vines and melons

Chapter 65

One afternoon, a middle-aged man came to the gate of Guoxiang’s house, looked around for no one in the alley, reached out and knocked on the door while shouting, “Is anyone home?”

Guoxiang heard the sound and asked, "Who is it?"

He and Gui Zhi went out of the house one after the other and opened the door.

The man knocked on the door and shouted, keeping his eyes on the road. He was afraid of being seen by passers-by, so he seemed a little sneaky.

Guoxiang and Guizhi were stunned when they saw the strange man in front of them.

This man was over 50, dressed in an old farmer's clothes, clean and tidy.

At the same time, the man was also looking them up and down.

Guoxiang said, "Who are you looking for?" The middle-aged man leaned forward and wanted to enter the house. Guoxiang took a step forward to block him and said, "What's the matter? Let's talk here!"

The middle-aged man turned his head and looked around again, and said, "Is your child not at home?"

Guoxiang and Guizhi looked at each other in surprise and then nodded at the man.

After the middle-aged man was confirmed, he said, "Your child went out with my daughter."

Guoxiang and Guizhi felt tense at the same time, not knowing how to deal with this sudden topic, they were dumbfounded.

The middle-aged man said: "Is the child of Ye's family married? If not, let's get old and let them get married!" The middle-aged man couldn't wait for Guoxiang and Guizhi to speak. Finish your speech.

Both Guoxiang and Guizhi knew what was going on, and thought: We can't stay for long!
Guoxiang had an idea and said: "You go back first, stop and talk later." He grabbed a laurel stick, turned around and went home to plug in the gate.

Guoxiang thought, how could Jianjun do this!Besides, he hasn't been married for long.

Guizhi didn't believe it was true either, but her daughter's father came to her door, and no one wanted to put a shit bowl on her head. She looked at Guoxiang, and Guoxiang bowed his head and remained silent. After all, it was her own child who lost. Reasonable.However, both of them have a common goal that Jianjun and Fang Jie cannot divorce!
Guoxiang seems to be speaking to Guizhi, but also seems to be talking to himself: Where is this person from? !

Guizhi continued: If you don't know, how would I know!
Guoxiang nodded.

At this time, the door rang, and Fang Jie came back.

Today is the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and the city holds a folk art performance.Fang Jie's glass factory has a judging platform on top of the gate, and she was selected to be a waiter.The gongs and drums under the stage were loud, the firecrackers blared, the three-eyed guns shot straight into the sky, the guard of honor was heroic and mighty, the lions on the railings shook their heads and tails, and the people playing dry boats twisted their buttocks and hung their hips.Standing on the judging stage, she was distracted and didn't have the heart to watch the wonderful program. She was watching the crowds of people, hoping to see Jianjun.Her eyes were blurred, she lowered her head and couldn't help crying. This was the seventh day since Jianjun disappeared.She thought what her mother said was right, Jianjun wanted to come back early, and it wasn't because the child couldn't find a home, she suspected that Jianjun was no longer alive.After returning home from get off work, Fang Jie didn't say hello to her mother and went back to her room. Exhausted, she sat down on the sofa and looked at the empty bed. It's only been half a year since the marriage!Jianjun is gone!Is she going to be a widow at a young age like her mother?She thought again of meeting someone on her wedding day, and an ominous omen washed over her heart.

Guizhi followed closely behind.

When Fang Jie saw her mother come in, she burst into tears and burst into tears. She hugged her mother's leg and cried, "Mom, Jianjun must be dead, or he would have returned earlier."

"He's not dead!" Gui Zhi said solemnly.

"Really? Then why didn't he come back?" Fang Jie stopped whimpering as soon as she heard that she was not dead, and the question was filled with surprise.

Guizhi thought it over, she wanted to explain to Fang Jie that she couldn't ask her daughter to go out to find Jianjun every day, and said in a low voice, "I went out with a girl."

At this time, Guoxiang came in, and he was about to say something, when Gui Zhi gave him a look to signal him to go out, Guoxiang retreated knowingly, and turned his head into the kitchen to stir the pot.

While stirring the pot, Guoxiang thought: Before, Jianjun had never brought a woman to his home!He really couldn't remember who Jianjun went out with.This child made him feel guilty as a father!He thought that no matter what, the family couldn't be broken up, Guizhi brought the daughters over, so why call him away again!A spoonful of soup was thrown out of the pot.

Fang Jie felt dizzy and just leaned on the back of the sofa for a while, vomiting violently.

When Guoxiang heard Fang Jie vomit, he hurriedly got up the pot, didn't bother to block the fire, and hurriedly brought a bowl of lukewarm water for Fang Jie to rinse his mouth, Guoxiang looked at Guizhi and said, "This rabbit grandson! I can't spare him when I come back!"

The next day, Gui Zhi took Fang Jie to the hospital, and Fang Jie was confirmed to be pregnant.

Fang Jie looked at the test report, not knowing whether to be happy or worried.This is her planned pregnancy.She has an obsession: she must give birth to a boy!Boys are the backbone of the family!It is the reliance of the family!It's home days!As long as there are boys in the family, they will not be bullied or looked down upon by outsiders!I heard that an alkaline body can produce boys, so she asked her mother to make her steamed soda buns to eat every day; she got a so-called "palace secret recipe" from a friend for giving birth to boys and girls, which was said to be very accurate, but she followed the list pregnant.

Now, she was disheartened and asked her mother, "Do you want to kill the child? I don't want to live with him!"

Gui Zhi shook his head and said, "Don't do it, we'll talk about it when he comes back! Daddy Yee will make the decision for us, it's fine."

(End of this chapter)