When Chen Xiahua saw Jiang Weimin again, it was already winter of the following year.
She was standing on the roadside holding the urn of their Jiang family's mother, and he was standing under the shed carrying manure.
She came here as Jiang Weimin's fiancée, and she even changed her name to Chen Lian.
Because everyone in the compound knew that Chen Xiahua was the wife of Jiang Weimin's younger brother. Only Chen Lian was unknown to anyone.
"It stinks, please stand further away." Jiang Weimin stepped back with his load on his shoulder.
Chen Xiahua took two more steps forward and said, "Isn't it just manure? I've picked it up before. It smells like this when people in the countryside farm. It's not smelly at all."
"I'm talking to Jiang Weimin." Chen Xiahua stood in the middle of the road and glared at him angrily, "Are you going to marry me or not?"
Five years have passed since I first heard this sentence.
Jiang Weimin lowered his head and smiled, "Even if I go to register now, you have to let me change clothes, right?"
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"Then you're going to marry him just like that?" Chen Chunhua felt heartbroken just thinking about it.
The place where Jiang Weimin was sent down was the Northwest, where there was nothing but the Gobi Desert and yellow sand. Not to mention taking a bath or washing your hair, even the drinking water was sandy. How could a girl who grew up in a water town endure the Gobi Desert covered with yellow sand?
Chen Xiahua smiled.
"What can I do? I followed him to the capital, and then he went to the northwest. I can still go find him with the help of his friends, but I can't ask his friends to send me back to the south, right?"
Actually, it’s not impossible. I can just go back to my hometown to bury my mother-in-law.
But Chen Xiahua didn't want to either. Not only was she thinking about marrying him, she also had all of Jiang Weimin's family belongings on her.
The Jiang family had been raided several times. Now, apart from the little money she had, the family had nothing left. Jiang's mother had also passed away. If she passed away again, Jiang Weimin would really have nothing left.
She didn't think life in the Northwest was really that hard, as she wasn't the only one there.
At the beginning, Jiang Weimin was still thinking that he might be able to come back soon, and he wanted to not give birth there and let Chen Xiahua and the child suffer together.
Later, as time went by, he gave up on the idea and told Chen Xiahua, "Why don't we have a child? A family can always live a good life together."
So Jiang He was born, one year younger than Lin Shugan. Three years later, Jiang Miao was born.
The family became lively again. After finishing his work every day, Jiang Weimin's greatest hobby was to teach his wife and children to read under the dim kerosene lamp.
Chen Xiahua was illiterate for more than 20 years, but she managed to complete primary and junior high school courses in Northwest China under the guidance of Jiang Weimin, a "private school teacher".
At that time, she laughed at Jiang Weimin for having nothing to do. Not only did he teach the children, but he also forced her to learn these things. After she learned them, would she recite ancient poems with cows or do math with wheat?
As a result, Jiang Weimin was rehabilitated the year Jiang Miao was born.
The family returned to their courtyard in the capital. Seven years had passed since Jiang Weimin was sent down to the countryside, and Chen Xiahua had stayed with him in the northwest for six years.
As soon as Jiang Weimin returned to the army, he was directly sent to the South China Sea to fight.
Jiang Weimin had feared many things in his life: his mother's tantrums, his brother's temper, and Chen Xiahua's stare at him, asking why he didn't marry her...
I'm also afraid that if I marry her I won't be able to provide her and the child with a good life.
But he is not afraid of fighting.
Jiang Weimin went to the battlefield at the age of 15. Although he did not catch up with the Anti-Japanese War, he never missed out on the anti-US and anti-Indian wars.
Oh, besides the fight with Lao Su, he was also picking up manure in the northwest.
He earned every military achievement by himself.
Now that he has finally returned from that pile of sand, he still has a wife and children at home to support, so he cannot be a coward.
He believed that if he died, the country would definitely not let Xia Hua and his two children starve to death.
After Chen Xiahua knew his idea, she almost took up her knife and went to the army to fight him.
Other people value their lives more after having wives and children, but Jiang Weimin is different. He actually hopes to be a widow!
But what's the point of being anxious? My man is a soldier, his life does not belong to me, but to the country.
After returning from the South China Sea, he had indeed made contributions and was successfully reinstated, but there was not much peace for a few years before he had to fight another war of self-defense.
His military rank kept getting higher and higher, and his salary was sent directly home, increasing year by year. However, Chen Xiahua rarely saw this man all year round.
She was clearly not a widow, but she raised her two children like a widow.
Finally, two years ago, Jiang Weimin returned from the front lines, with not a single piece of healthy flesh left on his body. It took him nearly six months to recover. The higher-ups, sympathetic to his age, transferred him to Jiang Province to lead the troops.
He no longer had much power, but life was safe. At least Chen Xiahua could see him when she opened her eyes, and she no longer had to worry about receiving a martyr's notice one day.
"I've actually been living a good life since I came back from the Northwest. I have a car whenever I go out, and people are always around me wherever I go.
Even if I don't work, Lao Jiang's salary is enough to cover our family's expenses, and no one will give me a hard time.
But you and Donghua..."
When she left, she had no time to take care of them. Later, she was traveling around. She and Jiang Weimin were worried about life and death, and she had two children to take care of, so she had no time to think about others.
After settling down in Jiang Province and the children had grown up, when I had some free time and was daydreaming, I would always think of my two younger sisters in my hometown. I didn't know what their later fate was.
She had some feelings for Lin Shugan when she first met him, but she didn't dare to jump to conclusions. After all, it had been so long.
Fortunately, fortunately there is nothing wrong.
Now she could finally feel sorry for Chen Chunhua.
According to Chen Chunhua, when Chen Xiahua finally married Jiang Weimin in the northwest, she was almost sold to the Zhu father and son.
Although the result was a close call, one cannot leave any room for error in such things. If one is not careful, one of her two sisters might be buried under that courtyard.
"Hey, it's all over."
Chen Chunhua waved her hand and smiled indifferently.
"You can see I'm doing well now, wearing all the gold and silver! Donghua's not doing badly either, she even bought a house in Shanghai. Next time we have time, the three of us sisters can get together!"
That father and son have been in hell for years now, and I've also found a place to bury my parents. It's not true that good people will always be rewarded, but if you do a lot of evil, there won't be any good retribution.
She said this as if she were talking about other people's parents, and Chen Xiahua didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
But when it was mentioned that Shen Qiusheng seemed to be in Jiang Province, Shen Xiahua raised her eyebrows.
Chen Chunhua asked Chen Xiahua if she wanted to meet him.
Chen Xiahua shook her head.
"I won't be reuniting with him. After all, he was only 8 when I left, and we don't have much affection for each other, so I won't waste my time."
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