightly and a name suddenly flashed through his mind.
Could it be that Ding Guo reported it?
Thinking of this possibility, his heart instantly sank to the bottom of the valley, and a chill ran down his back.
Just a week ago, he received a call from Ding Guo, who mocked him mercilessly and hung up the phone without even giving him a chance to explain himself. A week later, he was reported.
It takes about a week to send a letter from the capital.
Seeing Ding Zhigang in a daze, Zheng Wenfang keenly sensed something was wrong and pushed him: "Zhigang? What are you thinking about?" After saying that, she also thought of a suspicious person, "Was it Xiangxiang's mother who reported it?"
Ding Zhigang paused, retracted his thoughts, and shook his head again: "I don't know!"
Yue Hongmei? That's also possible.
I guess he didn't react to the matter of the house before, but now he remembered it and gave him a sudden shock.
Zheng Wenfang thought this was more likely. She was puzzled: "Xiangxiang and Jiandang still live with us. What is she trying to achieve by doing this?"
Ding Zhigang: "It may not be her!"
"You are protecting her?" Zheng Wenfang stared at her Zhigang with a resentful look on her face.
Ding Zhigang laughed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Why should I defend her?"
He took some time to go to the food factory to find Ding Tao.
Ding Zhigang knew that Ding Tao was on Ding Guo's side, and the two sisters must have a close relationship, so he did not ask directly, but chose to deceive his niece: "Your sister reported me, we are preparing in the next two days..."
Before he finished speaking, Ding Tao asked in surprise: "My sister reported you? Uncle, what did my sister report you for?"
Ding Zhigang did not miss the shock on Ding Tao's face. It didn't seem like she was acting.
"you do not know?"
Ding Tao shook her head in bewilderment: "I don't know, what did my sister report?"
Ding Zhigang: "Nothing. I reported that my house was not in compliance with regulations, so the factory gave me a small house, room 108 in Building 2 at the back. Go there after work to help your aunt clean up. She is pregnant and it is not easy for her to work hard."
The shock on Ding Tao's face had not yet dissipated. She then remembered the call her sister made to her a week ago. She nodded blankly and said, "Then I'll go over to help with Zhaodi after work."
Sister Ding Guo is so awesome!
But Ding Tao didn't say much.
Ding Zhigang left with doubts in his mind.
Is it really not Ding Guo?
Ding Jianguo was also notified of this matter and came to help after work.
Zheng Wenfang's eyes were red. She had visited the new home and didn't want to move at all.
How to live there?
"Zhigang, our family has a large population, can't we discuss this with the factory?"
Ding Zhigang sighed. It’s not like he didn’t discuss it with the other party. If they had reached an agreement, he wouldn’t have to move.
Ding Xiang whispered to Ding Jianguo: "Brother, I think the person who reported it was my eldest sister!"
Ding Jianguo was surprised: "Big sister? Did Dad mess with her again?"
Ding Xiang looked around and said in a low voice, "Zheng Wenfang wrote a letter to my eldest sister's in-laws. My eldest sister is just like our enemy. If that woman messes with her, what good will it bring?"
Ding Jianguo was even more shocked: "Why would she write to her eldest sister's in-laws when she was fine?"
Ding Xiang pouted: "She said that she wanted her elder sister's in-laws to persuade her to come back to see our father and make peace with him. Maybe she thinks she is too proud and she hopes that my elder sister can give her this face."
Ding Jianguo thought about the last time he wrote a letter to his elder sister and was scolded.
Now it seems that my elder sister showed mercy at that time!
"Did Dad know it was my eldest sister?"
"I don't know if he knew about it, but Zheng Wenfang thought it was our mother who reported it."
Ding Jianguo: "Maybe it was our mother who reported it. My eldest sister probably didn't think about the house issue, but mom knows that it was she and our father who got the house based on their qualifications. But the new house is so small, are you and Jiandang still planning to stay here?"
Ding Xiang put the box she was carrying on the ground, carefully rubbed the chilblains on her hands to relieve the itchiness, sneered and said through gritted teeth: "Of course, we have to squeeze in. If Jian Dang and I leave, won't that be exactly what those three women want?"
After saying that, she bent down, picked up the box again, and followed her brother's pace.
The next day Ding Jianguo went to Yue Hongmei's place.
When he entered, Yue Hongmei had just come out of the toilet, fastening her belt as she walked: "Jianguo, why are you here? If you come to my place, that little hottie in your family will make trouble with you again."
"Mom, I came to check on you. Where's Huihui?"
"He's playing by himself in the house." Yue Hongmei invited her son into the house and kept nagging as she walked in. "I don't know what's wrong with my body this year."
Ding Jianguo was nervous: "Mom, are you vomiting again?"
"That's not a big deal. I just burp a few times in the morning. I still can't eat enough. My stomach is like a bottomless pit. I've also had the problem of going to the toilet all the time."
Yue Hongmei also felt something was wrong. All the symptoms were similar to those she had experienced during her previous pregnancy.
In the early stage, I felt nausea and vomited. Gradually, when my cervix opened up, I only thought about eating. In the middle and late stages, I started to urinate frequently. Oh, and my tailbone also felt uncomfortable.
If this trend continues, will she have a stomachache when the fruit is ripe?
But what did she give birth to?
"Never mind, it's not a big deal. Just pour yourself some water."
She went over and picked up Huihui from the stroller, holding his little hand and saying hello to Ding Jianguo: "Look, uncle is here, Huihui, do you still remember uncle?"
Ding Jianguo smiled and teased the child, saying, "Has Dingfeng been here recently?"
"He came here last week and left me some money and bought some food. The summit is a good place..."
It's just that her life is so hard. Her Junjun's life is also hard. It's so cold today. I don't know how things are going on the farm. I don't know if that boy Jianshe knows how to take care of his sister.
The mother and son chatted for a while. Ding Jianguo mentioned that his father was reported and his house was taken back. Yue Hongmei was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter and spat on the ground twice: "It's what you deserve! You said I had forgotten about it. Who reported it?"
Ding Jianguo was surprised: "Mom, you didn't report it?"
Yue Hongmei rolled her eyes. "I just regret that I didn't think of this earlier. If I had thought of this, I would have reported him a long time ago. Why would I wait until now?" She speculated, "It's probably the neighbors in the family compound. Houses are so tight and there are so many people waiting for a house. That house was applied for by couples with two working parents. Now there are no couples with two working parents. Why does he still live in that house? How can those neighbors not be jealous?"
When she just got divorced, her mind was full of hatred towards Ding Zhigang. Before the hatred subsided, she suddenly got a strange disease. Just when the symptoms got better, Nianjun got into trouble again.
With all these things happening one after another, her heart has never been idle, so she has no time to think about anything else.
Ding Jianguo did not mention that Zheng Wenfang wrote a letter to Ding Guo. He suspected what Ding Guo had reported. He had a meal at his mother's house, and after leaving and walking some distance away, he suddenly realized... his mother didn't say a word about Xiang Xiang and Ding Guo.
He gloated over his father being reported, worried about Ding Nianjun's life on the farm, teased Huihui, coaxed Huihui, fed Huihui...
She didn't even ask about her granddaughter and Lu Xiaomei, who was pregnant with her second child.
Oh, he mentioned Lu Xiaomei. His mother said something sarcastic when he just walked in, and then she never mentioned her again.
"Oh!"
Ding Jianguo shook his head and smiled, but his smile was uglier than crying.
As he walked, he felt his face was a little cold. He raised his hand to touch it and found that it was tears that had slid down his face without him noticing.
This family finally broke up as the eldest sister wished, and it was broken up in such a miserable way!
The old man of the Pei family only learned about Ding Guo’s father’s remarriage after receiving the letter.
Ding Guo didn't mention it to them before, which means he didn't care about it or the people over there. Since Ding Guo didn't care, the old man didn't even mention it when he saw his grandson's wife again, as if he had never received the letter.
Speaking of Huiyang, the old man said, "Since you are not going back for the New Year this year, send some New Year gifts to your uncle and aunt. I will prepare them, and then ask Xiao Zhang or Xiao Qiao to help you take them to the post office and send them out."
Ding Guo said: "Grandpa, I will prepare it, you don't have to worry about it."
At the end of the year, Mr. Pei was extremely busy, and Ding Guo didn't want the old man to worry about her affairs.
The old man waved his hand and said, "Just let Xiao Zhang and Xiao He prepare. I won't worry about it. Don't worry about it. I'll arrange it!"
"Thank you, Grandpa."
"We are a family and we don't need to be polite." Then the old man added, "Xiao Che should be able to come back before the New Year."
Ding Guo was not surprised at all and smiled: "He told me."
The old man was startled, then burst into laughter: "This kid!"
The one who came back before Pei Che was Dayong.
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