Mrs. Chu was shocked. "My dear grandson, what did you say?"
Chu Tian scratched his head and explained again, "Anyway, the brigade headquarters was bustling until midnight last night. My eldest brother's point is that he helped Wu Dafa raise a pair of children for nothing, and not only did he eat his food rations for more than ten years, but he also spent a lot of his money. If Wu Dafa doesn't compensate him for the losses of the past ten years, he won't let it go..."
Old Mrs. Chu's face turned pale. "Your eldest brother finally acted like a man. He did the right thing. He has to pay compensation. I want one thousand from him, not two thousand. Two hundred yuan a year for two children is not much!"
Chu Tian, "..."
Chu Jie continued, "Grandma, you are too narrow-minded. Brother Chu Jun asked for five thousand!"
Mrs. Chu was stunned for a moment, then clapped her hands and praised, "Well, five thousand is not too much!"
Chu Tian rubbed his temples, which were swollen from not sleeping all night, and said, "How can they pay so much compensation? That night, Captain Wu next door had Wu Dafa arrested. Oh, Wu Dafa is Ma Cuihua's lover..."
"That night, we called Wu Dafa's mother, brother, sister-in-law, and other elders... They cried and screamed for half the night..."
"This morning, my eldest brother had Erzhu and Erya kicked out of the house. He said he had been raising them for nothing for more than ten years, and now he doesn't want them to stay in the house for even a minute..."
"Oh, my mother also went there. She caught Ma Cuihua and beat her up again, saying she was not allowed to stay in our team anymore..."
Old Mrs. Chu opened her mouth in surprise, and after a moment she found her voice, "So, what happened in the end?"
Seeing Chu Tian in great pain, Chu Jie quickly replied, "Ah, in the end, Wu Dafa had to pay Chu Jun three thousand, but Wu Dafa didn't have that much money, so he scraped together a little over one thousand six hundred... Captain Wu kept saying nice things to Wu Dafa, got him to write an IOU, and made him promise to pay off the remaining money within five years, otherwise he would send him to eat peanuts..."
Old Madam Chu snorted coldly, "How could he not say nice things? If his own nephew really got shot, could he, a team leader, still continue to be the team leader? The Wu family wouldn't have to live in their team anymore, right?"
After a pause, he asked again, "But, doesn't Wu Dafa have a wife and children? How did he get together with Ma Cuihua..."
Chu Tian yawned and said, "Yes, but his wife is in poor health, and the son she gave birth to has always been in poor health, so Wu Dafa got together with Ma Cuihua..."
After a pause, he continued, "Oh right, the man Ma Cuihua said she wanted Daya to marry seems to be Wu Dafa's sickly son!"
Chu Min also remembered, "Oh yes! I remember she said someone called Wu something!"
Chu Tian waved his hand. "Who cares if he's called Wu? The main thing is that Ma Cuihua is such a piece of shit. She gave birth to Daya after all, how could she treat her like this?"
But Mrs. Chu still felt that something was wrong, "But it's not right..."
Chu Tian was puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Old Madam Chu frowned slightly. "You came to Xinjiang in 1960, and Erya was also born in 1960? This, this time doesn't match!"
Chu Min helplessly replied, "Grandma, Wu Dafa was also from our hometown, but not from the same village..."
"The Wu family moved to Xinjiang at the same time as us."
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Even though Mrs. Chu was knowledgeable and experienced, she was so shocked that she didn't know what to say. It turned out that Ma Cuihua had been having an affair with that man in her hometown. Not only did she give birth to two children for him, but she also wanted to marry Daya, the child she had with Chu Jun, to her mistress's frail son?
God, she felt like she was...
Chu Tian stood up tiredly, "Grandma, I'm so sleepy, I'm going to sleep..."
Only then did Old Mrs. Chu notice the big dark circles under Chu Tian's eyes. She felt so distressed that she stepped forward and pulled Chu Tian's hand, urging him on.
"My dear grandson, go to sleep, go to sleep."
Chu Min also stood up, rubbing his temples, "Grandma, I'm going back too..."
As she left, she saw Daya helping to water the vegetable patch in the yard from the door. She stopped again and whispered, "Grandma, Daya doesn't go to school today. Please keep an eye on her and don't let her go home..."
Old Madam Chu also glanced at the busy Daya, nodded slightly, and said, "I know."
After seeing Chu Min off, Old Mrs. Chu turned around and saw Chu Jie still sitting in his seat without moving, which surprised her.
"Did you sleep last night?"
Chu Jie shook his head, "No."
"Why don't you go to bed then?"
Chu Jie stood up and said, "I just wanted to see if grandma was feeling bad, so I could comfort you at any time!"
Old Mrs. Chu rolled her eyes. "Why should I be upset? With a granddaughter-in-law like Ma Cuihua, there are only benefits to Chu Jun divorcing her, no harm! I even hope to get divorced sooner rather than later!"
Chu Jie chuckled, "Okay, I was overthinking it."
Meanwhile, in the Chu family's old house, Liu Zhaodi sat in the main hall, glaring at Chu Jun angrily, "Boss, what were you thinking? Why did you let that bastard go so easily?"
Chu Jun sat on the chair with his head drooped. He answered without looking up, "I have to think about Daya. If Daya is obedient and studies well, she will definitely be able to get into high school in the future. She might even be able to go to Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. But to get into Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, their family background needs to be investigated. I can't ruin her future just because of her shameless mother..."
Liu Zhaodi was furious. "She's just a little girl. Do you really care so much about her?"
Chu Jun raised his head, his eyes bloodshot. "Mother, now only Daya is my blood! Why can't I think about her? If not her, then are you thinking about Erzhu, the one you've loved for seven or eight years?"
Liu Zhaodi was choked by Chu Jun and was speechless. After a while, she sighed, stood up with the help of a chair, walked up to him and stretched out her hand to gesture.
"Okay, think about her! Then give me the compensation and I'll keep it for you."
Chu Jun shook his head decisively, "No, I gave all the money to my fourth brother to keep for me. I'll ask him for it when I need it!"
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Liu Zhaodi looked at Chu Jun in disbelief. "What? You gave it to Lao Si? What did you do for him? Aren't you afraid that he might take your money?"
Chu Jun looked calmly into Mrs. Chu's eyes, "Mom, rather than letting you take it away and then giving it all to my third brother, I would rather leave it with the fourth brother. Even if he uses my money, it's my own will!"
After a pause, he continued, "Besides, Lao Si won't be greedy for my money..."
After saying that, he turned around and left, making Liu Zhaodi so angry that her face turned red.
Daya had just hung the washed diapers out to dry when Yao Xiujuan cut some watermelon and waved for her to come and eat it.
"Daya, stop working and come and eat the watermelon your fourth uncle got. It's very sweet and tastes better than the ones we grew last year."
"Thank you, Fourth Aunt."
Daya wiped her hands and took the smallest piece. She smiled shyly and then began to eat it in small bites embarrassedly.
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