Chapter 379: Finally Found Her Son

"Alright! Mom, stop talking," Shen Lan did not want to hear the word "cuckold."

That bitch Si Rong just looked down on him for being poor, which was why she and that Jiang Cheng had cuckolded him together.

If Li Xuan also dared to mess around with other men, he did not know what terrible things he might do.

"What did you have for dinner?"

Shen Mu wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve and began to complain to her son, "Still cornmeal buns; they scratch the throat, and your little sister didn't even eat a few bites."

Hearing this, a wave of guilt washed over Shen Lan; it was his own uselessness, for even though he had talent, he could not provide a good life for his little sister and mother.

He could not help but think of the white flour buns in the cafeteria, as well as the meat buns and many meat dishes.

If only his mom and little sister could eat those.

At this moment, his mom's previous suggestion surfaced in Shen Lan's mind again, and he felt a bit shaken.

"Mom, everything will get better."

After comforting his mom, Shen Lan added, "I'm going to go have a good talk with little sister."

Shen Yun's eyes had been swollen for several days in a row, "Brother, the neighbors all saw what happened that day; you tell me, how am I supposed to face people in the future?"

"And Tian Fuguang, he is truly henpecked! As soon as that sickly wife of his appeared, he immediately stopped caring about me! What kind of man is he!"

Shen Lan stroked her head, "Alright, how much longer can that sickly woman live? What matters is whether Tian Fuguang has you in his heart."

"Brother, do you approve of me and him?"

Shen Lan nodded, "You fool, you are already his woman; if you don't stay with him, what other man will treat you well in the future?"

"Mm, Brother, I want to go find him, but I'm a little scared." Shen Yun was very happy that her brother finally supported her.

"Your brother is still here."

"Brother, when I see Tian Fuguang, I will definitely make him transfer you out of the Kitchen Squad; even if that old hag wants to interfere, she can't manage military affairs."

Shen Lan nodded; he truly could not waste his time in the Kitchen Squad any longer.

He heard there would soon be a round of fighter jet test flights; the military was already short on air force personnel, and he heard that pilots who successfully completed test flights would be promoted.

He could not be too much worse than Jiang Cheng.

"There's going to be a fighter jet test flight?" Si Rong held Jiang Cheng's hand, listening to him talk about next week's work.

"Mm, next Wednesday."

"Can family members go?" In her mind, Si Rong recalled seeing him fly a fighter jet in her past life when she was still Jiang Cheng's partner.

The thrill of that moment was still fresh in her memory even now.

"Yes." The corners of Jiang Cheng's lips curled up.

"Brother! I want to go too!" Jiang Yu immediately became excited when he heard his brother say he was going to test-pilot a fighter jet.

He had wanted to join the army back then too, but unfortunately, he didn't pass the air force physical.

"Keep dreaming!" Jiang Cheng flatly refused, "Only one family member can go."

Jiang Yu:...

Didn't he say he was getting a sister-in-law for him so he could enjoy a good life? Why did he feel so pitiful now?

Once he had a sister-in-law, he didn't want his younger brother anymore; this was his own brother.

His heart was broken, and he would never love again.

"How about I ask my colleagues if there are any spots left? If there are, I'll let you go!"

Jiang Cheng suddenly changed his tune.

"Good! Brother, you're the best! Your younger brother is willing to be loyal to you forever!" Jiang Yu immediately pledged his loyalty.

Jiang Cheng nodded, "When you go, be observant and take good care of your sister-in-law."

Jiang Yu:...

So he was going as a servant, then. Fine.

"Don't worry, Brother, no one is better suited to be a lackey than me!"

The afternoon sun was a bit blinding; after getting off the train, Li Xuan walked all the way to Shiying Cun, as the Fuliyuan staff had told her.

The further she walked, the more remote it became; she felt that the development of Xuyang was far behind Huaiyang.

It was a plain, with endless crops everywhere.

There was corn, soybeans, and the like.

Could it be that her son would have to farm here in the future?

Even after knowing the village name, Li Xuan had a very hard time trying to find out which family had adopted her son.

She pretended to be passing by and sat under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village to cool off, then listened to the villagers talk about a family named Shen in the village.

"I really don't know if Shen Dazhuang is clever or foolish! He beats his own daughters until there isn't a single patch of good skin left on their faces, but he holds his adopted son in his hands for fear he might fall, and keeps him in his mouth for fear he might melt!"

"What do you women know? What use are girls? They're all money-losing goods who will be married off later! Even though the son is adopted, he's been raised since he was small, so he's about the same as a biological one; he'll be able to provide for his old age and perform the funeral rites later!"

"I heard Shen Dazhuang say he plans to let his son go to the city to study in the future and intends to cultivate him into a talent!"

Li Xuan asked curiously, "Isn't gender equality advocated everywhere now? Are there still people in your village who value boys over girls so much?"

"Even if you shout the slogan of gender equality for another hundred years, men and women are still different in the end!" an elderly man said with a chuckle, "In the past, my old woman gave birth to two daughters for me, and I drank and gambled every day; ever since she gave birth to a son for me, I work in the fields every day! As long as I don't die, I keep working! My son is my drive!"

The villagers chimed in one after another.

Li Xuan did not intend to get into a conflict with them, so she just said, "You all chat, I'll be going now."

After leaving the crowd, she asked a child where Shen Dazhuang's house was.

Before she even reached the Shen house, she heard a burst of crying; her heart tightened, but she quickly realized it was the crying of a little girl.

Her daughter should not be in this family, because it was said that this Shen Dazhuang family already had several girls, so they should have only adopted her son.

"Cry! You still have the face to cry! I told you to watch your younger brother, and he scratched his own face; if my son's face is left with a scar, I'll beat you to death, you money-losing goods!"

Li Xuan looked inside through the crack in the door and saw that the person beating and scolding the little girl was a middle-aged woman.

She knocked on the door, and while waiting for the woman to open it, she took a few fruit candies out of her pocket, "Hello, I'm passing by and am a bit thirsty, could I borrow some water to drink? These few candies are for your child to sweeten her mouth."

The woman took the fruit candies and then pointed out the location of the water vat to her.

"There! Drink up!"

Li Xuan picked up the water ladle and took a few sips of water, then said as if making casual conversation, "You are truly blessed, sister-in-law, to have both a son and a daughter! Especially this son of yours, he has such a blessed face; look at this forehead, it looks like that of a Literary Star, he will surely have a bright future!"

The woman was very excited, "You know how to read faces?"

Li Xuan waved her hand, looking very indifferent, "I picked up a little from my master in the past, I don't really understand it that well."

It really was her son.

Infants change a lot, and having not seen him for two or three months, the little fellow had already grown much fatter, which showed that the Shen couple had been quite attentive.

"A Literary Star?" The woman looked at the baby boy in her arms and happily gave the child a hard kiss on the face, "Does that mean he will be very good at his studies in the future? Sister, why don't you take another look for my son?"

"Come! Let me hold him and take a closer look!" Li Xuan said again.

The woman hurriedly handed the soundly sleeping child in her arms to her.