Chapter 72: Retribution in this Life & Ma Xiaomei & Spy
"You, you, you...what do you mean?" This time, the eunuch Ma who had been invisible spoke. The mother and son of the Ma family, who had been dancing happily at the beginning, were so shocked that they were speechless and just stared at Jin Yue.
Shu Jinyue didn't say anything. Sister Qiao snorted, "What do you mean? Are you sure you want to hear this again?"
"You're talking nonsense! How can my grandson not be my son? Did that vicious woman Ma Shuhui send you here? She asked you to sow discord and destroy the harmonious family relationship in our family. How can she be so jealous?"
"My grandson is in the hospital and you are making up stories about him. Isn't that bitch Ma Shuhui afraid of being struck by lightning? Why doesn't she just die? Why doesn't she die with that little idiot?"
"Are you talking about me?" Ma Shuhui arrived without knowing when, and it was already time to get off work. Following her were several staff members from the district epidemic prevention station. They really didn't come here on purpose to watch the fun. They just came to see Lao Zhu and the other three after they had finished their work today and passed by here.
Who knew that something so exciting would happen!
"I'll say this one last time. Since we're divorced and you're not willing to spend a penny on my daughter, your business has nothing to do with me."
"Wait a minute, what do you mean you don't want to spend a penny? It turns out that he not only forced you to leave the house, but also refused to pay for child support and medical expenses?" Li Yulan knew her situation from Jin Yue's mouth. His daughter had cerebral palsy. If she didn't give some money, not to mention what would happen to the child in the future, how could she raise and treat the child with her salary now?
"Well, your family is really nice. You don't want your original wife who has been with you through so much hardship, but like to wear the green hat given by others. You don't raise your own daughter, but like to raise someone else's son, right?" Li Yulan was already certain that the child was not Ma's ex-husband's biological child. After all, Jin Yue would not say such things easily. When she said it, she was absolutely sure.
“Yoho!”
"This is too much..." How stupid.
"This is called retribution. He didn't want his own wife and daughter, so he deserves to raise someone else's son for so many years."
Everyone was certain that the child was not theirs. Ma Qianfu's face had turned green, so green that the grass in the nearby flower bed was not as green.
The old woman was still yelling and cursing, but Ma Qianfu's face turned green and he said, "Mom, let's go."
"Why are you leaving? They are trying to sow discord between me and my fat grandson. I'm going to tear their mouths apart today!"
"Don't you think it's shameful enough, you spendthrift woman?" Eunuch Ma held his tail between his legs and ran faster than anyone else.
Everyone watched them fleeing in panic, how could they just let them go? Then I have to go and have a look, now that I’m off work.
Ma Qianfu was not leaving for home, but for the hospital. He had been ill for the past two days. His son had hit his head and was staying in the district hospital. His feet, which had originally had no strength, seemed to be equipped with powerful springs. He ran very fast, and several young men from the street office could hardly catch up with him.
When he arrived at the district hospital, he rushed directly to the surgical ward and asked the doctor what his son's blood type was.
The doctor had seen him and said, "You are Ma Dabao's father, right? Of course he has type A blood, don't you know?"
"What?! You must have made a mistake!"
The doctor was nearly knocked over by him, and he pulled out a blood test form and pointed to the big letter "A". "Look for yourself, how could it be wrong? You were here when the blood was drawn yesterday, and you blamed our nurse for hurting your son."
"Impossible, my wife and I both have type O blood, how could our son be type A? You must have made a mistake!" Although he did not study medicine, he knew this common sense.
Two parents with type O blood can only give birth to a child with type O blood.
Ma Qianfu grabbed the nurse and said, "Go and draw another blood sample for my son right now. Do another test. Right now!"
The nurse was frightened by his behavior and didn't know what to do. She could only look at the doctor helplessly.
The doctor nodded in agreement and thought to himself, if you insist that we made a mistake, then I will draw the sample again and test it again in front of you so that you will be convinced.
Of course, the doctor also knew that two people with type O blood could not produce a child with type A blood. At first, he didn’t know the blood types of the child’s parents. After all, it was the child who was in the hospital, so why would he check on the parents? But now - it was obvious that something was wrong, and there was a faint smell of melon. Who could refuse to eat a hot melon on the spot?
Just test it.
Soon, amid Ma Dabao's heart-wrenching cries, his blood was drawn. Unfortunately, Sun Hongyan was not in the ward to accompany him, so the child had no one to complain to. His grandparents, who usually loved him the most and always responded to his requests, said nothing at this moment, and just watched their precious grandson suffer injustice... The naughty child cried and made a fuss out of grievance, and almost overturned the ward.
The medical staff, patients and their families who were watching in the corridor were educated by the young people who had followed them all the way about the whole story. They immediately stopped going to the cafeteria to get food and just waited and saw the results. The doctor said that the results would be out soon.
Everyone waited and waited until their legs were sore from standing. Three seconds after the doctor nervously handed the list to Ma Qianfu, there was a roar, a wail, and a scream in the ward. Someone called the doctor, "Hurry, hurry, hurry, rescue, rescue, someone has fainted."
"Is the child's grandmother so angry that she fainted?" In everyone's opinion, they should at least wait until the daughter-in-law comes back and have a fight with her before she faints.
Finally, someone said, "All three adults fell down."
“Only the children are alive and kicking.”
Yes, Old Ma, who had just recovered from a serious illness, and his elderly parents fell straight in front of their fat grandson (grandson) whom they had taken good care of for four years. The medical staff were very busy, supporting this one and pulling that one, and no one could take care of the child.
So, the naughty kid took advantage of the rescue time to steal all the money and tickets from his grandparents and father, and ran off to find his mother.
When the news reached back to the neighborhood office, there was a lot of excitement. Ma's ex-husband had really made a huge joke. It would have been bad enough if he was pointed out in public, but he had also been cuckolded for so many years.
"He didn't raise his own daughter, kicked her out of the house and didn't give her any support. The son he raised with all his wealth and treasure turned out not to be his own. This is called retribution in this life!"
“You deserve it!”
Shu Jinyue retired after accomplishing her mission. She had been too noisy in the morning and hadn't done her work properly. She still had two reports to write, so she quickly took them out and started writing.
Sister Qiao and Li Yulan had nothing to do for the time being, so they surrounded her and said, "Jinyue, you have done a great deed. Otherwise, if you really raised him up, gave him a house, and married him off, only to find out that he was not your biological child, you would have no place to cry. Now that you have found out in advance, it is a blessing in disguise."
That being said, who would sympathize with such a family?
"Come on, it's useless to find out now. He can't have children. It's too late now."
"No, if he can't have children, then your Director Ma's daughter..."
Jin Yue said with certainty: "He is his biological son. He was still young at that time and still had a weak fertility ability. Later, he died completely."
The simplest example is that the drill bit is cold. How can the tadpoles in the drill bit have vitality and quality? It’s even hard to say how many tadpoles there are in it.
A normal person may have tens of millions of them, but he may only have dozens. As a result, most of them are dead, disabled, old, weak, sick and disabled, so it is very difficult for a woman to get pregnant.
"Jin Yue, you are really amazing. You actually knew that he was infertile just by feeling his pulse. That's amazing."
Shu Jinyue was helpless. She was not that awesome. She just made a conclusion based on various analyses. Her medication proved that her conclusion was correct, and the Ma family's actions proved that...
"Speaking of Sun Hongyan, if you want to be the third party in someone's marriage, you should stop doing these things. Now that you have been caught, you can't live like this anymore. I just don't know what to do with the child. By the way, do you know who the father of the child is?"
Jin Yue shook his head. Even if he knew it, he couldn't tell anyone. Sister Qiao was a talkative person.
When he got home, Shu Wenming had just gotten off work, and was lying on the kang like a boneless person. "I heard that something big happened in your neighborhood office?"
"It was Ma's ex-husband who found out he was cuckolded and helped someone raise a fat son for several years."
"What, what, has it been found out that he is not his son?" Aunt Zhao's gossip update speed was obviously a bit slow. It was all because she lived far away. If she lived in the street office compound, she would definitely not be so behind.
"Yes, two people with type O blood gave birth to a son with type A blood." Jin Yue said sarcastically, feeling sorry for Ma Shuhui's daughter. The house should have been hers, and the love should have been hers too.
"What's the matter with blood type?"
Jin Yue then gave them some scientific knowledge, that two people with O-type blood can only give birth to children with O-type blood, and not other blood types, and also what kind of children other blood types can and cannot give birth to. Everyone just found it very novel and curious, and wanted to test themselves and their children immediately.
"Okay, okay, that's just talk. For the children in our compound, we can tell who their parents are just by looking at them. Do we still need to check?" Zhao Wanqiu joked with a smile, and everyone laughed.
That’s right, especially the grandchildren of Aunt Zhao, who are simply smaller versions of their parents. You can answer any question you ask them while walking on the street.
Everyone started discussing again, "Doesn't that naughty kid look a bit like Ma's ex-husband?"
Jin Yue had no impression and no interest in it anymore, so he went back to his room to look at the review materials. There were Xu Duan's annotations on every page, especially some complicated and difficult to remember formulas, he also made up rhymes and wrote them next to them. Jin Yue felt sweet in his heart as he touched the silver hook and iron painting handwriting.
Even though people have helped her so much, if she still can't learn well, then it's really a problem of her IQ.
Learn, learn hard!
It's a pity that Shu Wenming really didn't want her to study hard. "Oh, are you going to suffer the hardship of studying again?"
"Shu Jinyue, you've been talking about going to college for three years, reading books for three years, and even bought an English dictionary. What have you learned now?"
Jin Yue rolled her eyes at him. Of course she could learn English words by rote memorization, but her spoken English was still not good enough. Without the chance to practice, this was typical "dead" English.
She also wanted to learn from Yamaguchi Sachiko. After all, she was the only foreigner she knew. But who would have known that the Japanese spoken English was even more "dead" than hers. When Jin Yue went for a follow-up visit, she couldn't continue after saying a few sentences. She always felt that saying "hello" had a weird sound.
Mo Shuyi could speak it, but he was too busy in the clinic. She felt embarrassed to waste the time of a PhD who had returned from overseas and was speaking pediatric English to her.
"Why is there no English teacher in our compound? We have math teachers and Chinese teachers, but no one who teaches English." She was willing to pay to hire a tutor.
"I do know someone who can do that. Do you dare to learn from him?"
"who?"
"Sun Hongyan's colleague teaches English in middle school." However, English is not valued nowadays. He is just like the physical education teachers in later generations. He is often "unwell" or "has things at home", so he gives the classes to other teachers. Students would rather participate in production labor and learn about industry and agriculture than learn English.
Jin Yue was about to make a joke, but suddenly something occurred to him, "You said he teaches English, how can he speak English?"
Judging from his age, my colleague was born seven or eight years before the liberation. Even if he wanted to learn a foreign language at that time, he should have learned Soviet language. How could he learn English?
"Oh, he has an adoptive father who is a Japanese translator. He used to work in Longguo with the Japanese army. He raised him for a few years and taught him English. He has not been in contact since he returned to his country in the 1950s."
Shu Jinyue frowned, "Really no contact?"
Shu Wenming was also stunned, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Yes, he told the neighbors that there was no contact, but it's hard to say what the real situation is. By the way, what about his current consumption level? We have always felt that his money came from illegal sources, is it possible..."
He took two steps and said, "By the way, last time you asked where Lao Ma worked, Factory 607, right? That's a military factory!"
Comrade Shu Wenming, who had watched many spy movies since he was old enough to understand things, suddenly had alarm bells ringing in his mind. "It's impossible that such a coincidence could happen in the world. He happened to be raised by the Japanese, he happened to know foreign languages, and he happened to have an old lover who married the workshop director of a military factory. Do you think that Old Ma just happened to have some major project?"
Jin Yue's eyes lit up, "If this is really a spy, should we send it out?"
Shu Wenming flicked her forehead and said, "Shu Jinyue, you are blinded by greed. You are still thinking about getting rich. This matter must be reported to the police immediately."
Yes, Jin Yue thought of the "five hundred thousand" he saw on his phone. "Brother, go quickly. Anyway, it's better to kill the wrong person than to let him go. If the investigation turns out to be nothing, it won't be a loss to him. But if it's true... we've done a good thing that benefits the country and the people."
"Hey, it's time to eat, where are you going?" Xu Wenli came over with a red tomato in her mouth and called them to eat.
Shu Wenming had no time to eat. He turned around and took the tomato his wife had taken a bite of with his mouth, "No need to wait for me."
Shu Jinyue: “…” Disgusting, you guys just stink so bad, right?
However, she was also looking forward to it. She could actually encounter a spy-catching scene like that on TV. Hey, it would be enough for her to brag about for several years.
Shu Wenming never came back after he left, and did not walk out of the gate of the Public Security Bureau until after three in the afternoon. He looked at the dazzling sunlight, and remembered that several public security comrades had just shaken hands with him, thanked him, and encouraged him to keep up the good work. Suddenly, he felt the red scarf on his chest fluttering in the wind.
When Jin Yue asked him about it that night, he remembered the instructions from the police comrades and just said, "They will investigate. Let's not tell anyone and not alert them."
"In order not to alert the enemy, I did not go to the local police station, but went directly to the city's public security bureau, do you understand?"
Jin Yue smiled. Of course she knew that Qin Haiyang had worked as a forensic assistant in there for two years.
"Hey, I definitely won't tell you. Just tell me a little bit. For example, what expression did the police have when they heard what you said? Did they say what reward they would give you if it was true? What would happen if it wasn't true?"
"I didn't say." It was rare that Shu Wenming could keep his composure. Not to mention Jin Yue, even if Xu Wenli asked him where he went if he didn't eat lunch, he wouldn't tell the truth.
No matter how anxious Jin Yue was, she still had to go on with her life and work as usual, especially after the incident of "diagnosing infertility and infertility", her reputation became ridiculous, and some people even came to her specifically to treat male diseases and infertility...
She really doesn't want to become a specialist as it will be too limiting. The Chinese medicine she studied is very diverse, so she only wants to treat diverse diseases, the more diverse the better.
But looking at the pairs of young or middle-aged men and women who had made appointments to see the doctor, Shu Jin felt that he seemed to be taking an unconventional approach?
"Oh, Director Ma, you are here. Do you have any instructions?" When Old Zhu saw Ma Shuhui coming, he didn't get up and just sat on the stool.
Of course, Ma Shuhui didn't care about these details. She glanced at Jin Yue, who was taking someone's pulse and then started talking about the condition. Upon closer listening, she found that she was actually talking to a middle-aged couple about ovulation period and "arrangements". An unmarried girl spoke very clearly.
"She has so many patients recently?"
"A lot. It used to be more than this. Unfortunately, some people don't give her outpatient services. So the outpatient services are sporadic throughout the day, and the efficiency is not high."
Old Zhu actually guessed that the reason why Shu Jinyue's application to open an outpatient clinic had not been approved for such a long time was that Ma Shuhui or Secretary Liu was suppressing it. Considering Secretary Liu's characteristic of not meddlesomeness, it must be Ma Shuhui who was "doing something bad".
But he has always been like this. He never says anything that is detrimental to unity, and when he is angry, he only directs it at Ma Shuhui.
Ma Shuhui looked a little embarrassed. "I didn't mean it. We still have to follow the rules."
"Yes, you are the most disciplined, so disciplined that you would rather give the house to another woman and an illegitimate child. In the end, this illegitimate child is not your ex-husband's."
Ma Shuhui's face turned red, then green, and then green and then she smiled, "You, if you know me, you are doing this for the best, but if you don't know me, you would think I have a grudge against you."
The two colleagues who had worked together for many years smiled at each other, and both felt relieved as if the clouds had been cleared and the sun had been shining. "It's better for a family and a man like this to get divorced. If we had known that he was so unreliable, we should have advised you to get a divorce earlier."
"By the way, how is your daughter doing recently? Why don't you bring her to Xiaoshu to see?"
Ma Shuhui nodded, "That's why I came here today."
Her daughter is fifteen years old this year. She can speak a little, but she doesn't like to talk. Because of cerebral palsy, her facial nerves are abnormal. When she speaks, her whole face is distorted. She has been laughed at so many times that she doesn't like to talk anymore. She had a headache recently. She didn't know what had stimulated her to cut her wrist with a knife. A few days before the New Year, she cut her ulnar artery. If she hadn't gone home early that day, she might have...
Later, my daughter was hospitalized and spent the whole year in the hospital. She took leave and did not go to work. She did not know that her ex-husband had been hospitalized due to amoebiasis. It was not her who took the initiative to avoid it.
Now all the knives, scissors and other sharp objects in the house are placed in the cupboard by her, and she checks to see if the cupboard is locked every day before going out. Although there are nannies and her family members looking after the cupboard, it is impossible for them to watch over it 24 hours a day.
Zhu Daqiang sighed, no wonder she looked so haggard recently.
"The biggest problem of the child is probably psychological. Her father and grandparents have called her a little fool since she was a child. In fact, she is not stupid at all. Her IQ is fine. When she was three years old, I only taught her for two days, and she could count to 200 by herself. When she was five years old, she could recite more than a dozen ancient poems. If it weren't for this, she would have been sent to kindergarten earlier, and now she is in high school."
A child with normal IQ treated like that deserves to be cuckolded and raised as someone else's son. Zhu Daqiang spat, "He deserves it."
Ma Shuhui didn't want to hear about these things. She came here today not just for personal matters. She just handed over a file bag and said, "The city has approved it. You can discuss whether you want to use a new room as a clinic or something. If you have any difficulties, come to me."
Zhu Daqiang took it and took a look, and found that departments at all levels actually agreed to let Jin Yue open a clinic! It’s right in the compound of the subdistrict office, right at the Xinqiao Subdistrict Epidemic Prevention Station!
"I may not be able to provide funds, but if you are short of tables, chairs, benches, and stethoscopes, there are some unused ones in the station. I'll have someone send them over someday."
Zhu Daqiang was overjoyed, "Okay, thank you Director Ma."
It’s really Director Ma who has the problem, and it’s not the surname Ma who has the problem.
"If others really can't approve it, it's because Jin Yue is so capable. The higher-ups originally rejected it, but then someone mentioned that she seemed to have seen a doctor for some provincial leader. When the health bureau heard about it, they made special arrangements for her."
Old Zhu laughed, "Okay, then I'll ask Director Niu if there's any vacant room."
In fact, he could also watch it in the office like he does now. If an examination was necessary, he would go to the medicine room and close the doors and windows. But Liu Jinbu was too gossipy. Whenever a patient came, he would prick up his ears to listen to people talking about their condition. Sometimes he was so engrossed that he even forgot his own job.
The district holds an evaluation every year. In the past two years, because of Jin Yue's joining, their Xinqiao Station jumped from the second to last to the first place. All tasks were completed in excess, and the spread of tuberculosis was discovered and prevented in time. In addition, the completion rate of daily health supervision and management is very high. They are now the undisputed first place. He will not allow any of the three kings to fail.
Sure enough, when Director Niu heard that Jin Yue wanted an independent clinic, he knew it was easy to solve. Even if there wasn't one, he would have to squeeze in some space and make one for her.
Because of Jin Yue's medical skills, more and more patients come to see her, including some family members of district leaders. He has been singled out and praised twice when he attended district meetings, saying that they are conscientious and responsible in their work, the environment is clean, and the employees stick to their posts.
Although it sounds like irony, it's fine as long as other people believe it. In this way, he will be the most prominent one among the many street offices, and he will definitely get all the credit!
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It was not until he finished seeing the last patient that Jin Yue realized that Ma Shuhui had been waiting outside the door. "Director Ma, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Thank you. I was prejudiced against you before." Ma Shuhui came in and said with a smile.
She knew that Jin Yue could have ignored her ex-husband's affairs and not helped him with his medical treatment. Even if she did, she could have just prescribed a prescription and everything would be fine. But not only did she take care of it, she also exposed his cheating. It was obvious that she was venting her anger on her behalf.
"Director Ma, you don't have to think like that. We all have the responsibility to expose the bad guys' true colors." If you hadn't been so tolerant all these years, your children might have suffered less.
"I came here today just for my daughter."
Ma Shuhui briefly explained what happened: her daughter's name is Ma Xiaomei, she is fifteen years old this year. When she was more than nine months pregnant, one day her parents-in-law went back to their hometown to do some work and left her at home. It happened to be snowing heavily those days and the roads were closed everywhere. She had a stomachache, and after her amniotic fluid broke, she couldn't walk, so she couldn't get to the hospital in time. By the time she crawled on her knees and knocked on the neighbor's door, her stomach had been aching for a long time.
When they arrived at the hospital, her family members did come, but the doctor wanted to give her anesthesia for the operation. Her parents-in-law didn't want to do it because they thought it was too expensive. They said they wanted to wait and see if she could give birth on her own... Later, after an unknown amount of time, she gave birth on her own, but the baby suffered from cerebral palsy due to lack of oxygen for too long.
The situation is different from what Zhu Daqiang said lightly. The reason why this child became a cerebral palsy is entirely due to the Ma family!
"I don't know why the child suddenly lost his temper a few years ago and cut his wrist, injuring the radial artery. Fortunately, I returned home early, otherwise I can't imagine how serious the consequences would be."
"Has she ever been so depressed before?"
"Occasionally, but I wouldn't do that to myself."
"So what stimulated you this time?"
Ma Shuhui gritted her teeth and said, "Her grandmother and her brother, oh that's Ma Dabao, met her in the park and said some nasty things. The child couldn't understand." Why are they all dad's children, but she is called a little fool, while Ma Dabao is the treasure of his father, grandparents.
"That day her grandmother persuaded her for a long time, and she finally mustered up the courage to go to the park, but in the end..."
Not only does she have to face the strange looks of the world, but she is also forced to accept the malice from her relatives. However, a girl of fourteen or fifteen already understands a lot and has a strong self-esteem.
Shu Jinyue sighed, "I can try to help her improve her physical problems, but the changes may not be that big. You are also a medical student, I hope you can understand this. If I have any suggestions, I think it is better to encourage her to live and study like her peers, and don't emphasize her differences too much."
Many children with cerebral palsy are very smart and have no problems with IQ, but because of their abnormal appearance and limb incoordination, they are unable to participate in learning. Ma Xiaomei is such a case.
Ma Shuhui hesitated: "But she is already so old, can she still go to school?"
"Can she read?"
Ma Shuhui nodded. "I never gave up teaching her Chinese and mathematics. She has a rich imagination and can write short stories. I encourage her to become a writer in the future."
In fact, she didn't really hope that she would become a writer, but just wanted to give her hope, to let her know that she still had something called "ideal" and she could work hard for it.
Jin Yue was deeply touched. Ma Shuhui is really a good mother. She has to earn money to support the family, and accompany and educate a special child. Yet, she can still maintain amazing professionalism and responsibility at work. This is really remarkable.
"I suggest you take her out for a walk. If she rejects the gaze of normal people, you can start by getting along with people who are similar to her."
Ma Shuhui frowned, "To be honest, when I took her to rehabilitation treatment, I also met a few children with similar situations, but it seemed that they had nothing to talk about. Xiaomei is a sensitive child and precocious. It is not easy for her to get along with her peers."
Jin Yue suddenly thought of someone, "If you don't mind, I can introduce you to an auntie. Her last name is Kang. She was paralyzed in her lower limbs due to an accidental surgery when she was very young, and she has been bedridden ever since. In the past two years, as the disease has healed, she has gradually come out of the haze. Letting her talk to Xiaomei may help to encourage and comfort her."
What she didn't say was that Kang Yuqiong had once struggled on the brink of death and had thought about hurting herself countless times, but now she has come through it. As a "veteran", she may be in a better position to counsel Ma Xiaomei.
And this is just Jin Yue's initial plan. After Ma Xiaomei completely gives up this idea and rekindles hope for a new life, Jin Yue wants her to learn again and become a person with a sense of value.
Just this step made Ma Shuhui very happy, "Okay, thank you for your help then."
After get off work, Shu Jinyue went to the Kang family to seek Kang Yuqiong's advice. She was very happy to help such a little sister, and told the mother and daughter to come without worry, as she had nothing to do anyway.
Jin Yue took the mother and daughter of the Ma family there the next day. Ma Xiaomei was indeed a rather introverted and sensitive person, but she had a lot to talk about with Kang Yuqiong. The two hit it off immediately and agreed to come to Kang Yuqiong to play every day and ask her to teach her how to write.
Kang Yuqiong has beautiful handwriting.
Ma Shuhui didn't know how to thank Jin Yue, she just bowed deeply to her.
"Director Ma, please stop thanking me. Good people will be rewarded. You are such a good person, you will definitely bring blessings to Xiaomei."
And to hell with that heartless family!
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After that, the Ma family did come to Jin Yue several times and asked her to treat their "illness". Compared with the most urgent matter, diarrhea is not a big deal - Lao Ma is already over 40 years old, and if he doesn't give birth now, he will never have the chance.
Their plan was to first find Shu Jinyue to cure his illness, and after two years the matter would slowly fade away. Then they would find a young girl who had nothing to do with Lao Ma's past, someone who had no job and was not a big deal, and they were not afraid of a rural girl, as long as she could give birth to a child.
No matter whether it’s a boy or a girl, at least give birth to one first.
Unfortunately, they seemed to have overestimated human's ability in the face of disease. Shu Jinyue told them clearly that she could not be cured, and asked them to try a large hospital. If one didn't work, try a few more. If one province didn't work, try Beijing Haicheng... So they went to all the tertiary hospitals they could go to and did examinations again and again, but there was really not a single living tadpole in Lao Ma's drill!
There is not a single living thing directly from the source, which means they have completely lost their fertility.
Therefore, enthusiastic people gave him the nickname - Mule.
As for whether Shu Jinyue really cannot be cured or is unwilling to be cured, no one knows. Anyway, the Ma family has been very busy recently. They are busy asking Ma Shuhui to remarry, because the "little fool" who they once looked down upon has become the only bloodline of their Ma family.
They used to think that the stupid child was useless, but now they think that the child just has difficulty in moving his limbs and uncontrolled facial muscles, but his IQ is normal, he can take care of himself, communicate and speak. They have consulted a doctor, who said that children with cerebral palsy are fully capable of reproduction.
So, they began to sincerely repent frantically, hoping that Ma Shuhui would come back with the children, remarry Lao Ma, oh no, Mule, and put aside the past grudges and become a happy family again.
Ma Shuhui certainly refused, but Shu Jinyue "accidentally" told her a story, "I met a girl in the countryside who was in the same situation as your Xiaomei, but she was older than Xiaomei. She was already in her thirties when I met her. She had never married, and her parents were worried about her, so they entrusted her to her brother and sister-in-law before they died. But who knew that one can only know a person by appearance, not by heart? Later, her brother and sister-in-law had a hard time and felt that they could not support her, so they sold her to an old bachelor for 100 yuan, and she was eventually beaten to death by the old bachelor."
"How could her brother and sister-in-law do this?!"
Jin Yue looked into her eyes, "She was married off half a month after her parents died, and then she was beaten to death half a year later."
"You have to believe that in this world, only parents will love their children unconditionally, regardless of whether they are healthy or not. The love of others is conditional. When a child does not meet these conditions, she will be abandoned."
Ma Shuhui's heart skipped a beat. She knew what Jin Yue meant. She wasn't telling this story for nothing.
"If you don't leave her something within your means, what will she do when she no longer has the ability to earn money to support herself?"
This is the truth. If she had money, could take care of herself, and had a normal IQ, at least she would have enough savings to support herself and would not starve to death.
Ma Shuhui's heart was shaken, tears welled up in her eyes, she clenched her fists, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, since they are so sincere, let's transfer the house to Xiaomei's name first."
Remarriage is impossible, but she should fight for what she wants for Xiaomei, and she can't be arrogant.
Jin Yue smiled contentedly.
***
After Shu Jinyue's clinic was settled, the weather became warmer day by day, and it was time to eat watermelons.
This year, Shu Wenyan performed well at work, so his leader gave him an extra one, so he sent four to the old house.
"This year's watermelons are sweeter and bigger than last year's. Have you noticed?"
Jin Yue took a bite and said, "It's sweet. Which production team bought it?"
"In the southern suburbs, just across from Lijia Village, there is a large area of sandy land, which is perfect for growing watermelons."
After Shu Jinyue was released from confinement in Lijia Village, Li Yulan took her for a walk. It was indeed a beautiful river valley area with clear water and mountains. "Their southern suburbs are really comfortable. It would be great if our family had relatives there. We could buy some land or a house in the future... Uh-huh, I was just talking nonsense."
She originally thought that such "shocking" words would be reprimanded by the whole family, but in the end no one refuted it, and Shu Wenyan even asked her to continue.
Jin Yue thought of Shu Wenyun who was hiding her clumsiness, and her heart was hit hard. "I was just talking nonsense, don't take it seriously."
After a long period of preparation, Shu Wenyun successfully obtained the junior nurse certificate last year, getting rid of the academic disadvantage and now has become the backbone of their department. However, others have been quietly reviewing for the college entrance examination in the past two years. Alas!
The heroine is the heroine, and you can’t catch up with her even if you gallop.
Shu Wenyan didn't think much about it, he just thought she said it casually and this was not his main purpose. He took out a newspaper folded into a small square from his pocket and asked, "Have you read today's newspaper?"
The Shu family had no money to subscribe to newspapers, but Mr. Shu often went to read other people's newspapers. He nodded and said, "I have read it. What's the matter?"
"You didn't find anything after reading it?" He looked expectant, carefully opened the newspaper, and pointed at a piece of tofu in an inconspicuous place, "Look, what are these three words?"
Oh, it turns out that the article he wrote was selected for publication in People’s Daily!
"I was just thinking of giving it a try. Anyway, I wouldn't lose much if I didn't win. Who knew the newspaper would actually choose me? I almost forgot about it. It was our leader who saw it first this morning."
"Every year, only three or four articles from our unit are selected for the People's Daily, and they are all editorials. This is the first time for poetry. The leader praised me and said that I am innovative and dare to try."
Shu Jinyue took a closer look and realized that it could not be called an article. It was a poem praising the new style of the times and inspiring the vitality of young people. Based on her experience of reading countless novels, the writing was good and the idea was good, and it gave a sense of vitality like a grass bud about to break through the ground.
I didn't realize that my brother is not only innovative and creative, but also has a keen sense that the ordinary people in the slum don't have.
It seems that the working environment and platform are different, and the perspective on things is also different. If he was a primary school teacher before, Jin Yue would definitely be lectured by him for his "big talk" today, telling him to be careful with his words and actions, and that walls have ears... But now, even he himself can smell the smell.
Perhaps, this is what it means that ducks know first when the river water warms in spring.
"Hey Jinyue, please stop praising your elder brother. If you keep praising him, he'll be so proud of himself." Liu Huifang said with a smile, pushing the man. "The child is still at home, let's go home first."
She saw a piece of meat in the kitchen, and she was worried that Shu Wenyan would become stubborn again and want to rely on his parents for support.
Nowadays, anyone who has some meat would hide away from others. They have already separated from the family, so it is only natural that the old family eats the meat without inviting them.
Although Shu Wenyan didn't see the meat, he understood the look in his wife's eyes, "Okay, then we'll leave first. Dad, keep this newspaper. When I publish a few more articles in the future, you old man will be able to brag to those lousy chess players."
Teacher Shu was too lazy to pay attention to him. Instead, he read his poems carefully, feeling very pleased.
Unexpectedly, just as they opened the curtain, there was a sudden commotion outside, and a group of half-grown children ran out of breath: "Aunt Shu, Aunt Shu, the police are here!"
Everyone was dumbfounded. The police are here? They haven't done anything wrong, why are these kids running away?
"The police officer is at the entrance of the alley, asking where Shu Wenming lives."
Oh no, come and catch the second one!
Everyone looked at Shu Wenming, who was still lying on the kang. Xu Wenli's eyes turned red with anxiety. "Wenming, hurry up, hurry up..."
Shu Wenming didn't hear it. He had been busy with other things these days and was exhausted. Teacher Shu was also so scared that his hands and feet were weak. Of course he knew that his son often went to the ghost market, and he even vaguely knew that he might be doing something. Otherwise, the family would have bought new bicycles, made new clothes for them, and bought them food and drinks. Which of these could he, a temporary worker in a vegetable store, get?
He was actually quite worried, knowing that things would fail one day, but he didn't expect it would happen so soon.
"Boss, hurry up and go find your leader and see if you can sentence your brother to two years."
"Hasn't your poem been published in the newspaper? Your leader values you so much, you can't just stand by and watch your brother die!"
Shu Jinyue didn't know whether to say he was naive or simple.
"What are you judging? The police are here to give Uncle Wenming a banner!" An older child knew they had misunderstood, but he didn't think much about it. He just thought it was interesting. "I saw them holding a red banner. I asked them why they were looking for Uncle Wenming, and they said he had done a good deed and wanted a reward."
Now, everyone except Shu Wenming and Shu Jinyue was confused.
Before he could explain, three uniformed police officers came to the door and asked, "Excuse me, is this where Comrade Shu Wenming lives?"
"Yes, it's me!" Shu Wenming jumped three feet high in an instant and jumped to the door. "Hello, Long Gongan, do you remember me?"
The person walking in front was the policeman who was responsible for receiving him when he went to report the case. He poured him some water, comforted him and told him not to be nervous, told him what to say, and finally encouraged and praised him. He was truly his relative!
"Remember, you are capable, kid. You have done a great job this time." Long Gongan patted him on the shoulder. "You are young and promising. You are really impressive."
Later, they investigated Shu Wenming's identity and found out that he was just a temporary worker at the vegetable station, but he was able to provide them with such important clues. The key is that he actually solved a major espionage case by following the clues. Even they themselves couldn't believe it.
"Comrade Shu Wenming, this is a commendation from the organization. We hope you will keep up the good work." These words were very general, without specifying what the achievement was for. One reason was work discipline, and the other was to protect him.
The prizes were also very generous, including ten kilograms of pork tickets and twenty kilograms of fine grain tickets, as well as a brown paper envelope with a fifty-yuan prize written on it.
These money and things made the entire No. 16 Courtyard boil. Shu Laoer, the most annoying and useless person in the Shu family who could only be a temporary worker all his life, was actually commended by the police? !
Shu Wenming held up the bright red silk banner and said, "Thank you."
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