Tian Dazhu finally found a wife and was about to have children. He wanted to spread the news to everyone in the team. If nothing else, at least he wanted to let those men who laughed at him for not having a son and being dumped by his wife see that he was not without a son, and he was not short of a wife.
He was holding back his anger and wanted to show it off. If Widow Yu hadn't told him to do so again and again, he would have shown it off long ago.
Fortunately, Widow Yu didn't get stuck for too long. Now she gave him the definite answer.
They said they wanted to spread the news before the double harvests so that things could be done early.
Although weddings are usually held in the less busy autumn, Widow Yu said that by that time, her belly would be visible and it would not look good to get married with a big belly.
Tian Dazhu is now counting on having a descendant, and he will obey everything.
Even when Widow Yu told him to win back his two daughters, he did it. He was not a person who could make up his mind, and whatever Widow Yu said was his. For the sake of the son in Widow Yu's belly, he was willing to carry the ground and mines.
Wang Ying saw his face full of joy, and she couldn't help but ask, "Does your mother agree with this, too?"
This shouldn’t be the case. Shouldn’t Tian Dazhu’s mother have already made a fuss a long time ago
How come it's almost settled, but the old lady hasn't come out to express her displeasure
Tian Dazhu looked unhappy. He himself had some complaints about his mother's partiality, but just because his mother introduced Widow Yu to him this time and did not object at all, and even said that she would give him a wedding, he felt that his mother was still his mother after all.
I have him in my heart.
So, when Tian Dazhu heard Wang Ying ask this, he felt uneasy, thinking that Wang Ying was a doctor, so why didn't she hope for him to get better
Think about it again, Wang Ying and Qian** are close...
Could it be that Qian** was still hoping to reconcile with him
Yes, as a woman, raising three daughters to make a living without a man to support the household, it must be hard.
Tian Dazhu felt mixed emotions. Although he blamed Qian** for wanting to divorce him and losing face, it was also because Qian** could not have children.
Even if money wasn't mentioned, the two of them would have to separate sooner or later.
Now that he has a new wife and children, Qian** seems too stubborn and too hard-headed. He insisted on getting a divorce but then regretted it...
Well, after all, they had lived together for more than ten years, and Tian Dazhu had some feelings for Qian**. Under this inexplicable guilt, he was much more tolerant of Wang Ying's presumptuous questioning.
"No, my mother said that Widow Yu is a good woman and asked me to treat her well. When I have a son in the future, I should be more motivated."
Wang Ying:
Tian Dazhu left, leaving Wang Ying with a lot of questions in her head.
Wang Ying couldn't understand what Tian Dazhu's mother was thinking.
Old Lady Xu was embroidering in her room. She was amazing. She was very tired when she was young and had some minor ailments all over her body. But her eyesight was good. At her age, her eyesight was not blurry or double vision, and she did not stutter at all when embroidering.
Cheng Shufen knows complicated embroidery techniques. The old lady followed Cheng Shufen and learned step by step from the basics. At the beginning, her embroidery was just ordinary. She would always pull Wang Ying to show her whether the goldfish eyes she embroidered were vivid or not.
At first, Wang Ying didn't feel like criticizing her and kept praising her.
The old lady got motivated and practiced every day. Although the eyes of the fish she embroidered now are still stiff, they are much better than before.
But now it is not easy to wear such embroidered goldfish outside, because it is too complicated, and people may think it is the "Four Olds" or hedonism. The only ones that can be worn outside are those with small flowers, grass and wavy patterns, and the more complicated ones are to embroider a small lace on the collar of the shirt.
So, Old Mrs. Xu set her eyes on the small rag at home and embroidered patterns on it. After she was done, she used it to wipe things. After all, no one could tell if it was dirty.
When Wang Ying went to see Old Lady Xu, she was embroidering a rag with only half of the red goldfish embroidered on it.
Wang Ying sat down and told Old Lady Xu about Tian Dazhu coming to her to exchange pork, while pulling her head in confusion.
"What do you mean by this? I don't understand. How can Tian Dazhu's mother be so kind?"
Old Mrs. Xu has been with the people in the brigade for a long time. Widow Yu's mother-in-law and Tian Dazhu's mother are of the same generation and they had a lot of contact when they were young wives in their early years.
Now after hearing what Wang Ying said, she sneered.
"Widow Yu herself has an unclear relationship with someone, so you think the child in her belly must be Tian Dazhu's?"
Old Lady Xu had seen widow Yu sell her daughter for money, so it was not uncommon for her to sell her daughter-in-law for a better life. The rumors in the brigade were not groundless, as some people had indeed seen this kind of man coming and going in her house.
Wang Ying took a deep breath: "But shouldn't I be even more unwilling?"
If the widow Yu's child was not Tian Dazhu's, why did Tian Dazhu's mother rush to tell her eldest son? Did she think her son was not green enough
Old Lady Xu bit off the thread and said, "What if the child in Widow Yu's belly is also named Tian?"
Wang Ying: !!!!
"You mean... it belongs to Tian Erzhu?"
Although Old Lady Xu didn't know the inside story, she understood human nature. Looking at the way Tian Dazhu's mother tried so hard to get things for her second son, would she agree if it was not good for her youngest son
"It's hard to say, but if it was Tian Dazhu's mother who came up with the idea, then it's possible."
Otherwise, why would she bring Widow Yu in
You know, there are so many old bachelors in the brigade, but Widow Yu has never married any of them. Some of them are from poor families, so Widow Yu is not happy about it. Some families have some wealth, but they are not happy to let Widow Yu marry in.
The reason why Tian Dazhu's mother could decide to marry Yu Guafu must have been because she had to agree.
Wang Ying was so shocked that she couldn't speak clearly: "I am ignorant... How can this be possible!"
Although the entertainment industry has diversified since then, it is still shocking to witness such a ridiculous thing.
Old Lady Xu disagreed: "Don't think that Old Lady Tian Dazhu is good at scheming. She is just a fool. She has been like this since she was young. She always feels complacent because she jumps high, thinking that she gets benefits because of her high jump, but in fact she is stupid. You will see, when she and Grandma Yu, the widow, confront each other, it is hard to say who will scheme against whom."
Wang Ying nodded vigorously. The widow Yu's mother-in-law had no moral standards when she was young, and she sounded like a scheming person.
As for Tian Dazhu's mother, Wang Ying felt that she was a bit stupid. She had two sons, one capable and the other lazy. She could force the capable eldest son to break up the family, and she insisted on sticking to the younger son.
Life is often like this. Children who have high hopes for their parents will generally be disappointed, while the most neglected ones are often the most filial.
Judging from the shrewd look on Tian Erzhu's wife's face, will she be taken care of when she gets old
Not necessarily.
Even if you try your best to take care of your eldest son and get close to your younger son, you may not be able to enjoy the blessing of your younger son's children and grandchildren in the end.
At this moment, the atmosphere in Tian Erzhu's family was not good.
Tian Erzhu's wife took the clothes in her hand out of the suitcase and threw them onto the kang. Halfway through, she sat down on the kang in anger. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She pointed outside and started cursing.
"You're a cuckold who can't control his lower body! You're flirting with that bitch, what a bunch of bastards! You're a cuckold!"
She cursed so happily that Tian Erzhu shrank against the wall and dared not move.
Tian Dazhu's mother closed the door and no matter how Tian Erzhu's wife scolded her, she neither went up to agree nor joined in the scolding.
Just let Tian Erzhu's wife yell at him from inside to outside.
Tian Erzhu's wife was so angry that she couldn't vent her anger. She wanted to smash things, but she was worried about the money. She was so angry that she kept walking around in circles in the room.
Tian Dazhu's mother walked to the wall and twisted Tian Erzhu's ears, making Tian Erzhu groan.
Although his mother solved the problem, she was still annoyed with him and twisted his ears a lot during this period.
"Look, you just can't control your family? You let someone catch you and mess up your house?"
Tian Dazhu's mother scolded her son in a low voice: "Look at what you did. If your wife's family wasn't so bad, she would have run back to her parents' home by now. You have to be smarter in the future and don't make such mistakes again..."
Tian Erzhu grumbled and didn't take it seriously: "She's gone, so she's gone. If she's gone, I'll marry Widow Yu back and we can live the same life. She only gave birth to a son in all these years, and she didn't lay any eggs. Ouch!"
Tian Dazhu's mother was so angry that she grabbed her son's ear and started to nag: "Are you sick?! If Widow Yu marries in, will our family's reputation be restored? Do you have to find someone who can bring you color? Stop talking nonsense, as long as I live, don't even think about getting Widow Yu to marry in. Your wife is not a good wife, but she has no one to rely on in her family. You see, no matter how much trouble she makes, she can't leave. She has to raise your son honestly. If you get rid of her and Widow Yu marries in, and your two sons start fighting over her, you can expect no one to take care of you when you are old!"
When Tian Erzhu heard his mother say this, he stopped talking about changing his wife and became worried: "But look at her like that!"
Tian Erzhu's wife has stopped cooking and washing clothes recently. There are piles of chores at home, but she doesn't care about them.
Tian Dazhu's mother scolded his wife, and then advised: "Then you go and coax her. You just gave birth to another son for nothing. Although he doesn't take anything from our Dabao, the child has taken something from your eldest brother. Of course, your wife feels that she has lost out."
If it weren't for the baby in Yu's widow's belly, everything in the house would belong to Dabao. Tian Dazhu's property and house would fall into Tian Erzhu's hands sooner or later. It was reasonable for Tian Erzhu's wife to be angry when such a big piece of meat fell out of nowhere.
Tian Dazhu's mother: "Who told you not to be careful? You stole a widow and her mother-in-law caught you!"
Tian Erzhu looked dejected. He didn't know why he was so weak. Just when he had done something with the young widow, her mother-in-law kicked the door open and came in.
He was almost frightened to the point of being unable to stand up.
"You try to persuade her. Anyway, it's already like this. If you don't arrange for Widow Yu, her mother-in-law will take your clothes and file a complaint. You know, the commune said before that someone stole the widow, and when the widow filed a complaint, the man went to the Northwest Farm. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have asked your eldest brother to marry Widow Yu..."
Although Tian Dazhu's mother was partial, she also knew that she was somewhat unfair to her eldest son.
But what can be done? Widow Yu’s mother-in-law had the evidence, and within two months she said her daughter-in-law was pregnant. She insisted on an explanation, and if she didn’t, she would sue the commune and the county. Anyway, there were witnesses, evidence, and the child, so even if she couldn’t prove her death, she would still be punished.
Tian Dazhu's mother gritted her teeth and thought that at this point, she could only sacrifice her eldest son for the sake of her younger son.
Well, the eldest son has been dreaming of having a son for these years, so let him have a son! What’s the difference between Tian Erzhu’s child and his nephew! Aren’t they all descendants of her Tian family
Tian Dazhu's mother held Tian Erzhu's ear and reminded him again and again: "You should coax your wife well. If your eldest brother dies early, we can get back together then. Anyway, it doesn't matter who belongs to whom between you two sons. Tell your wife that as long as she behaves herself, the little property in my house will be hers in the future."
Tian Erzhu hummed softly, he felt that he had suffered a loss.
After all, the young widow is really pretty, much prettier than his wife.
Well, let it be. He could not give the young widow a legitimate status, so it was fine for her to follow his eldest brother. After all, his own child did not call others "dad", but called his eldest brother "dad", so he could just bear it.
…
Regardless of the chaos in Tian Erzhu's family, once the news that Tian Dazhu came to Wang Ying to exchange pork came out, the fact that he was going to get married could no longer be concealed.
By the time Wang Ying and Old Lady Xu went to deliver the pig and brought back several dozen kilograms of meat on their bicycles, everyone in the brigade was already talking about Tian Dazhui's plan to marry Widow Yu.
"What is Tian Dazhu thinking? Why does he have to find Widow Yu..."
"Who knows about him? I just wonder why his mother doesn't come out to make trouble. This old lady is so focused on supporting her younger son that she just watches her older son find a wife and live alone?"
"Look at you, you're overthinking it. After all, she's my mother, so how can I not hope for the best for him? It's hard for him to live as a bachelor, so it's not uncommon for him to find a wife."
"That widow Yu even said she wanted to bring her mother-in-law with her when she got married, and this family actually agreed. It's really a blessing in disguise."
"It's hard to tell whether this is a good or bad result."
"Who cares if he's good or not, but it's been less than half a year since the divorce and he's already looking for someone new... Qian** looks a bit pitiful. With three daughters, it'll be hard for him to find someone new."
"You are talking nonsense. Qian** had 200 yuan when she divorced. You don't have to worry about her three daughters. Anyway, the girls won't starve to death. You don't know that there are many people in our team who are keeping an eye on Qian**, but that woman is too fierce. She doesn't want others to help her fetch water and feed the pigs. She always gets scolded and sent away."
"I really don't know. According to you, Qian** doesn't want to look for it anymore?"
"She can't have children anymore, what's the point of finding someone else? Finding someone to take care of a son means you're just supporting someone else's family. It's better for me to live alone."
"I also heard that Widow Yu is pregnant. If she gives birth to a son, the three girls, Da Ya, Er Ya, and others, probably won't be able to rely on their biological father anymore. With a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. No matter how hard it is for them to follow Qian **, they can never go back to their biological father."
…
Wang Ying had a keen hearing and followed them all the way, listening to all the discussions. After listening to them, she became Spartan.
There are all kinds of opinions. Some think Qian** is too stubborn, some think Tian Dazhu is stupid, and some think Tian Dazhu's mother is mentally ill...
Wang Ying pushed the cart and chatted with Old Lady Xu: "It's really lively."
Seeing her enjoying the melon, Old Lady Xu said, "Just wait and see. This matter is probably going to be so exciting that it won't get any better."
Those involved are indeed all influential figures.
Widow Yu was one of the people with a bad reputation in the brigade, Qian ** was the first person to get divorced in the brigade, and Tian Dazhu's mother was a notorious shrew in the brigade.
These are all connected together, and the recent topics have to revolve around this.
After taking the pork home, the person who had made the appointment came to exchange it for the pork.
It is said to be an exchange, but in fact it is a sale.
Wang Ying didn't make money from this, so she simply calculated the price of pork in the town for everyone. The pork without meat coupons was very attractive. It took a lot of time for people to come and go.
Tian Dazhu also came. With a happy face, he took his five pounds of pork and told his acquaintances cheerfully that he would get together the day after tomorrow and would invite them to a dinner.
Wang Ying didn’t care even though she was not invited.
She also knew that Tian Dazhu still had some resentment about the divorce, and felt that she had persuaded him with money, which made him lose face. Naturally, he would not invite her to go.
Wang Ying didn't want to go yet. She had left seven or eight kilograms of pork and ribs at home. Xu Shuang's cooking skills were very good, so she was waiting for him to come back and make delicious food for her.
When the pork was finally exchanged, Wang Ying saw an unexpected person.
Jiang Lei came to Wang Ying with money in his hand to exchange for pork.
Wang Ying took the pork and said, "Sorry, we don't have any more."
Jiang Lei came here with good psychological preparation, because Bai Ling had lost a lot of weight recently. He also heard that Wang Ying was going to deliver the pig today, so he thought of coming here to exchange a few pounds for Bai Ling's nutrition.
Who knew that when it was his turn, Wang Ying would just take the meat away.
His lips trembled with anger: "Aren't there still so many?"
Wang Ying: "This is what we keep for ourselves."
Jiang Lei: "I want three taels!"
Wang Ying was not moved at all: "No."
Jiang Lei was furious, but he had no place to complain. Wang Ying's meat could be given to anyone she wanted, even if the other person kept it all for herself.
His eyes were fixed on the ten-pound piece of meat, and he could almost hear the sound of him swallowing saliva in his throat.
He is greedy too.
He hasn't eaten meat for a long time since he came to the countryside to work in the production team.
Occasionally, when he bought meat for Bai Ling, the smell of meat on his hands made him lick them hard.
Wang Ying made it clear that she would not give him any meat, so he could only look at her reluctantly for a few seconds, then walked away muttering.
As soon as he left, Wang Ying put the meat up as usual.
She has double standards. She can give it to others but not to Jiang Lei.
This person is not smart. She changed pork for him, but he dared to say that he would say something bad about her. Why should she save face for him
No change!
Later, more people came to exchange for small amounts of three or four taels, and Wang Ying exchanged them all.
It's not just about exchanging money. For example, there was a very poor family, but the old man there was good at making bamboo strips, so Wang Ying exchanged them for five small baskets and two large winnowing baskets.
We have a lot of dried vegetables at home now, and there are not enough baskets. This is the most convenient way to change.
If anyone wants to exchange eggs, Wang Ying wants some too. Meat is not available every day, so eggs are also quite precious.
In the end, Wang Ying kept two pieces, one piece was one pound of pork belly, and the other was half a pound of tenderloin.
Wang Ying said hello to Old Lady Xu, then carried the meat to the back hill to find Cheng Yu and Qian**.
Qian** had money in his hand and ordered a pound of meat from Wang Ying early on, preparing to give the family some meat. Cheng Yu got a medium-sized snake from the mountain, and Wang Ying took the medicinal part of the snake's gallbladder and skin and charged her five yuan.
Cheng Yu jumped for joy after getting the money, and immediately spent one dollar to buy meat.
Wang Ying also accepted it without any refusal.
Wang Ying sent the tenderloin to Cheng Yu. Cheng Shufen was very happy to receive the meat: "This tenderloin looks fresh. We can make stir-fried tenderloin tonight."
In addition to the tenderloin, Wang Ying also gave Cheng Shufen half a piece of pig heart: "Take this to make soup. I told Cheng Yu to add some medicinal herbs to it. You can stew it and eat it. It will help your throat."
Cheng Shufen paused. She had long given up hope on her voice. After so long in the countryside, her health had gradually improved, but her voice was still broken...
"Okay, thank you."
I think it was because Cheng Yu asked Wang Ying that Wang Ying told her about this medicinal diet. Cheng Shufen felt warm in her heart. Even if her throat couldn't be restored, she would accept it just because of Cheng Yu's thoughtfulness.
Wang Ying carried the pork belly to look for money again.
Qian** also heard the rumors in the team today. After all, even if she didn't know, there would be people who would come to her with good news.
She looked at Wang Ying who seemed to be hesitant to speak when she came to deliver the meat, and said lightly: "Are you here to persuade me? No need to persuade me, I don't take it to heart!"
Qian** untied Xiaoya from his back and handed her to Daya: "You two can go and play with Sister Chengyu with your sister in your arms. Remember not to run too far."
After sending the three daughters away, Qian** poured Wang Ying a cup of tea and then slowly said, "When I first heard about it, I felt a little aggrieved."
"After all, we've been together for more than ten years, and he found someone else shortly after my divorce. It seems like the past ten years of my life have been a joke."
As a young couple, they had their good times together. Qian** felt sad when she thought about it now. They were quite harmonious before they had children, but after they had their eldest daughter, everything seemed different.
But Qian** knew that it was not the arrival of her eldest daughter that caused problems between her and Tian Dazhu, but that the problems were covered up when they first got married. The problems were covered up, so the newlyweds seemed very beautiful at the beginning, but now thinking about it, it was not that beautiful at that time.
Tian Dazhu's mother looked down on her at that time and was always partial to her. She would come to her eldest son's house from time to time to give things to her younger son. Tian Dazhu would only persuade her to be patient, saying that she was his biological mother.
"But let him be. He wanted a son so much, and now that he has got what he wanted, he will have nothing to do with me from now on."
Last month, Qian**'s mother came to persuade her to stop being stubborn and make peace with Tian Dazhu. She said that since she didn't have a son, she was destined to be humble. It was okay, because women are like this anyway. They would keep their heads down all their lives, and it would be over.
"Now that he has a new wife, he will definitely not come to trouble Daya and the other two just because he is not doing well in the future."
Qian** was calm enough when she talked about these things, without even shedding a tear. She felt that she had shed all her tears in her marriage.
Although Tian Dazhu's marriage was beyond her expectations, it was definitely not because she hoped that Tian Dazhu would never get married. It was because she did not expect Tian Dazhu to get married so soon.
After all, when they divorced, she saw that Tian Dazhu was controlled so strictly by his mother that he was not even allowed to eat a bite of the New Year's Eve dinner. She thought that this family wanted to use Tian Dazhu until he died before letting him go.
When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, she even worried that Tian Dazhu would have nowhere to go and would inevitably come to suck her daughters' blood.
Although they signed a document to sever ties at that time, filial piety was very important in those days and the Tian family was still a big family. If Tian Dazhu really lay dead, there would definitely be people who would complain about the three sisters being unfilial.
Now that Tian Dazhu is married and has his own children, no matter how much trouble he suffers in the future, it cannot be blamed on Daya and the others.
After all, he has remarried. I have never heard of him not looking for the later one to take care of him in his old age, but instead looking for the earlier ones.
Qian** looked relaxed: "He's married, so he won't be able to get close to the Daya girls anymore. The only thing I'm worried about is... the Daya girls will be criticized by others."
The world is so unreasonable. There are also those people with bad mouths who insist on staring at children and asking them irrelevant questions.
What about your dad finding a new stepmother, do you like your dad or your mom, and what about your stepmother giving you a younger brother, what will happen to your younger brother in the future...
Qian** could imagine how the suspects stared at the three children and questioned them until they cried, and then they laughed as if they had played a huge joke that was worth laughing at.
Qian** was not imagining things. In fact, this scene had happened some time ago. Someone who was looking for trouble asked Erya about it. Fortunately, Erya was a strong person and did not cry when asked. Even when someone came back and squeezed next to her, he did not dare to ask and just stayed next to her.
Later, Cheng Yu couldn't stand it anymore and came over to tell her.
Qian** gritted his teeth and said, "I really want to break their teeth!"
Seeing that she was so angry, Wang Ying thought about it and gave her some advice.
"How about you change Daya's names?"
Qian** didn't understand: "Change? How?"
Wang Ying scratched her head: "Just ask them to follow your last name."
Last name Qian
Qian**'s eyes lit up.