On the way, Su Xueli said, "We agreed to go to my second aunt's house together tonight, but we can't go now."

Wei Mingshen pedaled his bicycle and said, "Any day is fine. My second aunt lives alone, so it doesn't matter."

Looking at the fiery red sunset in winter, Su Xueli said quietly, "But I don't have much time left at your house. After that, I won't have any reason to visit her anymore."

That kind woman gave her a lot of warmth in her past life, and she must find a chance to repay her in this life, but the prerequisite is that she must first get to know her as her niece-in-law.

After listening to her words, Wei Mingshen remained silent for a few seconds, then said gently, "You don't have to leave right away even though we're divorced..."

At this point, I realized it was pointless. Why would she stay at your house after you're divorced? Is your house a palace?

As expected, Su Xueli retorted, "Why would I stay in your house after we're divorced?"

He didn't say anything, but pedaled even faster.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, so Su Xueli deliberately steered the conversation towards her second aunt. She pretended not to know anything and inquired about her second aunt's situation.

Mentioning his second aunt, who was a close relative, Wei Mingshen shook his head. "Second aunt is a typical Wang Baochuan. She vowed never to marry for the sake of a heartless man, and she is still single at over forty years old."

My father told his two older brothers to go to the city to find that heartless man, to make him lose his job and ruin his reputation, but she refused. She said that man was someone she had deeply loved, and she wouldn't allow them to hurt him. She also said that he had no choice; they were just not meant to be.

The story of my second aunt is very old-fashioned; it's a tragic love story unique to that era.

When my second aunt was seventeen or eighteen, a group of educated youth came to the village. One of them was a fair-skinned, gentle, and weak young man. He was naturally not good at farm work and often lagged behind and was bullied by others.

Of course, he didn't come from a good background either. I heard that his father was dismissed from his post due to political issues, and his mother was also implicated.

One time, when my second aunt was finishing work, she saw the young man crying by the ditch. She couldn't bear it, so she went over and asked him why he was crying.

He probably saw that his second aunt had a pretty face, was gentle and kind, so he told her about his troubles here.

When his second aunt heard that he was being bullied because he didn't know how to do farm work, she immediately became a Good Samaritan and said that he should come to her for any chores he didn't know how to do, and she would teach him.

That's how my aunt met him. She learned that his name was He Jinpeng, that he was from the provincial capital, and that he was a college student.

Although my second aunt is a village girl, she is educated and went to high school. Unfortunately, in those days, you needed a recommendation to go to university, and she couldn't get a recommendation, so she had to come back to farm after graduation.

She said she was teaching He Jinpeng how to do farm work, but most of the work was done by his second aunt. However, his second aunt said she couldn't help him for free; he had to take time to teach her cultural knowledge, tell her novels, and tell her stories about the city.

Gradually, rumors about the two began to circulate in the village. The second aunt's parents were kind-hearted people who felt sorry for the city boy who had left his hometown to come to their village. In order to silence the gossip, the second aunt's mother adopted He Jinpeng as her godson.

Now, no one dared to gossip anymore, but it was as obvious as a louse on a rabbit's head. Everyone was saying that Second Aunt was going to take this educated youth as her son-in-law.

From then on, not only did his second aunt help He Jinpeng with his work, but his two older brothers also often did his work for him. His second aunt's mother would also often cook delicious meals and invite him to her home. The whole family treated him like one of their own.

During this time, the second aunt and He Jinpeng's relationship grew closer and closer, and the two fell in love.

Second Aunt practically gave He Jinpeng her whole heart, doting on him to the core. She would eat coarse food herself but save the good stuff for He Jinpeng, and she would wear patched clothes herself but make new clothes for He Jinpeng.

Back then, in order to knit a sweater for He Jinpeng, she stayed up for a month straight spinning cotton, and sold the cotton stalks to exchange for two kilograms of yarn for him.

As a result, my second aunt's eyes were ruined by staying up late, and now her eyes hurt like they're being stabbed with needles whenever she stays up all night.

He Jinpeng swore to his second aunt that he would definitely marry her. He said he would take her back to the city to meet his parents, and once he was old enough to get married, he would register their marriage.

My second aunt believed him completely.

If it weren't for the later wave of educated youth returning to the city, He Jinpeng would have really become his second aunt's son-in-law.