Surprise! The rough husband is the hidden boss of the period literature

Chapter 417 Ze Gang
Seeing that Kong Lijuan's tears were still wet, Shen Jinju asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

When she asked, Kong Lijuan burst into tears, "I just feel like my life is so miserable!"

Shen Jinju said, "Tell me what's wrong!"

Kong Lijuan cried, “I really can’t go on living like this. I can manage by myself, but now I see my son Niu Dan cooking with me, and I feel like I’m being fried in oil.”

We're all born into this world to be reborn. Looking at other people's children, and then at my own son, Niu Dan, my heart feels like it's being soaked in bitter water.

She wiped away her tears and sobbed, "I'm so sorry to my Niu Dan, I'm so sorry to him. I brought him into this world to suffer. I don't deserve to be a mother!"

Shen Jinju didn't actually have much affection for Kong Lijuan, but at this moment, she was moved by her words.

As a mother myself, she could empathize with me deeply.

In particular, when Kong Lijuan talked about the grievances her child suffered at the Sun family's house, and looked at the thin and frail child, her eyes also reddened. "It's good that you care about him. You had no other choice."

Kong Lijuan wiped away her tears and gritted her teeth, saying, "There's always a way, there's always a solution!"

These days, a child's household registration follows the mother's.

Shen Jinju's heart skipped a beat, and she tugged at Kong Lijuan's sleeve, "I heard they've been secretly studying all along. Do you know if there's any news about it?"

Kong Lijuan had long been excluded from the core circle of educated youth, and she was completely unaware of many things.

Shen Jinju said in a low voice, "I found out by accident. They are all working on the 'Self-Study Series of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry'. I asked them, but they wouldn't say. You know they have close ties with that side, could it be that there is some information that we don't know about?"

Kong Lijuan's heart skipped a beat, "The college entrance exam?"

Shen Jinju nodded.

In an instant, Kong Lijuan saw a glimmer of hope. She wanted to burst out laughing, "No one gets up early for nothing. You know Xu Qinghuan, she often has dealings with people in Yancheng, so she must be well-informed. Otherwise, they would be busy enough with the factory, and they wouldn't have time for this."

“That makes sense!” Shen Jinju said. “This is also a path for you!”

She didn't say that this was her own thought, but instead dragged the matter into Xu Qinghuan's shoes. Besides increasing credibility, this also had another purpose.

"Do you know where they bought their study materials?"

Shen Jinju shook her head. "I couldn't find a place to buy it."

This is the truth.

Kong Lijuan took it to heart. She originally wanted to ask Duan Qingmei, but she didn't want more people to know, which would create another competitor in the future.

Back home, Sun Laizi raised his hand to hit her, but Kong Lijuan shielded her son in front of her, causing Sun Laizi to withdraw his hand. The child was still terrified and cried loudly.

"How dare you lay a hand on your mother?" Sun Laizi roared.

Kong Lijuan cried, "You blame me? Your mother is a murderer! She almost killed your son, do you know that?"

Qiu Linghua fractured her tailbone and lay on the ground unable to move. It was Sun Laizi who carried her back.

She falsely accused him first, and Sun Laizi believed her.

At this moment, Sun Laizi didn't know whose advice to take.

"You didn't even cook! What have you been doing?" Sun Laizi was furious with hunger.

Kong Lijuan endured her hunger, held her son in her arms, and breastfed him. She herself was hungry, so she had no milk.

“Starting tomorrow, I will do the housework, and your mother will take care of the work outside to earn work points. I can’t leave my son in her hands anymore; I’m afraid he’ll die.”

"Go and cook first."

"Give me some money!" Kong Lijuan reached out her hand.

"I only gave you fifty cents, what do you need the money for?" Sun Laizi now receives his monthly salary and has some money in hand, so he is quite confident.

“What can you buy with five cents? Xu Qinghuan said she wants to take the child to see a doctor in the county. Give me the money so I can take him.” Sun Laizi gave her five yuan.

Kong Lijuan gave him the child and cooked a meal for two, leaving none for Qiu Linghua.

Qiu Linghua lay on the bed humming, which annoyed Sun Laizi. After finishing his meal, he threw down his bowl and left.

Kong Lijuan locked the door, took the child, and went to the county. She went to a scrap metal recycling station and found two old books. She then went to Xinhua Bookstore to ask about the "Self-Study Series on Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry," but Gong Mingjie told her that they didn't have that book.

Gong Mingjie himself still had to go around finding things for Xu Qinghuan.

When she returned, it was already late. Passing by Jiang Xingye's house, she saw Xu Qinghuan cooking, with the dog guarding the two children. As soon as she came in carrying the children, the dog got up.

This dog looks huge, like a wolf.

Kong Lijuan was a little scared, stopped and called out, "Xu Qinghuan?"

Xu Qinghuan straightened up, glanced at her, and asked, "What is it?"

"I want to go inside and talk!"

Xu Qinghuan had no choice but to let her in.

Kong Lijuan smelled the aroma of chicken soup and swallowed.

Seeing the child drooling and crying loudly, burrowing into Kong Lijuan's arms, Xu Qinghuan handed over a piece of rice cake and asked Kong Lijuan, "Can the child eat this?"

Kong Lijuan broke the pieces and fed them to the child.

Her hands were dirty; she wiped them on her pants a couple of times. Xu Qinghuan turned her face away. "What's wrong?"

"Do you have any 'Self-Study Series on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry' here? Could I borrow them to copy?" Kong Lijuan was certain that Xu Qinghuan would have them.

Xu Qinghuan said, "No, if you want it, go buy it yourself."

It's one thing for her to save Kong Lijuan's child, and it's also a fact that she doesn't want to have anything to do with Kong Lijuan.

If I borrow it now, they'll come back every day asking me questions they can't answer.

Kong Lijuan didn't expect her to refuse so readily. "Xu Qinghuan, we're educated youth who came here together, right? We're both from Shanghai, so we're practically from the same hometown. How can you say this?"

Xu Qinghuan was speechless. "Kong Lijuan, why didn't you think of these things when you harmed me? Are we that close? Do you even deserve my help?"

Kong Lijuan stormed off, and Qingxiao followed behind her, seeing her off at the courtyard gate.

Qiao Xinyu brought the child over. Her and Yu Xiaomin's children were more than half a year older than Xu Qinghuan's two children and could already walk. As soon as she put them on the ground, they rolled around with Qingxiao.

"What is she here for?"

"She came to me to borrow the 'Self-Study Series on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry,' what's wrong with her again?" Xu Qinghuan was a little annoyed.

"I saw her go to Shen Jinju's place at noon, and then she went to the county in the afternoon. Did Shen Jinju say something to her?" Qiao Xinyu said. "Shen Jinju is really something, she loves to meddle in other people's business. Hasn't she suffered enough yet?"

“Some people can never learn from their mistakes,” Xu Qinghuan said. “However, there is one thing she did that is also commendable: over the years, even when Dong Liangcheng was at his most foolish, she never mistreated him. Very few people can do that.”

Qiao Xinyu's resentment towards Shen Jinju lessened slightly. "If she wants to take the exam, she can ask us. Why did she have to ask Kong Lijuan?"

Just then, Shen Jinju came over carrying the child. "I knew Qiao Zhiqing must be with Xu Zhiqing. Mingya said she wanted to play with your Nannan."

Qiao Xinyu's son is named Chen Shunan, and the two children don't usually play together.

Xu Qinghuan knew that she must have come for something, so she handed her a chair.

Shen Jinju said, "At noon, Kong Zhiqing came to my place and cried so hard. Her child had an accident and almost lost his life. Luckily it was you, Xu Zhiqing, otherwise it would have been really... I felt so bad when I heard that. As a mother, how could I bear to see my child like that!"

　It's past midnight, my darlings, enjoy reading!
　　It'll be finished in about two weeks. Another novel, "Following the Army in the 1960s: A Mad Beauty Leads the Motherland with Scientific Research," is already quite long and ready to be devoured!

　　(End of this chapter)