Father Wu looked at his daughter and son and said, "The fourth girl said at the beginning that she gave the child to Hongjun. Now Hongmei regrets and wants the child back. It's nothing. After all, Hongjun is the fourth girl's uncle and Hongmei's biological brother. As a brother, you helped your sister raise the child for a few years, and your sister gave you money as compensation. Neither of you has suffered a big loss, so there should be no estrangement between you siblings."
Nian Aiying curled her lips and was about to say something, but Wu Hongjun stopped her and said, "Dad, you are right. Hongmei is my only sister. If she has any difficulties, how can I, as her brother, not help her? Don't worry, Aiying and I won't worry too much."
Father Wu sighed with relief. His daughter-in-law was picky and stubborn, but she was controlled by his sensible son, so there would be no mistakes in the family.
Father Wu looked at Han Ze and Wu Hongmei, and Han Ze quickly said, "Dad, Hongmei and I will never forget the help that big brother and sister-in-law gave us."
Father Wu looked deeply at his daughter and son-in-law. As a father-in-law, he knew the situation of Han Ze's family better than anyone else. Mrs. Han wanted a grandson so much that she wanted to give away all the girls in order to let Han Ze have a grandson. They were surprised that the fifth girl was not given away. What should be done with the fourth girl? Where will the money for the registration fine come from? These are all problems.
Father Wu asked Han Ze worriedly, "If you take the fourth girl back, there will be five girls in your family. Does your mother agree? What will you do if she doesn't agree? The fourth girl will suffer. Also, do you plan to have another child? If so, how will you raise so many children? Have you thought all this through?"
People say that a married girl is like spilled water, but just because she is married, people worry about her endlessly, worrying that she will be bullied by her husband's family, afraid that she will not be able to give birth to a son, and be despised by others... ..
Han Ze smiled bitterly and said, "Why should I give birth to more children? I'm not destined to have a son. No matter how many I have, they'll all be girls. Even my mother won't be able to say anything if I bring the fourth girl back home, not to mention..." When he said this, he glanced at the children next to him and swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Father Wu: “…”
Wu Hongjun always felt that he couldn't bear to look at his brother-in-law. He was so superstitious that he was crazy.
Seeing the situation, Wu's mother asked Nian Aiying to take the children outside. Nian Aiying knew that her elder sister-in-law and her father-in-law had something to discuss with her parents-in-law and wanted her to avoid them. She sneered, but still took the children to the vegetable garden outside to pick melons. They didn't want her to listen, and she might not want to hear about the mess at her elder sister-in-law's house.
After the children left, Han Ze said awkwardly, "I plan to get sterilized."
After saying this, he breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he kept cursing his original body in his heart, asking why he had to get a vasectomy.
In the interstellar age with low fertility values, sterilization is such a cruel thing for men. Although this is not the interstellar age, and although the fertility values here are very high, so high that family planning is needed to curb people's fertility, he does not want to be sterilized. There are many ways of contraception. Why must he choose sterilization? What a stupid request of the original body.
"What?"
Mother Wu looked at Han Ze in disbelief. What had she just heard
Wu Hongjun almost choked on his saliva. There were male laborers in their village who chose to get sterilized because they had at least two sons in their families. The reason why his brother-in-law chose to get sterilized must be because of what old Han said about him not having a son. It was hilarious just to think about it. Isn't it ridiculous that his brother-in-law wanted to get sterilized because of blind fortune-telling
Should he go to a fortune teller to settle the score
But when he thought about his brother-in-law having a sterilization and his sister no longer having to worry about having a son, he decided to give up.
Father Wu's eyes narrowed, he understood what it meant for a man to have a sterilization, and Han Ze must have understood it too. Since he understood it but was still willing to have a sterilization, it meant that he really believed that he would not have a son and had given up on having one. At this point, he completely dispelled all his doubts about Han Ze. His son-in-law really believed what Blind Han said about him not having a son, and he was not acting just to get the fourth girl back.
Thinking of this, he felt a little guilty towards his son-in-law. Didn't he marry his daughter to him because he was honest? How could he doubt his son-in-law's honesty for such a small matter? It was wrong.
Wu Hongmei looked at the man in astonishment, unable to believe that he was actually going to get a sterilization.
After seeing her daughter and her family off, Wu's mother relaxed and slumped in her chair, muttering, "Why do I feel this is so bizarre? If Han Ze really wants to get sterilized, won't Mrs. Han fight with our daughter?"
Father Wu frowned, "Do you think it is more important for Mrs. Han to kill our daughter, or for our daughter's health? In order for our daughter to no longer suffer the pain of childbirth, I think it is better for Han Ze to get sterilized. What's more, it is Mrs. Han's own son who needs sterilization. She doesn't want to settle the score with her own son, but has to kill Hongmei. Does she think our family is vegetarians?"
After Wu's father said this, Wu's mother thought about it and realized that this made sense. Her daughter had given birth to five children and had many abortions. Her health deteriorated with each confinement. If she got pregnant again, it would not be giving birth to a child, but giving up her life.
... ...
The fourth girl was held by Han Yao in a daze. Her mother said that her eldest aunt and uncle were her biological parents and asked her to go home with them. She was too young to understand what her mother said, but she knew that her eldest aunt liked her and brought her delicious food every time she came. Thinking of this, she looked at Wu Hongmei and Han Ze timidly and whispered, "Aunt..."
Wu Hongmei asked softly, "Fourth girl, what's the matter?"
The fourth girl twisted her fingers and asked timidly, "Will you hit me?"
Han Ze walked up to her and held her in his arms, looking at her gently: "No one will beat you at your aunt's house."
The fourth girl's eyes lit up, then dimmed again: "I don't eat much, so don't scold me. I won't go home either, okay?"
Han Ze was stunned, his heart ached, and he hugged her tightly: "Before you came here, did your mother tell you that you are your uncle's daughter?"
Han Ze watched the little girl nod and continued, "Since you are your uncle's daughter, this is your home. You can eat as much as you want in your own home, and no one will scold you."
The fourth girl didn't quite understand what her uncle said, but she understood the last sentence, "Eat as much as you want and no one will scold you." She said with bright eyes, "Can I really eat as much as I want?"
Han Ze smiled and nodded: "Really."
Han Yao came over with a pack of biscuits in her hand and handed it to the fourth girl. Seeing her carefully take it and hold it in her arms, she smiled and said, "These are biscuits, given to you by your sister. Eat them."
The fourth girl knew about biscuits. Her mother had bought them for her older brothers and sisters to eat. She wanted to eat some, but her mother said that she was too young and would get a stomachache if she ate them, so she didn't let her. She was very greedy, so she ate a piece secretly. Her mother found out and beat her. She never dared to steal food again.
Now that sister Yaoyao gave her cookies, did it mean that she had grown up and could eat them? Thinking of this, she picked up a cookie and put it in her mouth, squinting her eyes. It was so sweet and delicious.
Han Ze smiled and asked her, "Is it delicious?"
The fourth girl kept nodding her head: "It's delicious."
Han Ze smiled and said, "If it's delicious, I'll buy it for you tomorrow."
The fourth girl asked him in disbelief: "Really?"
Han Ze nodded: "Really."
The fourth girl suddenly said, "I like my uncle."
Han Ze patted her head gently and said with a smile, "Little flatterer."
Although the eldest uncle patted her on the head, the fourth girl felt that she liked him very much, so she emphasized, "I really like the eldest uncle."
"My uncle knows."
Han Ze found it funny, he really was a little flatterer.