The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

Grandma Xia nodded repeatedly: "I'm fine, fine..." As she spoke, she thought of Grandma Li and her eyes became wet. "Auntie Li is only two years older than me..."

Zhu Xiaomin took the opportunity to ask: "Grandma Xia, were you present on the day when Grandma Li had the accident? What happened?"

Grandma Xia shook her head repeatedly, and finally said, "You kids don't know, at that time, Qian Er's wife was engaged to Li Changzheng, but before they got married, Li Changzheng died, and she became a widow, and a few days later she married Qian Er as his second wife."

Is there such a thing?

Zhu Xiaomin was surprised.

Xia Chunhua was also surprised: "Grandma, why haven't I heard of it?"

Grandma Xia sighed, "Your Uncle Li Changzheng is Grandma Li's worry. Everyone is afraid of upsetting her, so they don't mention him much. As time goes by, everyone forgets about him. If she hadn't gotten into trouble this time, I wouldn't have remembered him either."

Xie Chengzhi frowned and asked, "It's an old story. Grandma Li's son is gone, so it's normal for her to remarry. Why are you arguing about it again and pushing someone down?"

Grandma Xia sighed, "It seems that day, Aunt Li saw something that Qian Er's wife took, and she got excited. She grabbed her and asked her about it, saying that she was hurting people. The two of them quarreled, and she pushed her, and Aunt Li fell down and fainted on the spot."

"What is that?" Zhu Xiaomin was puzzled.

In this remote place, what could Grandma Li's son have that Aunt Qian had left behind for more than 20 years? Even if there was something, it was not unusual for the two to have been engaged when they were young. Why was Grandma Li so excited when she had lost her son?

Grandma Xia shook her head: "I don't know."

Li Wenze couldn't help but ask: "She hurt someone, didn't anyone care?"

Grandma Xia was helpless: "Which wives in this village don't fight? How can we control them?"

Li Wenzhe stopped talking.

After leaving Grandma Xia's house, several people turned back and went to Aunt Huang Liu's house, but did not ask any more questions.

On the way back, they passed by the yard of widow Qian Zhuang. Nie Yifei was sitting in the yard picking vegetables. When he saw a few people coming, he just looked up and quickly lowered his head.

Walking a little further away, Xia Chunhua tugged at Zhu Xiaomin's sleeve and whispered, "That Shi Zhiqing looks like she's about to give birth again."

"What?" Zhu Xiaomin was startled and asked with certainty, "Shi Meijun?"

Xia Chunhua nodded: "Yes, it was not noticeable in the winter before, but in the spring, when she changed into tight clothes, her belly suddenly showed up. She said she got pregnant before the Chinese New Year, but it looks so big to me, as if she's going to give birth soon."

This is similar to the last time, less than a year after her previous child.

Zhu Xiaomin was surprised: "Whose?"

Xia Chunhua suppressed her laughter and said, "She said it was Nie Zhiqing's fault, and that caused those two people to have another fight, but Nie Zhiqing refused to admit it."

Thinking of Shi Meijun's three previous children, Nie Yifei refused to acknowledge any of them. The team urged them to register them, so he gave all the children the surname Qian and registered them under the household registration of widow Qian Zhuang.

Zhu Xiaomin was speechless for a while before she asked, "Why didn't anyone from the brigade or the Women's Committee ask about this?"

"Why didn't you ask? But she insisted that it was Nie Zhiqing's, and said that she and Nie Zhiqing had not divorced. She said that she was the first wife and Qian Zhuang's widow was the concubine, and the brigade cadres couldn't do anything about her." Xia Chunhua felt helpless.

As the saying goes, even a judge cannot judge family affairs. At the beginning, Nie Yifei unilaterally applied for divorce. Although it was approved by the organization, Shi Meijun insisted that she did not agree. Now the three of them are living in such a mess, and others really can't do anything about it.

Zhu Xiaomin laughed: "Is it Nie Yifei's? Can't Nie Yifei explain it clearly? I remember that when we took the college entrance examination, she also signed up. Was she pregnant at that time?"

Xia Chunhua shook her head: "That time she was taken away by the widow Qian Zhuang's brother and was sent back ten days later. We discussed privately that maybe the child was the child of one of the widow Qian Zhuang's brothers."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "But why did she say it was Nie Yifei's?"

"Nie Zhiqing had her legs broken. After she came back, widow Qian Zhuang left her to take care of her, including taking care of her excrement and urine. She said that was what happened at that time. Widow Qian Zhuang was so angry, but there was nothing she could do," said Xia Chunhua.

From this perspective, it’s really hard to say.

Zhu Xiaomin laughed: "That's right, Widow Qian Zhuang still lets Nie Yifei do what he wants, which is good for him."

It's working time now, and judging from Nie Yifei's appearance, he should have just gone to his private plot to pick some vegetables.

He can't earn many work points and is also a lazy person.

Xia Chunhua also smiled and said, "What's there to worry about if I can't earn work points? Nie Yifei's family sends money every month. Isn't that better than earning work points?"

makes sense!

Zhu Xiaomin smiled.

When they arrived at the threshing ground, the tractor was already waiting there. Xia Chunhua was very reluctant to leave, so she hugged her arm and complained in a low voice: "Usually you would stay for a few days when you came back, so at least we could have a meal together. This time you just came back to sit for a while."

Zhu Xiaomin shook her hand and said with a smile: "I've been in the factory these days. If you have anything, just come to me. If you have time, go to Beijing."

Xia Chunhua knew that going to the capital was just talk, so she nodded and watched her get on the tractor. She waited until the tractor disappeared in the rising yellow earth before she slowly went back.

When we got back to the factory, it was lunch time. Yang Junqing came over to sit with us and reported on the progress of the factory renovation: "We can build all the walls today. The doors are already being built and will be installed tomorrow."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Once the rules are finalized, post them."

Yang Junqing nodded and agreed: "It just so happens that the factory is going to change the new bulletin board, so let's announce it there first, and then make a few copies and send them to each workshop."

After hearing that he had already made arrangements, Zhu Xiaomin stopped asking questions.

After lunch, Xie Chengzhi and Chen Xudong went to help supervise the work. Zhu Xiaomin went back to the office. Bai Guihua followed her and whispered, "Sister Xiaomin, I asked. Guess what?"

"What's the matter?" Zhu Xiaomin laughed.

Bai Guihua's eyes lit up: "As for Fang Zhiqing's matter, you know what, an old lady's daughter saw her letter."

"The letter she wrote before she married Chang Dalin? Do you know what it said?" Zhu Xiaomin asked immediately.

Bai Guihua nodded: "She only attended literacy classes for a few days, so she doesn't recognize many characters, but she can understand the general idea."

"What did she say?" Zhu Xiaomin asked.

"She said that the letter described what happened at home, probably something happened, and it was her fault. The person scolded her and said they wanted to arrange her marriage. There was a man, but she couldn't remember his name, but it was a man anyway," said Bai Guihua.

"Her family arranged a marriage for her, and there's a man's name?" Zhu Xiaomin was surprised.

Bai Guihua nodded: "Yes, she just took a sneak peek and didn't remember anything."

If this is true, something must have happened in Fang Qing's family, and arranging her to get married should have been helpful to her family. However, after crying for a few days, she quickly married Chang Dalin.

It seems that in Fang Qing's eyes, the person arranged by her family is not as good as Chang Dalin.

Zhu Xiaomin quickly connected the cause and effect of this incident.