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Chapter 195
Jiang Qiumei was very sad.
She felt that it was because she was too partial to Zheng Xiaomin that she neglected her younger daughter, which ultimately ruined her life.
But Zheng Xiaomin was unwilling to take the blame.
Yes, she did say that back then. But if you, as a mother, are willing to listen, then that's your own fault. Why do you blame me when something goes wrong?
Did I make you partial to me? Did I force you to obey me?
Neither.
It was your own decision, so don't blame anyone else if something goes wrong.
Jiang Qiumei was upset because she hadn't won the argument against Zheng Xiaomin. Then Zhong Ming's wife rolled her eyes and deliberately whispered to Zhong Ming about Zheng Haitao.
"...They argue every other day, and they've been arguing for years with no resolution. We're all outsiders, so it's hard for us to say anything. Haitao needs to make his own judgment on this matter."
Come to think of it, I last met him the year we got married. I don't know how he's been doing in the army these past few years. Do you think Xiaomin will write to Haitao about Yunxi? Oh, can you explain such a thing clearly in a letter?
There are many people in the army, and Zheng Haitao has not returned to Hua City for many years except for the home visit leave he took the year he first joined the army.
Jiang Qiumei also missed her eldest son, but compared with her youngest daughter, whose whereabouts were unknown and whose life or death was unknown, her eldest son at least had a place to go.
When Jiang Qiumei overheard Zhong Ming's wife mentioning her son, the first thing she thought of was to go to the army to visit her relatives, but then she thought again that she couldn't leave Hua City, and she had to make room for her son.
So Jiang Qiumei, who felt she could not leave, sent a letter to the army.
She had often corresponded with her son before, but had never mentioned her youngest daughter's plight. This time, after being 'reminded' by Zhong Ming's wife, she not only told him everything about her youngest daughter's plight, but also wrote down everything Zheng Xiaomin had said before and now.
After the letter was sent out, Jiang Qiumei was thinking about whether she had made the matter clear, rather than whether her family affairs would affect her son's future after the letter was checked and read through layers of review.
Zhong Ming's wife waited until Jiang Qiumei sent the letter before she "whispered" to Zhong Ming that the army might check the correspondence between officers and soldiers, so if there was anything, it would be better to talk it out in person.
Jiang Qiumei was shocked when she heard this.
How could she forget about this?
Afraid that her younger daughter's affairs would become known to everyone and affect her son's future, Jiang Qiumei considered whether she should write another letter to explain. However, she was afraid that the more she explained, the worse it would be. In the end, Jiang Qiumei decided to go to the army in person. If there really needed to be an explanation, she could explain the situation to the army leaders in person.
Thinking of this, Jiang Qiumei bought a train ticket, packed a bag of things for her son and went to find Zheng Haitao.
The day after Jiang Qiumei left, Zheng Xiaomin returned to the Zhong family compound. Seeing that her mother wasn't home after work, she asked Zhong Ming and his wife about it. Then Zhong Ming's wife looked at Zheng Xiaomin in surprise, "Mom went to see Haitao, didn't you know?"
How could I possibly know?
After a big fight that day, Zheng Xiaomin went home, initially furious, then a bit regretful of what she had said. She had argued with her husband about her in-laws' family matters, and thinking she hadn't seen her mother in a few days, she came over after work today.
Zheng Xiaomin was a little unhappy and asked in confusion, "What on earth are you thinking, Mom?"
"After you left that day, Mom cried a lot. Maybe she wanted to talk to someone." Zhong Ming and his wife were having dinner. After saying this, Zhong Ming's wife asked Zheng Xiaomin very politely and naturally, "Have you eaten? If not, let's have something together."
Zheng Xiaomin glanced at the dining table, first thought to herself, "The food is not bad", then complained in her heart, "You guys eat so well when my mother is not at home", and left in a hurry after finishing her meal.
Zheng Xiaomin thought Jiang Qiumei was going to the army to talk to Zheng Haitao about Zhong Yunxi. She felt that Jiang Qiumei was confused, but she was also worried that her brother would have a problem with her.
She has not had a happy life in the past few years. Although she feels that her living conditions are getting better and better, she just feels that nothing is going as she wished.
Her husband wasn't treating her as well as before, her in-laws always seemed to be on guard against her, and her mother would bring up trivial matters whenever they met, always accusing her of being selfish.
There were countless female educated youth sent to the countryside during those ten years, and none of them were quite like Zhong Yunxi. If you ask her, the reason why the peasant girl chose Zhong Yunxi over anyone else might be her own fault.
Putting the probability issue together with the victim's guilt theory...even the best days will be ruined by her mentality.
In fact, Zheng Xiaomin had been criticized by Jiang Qiumei for many years, and she was also affected by those words. Even though she said stubbornly that it had nothing to do with her, she might not really think so in her heart.
After returning home, I tossed and turned all night, and decided to chase my worrying mother early the next morning.
If her mother had already told her brother what happened, she could explain it to her brother in person.
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Not to mention what impact the letter would have on Zheng Haitao after it was delivered to the army, nor what changes the arrival of Jiang Qiumei and Zheng Xiaomin would bring to Zheng Haitao's life, let's just say that after Jiang Qiumei left, Zhong Ming's wife invited her mother to stay with her for a while.
The Zhong family's small courtyard had only three bedrooms besides the kitchen and living room. Zhong Shanghai and Jiang Qiumei had previously shared one room. The boy had a bedroom with two bunk beds, and the girl also had a room with bunk beds.
When Zhong Ming got married, she converted the boy's bedroom with bunk beds into a new room with a double bed.
For so many years, Jiang Qiumei still lived in the largest bedroom, and left the room where Zhong Yunxi once lived empty and did not allow anyone else to live there.
On the surface, it was reserved for Zhong Yunxi to live in, but in fact it was left to Zheng Haitao under Zhong Yunxi's name.
Since last year, Jiang Qiumei has frequently mentioned visiting relatives and dating in her letters to Zheng Haitao. When she and Zheng Xiaomin aren't arguing about Zhong Yunxi, she'll also discuss Zheng Haitao's marriage plans.
For example, let Zheng Haitao's wife live in the room that has been empty.
Why?
If it was really Zhong Yunxi who lived in that room, they would naturally not mind since her surname was also Zhong and they had the same father, but why should Jiang Qiumei and Zheng Haitao, mother and son, occupy two of the three rooms in total?
That doesn't make sense.
If they had a child, it wouldn't be such a hassle, but for some unknown reason, Zhong Ming's wife hadn't gotten pregnant since her accidental miscarriage that year. This time, he brought his mother over, hoping she could help with the recovery.
Speaking of children, I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or for some other reason, but since the year Weisheng disappeared from the hospital, the three siblings of the Zhong family and Zheng Xiaomin and his wife have never had children.
Originally, Zhong Ming's wife was pregnant, but she had a miscarriage that year.
One family was like this, two families were like this, and a total of four couples implemented the family planning policy ahead of time.
On the other hand, Weisheng, who was in excellent health but had decided not to have children again, was successfully admitted to the graduate school of law at Jinghua University.
Since graduate school doesn’t start until September, Weisheng goes to the law school to audit classes every day after March.
Since she only takes professional courses in law, she has plenty of time.
Since he had plenty of time and the weather was good, Weisheng went to scrap yards and places selling various materials to collect the materials for a sidecar motorcycle. He went home and assembled a sidecar motorcycle. After that, he took the old lady to visit various places in Beijing.
Weisheng took a lot of photos of the old lady using color film. In order to take photos, Weisheng also bought some colorful clothes for the old lady.
Knowing that the old lady would occasionally think of her old neighbors in Kashiwa City, Weisheng took advantage of the summer vacation before school started to take the old lady back to Kashiwa City.
Thanks to the detoxifying and beauty-enhancing spiritual spring water and various tonic medicinal foods, the old lady is getting younger and younger, and her health is getting better and better. She is originally a generation older than Jiang Qiumei, but when the two sit together, they look only about ten years apart.
Jiang Qiumei had aged quite a bit in the past two years, but Weisheng recognized her immediately. It was a shame that the man who always talked about his youngest daughter didn't recognize Weisheng.
Weisheng glanced at Jiang Qiumei, who was sitting next to the old lady, wiping her tears and telling her about her miserable life and how her son was seriously injured in the army. He was filial and considerate, putting the old lady's legs on his own legs, massaging them gently, and asking the old lady if she wanted some water.
Seeing this, Jiang Qiumei envied the old lady and praised her for being so blessed.
The old lady smiled at Jiang Qiumei and kept praising her granddaughter for being filial and caring. She also said, "You have a son, I have a granddaughter." She also advised Jiang Qiumei to be more open-minded and that life would get better and better.
Jiang Qiumei curled the corners of her mouth and forced a smile back at the old lady.
In the spring, Jiang Qiumei and Zheng Xiaomin joined the army one after another, and only then did Zheng Haitao know what his youngest sister had experienced.
And not only Zheng Haitao knew about it, many people in the army heard about it.
It might not be a good thing for Zheng Haitao that his family affairs or something like this were known to others. He felt extremely embarrassed and awkward.
What Zheng Haitao couldn't accept the most was that his mother and sister had a fight in the army...
Later, perhaps due to this incident, Zheng Haitao was injured during a military combat exercise. He is currently in the military general hospital in Beijing.
By sheer coincidence, Jiang Qiumei and Zheng Xiaomin were transferring in Baishi to Beijing, while Weisheng and the old lady were also returning from Baishi to Beijing. Not only did the two groups encounter each other at the train station, they were also traveling on the same train to the same destination.
However, Weisheng glanced at Jiang Qiumei and her friends' train tickets and saw that they were two hard seats, while Weisheng and the old lady were sitting in a soft sleeper.
He took out a water cup from his bag and motioned for the old lady to drink a couple of sips. Seeing that the train was about to arrive, Weisheng led the old lady to the restroom.
Looking at Weisheng and the old lady leaving, Jiang Qiumei was still in a daze for a moment.
When she went out, she found that her stepson's wife had brought her mother from her parents' home. After that, she felt more like an outsider when she stayed in her own home.
After a few months of confusion, I received a call from the army...
Even though this old lady only gave birth to one child, who died young, she still has a promising, filial and caring granddaughter. But what about her?
She gave birth to three children in her life and helped the Zhong family take care of three of them, but in the end, none of them made her feel relied upon.
She didn't know whether her youngest daughter was alive or dead, and even if she was still alive, she probably wouldn't recognize her as her mother anymore. Her eldest daughter was also a heartless person, so now her only hope was her son.
Her son is not married yet. If something happens to him, what hope can she have in the future?
Jiang Qiumei became more and more sad the more she thought about it and started crying again. Zheng Xiaomin had long been immune to her mother's tears. Seeing Jiang Qiumei crying again, she felt annoyed and showed it on her face.
"The person isn't dead yet, and you're crying like this. Don't you think it's unlucky?"
Jiang Qiumei was choked by these words, but she finally stopped crying. However, she still felt very uncomfortable.
When the train arrived at the station, Weisheng took the old lady to the soft sleeper car, and Jiang Qiumei followed Zheng Xiaomin to the hard seat car.
After getting on the car, Weisheng didn't try to get a single room as he did when he traveled alone, because he knew that the old lady liked to chat with people as she was old.
In the afternoon, the old lady woke up from a nap and couldn't help but think of Jiang Qiumei again. So she took out a bag of snacks she bought in Bai City from her luggage and asked Weisheng to deliver it to Jiang Qiumei.
After all, they all had sons in the army, so the old lady couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted. "He looks quite pitiful."
There must be something hateful about a pitiful person.
Weisheng thought about this, then took the snack with a smile and showed his love.
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