AD [QT] Chapter 10

(Word Count: 2311)

 

When they got home, Wu Hongmei found scratches on the fifth girl’s face. She exclaimed and asked distressedly, “What’s going on?”

 

Han Ze didn’t answer her. The fifth girl fell asleep again. He put her on the bed and covered her with a blanket, thinking about going to the pharmacy to buy some medicine for her later.

 

The third girl next to her pouted and complained crisply, “Han Xuchen and Han Haoran scratched her. I didn’t let them poke my sister with a stick, but they beat me. ”

 

There was unspeakable grievance on her little face.

 

“This, this…” Wu Hongmei looked at Han Ze anxiously. She felt sorry for the child’s scratches, but the ones who scratched the child were the two ancestors of the second and third families. She really had no idea what to do. Looking at the third girl, she couldn’t help but push her angrily and scolded, “You are watching there, why don’t you know to protect your sister? What’s the use of you?”

 

The third girl staggered for a while after being pushed by Wu Hongmei. She stood firm, tears welling up in her eyes, her little face was tense, she pursed her lips stubbornly, and said nothing.

 

Han Ze looked at Wu Hongmei coldly, pulled the third girl to his side, and said, “She is so young, what does she know? You as a mother can’t protect your own child, but you blame the third girl?”

 

Han Ze was very dissatisfied with Wu Hongmei for leaving the child to the third girl. It was not too much to keep an eye on a child who was less than two months old. How could he leave it to a child who knew nothing?

 

Wu Hongmei was stunned. She didn’t expect the man to blame her for not taking good care of the child. She blushed and felt wronged. She explained hesitantly: “I’m cooking…”

 

“Cooking is more important than the children?” Han Ze looked at her coldly, “You are virtuous. The second and third wives are sitting there playing, and you are helping to cook?”

 

Han Ze’s words were merciless. He was really angry. Looking at Wu Hongmei with wet eyes, he sighed. This was all the fault of the original body, and Wu Hongmei couldn’t be blamed. After all, their lives were usually like this. No matter which brother or sister came, Wu Hongmei would cook and serve the whole family.

 

Looking at Wu Hongmei, he said sadly: “After what happened today, don’t you understand yet?”

 

Wu Hongmei asked him stupidly, “What do you understand?”

 

Han Ze said sadly, “Since Blind Han said I don’t have a son, our mother has changed.”

 

Wu Hongmei looked at her man in confusion. She didn’t find that her mother-in-law had changed. Instead, she felt that the man had changed since he heard Blind Han say he couldn’t have a son. He no longer disliked his daughters, but loved them more than anyone else. He made delicious food for them every meal, and of course he treated her well. This change in the man made her happy, so she was happy to see it happen and didn’t say anything.

 

Han Ze was sure that his mother had changed, and said sadly, “I always knew that my mother favored boys over girls. I didn’t expect that just because she heard that I didn’t have a son, my mother, who loved me the most, left me and went to the second son’s house. Today, she even beat me. Did my mother lie about loving me the most before? Sons are not as important as grandchildren?” Wu Hongmei’s eyes widened. Although her mother-in-law didn’t like her and the girls, she was really good to her man. Why did she beat him?

 

Han Ze sat on the stool, clenched his fists, and said, “Hongmei, we don’t have a son, everyone looks down on me, even my mother looks down on me. Even so, I don’t plan to adopt the sons of the second and third brothers. After all, I don’t have a son. Although my nephews are ignorant, I can’t harm them. From what happened today, I clearly understand that it is not reliable to rely on several nephews to support me in my old age. From now on, I will only treat them as nephews, and I will no longer love them as sons…”

 

At the end, he had a self-deprecating look on his face, which was a kind of self-deprecation of being hurt by his family.

 

Although Wu Hongmei didn’t have much knowledge, she knew that people’s hearts were unpredictable and the sea was unpredictable. She didn’t think that her nephew would support them in their old age, but she didn’t give birth to a son for the family, so she had no confidence. What the man said was what it was, and she couldn’t refute it, and she didn’t dare to refute it.

 

Nowadays, the man cannot afford to take over the second and third sons, nor does he expect them to support him in his old age. She is happy in her heart. After all, if she does not expect them to support her in her old age, she will not let the daughters in the family suffer and she will not unconditionally please her nephews.

 

Han Ze continued, “Although our children are girls, they are filial and sensible. They will be our support in the future, so you, as a mother, must stand up and protect them. If we, as parents, cannot protect our own children, who can we expect to protect our children?”

 

Wu Hongmei’s eyes were slightly red. She also wanted to protect her children. Her children were all girls and were not valued in this family. What could she do?

 

Han Ze knew what she was thinking and said in a reproachful way, “The two younger siblings all know how to sit there and play. You just got out of confinement and still have a baby. Why don’t you know how to be lazy?”

 

Wu Hongmei looked at Han Ze blankly. It turned out that she could be lazy?

 

Han Ze continued, “You are the mother of the children. No matter when and in front of anyone, you should protect them and not let them get hurt. This is your responsibility as a mother. You must always remember that nothing is more important than the children.

 

“Nothing is more important than the children?” Wu Hongmei repeated in a daze.

 

“Yes, they are your children. Do you think there is anything more important than them? “Han Ze said with a smile and taught her patiently: “Just like today when they asked you to cook, you could have just said you wanted to take the children to get rid of them. With you taking care of the children, how could the fifth girl be scratched by two brats? You blamed the third girl.”

 

Wu Hongmei looked at the sobbing third girl and felt guilty for the first time. Her man was right, the child came out of her belly, what was more important than them? It was her fault. She wiped her face and said, “I cooked when my third brother and the children’s aunts came back. It would be bad to suddenly not cook, right? It will hurt the relationship.”

 

Han Ze said calmly: “There’s nothing wrong with it. Even if you serve them as ancestors, it’s not as good as your brothers and sisters giving birth to a son for mother to like.”

 

In Mrs. Han’s mind, not being able to give birth to a son is a sin. No matter how good you are, you are not as good as a grandson.

 

Wu Hongmei: “…”

 

Han Ze smiled and gave Wu Hongmei enough confidence: “It’s not your fault that you can’t give birth to a son. It’s my destiny to be sonless. I’ve dragged you down. You don’t have to feel inferior. You don’t have to feel inferior in front of my brothers and sisters. No son, no son. I can make money with my skills and give your mother a rich life. You are better than them in this respect.”

 

Wu Hongmei was used to hearing her man say that he was not destined to have a son. She was not surprised. Thinking of the thick stack of savings at home, she felt at ease. Her man was right. Even if the two brothers and sisters gave birth to more sons, the second and third sons could not earn tens of thousands of yuan in more than a month. A woman still has to rely on her man. No matter how many sons she has, when they marry in the future, the money he makes does not belong to the wife.

 

Han Ze suddenly said, “So I decided that we will go to your mother’s house tomorrow to pick up the fourth girl.”

 

Wu Hongmei’s eyes were red, and she nodded, “Okay.”

 

Even if the child was given to her eldest brother from her mother’s family, she would still feel distressed. After all, she knew her eldest sister-in-law’s character. The child in her eldest brother’s house might not be much better than in other families. It’s just that she can see it often. The man is willing to take her daughter back, so what else can she be dissatisfied with?

 

She thinks it is a good thing that her mother-in-law beat the man today. After all, after her man was beaten by her mother-in-law, the man who has always been honest and filial seems to have a problem with her mother-in-law. That beating also made the man completely give up his unprincipled dedication to his family.

 

Thinking about not having to look at the faces of her brothers and sisters in the future, and not having to watch her nephews bully her children without doing anything, she has some expectations in her heart.

 

……

 

There was no market today, so Han Ze didn’t have to go to town to set up a stall to sell noodles. After breakfast, he drove the family’s cart, bought a few bottles of wine, and a few pounds of meat, and put them in the tractor compartment, and drove his wife and several maids to his mother-in-law’s house.

 

Wu Hongmei’s parents had been talking about their eldest daughter’s confinement at home, but they never went home to see her. They didn’t know how she was doing during the confinement period, and they didn’t know whether the fifth girl was given away by the old woman Han. If she was, who was she sent to, and what was the situation of that family…

 

Speak of the devil, and the devil will appear. They were still talking about them in the morning, and they drove the cart to come in the morning.

 

Mother Wu was very happy. She pulled her daughter to look at her worriedly and said with a smile: “She has become fatter and whiter. It seems that she has done a good job in this confinement.”

 

Wu Hongmei heard her mother’s words and looked at her husband with a smile. This was all thanks to her husband. Mother Wu saw her daughter looking at her son-in-law, and then she looked at Han Ze and found the swaddling clothes in his arms. She asked hesitantly: “Is this… the fifth girl?”

 

Back to her mother’s house, Wu Hongmei smiled and said: “Yes, mother, look how pretty she is. The child who was less than five pounds before is now white, fat and well-behaved.”

 

Mother Wu was a little surprised. Her daughter gave birth to another girl, but Mrs. Han didn’t give the baby away? She looked at her daughter and saw that she was just smiling. She thought about asking her in private later.

 

Han Ze asked Han Zhaodi to take the things off the car, and said to Mother Wu with a smile: “Mom, kill this and stew it into soup. Hongmei drinks soup every day now.” Only after drinking the soup can she produce milk.

 

Mother Wu was even more surprised. How could her son-in-law treat Hongmei better after she gave birth to a girl? Not only did he treat her better than before, but his salary should also be improved? Could it be that she remembered it wrongly, and Hongmei actually gave birth to a boy?

 

Seeing her mother in a daze, Wu Hongmei could not help but call out, “Mom, what’s wrong?”

 

Mother Wu came back to her senses and said uncomfortably, “Nothing.”

 

After that, she looked at Han Zhaodi and her sisters and said, “It’s vacation now, Zhaodi should graduate from elementary school. Do you still plan to let her continue studying?”

 

When her daughter gave birth to her child, she went to her daughter’s house. She seemed to hear Mrs. Han muttering that Zhaodi had graduated and didn’t need to study anymore. She could come back to help with housework.

 

Wu Hongmei said firmly, “Yes, of course. Her father said that as long as the child is willing to study, he would support her to study even if he had to sell everything he had.”

 

Han Zhaodi’s eyes lit up when she heard her mother’s words. She wanted to go to college, very much. She checked the answers in the exam for junior high school yesterday. Except for the composition, she didn’t know the score, but she did everything else correctly. There is absolutely no problem getting into the experimental class of Shuangji Middle School. In the future, she believes that she will have no problem with high school and college, and she will definitely be able to get in.

 

Mother Wu looked at Han Ze in surprise, did her son-in-law take the wrong medicine? Doesn’t he listen to his mother in everything?