Chapter 1 Rebirth
"Gu Mansheng deliberately provoked Lao Niu to hit someone, and then pushed my sister out to take the blame. This is murder! It must be reported to the organization!"
"The most infuriating thing is Lu Huaiyuan! He ignores his own fiancée and insists on hugging that guy surnamed Gu. Luckily, the soldier who came back with Brother Kai saved Third Sister, otherwise Third Sister would definitely have been in trouble today!"
"Alright! Dr. Zhang said she's fine, so stop making a fuss and let her get some rest. You should take Dr. Zhang to the brigade right away; that soldier got gored in the back by the old ox, and we don't even know what's going on."
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Hearing the familiar voices of her family, Liu Zhixia felt a little dazed, her eyes filled with tears. When she opened them, the buckwheat pillow was soaked with tears, making a soft rustling sound as she moved.
She sat up abruptly in bed and looked around before realizing something was wrong.
Old newspapers were pasted on the yellow mud walls, a bamboo thermos sat on the mottled table, and an enamel mug with the words "Increase Production and Save Resources" printed on it sat on the stool next to the bed...
Behind the door hung a torn-out calendar, its pages yellowed, the top page printed with: September 1976.
She ran to the washbasin stand, looked down at her fair reflection in the basin, pinched herself hard, and felt the pain before realizing that she had actually been reborn!
In her past life, she married Lu Huaiyuan from the same village. Shortly after their marriage, he was admitted to university and volunteered to conduct scientific research in the Northwest. At the time, she thought he was very enlightened. People in the village couldn't help but praise him, and she herself felt very honored.
Lu Huaiyuan claimed that he was worried she would suffer and that their project required secrecy, making it inconvenient to bring her family. He asked her to stay in the village to take care of his parents and grandmother. Fearing she would be disliked by her family for not having children, he even sent her an orphan to raise as his own son.
She worried about him her whole life. After she could never contact him, he finally returned to the village. Surprisingly, Gu, a former sent-down youth who had come to their village, also returned with him.
Seeing her haggard face without any attempt to hide it, Lu Huaiyuan directly admitted that the child she had raised was his and Gu Zhiqing's biological son!
Choosing to marry her was simply a way to find them a nanny who could take care of their family and children.
He didn't go to any hardship areas to serve his country, and he didn't even graduate from university. Instead, he went to the city to help Gu Mansheng's relatives with their business, where he lived a very comfortable life.
Lu Huaiyuan used all the money he earned to live a carefree life with Gu Mansheng, completely neglecting his family.
She had no choice but to shamelessly take grain and meat from her parents' home to support her in-laws. She worked herself to the bone, doing the work of several people, and always managed to accumulate enough work points each month.
The Lu family members were all well-fed and plump thanks to her care, while she herself had a face full of wrinkles and a head full of white hair. Although she was only forty years old, she looked older than her mother-in-law.
She had been eagerly awaiting Lu Huaiyuan's return, only to find that the two wretches not only looked almost exactly the same as before, but their skin was also fair and delicate, making them appear to be in their early twenties. Upon learning the truth about the child, coupled with the Lu family's mockery, she was so enraged that she vomited blood and died.
Even after being reborn, the images of the two mocking her remain vivid in her mind.
Gu Mansheng arrogantly raised her hand to show off the bracelet she had worn when she and Lu Huaiyuan got engaged.
"Liu Zhixia, you probably won't know until your death that there's such a wonderful thing as a spiritual spring space inside, right? I heard it was passed down to you by your grandmother? How could your poor Liu family have one? She must have stolen it! Now that it's in my hands, it's finally returned to its rightful owner!"
Listening to the Lu family members gleefully insulting her family, she suddenly grabbed a sickle from the side and swung it at Gu Mansheng, who was standing closest to her, without knowing where the strength came from.
As Lu Huaiyuan rushed over in a panic, a smug smile crept onto her lips, and her gaze gradually became unfocused...
Unfortunately, she was on her last legs and could only take one person with her. If there were a next life, she would never let Lu Huaiyuan go...
Thinking of this, Liu Zhixia looked at her reflection in the water and her eyes reddened.
Unexpectedly, she was actually reborn, and reborn before she married Lu Huaiyuan.
Hearing the noise from inside, the person outside pushed open the door, revealing a familiar face with a worried expression.
"Honey, does your body still hurt?"
"Sis, don't worry, I'll go beat up Lu Huaiyuan for you and let you vent your anger in a bit!"
Looking at her mother and fourth brother in front of her, and hearing their concerned voices, Liu Zhixia burst into tears as if a dam had been broken.
"mother!"
She threw herself into her mother Zhang Xiuying's arms and cried.
The two men thought she had been wronged, and looked at her with a mixture of anger and heartache.
This time, it was as if all the grievances she had held back for a lifetime were released, and she cried in her mother's arms for a long time.
In her previous life, she not only failed to be filial to her parents and give them a good life, but she also kept taking things from home. Her parents were afraid that she would be mistreated in her husband's family, so they had to go hungry themselves and give her food. She had a lot of arguments with her two sisters-in-law because of this.
In this life, she must protect her family and lead them to a better life!
"Mother..." Liu Zhixia choked up as she looked at her mother, whose eyes had also reddened, "I want to annul the engagement!"
Both of them were somewhat surprised when they heard her decision.
The family had always felt that Lu Huaiyuan was too strong-willed, and his family members were also difficult to get along with, so they were sure their daughter would suffer if she married into the family.
However, at that time, no matter who tried to talk to her, it was no use; she only had eyes for Lu Huaiyuan.
Hearing these words come from her own mouth, Zhang Xiuying burst into tears of joy.
The daughter finally came to her senses and realized what kind of person Lu Huaiyuan was!
Zhang Xiuying asked her eldest grandson to find her husband in the field, but then she heard a noise at the door.
Zhang Xiuying quickly said, "Oh right, the young comrade who saved you is still injured. We need to get a doctor there right away."
At that time, Gu Mansheng angered the village's old ox, who pushed Liu Zhixia away just before being hit. The scene was chaotic. The Liu family was concerned about Liu Zhixia. The fourth brother, Liu Xuejun, ran to the neighbor's house first to invite a doctor to examine Liu Zhixia. The comrade who saved Liu Zhixia still hadn't been seen by a doctor.
They thought the brigade had sent someone to fetch a doctor, but when they opened the door, they found Lu Huaiyuan standing there.
Everyone's face fell.
Liu Xuejun opened the door and looked at him with a long face: "What are you doing here?"
Lu Huaiyuan felt slightly awkward facing the Liu family and looked at the doctor in the courtyard: "I've come to fetch the doctor."
Zhang Xiuying glared at him unhappily, then turned to the doctor beside her and said in a kinder tone, "You should go and take a look quickly."
"Wait a moment!"
Liu Zhixia glanced at Lu Huaiyuan with concern: "Where did you take the doctor?"
Unexpectedly, Liu Zhixia asked this question. Lu Huaiyuan said anxiously, "Gu Zhiqing is still unconscious, of course we should go to the educated youth settlement! Liu Zhixia, I didn't expect your family to be so selfish. There's only one doctor in our villages, and you weren't even injured, yet you still took the doctor to your house!"
really……
She knew Lu Huaiyuan wouldn't make this trip for someone else.
Hearing Lu Huaiyuan's words, the Liu family members were also enraged.
Liu Xuejun was furious: "Gu Mansheng deserves it! I told her that we would need the old ox for this grain harvest and that she shouldn't wear red when she went to work in the fields. Not only did she wear red, but she also threw stones at the old ox. What else could she be but a paragon of virtue?"
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