Zhou Bingyi, who returned to the living room with Qian Wen, saw Hao Dongmei teasing the child and smiled himself, and was about to walk over and take a good look at his nephew.
But Zheng Juan's words seemed to have stirred up a hornet's nest.
Not only did Hao Dongmei's face turn pale instantly, but Zhou Bengyi's face turned pale with shock after hearing this.
The two of them seemed to be hiding something, but Zheng Juan accidentally exposed it.
"Juan'er, what's wrong with your sister-in-law? There's something wrong with her health." Li Suhua, who was cheerful at the side, asked hurriedly after hearing this.
But Hao Dongmei and Zhou Bingyi were really frightened, and Zhou Bingyi had sweat on his forehead.
Qian Wen was also stunned. What happened to the two of them?
If you treat a disease, why is it like this? Could it be cancer?
Suddenly, something flashed through Qian Wen's mind. Hao Dongmei seemed to be indeed ill, but this illness left them childless for life.
Zheng Juan didn't reply quickly to Mother Zhou's words, but smiled at Hao Dongmei, "Sister-in-law, I learned my medical skills from Bingkun, why don't you let Bingkun take a look."
Zheng Juan's smile made the two of them feel as warm as a spring breeze. Hao Dongmei and Zhou Bingyi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief without directly telling them about their illness.
"Don't go to such trouble. They are just minor problems. Bingyi took me to see them before I came back." Hao Dongmei waved her hands repeatedly. She did not dare to let her true condition be discovered by her family, otherwise the situation would be unimaginable.
Although I don't know if Juan'er has noticed her infertility condition, but this topic cannot be brought up in front of Zhou's mother.
Zhou Bingyi looked at Qian Wen and said, "Bingkun, there's nothing wrong with your sister-in-law. She just had some minor problems when she jumped in line. She's already been to the hospital, so don't bother.
Xiaokangkang is so cute, I am uncle, my name is uncle."
Zhou Bingyi explained stiffly, then changed the topic and sat next to his wife Hao Dongmei to tease Xiao Kangkang, not wanting to mention his illness at all.
From the exchange of letters, my younger brother became a factory doctor. I was a little surprised, but I didn't care. I just thought that he should be an assistant or something. He had no medical skills, so he just knew how to take medicine and give injections.
But his sister-in-law seemed to have noticed something when she took her pulse just now. He didn't dare to let his younger brother take a look, especially since his mother was right in front of him. He was not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case, in case his wife got sick.
He was afraid that this happy year would turn into a cloud of sorrow and he would not be able to live through it.
Zheng Juan looked at Zhou Bingyi and then at Hao Dongmei. Seeing that the two of them had the same resolute attitude, they seemed to understand something and did not mention the illness.
"Mom, you see my brother and sister-in-law are tired from traveling all the way. They must be hungry now. How about you and Juan'er make some food for them.
As long as I'm here, sister-in-law can still be fine." Qian Wen, who knew a little about it, had the sense to insist on seeing Hao Dongmei. He sat down next to Zheng Juan and patted her hand gently.
Zheng Juan, who was married to him, immediately knew what to do, "Mom, where is the mutton? It's cold today, why don't you drink mutton soup for your elder brother and sister-in-law to ward off the cold."
Except for Zheng Juan, only Li Suhua and Zhou Rong in the family know his medical skills best. Seeing him say this, they are no longer worried, but Li Suhua still wants to talk to his son whom he has not seen for many years.
In the end, Li Suhua went to the kitchen with Zheng Juan.
Upon seeing this, Hao Dongmei stood up and wanted to follow her to help. Qian Wen held the child and whispered, "Sister-in-law, let me feel your pulse."
Zhou Bingyi, who thought he had gotten away with it, looked at him sharply, and Hao Dongmei also froze and stopped.
"Bingkun, you really don't need it, I..." Hao Dongmei resisted their pulse check.
"Mom is in the kitchen, and dad won't be back until tomorrow or tomorrow. I think it's better to talk things out now than it is for Zheng Juan and I to make wild guesses and cause misunderstandings." Qian Wen looked at Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei said.
Hao Dongmei looked at Zhou Bingyi. She was at a loss now. She knew that this matter would be discovered one day and would be known to her family, but she never expected that she would be exposed as soon as she returned home.
She sat down weakly, covered her face with her hands, and cried silently.
The smile disappeared from Zhou Bingyi's face. He was silent for a while, looked back in the direction of the kitchen, and then said in a low voice, "Your sister-in-law accidentally fell into the well while cutting in line. It was the coldest time at that time, and the weather was freezing.
It's cold, people have to wrap up in three layers when going out, and your sister-in-law happens to be on her period.
After I got married, I was still having trouble having children. I went to the hospital for a checkup and was told that it was related to the fall into the well and that I was infertile."
Zhou Bingyi said, taking Xiao Kangkang's little hand, looking at the little appearance, and caressing it gently with affection, "Mom's letter kept urging me and Dongmei, but I can only say that I am busy with work and can't take care of it.
Bingkun, it's not easy for your sister-in-law. I've told you about this. You have to keep it a secret for us and don't let your parents know. Juan'er seems to have just seen something. Please tell her too.
Don't tell Ronger, she can't keep her words, and the less people know, the better.
I really have no choice but to say in the end that I don’t..."
"Unfilial!" Qian Wen said.
It was a low-pitched scolding that immediately stunned Zhou Bingyi.
He ignored Zhou Bingyi and looked at his sister-in-law Hao Dongmei, "Sister-in-law, let me take your pulse."
Hao Dongmei stretched out her wrist at a loss. Who could accept having no children or grandchildren now? The more she was afraid of, the more things she would get. She was scared and uneasy at this moment.
"Bingkun!" Zhou Bingyi thought Qian Wen was unwilling to help him hide it, so he became anxious.
"Shut up!" Qian Wen glanced at him and quietly checked his pulse.
At this moment, Zhou Bingyi didn't know what to do. On one side was his true love, and on the other was the family he couldn't let go of.
The eloquent Zhou Bingyi's mind was spinning crazily, thinking about how to persuade Qian Wen.
But Hao Dongmei has already begun to accept the trial. No family can let their son marry a wife who is infertile. With a wry smile and a slightly miserable face, she looked at Zhou Bingyi infatuatedly, thinking that they might be separated.
After a while.
"Sister-in-law, use the other hand." Qian Wen said.
Hao Dongmei didn't move her head, handed over her other hand without caring, and looked at Zhou Bingyi.
Zhou Bingyi was annoyed, "Bingkun, brother Suan, please, you..."
"Shut up." Qian Wen said coldly again.
"Bingkun!" Zhou Bingyi roared, he would not allow Hao Dongmei to be wronged.
"Shut up if you want children!" Qian Wen glanced at him.
Well, Hao Dongmei, who was already in airplane mode, was online instantly. She looked at him with eyes red from crying and said with trembling lips, "Bingkun..."
Qian Wen nodded, "You have been jumping in line and don't understand the situation at home. Infertility caused by acquired diseases like the sister-in-law is common in the countryside, and I have cured many of it over the years.
Be quiet, don't get excited, I'm feeling your pulse."
Zhou Bingyi, who was still angry, immediately turned off the engine. He and Hao Dongmei waited expectantly, not daring to make a single sound.
A few minutes later.
"Wow wow wow~" Xiao Kangkang suddenly started crying.
"Kun'er, what's wrong with Kangkang?" Li Suhua heard the sound and hurriedly ran out of the kitchen.
Qian Wen calmly took back his hand, "Maybe he's hungry."
"Then you don't feed Xiao Kangkang." Li Suhua took the child away reproachfully.
As soon as Li Suhua left, Zhou Bingyi and his wife, who pretended to be nonchalant, looked directly at him.
"It's not a big problem, prepare to take medicine and have a baby." Qian Wen's words were very calm, but in Zhou Bingyi's ears, it was like a bolt from the blue.
Zhou Bingyi was stunned at first, then the corners of his mouth raised, and then he was ecstatic.
Hao Dongmei cried again.
"Bingkun, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that I and your sister-in-law have been to many hospitals..." Zhou Bingyi was happy, but he still had some doubts that Qian Wen was comforting them.
"If nothing happens, I will ride my bicycle and take my sister-in-law to the district hospital, a large hospital, or the nearby countryside to ask if I can treat her.
In fact, you can wait until Zhou Rong comes back and ask her, she knows me very well." Qian Wen stood up and walked to the second floor.
After walking a few steps and seeing Zhou Bingyi, Hao Dongmei and Hao Dongmei were still stunned on the spot, whispering, "What are you still doing? Come up to the second floor with me. Mom is downstairs. How can I write you a prescription and ask for a diagnosis?"
"Oh oh oh." Zhou Bingyi stood up hurriedly.
On the second floor, the study room.
Qian Wen asked about the condition of the disease in detail before he began to prescribe medicine.
He handed over the written prescription. Before Zhou Bingyi could take it, Hao Dongmei snatched it away and looked at it expectantly.
"I will drink this medicine for a month first to regulate my body. After one month, I will take my sister-in-law's pulse and prescribe medicine according to the situation.
The minimum duration of this treatment is three months, and the duration may be more than a year. Abstinence, don’t be impatient, and maintain a good attitude." Qian Wen ordered the doctor.
Hao Dongmei nodded repeatedly.
"Bingkun, it can really be cured." Zhou Bingyi still couldn't believe it.
What they had already sentenced to death in their hearts was resolved so lightly by their younger brother when they returned home?
"After dinner, go out for a walk, you don't know much.
Also, think about how your sister-in-law will consult you every month in the future, Jichun City is not close to the Construction Corps."
Now Hao Dongmei and Zhou Bingyi need some time alone to digest the ups and downs in their hearts. Qian Wen told Hao Dongmei some taboos and went downstairs.
After Qian Wen left, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei looked at each other, yes, why do they come back every month?
Zhou Bingyi also learned from Li Suhua what had happened at home in the past six years. It felt quite magical, just like when Zhou Zhigang came back for the first time.
The younger brother became a factory doctor, renovated his home, became a night school teacher and an English teacher. His medical skills were well-known in Jichun City, and it was difficult to find a doctor.
He was a little dizzy at this moment. It was because he had stayed in the Construction Corps for too long or because his younger brother changed too quickly.
After the meal, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei went out on their bicycles.
After returning, Hao Dongmei was full of confidence in her condition.
Just asking, do you know Zhou Bingkun?
It's all praise, especially knowing that they are Zhou Bingkun's eldest brother and sister-in-law, but they still insist on sending gifts. No matter what difficult and complicated diseases, as long as they give them prescriptions, they will be cured.
When she came back, Hao Dongmei thanked Qian Wen and was so enthusiastic about him that Li Suhua felt something was wrong.
"Bingkun, Dongmei and I will try to return to our hometown this time. This monthly consultation will not be missed.
Big brother, thank you." Zhou Bingyi hugged him heavily.
In the evening, Zhou Rong came back after spending a day outdoors.
"Ah, big brother." Zhou Rong screamed as soon as she entered the door.
The second sentence is, "Brother, Zhou Bingkun bullied me and bullied me for six years. You have to help me train him."
The most irritating thing is that when he meets everyone, he always says that I am the youngest of the Zhou family and he is the second brother. Big brother, you have to uphold justice for me."
Qian Wen was watching black and white TV with his son and forgot about her. Seeing Zhou Rong getting ready to complain, he said calmly, "Little sister, please keep your voice down, Kangkang is still young, so don't scare him.
When Kangkang calls someone, call her little aunt."
"Little aunt." Xiao Kangkang said while eating his fingers.
"Brother, look." Zhou Rong jumped angrily.
Now except for Zheng Juan who still calls him second sister, no one recognizes her status as the second eldest son of the old Zhou family, including Zhou's mother. It has become a natural habit.
Zhou Bingyi smiled awkwardly. He heard what his mother said about the situation of his younger brother and younger sister. He couldn't stop sorting things out and getting confused. Then he changed the topic, "Rong'er, how are you and Cai Xiaoguang doing?"
Such blunt favoritism made it difficult for Zhou Rong, who thought she was being favored in front of her eldest brother, to accept it. She pointed at her eldest brother Zhou Bingkun and held it in for a long time before saying, "Brother, you have changed."
Hao Dongmei quickly calmed down the atmosphere and said, "Drink some water."
"Sister-in-law, why are you doing this? It's obviously Zhou Bingkun's fault, why didn't you say it!" Zhou Rong said angrily.
Do you know how much hope and expectation she has for the return of her eldest brother Zhou Bingyi?
She was just waiting for her eldest brother, who was always fair and fair, and doted on her, to give justice to her for the past six years of hard work, to say a fair word, and to give a lesson to Zhou Bingkun, who was becoming more and more lawless and treating her like nothing.
But the result is that nothing can be done and nothing can be done.
At least you can act like it and say something so that she won't be so angry.
"Actually, the youngest in the family is quite good. She is favored and she is a girl. Good things, my brothers will stick to you first." Hao Dongmei advised.
Zhou Rong was stunned.
"Zhou Bingkun, what kind of medicine did you give to your elder brother and sister-in-law? I'm going to the police station to sue you. This is illegal!"
Now that the child's affairs are entirely dependent on him, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei are too late to be grateful. How could they get sidetracked just because of some minor conflicts between the siblings? What's more, the youngest in the family is really popular, right?
Qian Wen, on behalf of Zhou Bingkun, said, "Haha!"
Zhou Bingyi, who had been given six years of expectations by Zhou Rong, was of no use at all, which made her furious. Li Suhua asked her not to eat. She was so angry that she went to her room on the second floor and did not come out.
"This child, the older he gets, the more disobedient he becomes." Li Suhua muttered every day.
During the period of queue jumping, Qian Wen and Zhou Rong rarely met and there was no conflict between them.
But since Zhou Rong returned to her hometown and was idle at home while waiting for a job, Qian Wen trained her and made her a housewife.
You must know that Zhou Rong hates cooking. It's not that she doesn't know how to cook, but she doesn't want to do it.
In the play with Feng Huacheng, Feng Huacheng cooks every day. Zhou Rong never touches Yangchun water. She cooks at home every day when she returns home. How can she match her cultural temperament? She is all firewood, which makes her very angry.
When I jump in line, I always take turns cooking, but when I get home, I just stop cooking for her, which is annoying.
But because she is already 25 years old, has no partner, and has no job, even Li Suhua is a little annoyed with her as a girl.
Only distance can create beauty. Today, Li Suhua's eyes are wandering, and she is still wandering around doing nothing. Even if she is being pampered, Li Suhua will get annoyed, and she will mutter a few words from time to time.
People are used to compare. Qian Wen is doing well outside, has a job, and is praised by outsiders, while Li Suhua is shining brightly when she goes out.
Zhou Rong is an old girl, unemployed, and talks back from time to time. Li Suhua rarely mentions Zhou Rong when she goes out.
What are you talking about? Do you mean that my girl has no job and is not married?
It's all embarrassing.
Talking to the neighbors.
Therefore, neither Zhou Rong nor Qian Wen deliberately targeted Zhou Rong after returning home, but Zhou Rong became hostile to him.
Everyone was annoyed by the comparisons between other children's children, and Zhou Rong hated Zhong anyway.
Moreover, Qian Wen didn't like her, so she spent her whole life in depression.
Finally, Cai Xiaoguang introduced her to a job, and she was able to leave her job as a housewife.
But she was full of confidence and had just started working. Compared with Qian Wen, she was exhausted day by day. Qian Wen carried his beloved wife Zheng Juan every day, day and night, and lived a happy life.
She is autistic.
This time, the elder brother didn't help. Zhou Rong didn't take off her shoes in the room, so she lay on the bed and cried.
"Too bullying~"
"Woooooo~"
Downstairs, Hao Dongmei was playing with Xiao Kangkang.
Zhou Bingyi told some interesting things about the Construction Corps, Qian Wen told some things that happened at home during Zhou Bingyi's absence in the past six years, and Li Suhua interrupted with a smile to fill in the gaps.
Zheng Juan looked up at everyone, smiled quietly, and kept her hands free, cutting the window grilles for the New Year with Li Suhua.
There is warmth in the home.
night.
The room was warm and had an extra hint of pink.
"Brother, is sister-in-law's illness due to infertility?" Zheng Juan lay in Qian Wen's arms, twirling her hair in her hands and licking it back and forth.
"Well, my sister-in-law accidentally got the disease when she jumped in line." Qian Wen of Sage Time closed his eyes slightly and quietly enjoyed the moment.
"Can it be cured? When I checked my pulse, it felt quite serious." Zheng Juan asked with a flushed face.
“First regulate, then treat the disease and remove the root.
There’s no big problem, it’s just that the treatment time is longer.”
"That sister-in-law is so far away from Jichun City..."
"Then it depends on their choice. I am only responsible for treating patients."
Zhou Bingyi, Hao Dongmei's room.
"Isn't the medicine very bitter?"
In order to cure the disease as soon as possible, after learning about his medical skills, Hao Dongmei hurriedly bought the medicine.
Hao Dongmei drank a large bowl of brown medicinal soup with an indescribable bitter taste.
Hao Dongmei shook her head, touched her belly, and hugged Zhou Bingyi's waist, "It's not bitter, I just want to have our child as soon as possible."
"There must be some. Bingkun's medical skills are so great. Didn't we also ask? There are several incurable infertility cases in big hospitals that were cured by Bingkun.
Just keep it in your heart that our child will be as cute and beautiful as Xiao Kangkang.
Then we will take him to eat candied haws, go skating, and watch movies..." Zhou Bingyi said longingly.
How could he not want to have a child? Just for Hao Dongmei, he had been pretending not to care. Now he is fine and there is hope.
"Yeah." Hao Dongmei nodded heavily.
Zhou Rong's room.
"Zhou Bingkun, I am your second sister, you are so presumptuous!" Zhou Rong, who was sleeping, murmured to herself.
Xiao Kangkang fell asleep soundly in Li Suhua's room. The little guy was very sleepy and rarely cried or fussed at night.
"Zhigang should be back soon. We will finally be reunited this year." Li Suhua, who was not asleep yet, tucked the corner of Xiao Kangkang's back and counted on her fingers when Zhou Zhigang would come back.
She had been looking forward to this moment for a long time.
The old Zhou family will be reunited in 1976 after many years in 1969.
There was light snow falling outside, and the wind was biting.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
Due to some things some time ago, it was difficult to determine the update time, which was always erratic.
It's almost done now. The update time will be around 0:00 in the morning. Just check it in the morning.
First of all, I want to apologize to the bosses, I'm sorry.