Hua Qingqing added, "Even Uncle Da can work in the brick factory. Why can't you come and work in Dongxing Factory, Uncle Er? A security guard just needs to be strong and responsible. I think you're up to the job."
Yu Jianhai tried to suppress his excitement and nodded repeatedly.
"I... I'm quite strong. I'll come and give it a try later."
Working in the factory was indeed better than toiling in the fields. He wasn't alone; he had a wife and children to support. He'd been busy all his life without achieving much. At home, he wasn't his parents' favorite and always lived in his elder brother's shadow.
Now that he was getting old, if he didn't take a chance, how could he afford his children's education?
If they failed this time and needed to repeat the year, would his parents be willing to pay?
Impossible.
In his parents' eyes, it seemed only his eldest nephew, Lin Sen, had that chance.
Thinking of this, Yu Jianhai finally made up his mind.
He wanted to work in the factory, but he'd wait until the matter was settled before telling his family.
After the person left, Hua Qingqing turned to Yu Jianhua directly.
"Auntie, have you ever had a child?"
The question was blunt, but Hua Qingqing asked it casually.
Yu Jianhua was stunned for a moment and stammered, "Yes, I had a child once. But then I had a fall, and I lost the baby. I haven't been pregnant since."
She'd been married for three years before she got pregnant. The doctor said she'd been overworked and told her to rest. Her mother - in - law and husband took the opportunity to coax her into giving up her job. Later, when she was idle at home, her mother - in - law was unhappy and made her do housework, wearing her out even more. On a cold day, she had to wash clothes with water from the well. Then she fell and lost the baby.
In the following years, she hoped for another child but also feared it.
The Zeng family wasn't a good family.
It would only suffer if it came. Why bother?
"Just as I thought..."
Hua Qingqing remembered how fiercely Zeng He had opposed and resisted the divorce. It seemed that Yu Jianhua had some handle on him that he feared even more.
What could it be?
Hua Qingqing thought of a man's poor self - esteem. They always cared about such things.
Then she associated it with the child issue.
Yu Jianhua could get pregnant, which meant there was nothing wrong with her body. She'd also thought carefully about the damage caused by the miscarriage. If it was really because Yu Jianhua couldn't have children, a man like Zeng He would definitely be the first to stand up and ask for a divorce!
So the other party refused to divorce no matter what. Even when the photos of his affair were thrown in his face, he still refused.
It was obviously fishy!
Yu Jianhua snapped out of her sadness and asked in confusion, "What do you mean 'just as you thought'?"
"Auntie, do you think it's possible that Zeng He is infertile?"
Yu Jianhua was in a daze. "Zeng He? I thought it was my problem..."
Hua Qingqing disagreed.
"How could it be your problem? You've been pregnant, which proves your body is fine. We threatened him with his future, but he didn't care and refused to divorce no matter what. This attitude is very strange, as if he's trying to cover something up."
"If it's really as I think, then he may really not want to divorce."
Yu Jianhua hadn't thought of this. In the five years in the Zeng family, she'd always been called a hen that couldn't lay eggs. Hu Guihua had scolded her every day during the first three years when she wasn't pregnant, and then again every day after she lost the baby.
But was it just her problem?
Could Zeng He be the cause?
Just thinking of this possibility made Yu Jianhua's breathing quicken. It was like washing off the mud that had been sticking to her for years. She felt completely relaxed.
Yu Jianhua looked at Hua Qingqing with a pleading look and asked softly, "What should I do now?"
"Easy!"
Hua Qingqing's eyes sparkled, and there was a mischievous look on her face.
"Zeng He refuses to divorce. Then we'll find someone to make him agree. Who do you think we should find?"
Yu Jianhua immediately understood what Hua Qingqing meant.
"Her?"
...
Zeng He refused to divorce.
But the fact that Yu Jianhua had brought someone to ask for a divorce was told to the Yu family by Hu Guihua.
Hu Guihua made the whole thing known to everyone in the Wuxing Production Commune.
So Grandma Fang, Grandpa Yu, and the eldest - son's couple rushed to Dongxing Factory in a hurry and went crazy. Of course, they still didn't see anyone this time.
Because Hua Qingqing had already taken Yu Jianhua to find Zeng He's mistress, Zhou Wei.
Zhou Wei was a widow and an employee of the wood factory. She was uneducated but quite good - looking and was a bit famous in the factory. Her current job was left to her by her deceased husband, and she had a son with her.
There were many men who wanted to marry her, but because she was a widow with a son, most of the men who approached her were either widowers or older unmarried men in the brigade.
Zhou Wei was picky and looked down on everyone. No one had thought that she'd been having an affair with the married man Zeng He.
Zhou Wei lived in a small courtyard in another alley, three streets away from the Zeng family.
The outside of the Zhou family's house looked neater than the Zeng family's.
Yu Jianhua hadn't been back for a while. Hu Guihua and Zeng He were lazy. They didn't even clean up the house properly during the Chinese New Year.
Hua Qingqing stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a while, she heard a woman's voice from inside.
"Who is it?"
As soon as the woman opened the door and saw the two people standing outside, her eyes fell on the older one. Her face immediately froze. Just as she was about to close the door, a foot blocked it.
"Zhou Wei, we need to talk to you. If you don't want to talk, I'll give this photo to your factory leader."
Hua Qingqing took out the photo and showed it to Zhou Wei so that she could see clearly.
She didn't believe that the few photos that Yang Wang had taken with great effort of the lovers were useless.
Fortunately, Zhou Wei's reaction was different from Zeng He's. The other party obviously showed a panicked expression.
Zhou Wei: "I have nothing to say to you. If you have anything, just go to Zeng He."
Hua Qingqing stared at Zhou Wei for a while. The other party was indeed good - looking. She gave the impression of a woman who'd never suffered and had been spoiled. Her eyes were bright and innocent.
But Hua Qingqing didn't think that a woman who had an affair with a married man could be so pure - minded.
She got straight to the point: "My aunt wants to divorce Zeng He, but he refuses. Do you know about this? Zeng He also said that we could send the photos to the higher - ups if we wanted. He wasn't afraid and refused to divorce no matter what."
Zhou Wei's face turned pale, and she blurted out, "Impossible!"
Hua Qingqing sighed.
"I wish what he said was false. My aunt has had a hard time in the Zeng family and has wanted to divorce for a long time."
"Since Zeng He likes you so much, he should listen to you, right? I have several more of these photos. If I really send them to your leader, both of you will lose your jobs. You may even be sent to jail. The crimes of being a hooligan and having an improper relationship are not small."
Three days later, Zeng He agreed to divorce on the condition that Yu Jianhua give him 300 yuan.
Hua Qingqing just told him to get lost.
Two days later, no one knew what Zhou Wei had said, but Zeng He finally agreed to cooperate, and they successfully got the divorce certificate.
When the Yu family heard the news, they cried and wailed. But no one cared.