In the blink of an eye, her surroundings changed from space to the back mountain.
Small animals are drinking water at the pond.
It hardly rained all summer, and many ponds in the mountains dried up to varying degrees.
A mother monkey with her baby climbed a wild peach tree, picked a wild peach, and ate it while observing the surrounding activity.
The mountain behind is very large, so large that you can easily get lost if you're not careful.
Various small animals can be seen everywhere deep in the mountains and forests.
They live freely in the dense forests behind the mountain.
Song Yinhua dared not water the wild fruit trees with spiritual spring water again, fearing that if the fruit on the trees grew too well, some villagers would deliberately pick all the fruit and then saw the trees off from the roots in order to prevent others from getting these sweet-tasting fruits.
She poured some spiritual spring water from the source deep in the back mountain. When this water, which had been mixed with the spiritual spring water, flowed throughout the entire back mountain, all the plants and animals on the mountain would be nourished by the spiritual spring water.
Back then, all the fruit trees on the back mountain that had been irrigated with the spirit spring water would grow big and sweet fruits, and the nearby villagers could all enjoy delicious fruits.
The villagers who cut down the fruit trees to prevent others from eating the fruit would never dare to destroy the entire back mountain.
Song Yinhua took out the magical jade pendant from her bosom. She had found it in a cave in the back mountain, and it didn't belong to her alone.
This jade pendant belongs to the entire back mountain and to all living beings on this land.
After carefully putting away the jade pendant, Song Yinhua carried a full basket of wild vegetables and fruits down the mountain to go home.
The madwoman ran erratically, grinning foolishly at Song Yinhua as she passed by.
Song Yinhua casually took a fruit from her basket and handed it to the madwoman.
The madwoman happily took the fruit, tucked it into her bosom like a precious treasure, and skipped away.
When Song Yinhua returned to the village, it was already dark.
"Wife..."
Han Zhiyuan, who had been waiting outside the Song family's courtyard for more than three hours, was dumbfounded. When he saw Song Yinhua, he instinctively blurted out "Wife!"
After realizing what he meant, he immediately corrected himself, "Yinhua!"
Song Yinhua was a bit far away from him, and it was getting dark, so she didn't notice that there was someone standing at the corner of her yard.
She opened the courtyard gate with her basket on her back, ready to go inside.
"Song Yinhua!"
Han Zhiyuan called out again.
He limped out from around the corner of the Song family's courtyard, leaning on a cane.
Song Yinhua looked at Han Zhiyuan calmly, as if he were a stranger.
This made Han Zhiyuan feel very uncomfortable.
In her past life, she managed the entire household perfectly and took excellent care of him in every way.
He was old and had developed the same illness as his father.
She stayed by his side without ever leaving him, serving him tea and water, showing concern for his well-being, wiping his body every day, and emptying his bedpan. She never showed any disgust or complained.
She loved him to this extent.
Although a man as outstanding as him is very attractive to girls, it's really hard to find a woman like Song Yinhua who can take such good care of him.
Han Zhiyuan believes that it is because he is charming, and his charm has not diminished even as he gets older, that Song Yinhua in his previous life was so devoted to him.
But now, when he saw Song Yinhua again, there was no trace of kindness or love in her eyes. Her cold gaze, like that of someone looking at a stranger, made him feel really uncomfortable.
Yes, he was reborn.
Having no memories of her past life, she naturally saw him as a stranger.
However, he was confident that since he was so outstanding and kind, he could make Song Yinhua fall in love with him in his past life, and he could definitely do it in this life too!
Seeing that Han Zhiyuan was standing there without saying a word, Song Yinhua ignored him and pushed open the courtyard door to go inside.
"Yinhua, don't you remember me?" Han Zhiyuan moved the bandages on his face to the side, thinking that if he showed his handsome face, Song Yinhua would definitely remember him.
"Do we know each other?" Song Yinhua asked, feigning unfamiliarity, her attitude distant and indifferent.
Even if he were reduced to ashes, she would still recognize him.
She did this on purpose to make him unhappy.
She married him for forty years in her past life, devoted herself to managing the entire family, and remained devoted to him even after he fell ill, tolerating all his bad habits.
Throughout their forty years of marriage, she had countless thoughts of shooting him.
Each time, she would console herself, and once her anger subsided, life would go on.
She never let her emotions affect other family members. After he fell ill, she chose to face it with him, allowing him to live with dignity in his later years, so much so that he always thought she loved him.
She married him out of pity for his plight and also to repay him for saving her.
If she had known that the "hero saves the damsel in distress" act was staged by someone he hired, she would never have married him.
After forty years of marriage, she knew his extremely narcissistic personality very well.
He always thought he was outstanding, family-oriented, loved children, and was filial to his parents, and that both young girls and married women would fall in love with him.
In reality, after we got married, he was either at work or working overtime almost every day, leaving early and returning late. He didn't care about anything at home and didn't bring any money home.
She had never seen his salary.
He said he had bought medicine for his father, which meant the family's expenses depended entirely on her.
She's a woman who has to take care of three children, her father-in-law, and her mother-in-law, so she can't go out to work and earn money.
She had to borrow money to cover the household's daily expenses.
She became pregnant in the second year of her marriage, but given the family's circumstances, she had no choice but to give up the child in her womb.
Some of her neighbors joked with her, telling her to get a divorce and run away.
But with her traditional mindset, she couldn't do such a thing.
When she went back to her parents' home to borrow money, her mother, Qiao Guilan, always advised her that she should follow her husband wherever he went, and that she should repay those who had helped her and not do anything inhumane.
Ten years after their marriage, his father passed away.
To pay off her previous debts, she opened a small wonton shop, and her family's life gradually improved.
She became pregnant again when she was thirty-seven.
When she shared the good news, her youngest daughter threatened to kill herself, forbidding her from living.
They said that once she had her own child, she wouldn't love her and her two brothers anymore.
No matter how she tried to persuade her, it was no use.
At that time, Han Zhiyuan had just been laid off again.
Ultimately, she gave up the child in her womb.
After her stepchildren grew up and got married, she helped them raise their children, thinking that if she took on the burden, her stepchildren would remember her kindness, the family would love each other more, and she would have someone to rely on when she got old.
During Han Zhiyuan's illness, her stepchildren treated her very well, calling her "Mom" repeatedly and saying that they would not abandon her when she became immobile.
When Han Zhiyuan was fifty-three years old and had just been diagnosed, he was so frightened that he cried in front of her and begged her not to abandon him.
He said his ex-wife ran off with all his money and his best friend after his father fell ill.
He cried uncontrollably in front of her, telling her how miserable he was, and even claiming that if she didn't want him anymore, he would die.
After so many years of marriage, there must be some affection between them.
She couldn't bring herself to run away with the money just because her family was in trouble.
Moreover, she herself is getting old and is indeed counting on her stepchildren to take care of her in her old age.
Han Zhiyuan was always afraid that she would abandon him, so he often made her various promises. He even called his children over and announced in public that after his death, all his property would be left to her, and he also instructed his stepchildren to treat her well after his death.
She was very touched at the time; he was sick himself, yet he was still thinking of her.
What she never expected was that, before he breathed his last, he told his children that he hated her for breaking up his marriage with his beloved ex-wife.
His tactic of discarding those who have helped him is ruthless, precise, and despicable.
No human being would do such a thing.
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