The father-in-law was a beast. Seeing that Liu Dazhuang had no hope of giving him an offspring, he set his sights on Liu Ruonan. He raped her many times and forced her to give birth to an offspring for him. After learning the truth, the mother-in-law not only did not blame the father-in-law, but beat Liu Ruonan up, calling her a slut who seduced men, and threatened her that if she told this to anyone, she would never forgive her!
How sad! How lamentable!
Such a miserable and helpless life finally ended when she was 33 years old - Liu Dazhuang drowned when he had an illness, and her father-in-law died of excessive grief and depression. Liu Ruonan finally escaped from the clutches of the devil, and Zhuang Sheng accompanied her for the rest of her life.
At that time, Zhuang Sheng said: Marry me!
Liu Ruonan cried, but finally refused.
She said: If there is an afterlife, I would like to be your woman!
After all, she was not clean. How could she possibly have missed this man who had always loved her so much? But in the end, she still missed him, and it was a mistake that lasted a lifetime.
So, is this her next life?
My thoughts were so confused that I walked back to the village without realizing it.
A loud noise brought Liu Ruonan back to her senses. She looked up and saw a group of people gathered together, making a lot of noise. She didn't know what they were arguing about.
"Sister-in-law! Don't you feel your back hurt when you're standing and talking? Zhuang Sheng is like a useless person now. He's lying in bed and doesn't move. I have to take care of the whole family all day long, not to mention all the chores in the fields. How can I have the time to serve a useless person?"
The speaker was Zhuang Sheng's stepmother, Chen Guihua, who stood at the gate, hands on hips, looking menacing. Next to the gate was a shabby single bed, and the crippled Zhuang Sheng, as Chen Guihua had described him, lay on that narrow wooden bed.
Back then, he'd made great contributions in the army and was considered a promising man. But now, injured and returning home to recuperate, his family called him a loser. He couldn't help but feel sad. A grown man, being left at his doorstep in public by his family and being scolded so harshly, his nose ached and tears welled up.
Zhuang Sheng was truly heartbroken. He turned his face away, afraid that others would see his embarrassing tearful expression.
He had thought that no matter how tough his stepmother was, she still had his biological father, who would be able to make decisions for him. But his biological father was no better than an outsider, standing silently by the side, seemingly quite agreeing with what Chen Guihua said.
"Guihua! Although you said that, your words are too harsh. You keep calling Zhuang Sheng a waste. After all, he is a descendant of your Zhuang family! You just throw him out the door like that. Isn't that too cruel?" The speaker was the neighbor who was challenged by Chen Guihua - Gu Xiuying.
Gu Xiuying is a kind-hearted person. She likes to speak out when she sees something unfair. Because of this, many people gossip about her and accuse her of meddling in other people's affairs.
"Sister-in-law, it doesn't matter if you think I'm cruel. You are a well-known kind-hearted person in our Lelin Village. You pity Zhuang Sheng, why don't you take him home and raise him?" Chen Guihua thought that every word she said was reasonable. She was a famous talker in the village and no one could win the argument with her. They were always blocked by her mouth and couldn't say anything.
"That's right. It's not appropriate for me to take Zhuang Sheng back!" Gu Xiuying felt a little embarrassed when she heard what Chen Guihua said. Although she was kind-hearted, she was not so kind as to take in other people's children.
Liu Ruonan stood quietly by, watching the scene before her. In her previous life, she had been beaten by Xiangdong and left covered in scars, but she never dared to resist. She had always stayed at home and worked in the fields. She had no idea how Zhuang Sheng was kicked out of the house! In this life, she had witnessed it with her own eyes.
"Then stop meddling in other people's business and just go do what you need to do! Every family has its own problems. People talk lightly, so why don't you go and experience it yourself!"
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