One year brought a great drought, the next year floods, and then, in a blink, a plague.
The Xu family fled from the north to the south, and then from the south back to the north.
Before...
"Ningning, are you asleep?"
Xu Ning blinked and replied: "No."
In fact, she didn't want to sleep much, as she was still haunted by the cannibal boy.
"Then let's talk."
"Okay, what does Aunt Yuan want to talk about?"
"Ningning, is there anything you want to talk about?"
"Why don't we talk about our family, Aunt Yuan, what do you think of our family?"
"Very good, Ningning, I'm very happy. I like every family member and I'm happy every day with you." The past has already existed and she has no way to erase the traces, but after getting along with her for this period of time, she gradually can't remember the painful past.
"What does Aunt Yuan want to do in the future?" Xu Ning continued to ask.
"I... want revenge, but I also want to be with my parents."
"Aunt Yuan doesn't want to get married?"
Xu Yuan lay there shaking her head. She didn’t want to, or rather, she had never thought about this issue.
"Why?" Xu Ning asked Xu Yuan, but also asked herself. She didn't want to get married, did she?
"No reason. There are many things to do in life besides getting married, right?"
"Aunt Yuan, you are right." Xu Yuan's ideas were very advanced in this dynasty.
"But, Aunt Yuan, if you meet someone you like, will you choose to marry him?"
"Someone I like?" This sentence made Xu Yuan clear her mind. Is there anyone she still likes?
Xu Yuan still shook her head. She suddenly remembered something that happened a long time ago. Maybe she was destined to never get married in this life.
Eleven years ago, that organization took Xu Yuan back in a pool of blood.
For the next eight or nine years, Xu Yuan lived in darkness.
Xu Yuan still remembers that there was a female killer who fell in love with a scholar and wanted to defect for that scholar, but unfortunately her plan was discovered.
That day, the female killer named Qi knelt in front of the lord. The lord did not punish her, but told her a cruel truth.
That means she will never be able to have children in this life, because from the moment they join the organization, their rights as mothers are deprived.
So, how can they get married with such broken bodies?
In the Daqing Dynasty, being childless was one of the seven deadly sins for women and the most serious one.
When the female killer Qi learned the truth, she screamed in despair and finally committed suicide in front of the lord.
Because the scholar was the only son in his family for several generations, if Killer Seven was unable to have children, he would be abandoned sooner or later.
Therefore, rather than saying that Killer Seven committed suicide, it would be better to say that the world pushed her into a desperate situation.
Moreover, even if Killer Seven did not commit suicide, she would not have a good ending. It would be better for her to end it herself so that the organization would not cause trouble for other people.
Xu Ning didn't know what Xu Yuan was thinking. At this moment, she also remembered one of the tasks, which was to get married.
The thought of it makes her worried. She doesn't know if her idea of taking shortcuts will work.
"Alas." Xu Yuan really wanted to ask, is her value not worth marrying someone?
Unfortunately, she has no answer now.
"Ningning, what about you? Aren't you planning to get married too?"
"Yeah, what's so good about getting married? There are so many couples in this world, but how many are happy? I can live a happy and carefree life on my own, so why should I live a life that makes me unhappy?"
"I'm not against love, I just think that love is a matter between two people, but marriage is a matter between two or even three families. Once a woman gets married, there are many things to consider."
"Think about it, it's really tiring. Serving my husband, taking care of my children and family, I don't really have a life of my own. Aunt Yuan, have you ever imagined a life like this?"
Xu Yuan still shook her head. The seed that had already sprouted in her heart gradually cracked wider, began to absorb rain and sunlight, and slowly grew strong.
"Daya, I also think it's good not to get married."