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Chapter 193
Zhong Shanghai passed away before he could have his little daughter.
Maybe it was because they were remarried, maybe it was because she had already experienced the pain of losing her husband once, or maybe it was because of what happened to her youngest daughter that Jiang Qiumei also hated Zhong Shanghai, so Jiang Qiumei did not show much sadness about Zhong Shanghai's death.
There was no such thing as inheritance savings these days. Even if Zhong Shanghai had some private money, he had given it all to his three children, whom he cared about the most, when he first fell ill.
Yes, Zhong Shanghai had been thinking about passing on his job to his youngest daughter after his death. Feeling that his youngest daughter was getting a great deal, he divided his modest personal savings among his three children.
As for the Zhong family's courtyard, although Zhong Shanghai didn't say anything in public, he had already tacitly left it to Zhong Ming, who had no house.
Zhong Ming feels at ease living here now. Zhong Yunfei and Zhong Hao will not compete with Zhong Ming for the house, and they will also be on guard against Jiang Qiumei and Zheng Haitao, who is a soldier in the army, competing with Zhong Ming for the house.
This house was allocated by the factory to working couples, and Jiang Qiumei originally had a share. Thinking of her eldest son who was not married, Jiang Qiumei naturally refused to give up an inch of the land.
When the eldest son comes back to visit, if they arrange a marriage through blind dates, then if the daughter-in-law cannot join the army, he will naturally live with her.
Neither side showed anything on the surface, but Jiang Qiumei would definitely not move out of this house.
Another thing is that she wants to stay here and wait for her little daughter to come back.
A few days ago, Jiang Qiumei asked her son-in-law to go to Ding'an Village. After hearing that her youngest daughter had not returned to the village, she heard from her son-in-law how her youngest daughter had been living in the past two years. Her heartache turned into worry.
I hope he won't commit suicide.
Zheng Xiaomin's husband told his mother-in-law and wife all the news he got from Ding'an Village. Seeing that his mother-in-law was crying like a loving mother again, he didn't even bother to look at her.
As for his wife, although he would not do anything to her for the sake of his sister-in-law, he never stood on the same side with her when she had any conflicts with her parents, brothers and sisters.
Zheng Xiaomin's husband talked about those things with Jiang Qiumei and Zheng Xiaomin in the old house of the Zhong family. Zhong Ming and his wife were also at home at that time. Later, Zhong Ming's wife told her elder sister-in-law and Zhong Hao and his wife about this matter.
The day she said this happened to be Zhong Shanghai’s 37th birthday…
If they hadn't been able to keep their youngest sister in the city, or if they had done their best to help, they wouldn't have felt guilty when they heard about these things. But they hadn't paid any attention, and even cared about others for others, so this incident was like a slap in the face, making them feel embarrassed and humiliated.
After that, they tacitly chose to forget about the incident and hoped that the sister would never appear in their lives again.
Even so, this incident still sticks in their hearts like a thorn. The wound looks very small, but it will gradually fester over time.
Like Zheng Xiaomin's husband, Zhong Yunfei's husband also tends to favor his parents and siblings when dealing with family conflicts. Even when his aunt's cousin comes home, she reminds him how confused his wife is, unable to distinguish between right and wrong.
The two daughters-in-law of the Zhong family had never wanted to contribute money or effort when the Zhong siblings needed help, so this time they had even more reason to "mind their own business."
I didn't take care of my own sister in the beginning, so there's no need to take care of my sisters and brothers now.
So the three siblings, who had always been a united front and thought they depended on each other, gradually drifted apart.
Of course, a more dramatic scene happened a few years later.
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Weisheng waited until Zhong Shanghai died and the Zhong family had completely left the hospital before he quietly left the hospital one night and took a train straight to Kashiwa City.
Huashi is very close to Baishi, taking only a little over three hours by train. Upon arriving in Baishi, Weisheng first went to the Municipal Party Committee. He learned about the situation in Baishi from some of the Party Committee's documents.
Kashiwa City has seven districts, each with hundreds of thousands of urban residents. There is a neighborhood committee for every 200 to 300 households, and there are thousands of neighborhood committees alone.
As the saying goes, great people hide in the city. The situation in Bai City makes it easier for Yu Weisheng to hide in the crowd.
It took several days to find a few families at the Municipal Party Committee Archives, and then Weisheng went to each address one by one. After screening through his heart and nature, he finally picked out an elderly widow.
The old lady's son died in the Korean battlefield, and her daughter-in-law remarried with her only granddaughter. She has not contacted her for all these years.
Weisheng investigated for a long time and found that the old lady's granddaughter died at the age of seven, and the old lady's daughter-in-law had been sent down to the countryside with her second husband a few years ago. After going all the way to the place where she was sent down, he found that the old lady's daughter-in-law and her family had been persecuted to death by the red sleeves last spring.
Seeing this, Weisheng directly modified her fake identity information, and then reappeared in front of the old lady pretending to be the old lady's granddaughter.
The old lady was just old, not blind. The day after Weisheng appeared, she knew that this was not her granddaughter.
Her granddaughter had a birthmark on her arm, and although the girl in front of her was incredibly thin, no matter how thin she got, it was impossible for the birthmark to disappear.
As for Weisheng, she was also an old monster who had lived for many years. Seeing that the old lady knew the truth but pretended to be confused, she tacitly played the role of a close grandfather and grandson who depended on each other with the old lady.
It's not that Weisheng longs for family affection, but as a person with a conscience, she will not kill innocent people to hide her identity, nor will she let the martyrs shed blood and tears. Taking care of the martyrs' mothers is the only thing she can do for the martyrs.
In addition, according to the relevant regulations of the Southern Province on the educated youth going to the countryside to work in the fields, only children generally do not need to go to the countryside, and families with many children are allowed to leave one child in the city.
But if he were to become an orphan, Weisheng might not be able to stay in the city.
The old lady was old and needed family care, and his adoptive father was a martyr, so Weisheng's current status completely met his requirements for living in the city, and this status also provided an extra layer of protection when facing the red sleeves...
Weisheng was a medical practitioner, and he had money and a portable space full of supplies. After becoming her relative, he not only did not burden the old lady's already tight budget, but also subsidized her as much as possible.
Sensing the kindness shown by Weisheng and realizing that he was not a spy, the old lady thought that Weisheng also came from the same background, thinking about those who had been persecuted by the red sleeves over the years.
Weisheng is an excellent doctor. She not only has spiritual spring water but also various good medicines.
However, after carefully taking care of the old lady for three or five days, she found that something was different.
In the end, the old lady asked Weisheng who she was, why she pretended to be her granddaughter, and where her granddaughter was.
While observing the old lady, Weisheng explained Zhong Yunxi's life story. Through micro-expressions, he kept an eye on the old lady's psychological changes and made adjustments accordingly.
After listening to Weisheng's experience, which included many elements of pity, the old lady, although unable to empathize with him 100%, sincerely accepted Weisheng as her granddaughter.
If they could give this poor girl some shelter, it would be their fate.
After the matter was discussed, the old lady was completely relieved, and Weisheng was settled down as he wished.
The place where the old lady lives...is a private house with its own yard.
Why do you say it is?
The main reason was that the place where the old lady lived was originally a three-courtyard quadrangle house of an official family in the previous dynasty.
The first entrance has six back rooms, with the main gate located between the fourth and fifth back rooms. After entering the main gate, on the left are the four connected back rooms and the inner courtyard door leading to the second entrance. On the right is a moon-shaped gate, which leads to the fifth and sixth back rooms.
When the houses were first divided, the old lady and her son and daughter-in-law were given the two back rooms. Later, because the old lady wanted to raise chickens in the yard, she asked her son to make two door panels to enclose the moon-shaped door.
Although the two back rooms had doors to the outside, they were connected from the inside, blocked only by a sliding wooden partition door. Therefore, over the years, the neighborhood committee had not arranged for anyone else to live there.
In the room, there is a bunk bed under each of the east and west walls. The old lady used to live in one of them, and the other one was empty. Now that bed belongs to Weisheng.
After moving in, Weisheng didn't move the wooden door, but just let them pile up against the wall.
There were not many pieces of furniture in the room. There was a set of cabinets next to the beds. Apart from that, there was a set of washbasin racks near the door and a square table in the middle of the room.
On the wall behind the square table hung the portrait of the martyrs. Since burning incense was not popular in that era, the old lady did not place any incense burners or offerings underneath.
Living alone, the old lady often eats a meal when she remembers to, and skips it when she doesn’t remember.
Honestly, the old lady felt like she had no hope for the future. But thinking of her son who died abroad, she always hoped that one day his body would be returned to his homeland so she could visit his grave.
Sometimes I think of my granddaughter who was taken away by my daughter-in-law. I hope she is well and that she can remember that her father is a great hero.
Now she heard that her granddaughter had died of illness many years ago. Although the old lady was sad, she also hoped that Weisheng could live well in her place.
The old lady is so understanding, Weisheng naturally wants to repay her kindness.
Since she moved in, she's not only added a lot of things to the house, but has also taken over all of the old lady's food, clothing, housing, and transportation. I hope she'll have someone to rely on in her old age, and live to see the day the remains of the martyrs are returned to China...
Many families live in this three-courtyard quadrangle, so the outer courtyard door of the first courtyard and the inner courtyard door of the second courtyard are usually not locked. The only door that is locked is the moon-shaped door in the old lady's courtyard.
With the moon-shaped door closed, the inside can barely be considered a miniature courtyard.
After Weisheng moved in, he first repaired the moon-shaped door, and then opened a small vegetable garden along the corner of the wall.
Because the door of the back house is only seven or eight meters away from the wall of the second courtyard, the area of the small vegetable garden is not large, but growing some vegetables is enough for the daily needs of the two generations of grandparents and grandchildren.
By the way, Weisheng's frequent visits to and from the neighborhood committee had caught wind of the situation. Afterward, the neighborhood committee staff came to his home to register and investigate, and asked him what he could do. Weisheng said he had learned some mechanical maintenance.
We can repair anything from small items like watches, radios, and bicycles to large items like cars and machine tools.
After the neighborhood committee registered Weisheng, they arranged for him to go on a trial job a few days later.
So after various trial periods, the neighborhood committee staff arranged for Weisheng to work in the repair department of the street office.
It's not a formal job, just a temporary job.
The salary wasn't very high, and was calculated on a piecework basis based on the workload. But for Yu Weisheng, this was fine.
On a day off, Weisheng borrowed a tricycle and went out of the city. He brought back a fruit tree from "outside the city" and transplanted it in the yard.
It is a dwarf fruit tree on which Weisheng grafted several kinds of fruit many years ago.
Now that we plant them in the yard, it is much more convenient to eat some fruits occasionally.
As for the old lady, with the addition of another person in her life, her spirit and energy were different. She didn't even need Weisheng to come back to make lunch at noon. The old lady would happily prepare lunch and wait for Weisheng to come back to eat it.
When she has nothing to do at home in the afternoon, she will go to the repair department to see Weisheng and bring her some boiled water.
A few days later, the old lady went to the neighborhood committee again and took home a lot of work making paper boxes.
With nothing to do in the evening, Weisheng would accompany the old lady to make paper boxes. Later, they used some materials to assemble a small radio, and the two of them could listen to the radio while doing handicrafts in the evening.
People who are not in the know would never imagine that the two people who live such a warm life are not actually grandparents and grandchildren.
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