Chapter Twenty-Nine: Misfortune Doesn't Go Alone
She wandered around the corridor a few times, and she was panicked in her heart, she was just unhappy if she was a girl, and she gave birth to two in her life, she muttered in her heart, why is she so angry, and she didn't have a handle for two? She couldn't get angry, so she dragged Zhang Binglin to her home.
"Where are you going? The granddaughters came out right away. Zhang Binglin was a little reluctant, although he guessed what Wu Ju was going to do, he still wanted to see his own granddaughter.
"What to see, what to see, other people's families lose money is enough to worry about it, there will be two in this life, how can our family have spare money to help others have a daughter-in-law, go, go back with me, out of sight and out of mind."
Zhang Binglin is a real man this time, and he resolutely does not move. Wu Ju was furious, pointed at Zhang Binglin's nose and scolded, "You have a kind, okay!" You have no conscience, your son married a daughter-in-law and forgot his mother, I didn't expect that even you, who had suffered a thousand cuts, would treat me like this, okay, you won't leave, right? I'll go. But because there were too many people in the hospital, she couldn't make a lot of noise, so she had to complain a few words and rush out of the hospital alone.
Tang Boyi saw Wu Ju rushing out, thinking that he was afraid that Shumei was born, so he threw the half-smoked cigarette butt in his hand to the ground and stepped on it with his foot, and walked straight to the delivery room. The one-third of an acre of land where he was located was already covered with cigarette butts he had smoked, and it seemed that he was really annoyed in his heart.
"Jizong, is Shumei born?" Seeing Jizong sitting on the chair with a smile on his face all the time, Tang Boyi asked tentatively.
"It's born, mother and daughter are safe!"
Great, thank God for the blessing, Shumei is fine, Tang Boyi crossed his hands on his chest, his frown stretched instantly, and he wandered at the door of the delivery room. At this moment, he was desperate to see the child and Shumei, as excited as if he was a father. When the excitement faded and he regained his senses, he realized that he seemed to be superfluous here, and a sense of emptiness inexplicably rose in his heart.
"Jizong, congratulations, Xiao Youchen is still at home, I'll go back first, and by the way, I'll go to the foreman to help you ask for a leave."
"Okay, slow down your way!"
After Tang Boyi finished speaking, he walked out of the gate of the hospital, looked up at the rising sun in the sky, he subconsciously covered his eyes with his hand, even so, his vision was still a little blurred. Either because of the tears of worry and excitement blinded his eyes, or the morning sun dazzled his eyes, but at the moment his heart was like a mirror. There is a kind of love called letting go, she is happy, only in this way, what awaits her in front of her is her own life.
He finally decided to let go of his obsession and no longer live for Shumei in everything, he has the rest of his life wish, she is happy, and it is enough for him to raise Youchen well! At this moment, although he felt a strong sense of loss in his heart, he felt more relaxed than he had ever felt before.
The happiness was so short-lived, and Jizong didn't have time to slowly taste the hard-won good news, and a thunderbolt fell from the sky on a sunny day.
Before Shumei's mother and daughter came out of the delivery room, the doctor hurriedly spread the news that the eldest daughter was in respiratory distress. After some examination, it was determined that the eldest daughter's heart was not fully developed, and what awaited her in the future was either early death at an early age or repeated surgeries.
For the impoverished Zhang family, the money for the operation was simply astronomical, and God played a big joke on them, and forcibly took back the happiness of the two daughters from their hands.
After Shumei learned the news, she cried to death, in order to save money as much as possible, she immediately went through the discharge procedures and returned home on the same day.
When he returned home, the family was full of sorrow, Wu Ju, who didn't know the inside story, was still chattering vigorously, and Jizong was furious.
"Have you had enough of the noise?" Jizong was sitting on the chair in the hall, full of thoughts, but he couldn't bear Wu Ju complaining that he had given birth to two daughters, and that he had lost his good luck in giving birth to a grandson, so he got up from the chair and roared loudly.
"You...... You...... You are disobedient and unfilial, you dare to be so fierce to me, my hair is worried about white, who am I for? It's not for the sake of your Zhang family's successors, it's enough to raise these two girls, do you still have the ability to ensure that you have the ability to raise another one, even if you raise it, in case the baby is a girl again, this will not let people live! Oh my! Iniquity! Wu Ju was so angry that he pointed at Jizong's nose and continued to complain, his voice was louder than the other, which frightened the children in the back room to cry.
"That's a lot, isn't it? Dabao is almost gone, are you happy now? Jizong shook this coldly and went into the house to help Shumei coax the child. The tone was so cold that it made people tremble, and there was a hint of hatred in his eyes.
"What? What did you say? ”
Zhang Binglin told Wu Ju about the child's situation, and after Wu Ju heard it, he didn't feel sorry for his granddaughter, but the resentment in his heart became even heavier.
Broom star, mourning star, nemesis, just like your uncompetitive aunt, this is just now, and I came to collect debts, it must be that my Zhang family owed you in my last life. This is to send my Zhang family into the fire pit! We still eat bran and live a hard life! Where can I get the spare money to do surgery for you? No, I have to think of a way to not let you ruin my son. My son I know, he won't watch you die, I, as a mother, have to think of a perfect plan for my son.
Wu Ju sat on the chair and muttered in her heart, Zhang Binglin saw that she was thinking so seriously, thinking that she had changed her past wrongs, had compassion, and secretly rejoiced! But he didn't know that the country was easy to change and difficult to change, and Wu Ju, who had always been self-centered, would pity a little granddaughter she didn't want to see. At this moment, she didn't know what evil plan she was planning.
When such a thing happened, Jizong couldn't think of a better way except to make money desperately. He worked harder than before, working in the brick factory in vain, going to the town at night to work as a porter to earn money, working day and night, rain or shine.
Sometimes he worked too late in the town, so he would just find a roof or an old house and spend the night, and then rush back to work in the brickyard the next day.
Seeing Jizong working so hard, Shumei was really worried that he was tired, but looking at the children waiting to be fed in her arms and their handsome faces, she could only let Jizong fight hard.
One day, it was pouring rain in the sky, and if Jizong had been in the past, he would have already finished work and gone home, because there were regulations in the brick factory that heavy rains would not work. Even if the brick factory does not have this rule, people will not brave the torrential rain and risk their lives to go to the quarry to burn bricks.
This burned brick is piece-rated, that is, the more you do, the more you get. Seeing that the workers all returned home one by one, Jizong hid under the brick shed, but he had no intention of leaving.
After a short struggle in his heart, he braved the heavy rain, pushed a wheelbarrow, and went to the quarry to quarried stones, intending to quarry and burn bricks himself.
God really thought that he was deliberately trying to embarrass this miserable person, and the more he went down, the bigger and bigger, only to hear a loud noise, and a loose boulder on the top of the mountain, mixed with the dirt, rolled down together. Before Jizong could react, he was crushed to the ground by stones and mud. He felt a piercing pain in his back, and he struggled to crawl out from under the stones, but his legs kept moving, and he couldn't use any strength, as if he had completely lost consciousness. At first, Jizong thought that his legs were broken, but when he looked back, his legs were still on his body, and he had no choice but to shout for help, hoping that the guard at the door or the cook in the canteen could hear his voice and rescue him.
"Help! Lao Li, Lao Jiang, come and save me, I'm Zhang Jizong, come on! Help me! ”
Or the rain was so loud that they didn't hear his cries, and his body had become tired from the day's work, and the wind and rain made him cold, hungry, and tired, and fainted in a few moments.
The rain fell from morning to evening, and seeing that it was about to get dark, Jizong still did not return. Shumei was a little anxious in her heart, with such a heavy rain, the brick factory did not start, and there could be no work in the town, where did this Jizong go? Her heart was up and down, and she was restless in the house.
"Daddy, Daddy...... "She is still in confinement, and she still has children to take care of, it is impossible for her to go out to find Jizong, but she can only turn to Zhang Binglin for help.
"What's wrong? Shumei. ”
When Zhang Binglin heard this, he extinguished the leaf cigarette in his hand and walked to the door of Shumei's room. After the last time he "sowed seeds for his children", Zhang Binglin didn't dare to step into their room again, and he was free to talk about anything at the door.
"Seeing that it's getting dark, the rain seems to have stopped, my right eyelid is beating hard, Daddy, go look for Jizong!"
"Okay, don't be too anxious, I'll go to the brick factory to find him."
Zhang Binglin agreed without saying a word, Wu Ju pulled the soles of her shoes in the house, and she didn't come out to object, no matter how unreasonable she was, she was still concerned about her son's safety. Zhang Binglin changed into rain boots and took a flashlight, afraid that it would rain again, he also deliberately took two straw hats and went out in a hurry.
Zhang Binglin went out about two or three hours later! Shumei heard the barking of dogs in the village. Her sixth sense told herself that it must be Jizong and they had returned.
Sure enough, there was soon a heavy footstep in the courtyard, she twitched her ears, and a trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes, this heavy footstep was not the footsteps of her familiar Jizong.
"Come on, slow down, rhubarb, don't scream, don't you see it's Jizong?"
Zhang Binglin scolded the big yellow dog barking at him, Jizong? Impossible? This is clearly not the footsteps of the successor? Also, Rhubarb usually shakes his head and tails to welcome Jizong's return, how can it be so abnormal.
Wu Ju heard the voice and went out to greet Jizong and Zhang Binglin.
"Oh my God! Jizong: What's wrong? ”
From Wu Ju's anxious voice, Shumei could hear that something must have happened to Jizong. She didn't care that she was in confinement, so she got up from the bed and ran to the door, when the guards of the brickyard and Zhang Binglin had already carried Jizong to the hall.