Chapter 1: Stepmother Divorces and Wants to Take the House Away?
Sangjiapo, Village Committee
"Divorce is fine, I want to take Zhizhi with me!"
"No way! If my wife has a son, she has to stay and wash diapers so she can marry him and raise money for her brother's dowry!"
"Sang Lao Er, you're not human!"
A heated argument was heard coming from the village chief's office. Sang Zhizhi tried to tiptoe to open the door, but she was only three and a half years old and didn't have the strength to turn the lock.
The bad dad is bullying the stepmother again, she has to go in and protect her!
Little Zhizhi looked around but couldn't find any suitable tools.
She broke out in a cold sweat and quickly ran outside on her short legs. She picked up a large rock and was about to throw it at the office window.
The stone was heavy, but saving my mother was the priority.
She threw it up with all her might.
Unfortunately, the stone didn't hit the window; it was stopped by an uncle in military uniform.
"Little friend, it's wrong to smash windows and be naughty."
Zhizhi raised her little head, her big, grape-like eyes filled with fearlessness. "I wasn't being naughty. I was saving my mom."
She continued picking up stones from the ground, but the uncle in military uniform walked straight over and picked her up.
The little baby was extremely anxious and struggled desperately, crying out, "Let me go! I want to save my mommy! I can't let that bad daddy bully her!"
Jiang Anchao found the little girl amusing and couldn't help but tease her, "Who bullied your mom? Uncle will stand up for you, okay?"
"real?"
Sang Zhizhi stopped struggling, grabbed his collar seriously, and asked, "Uncle in military uniform, you're an officer, right? My dad is a big bad guy, can you arrest him?"
"No, Uncle must abide by the law."
"Could the mud make him cripple?"
"No, Uncle is a good person."
Sang Zhizhi: "... ...Then you should put it down in the nest."
"Hey?" Jiang Anchao smirked. "Don't you have any normal methods?"
"Yes! Then be my new dad. I don't want a bad dad anymore." Sang Zhizhi's fair face was full of seriousness. "Uncle, I will be good, I will work hard, and when I grow up I will buy you candy every day. When you fall asleep, I will bury you in a hole to save my mom, okay?"
Although he knew that when a child said "asleep," it meant "dead."
But why do I feel both moved and scared as I listen to this?
"Don't rush to bury her, Uncle isn't sleepy." Jiang Anchao sighed, but in the end, he couldn't bear to refuse her. "Come on, let's go see your mother."
Sang Zhizhi's eyes lit up, and she nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
She was an orphan in her past life and had never met her parents. The day before she was to be adopted, the orphanage caught fire. She only felt very hot and choked before losing consciousness.
An old lady who sold soup took pity on her young age and said she would make it up to her by giving her a happy and fulfilling life.
She didn't understand what it meant; she only knew that she was here when she opened her eyes.
Are you happy here?
But she was disliked from a young age and was even scolded by her grandmother as a good-for-nothing.
After her father drank alcohol, she would always hide under the bed, afraid of being caught by him.
My stepmother was from Sangjiapo, a place where people were sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. She had a bad family background and her family was far away in Suzhou, which is why she was forcibly married by my bad father.
Hearing that his bad father had gotten another woman pregnant with a needle, he was so eager to divorce his stepmother.
My stepmother is the only person who is good to me, so I can't let her suffer!
"Uncle, over here!"
Sang Zhizhi pointed out the way and led him smoothly to the door of the village chief's office.
"Zhizhi!" The stepmother, with tears in her eyes, was the first to rush up and catch her. "Mom is divorced. I can finally take you with me."
Sang Zhizhi held her hand tightly, "Mommy, don't cry. Zhizhi has found a new dad herself. We don't want this bad dad."
Jiang An opened his mouth, somewhat embarrassed, "Um, I'm not... ..."
The cub's biological father is still alive, and he's already trying to steal someone else's wife and take her place. What's the difference between this and directly calling someone's wife a cuckold?
Sure enough, upon hearing what the little girl said, Sang Lao Er's face turned extremely ugly.
But he didn't dare to argue with the soldier, so he turned his anger on Deng Qiu.
"Deng Qiu, you're plain-looking and didn't deserve me. When you marry a cripple or blind second wife, remember to be virtuous!"
"Pah! My mom deserves to be spun around in circles by you eight hundred times! Please, look in the mirror!"
Sang Zhizhi clenched her little fists angrily and looked seriously at the uncle in military uniform, "Can't I really hit him?"
Jiang Anchao shook his head. "I can only agree to one thing."
Sang Zhizhi sighed, "Then I'll just be a new dad."
It's not worth it to beat up your dad.
As she spoke, she turned and walked up to the village chief. "Grandpa Village Chief, my parents are divorced, and Zhizhi wants to go with her mother."
Sang Lao Er flew into a rage, "What nonsense are you spouting, you brat? She's not your biological mother. Stepmothers are all vicious, how could she be good to you? You better come with me!"
During the argument, Sang Lao Er was about to start a fight.
The little cub regretted once again why it hadn't moved the big rock from outside inside.
She was too young to be a match for her bad father.
If there were stones, at least she'd be cunning enough to launch a sneak attack!
Oh no! The bad dad is about to hit someone!
"You try touching her?!"
Just as the little cub panicked, the uncle in military uniform quickly stepped in, grabbed Sang Lao Er by the collar, and pushed him away.
"I don't want to lay a hand on you, but if you dare to hit women and children, I wouldn't mind using you as practice!"
Sang Lao Er felt the terrifying aura emanating from the other party and was so frightened that he dared not move.
When Sang Zhizhi saw her uncle appear, she immediately stretched out her little hand to introduce him to her mother, "Mom, he's going to be Zhizhi's new dad from now on, what do you think?"
The little cub's words immediately made Jiang Anchao realize what it meant to lift a stone only to drop it on one's own foot.
He met Deng Qiu's curious and inquisitive gaze, his ears turning red with embarrassment, clearly regretting that he had agreed to the cub's request so quickly.
Who knew the child's mother was so beautiful...
They wouldn't actually think I'm a thug, would they?
Jiang Anchao was unusually shy for once, and extended his hand to Deng Qiu.
“...My name is Jiang Anchao, and you are Deng Qiu, right? I've come to take you back to Suzhou.”
If he hadn't followed the cub in, he wouldn't have expected to find Deng Qiu so quickly.
After all, he had come specifically to pick her up and take her back to Suzhou. In 1977, the national college entrance examination was reinstated, and she, as an educated youth sent to the countryside, should return to the city to resume her previous work.
But he really did it for work!
It's not because she's pretty!
He doesn't have the hobby of casually becoming a father!
No, he's not casual!
Deng Qiu nodded, a slight smile playing on her lips. "I see... then thank you."
She didn't understand why a tall, handsome military officer would come looking for her.
But she had a vague guess in her heart that it was related to her work.
Jiang Anchao turned to look at the village chief, his tone indifferent, "After the divorce is finalized, please transfer Comrade Deng's household registration out of the village. I'm here specifically to take her with me."
As he spoke, he handed the certificate to the village chief.
The moment the village chief saw the certificate, he immediately stood up.
"Commander Jiang... what... what do you mean by this?"
Seeing the village chief taking it so seriously, Sang Lao Er was also quite startled.
The village chief wields considerable power in Sangjiapo. Who exactly is this man who can intimidate even the village chief?
Jiang An turned his head to look at Deng Qiu, his gaze falling on Zhi Zhi. Recalling how wronged the mother and daughter had looked earlier, he made a decision as if possessed.
"I've taken a liking to her. If she's willing, I'll marry her and take her back to my military unit. I guarantee she'll never have to deal with bad people for the rest of her life!"
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