"Aunt, I'm home."
Lin Zhengran lit some incense and kowtowed three times solemnly in front of the grave. When he looked up again, his eyes were filled with tears.
There were fifteen people in the Qin family back then, but overnight only my younger sister and Qin Shouguo were left.
Later, all these people were buried here by Qin Shouguo. Qin Shouguo left her some space and went to burn incense at other graves.
"Aunt, I thought I would never come back in this life. Now not only am I back, I also brought two children back with me. What happened these days is beyond my imagination..."
Lin Zhengran took the paper money in his hand, lighted it and recounted his experiences over the years.
"After Jiang Da sold me, I ended up in Tinggi City and stayed there for a year. I tried to escape twice but failed. The last time I tried to escape, my leg was broken..."
She smiled at the grave mound and said, "But it was a blessing in disguise. An elderly couple named Gao felt sorry for me and bought me from the human traffickers.
They were very kind to me, treating my feet and teaching me to read and write. I worked in their house and kept them company, but this good time only lasted for two years.
When I was 18, the Gao family fell into poverty. The wife of the old couple died, leaving only Mr. Gao alone. Before she died, the old lady gave me freedom..."
The bright, flickering firelight shone hotly on her expressionless face. Lin Zhengran didn't say anything else and she swallowed it.
The Gao family fell into poverty, and their son returned to his hometown from the big city, bringing Zhang Shicheng back with him.
At that time, she was still in the Gao family mourning for the old lady. One night, Zhang Shicheng broke into her room drunk and raped her.
Afterwards, Zhang Shicheng disappeared. Gao's father and son thought that she had seduced Zhang Shicheng and felt ashamed. They sold her without listening to her explanation.
Less than two days after this happened, Zhang Shicheng took Meng Yu and bought her back.
Lin Zhengran really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He said that she had bad luck and was luckier than her other sisters.
The first time she was sold, she was bought back by the old couple Gao before she went out to receive customers. They said she was lucky, and she was sold again by the Gao father and son.
It is clear that the message everywhere is "personal freedom, overthrow of feudalism".
Even when Mr. Gao bought her back, he told her the same thing, saying that she would have "personal freedom" in the future and could make her own decisions.
But later on, she was treated like a commodity and sold at will.
She was a person, and no one asked her a single question from beginning to end. In their eyes, she was just a commodity, and she didn't even have a chance to defend herself.
Lin Zhengran still couldn't figure out whether she was lucky or unlucky. She finally believed in human nature, but people sold her out.
She didn't know who to hate, Zhang Shicheng? Because if it weren't for him, perhaps she would have been free after observing mourning at the Gao family.
Later she could no longer hate him. All the things she had experienced made her numb. A voice in her head told her;
Just accept your fate.
——This is your fate.
Later, after entering the Zhang family, she became cautious and lived a life of mediocrity.
Now she is back.
She is truly free.
"Aunt." The smile returned to her face: "I will take care of Brother Qin and Little Sister in the future. No matter what happens in the future, they and I are family.
We will live well, live hard, and make the most of the remaining time. We will definitely be happy in the future."
The latter sentence was said by Nanfeng when he took her on the train to leave Qiangcheng. At that time, the train leaving Qiangcheng was humming away, and she was staring out the window in a daze.
Nan Feng whispered softly and forcefully in her ear: "Mom, we will definitely be happy in the future."
She couldn't define the word 'happiness' at that time.
Because this thing has never appeared in her 28 years.
But now it appears, her children are by her side, and she has relatives and friends around her, and the sun shines on her when she opens her eyes every day.
Someone cares about her feelings, asks her what she likes to eat, and someone takes her to heart and protects her. This is happiness.
Her happiness has come.
Qin Shouguo came over. He knelt down in front of his mother's grave, took Lin Zhengran's hand, and said solemnly, "Mom, I will marry Xiaoman and take care of her for the rest of my life. I will never let her fall behind again."
When he was young, he was always laughed at by the villagers for raising a child bride. In fact, he was also annoyed at first.
Later, seeing how pitiful she was, she didn't know how to fight back when she was bullied, and when people called her a coffin, she would lower her head, bite her lips and keep silent, and I couldn't get angry anymore.
Ever since he was old enough to understand, he knew that Xiaoman would be his wife in the future. How could he understand what kind of likes and dislikes she had when they were together every day?
He just knew that she was his.
Later, when he was in the army, he became romantically savvy and whenever he saw letters from his brothers home, the first person he thought of was always her.
Until he forgot her, his only sister and Leshan Village.
He knew he was back late, but he was not afraid. They would be together year after year in the future and they would still be a family.
That's enough.
Qin Shouguo kowtowed three times in front of his mother and father's graves. Lin Zhengran thought about it and kowtowed as well.
She and Qin Shouguo may not have love, but they definitely have family affection.
If Qin Shouguo lets bygones be bygones, then she can become his worry-free family member or lover.
When he looked up again, Lin Zhengran's mind was clear and he seemed to be more energetic.
"Go down the mountain."
She added, "Let's go out tomorrow. There's too much going on here. I don't want to see it anymore."
Qin Shouguo picked up the things on the ground with her and guessed what she was thinking.
This is because I don’t want to see Jiang Da anymore.
"Okay, we'll leave at dawn." Qin Shouguo comforted.
After the incense was finished, she also saw Jiang Da's ending. Her wish to return to Jiang Yuan was fulfilled. From now on...
Lin Zhengran glanced at Qin Shouguo, who looked at him with a questioning expression.
We’ll talk about what happens next after they settle down.
I still don’t know what Qin Shouguo meant by “following the army”!
"How are things going with the Chen family?" she asked.
"We're almost there," Qin Shouguo said. "When Daqiang comes to join us, we'll go back to Nanjin Island."
The sun was setting in the west, stretching the shadows of the two people behind her very long. Qin Shouguo walked down the slope as if it were flat ground. Her face was slightly red and she looked a little tired.
Qin Shouguo handed the basket over, and when Lin Zhengran realized something, he reached up to grab it.
One of them held one end, and Qin Shouguo held the basket steadily in his hand. With the support, Lin Zhengran felt much more relaxed when going down the mountain again.
There wasn't much she and Qin Shouguo could talk about, except asking about the past.
But Lin Zhengran didn't want to mention any of those things, so the two of them didn't say much when they went down the mountain. Qin Shouguo reminded her that there were pits and thorns ahead, and she responded.
But this atmosphere is not awkward, but rather relaxing and pleasant.
As they walked, they went astray.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain in the village, the originally empty basket was filled with the stems of the herb dug by Lin Zhengran.
The two also heard the sound of Li Fei and the Li family arguing.
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