Chapter 49
It is true that Xu Xiangqian is the only child in the family, but his family status is not very high.
Xu's father has no obsession with having a son or a daughter. As long as his wife is happy and healthy, it is better than anything else.
But Xu's mother is different. She has been in poor health since she was young. She married Xu's father at the age of 20. It took six years for her to get married. When she was 26, she gave birth to Xu Xiangqian. She was almost saved by a difficult labor and heavy bleeding.
It was still the old society at that time. The little Japanese devils were rampant on the land of the motherland, burning, killing and looting. The midwives and old Chinese doctors hired at that time were helpless. Fortunately, there was a Red Cross Hospital opened by Hong Kong people in the county. If Chinese medicine didn't work, they could try Western medicine.
Xu's mother was sent to the Red Cross for emergency treatment overnight. Although her life was saved, her body was damaged and she would not be able to have children in the future.
Xu's father didn't care. Didn't they already have a bad boy at home? One son was enough.
Xu's mother was listless on the hospital bed. She wanted to give birth to a fat daughter and then a bad boy. It would be great to have both a son and a daughter.
In the end, the sweet and soft daughter did not come, but the bad boy came first.
It's okay. Since she couldn't have children in the future, she could raise the son as a daughter.
When Big Head Brother was four or five years old, his mother braided his hair and wore flowered open-crotch pants all day long. Big Head Brother had red lips and white teeth and looked very good.
Xu's mother took Big Head Brother out for a walk. The aunties and grandmothers outside praised the girl for being so pretty. Then they looked down and saw, eh? The girl was wearing open-crotch pants? And she had a penis...
Well, it turned out that she was not a girl, but a boy.
When Big Head Brother was seven or eight years old, he refused to let his mother dress him up as a girl. Xu's mother sighed and complained. Yun's beautiful life as a concubine ended.
It doesn't matter. If the son is useless, there are still granddaughters.
So, Xu's mother started to urge her son to get married, and kept urging him until Gu Chunmei got married.
Now, Big Head Brother's family status has dropped to the bottom. Now in the Xu family, Gu Chunmei is the most important person in the world.
Even the bewitching cat raised at home has a higher status than him!
Seeing that his good brother and he had the same fate, Xu Xiangqian felt balanced.
Well, isn't that what old Gu does at home?
A real man should be able to bend and stretch!
Xu Xiangqian didn't know what he was thinking about all night, but he kept smiling.
Gu Chunmei didn't understand, so she couldn't help but went over and pinched him, whispering, "What are you laughing at? The teacup in the room hasn't been cleaned up yet,
why don't you clean it up and wash it!" Big Head Brother touched the tender flesh on his waist that was pinched, and said "oh" aggrievedly, and went to work angrily.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the young couple pushed their bicycles back to Guihua Hutong. It was only a few steps away, but Gu Mancang was worried and insisted on sending his daughter and son-in-law home. Just
send them, the old man will just take it as a walk.
Zhang Cuilan waved her hands, her smile almost unable to stop, and she went out with a big bamboo basket in her left hand and the lady in her right hand.
After working for most of the day, Lin Yao faintly smelled the smell of oil smoke on her body. Her delicate eyebrows moved, and she didn't like the sticky feeling on her body. She took the small bag for bathing and went to the bathing shed. After taking a bath, she changed into the shoulder strap pajamas she made herself. Her long hair was loosely tied up, and her watery eyes made her skin as white as snow.
It was only half past ten at this time, and the night in Yunshui County was already pitch black, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
If it were another girl, she would be scared and dare not leave the house.
Lin Yao was not afraid. There was no window in the shower room, and the air was filled with steam, making it very stuffy. She wiped her hair and returned to the east room. She sat by the window to dry her hair, then yawned and climbed back to bed to sleep.
It was midnight when she woke up again. Gu Shi'an had his big hands wrapped around her tightly, sleeping soundly with his eyes closed. His stern face in the daytime was softened by the candlelight.
The man's peaceful sleeping face was like a big dog, and he looked easy to bully.
Lin Yao's paws were ready to move, and she had a vicious idea to go over and bully Deputy Director Gu and make him cry.
However, based on past experience, if she bullied someone and woke him up, she might be the one who cried in the end.
Lin Yao put down his claws awkwardly, and reluctantly lay down again. After a while, he rolled into Gu Shi'an's arms and fell asleep.
In the silent night, Gu Shi'an opened his sharp black eyes, and the little girl in his arms was sleeping soundly, occasionally mumbling a few words.
He stretched out his hand to tidy up Lin Yao's long hair scattered around her ears, his eyes were gentle and affectionate, as if he couldn't see enough.
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After Gu Chunmei returned home three days ago, the old Gu family resumed their previous peaceful life, except that Dongzi, the kid, had a seizure from time to time, causing Comrade Cuilan to chase him around the yard with a broom.
Lin Yao's life was still quite comfortable.
Gu Shi'an occasionally had nothing to do, so he asked Dongzi to polish the bike and pick up Lin Yao to work.
Lin Yao felt that Dongzi was working hard, so he gave him some pocket money. The boy
was happy and polished the bike every morning.
In October, the bike became cooler, and Lin Yao got off work early, so the couple just walked and rode for a while, just as a walk.
Last weekend, Zheng Dacheng's family didn't know what happened. The family of four drank water from the well, and they all started to have diarrhea, which lasted for most of the night.
In the end, the family couldn't stand it anymore and was taken to the health center by the street to get an IV drip.
The neighbors inside and outside the compound talked about it.
"What's the matter with the Zheng family? All four members of the family have diarrhea. Did they encounter evil spirits?"
"Don't talk nonsense, or I'll catch you and make you jump into a big pile of shit." "
Go to hell, don't hope for good from me!"
"Haha, to be honest, everyone drinks water from the well, why is it that only the Zheng family has diarrhea?"
"Hey, maybe they ate something dirty. Zheng Dacheng is a master in the factory, it's not a big deal for him to bring some good things home."
People talked at once. Some said it was a ghost, some said it was because of the food, in short, there were all kinds of things. Everyone was afraid to fetch water to drink. There were even rumors that the feng shui of the big courtyard was bad, and whoever lived there would be unlucky.
But the wealthy ladies were very angry. Even Wang Shengcai's wife, Li Gouya, rarely stood on the same front with everyone, pointing at the gossiping woman and scolding her.
It was a joke. If they didn't stand together at this time, others would think that they were easy to bully as residents of the compound!
Director Ge took this very seriously and specially convened a member meeting. In front of all the members, he drank a large bowl of water from the well.
After an afternoon, Director Ge's voice was as loud as a bell and his steps were as smooth as the wind. Nothing happened.
The rumors were broken, and the gossipers who said that the feng shui of the compound was bad also shut up.
If someone brought it up again, people outside would say that it was just the Zheng family's bad diet that brought bad luck.
Liu Ercui went to the health hospital but it was useless. She had diarrhea and almost fainted. When the street staff went to visit her, she was weakly holding her head and staggering, with a pale face, which was as miserable as it could be.
Zheng Dacheng was not much better, he couldn't get up from the bed. Zheng Xue and Zheng Hao were young and drank less water, so they recovered better after receiving an IV drip.
The staff asked Liu Ercui what happened, what else could Liu Ercui say?
She said she bought croton powder and wanted to put it in the old customer's tea to make his guests have diarrhea, but she ended up losing more than she gained.
God knows how the croton powder hidden in her belt ended up in her own water bucket?
Could it be that she was locked in the house by the bad bastards in the hospital that day, and it fell into the water bucket?
You have to know that the old Zheng family didn't have a kitchen, so they just put a table under the window as a chopping board, with a beehive stove and a large water tank next to it. As for the wooden barrel for drawing water, it was placed under the eaves of the corridor at the corner of the wall.
So what Liu Ercui imagined was not impossible.
Liu Ercui knew very well that the fact that croton powder harmed people must not be known to others. Now the higher-ups were cracking down on it severely, and she might lose her job as a buyer in the canteen.
The buyer's job was gone, and the most important point was that if this matter became a big deal and reached the ears of the leaders of the steel mill, the old Zheng canteen chef's job would probably be lost.
The old Zheng family has relied on Zheng Dacheng to make money in the canteen in recent years, and their lives have been very comfortable.
Take Liu Ercui's two younger sisters for example. They also married into workers' families in the county. They
said nice things on the surface, but only they knew what kind of life they lived.
Liu Ercui's eldest sister's husband was a smelter, earning 37.80 yuan a month. It looked good to say, but with a family of eight, they would spend all their money in a month, and sometimes they didn't even have enough to spend.
Liu Ercui's eldest sister could only beg Liu Ercui to borrow money.
Liu Ercui's younger sister's life was even more frugal. Her husband was just a temporary worker, earning about 20 yuan a month. Taking into account the old woman who was paralyzed in bed and unable to move, and the unmarried sister-in-law, the medical expenses alone were a huge sum. The family of four lived frugally and squeezed into a small house of more than ten square meters, living in a tight situation.
Liu Ercui didn't want to live that kind of life at all. If Zheng Dacheng fell, the pillar of the Zheng family would be gone. At that time, the family of four would have to spend money on food and school. How could she live the carefree life she has now?
Facing the inquiring eyes of the street girl, Liu Ercui's face turned red and blue, then blue and white, and finally a few beads of sweat appeared. She could only bite the bullet and stammered that their family drank too much water, which was why they had diarrhea and couldn't get out of bed.
Li Gouya curled her lips after hearing this, "What? Liu Ercui, this bitch, thinks we are fools. She said that drinking too much water will cause diarrhea, but why doesn't she say that eating too much shit will cause diarrhea? This bitch must have done something immoral and got retribution."
Comrade Li Gouya hit the nail on the head, and Lin Yao smiled after hearing this.
No wonder she thought something was wrong with Liu Ercui on the day of Sister Chunmei's wedding, but it was hard to say what was wrong.
Now the truth is out, it turns out that Liu Ercui had this idea!
Lin Yao's eyes turned cold. If it weren't for the accidental fall of croton powder into the Zheng family's bucket, it would not be the Zheng family lying in the hospital now, but the Gu family and the relatives and friends who came to attend the wedding.
There were several children who came to the wedding that day. They have weak stomachs and intestines. Drinking croton powder can cause diarrhea and debility, which is very dangerous.
Liu Ercui was so cruel!
Lin Yao thought about it again and again and felt that this matter could not be let go. At least she had to talk to Deputy Director Gu so that he would know what was going on.
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