Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 380 Damao's Decision
Xu Wude and his daughter-in-law were whispering in their room. Xu's mother asked Xu Wude, "Do you think the baby in my daughter-in-law's belly is Damao's?"

Xu Wude frowned and said nothing, thinking to himself. Xu's mother urged, "Tell me, I suspect there is something wrong with my daughter-in-law."

Xu Wood said: "I also feel that there is a problem, but our son seems to be convinced that it is his."

Xu's mother wondered, "Da Mao went to the hospital after Wang Meili passed away. He should be very clear about his condition. Why is he sure that the child is his now?"

"I'm a little puzzled too. Damao is not a fool. There may be some hidden secret behind this matter. I'll call him out to ask him later." Xu Wude said.

At this time, Xu Damao was in the main room, serving his wife and making a fruit plate for her. His wife's name was Wen Juan, and she was a salesperson. Xu Damao met her when he was shopping.

Wen Juan leaned against the bedside, watching TV, eating a banana in her hand. She put a fruit plate on the bedside table, turned her head and asked Wen Juan, "Wife, what do you want to eat tonight? I'll go buy it now."

Wen Juan said, "Anything is fine. I don't have a good appetite. How about buying a fish?"

"Okay, wait for me, I'll be there right away." After saying that, Xu Damao turned around and walked out of the house, but there was no longer a smile on his face, but a sneer.

Xu Wood kept staring at the yard. When Xu Damao put on his coat and came out, Xu Wood immediately opened the door, left the house, and asked, "Damo, where are you going?"

"Wen Juan wants to eat fish, I'll go to the market to have a look." Xu Damao said to his father.

"Wait a moment, I'll go with you. I want to buy something too." After saying that, Xu Wood went back to the house to put on his coat and get his hat.

After a while, Xu Wude came out and walked out of the yard with Xu Damao.

When they walked out of Shajing Hutong, Xu Wude took Xu Damao into a pub. Xu Damao did not refuse. It was normal for his father to treat him to a meal.

Xu Wude didn't order much, just a plate of braised beef, a plate of peanuts, and a few bottles of beer. Xu Damao opened the beer, poured it for his father, and said with a smile: "I knew that you were not going to buy groceries with me, you were just craving for wine."

Xu Wude sat opposite Xu Damao and suddenly became serious. He drank a glass himself, put the glass on the table and poured another one.

Xu Damao looked at his gloomy father and said, "Dad, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Wude looked at his son and said, "Da Mao, tell me the truth, whose child is Wen Juan's?"

Xu Damao's heart skipped a beat, and he was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said, "Whose else could it be? Of course it's mine. Why do you ask?"

Xu Wude sneered and said, "You are my son. I know exactly how many roundworms are in your stomach. And you still say they are yours? When you went to the hospital for a checkup during your first divorce, I was there with you."

Xu Damao looked at his father and knew that he couldn't fool his parents. He sighed and said, "Oh, who cares who it belongs to? It's mine now. Dad, it's not easy for me either. If I can't have children for the rest of my life, I will end up alone."

"Is it really someone else's? What's going on? Tell me everything right now." Xu Wude was a little angry and said harshly.

Xu Damao drank three glasses of beer in a row and said to his father, "When Wen Juan told me she was pregnant, I wanted to kill her, but then I suddenly realized that my health problem is incurable. If I don't have a child for the rest of my life, I will be miserable enough."

Xu Damao's face was filled with anger. He drank another glass of wine and continued, "Since Wen Juan said the child was mine, I should be the father of the child. I would also have a future. So, I pretended to be very happy and acted with her. After the child is born, don't worry, Dad, I will not let her and her cousin go."

"You are confused. Do you know that if you divorce Wen Juan, the child should belong to the mother in principle? In the end, you will lose everything." Xu Wude shouted to Xu Damao in a low voice.

Xu Damao was stunned. He had never thought about this question. Xu Wude continued, "Have you ever thought about what the consequences would be if you retaliated against them? If you don't retaliate against them, you will end up raising someone else's child. When the child grows up and knows the truth, you will still be left with nothing. Why are you so confused?"

After listening to Xu Wude's words, Xu Damao thought about it. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that what his father said was really possible.

"Dad, what do you think I should do?" Xu Damao asked.

"If you don't make a decision, you will suffer the consequences. Call the police directly and sue them for hooliganism. You must be ruthless when dealing with things like this." Xu Wude said viciously.

Xu Damao also made up his mind, nodded, and started discussing it with his father.

At the Jia family in Qianmen, Jia Zhang was just as upset as Xu Damao. She felt that her son and daughter-in-law had been acting mysterious lately. They would not come home at night every few days and were not seen during the day. The most important thing was that no one cooked for her.

Huaihua is getting married next year and she has her own house, so she doesn't come back often. Not to mention Jia Dang, she is pregnant. Jia Geng has a young child, and he and his wife still have to go to work, so they don't come back often either.

Since Jia Xiaobao didn't get the money here, he didn't come back. But if Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu didn't come back, she would be the only one left in the courtyard. Jia Zhang had a huge sense of crisis, thinking that Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu must be hiding something from her. On this day, Jia Dongxu came back alone, whistling, holding a bottle of wine and an oil-paper bag in his hand, and went to his own east wing in the backyard as soon as he entered the yard.

Jia Zhang had been staring at the yard. When she saw Jia Dongxu coming back, she quickly put on her cotton jacket and ran straight to Jia Dongxu's room. She pushed the door open and saw Jia Dongxu sitting there. On the square table in front of him were a roast chicken, a bottle of wine, and a small bag of peanuts. There was a bottle of wine next to him. He was watching TV and drinking, lighting a cigarette from time to time.

When Jia Zhang saw Jia Dongxu's expression, she was furious and said, "Okay, Dongxu, you are living a good life now. Have you forgotten that you still have a mother?"

When Jia Dongxu saw that it was his mother who came in, he said, "Mom, what are you talking about? I didn't offend you, did I?"

Jia Zhang said, "I didn't provoke me. Do you two want to starve me to death? You are so relieved?"

"Mom, why don't you cook something yourself? There is rice and meat in the kitchen." Jia Dongxu asked puzzledly.

Jia Zhang sat down, unceremoniously broke off a chicken leg and started eating. While eating, she said, "If you don't cook for me, what will I eat? You two are doing this on purpose, just want to starve me to death."

Jia Dongxu said aggrievedly: "Mom, how dare we? Huairu and I bought all the vegetables and put them in the kitchen. You can cook something when you are hungry. Huairu and I are busy."

"What are you busy with? Serving the elderly, respecting the old and loving the young, this is what you should do. Why do you still want me to cook and serve you?" Jia Zhang had finished eating a chicken leg, broke off another one, and said while holding up the chicken leg.

"Mom, Huairu and I really have things to do, can't you just stop worrying about us?" Jia Dongxu said helplessly.

"Come on, tell me, what are you two busy with?" said Jia Zhang.

Jia Dongxu wanted to talk but stopped himself, because Qin Huairu had told him not to talk to Jia Zhang about buying a house.

Jia Zhang suddenly became more and more suspicious, and suspected that the couple must have done something behind her back, so she kept asking.

Jia Dongxu was really helpless after being told so by Jia Zhangshi, so he said to Jia Zhangshi, "Okay, Mom, stop scolding me. I'll tell you what I'll tell you."

Jia Zhang suddenly became quiet. It seemed that the couple really did something behind her back.

Jia Dongxu said: "Huai Ru and I bought a large courtyard in Nanluoguxiang. We plan to open a hotel, which is also something to do. We are currently renovating it, so we are rarely at home these days."

When Jia Zhang heard this, she asked, "Where did you get so much money?"

Jia Dongxu said vigilantly: "We saved this money, but now we have no money."

While eating chicken, Jia Zhang was thinking about the couple's affairs. Jia Dongxu thought that the matter was over and drank by himself.

Jia Zhang suddenly stopped and said, "I understand. You are transferring the deposit. Just now Xiaobao came back to ask for money, and Qin Huairu wanted me to pay. But then you had no money. You are planning to take my money. Qin Huairu, Qin Huairu, you are really good."

Jia Dongxu said guiltily: "No way, Mom, we are just investing to make a little money."

"Who are you trying to fool? You don't even ask who I am. I can see what Qin Huairu is thinking at a glance. I tell you, Jia Dongxu, don't think about my money." Jia Zhang stood up and walked out.

Jia Dongxu let out a sigh of relief. His mother's aura was too scary. No wonder she had been so powerful in the courtyard for so many years.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Wei Xiaobao started to get busy at Yan's Restaurant. He made a good income this year, and his master directly gave him 20% of the profit. He originally did not want to accept it, but Yan Jiekuang said that the money was for his unborn child, and it could be regarded as an advance gift. Only then did Wei Xiaobao accept it.

The same went for the employees of Kodak. They all had a good year, even Jia Dang. Although she was on maternity leave, Ji Lian drove over to deliver her share personally.

Yan Jiekuang went to work on the sixth day of the New Year. Because Tian Guixiang didn't come back, Ji Lian sent the children to Yan Bugui's home. Yan Jiekuang and his wife were worried about them staying at home alone.

Yang Ruiping looked at the children running around in the front and back yards, she was very satisfied. When she had nothing to do, she would make a wedding quilt for Yan Jie Di. Yan Jie Di's marriage had already been decided, and they would get married in March, but because both of them were getting married for the second time, they had no intention of getting married, but the necessary preparations still had to be made.

Yan Bugui has been strolling around Nanluoguxiang recently. He really can't sit still and he doesn't like the noisy children, so he hides away.

On this day, Yan Bugui thought that today was the first day of the opening of his private restaurant, so he planned to go back early to help out. But he didn't expect to run into Jia Dongxu in Heizhima Hutong. He was very surprised. Didn't Jia Dongxu live in Qianmen? Out of curiosity, he secretly followed him.

Jia Dongxu walked hurriedly when he arrived at a yard and went straight in. The gate of the yard was wide open. Yan Bugui was very curious. Looking at the materials at the door, he saw that it was being renovated, so Yan Bugui walked in.

(End of this chapter)