Chapter 22
"Work? What kind of work can you do?"
Zhao Xiuzhi was standing at the door locking it when she heard these words.
Her incredulous tone and contemptuous look caused passers-by to look at Xia Zhizhi strangely.
Jing Xian was furious when she thought about what Zhao Xiuzhi, the troublemaker, had done.
"Why can't I go to work?" She turned around and asked Zhao Xiuzhi directly.
"Why are you asking me why you can't go to work? Don't you have any idea in your heart?" Zhao Xiuzhi didn't feel embarrassed at all. She locked the door and walked out of the gatehouse, shouting at Ma Shufen, "Sister-in-law Shufen, do you think I'm right? Everyone can go to work, but you can't."
Ma Shufen was too embarrassed to speak.
At this moment, I wanted to slap myself twice. Why did she have to ask such a question? If she hadn't asked, there wouldn't have been so many troubles.
Zhao Xiuzhi looked at Jingxian smugly, rolled her eyes, and said in a sarcastic tone, "I advise you to stay at home and don't go anywhere. Don't cause trouble for everyone."
Why does this sound so wrong?
Ma Shufen was stunned.
She looked at Jing Xian with a sullen face, then at Ma Shufen who looked complacent. She wanted to speak to persuade them, but she didn't know what to say. She also couldn't just go back, so she just stood at the door and watched stupidly.
"It takes only a few words to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of effort to refute them. Sister-in-law, do you really think that spreading rumors is free?" Jing Xian's eyes were cold and murderous, "It seems that you are ready to pay any price for this."
Zhao Xiuzhi found Jingxian's eyes scary. She leaned against the door, swallowed nervously, and felt more and more that there was something wrong with Jingxian.
Think about it, those spies not only cause damage, but also kill people.
Zhao Xiuzhi stammered, "Don't come over here! If you dare to touch a hair of mine, you're done for!"
Jing Xian knew without asking that Zhao Xiuzhi must have filled her mind with a lot of random things.
"Zhao Xiuzhi, I really don't understand how a woman like you can become a teacher? A person of your caliber teaching is simply misleading students." Jing Xian said slowly under Zhao Xiuzhi's angry gaze, "I will report you to the school leaders!"
“You dare!”
Zhao Xiuzhi was so angry that she put her hands on her hips and rushed forward fiercely to hit Jingxian. However, she found that Jingxian was someone she could not beat, so she stood there and pretended to be powerful.
Jing Xian sneered, not wanting to waste any more time talking to this kind of person, and took her two children to the hospital.
When she arrived at the hospital pharmacy, Jing Xian discovered that she had a little tail.
Tiedan looked at her with sly eyes, causing Jingxian to rub his head and ask, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"Mom, can you teach me?" Tiedan said impatiently.
"Teach you what?"
"How can I quarrel so well?"
Tiedan is not like Jingxian, who stays at home every day. He has been playing outside recently and heard a lot of gossip.
For example, Zhao Xiuzhi was the most vicious woman in the village, and there were many people around her who flattered her. For another example, his mother's reputation was not very good, and many people said that she was a spendthrift woman. His father married his mother, and sooner or later he would get retribution.
In short, it's a lot of mess.
Jing Xian didn't scold Tiedan after hearing this, but asked, "Why do you want to learn how to quarrel?"
"Of course it's because you don't want to be bullied in the future?" Tiedan looked at the door and didn't see anyone coming. He walked up to Jingxian and whispered, "My grandma is a bad person. She is always domineering. She dares to bully me and Fusheng. When people outside scold her, she will let them scold her like Sun Zi. Even Sun Baoyu can beat her at will. If I scold people more powerfully, she will definitely not dare to bully me and Fusheng."
Jing Xian felt uncomfortable listening to this.
I really don’t know what kind of wicked old lady would raise two children like this.
She squatted down and looked at Xiao Tiedan at eye level, not wanting his vision to be limited to the large area in front of him.
"Tiedan, do you know why I can win the argument with Zhao Xiuzhi?"
"Why?" Tiedan shook his head.
"Because I am right,
She is wrong." Jing Xian said to Tiedan seriously, "It is not an honorable thing to quarrel with others. But you can't just put up with it when others scold you. Although it is peaceful to put up with it for a while, and it will be a big deal if you take a step back. But there will be some people who will take advantage of it. You have to learn to distinguish what you can and must put up with, and what you cannot put up with and can just fight back."
Tiedan seemed to understand, but got the general idea, and asked urgently: "So when should we endure and when should we fight back?"
"When your grandma bullies you and Fusheng, you have to endure it." After Jing Xian finished speaking, she saw the light in Tiedan's eyes dim, so she had to continue, "Then do you know why you have to endure it?"
Tiedan said sullenly, "She would beat me and not let us eat."
"Yes, because you can't beat her, and no one will support you. If you don't endure, you will suffer more." Jing Xian waited until Tiedan had absorbed most of it, and then said, "It's not that endurance is not good for you, don't you think?"
Tiedan clenched his fist and said, "I know that, so I take Fusheng with me to avoid her. I don't want her to cause trouble for us."
"You did a great job." Jing Xian praised him generously.
Tiedan finally laughed again: "Mom, when do I no longer have to endure?"
Jing Xian curled her lips: "Of course it's when you are capable."
"I don't quite understand."
"It's when you curse back, when someone hits you and you can beat them, and more importantly, you are right. Tiedan, I'm telling you something, you must always remember, being right will take you anywhere!"
Someone came to get medicine. Jingxian took the prescription, read it carefully and made sure there was no problem before going to get the medicine.
After she wrapped the medicine and handed it to the patient, Tiedan came over again and said solemnly: "Mom, I understand! What you said makes sense, right? If someone scolds me, I scold back. If someone hits me first, I hit back, so I am right?"
Jing Xian smiled and said, "Yes! If you fight with someone in the future, you should be tactful when fighting back. Hitting someone in the stomach twice won't kill them easily, but it can make you feel better. It's just some unpleasant little things, don't really make things worse. Many people who have a good relationship started out by disliking each other. This is called no friendship without fighting."
Fusheng was also listening nearby, and the two brothers kept the conversation in mind.
In one morning, the two children learned a lot of characters and their handwriting looked much better than it did more than half a month ago.
When it was time to get off work, Jing Xian asked the two children to pack up and prepare to go home.
Before I left, I heard someone shouting from the window, "Doctor, I need some medicine."
"Where's the prescription? Let me see it."
Jingxian walked over and reached out to take the list. The other party handed it to her and then shouted in surprise: "Jingxian? Why are you here?"
"Why can't I be there?" Jing Xian looked up and saw Liu Cailan, and asked calmly.
Liu Cailan realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly explained, "I was just surprised. I didn't expect you to come to the hospital to work."
Jing Xian curled her lips, said nothing else, and turned around to get the medicine for her.
"Here you go."
Jing Xian gave the medicine to Liu Cailan. Liu Cailan wanted to speak, but Jing Xian didn't give her a chance. She just closed the window. Liu Cailan's eyes were gloomy. Her hands were holding the medicine bottle until her knuckles turned white. Then she moved her feet and walked out with her head down.
Jing Xian waited for a while before taking the two children out.
She wore a mask and covered her head with a towel, leaving only her eyes exposed. When she passed by Liu Cailan's home, she told the two children to hurry up.
When I got home, Shang Nanchen had already returned and was making a fire.
"I cooked millet rice and washed some potatoes. I didn't expect our potatoes are quite big." Shang Nanchen showed them to Jing Xian, "How many potatoes this big can we eat in one meal?"
Jing Xian's eyebrows jumped: "Two is enough."
"Okay, should I slice it or shred it?"
"Let's make potato rice for lunch." Jing Xian asked him, "You haven't taken out this rice yet, have you?"
"Well, just start cooking."
"Then potato rice."
Jing Xian walked over and put the washed potatoes on the chopping board.
I picked up the knife and cut the potatoes in a few strokes and put them in the bowl for later use. The millet rice was almost cooked, so I took it out and put it in the bowl.
Jing Xian stir-fried the potatoes for a few times, poured in a ladle of big bone soup, and finally poured in the millet rice and covered the pot directly.
"Make a fire."
After she finished speaking, Shang Nanchen sat down and lit a fire.
Jing Xian cleaned the two basins and put them away. Thinking that the two children liked to eat shrimp, she cleaned the shrimp and cooked some later. Thinking that if the children ate, Shang Nanchen would have nothing to eat, she took the brush and cleaned the oyster shells and put them in clean water.
The potato rice is ready, serve it out.
Jing Xian cleaned the pot, poured water into it, and said to Shang Nanchen, "Turn on the high heat and cook some shrimps for the children."
"Okay." Shang Nanchen asked her while lighting the fire, "I heard that you met Zhao Xiuzhi this morning?"
Jing Xian turned around and said with a half-smile, "I didn't expect the news to spread so quickly. Even you know about it?"
Shang Nanchen touched his nose awkwardly, and did not hide it from Jing Xian: "When I came back, Zhao Xiuzhi seemed to be waiting for me at the door. She told me that you were going to report her."
Jing Xian sneered: "Why didn't she tell me about her weird behavior this morning?"
"I just want to ask if you have suffered any loss." Shang Nanchen noticed that the wind direction was wrong and asked hurriedly with concern.
Then he asked himself and answered himself: "I definitely didn't suffer any loss, otherwise Zhao Xiuzhi wouldn't come to complain to me."
"Will it be useful to complain to you?" Jing Xian knew in her heart that it would definitely be useful.
On the day of the blind date, Shang Nanchen didn't want to marry her, he was just afraid that she was just a vase. After getting to know her, he found that she was much more than he imagined, and his kindness to her was visible to the naked eye.
When their relationship was heating up, Zhao Xiuzhi came to stir up trouble, and Shang Nanchen believed her and came back to test her. To be honest, she was very unhappy, but she could understand why.
She could bear this little injustice.
Perhaps he couldn't stand her coldness, so he tried to be intimate with her.
That recipe was the catalyst for the warming of their relationship.
Zhao Xiuzhi was the stumbling block in their life.
The road ahead is still long, and there will be countless Zhao Xiuzhis.
Jing Xian didn't want to be suspected again and again, so she planned to ask Shang Nanchen to teach her a lesson.
"Of course it's useless." Shang Nanchen reacted quickly.
Jing Xian sneered: "It is useful. People are investigating me, and you ignored me for half a month. What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will implicate you?"
“Why would I be afraid of this?”
Shang Nanchen denied it without hesitation.
"It's useless to talk about this now. Anyway, the matter has already passed. I don't know what you think. I don't believe what you say and I can't get any evidence." Jing Xian opened the pot, poured the shrimps and oysters into the pot expressionlessly, and covered the pot again. "Don't think that I am unreasonable. You know what you think best in your heart. Shang Nanchen, I didn't marry you because I was really desperate. I have other choices. Although it's a bit troublesome, it's not unsolvable. No one wants to be a stepmother who suffers and is not appreciated. I ask myself whether I have been worthy of any of you three grandfathers since I got the marriage certificate with you. Ask yourself, are you really worthy of me?"
"You can't put a big hat on my head because I played a little trick. The kind that I can't take off for the rest of my life. If you can't do that, we can get a divorce. I'll go back to where I came from. I'm capable, and it's not like I can't support myself. It's just that we have a terrible family, and I'm not afraid of those who wear shoes. If something happens to me, they won't be well either."
Jing Xian was standing in the living room wearing a blue cotton jacket. He looked particularly lonely with the light behind him, as if the whole world had abandoned him.
"I……"
As soon as Shang Nanchen opened his mouth and uttered a word, Fusheng ran out of the house, rushed over to hug Jingxian's thighs, and looked at her with tears in his eyes: "Mom, divorce me and take me away! I will take care of you in the future. I promise to be a good boy and eat less!"
Tiedan also came over from behind, a beat slower than his brother, and hugged Jingxian's other leg, saying loudly: "I don't eat much either. If you quarrel with others in the future, I will stand by you unconditionally! Besides, if you push someone down,
I can also help you beat him up! I won’t beat him to death, just kick him hard on the butt.”
The last sentence is a new idea Tiedan came up with today.
My mother said that you should not hit people in the face, but hit them where there is a lot of flesh, which besides the belly is the fleshy buttocks.
Tiedan had never had such a good life with his mother. The past half month with Jingxian was the best time for the two brothers in their lives. They had a warm new cotton-padded jacket, warm but not stiff and airtight thick cotton pants, and new shoes.
The new shoes are so warm that my feet don’t hurt anymore.
And he never had enough to eat.
In the past few days, he and his brother have gained weight on their faces, but their skin is still a little dark, and they are completely different from 20 days ago. He is not stupid, he knows who is good to him, and he also knows that he may not be able to go with Jing Xian, but he still holds on to some hope.
The two children's words made Shang Nanchen's face darken.
"Divorce? There's no divorce. You two go in and don't make trouble here." Shang Nanchen thought the children would leave, but the two children looked at him with disgust and continued to pester Jing Xian.
Jing Xian wasn't very angry at first, but now she was completely angry.
It's that kind of feeling when you receive unexpected rewards for the hard work you put in. It's a very comfortable feeling.
"Mom?" Fusheng didn't believe his father's words, "Will you take me with you?"
"belt."
Jing Xian smiled.
Tiedan said anxiously, "What about me?"
"I also bring it."
Shang Nanchen felt that he was excluded, but strangely he was not angry. Instead, he thought it was a good thing.
He saw the pot was boiling, cleared his throat, and said loudly, "The pot is boiling."
"You two go get the dishes and chopsticks and wait for dinner."
As soon as Jing Xian opened her mouth, the two kids were very obedient and went to get the bowls and chopsticks. They even divided the work, one took the bowl and the other took the chopsticks. When they passed by Shang Nanchen, they didn't even give him a look.
Shang Nanchen: “…”
Well, he was rejected by his own son.
But he actually wanted to praise the two children for doing a good job.
After the child entered the house, Shang Nanchen approached Jing Xian and whispered, "I apologize to you. I was wrong. I shouldn't have not believed you. But I corrected my mistake in time. For example, this time, I told you when I came back."
Jing Xian said nothing. She scooped out the shrimps and oysters with a colander, put them in a basin, and stuffed them into Shang Nanchen's hand: "I am not a person who is confused. It is right for you to be cautious in national affairs. Now that this matter is over, I hope you can respect me and trust me in the future. If you always trust others and don't trust me. If I say a few words to other gay men in the future, and they say this, will you suspect that I have an improper relationship with them?"
She really wasn't scaremongering.
Zhao Xiuzhi is really capable of anything.
Shang Nanchen immediately said seriously: "Don't worry, no matter what happens in the future, I will choose to believe you. I still say that, unless you harm the interests of the country and betray the motherland."
"This will never happen." Jing Xian looked at him honestly.
"Shall we eat?"
"Um."
Jing Xian opened the bowl rack, took out the soy sauce pot, poured some into the bowl, peeled a head of garlic, pounded it, put it into the garlic jar, and smashed it with a rolling pin. She was strong and fast, and she came back with a small bowl in less than a minute.
"Let's eat!"
Jing Xian drank the rice soup to warm her stomach, reached out to pick up an oyster, put some garlic on it with a small spoon, and ate it directly. The two children followed suit, but they didn't dare to put too much garlic, so they just tasted it.
"Is it delicious?" Jing Xian asked with a smile while waiting for the two children to eat.
The two kids nodded in unison: "Delicious!"
“You can also put the shrimps in and dip them before eating.” Jing Xian reminded the two kids.
The two kids did as they were told and took a bite of the potato rice, their eyes widened with smiles.
No one paid attention to Shang Nanchen, and he didn't come out to make his presence felt. He knew that he had been a little anxious these two days, but there was no other way. He had a feeling in his heart that if he did something
Without saying anything and doing anything, Jingxian and I will be like many other couples who live together, treating each other with respect for the rest of our lives.
The reason why he is not angry with his ex-wife is because there is no love between them.
Call him selfish, whatever.
He ended up delaying his ex-wife for several years.
If she didn't cheat on him, he would live a good life with her.
This marriage was my own choice. It was hasty, but it was to my liking.
If he didn't like her, he wouldn't agree to her getting married. He knew her conditions were not within his choice, but he still decided to marry her, thinking of building a loving family with her.
Shang Nanchen has been educated and has read Dream of the Red Chamber before. He is not a ignorant fool.
Talking about love in this day and age will make people laugh.
He didn't say it, but he expected to have a love that would last until death.
After lunch, the family of four went to work.
Shang Nanchen separated from the three of them at the intersection. He noticed that Jingxian's scarf had fallen off, so he held her back, shielding her from the wind, and asked her to tie the scarf before leaving.
Not far away, Liu Cailan saw this scene and her face turned paler as she covered her stomach.
After being kicked by Chen Baomin that day, her stomach has been hurting. She couldn't help but go to the hospital today. After seeing the doctor and getting some medicine, she still couldn't get up because of the pain. But if she didn't get up, she would be hungry. Chen Baomin didn't come back for lunch, so she ate in the army cafeteria. She didn't want to make do, but she didn't have the strength to do it.
She came out to wash the swill and saw this scene.
If Shang Nanchen hadn't come, Chen Baomin would have been the battalion commander, not the deputy battalion commander. Chen Baomin was upset and had no place to vent, so he beat her up when he didn't like her. It was obviously not like this before.
She was thinking madly, if Shang Nanchen was implicated, he would be transferred away, and then Chen Baomin would be the battalion commander. Then, Chen Baomin would definitely not beat her again.
Liu Cailan saw that it was almost time, so she looked out from the yard.
Seeing Zhao Xiuzhi coming back from school, she went into the house, grabbed a handful of rock sugar, wrapped it in paper, put it in her pocket, and went out.
"Sister-in-law, are you home?"
Zhao Xiuzhi turned around and saw Liu Cailan and called her in.
Liu Cailan entered the yard, took out some rock candy and put it on the table: "I'll bring some candy to Gousheng."
Zhao Xiuzhi looked at the bag of candy and asked perfunctorily, "Would you like some water? I'll pour it for you."
"No, no, no, no. I have to go back to cook later, don't bother." Liu Cailan is very good at reading people's faces, otherwise it would be impossible to make Liu Cailan so happy.
Zhao Xiuzhi really didn't pour the water, but sat directly on the kang.
He looked at Gousheng's torn pants, picked them up and tried to sew them. It took him a long time to thread the needle and thread, but he didn't respond to Liu Cailan's words. Liu Cailan's palms were aching from the nails. After a few seconds, she smiled and reached out to take the clothes from Zhao Xiuzhi's hand.
"Sister-in-law, let me help you sew."
Zhao Xiuzhi did not refuse and let her take it, saying hypocritically: "How nice of you to ask you to help me every day."
"I'll work faster and finish it in a moment." Liu Cailan held the needle and thread, her hands were very dexterous, and the stitches were fine and dense.
"Now that you have got the job, go report to the cafeteria tomorrow. Two people are needed this time, and I have saved a spot for you." Zhao Xiuzhi originally didn't intend to say it, but she was so happy to be praised by Liu Cailan.
Liu Cailan was full of surprise: "Sister-in-law, is it true? I was shocked when I saw Jing Xian in the hospital today. I didn't expect that she would have such a good job right after arriving. I have been here for almost half a year and have been at home all the time."
"What did you say?" Zhao Xiuzhi's face changed suddenly and she looked very fierce.
Liu Cailan asked cautiously: "Sister-in-law, did I say something wrong?"
"Where did you say Jingxian works?"
"Hospital?"
Zhao Xiuzhi glared: "Why would someone like her work in a hospital?"
Liu Cailan lowered her head and said honestly, "Maybe it was Captain Shang who made the effort. Otherwise, how could she, who came from the countryside, go to work in a hospital?"
"No, I want to ask Shang Nanchen for clarification."
Zhao Xiu
Zhi said that wind would bring rain, and as soon as he got off the kang, he would go out.
Liu Cailan had already finished sewing the patch and hurried out, saying flatteringly, "Sister-in-law, I'm going home to cook."
"Go ahead."
Zhao Xiuzhi also didn't want Liu Cailan to get involved and wished she would leave quickly.
After everyone left, Zhao Xiuzhi came out of her house and stood at the door of Jingxian's house and shouted, "Is Captain Shang home? Come out for a moment."
Shang Nanchen was making a fire. Hearing the sound, he frowned and asked, "Who is it?"
Jing Xian opened the curtain a little and looked outside. Seeing Zhao Xiuzhi, she raised her eyebrows and said, "Zhao Xiuzhi is looking for you!"
"Why is he looking for me?" Shang Nanchen didn't intend to pay attention to her, "Tell her I'm not at home."
As luck would have it, Zhao Xiuzhi shouted at the door: "Shang Nanchen, if you don't come out, I will report you to your troops! Report you..."
"Report what to me?"
Shang Nanchen walked out with a gloomy face and saw that many of the neighbors' doors were open. Some of them were peeking out and looking at Zhao Xiuzhi with cold eyes.
Zhao Xiuzhi saw someone coming out and shouted, "Captain Shang, did you not take what I told you before seriously? Since you won't solve it, I will report her now."
"Who are you reporting? Are you reporting me?"
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