741: Goodbye
Xu Ying hurried to the door and looked around, but there was no one in the alley anymore; the person had already left.
It's strange. I haven't seen him since he left yesterday, and now he comes here alone to deliver something but I don't see him?
You came all the way here just to give this thing, and you don’t even come in to see your son?
Xu Ying didn't find Yu Zhengxian, so she and Cuihua carried the sack to the kitchen.
They didn't dare hang these things outside for others to see, so they hid them in the kitchen first, waiting for Yu Jiahui to come back and build a natural refrigerator in the yard, and hide the meat in the natural refrigerator.
This meat is enough for their family to get through the winter.
At noon that day, Xu Ying chopped off a roe deer leg and stewed a pot of roe deer meat. In the afternoon, he cut some more meat and made some meat-filled dumplings.
These days, Shen Hongcai lived in the main hall of the Yu family, sleeping on the same kang with Yu Jiahui, and discussing together about letting Chen Ci return to the city.
At first, Shen Hongcai felt that the attitude of the Yu family was worth pondering. He always felt that their attitude was abnormal and wondered if they were up to something.
But after a few days, he finally believed that the Yu family was helping them sincerely and there was no deception.
Shen Hongcai also met his brother-in-law, Zhou Ziheng, the general manager of Mishan Farm. Zhou Ziheng told him personally that as long as the capital was willing to accept the sunken porcelain, he could help with the procedures for returning to the city.
The matter was settled very quickly.
After staying at the Yu family for a few days, Shen Hongcai returned to Beijing alone and went to the unit of Shen Ci's mother in Beijing to apply for an acceptance certificate.
When Chen Ci's mother heard that her daughter had married and had children there, she was so shocked that she almost had an asthma attack again.
But fortunately, her daughter is safe and sound, and is about to return to the city. Mother Shen only hopes that her daughter will return home soon.
Shen Hongcai returned to the Great Northern Wilderness with the acceptance materials from the Beijing unit, waiting to complete the formalities here.
They first registered the child's household registration. Zhou Ziheng used a backdoor to register the child's household registration directly at the unit.
After the child’s household registration is completed, the next step is the divorce procedures.
Originally, Zhou Ziheng could have gone through the back door and handled the divorce procedures alone without Yu Zhengxian's involvement.
However, after much consideration, Zhou Ziheng decided to call Yu Zhengxian and ask him to come in person and handle the divorce procedures personally.
Call the second division and ask the people there to help pass the message.
Several days passed and Yu Zhengxian still didn't show up.
The people in the Yu family thought that Yu Zhengxian was determined not to get a divorce, and they had planned to let Zhou Ziheng go through the divorce procedures directly if he didn't come.
But a few days later, Yu Zhengxian still came.
This time, Yu Zhengxian did not go home, he went directly to Zhou Ziheng's office.
When Zhou Ziheng saw Yu Zhengxian in the office, with an unshaven beard and unkempt appearance, he felt that he had aged several years.
Yu Zhengxian sat down listlessly beside Zhou Ziheng's desk, his eyelids drooping as he said coldly:
"Why did you call me over here?"
"What are you talking about? I asked you to come here to get a divorce."
"Aren't you the director? You can handle the divorce procedures yourself. Why do you need me to come here? It's unnecessary."
"That's exactly what I was planning. If you hadn't come, I would have handled the divorce for you all by myself—but you came anyway."
"I'm here, let's do it."
Zhou Ziheng did not move, and asked calmly:
"You know that Chen Ci is going to take the child back to the capital, right?"
"I didn't know, but now I know."
"I asked you to come here to tell you something."
Then, Zhou Ziheng called Secretary Jiang and whispered a few words in his ear. Secretary Jiang understood what Zhou Ziheng meant, left the office, and went to their house to call Chen Ci.
After Secretary Jiang left, Zhou Ziheng looked at Yu Zhengxian's newly grown beard. He rummaged through the cabinet under his desk and pulled out a razor.
"Go wash your face and shave your beard."
Yu Zhengxian remained motionless, looking like he had given up hope:
"Why should I shave?"
"Let's part ways amicably. Shave your beard and go meet people clean."
"There's no need for that. No one cares what I look like anyway."
"Let me remind you again, Chen Ci will be here soon. This may be the last time you meet. You may never see each other again. Do you want her to remember you forever in your slovenly state? If your child grows up and asks about you, and Chen Ci thinks of you like this, how will you tell her? Will she still be willing to tell her?"
These words brought a glimmer of life back to Yu Zhengxian's dejected eyes.
"Go ahead. There's a washbasin and a mirror over there. Wash and shave your face. Look fresh and clean when you meet people. Leave a good impression on them. Then when the children ask about you in the future, they won't be at a loss for words."
Yu Zhengxian was stunned for a few seconds, but finally stood up obediently, took the razor, went to the washbasin in the office, washed his face carefully, and then, facing the mirror, shaved off the stubble on his face.
Zhou Ziheng took out a box of facial ointment and asked him to apply it on his face.
After finishing his face, Yu Zhengxian looked at his clean self in the mirror and finally managed to cheer up.
Not long after, Chen Ci arrived.
Chen Ci has not yet fully emerged from her postpartum confinement period. She is wrapped tightly, with only her eyes showing.
But when he saw those two eyes, Yu Zhengxian almost couldn't hold it in, and quickly looked away, not daring to look any longer.
Neither of them spoke and calmly went through the divorce procedures.
After finishing the process, they left the office with the divorce certificate, and the two of them didn't speak to each other.
It was not until he went down the stairs that Chen Ci spoke:
"I will take Changning back to the capital in a few days."
These words were like a knife, stabbing straight into Yu Zhengxian's heart, making his heart bleed like a river.
Yu Zhengxian suppressed his grief and the reluctance in his voice:
"I won't see you off."
"The forest farm canteen is now handed over to you. You are more suitable to be the quartermaster than me. I believe you will do a good job. I believe in your ability."
Yu Zhengxian remained silent.
Chen Ci added:
"I will take good care of Changning. You don't have to worry about him. His registered name is Yu Changning and he will never change his surname. He will always be your son."
Yu Zhengxian's lips trembled for a long time, and finally trembled out a word:
"good."
When they walked downstairs, there seemed to be nothing to say. Chen Ci stopped, raised her head, and looked at Yu Zhengxian's clean and gloomy face.
Yu Zhengxian didn't dare respond to Chen Ci's gaze. He turned his head away deliberately and said nothing.
The relationship between the two seemed to have completely reversed. In the past, Yu Zhengxian would talk to Chen Ci, and Chen Ci would ignore him. Now, Chen Ci would take the initiative to talk to Yu Zhengxian, and Yu Zhengxian would not respond.
Chen Ci said:
"Thank you for your care during this time. Sometimes I feel that I have let you down in many ways—"
"Stop talking—"
Yu Zhengxian couldn't bear to listen any longer, so he suddenly raised his foot and strode away, leaving Chenci as if he was running for his life.
Chen Ci stared at Yu Zhengxian's departing back for a long time.
Until the heavy snow fell, obscuring the view.
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