Chapter 35: Ten Years of Life and Death (25)
Thirty years ago, Zhangjia Village and Lijia Village only produced one college student, and he was a student from a prestigious university. That person was naturally Zhang Xiao.
Zhang Xiao was very smart and studied hard. He was a child prodigy who came from a small mountain village. At that time, young people who could be compared with him were rare in the entire county, let alone Lijia Village and Zhangjia Village.
Zhang Xiao has been different from others since he was a child, but he is not arrogant or unruly. On the contrary, he is approachable and very gentle to others.
Zhang Xiao and Li Yan used to go to the same school, but Zhang Xiao was older than Li Yan. When he was in middle school, Li Yan was only in elementary school. At that time, the children of Zhangjia Village and Lijia Village went to the same school. Not many children in the village could afford to go to school, and even fewer could persist.
Li Yan was also a very smart child, but because her family favored boys over girls and her conditions were not very good, she dropped out of school right after graduating from elementary school.
But Li Yan refused to give up. She continued to study secretly. Later, she was seen by Zhang Xiao by chance, and he volunteered to be Li Yan's teacher.
But at that time Zhang Xiao was already in high school and could only come back once a week. Every time he came back, he would take time to secretly give Li Yan lessons and give her study materials. Later, he would save some pocket money and buy some small things and gifts for his beloved girl from the county town.
The love of that era was very hazy, but also very pure and beautiful. Zhang Xiao also cherished the time they spent together.
It was not until Li Yan was sixteen years old that the village chose her to be the goddess to worship the river god the next year. At that time, Li Yan did not take it seriously at all. She and Zhang Xiao learned a lot of scientific knowledge and were even more eager for the beautiful world outside. In her opinion, the villagers' worship of the river god was ignorant and unreliable. There was no such thing as gods in this world. Instead of praying to gods and Buddhas, people should be self-reliant.
Ever since Li Yan was chosen as the goddess, many people came to propose marriage to her, but Li Yan rejected them all. Sometimes, unable to resist her parents' persuasion, she could only use the excuse of offering sacrifice to the river god. Naturally, all the proposals of marriage were left unresolved.
Just a few months before the river god sacrifice, Zhang Xiao went home for summer vacation and brought back a group of college classmates.
Many of these students are city kids. They have never seen such an ancient and beautiful village, so they naturally have a lot of fun here.
At that time, a classmate from a wealthy family brought some delicious food and red wine.
One night, a few people met up at the riverside for a secret drinking party. Since it was such a fun thing, Zhang Xiao naturally happily took Li Yan with him.
But I didn’t expect…
At this point in the story, Zhang Xiao suddenly fell silent.
He suddenly stared at the wine jug on the table and started laughing, a painful laugh.
"Brother Zhang, you..."
Ning Huanxin felt Zhang Xiao's emotions fluctuating violently. At this moment, Ning Huanxin was also somewhat dazed -
Zhang Xiao is indeed the man who has always loved Li Yan, and he is also the one who has always burned paper to commemorate Li Yan.
However, if the child in Li Yan's belly was really his, why would he, a grown man, deny it? Why would he watch the woman he loved most and his child die?
This doesn't make sense at all! Why didn't he stand up back then?
(End of this chapter)
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