Chapter 85

Pei Chunlai's husband's family was originally in business. One day, they stopped in Pei Chunlai's hometown, and when he came back, he married her back to Luochuan.

Jiang Huan didn't have a name when he was born.

Because the "Yaochuan" that was planned long ago and had high hopes for her did not belong to her.

When her grandmother saw that it was a girl, she carried her naked body, who was supposed to be in the cradle, into a bamboo basket, and then floated the bamboo basket on the river. She watched it drift away and then turned and left.

In the cold winter, if the water had not been flowing so fast, the river would have been frozen.

After grandma came back, she heard the midwife say that Pei Chunlai was in poor health and might not be able to have another child after giving birth to this one.

She thought for a long time, put on another piece of clothing and searched along the river again. Finally, she found the bamboo basket stranded on the gravel beach. The child in the basket was no longer crying, but his little chest was still heaving stubbornly.

Grandma picked her up and roasted her on the charcoal.

After being roasted for more than ten days, the girl slowly opened her eyes.

Pei Chun said that she had never seen such beautiful eyes in her life.

The little girl stared at her, quiet and curious. She carefully reached out her hand, spread her fingers, and gently touched the person she saw for the first time.

But when the grandmother looked at the surviving girl, she put on a sad face and sighed, muttering: "It's useless for her to survive. Our Jiang family will have no descendants."

In order to please his grandmother, Pei Chunlai told her to name the girl "Jiang Huan". The child should not be born in vain.

Grandma nodded after hearing this, and Pei Chunlai took Jiang Huan to register his household registration.

She told the office staff, "The child's name is 'Jiang Huan'."

The person at the office asked her, "Which 'Huan' is it in the 'jiang' of 'jiangshui'?"

Pei Chunlai said, "What other radicals are there in the word 'exchange'?"

Jiang Huan was a child who was roasted alive over charcoal fire, so his name should naturally be "Huan" with the character for fire next to it.

After giving birth to Jiang Huan, Pei Chunlai's physical function deteriorated. No matter how much she ate or how she took care of herself, she couldn't get pregnant again, and her wish to "change" her child was unfulfilled.

One day eight years later, Pei Chunlai was once again very happy about his lower abdominal cramps, dizziness and vomiting.

Unfortunately, this time, she gave birth to a girl.

Without waiting for the grandmother to lament, she dragged her weak body and took the materials to register the child.

This time, she named the girl Jiang Ting.

Grandma hoped to stop having girls, but Pei Chunlai hoped to stop having children.

She really didn't want to suffer again.

Every time she became pregnant, heavy expectations were placed on her. She was no longer required to do the heavy housework, and delicacies that she could not eat before were now brought to her bedside. However, this was also the most difficult time in her life, when she could not eat.

After she gave birth to the baby, when she really felt hungry but couldn't eat good food, she had to continue doing housework.

She felt like a machine, a substandard machine that had been shipped out of the factory. Why could other families give birth to three children in two years, why could other families give birth to a son in two years, but she had to suffer so much for so long for no reason, and still hadn't given birth to a qualified child?

Giving birth is tiring and painful, and the child will take away her life.

After completing his household registration, Pei Chunlai passed a stone bridge on his way home.

She wanted to jump off the stone bridge, but the bridge was too low and the stream was too shallow.

There were bursts of quarreling sounds coming from far away under the bridge. Pei Chunlai stood on the bridge and watched. The more he watched, the more he felt that the quarreling couple, a big one and a small one, looked very familiar.

So she got off the bridge and when she got closer she found that it was her grandmother and Jiang Huan standing by the river arguing.

Jiang Huan was eight years old that year.

The little girl was holding a big bamboo basket, and in the basket was Jiang Ting, who had just been given a name.

Grandma lied to her and said it was a custom, a tradition. Newborn babies had to float in the river for several hours, and only those who survived would live longer.

Jiang Huan didn't believe it and screamed at the top of her voice, saying that the child next door died after being soaked in the water and she didn't want her sister to die like that.

Her grandmother slapped her, hit her on the head, and hit her calves with a cane, but no matter how she beat or scolded her, Jiang Huan was unwilling to let go of the crying baby girl in her arms.

Later, more and more people gathered around, and many of them went up to persuade grandma. Grandma then hugged Jiang Ting, whose voice had become hoarse from crying, and took Jiang Huan, whose face had turned red from anger, home.

A few years later, Pei Chunlai finally gave birth to a son.

She thought her grandmother was finally willing to be nice to her, but when her grandmother looked at the crying child, there was no joy on her face. She waved her cane and said the child was too noisy, and quickly took the child away.

Not long after, her grandmother fell ill and died. No one gave Pei Chunlai any more leniency, and no one gave her any more trouble. The men in her family finally came home more often because she had given birth to a son.

Life seemed to have really gotten better because of this belated son.

Later, Jiang Huan went to the next town to attend junior high school.

It was around that time that she heard from somewhere that a lot of people were filming in Hengzhen, so she secretly went there to film.

At that time, everyone in the family revolved around their son. Jiang Huan came home late and often went out to play on weekends, but no one cared.

One day, the man had a sudden idea and temporarily replaced Pei Chun to attend Jiang Huan's parent-teacher meeting, and found the money she hid in the desk.

After she came back, the man grabbed her and beat her up, and she confessed that she had gone there to work and earn money for her studies.

The man confiscated Jiang Huan's money, but did not forbid her from filming. Instead, he asked her to hand over all the money she earned.

Later, the man and his friends went to invest, but all their savings were defrauded. He never recovered from this, and became addicted to alcohol and gambling, even relying on the money Jiang Huan gave him to survive.

Sometimes, when the man lost all his money at the poker table, Jiang Huan would send him just enough for him to start another round. He would hug Jiang Huan and say that having a daughter was good and that having a daughter was useful. Sometimes, if he lost too much or gave too little, he would beat her up.

It’s a shame to say that Pei Chunlai just stood by and watched at that time, and it was the thin Jiang Ting who went up and hugged Jiang Huan to protect her.

Later one day, a family from the next town found the man and proposed to him, saying that they would pay a dowry of 300,000 yuan to marry Jiang Huan.

The man was so happy when he heard this that he picked Jiang Huan up from school that same day.

What’s funny is that he didn’t even know Jiang Huan was already in high school, and he even went to her junior high school to look for her.

Jiang Huan naturally refused to agree and was beaten several times by the man for this.

The man ignored Jiang Huan's opinion, accepted the betrothal gift, and began to arrange a wedding for Jiang Huan.

On the day when Jiang Huan tried on the dress, he refused to change into the wedding dress no matter what.

The man was anxious and was about to attack again. Jiang Huan was even more anxious. She picked up the scissors on the table and stabbed him in the abdomen.

The man didn't expect Jiang Huan to resist, and he couldn't dodge in time. The scissors had short handles and long blades, and they were completely swallowed by his stomach.

Jiang Huan was also shocked by her own actions. She stood there holding the scissors, letting the man's blood stain her hands red, and did not move for a long time.

Pei Chunlai pushed Jiang Huan away, and Jiang Huan fell to the ground, at a loss.

A cup of cold water was poured on her face, and Pei Chunlai yelled at her, "What are you sitting here for? Don't you have legs? Stay here and wait for him to wake up and recover so he can beat you up again? What are you daydreaming about? What are you waiting for? Are you waiting to get married or to die?"

This word woke Jiang Huan up from his dream, and he rushed out of the door and ran away without looking back.

Jiang Huan never came back since then.

Maybe she came back on the day Jiang Ting was buried. Pei Chunlai didn't know.

Jiang Huan ran away and the man got very angry.

He was not angry that Jiang Huan stabbed him, but that Jiang Huan ran away. There was no one to get married, and his 300,000 yuan betrothal gift had to be returned.

Then he turned around and saw Jiang Ting.

In order to avoid returning the betrothal gift, the man begged and pleaded to send Jiang Ting away. The family agreed and decided to take Jiang Ting home to raise her and hold a wedding when she grew up.

Just like that, Pei Chunlai's two daughters disappeared all of a sudden.

Perhaps retribution came quickly. Not long after Jiang Ting was married off, the man's wound became infected with bacteria and festered. The stench was terrible and pus flowed all over the floor.

But he was so engrossed in the cards that no one noticed anything unusual about his body until he suddenly closed his eyes and passed out.

When he woke up again, his legs no longer responded to his commands.

This is a good thing. He has lost his ability to move, can't go out, can't go to the card table, can't squander Jiang Ting's betrothal gift, and can't beat anyone.

Things are getting better again.

But within two years, the villagers suddenly rushed to the stone bridge in a noisy manner. Pei Chunlai also went out to see the excitement, but heard someone come to her and tell her that your Jiang Ting jumped into the river and was dying.

Pei Chunlai dropped the dustpan in her hand and ran quickly to the river. No one could catch up with her, not even the men or the dogs in the village could outrun her.

But people on the road still said to her one after another, run faster, your Jiang Ting is only breathing her last breath.

Before Pei Chunlai could reach the stone bridge, Jiang Ting had already died.

Maybe Jiang Ting didn't want to see her.

Seeing the dead Jiang Ting, Pei Chunlai thought to himself that it was possible to die by jumping off that stone bridge.

Jiang Ting died. Pei Chunlai used her betrothal gift to buy her a brand new dress, cleaned her up, and dressed her up beautifully.

Pei Chunlai tried to send a letter to Hengzhen.

She didn't know many words, but it was enough to write this letter.

She knew Jiang Huan had gone to Hengzhen because she often saw Jiang Huan's face with makeup not washed off after work, sometimes dark, sometimes shiny.

She didn't know whether Jiang Huan received the letter or whether Jiang Huan came back to attend Jiang Ting's funeral. She stayed with Jiang Ting all night long, but never saw Jiang Huan.

Later, Jiang Huan changed his name and became a big star.

She can be seen in every household's short video feed. But the man doesn't have a mobile phone to watch it, and everyone has long forgotten her. Only the son at home occasionally says that this person looks like his sister.

At this time, Pei Chunlai would knock him on the head and say, "What a resemblance! Your sister is the flesh that fell off my body. If it was really her, how could I not recognize her?"

Then one day, many people driving cars came to her house and moved her family into this small villa.

When others asked him about it, Pei Chunlai always evaded the question by saying that his mother's family had divided the inheritance.

The driver of the car also gave her a bank card. Pei Chunlai knew that there was a lot of money in the card, so much that she did not deserve it given her sinful life.

But she couldn't refuse, so she could only accept the card silently.

From beginning to end, her son chattered away, but she said nothing.

The driver couldn't help but ask her, "Aren't you curious about who did all this for you?"

Pei Chunlai just said, I don’t know, just shut up.

Her Huanhuan finally had a name and finally started a new life. She must not let her be dragged down anymore.