"To be honest, you can't blame Master Chen for being angry. Master Chen's decision was indeed hasty, and the two children have suffered a lot." Shen Qingyun sighed.
"What's going on? How come you have learned to beat around the bush?" Yin Xiaoman said dissatisfiedly.
"Huh, I haven't seen you so fierce in a few days. Why are you talking to your man like this?" Shen Qingyun was almost laughing at her.
He didn't understand what had happened during the two days he was away? Isn't it the nature of my wife to always protect her own shortcomings? Those two kids bullied Erniu. According to his idea, his wife would not argue with them, but at least she would instruct the whole family to distance themselves from those two kids.
But now, it seems that she is very concerned about the twins.
As Shen Qingyun was thinking, he accidentally glanced at the alarm clock on the bedside. It was already half past six. He quickly reached out and poked Yin Xiaoman on the forehead: "Hurry up and get up, it's really late."
"What did Mr. Chen do? How does this have to do with redemption?" Yin Xiaoman rubbed his forehead that was poked, and didn't bother to argue with him, and continued to ask: "Tell me about it."
If it were any other child, she might not care so much. She was really deeply impressed by the two children's actions yesterday.
The image of Chen Mingshi tightly grasping the hot steamed dumplings in her hands in the morning always flashes before her eyes. How tender must the skin on the hands of a five or six-year-old child be? Just holding it like that for a bite of food, it hurts just thinking about it.
She still couldn't forget Chen Mingli's crying last night. The little girl looks quiet and seems like she can't be found even in a crowd, but she is obviously a smart girl.
When everyone was still confused, she was the first one to suggest returning the steamed buns.
But even such a child cried so desperately when he saw his brother returning empty-handed. She kept saying "Grandpa is going to be sent back", and anyone could feel that was her true fear from the bottom of her heart.
Before this, Yin Xiaoman always believed that the twins did not have a good relationship with their grandfather, and might even have been abused.
Otherwise, with the child being taken care of by elders and the father's salary not low, how could the family be so hungry and water-starved that the child develop such a character?
But from the little guy's desperate action of running back and the little girl's desperate cry, she clearly felt the two children's dependence on their grandfather.
She couldn't understand this contradiction.
She originally wanted to wait for the man to come back and ask what was going on? Before she could even open her mouth, the man directly asked, "Redeem the two children." How could she not ask further?
Seeing that his wife was really anxious, Shen Qingyun did not dare to keep her in suspense and explained to her: "This time when we went to Beijing, in addition to accompanying Mr. Hua to deliver the documents, we also had an important mission to bring the families of the expert group members to the island. This was agreed to by the group before.
As soon as we set off, the group sent transfer letters to the locations of those personnel according to the list provided by Mr. Hua. When their families received the transfer letters, they could directly go through the transfer procedures.
Because the letter is sent directly by the group, local authorities will usually actively assist in handling it after seeing it, and no one will stop it. So, when we had almost finished our work in the capital, the family members had already come in groups of three or four to report.
Only the old man and two children from Mr. Chen's family have not come.
Mr. Hua had mentioned this issue at the beginning, saying that Mr. Chen’s family situation was a bit complicated. He was the only son, but when his mother passed away, not only did he not go back, he didn't even write a letter. The old man waited for him for seven days before burying his wife. I was completely heartbroken about this and was determined to sever the father-son relationship with him.
But in fact, Engineer Chen was in the task force at that time and was in a closed working period. By the time he was released from lockdown, his mother's funeral had already been over for more than two months.
Later, the organization stepped in and helped reconcile the father and son for a long time, and the old man finally stopped saying anything, but the knot in his heart was definitely formed.
Mr. Chen’s wife is his colleague, and both of them are engaged in research. If you marry late, you will also have children late. But who could have imagined that she would be pregnant with twins at the first sign of pregnancy, and that the birth happened to be at a time when food was most scarce. ”
At this point, Shen Qingyun scratched his head and said, "I don't understand the things about women giving birth. Anyway, what Mr. Hua said is that Engineer Chen's wife got sick because of giving birth. It was impossible for her to return to the project team after giving birth. Her body simply couldn't bear it. In addition, Engineer Chen was busy and there was no one to help her take care of the child, so she took the initiative to leave the design institute and take the child back to her parents' home.
The research institute has studied this matter for a long time, after all, this kind of thing has never happened before.
But her situation is indeed special. Firstly, her body is not capable of handling future work. Secondly, her children are so young that both she and her husband cannot devote themselves to work wholeheartedly.
So later the research institute stepped in and sent an external liaison person to personally send the three of them back home. They also contacted the local authorities and arranged a job for her as an administrator in the school library. The work is easy, the pay is good, and it allows her to take care of her two children.
But at that time no one knew that her health had completely deteriorated. She died of illness at home less than two months after returning to her parents' home, and before she even had time to report to the unit. The twins were less than two years old at that time. ”
"ah!"
Yin Xiaoman exclaimed.
Then I immediately thought of what Master Chen had said before.
He said: "He feels sorry? He feels sorry for nothing! If he had any regrets, why would he not even see his child for so many years after he was born? Why would he not even go home after his mother and wife died?"
"Mr. Chen hasn't gone back again?" Although she already knew the answer, she still couldn't help but ask the man again.
Shen Qingyun nodded.
"At that time, Engineer Chen and his colleagues were conducting research on a new type of patrol ship. Because they were afraid of leaks and that safety could not be guaranteed, they were under closed management."
Yin Xiaoman felt very uncomfortable.
She didn't know what to say.
Blame Mr. Chen? But what Mr. Chen is doing is good for the country and the people, and it is a great cause. In that situation, he had absolutely no choice.
However, putting himself in his shoes, Yin Xiaoman felt that he could especially understand Master Chen's feelings.
Such a son is indeed disheartening.
but--
"How can we talk about redeeming the children? Could it be that Mr. Chen's wife's family sold the two children?" Yin Xiaoman simply couldn't imagine it.
"No."
Shen Qingyun said: "Mr. Chen's wife's family must have complaints about him, after all, he didn't even go back to attend his wife's memorial service. But their family also depends on the money that Mr. Chen sends back to live.
When his wife was around, he had a salary. But she passed away, and all their family could get was the living expenses that Mr. Chen sent to the twins.
So, after his daughter-in-law passed away, Master Chen went to their house several times, but they wouldn't let him in.
At first, the old man wanted to take his grandchildren away. According to the old man's idea, that is the offspring of their Chen family. Now that their daughter-in-law is gone, what's the point of leaving the child with the in-laws?
But my daughter-in-law's mother said that the two children's household registration was in the city, and there was no reason to abandon the city household registration and change it to the countryside.
Later, Master Chen no longer mentioned taking the children away, he just said he wanted to take a look, but they kept making excuses and just didn't want him to see them.
Master Chen was annoyed and wrote another letter to the research institute, asking Engineer Chen to solve the problem. I have never heard of not letting a grandfather see his grandson. Do they want to prevent the child from recognizing their Chen family?
But along with his letter, there was also a letter from Chen Gong’s wife’s mother. In the letter, she cried and said how the old man tried to snatch the child away and why they wouldn't let her see him. The meaning was obvious: they were afraid that the old man would snatch it from them. They were worried about leaving their grandchildren with a rough blacksmith in the countryside, thinking that he was a man who could not do such delicate work and could not take care of two children.
Mr. Chen read both letters, and then he leaned more towards his mother-in-law's side in his heart, thinking that it would be better for their whole family to raise two children than for the father to raise two children alone. So he sent some money to Master Chen, but stood on the side of his mother-in-law and advised him not to go to the city and cause trouble for others.
This completely annoyed the old man, and from then on he never went to the city again, nor did he visit his two children again. ”
"And then they abused the twins, didn't they?"
There is no need to ask what comes next. You can figure out what will happen next just by thinking with your toes.
Judging from the current state of the two children, they must have relied on stealing and robbing to get whatever they wanted to eat since they were young.
"yes."
Shen Qingyun sighed heavily: "They took the money sent by Mr. Chen, but didn't spend it on the two children. Not only did they not use the money for the children, they also used their rations and non-staple food to subsidize their uncle's children."
Although it was an expected answer, it still made people feel suffocated when they heard it.
"Then what?"
"Then - the transfer letter for Master Chen to work on the island was sent to their village. There was no obstruction there, and the formalities went smoothly. But because the twins were too young, it was impossible to send them a special letter, so their names were added to the end of Master Chen's transfer letter, asking him to bring the children with him to the island.
Master Chen completed his own formalities, and when he took the transfer letter to ask for the child from his in-laws, they refused to agree. They insisted that his documents were fake and that they had not received any notification.
Even though he later went back to his hometown and found someone to mediate, it was to no avail.
Later, the township was out of options, so they called the regiment, and the regiment notified me to go there in person. ”
You can imagine what happened next.
After receiving the call from the group, Mr. Hua had already guessed that those people didn't release the children just for money. After all, Mr. Chen has been with his group for many years, and his wife was also in the same group with them before.
Mr. Hua knows a lot about what happened before.
So before Shen Qingyun left, Mr. Hua gave him all the money he had and made two requests of him.
First, make quick decisions; second, try to meet the other party’s requirements as long as it is not excessive.
Because of his special identity, it is not appropriate for him to stay outside for too long. Moreover, the identities of the experts' families who have gathered in Beijing at this time should not be discovered by outsiders.
When they were scattered across the country before, they might not have been noticed, but now they are all gathered together. If they are noticed by someone with ulterior motives, it may cause big trouble.
Therefore, this matter must be resolved quickly and must not be made a big deal.
In addition, Mr. Hua also felt that the other party was a relative of his subordinate after all, so he should help if he could. As long as it's not too excessive, it's understandable to ask for some money for self-defense.
After all, from the other party's perspective, their daughter has passed away, and now their son-in-law is taking away the child they have raised for several years. From now on, there will basically be no contact between them. In this case, asking for some money is not a big deal.
It was with this thought in mind that Shen Qingyun went to Mr. Chen's wife's home.
As a result, because the family had completely broken off relations with Master Chen before, when he went there, they no longer gave him any wiggle room and only talked about money.
This actually pleased Shen Qingyun, after all, he went there with the mentality of winning quickly and decisively.
In addition, because of the presence of Master Chen, the other party was somewhat cautious. Although they also wanted to ask for a high price, after several confrontations, they finally agreed to give 500 yuan and return the child to them.
But when they finally saw the two children, they were still extremely angry.
"I asked them to write a statement of severing ties, stating that after taking the money, they would no longer have any contact with Mingshi and Mingli. They were also not allowed to use their relationship as relatives to ask for things from the two children."
Shen Qingyun followed his wife to the kitchen, and while she was busy, he finally finished telling her what had happened before.
"We should just cut off ties with them! What are we doing here in such a place?!"
Yin Xiaoman was also very angry at what the man said about the experiences of his two children.
"Although the children are coming back, their bad habits have been formed. They are sneaky along the way. When they see something they want, they either rob or steal it."
Shen Qingyun sighed, with an expression that clearly showed that he had a headache: "Master Chen has a bad temper and can't stand seeing his grandchildren behave like this. You don't know, that's how it was along the way!"
He shook his head in frustration: "This family of three is just too noisy. I was afraid that if I didn't see it, Master Chen would cause some problems to Mingshi."
"No." This time Yin Xiaoman answered with particular confidence.
"Those two kids are not really ungrateful. They know in their hearts who is good to them."
Thinking about the two children's performance last night, Yin Xiaoman believed that even if they didn't say it, they could feel their grandfather's warmth towards them in their hearts.
"How do you know?" Shen Qingyun smiled at his wife, "Why do I feel like you have developed a special relationship with those two kids since you were away for two days?"
Yin Xiaoman rolled her eyes at him and was about to answer when Cui Yan's voice suddenly came from outside: "Xiaoman, Xiaoman, are you home?"
"Mrs. Cui?" Yin Xiaoman glanced at the man.
Then he patted the noodles on his hands and hurried out the door: "I'm here, sister-in-law, what's the matter?"
It was really rare for Cui Yan to come to see her at this moment.
Because she has to check on the beehives every day, she usually gets up, makes some food for her family and then runs up the mountain.
Morning time is the most precious to her, and she wishes she could walk with the wind.
If there was no emergency, why would she come to see me at this time?
As Yin Xiaoman thought so, he quickened his pace, ran to the door and opened it.
"Sister-in-law, what happened?"
Seeing her nervous expression, Cui Yan smiled first: "It's okay, don't be nervous. I just came to tell you that I don't have to go to the mountains to raise bees in the future. You don't have to worry about the lunch for the two boys at noon."
Because he didn't want Cui Yan to run back and forth, Yin Xiaoman took the initiative to take over the job of making lunch for Qiangzi and Huzi. She didn't care about Qi Feng, he would go to the cafeteria to eat by himself, and as for the two children, it was just a matter of grabbing an extra handful of rice for her.
"Why don't you raise them? Isn't it said that the peak season is coming soon?"
She remembered that the day before yesterday, Cui Yan had excitedly told her that there was a large patch of flowers behind the mountain that would soon bloom, and that they would probably be able to harvest a lot of honey this year. How come she just gave up the job the instant she said she wanted to?
“It’s not that there’s no beekeeping on the island anymore, it’s that I don’t do it anymore,” Cui Yan explained with a smile.
Speaking of this, she also looked helpless.
After looking around, he lowered his voice and said to Yin Xiaoman, "Master Chen almost had a fight with Engineer Chen late at night yesterday!"
"ah?!"
"Really? Well, I can't even explain it. With how skinny Mr. Chen looks, his own father could beat him to death with one punch."
Yin Xiaoman: “…”
Cui Yan stared at her: "You don't believe it?"
"I believe it." Yin Xiaoman nodded speechlessly: "But why did they fight?"
"I'm not sure either. Last night, the old man came to my house and told Qi Feng that he wanted to go back. He also said that he wanted to take both children with him and let him make arrangements for them. He said that he would never recognize Chen Gong again and that he would sever the father-son relationship with him.
Later, I heard vague sounds in the inner room, and it seemed that Master Chen asked Engineer Chen for money, saying that he had to pay someone back. Then Engineer Chen said he had no money and that the money had been sent to his father-in-law's house. That’s roughly what he meant, and then the old man was completely annoyed with him. ”
What's not clear now?
It must be that Master Chen saw his husband coming back, remembered that he had not repaid the money he had borrowed before, and asked his son for money. But who would have thought that the idiot sent all the money to his wife's parents' home and didn't leave any for himself.
Thinking about the grievances suffered by his grandchildren, how could the old man not be angry? Naturally, he was angry with his son.
"What does this have to do with you not raising bees?" Yin Xiaoman was still puzzled.
"They are both fighting, how can they live together? Although Qi Feng didn't say it, I can see that with Master Chen's violent temper, he is also afraid that the old man will use too much force and really beat Engineer Chen into trouble. Then... then it will not be their family affair, it will be considered a safety accident on the island!"
These words made Yin Xiaoman's heart skip a beat.
She wanted to say - is this idea too exaggerated?
But when he thought about Master Chen's behavior, he felt that Qi Feng's idea was not excessive at all.
"Brother Qi is still at home now, right?" Shen Qingyun came out of the house at some point, obviously having heard Cui Yan's words.
"Yes."
"I'm going to talk to him about something. Sister-in-law, I went to your house for dinner this morning." Shen Qingyun said familiarly.
After saying that, he opened the door and left without waiting for her answer, leaving the two women there.
Because the two families were so familiar with each other, no one thought there was anything wrong with his behavior. Seeing him go out, Cui Yan followed Yin Xiaoman directly into the kitchen.
"Qi Feng was afraid that the old man would cause trouble that could not be resolved, so he suggested that he and his two children move to the dormitory. He said there were a few empty rooms there and he could make room for them.
But the old man was very sensible. He knew that the house was for the military workers who would come later, and his family couldn't occupy two houses, so he refused to do it and insisted on leaving.
In the end, Qi Feng couldn't be persuaded any more, so he could only ask him to switch jobs with me, let him go to the mountains to raise bees, and let me take care of the vegetable fields for him. Anyway, Master Chen had said before that he had traveled all over the country and done everything, including raising bees.
It was he who told me before that it was almost time to move the bees to another place. ”
After Cui Yan's maintenance for some time, the apiary on the mountain is now in quite good shape. Because she was on the mountain all day, the camp sent someone up there to build a small house for her. There is no problem living there.
However, only Master Chen could do such a thing as moving there with the child out of spite.
Obviously Cui Yan thinks so too.
"Alas," she sighed, "There's nothing we can do to persuade them about this kind of family affairs. We can only hope that they can slowly resolve the problems themselves over time. If Master Chen wants to go, then go first. When he feels more relaxed, he can come back. I'm fine with it."
After hearing her say this, what else could Yin Xiaoman say?
I could only advise him: "Growing vegetables is good. You were the best at growing vegetables when you were in the camp. With your help, the vegetables on our island will definitely grow better in the future."
Hearing her say this, Cui Yan suddenly felt happy.
"That's right. I brought a lot of vegetable seeds with me this time, many of which are not available here. Alas, it's hot here, and I don't know if the chives will taste good when they grow. I still remember the chive and octopus dumplings you made. The taste was absolutely amazing! No matter what, I'm going to sprinkle the chive seeds today, and you have to cook them for us when the time comes."
The two of them were chatting when suddenly someone outside shouted in a hoarse voice: "Captain Shen, is Captain Shen home? Come over and open the door!"
The rough voice was recognizable as that of Master Chen without having to go out of the house, and the two were immediately startled.
"Why did he find your house again?" Cui Yan asked nervously.
The two of them hurried out. At the same time, Shen Qingyun and Qi Feng on the opposite side of the road also came out from the balcony behind the house.
"Master Chen, I'm here. What's wrong? What happened?"
Before Shen Qingyun finished speaking, there was a thump. Master Chen took off the basket on his back and threw it on the ground.
Many fruits and vegetables inside rolled to the ground with a clang.
Everyone was startled by his action. Just as they were about to ask, they saw him pick up the basket and throw it aside. He pointed at the fruits and said in a deep voice, "Look!"
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