novelraw Chapter 199 You try reporting one? I'll beat you to death!
Chapter 199 You try reporting one? I'll beat you to death!
The cowshed was filled with a joyful atmosphere. Little Yan Yan looked at her little brother with the fondness of a precious treasure and helped take care of him. She was now a big sister, how wonderful!
Their joy was short-lived, as they were soon greeted by a new, unpleasant person being sent down to the countryside. He was Professor Zhang's ex-husband, Gong Jianmin. No one knew why he had been sent down; wasn't he already married to a young woman and living a life of luxury?
He arrived intending to cling to Professor Zhang, hoping to gain his ex-wife's forgiveness and also want Yan Yan to call him grandpa. Yan Yan had long forgotten who he was and loudly proclaimed, "I don't have a grandpa! My grandpa is dead!"
"Zhang Yanan, how did you raise your child! You actually told him I'm dead!"
"What's the difference between you and being dead? Now that the child is grown up, you remember you're her grandfather? When she was so little, how could you bear to abandon her and send her to the countryside with me? Where were you when she was sick and needed care? Where were you when she was hungry and had nothing to eat!"
"What's wrong? Your concubine didn't give you a son, so now you want a granddaughter? Get the hell out of here!" Zhang Yanan stopped being polite and started accusing and cursing.
"You, how could you become like this! Where is your upbringing?" Gong Jianmin was very surprised. Even when her son committed suicide and they divorced, she had never made a big fuss.
I had thought my wife must have suffered terribly and aged drastically during her years in the countryside, but she looks almost exactly the same as she did a few years ago, even more energetic than me, and her hair is still black. Is life here really that good?
"My manners aren't for scum like you! I'll say it again, stay away from me and my granddaughter, or don't blame me for being rude!"
Gong Jianmin was sent to the countryside with almost nothing. He was even thinking of moving into his ex-wife's house and eating her food! Just now, he was about to barge in with his luggage when he was shocked by his ex-wife's fierce look, holding a rolling pin!
His ex-wife hates him so much! Didn't he only file for divorce after his son committed murder and suicide? Yan Yan was only one year old then, how could a grown man like him raise her?
For Zhang Yanan, that was the darkest moment of her life. Her daughter-in-law maliciously reported her, leading to public criticism and a plan to send her to the countryside. Her son argued with his wife over the matter and accidentally killed her with a knife. Meanwhile, her husband wanted a divorce and planned to marry a younger woman and have more children.
If it weren't for her granddaughter, she would have committed suicide. After being sent down to this place, she met the kind-hearted Grandpa Tong, who saved her granddaughter. The couple next to them also took great care of the grandmother and granddaughter.
The couple had no children of their own, but they doted on Yu Chen and Yan Yan, secretly feeding them treats. These companions, though not family, were all far more reassuring than this scumbag.
What is he thinking? He actually wants to reconcile with me and go back to the life he used to live, where he had everything done for him? He can only dream about it!
The clinic was located next to the cowshed. The mud-brick house where Tong Anfu and Yu Chen used to live had been sealed off and used as an observation room, with only a back window left so they could contact the people in the cowshed.
Zhang Yanan asked Yan Yan to deliver a message to Brother Tong, warning him to be careful of Gong Jianmin and to avoid contact for the time being. Li Guanglin and his wife also disliked his arrival. Ding Lihong needed to recuperate after childbirth, so they couldn't get food from the basement storage room anymore, and the Tong family couldn't leave things through the back window of the clinic.
After being scolded by Zhang Yanan, Gong Jianmin slunk away with his luggage and moved into the old, dilapidated house where Tong Jiaming and his wife used to live. He looked at the earthen bed, which was so worn that even the mat on it was tattered, with a look of disgust on his face.
But he had no choice. He could only grab some straw from the cowshed, spread it on the kang (a heated brick bed), unroll his bedding, and sleep on it. Thinking of his ex-wife's gentleness and virtue, he felt a deep sense of regret.
Grandpa Tong was worried that Ding Lihong wouldn't recover properly, so during his morning exercise, he happened to run into Li Guanglin, who was out collecting firewood. He gave Li Guanglin about twenty eggs and a Qi Yuan Pill.
However, he had already rolled the large meatball into more than twenty small meatballs the size of soybeans. He instructed him to have Xiao Ding eat one every day until they were all gone.
Li Guanglin silently took the items, turned around, and his eyes filled with tears of gratitude. He planned to give half of the eggs to Aunt Zhang and Yan Yan, as they had been working too hard lately and needed to replenish their nutrition.
Yan Yan wasn't actually lacking in food; as a little kid, she could run around everywhere without anyone paying much attention. Tong Jia Hui often brought her food, and the little one was clever enough to know that she couldn't be discovered when she was out of the public eye.
These past few days, her supposedly deceased grandfather has been trying to get close to her when her grandmother isn't around, but she ignores him. One day, he even sneaked into their room to steal food, and her grandmother beat him with a rolling pin and drove him out!
No one went to watch the commotion in the cowshed, so every few days a scene of "beating the dog and scolding the ex-husband" would unfold here. When Zhang Yanan got angry, she was just as fierce as the women in the village. After being beaten a few times, she made Gong Jianmin behave himself and never dared to provoke her again.
The key issue is that everyone is defending Zhang Yanan, and the couple next door might even join in the condemnation. They'll definitely find a way to get good food, and if he finds out who helped them, he'll definitely report them! If they make things difficult for him, then nobody else will have a good time either!
Tong Yuheng: You try reporting one? I'll beat you to death! How did Professor Zhang ever fall for this scum? Was it because of his refined yet depraved appearance?
Liu Fengyi had been keeping an eye on Gong Jianmin since he arrived in Chenjiatun, and investigated him thoroughly, fearing that he might be a spy sent by the enemy and still coveting the Tong family's prescription.
The pills supplied to the Ancient Martial Arts Association each month were delivered through Li Chengsong, who also reported on the training progress. Grandpa Li distributed them to those who needed them, and the remainder was sold by the Ancient Martial Arts Association to those waiting in line. This arrangement earned the Li family a great deal of goodwill.
Just as Tong Jiahui had good news about her pregnancy, Lu Xuerong also had good news. She was already 45 years old and was stunned when she found out she was pregnant. Her second child was more than 20 years younger than her eldest son. Was that not a good thing?
Li Chengsong's father was overjoyed, hoping for both a son and a daughter, and ideally, his wife would have another daughter. Grandpa Li was also very happy; he already had one grandson and one granddaughter this year, and another granddaughter would be wonderful too.
Soon the busy farming season ended, and when school started, Tong Jiahui went to school in town. She rode a tricycle with a canopy, while Yu Xuan rode her tricycle with her mother and younger sister to school, which made Xiao Qi's group of classmates extremely envious.
The school's west wing is for teachers' dormitories, each room only about seven or eight square meters in size, convenient for students to rest at noon or stay overnight when the weather is bad. Tong Jiahui also has a room. There are no student dormitories. The children from the farthest village from the town can only run back in about half an hour, so why would they need to prepare dormitories?