Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space

Chapter 1062 - 935: Abandoned Infant

In Zhang Guoqing’s opinion, his son doesn’t need her worry. The kids are so clever, they can read expressions, and it’s clear as day who’s good and who’s not."I saw your light was still on, are you waiting for mother and the others to return? Don’t wait, you’re not strong, better rest early, I’ll explain to them later."

Zhou Jiao gave him a sideways glance, "One day I will also develop eight-pack abs."

Zhang Guoqing suppressed a smile, nodding repeatedly, "Yes, yes, who’s my wife? It’s not that she doesn’t want to; otherwise, she’d already be a female warrior in the army."

"Pfft," Zhou Jiao chuckled softly.

"Are you really taking the two little ones into the mountains tomorrow? Will it be dangerous?"

"No, you should have confidence in your man. Wait for me at the wooden nest, I’ll first take Liu Yi around, then switch with May 1st, and take Ping’an in the afternoon. This is a rare opportunity; after this, it’ll be a long time again."

"Alright then, bring some medicinal powder just in case. Today Ping’an mentioned to me that he wants to spend every summer and winter vacation at the army camp, what do you think?"

"He’s mentioned this to me and Dad before, don’t agree for now, let’s test his patience. Even if he really wants to go, I won’t be at ease, still have to make arrangements."

Hearing this, Zhou Jiao understood that his original plan to let the kids return to accompany the elders had changed, she nudged him, "Okay, I’ll listen to you, you go out to entertain them first, I’m going to read."

"Really not going to rest first?"

"Forget it, it’s rare to come back, better not to make anyone unhappy. Father and mother are watching, why bother? Besides, now I’m resting by reading."

Zhang Guoqing gave a thumbs up, teasingly said, "The nation’s good wife."

The couple joked inside the room, and although the brothers in the yard couldn’t hear them, they could tell from the shadows cast on the window by the light.

"Kids are this big, Xiao Wu is quite clingy..."

Zhang the Second punched Zhang Qingfeng, "Do you even know how to be a brother? Let’s go, let’s go outside and take a look, I remember we brothers haven’t taken a leisurely stroll in the village for a long time."

"Hahaha, want to go to the next village and pick a fight with those guys?"

"Those guys are all grandfathers now, old arms and legs, we’ll go and scare those old guys."

"Be careful if the old men hear this, they’ll beat you to death..."

The voices gradually faded away as they left, making Zhang Guoqing laugh out loud. It’s nice to walk away, such a beautiful night, all men, who needs drama.

Unfortunately, he hadn’t been happy for long when Mother Zhang returned with the daughters-in-law. Now it’s not the men, a bunch of women, so he stayed in the room to read.

"Wife, come back early to keep me company."

"..." Zhou Jiao staggered a step, gave him a white-eyed look, finally understanding why her sons seem so familiar in their words and actions.

In the courtyard, Mother Zhang came in, saw the light in the west bedroom, and lowered her voice, "Ping’an and them went to bed at this time, should be asleep."

With these words, without needing her to instruct, everyone subconsciously lowered their voices.

"Mom, what’s up?" Zhou Jiao came out, and immediately understood, smiled, "Ping’an and them won’t wake up even during a thunderstorm."

"Oh dear, I was worried about waking the kids. Just now I went to find you with your second sister, second aunt said you left for a while, I guess we took the wrong path."

"Why didn’t you send word for sister when you got back? Missing the kids, right? I told them to stay in the city, but they wouldn’t, now they’re sunburned with peeling skin, did you see it?"

Zhou Jiao laughed, pulled out a long bench, and invited them to sit, "Don’t worry, after resting for a couple of days it’ll be fine. If you didn’t come tonight, I was planning to visit you in a couple of days."

"How long can you stay this time?"

"About a week." Zhou Jiao said, smiling at Lin Juhua. According to her son, second aunt either gives them a few tips or makes snacks for them.

No matter her motives, treating her sons well is a kindness. Their family doesn’t ask for much, reciprocity is the way.

At around one in the morning, a basket appeared at the tightly closed gate of the courtyard, shortly after, the sound of a baby crying echoed through the night.

With tightly closed eyes, Zhang Guoqing woke up, looked angrily outside, gently patted his nearly awakened wife, waited for her to fall back asleep, then carefully got off the bed.

Hopefully, it’s not what he imagines!

But as he approached the gate, the sounds became clearer. What else couldn’t he guess? Another abandoned baby, such parents disgust him the most.

Zhang Guoqing stretched out his hand to open the latch but paused, withdrew his hand, climbed over the corner wall to check around. Damn it, they ran away. If he caught them, they wouldn’t recognize their parents after he’s through with them. Did they really think they could bully him, throwing their trash for him to handle?

Putting the basket at the door of Captain Zhang Qingshan, he thought for a moment and decided to knock the door, hearing someone inside asking who it was and the sound of movement, he retreated to a dark spot and entered his courtyard through the back door.

Standing in his courtyard listening to the loud commotion from Uncle Zhang’s home, Zhang Guoqing’s lips curled into a mocking smile. Did they really think taking his name to become a village leader was so easy?

"Oh my, it’s a boy, whose family is this so thoughtless?"

Far away, Zhang Qingshan’s wife screamed, making Zhang Guoqing’s face darken more. He originally thought someone was sending a girl for his son to marry, but didn’t expect someone dared to make him raise a cheap son for them. Even worse, they might be aiming to split the family estate.

When Zhang Guoqing heard Uncle Zhang tell his son to go find the Old Captain in the village, he quietly returned to his bedroom, watching the four on the bed with smiles, he climbed back to hold his wife again.

In just two more hours, their family would head to the mountains, what did these trivial matters have to do with him?

Before dawn broke, Uncle Zhang’s house was already surrounded by early risers from the village, intensely discussing. In these times, abandoned baby girls were not uncommon, but never had there been a boy abandoned.

Someone speculated maybe it was the illegitimate child of a nearby production brigade educated youth, someone else shook their head, maybe it’s the secret child of a widow.

The gossiping women forgot that in these times when everyone had to work, how could anyone hide a pregnancy? If they seriously reported and investigated, no one could hide.

Zhang Guoqing didn’t want trouble, nor wanted any involvement with his family, otherwise, he wouldn’t have silently placed the baby at Captain Zhang Qingshan’s door.

Resting at the old homestead, Mr. Zhang gave his son a pensive look as he didn’t open the courtyard gate. The timing was too coincidental, not sooner or later, happened right when his youngest came back for only a few days.

Also, others may not know, but he’s well aware of how alert Xiao Wu is, such a commotion, he would’ve come out long ago usually.

"What’s there to think about? At dawn, report it to the authorities. Who knows what’s the child’s parents’ intent, throwing him in our village."

Saying this, Mr. Zhang added with emphasis, "If not handled well, this could be endless trouble."