Wang Guifen has been strong all her life, but her two sons are henpecked men who are easily manipulated by their wives. The eldest son, Su, is a hardworking and honest man. The most outrageous thing he has ever done is probably to marry Su Niannian's biological mother, who is an orphan with a selfish and domineering personality and can deceive people with just one word.
In that era, most people gave birth to their children in the fields, at home, but she was the only one who seemed precious. Every time she gave birth, she said that her baby was large and difficult to deliver, and she pestered Su Lao Da to send her to the maternity and child hospital in the county to give birth.
Su Jianshan was a naughty boy. He was easy to raise when he was born, but he could not speak when he was three or four years old. After the couple discussed it, they decided to have a second child. However, Su Niannian was born with congenital weakness, and it was a question whether he could be raised.
Simply put, you have to be rich.
The Su family was extremely poor, so how could they have such conditions? According to old lady Su's idea, children were like leeks, born one after another and were not precious. But Su Niannian's biological mother had her own ideas. At that time, a wealthy wife of a capitalist happened to be giving birth in the maternity and child hospital. She bribed the nurse with half a bag of millet without anyone noticing, and exchanged her frail young daughter for a rich family, while she took the wealthy wife's daughter back to Xiangyang Village.
Holding, caring, and doting, all the love was given to Chen Niannian.
Except money.
But the couple did bad things and did not have a good ending.
After hearing this story, Su Niannian remained silent, which was unusual. Unlike Chen Niannian, she had received strict education and was punished with beatings since childhood. Every day when she opened her eyes, she had tasks to complete. Her life was full of designed rules and regulations. From another perspective, Chen Niannian seemed happier.
Su Niannian's special upbringing made her not trust anyone easily. She had cold blood in her bones, but when she thought of Chen Niannian's clumsy attempt to become beautiful and better, she felt complicated. After a while, Su Niannian said silently, "I am a victim and I will not comment."
Wang Guifen was stunned for a second, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "My dear, that's not what I meant. Look, Xiao Gu is five years older than you. You said you were using him, doesn't he know it? Simply put, your thoughts are at most the interest between husband and wife. He pampers you and spoils you. He likes you.
As for Chen Niannian, she was a phoenix in a golden nest. After she found out about her past, she became a different person. She turned down the marriage proposal and she looked down on the Gu family. "
"..."
"Don't you have any affection for Xiao Gu at all?" Wang Guifen asked again. She teased secretly, "You have been absent-minded these past two days. You seem to have lost your soul."
Su Niannian's originally relaxed fingers curled up nervously. She instinctively explained, "I'm not thinking about him! It's about the child. He did it for my own good in the hospital that day. In fact, I vaguely guessed that something was wrong. He was willing to protect me from the storm, so I naturally shared the joys and sorrows.
There's no need to hide the matter of the child any longer. I wanted to talk to him properly, but for some reason, the phone line was disconnected. How about I take some time to go to town and send him a telegram..."
"Not three months yet?"
"without."
"There's no need to say this kind of thing in a telegram. It'll be more of a surprise if you tell it in person. It'd be better to wait three months. You're right. We can't let Xiao Gu be happy for nothing." Wang Guifen unscrewed the kettle, and the remaining water drops fell into her mouth. Su Niannian had just washed her hands with water, and there was very little water in the military kettle at the moment.
The old lady didn't care at all. She wiped her sweat and continued to work. She even had the mood to nag Su Niannian: "Everyone in the village knows that your brother found a job in the northwest. One by one, they are like cats smelling meat. Don't cause trouble for Xiao Gu. A man's love for you has its limits."
Her voice was slightly hoarse due to lack of moisture.
Su Niannian immediately got up, slung the military water bottle over her elbow, tilted her head and said, "Grandma, I'll go to Jingwan to get you some mountain spring water."
Xiangyang Village is backed by a mountain on the west side. There is an oval-shaped spring that seeps down from the mountain. The spring water is clear and sweet, winding into a thin stream through the surrounding rice fields. Wherever it passes, there is lush green grass. The only drawback is that the stone slabs at the spring have been soaked by the running water for many years and are covered with slippery moss.
Wang Guifen said anxiously, "Be careful, don't get too close!"
In response to her, Su Niannian waved her arms from afar.
The other person slipped very quickly along the path.
…
A fishy smell of mud mixed with a hint of sweet potato wafted through the air. When Su Niannian came to Jingwan with a kettle, she unexpectedly saw the captain's eldest son, Su Kui.
He was filling two large iron buckets with water, all filled with sweet mountain spring water. Perhaps because he was worried, he subconsciously raised his eyes and met the gaze of Su Niannian, who was wearing a straw hat. The iron bucket he had just lifted fell back into the well with a "plop". He wiped his face helplessly, grinned and asked, "Want some water? I'll help you."
"Thank you, Aqui."
Su Niannian quickly handed over the military water bottle with a sweet smile.
Su Kui is Su Jianshan's good brother. When she escaped in her previous life, Su Kui helped her a lot, both openly and secretly. Because of this, he also suffered a lot.
Su Kui was gentle and careful, and even used the straw beside him to wash the dirt off the edge of the kettle. After filling it with water, he handed it to Su Niannian. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Is your grandmother digging sweet potatoes at the foot of the mountain today? How about this, after I distribute the mountain spring water to the villagers, I will go over to help you. Since Jianshan is not here, I should take better care of you."
"No."
"You're welcome, Nian Nian, I treat you as my sister!!"
Su Niannian looked up at him, and her clear eyes slid into his.
Su Kui's heart beat faster for some reason. He filled his glass with water again and left happily.
Su Niannian frowned. In the past, many villagers had helped her with work, and she had never felt awkward. Perhaps it was because of Wang Guifen's advice, and she instinctively knew that she should not do such a thing again. She had to deliver the water back as soon as possible and then go home. She couldn't let the villagers see Su Kui coming to her fields to work. That would cause gossip, which would be bad for both of them.
After making up my mind,
Su Niannian took a shortcut back to the foot of the mountain.
The lush bamboo forest was piled with straw stacks that had just been built in early autumn, one after another, like yurts. From a distance, Su Niannian saw her cousin Su Zhaodi coming out from the depths of the bamboo forest.
Her face lit up with joy, and she was about to go forward and ask the other party to bring the water to Wang Guifen, but she saw a man following Su Zhaodi. He was tall and burly, with dark skin, and his thin coarse cloth clothes were bulging due to his chest muscles. He leaned over and kissed Su Zhaodi on the lips.
Su Niannian was so scared that the kettle in her hand fell to her feet with a bang.
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