Chapter 62
Ye Qingzhi had hesitated before, wondering whether to interfere with the birth of the female lead. She was afraid of disrupting the world’s timeline, or even causing this small world to collapse.
In fact, because of her arrival, her and her children’s fates had already changed greatly. In the future, Anmin might not have any entanglement with the female lead.
Even if they did meet, Ye Qingzhi knew that Wei Jiancheng was alive. So after Anmin and Anjie took the college entrance exam, she would tell them everything about Wei Jiancheng. Ye Anmin would definitely not have feelings for Wei Jiancheng and Su Mengwan’s daughter.
As long as Ye Anmin did not fall in love with Su Nuan, all the subsequent events would not happen.
In this way, she did not need to treat the female lead as a great enemy.
“What are you thinking about?” He Qiming asked, coming home from work and seeing Ye Qingzhi staring blankly at the sink. The faucet was still on, and she hadn’t even noticed the water overflowing.
Seeing He Qiming turn off the faucet, Ye Qingzhi finally came back to her senses. “I was thinking about Sister Jinfeng. Her fifth child is still a daughter. Just after she came out of the delivery room, Sister Jinfeng cried and said sorry to Battalion Commander Li. It made my heart ache to see it. From the looks of it, they’re probably going to keep trying.”
The idea of having a son to carry on the family line was too deeply ingrained. Even 50 years later, there would still be many people who wanted to have a son, let alone in this era, and in the countryside.
But Li Jinfeng had already had five children. If the sixth, seventh, and eighth were all daughters, would she really keep having them?
“Did Li Jinfeng give birth? Everyone has their own ideas. We outsiders shouldn’t interfere with what a husband and wife have discussed,” He Qiming said, wringing out the clothes and handing them to Ye Qingzhi to hang up.
Every family had its own problems, especially between a husband and wife. Outsiders could not interfere at all. Besides, Li Jinfeng herself was willing.
“I didn’t interfere. I just feel uncomfortable in my heart. Is a boy or a girl really that important? The Chairman has said that women hold up half the sky. It’s different from before. Don’t women also work in the fields, work to earn money, and become teachers to educate people, doctors to save lives, and scientists to contribute to the country?”
“That’s right. Female comrades are the same as male comrades. They can both support their families and contribute to the country. It’s just that some people’s ideological awareness is not high. This will take time to change,” He Qiming said with a laugh, pinching Ye Qingzhi’s cheek. “Don’t be angry. What’s for dinner?”
This concept, which had been passed down for thousands of years, was very difficult to change. Even He Qiming could not say that he did not want a son.
But there was one thing he was sure of. If it were him and Ye Qingzhi, he would not let Ye Qingzhi have one child after another just for a son.
“Potato braised rice,” she said. Ye Qingzhi had also added green beans and bottle gourd, and had also made a cucumber salad and a tomato salad with sugar.
The new potatoes from this year were particularly tender, and the skin came off with just a touch. With a small piece of cured meat, it was incredibly fragrant. He Qiming and the children all loved to eat it.
“Mama, did Auntie Li have a baby? Is it a little brother or a little sister?” Ye Anjie asked curiously.
Ye Qingzhi gave the cured meat to He Qiming. She did not like cured meat, perhaps because she had eaten too much of it in her childhood in her past life.
“Yes, she was born at noon. It’s a little sister,” Ye Qingzhi said, seeing that Yangyang was about to secretly give his green beans to Ye Anmin. She tapped his bowl with her chopsticks and looked at him without speaking.
Yangyang looked at Ye Qingzhi, then at He Qiming, and silently took back the green beans he had given to Ye Anmin.
“Don’t always spoil him. Children should eat more green vegetables so they can get sick less often,” Ye Qingzhi said to Ye Anmin.
Seeing his brother being told off, Ye Anjie grinned and made a face at him. He turned to ask Ye Qingzhi, “Mama, I feel that Sister Wenshu is not very happy.”
Girls matured early. Li Wenshu, who was almost eight, knew that her parents wanted a younger brother, and also knew that it would be better if Li Jinfeng had a boy.
After dinner, the children helped Ye Qingzhi clean up before they went to do their homework. Ye Qingzhi did not stop them.
“Have the children gone to bed?” Ye Qingzhi asked, coming out from her shower and not seeing the few children.
“Yes, I had them go back to their own rooms,” He Qiming said, hugging Ye Qingzhi. “Do you know about what happened with Old Xu’s wife being pregnant?”
“I know. I even saw her at the hospital. How did you know?” Had the news already spread to the military camp?
Don’t think that only women gossip. In fact, men gossip even more.
The whole military region knew that Xu Kaisheng and Bai Xue had been married for five years without children and had even gotten a divorce because of it.
Now that they had remarried on the same day, many people were betting on who would get pregnant first, Zeng Huijun or Bai Xue.
Today, Zeng Huijun’s results had come out. She had excitedly gone to find Xu Kaisheng. Many people had heard her say she was pregnant, so the news had also spread in the military region.
Speaking of pregnancy, Ye Qingzhi patted He Qiming’s arm. “Do you know about Su Mengwan being pregnant?”
He Qiming nodded. “I know. I didn’t think it was a big deal, so I didn’t tell you.”
“Wrong. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles. Next time, you should still tell me any news about Wei Jiancheng,” she said. In any case, Ye Qingzhi did not want him to have it too good. If she had to trip him up, she would.
“The things Wei Jiancheng has done, I’m afraid they will dirty your ears if I tell you,” He Qiming said, thinking for a moment and picking a few things to tell Ye Qingzhi.
He was the deputy director of the factory’s Revolutionary Committee. Every day, he was either educating this person or criticizing that one.
After he had gone back with Su Mengwan last year, in order to climb up, he had framed his superior’s rival, causing that family to either die or be sent down.
In addition, besides Su Mengwan, he also had other women outside, and more than one.
In his second year in Wushi, he had gotten involved with a female leader in the factory and had been promoted through her. During this time, that female leader had given birth to a daughter. It was still under investigation whether she was Wei Jiancheng’s.
Later, he had sold his job and become Wei Guangming, taking over Wei Guangming’s father’s job. He had cut off all contact with his colleagues from his previous unit, including that female leader.
“After becoming Wei Guangming, he had a very ambiguous relationship with a female comrade in his new unit, who was also a married woman. During this time, she had a son and a daughter. According to the investigator, these two children look very much like Wei Guangming. You can tell at a glance that they are his.”
Ye Qingzhi’s eyes widened. She had thought she was just spreading rumors, but it turned out that Wei Jiancheng was for real, and even more exaggerated than her rumors.
Wei Jiancheng not only had women, but he also left his seeds everywhere.
He had so many illegitimate children now. Then when he was in a high position, it was impossible for him not to have women, and it was impossible for him not to have children.
No wonder he was so indifferent to Anmin and Anjie. Because he did not lack sons at all.
“Is there more?” Ye Qingzhi’s tone was calm.
He Qiming gently stroked her back. “After he became the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee, he kept a high school girl. She’s now been arranged to work at a guesthouse.”
“I’m fine,” Ye Qingzhi said, seeing He Qiming’s worried look. She smiled and kissed his mouth. “I’m really fine. Didn’t I tell you before? I have no feelings for Wei Jiancheng anymore. I just think of him as the father of my two children, and it makes me a little disgusted.”
“You’re wrong. I am Anmin and Anjie’s father. He is not worthy,” He Qiming said, hugging Ye Qingzhi tightly and kissing her forehead. “Qingzhi, if you want to take revenge, just one complaint letter, and even if Wei Jiancheng doesn’t die, he will be skinned.”
Ye Qingzhi shook her head. “That would be too easy for him. Let’s wait.”
In the original novel, Anmin and Anjie had died so tragically. To just have him sent down for re-education was too easy for him.
Let him be smug for a while. When the time was right, she would make him lose his reputation, his family would be torn apart, he would rot in jail, and just like Anjie, he would die a tragic death in jail and not have a good end.
He Qiming held Ye Qingzhi’s hand and said gently, “Alright, don’t be angry. There’s no need to be angry for someone who is worse than an animal.”
Ye Qingzhi was not angry. She just felt it was not worth it for the original host. For such a scumbag, she had been a widow for her whole life and had even died early from overwork. The two sons she had raised through great hardship had also been killed by Wei Jiancheng. It was truly tragic.
“I’m not angry. Qiming, is there any news from Nanhu Province? Is Zhang Xianjuan still looking for your comrade?” Ye Qingzhi asked, changing the subject.
Besides being thick-skinned, Zhang Xianjuan was also very persistent. After they had received the third letter, they had received the fourth one just two days later. After that, it was one every other day. They had received a total of eleven letters.
Eleven whole letters. The guard and He Qiming’s clerk were both curious about what was wrong with his comrade, to be writing one letter after another.
It was like this on their side. Lin Xiaohu’s side was even more annoyed. Zhang Xianjuan not only went to his house to find him, but she also went to the police station to block him.
“She’s still looking. The court has already passed the sentence, and the person has already been sent down to Xinjiang. She still hasn’t given up,” He Qiming said. He also had a headache for Lin Xiaohu.
This woman was really too difficult to deal with. The case had already been closed, yet she still wanted to pester Lin Xiaohu to overturn the verdict for her younger brother-in-law.
“It’s just her younger brother-in-law, not her current husband. Why is she so persistent?” Ye Qingzhi couldn’t help but say.
After saying this, Ye Qingzhi and He Qiming exchanged a look. They both felt they had found the problem.
“Do you think, could it be that Zhang Xianjuan and her younger brother-in-law…” Ye Qingzhi asked, raising her eyebrows meaningfully.
He Qiming pondered for a moment. “I’ll call Old Lin tomorrow and have him investigate.”
Zhang Xianjuan’s current husband was a peddler at the supply and marketing cooperative, the kind who carried goods to the countryside to sell. He would be gone for several days, sometimes seven or eight days. Zhang Xianjuan herself was not a faithful person. Her husband was often on business trips, and she was in the same room with her younger brother-in-law all day, seeing each other all the time. It seemed it was not impossible.
Otherwise, it was hard to explain why she was so attentive. It was not her biological brother.
The next day, He Qiming went to the office and called Lin Xiaohu, but he was not there.
It was not until past two in the afternoon that Lin Xiaohu called He Qiming back, saying that he had been out on a case and had called him back as soon as he returned to the police station.
“Old Lin, go and investigate the relationship between Zhang Xianjuan and her younger brother-in-law. Investigate it carefully,” He Qiming said in a low voice.
Lin Xiaohu was also taken aback for a moment, then he reacted. “Are you saying, they…”
“It’s not impossible,” He Qiming said.
Lin Xiaohu slapped the table. That’s right. Why hadn’t he thought of that? With Zhang Xianjuan and her younger brother-in-law’s character, it was not something they couldn’t do.
If it was true, hah, Zhang Xianjuan’s future must be very exciting. In any case, he couldn’t let her have the time to harass him again.