“It’s Lao Li, sit down in the living room.”
Mother Shen came out of the bedroom carrying a travel bag. When she saw Mrs. Li, she was startled at first, then with a smile, she invited Mrs. Li to sit down in the living room.
“Are you going out?”
Old Mrs. Li saw the travel bag in Mother Shen's hand and couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this, Mother Shen didn't care at all that the family scandal should not be publicized. She sat opposite Mrs. Li and put her travel bag beside her. Then she glared at Shen Yunxiu angrily and said:
"When I asked, the brat was indeed hiding something from me. Not only was he already married at the place where he jumped in line, but he also had a pair of children. But he turned into Chen Shimei and secretly ran back to Shanghai, leaving his wife and children behind. He was left in the countryside, and I plan to go to the northwest with him today to bring back my wife and grandchildren."
After listening to what Mother Shen said, Mrs. Li's expression obviously changed again and again. Seeing this, Mother Shen said, "Looking at you like this, you must be looking for me if you have something to do."
It’s not a question, it’s a statement.
Old Mrs. Li nodded: "Yes."
Shen’s mother: “It has something to do with this brat in my family.”
A declarative mood again.
"Um."
Old Mrs. Li nodded again, and then said: "I was skeptical at first, but I didn't expect that Yun Xiuzhen would do such a thing."
After a slight pause, Mrs. Li glanced at Shen Yunxiu, and then she returned her gaze to Shen's mother: "If Yunxiu's wife is named Cui Xiaokui, you don't have to go to the northwest."
Hearing this, Shen’s mother was puzzled: “Old Li... what do you mean by this?”
“Your wife and her two children are in Shanghai right now.”
Mrs. Li said: "Her father asked for help from an acquaintance, and she came all the way through this relationship."
Jiang Li and his party got off the train and went directly to the compound where Mr. Luo and Mrs. Li lived according to the address Mr. Luo left before. However, they were stopped by the concierge, who said that Mr. Luo and his wife had taken little Ron out early in the morning to go to Mrs. Li. The university where he taught was cleaning the housing there, so Jiang Li borrowed the concierge's landline and dialed a series of phone numbers.
When Jiang Li got in touch with Mrs. Li, although Jiang Li didn't say much, he did reveal something about the Cui family and Shen Yunxiu.
After the two talked on the phone, Mrs. Li guessed that the "Shen Yunxiu" mentioned by Jiang Li was most likely the Shen Yunxiu she knew, but she did not want to believe that the Shen Yunxiu she knew would do what Jiang Li said. That kind of thing.
Of course, the place where Shen Yunxiu jumped in line was in the northwest, and what Shen's mother said in front of Old Mrs. Li, made Old Mrs. Li have to compare the "Shen Yunxiu" mentioned by Jiang Li with the person she knew. Put an equal sign.
So, after ending the call, Mr. Luo took little Ron back to the compound first, while Mrs. Li came to the Shen family, thinking that once further implementation was carried out, no matter what, Shen's mother and Shen Yunxiu would have to go to the compound. trip.
“Lao Li, what do you mean...”
Shen's mother was a little excited. Seeing Mrs. Li nodding, Shen's mother tried her best to contain her emotions. She asked, "Then where are they now?"
“Let’s go, I’ll take you to see them.”
Old Mrs. Li stood up and looked at Shen Yunxiu: "My child, in Aunt Li's heart, you have always been excellent, but Aunt Li never thought that you would abandon your wife and children."
Hearing this, Shen Yunxiu lowered his head in shame.
“Love is not a necessity in life, but as human beings, we must have a sense of responsibility and responsibility. Otherwise, what do you think the meaning of such a person’s life is?
Aunt Li is not preaching to you when she says this to you. She just wants to tell you, Yunxiu, you are wrong! You are making a big mistake in abandoning your wife and children!
This is not only your moral issue, but also your attitude towards doing things, which makes Aunt Li really hard to agree with! "
Shen Yunxiu's mouth tightened, and he had no words.
At this time, Shen's mother said to Mrs. Li: "I taught him a lesson before you came over. Don't worry, Old Li. Nothing I say will make this stinky boy solidify Chen Shimei's reputation."
"You! Why should I worry? Even you, there is no need to care too much. Yun Xiu is already an adult. If he really does not have the responsibility and responsibility for his wife and children,
Even if you force him to continue his marriage to Cui Xiaokui, the poor girl and her two children will be hurt in the end.
In addition, if Yun Xiu feels that he will never regret it in his life and is not worried about being despised or spurned by others, then I suggest that he and his wife sit down and have a good talk to give the girl and her family an explanation.
However, once Yun Xiuzhen and his wife end their marriage, and after abandoning his wife and children, and then turn around and separate, it is expected that he will not have any major development in his career in the future. "
Being able to go all the way to Shanghai proves that the woman’s family will never reveal the abandonment of their daughter lightly. If so, what kind of reputation does Shen Yunxiu have in this school?
If there is a flaw in one’s character, after graduation, which unit will accept it?
Taking a step back, even if there is an employer asking for it, it is certainly not very likely that Shen Yunxiu will be promoted in his position.
“If he solidifies Chen Shimei’s reputation, I will no longer recognize him as my son.”
The implication of Shen's mother's words was that she would not let Shen Yunxiu end her marriage to Cui Xiaokui, nor would she let her grandchildren who she had not yet met grow up in an unhealthy family.
…
Instructing the driver to pick up his wife, Mr. Luo got out of the black car with little Ron in his arms. He looked up and saw Jiang Li and Luo Yanqing.
“Why didn’t you make a call before you came so that Uncle Luo could pick you up at the train station?”
After speaking warmly, Mr. Luo asked Jiang Li, "Where are the children?"
As his voice fell, Mingrui walked out of the concierge.
Behind them are Captain Cui, his son Cui Yaping, and Cui Xiaokui’s three mothers.
Zhou Heng and Zhang Lei were the last to come out.
“Hello, Grandpa Luo!”
Mingrui San said hello to Mr. Luo, and at this moment, little Ron recognized Jiang Li and Luo Yanqing. The child's eyes lit up, and he called them with a milky voice: "Dad! Mom!"
Luo Yanqing said "hmm" in response to the little guy.
Jiang Li walked up to Mr. Luo with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand to pick up little Ron: "Our little En is so good!"
Little Ron was a little shy and buried his head on Jiang Li's shoulder.
“Let me hug you.”
Before Jiang Li could say anything, Luo Yanqing took little Ron into his arms. It was obvious that he didn't want Jiang Li to get tired.
“Let’s go, everyone go sit at home.”
Lao Luo greeted everyone into the courtyard with a smile.
About an hour later, Mrs. Li was taken back to the compound by the driver. Of course, Mother Shen and Shen Yunxiu were also accompanied.
Walking into the living room, Mother Shen felt very shameless the moment her eyes came into contact with Captain Cui.
She had learned everything on the way here.
Needless to say, Mother Shen naturally forced Shen Yunxiu to find out.
—My body was weak and I couldn’t bear to go to the fields to earn wages. In order to make my own life easier, I agreed to pursue the young daughter of the captain’s family. After getting married,
Not long after, the captain's father-in-law arranged to teach in a village primary school. In order to take care of his son-in-law's face, the captain built two mud-tile houses for his daughter and son-in-law.
Being treated so sincerely by his in-laws, and his wife being so hard-working, taking care of all the housework and taking care of the children, it is not difficult to see how easy Shen Yunxiu's life was when he was working in the countryside.
But the brat did such a ruthless thing, Shen's mother became more and more angry as she thought about it. Therefore, when she met Captain Cui's eyes, she felt very guilty and embarrassed.
She didn't need any introduction. She stepped forward and said to Captain Cui: "Brother, you are the in-laws, right?! I am Yun Xiu's mother. I'm sorry. It was my fault in raising my son that made Yun Xiu act without consideration. I'm almost sorry. His wife and two children.”
Clinker, before Captain Cui spoke, Cui Yaping suddenly stood up from the sofa, grabbed Shen Yunxiu's collar and dragged him out of the living room. Soon, the sound of fists hitting flesh and Shen Yunxiu's cries of pain were heard in the yard. .
Mother Shen didn't even blink, let alone help Shen Yunxiu say something nice in front of Captain Cui. In her opinion, Shen Yunxiu really deserved a beating!
Old Mrs. Li: "Lao Lu, if you have something to say, sit down and say it."
Hearing this, Mother Shen nodded.
“Are you Shen Yunxiu’s mother?”
Captain Cui looked at Mother Shen expressionlessly to confirm.
“I am the in-laws.”
Shen’s mother responded.
“Let’s not worry about the in-laws. After all, my daughter was abandoned by your son. How can I deserve to be called your in-laws?”
Captain Cui’s words were merciless: “But I don’t think it’s my Xiaokui or anyone else in our family who has ever been sorry to that boy Shen Yunxiu.
Especially my Xiaokui, she treats Shen Yunxiu better than her parents. She doesn’t let her do anything, she hands her rice to her hands, and holds her clothes cleanly in front of her.
When the season changes, I think of ways to make new clothes for Shen Yunxiu and take good care of the two children. I want to ask if Shen Yunxiu has the heart.
He actually abandoned his wife and son, causing my daughter to run to the village every day, and was called a madman by the villagers. Now that Shen Yunxiu doesn't give me an explanation, don't blame me for doing everything wrong! "
Cui Xiaokui sat next to Captain Cui with her children in her arms. She lowered her head and her face was covered with tears.
As for Luo Laolao, Jiang Li, and Luo Yanqing, as bystanders, their expressions all looked a little solemn.
Zhou Heng and Zhang Lei were standing under the eaves outside the living room door, as if they didn't see Cui Yaping lecturing Shen Yunxiu. They were talking in low voices.
The living room is so quiet right now that you can hear a pin drop.
"Third brother, I was wrong. Stop fighting. I know I was wrong. I really need to know I was wrong!"
Shen Yunxiu begged Cui Yaping for mercy. He protected his head with his hands and huddled on the ground. He was kicked hard by Cui Yaping and said through gritted teeth:
"Now that I know I was wrong, why did you go there so early? Because you secretly returned to the city, Xiaokui was so stimulated that she ran madly to the entrance of the village all day long, causing my mother to fall ill on the kang, and all the members of my family to suffer. You haven't passed the New Year, do you think it's right for me to beat you up now?"
"Yes! It's me who deserves to be beaten! I'm a wolf-hearted person, I'm not a human being..."
Shen Yunxiu was crying, and it was hard to see the slightest trace of a young and artistic person about him. Cui Yaping: "Get up, go to my father and my sister and tell me clearly what you are going to do next!"
Cui Yaping raised his foot and kicked Shen Yunxiu's leg. Cui Yaping looked at the red fist, then glared at Shen Yunxiu, and walked towards the living room.
After a moment, Shen Yunxiu got up from the ground, his cheeks were swollen, and he limped behind Cui Yaping.
“Dad, I was wrong!”
In front of everyone in the living room, Shen Yunxiu knelt directly in front of Captain Cui and said in a choked voice: "I was confused for a moment and left Xiaokui and the two children behind and ran back to Shanghai. Actually...actually I have been... I have regrets…”
“I can’t regret it, can’t I?! Otherwise, why didn’t you write a letter to your family?”
Captain Cui stared at Shen Yunxiu coldly.
"I…"
Shen Yunxiu didn't know how to explain it. He really had regrets. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been pretending to be worried after returning to Shanghai, and repeatedly avoided asking his mother about jumping in the queue in the northwest, and Qiu Qin's With his attitude so obvious, he didn't...he didn't agree to let the two of them get back together.
“Listen, I’m just asking you now, do you and Xiaokui want to live together? If not, how do you plan to arrange for Xiaokui and the other three?”
Captain Cui asked in a deep voice, with no hint of warmth in his tone.
"I will treat Xiaokui and the child well. Dad, I know I was wrong. I promise you that I will never be a fool again from now on. Please forgive me once!"
As Chen Yunxiu said, he looked at Cui Xiaokui: "Xiaokui, I was sorry for you and our children before. Since you are here this time, don't go back. We will live a good life in the future. If you want to go to college, I will I will help you review. As for Xiaohai and his siblings, do you think they will be sent directly to kindergarten? "
"Dad...are you really going to be as good to mom, me and my brother as you were before? Will you not abandon us again?"
The little girl blinked her dark eyes and looked at Shen Yun repairing her **** and asked.
“Well, daddy promises to treat you well as before!”
Shen Yunxiu nodded heavily.
The next moment, little girl Shen Yubing opened her mouth and cried "Wow": "Daddy is bad! The children in the village said that you don't want me and my brother anymore, that you abandoned your mother. They also said that your mother is a crazy woman, and they said that I My brother and I are wild children without a father, and I hate my father!"
The little girl cried without any warning.
When Cui Xiaokui saw this, she hugged her daughter tightly and started crying.
Although the five-year-old boy did not open his mouth to cry like his sister, his eyes were filled with tears and he kept staring at his father, Shen Yunxiu.
"In-laws, if you have Yunxiu and my guarantee, you can rest assured to keep Xiaokui and his mother in Shanghai. If Yunxiu treats Xiaokui a little bit badly, I will keep Xiaokui even if I don't want his son. Aoi is at home! By the way, about the marriage certificates of the two children..."
Shen's mother showed her greatest sincerity, but she still didn't hear Captain Cui's reply. She couldn't help but look at Mr. Luo and Mrs. Li, hoping that they could help.
Seeing the meaning in Mother Shen's eyes, Mr. Luo didn't have any idea, so he opened his mouth to make peace with her.
Mrs. Li smiled bitterly in her heart, thinking that once this helps,
From now on, she will have to play a supervisory role to supervise whether Shen Yunxiu treats Cui Xiaokui and the others well, and once she finds something wrong, she must drag Shen Yunxiu back to the right path.
Otherwise, not to mention how she should face Captain Cui, even in front of Jiang Li and Luo Yanqing, it would be difficult for her to raise her head.
After all, her little Ron's godfather and godmother brought him here. Out of trust in her, the two young people asked her to help them with this. If Shen Yunxiu goes back on her words, it will really be a slap in her face!
Thinking of this, Old Mrs. Li said to Captain Cui: "Brother Cui, just listen to Yun Xiu's mother and my Lao Luo, and leave Xiaokui and his mother in Shanghai. I can guarantee you here,
I will supervise Yun Xiu well. If he dares to treat Xiaokui wrong, I will be the bad guy and ask Lao Lu to sever the mother-child relationship with him and accept Xiaokui as his goddaughter to stay in the Shen family. "
Captain Cui looked slightly moved, but he did not respond immediately. Instead, he asked his daughter: "What do you think? You should have heard what Shen Yunxiu said to your mother-in-law. If you want to stay with your two children, , Dad, if you don't want to, we will come up with another charter. "
Raising his head, Cui Xiaokui looked at Shen Yunxiu with tears in his eyes: "My child and I will stay... Are you sure you will treat us well? You won't stop talking to me all day, and you won't ignore Xiaohai and the others?"
When Shen Yunxiu learned about the college entrance examination scores and did not receive the admission notice, he did not talk to Cui Xiaokui for several days in a row and ignored the two children.
He was either lying on the kang to rest, or he didn't know where to hide alone. In short, Cui Xiaokui didn't feel very comfortable.
So, Cui Xiaokui asked two questions one after another.
Shen Yunxiu replied: "No."
Hearing this, Cui Xiaokui glanced at a pair of children. She pursed her lips and moved her gaze towards Captain Cui and third brother Cui Yaping: "Dad, third brother, I'll stay. I don't want the two children to be without a father..." Cui Xiaokui said with eyes The tears that had stopped falling again.
"Sure! If you want to stay, just stay. You have to remember that if you feel wronged, just call our brigade headquarters. Dad, your mother, and your brothers will make the decision for you!"
Captain Cui warned Cui Xiaokui.
"Um."
Cui Xiaokui nodded with tears in her eyes.
Captain Cui: "After you and Shen Yunxiu receive the certificates this afternoon, dad and your third brother will go back."
Cui Xiaokui: "Can it last two days?" There was obvious uneasiness in his eyes.
Mother Shen: "My dear, it's not easy to come all the way to Shanghai. Just stay here for two more days and let Yun Xiu take you around."
“No.”
Captain Cui shook his head: "Her mother is still sick at home, and I won't feel relieved if I don't go back."
Before coming to Shanghai, Captain Cui conveniently took his family’s household registration certificate, thinking that he might be able to use it.
Therefore, there is no problem for Shen Yunxiu and Cui Xiaokui to register and receive their certificates in the afternoon.
But Cui Xiaokui and her mother's three household registrations can only stay in the countryside and remain in the Cui family's household registration book. Unless Cui Xiaokui returns to work in Shanghai or passes the summer college entrance examination and is admitted to a university in Shanghai, then her mother's household registration will remain in the countryside. It is not difficult to transfer the three household registrations.
…
After lunch, Shen's mother said goodbye. She and Shen Yunxiu took Captain Cui, Cui Yaping, and Cui Xiaokui's mother and left the Luo family. Before leaving, Captain Cui gave Jiang Li the money for the soft sleeper ticket when he came. It didn't take much. Thinking about it, Jiang Li shook his head and did not accept it.
As fellow villagers, she and Luo Yanqing didn't lack that little money, so they just treated it as a favor for their parents!
Jiang Li: "Uncle Cui, then my wife and I will not accompany you. Later, you can come back to our place and talk to my father at my house, so that I can know that you have arrived home safely."
Captain Cui: "Chinese! I will go to your house when we get back to the village."
Jiang Li lowered his voice: "Uncle Cui, don't worry about sister Xiaokui. My Aunt Li will help take care of her. If I have time, I will come to Shanghai and help you take care of sister Xiaokui and the three of them. You can rest assured at home. alright."
“Thank you, my dear!”
Captain Cui wiped the corners of his eyes, nodded, and waved to Jiang Li: "It's cold outside, go inside, I'm leaving now!"
Jiang Li: "Pay more attention to safety on the train, Uncle Cui!"
Looking at the back of Captain Cui who was about to walk away, Jiang Li shouted.
“I know, good girl, go in quickly!”
Looking back, Captain Cui waved his hand to Jiang Li again, then he looked away and continued to move forward.
In the living room.
“Auntie, I really didn’t expect that Xiaokui’s affairs would go so smoothly. Thank you!”
As soon as he returned to the living room, Jiang Li thanked Mrs. Li.
“How can you thank me for this?! Besides, I haven’t been able to help you much. You should have noticed that when Yun Xiu entered the living room, he had two obvious slap marks on his face.”
After hearing what Mrs. Li said, Jiang Li nodded, and then showed confusion: "What's going on?"
Old Mrs. Li: "It was his mother who beat me. Before I went to Yunxiu's house, to be more precise, before you called me, Yunxiu's mother was chatting with me about Yunxiu, saying that Yunxiu had something to hide from her, etc. When she returned home, she didn't know what the conversation between mother and son was like.
Anyway, after I went there, I saw a slap mark on Yun Xiu's face, and I guessed the cause almost instantly. The result was just as you told me and as I guessed,
It was his mother who found out that Yun Xiu had abandoned his wife and children. In anger, he was slapped twice by his mother. "
Jiang Li: "Professor Lu has very upright views and I think she will be a good mother-in-law."
"Lao Lu is indeed a good person. With her in charge, Yun Xiuwan will not dare to do anything wrong again."
Mrs. Li looked gentle: "Speaking of which, Yun Xiu's child used to be someone else's child.
He is gentle and polite to others. I never thought that he would do such a thing as abandoning his wife and children. Fortunately, he knows his mistakes and can correct them and repent from the bottom of his heart. Otherwise, his parents' reputation will definitely be ruined. He's all ruined! "
“Actually, in our rural areas, things like this happen quite a lot.”
Jiang Li said with a touch of sarcasm on his lips: "I don't understand what people like Shen Yunxiu think. Since they chose to marry local girls and boys in order to live a better life in the countryside,
Why did you feel so confident in abandoning the other party when you were able to return to the city? Do they only consider their own interests and ignore the feelings of their spouse and children?
And people with such flaws in their behavior don’t feel guilty when they receive higher education from the country? "
“Yeah, I can’t understand the behavior of people like you. They seem to not take their feelings seriously at all, have no sense of responsibility, and don’t know what responsibility is.”
Old Mrs. Li sighed: "But who can control it?"
Hearing this, Jiang Li remained silent.
She knew that for people like that, even if they caused trouble, it would not harm their fundamental interests except receiving moral condemnation from others.
“By the way, I have a student who is coming to visit me at home tomorrow, so I can introduce him to you and Yan Qing.”
Speaking of her favorite disciple, Mrs. Li suddenly looked radiant: "He is my favorite disciple, he is very smart."
Jiang Li said with a smile: "Auntie likes this student very much?"
Mrs. Li nodded, then sighed and said: "But my student is a little too infatuated... In order to be with his partner, he is willing to accompany him to the countryside and suffer. As a result, the two of them fell apart within a few years of being together. I was separated from my wife, and then I came to work here in Shanghai. It has been almost seven or eight years since I found her, and I feel heartbroken when I see her.”