Chapter 3 Rebirth

Grandma Shen spent decades searching for her daughter who had been missing for many years, but she was never able to find her, which became a lingering worry in her heart.

Lu Fuquan, the eldest son of the Lu family, was fined a large sum of money.

Not only did he lose a sum of money, but his life trajectory also completely deviated from its original direction.

In addition, he had always admired a girl from outside the village, but he was unable to marry her, which fueled his resentment.

All these grievances were directed at Old Lady Shen.

He never forgave her in his entire life.

Under this series of successive blows.

Ten-year-old Lu Fuhua was unable to bear the successive family misfortunes and was so heartbroken that she cried so much that she developed a hernia.

By the time his family realized the seriousness of the situation and took him to the town hospital, it was too late for optimal treatment.

Ultimately, it left him with serious aftereffects.

Lu Fuhua always believed that all this suffering stemmed from Old Lady Shen.

As he grew older, he impulsively left home and went far away without looking back, never to return.

At this time, seeing her mother growing increasingly haggard, the family's youngest daughter, Lu Xiuye, resolutely gave up her unfinished studies and went to work in another city alone.

However, she was naive and lacked awareness of self-protection, which led her astray and she ended up in a brothel.

His body also developed serious illnesses due to long-term overexertion.

In less than six months, he closed his eyes forever.

Time has quietly taken everything away from the past.

Now an elderly woman, Ms. Shen felt her vision blur for a moment.

"Shen Cuifen, stop pretending to be dead! Wake up!"

Suddenly a familiar voice reached her ears.

In her dazed state, Shen Cuifen vaguely heard the voice of her husband, Lu Weidong, who had passed away decades ago.

She couldn't help but smile bitterly to herself.

Could it be that this time we've really reached the King of Hell?

I ran into this family again.

"Slap, slap."

The crisp sound of a slap rang in her ears again, and Shen Cuifen slowly opened her eyes.

She found that Lu Weidong was indeed standing in front of her.

The moment those hands landed, my cheeks were still burning with pain.

She subconsciously touched her face, and her heart skipped a beat.

Do ghosts feel pain?

Is this reality?

Lu Weidong began to curse.

"Don't play dumb with me! You just bumped your head, that's all, it's not like it'll kill you!!"

Shen Cuifen was extremely surprised.

She only remembered that after a sharp pain, her soul was slowly drifting away from her body as if drawn by something.

However, when she opened her eyes again, she was faced with a dilapidated wooden door.

The wall was covered with newspapers that had long since turned yellow and whose edges were curled up.

This is the old house where she lived many years ago.

But that old house was completely demolished three years ago!

How could it possibly reappear before my eyes now?

What moved her even more to tears was that the person supporting her was actually her eldest daughter, Lu Xiuwei.

The memory of the last time I saw Lu Xiuwei still lingers.

The daughter stood at the door, tears welling in her eyes, murmuring, "Mom, I'm sorry."

That year, she was forcibly sent to her husband's family home and never returned...

"Dad, please stop hitting her!"

She turned her head sharply and saw her second daughter, Lu Xiuye, anxiously blocking the door.

The man standing beside her was her husband, Lu Weidong, whom she could never let go of throughout her life.

At this moment, an old woman dressed in a dark blue floral print dress was still sitting on the threshold of the old house, her head down, sewing a pot lid.

Sunlight streamed through the tattered window paper, falling on her silvery-white hair.

The act of stitching each thread was so familiar.

It was my mother-in-law, Old Lady Zhao, who had passed away many years ago!

Those images flashed through Shen Cuifen's mind one by one, as if they had just happened yesterday, clear and real.

"Mom, are you alright?"

Lu Xiuwei called softly, her voice choked with sobs, her face streaked with tears.

"I'm not leaving, I'm not going anywhere."

"Xiuwei, where have you been sold to all these years? How did you escape? Has anyone bullied you? Why don't you come back to see me!"

Shen Cuifen could no longer hold back and hugged her daughter tightly.

The youngest daughter, Lu Xiuye, was also quite frightened by her mother's agitated state.

She quickly turned around and shouted into the house, "Dad, stop arguing! Mom might have injured her brain and become mentally impaired! You should take her to the hospital to get her checked out, otherwise it could lead to long-term health problems!"

Lu Weidong snorted coldly, his face turning ashen.

He crossed his arms and squatted by the stove, spitting under his breath.

“Seeing a doctor isn’t that easy. City hospitals are crowded and long waiting lists are hard to get, and even the commune clinics charge for medicine! Your sister isn’t married yet, and we haven’t settled on a dowry. We don’t have any money to waste. It would be better if Mom were mentally challenged; it would save us a lot of trouble.”

He stood up and walked straight toward the kitchen.

"You'll pack your bags tomorrow and marry into the Wang family! There's no going back."

Upon hearing this, Shen Cuifen felt a chill run down her spine.

The more she looked at the scene before her, the more familiar it seemed, as if she had seen it all before...

Isn't this the situation she experienced herself decades ago?

She had just finished breakfast, and her family was sitting around the table talking.

Lu Weidong proposed selling his eldest daughter to raise money for a bride price, saying it was so that Lu Xiuye ​​could get married smoothly.

But she firmly opposed it.

She knew how that day would end.

My daughter was forced to leave her hometown...

"What year is it exactly this year?"

With a trembling voice, Shen Cuifen asked Lu Xiuwei beside her anxiously.

Lu Xiuwei turned pale with fright, but she still answered in a low voice, "Mom, it's 1980 now... Why are you talking so strangely today? Don't scare me..."

Hearing her daughter's words, Shen Cuifen's heart immediately calmed down.

She really came back!

It's not a dream, not a fantasy.

She was pulled back from the future.

I've returned to this starting point in my life, at the age of thirty-nine.

That same year, the Lu family experienced a multitude of annoying and distressing events.

For the sake of the bride price.

Lu Weidong was single-mindedly focused on marrying his eldest daughter off to the Wang family next door.

It is said that the man was already fifty-six or fifty-seven years old, with a slovenly beard and a hunchbacked back. He was an old bachelor who had never been able to get married in his entire life.

He was even a few years older than Lu Weidong!

Even so, Lu Weidong was still determined to marry Lu Xiuwei off.

That year, she cried her eyes out and begged her mother.

But in the end, Shen Cuifen was no match for her domineering husband...

Thinking of this, Shen Cuifen clenched her fists.

Heaven gave her a chance.

This time, she's determined to stop it all from happening!

Lu Weidong was overcome with anger, and he could no longer suppress the resentment in his heart.

He suddenly reached out and shoved Shen Cuifen to the ground.

She had no time to prepare and fell heavily to the ground.