Chapter 159: No Regrets For The Past
Lu Qiaoge moved quickly and supported Old Ding Man, saying mildly in her mouth, “Grandpa Ding, the words aren’t even finished yet. Don’t get so emotional. No matter what the matter is, there will always be a method to solve it, right?”
This family’s situation was a bit special. From the perspective of emotion and reason, Lu Qiaoge felt that Chen Ying’s approach was not wrong.
Back then, they had sworn solemnly that they wouldn’t give anything and there was no need for them to raise them.
But in the end, when they got old, they went back on their word.
Who didn’t know that life was harder when they were young than it is now.
They had to be busy with work and take care of young children.
And the old man could help his children with a lot when they were young.
But from the perspective of morality or even law, Old Ding Man and Old Ding Woman’s demands were reasonable.
Even if your father was a criminal, you still had the obligation to provide for him when he got old.
It had nothing to do with whether he helped you or not!
But this providing for them also came in many situations; it didn’t necessarily mean they had to be brought home, right?
Lu Qiaoge’s notebook had quite a bit of important information she had collected and recorded.
One page recorded the housing conditions in the area she was responsible for.
Just as Lu Qiaoge was about to take out her notebook, a grey pigeon flapped over and landed on the window sill, pecking at the window a few times with its beak, tap tap tap.
Naturally, it attracted the attention of the people inside the house.
Lu Qiaoge also lifted her eyes to look over.
This was the leader of that group of pigeons, called Xiao Hui.
This was the name she had given it.
It wasn’t the grey of grey color, but the hui of brilliance.
The xiao wasn’t the small of size, but the xiao of dawn breaking.
It had to be said that this grey pigeon was a pigeon with a lot of ideas.
Then Lu Qiaoge heard the information that the grey pigeon was reporting to her.
【Ding Jianshe didn’t dare to bring his parents over, mainly because he actually had a handle on him in that Chen Ying’s hands.】
【Twelve years ago, Ding Jianshe went on a business trip to the mine and slept with a waitress at the guesthouse. Then the waitress gave birth to a child. Now, he has to give his entire salary every month to that woman to raise the child; it’s been almost twelve years.】
【That woman also had a family, but her husband at home was chronically ill.】
【She and that man had no children.】
【The child that Ding Jianshe and that woman had was a son. Not only did he have to give all his salary to that woman, but in the future, when that son got married, Ding Jianshe would have to take care of it too.】
【Ding Jianshe didn’t want to say it at first, but later he had no method and could only confess to Chen Ying.】
【Chen Ying wanted a divorce, but Ding Jianshe didn’t agree.】
【Although Ding Jianshe wasn’t a good husband, he was a good father. He was very good to his daughter and son, and the two children loved their dad very much.】
【It was because of these reasons that the two of them didn’t divorce. Of course, the biggest reason was still that Chen Ying wanted to help Ding Jianshe keep this matter covered up.
Because the money every month was remitted by Chen Ying, others all thought she was remitting money to her mother’s home. The people who knew praised Ding Jianshe as a good husband and good son-in-law, praising him for not minding his wife helping out her mother’s home.】
Lu Qiaoge was still a bit dumbfounded.
Goodness, this was really unexpected.
No wonder Chen Ying said whatever and he stayed silent. This was because he was afraid of ruining his reputation.
Yeah, if they divorced, no one would help him remit the money anymore.
Although after divorce he could remit the money himself.
But he didn’t dare to bet on Chen Ying.
If Chen Ying turned hostile, he absolutely wouldn’t get any good out of it.
Over there, Ding Laoda’s wife was still saying, “Mom and Dad are in good health now and can take care of themselves. Although they’re old, our mom can still cook now.
My home really has no place to live. If there was a place, would I send Mom and Dad to you here?
You know, now the neighbors on the street are pointing at my back and cursing me. I really have no method.
I can’t let Mom and Dad live in the granddaughter-in-law’s new house.
You know Dandan is the one my son finally married into the family after much hardship. Her family conditions are so good, and for her to marry into our Ding Family, it’s like our ancestors burned incense.
I’m really at my wit’s end here.
Chen Ying, how about this: let them stay at your place for a while first. If housing really gets divided later, I’ll take Mom and Dad back. What do you think?”
Dividing housing?
Who would believe that?
Not even a ghost would believe it!
Although the military factory had a superior status, it hadn’t built houses for many years. Now the country was in difficulty, the factory was in difficulty, and the national defense project couldn’t have any slip-ups.
It was fine for the workers to suffer a bit or be tired a bit; they all had to go all out to complete every task assigned from above.
So funds wouldn’t be put into unimportant housing.
It was said there had been no plans to build houses in the past decade.
Especially now with a new project starting up, it was even more remote.
What doesn’t cost money?
Even a screw on a weapon costs money to make.
Chen Ying’s resentful gaze turned toward the silent Ding Jianshe. Gritting her teeth, she said pointedly yet carrying a threat, “Ding Jianshe, if you want to live your days peacefully and steadily, then properly solve your parents’ matter. Otherwise, don’t blame me for not being polite!”
Ding Jianshe suddenly stood up.
He irritably grabbed a handful of his hair, his eyes bloodshot as he looked at his father and mother standing in the doorway.
Why?
Why did they all have to make things so difficult for him one by one?
The mine side was watching him closely, treating him like he was dead weight. His salary was given without missing a cent, and he even had to mail over grain ration tickets and welfare tickets to the other side. Every month, only some bonus was left to sustain life. If not for overtime pay, this family would have fallen apart long ago.
He was just an ordinary technician.
He got such a big house because he made contributions to the work unit.
He hadn’t expected that the mistake he made in a moment of confusion would bring him such big trouble.
It was one thing that his parents couldn’t help him, but now they were adding insult to injury.
And the most important situation now was that his elderly parents wanted to move in.
But Chen Ying resolutely disagreed.
He understood her.
So no matter what Chen Ying said or did, he wouldn’t stop her.
Even if he was scolded by his father as a good-for-nothing.
Because he had let down Chen Ying, let down this family, and also let down his pair of children.
His face was upheld by Chen Ying.
He was grateful to this woman.
At the same time, he resented himself immensely for that moment of confusion back then.
He was just an ordinary man; how could he have the skill to support two families?
He was now mentally and physically exhausted.
He only felt that living was too hard; he was just a waste who didn’t dare face reality!
At this time, Old Ding Man slapped the table next to him with a smack, tears streaming down his old face, “Good, good, good. This old thing who should be dead has really become a burden now. There’s no place that can accommodate me and your mom. Why are we still alive? Old woman, let’s go jump in the river and die, so we don’t get pushed around and despised by people.”
With that, he pulled Old Ding Woman and walked out.
Lu Qiaoge and Sister Qiao exchanged a glance. They definitely couldn’t just watch, so the two of them held back Old Ding Woman.
Ding Laoda then grabbed Old Ding Man, glanced at the two cadres from the neighborhood committee, frowned and said, “Dad, don’t be so impulsive. Second Brother just couldn’t think straight for a moment. Besides, back then it really was our fault.”
At this point, Ding Laoda looked toward Ding Jianshe, who was standing there in a daze…
